brǽdan
broad ⬩ latus ⬩ To make broad, BROADEN, extend, spread, stretch out ⬩ dilatare, propalare, expandere ⬩ To be extended or developed, grow or rise up; ⬩ dilatari, adolescere
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Se cyning his handa wæs uppweardes brǽdende wið ðæs heofones the king stretched [lit. was stretching] out his hands upwards towards heaven, Ors. 4, 5; Bos. 81, 36. v. intrans.
hǽman
To lie with, have intercourse with, to marry ⬩ concumbere, coire, nubere
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Gif hwylc man wið óðres riht-ǽwe hǽmþ if any man lie with the lawful wife of another, L. Ecg. P. ii. 8; Th. ii. 184, 21. Hé hǽmþ unrihtlíce he commits adultery, Homl. Th. ii. 208, 16.
beó-wyrt
BEE-WORT ⬩ balm mint ⬩ sweet flag ⬩ apiastrum ⬩ ⬩ acorus calamus
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BEE-WORT, balm mint, sweet flag; apiastrum, acorus = άκoρos, acorus calamus, Lin Beówyrt apiastrum, Cot. 12 : Ælfc. Gl. 39; Som. 63, 55; Wrt. Voc. 30, 9.
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forþ-weg
An onward course ⬩ a going forth ⬩ departure ⬩ journey ⬩ progressus ⬩ profectio ⬩ ăbĭtus ⬩ ŏbĭtus
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He of ealdre gewát on forþweg he departed from life on his way forth, Beo. Th. 5243; B. 2625: Cd. 148; Th. 185, 27; Exod. 129. On forþwegas on their ways forth, 160; Th. 200, 1; Exod. 350: 144; Th. 179, 22; Exod. 32
fúlian
To become foul ⬩ putrefy ⬩ rot ⬩ decay ⬩ putrescĕre ⬩ computrescĕre ⬩ corrumpi
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computrescĕre, corrumpi Ðǽr is mid Eástum án mǽgþ, ðæt hí mágon cýle gewyrcan; and ðý ðǽr licgaþ ða deádan men swá lange, and ne fúliaþ, ðæt hí wyrcaþ ðone cýle hine on there is among the Esthonians a tribe that can produce cold; and, therefore, the dead men lie
FYRS
FURZE ⬩ furze-bushes ⬩ genista ⬩ rhamnus ⬩ ulex eurōpæus
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FURZE, furze-bushes; genista, rhamnus, ulex eurōpæus, Lin Fyrs rhamnus, Wrt. Voc. 80, 21. Fyrses berian arciotidas [ = ἀρκευθίδες juniper-berries ], Glos. Brux. Recd. 43, 15; Wrt. Voc. 69, 30.
mann-þeáw
A manner ⬩ custom ⬩ practice
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Ðæt hé monþeáwum mínum lifge that he live according to my customs, 71 b; Th. 267, 4; Jul. 410. Hé forlǽteþ láre ðine, and manþeáwum mínum folgaþ. Elen. Kmbl. 1856; El. 930. In monþeáwas, Exon. 55 b; Th. 197, 15; Az. 190.
Grécas
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The Greeks; Græci Ðá gefélde he his líchoman healfne dǽl mid ða ádle geslægene beón, ðe Grécas nemnaþ paralysis, we cweðaþ lyft-ádl then felt he that the half of his body was struck with the illness which the Greeks call paralysis, we call lift-ill,
ge-hreówan
To rue ⬩ repent ⬩ grieve ⬩ pity ⬩ pœnitere ⬩ dolere ⬩ miserere
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Mec æt heortan gehreáw I repented at heart [lit. it repented me at heart ], Exon. 29 b; Th. 91, 18; Cri. 1494 : Cd. 221; Th. 288, 2; Sat. 374
swǽrness
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heaviness of a burden (lit. or fig.), weight, v. swǽr, Hwí settest ðú ðises folces swárnysse ( pondus ) uppan mé? Num. 11, 11.
þurstig
Thirsty
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Thirsty (lit. and fig.) Hé sylfa þursti wæs ipse sitiens, Nar. 8, 4. Þurstig wyll bibulus fons, Scint. 13, 12. Swá swylgþ seó gítsung ða dreósendan welan, for ðam hió hiora simle biþ ðurstegu, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 14.
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un-fæger
Not fair ⬩ not beautiful ⬩ foul ⬩ ugly ⬩ horrid
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Him of eágum stód líge gelícost leóht unfæger from Grendel's eyes there shot a horrid light like flame, Beo. Th. 1459; B. 727. Se unfægera larbata (cf. hreófe larbatos, 86, 64: egisgríma larbula, 112, 21), Wrt. Voc. ii. 95, 68
be-licgan
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D. be-lie, 4) Ic hebbe bicweðen Portland and eall ðæt ðértó bilýð, C. D. iv. 229, 21
ceosel
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Þæs weres líc tó þám strande becóm, ... and on þám ceosole gelæg, Hml. S. 37, 271. Ceoslum glareis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 39: An. Ox. 2, 287. Cyslum, 2879:4102. Ceoslas glareas, 2, 51: 7, 96. ¶ The word is found in local names, e.g.
cuma
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Hé cwæð, 'cuma,' for ðan ðe wé ealle sind cuman on ðisum lífe, and úre eard nis ná hér, Hml. Th. i. 248, 14. Bæd hé ðá ælðeódigan weras ðe on cuman híwe him mid wunodon peregrinos viros atque in hospitalitatem susceptos admonuit, ii. 96, 35.
fóster-cild
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Add: lit. a foster-child Fóstorcild alumnum, seruum, Germ. 391, 48. Ic eom untýmende; nim míne þínene tó þínum bedde, þæt ic húru underfó sum fóstercild of hyre, Gen. 16, 2. Hér synd þá cnihtas ... þíne fóstercyld, Hml.
ge-wirdan
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Ðý lǽs hié mid ðý tóle ðæt hále líc gewierden ðe hié sceoldon mid ðæt unhále áweg aceorfan dum per hoc in se sana perimunt, per quod salubriter abscindere sauciata debuerunt, Past. 365, 12.
ofer-lecgan
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to lay over, above, or upon something else Oferlecgan ꝥ lín þám weófode superponant linteum altari, Angl. xiii. 428, 899. to cover the surface of a thing with something Oferlege mid wulle, Lch. ii. 200, 7.
sibling
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Swilce hí þonne lufian heora siblingas, ðe ǽr on lífe ne hí sylfe ne heora mágas ne lufedon, i. 332, 30. Add
weallan
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Add Þá líc weóllon eall maðon and egeslíce stuncon, Hml. S. 4, 212. add: — Hwá sceotað ðæt deófol mid weallendum strǽlum?, Sal. K. 148, l. <b>VII a.