erian
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Wæs se mere áwend tó felda, swá ꝥ man erode ealne þone fixnoþ, Nap. 22, 28. Þeáh hé erige his land mid ðúsend sula, Bt. 26, 3; F. 94, 14. Þeáh him mon erigan scyle ǽghwelce dæg æcera ðúsend quamvis rura centeno scindat opima bove, Met. 14, 4.
holdlíce
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Cf. hold ; Befrán se cyning . . . ' Hwilce méde hæfde Mardochéus for þám ꝥ hé swá holdlíce hogode embe mé ?' Ail rex: ' Quid pro hoc fide praemii Mardochaeus consecutus est? ', Hml. A. 98, 218. Utan ǽnne cynehláford holdlíce healdan, Ll.
líf-lic
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On ánre nihte ealdne mónan ꝥ cild ꝥ swá bið ácenned, ꝥ bið liflic (lang lifes, v. l. ), 21, 7. vital, necessary to life. physical Swilce hí ðone líflican blǽd forðrǽstne ácwellon, Hml. Th. ii. 92, 12. spiritual þurh líflice láre, . Hml.
mearu
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Add: of material Genim ðone crop ufeweardne swá mearune (mearuwne, v. l. ), Lch. i. 224, 17. Mearewa smæras tenera labella, An. Ox. 2162. Merwe ífigtwigu, Lch. ii. 324, 16.
tó-ferian
To carry in different directions ⬩ diffene ⬩ to remove ⬩ get rid of ⬩ to put off ⬩ to digest ⬩ digerere
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To carry in different directions; diffene. to remove, get rid of Hit ðæt sár tófereþ, Lchdm. i. 114, 3: 108, 8: 130, 19: 190, 8. to put off Swá oft gebiddende ná raþe beóþ gehýrede úre ús dǽda on eágum wé tóforan settan ðæt ðæt sylfe ðæt wé synd tóferede
be-dǽlan
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Nis nán man swá swíþe bedǽled ryhtwísnesse, ꝥ hé nán ryht andwyrde nyte, 35, 1; F. 156, 7. where what is possessed is taken away Bescyrede vel bedǽlde fraudaverat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 46.
wracu
pain ⬩ suffering ⬩ misery ⬩ suffering ⬩ punishment ⬩ vengeance ⬩ retribution ⬩ persecution ⬩ hostility ⬩ active enmity ⬩ vengeance ⬩ revenge
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Him com swá hrædlíc sár and wracu swá ðam cennendan wífe cymð fǽrlíc sir ibi dolores sicut parturientis, Ps. Th. 47, 6.
ofer-mægen
Superior or overwhelming force ⬩ praevalere ⬩ overwhelming force
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Him on swaðe fylgeþ A ofermægene, Salm. Kmbl. 187; Sal. 93
wíte
punishment ⬩ pain that is inflicted as punishment ⬩ torment ⬩ a means ⬩ implement ⬩ a fine. ⬩ torment ⬩ plague ⬩ disease ⬩ evil ⬩ pain
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Se gást nimeþ æt Gode swá wíte swá wuldor, swá him ǽr ðæt eorðfæt geworhte, Soul Kmbl. 13; Seel. 7 : Blickl. Homl. 23, 6. In éce wíte gefeallan, 57, 21. Se ðæt wíte ǽr tó wrece gesette, Cd. Th. 295, 28; Sat. 494.
for-gifan
to give ⬩ bestow ⬩ grant ⬩ dispense ⬩ to give ⬩ to give ⬩ to give ⬩ to give up ⬩ hand over ⬩ deliver up ⬩ commit ⬩ practice ⬩ to give back ⬩ restore ⬩ to marry ⬩ to grant ⬩ permit ⬩ allow ⬩ to grant ⬩ to give ⬩ cause ⬩ to forgive
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Swá him mon máre selþ, swá hine má lyst, Bt. 7, 4; F. 22, 34. Forgyfende dispensans, i. disponens, An.
ge-gán
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Him swá geeóde swá swá Aidanus him bæd, Hml. S. 26, 102. Geióde, Ps. C. 13. For þan ðæs wíte on eówre handa geeóde, Ps.
ge-sécan
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Ðá sægde se bisceop ꝥ . . . ne fugel ne wildeór ne nǽnig ǽtern wyrm ꝥ hér dorste gesécean ( adire ) ðá hálgan gemǽro, Nar. 28, 7. for protection, security, help Swá swá on his freólstíde his byrgene geséhð, hé gewent gesundful ongeán, Hml.
ge-bétan
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Á swá mon bið mihtigra . . . swá sceal hé deóppor synna gebétan, Ll.
ge-wítan
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Swá hwæt swá heó ( an adder ) gesyhð, hyt forscrincð and gewíteþ, Lch. i. 242, 4. God náne gesceafta ne forlét eallunga gewítan swá þæt hí tó náwihte weorðe . . .
leód-scipe
A people ⬩ nation
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Th. i. 454, 11, Hí cyning habban woldon swá swá óðre leódscipas hæfdon they wanted to have a king, as other nations had, Ælfc. T. Grn. 6, 45. Tó ðám leódscipum ðe tó geleáfan bugon, 14, 3.
lutian
lurk ⬩ skulk
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Nys hyt swá stearc winter ðæt ic durre lutian æt hám for ege hláfordes mínes non est tam aspera hyems ut audeam latere domi prae timore domini mei, Coll. Monast. Th. 19, 17.
mægþ
A maid ⬩ virgin ⬩ girl ⬩ maiden ⬩ woman
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Swá hwylc mægþa swá ðone magan cende, 1890; B. 943. Mægþa cynnes of womankind, Exon. 73 b; Th. 275, 16; Jul. 551. Mægþum and mæcgum, Cd. 55; Th. 68, 26; Gen. 1123
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sidu
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a custom, use, manner, habit, practice Ðæt heó cóme tó him mid hire cynehelme, swá swá heora seodu wæs, Anglia ix. 28, 31. Micel sido mid Rómwarum wæs, Bt. 27, 1 ; Fox 96, 2.
un-strang
Not strong ⬩ weak ⬩ feeble
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Hwæt is se intinga ðæt in þúsend manna ðé ne magon ástyrian, swá unstrang swá ðú eart? Homl. Skt. i. 9, 110. Á sceal man ðam unstrangan men líðelícor déman ðonne ðam strangan, L. C. S. 69; Th. i. 412, 4.
án-rǽd
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S. 25, 668. of things Swá ánrǽde seó wyrt ys ꝥ heó þý ylcan dæge þá stánas forbrycð, Lch. i. 212, 14. Habban ánrǽde geðanc and ánrǽdne geleáfan, Wlfst. 32, 17