neáh
nigh ⬩ near ⬩ near ⬩ nearly ⬩ about ⬩ of place
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Ne maeg hió ðeáh gescínan áhwǽrgen neáh ealla gesceafta the sun cannot reach with its rays anywhere near all creatures, Met. 30, 10.
fold-búend
Earth-dwellers ⬩ earth's inhabitants ⬩ inhabitants of a land or country ⬩ terrĭcŏlæ
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Ðæt eorþwaran ealle hæfden foldbúende fruman gelícne that all mortals, inhabitants of the earth, had a like beginning. Bt. Met. Fox 17, 3; Met. 17, 2.
lyb-lác
Sorcery ⬩ witchcraft
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Gif hí hwilc man niman wile oððe hyra æthríneþ ðonne forbærnaþ hí sona eall his líc ðæt syndon ungefrægelícu lyblác if any man wants to catch them [certain fowls] or touches them, then at once they consume all his body: those are most extraordinary cases
Linked entry: unriht-lyblác
mǽg-burh
Kindred ⬩ family ⬩ relatives ⬩ tribe
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Alf. pol. 41; Th. i. 88, 18. Wes mǽgburge mínre árfæst be kind to my kindred, Cd. 136; Th. 171, 8; Gen. 2825 : Exon. 88 a; Th. 331, 3; Vy. 62. Gielden siððan his mǽgas ðone wer gif hé mǽgburg (-borh, MS. B.: -burh, MS.
nunne
A nun ⬩ a vestal
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Alf. pol. 8; Th. i. 66, 14-20. Be nunnena onfenge. Gif hwá nunnan mid hǽmedþinge, oððe on hire hrægl, oððe on hire breóst bútan hire leáfe gefó sý hit twýbéte, 18; Th. i. 72, 7-10. Nunnan regollíce libban let nuns live according to their rule, L.
Linked entry: non
BORH
a security, pledge, loan, bail ⬩ fœnus ⬩ a person who gives security, a surety, bondsman, debtor ⬩ fidejussor, debitor
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Alf. 35; Th. i. 52, 21. Be borges andsæce concerning a denial of a bail, L. In. 41; Th. i. 128, 1, note 1. a person who gives security, a surety, bondsman, debtor; fidejussor, debitor.
ge-limpan
To happen ⬩ occur ⬩ befall ⬩ come to pass ⬩ take place ⬩ accĭdĕre ⬩ evĕnīre ⬩ contingĕre
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Ealle ðás ungesǽlþa us gelumpon þurh unrǽdas all these calamities befell us through evil counsels, Chr. 1011; Erl. 145, 1. Gif ðé ðæt gelimpe if that befall thee, Elen. Kmbl.879; El. 441: Beo. Th. 1862; B. 929.
ést
favour ⬩ luxuries
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Eal þæt wé sceoldan on Godes ést gelǽstan all that according to the will of God we ought to do, 92, 12: 103, 5: 172, 7: 181, 11. Dunn hafað ðás bóc gesald his wífe an Godes ést, C.
fǽringa
unexpectedly ⬩ of a sudden ⬩ all at once ⬩ soon ⬩ at once ⬩ early ⬩ by chance ⬩ forte
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Add: without warning or notice, unexpectedly, of a sudden, all at once Féringa improvisu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 110, 64 Fǽringa, 45, 41. Féringa extimplo, Kent. Gl. 146. Þá fǽringa (repente) stód þǽr ætforan þǽre dura sum man, Gr. D. 62, 9: Bl.
geoc
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Cf. geoc-led Ðonne is ðes londes xvi gioc ærðelondes and medwe all on ǽce ærfe tó brúcanne, C. D. i. 316, 25
geap
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Take all together under <b>geáp,</b> and add: curved, bent Geáp curfa Wrt. Voc. ii. 21, 46. Geápum pandis, 116, 23 : curvis 21, 16. of a line Geápum ł gebígedum pando, curvo (arcu ), Hpt. Gl. 405, 69. Geáp, Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 70.
heord-rǽden
watching over ⬩ a guard ⬩ watch
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Mid ealre heordrǽdenne (custodia) geheald heortan þíne (keep eny heart with all diligence. Prov. 4, 23), Scint. 100, 10.
Linked entries: hird-ness hird-ræden
COSTIAN
To tempt, try, prove ⬩ probare, tentare.
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He costode cyning alwihta he tempted the king of all creatures Cd. 228; Th. 306, 28; Sat. 671; Homl. Blíck. 29, 24, 34. Hí costodon God tentaverunt Deum Ps. Spl. 105, 14; Mt. Bos. 16, 1. Ne costa ðú ðínne Drihten God tempt not the Lord thy God Homl.
spówan
To succeed. ⬩ to be successful ⬩ it succeeds with a person (dat.)
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Alf. 49; Th. i. 56, 8. Him wiht ne speów, Judth. Thw. 25, 23; Jud. 274: Beo. Th. 5701; B. 2854. Gesæh Pilatus ðæt him náuwiht speóu (spéua, Lind.) videns Pilatus quia nihil proficeret Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 27, 24. Him speówhwónlíce.Homl. Skt. i. 7, 94.
mór-land
Moor-land ⬩ wild hilly country
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Ofer alle mórlonda super omnia montana, Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. i. 65
rísan
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to rise Álýs mé from láðum ðe mé lungre on rísan (onrísan?) willaþ ab insurgentibus in me libera me, Ps.
ge-eáwan
To shew ⬩ manifest ⬩ bestow ⬩ ostendere ⬩ manifestare ⬩ præbere
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To shew, manifest, bestow; ostendere, manifestare, præbere Geeáúde him alle rícas middangeardes ostendit ei omnia regna munda, Mt. Kmbl. 4, 8. Him wæs wunden gold éstum geeáwed on him was twisted gold kindly bestowed, Beo.
ge-fleón
To flee ⬩ escape
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Alle geflugun omnes fugerunt, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 56. Ðætte gifléga ut fugiant, Rtl. 118, 31. Ǽr he on ða wéstenu middangeardes gefluge antequam in desertas orbis terrarum abiret solitudines, Nar. 6, 6
syn-rust
The foulness of sin
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Cf. also synne rust peccati rubigo, Scint. 4, 14.] Similar entries v. Cf. syn-wund
Linked entry: rust
sníte
A snite, snipe. ⬩ ibis ⬩ ibex
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See also E. D. S. Pub. Bird Names, p. 192.] Sníte vel wudecocc aceta Wrt. Voc. i. 29, 52. Sníte acegia 62, 23: ii. 4, 36: 99, 14. [In later glossaries snyte glosses ibis, i. 177, 29: 253, 1. Prompt. Parv. snype or snyte ibex.]
Linked entry: wudu-sníte