fæstlíc
FASTLIKE, firm ⬩ firmus
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ðæt on eorþan áuht fæstlíces weorces ne wunaþ ǽfre alas! that on earth aught of permanent work does not ever remain, Bt. Met. Fox 6, 32; Met. 6, 16. Gehyge ðú fæstlícne rǽd devise firm counsel, Cd. 203; Th. 252, 30; Dan. 586.
preówt-hwíl
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See also Anglia viii. 318, 43 :-- 564 atomi wyrcaþ án momentum, 4 momenta gefyllaþ minutum, 21/2 minuta, gewyrcaþ ánne prican, 4 prica gewyrceaþ áne tíd), Hpt. Gl. 462, 9.
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swebban
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Ic hine sweorde swebban nelle, aldre beneótan, 1363; B. 679. Ne móton wyt wrecan torn Godes, swebban synnig cynn, Cd. Th. 152, 35 ; Gen. 2531
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þóht
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In alle ðóht ðínne in tota mente tua, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 22, 37. In ðon ilco ðócht in eundem sensum, p. 9, 18. Unstaðolfæstnis ðóhta instabilitas mentium, Rtl. 192, 21
eág-hringas
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The socket of the eye; also the pupil Éhringa pupillarum, Hpt. Gl. 405, 68. Éghringum (eáhringum, lxxiv, 7) rotis, Lch. i. lxx, 6. Eáhringum oculorum orbibus, An. Ox. 4686: 3690. Þá eágan wǽron út ádyde of þám eáhhringum, Hml. S. 21, 280.
feohtan
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Mon alne deg fehtende (bellans), Ps. Srt. 55, 2. Add
ge-heán
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Gehígde edita, i. alta, Wülck. Gl. 226, 8. to exalt Ðá wæs Bryten swíðe geheád in miclum wuldre Godes geleáfan and andetnesse denique etiam Brittaniam turn plurima confes-sionis Deo deuotae gloria sublimauit Bd. I. 6; Sch. 19, 4.
ge-lástfull
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Cf. ge-lǽstan; Ðæt ǽlc man wǽre óðrum gelástfull ( alii coadjutor, Lat. vers.) ge æt spore ge æt midráde, Ll. Th. i. 232, 11. Gegaderade Cassander fird.
wadung
Going ⬩ travelling
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Cf. also: Sind manega mid swá miclum gedwylde befangene, ðæt hí cépaþ be ðam mónan heora fær, Homl. Th. i. 100, 23) Homl. Skt. i. 17, 102
wæl-not
A fatal mark ⬩ a mark that brings death ⬩ a rune that brings death,
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See for baleful influence of runes, Egils Saga, c. 75: Grettis Saga, c. 81; see also Corpus Poeticum Boreale, vol. i. pp. 40, 41, for the virtues of runes Hwílum hié (fiends) gefeteraþ fǽges monnes handa, gehefegaþ ðonne hé æt hilde sceall wið láð werud
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ælmes-dǽd
An alms-deed, a charitable action
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An alms-deed, a charitable action Ðá ðing ðe God bebeád, ðæt is . . . ælmesdǽda, Hml. Th. ii. 22, 10: 602, 10. Nis nán ðearfa fram ælmesdǽdum áscyred, 106, 8. Hé on ælmesdǽdum áwunode in eleemosynis permansit, Bd. 5, 19; S. 636, 28.
sprytting
A sprig ⬩ shoot ⬩ sprout ⬩ plant
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Háligre spryttinge almo germine, Hymn. Surt. 76, 3. Sprettinge forð bringende germen proferens, 19, 35. Sprittincga plantaria, plantationes, Hpt. Gl. 433, 34. Gescóp se ælmihtiga God eorðan and ealle eorðlíce spryttinga, Lchdm. iii. 234, 3.
cwicu
Alive, quick ⬩ vivus
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Alf. 28; Th. i. 52, 1. Ǽlc þing ðe cucu byþ everything which is alive;animal, Wrt. Voc. 78, 50. Ic hæfde ferþ cwicu I had a soul alive, Exon. 126b; Th. 487, 21; Rä. 73, 5.
hyldu
Kindness ⬩ favour ⬩ affection ⬩ friendship ⬩ grace ⬩ fidelity ⬩ loyalty
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Eallum monnum nánuht swá gód ne þuhte swá hié tó his hyldo becóme to all men nothing seemed so good as to obtain his favour, 5, 15; Swt. 250, 18. Ácwæþ hine fram his hyldo, Cd. 16; Th. 20, 6; Gen. 304. Hyldo affectum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 1, 12.
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late
Slowly ⬩ late ⬩ at length ⬩ at last
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Sý ágifen be emnihte oððe latest be ealra hálgena mæssan let it be paid by the equinox, or at latest by All-Hallows' Mass, Wulfst. 208, 5
ge-bétan
to make better ⬩ improve ⬩ mend ⬩ amend ⬩ repair ⬩ emendāre ⬩ repărāre ⬩ to make strong ⬩ fortify ⬩ surround with a wall ⬩ confirmāre ⬩ munīre ⬩ mūrāre ⬩ to make amends ⬩ reparation ⬩ 'bót' for ⬩ repent ⬩ to obtain a remedy against ⬩ to get 'bót' from ⬩ avenge
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mūrātæ an absque mūris, Num. 13, 20. to make amends, reparation, 'bót' for, repent Ðonne sceolan we mid úre ánre, sáule forgyldan and gebétan ealle ða ðing ðe we ǽr ofor his bebod gedydon then must we with our soul alone make recompence and amends for all
un-riht
Wrong ⬩ evil ⬩ bad ⬩ unjust ⬩ unlawful ⬩ depraved ⬩ perverse
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Alf. pol. i. 60, 5. Unryhtre ǽ unlawful marriage, Exon. Th. 260, 14; Jul. 297. Hé gedwolan fylde, unrihte ǽ idolatry, Elen. Kmbl. 2081; El. 1042. Ic wundrige for hwí swá rihtwís déma ǽnige unrihte gife wille forgifan, Bt. 38, 3; Fox 202, 10.
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wund
Wounded
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Alf. pol. 53; Th. i. 94, 22. On breóstum wund, Byrht. Th. 136, 1; By. 144. Wund on óþran earme brachio saucius, Ors. 4, 1; Swt. 158, 2.
á-breóþan
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Substitute for all but the two instances from Ælfc. Gr. : intrans. To degenerate, deteriorate, fall away, fail, of persons, physical Oft hyre hleór ábreóðeð her good looks ore lost, Gn.
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ge-fyrn
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S. 30, 322. in respect to all past time Gefyrn antiquitus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 85, 18. Ephese hátte þeós burh, and heó wel gefyrn swá geháten wæs, Hml. S. 23, 550. Ús þe gefyrn on deáþes dymnysse sǽton, Nic. 12, 36: Crl. 63.