lencten
Spring ⬩ Lent
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Winter biþ cealdost, lencten hrímigost, Menol. Fox 471; Gn. C. 6. Wæs ðá lencten ágán bútan vi. nihtum ǽr sumeres cyme on Maias Kł., Elen. Kmbl. 2452; El. 1227.
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þeóstre
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Ðeóf sceal gangan in ðýstrum wederum, Menol. Fox 544; Gn. C. 42. Niht biþ wedera þeóstrost, Salm.
wrǽt-líc
wondrous ⬩ curious ⬩ of wondrous excellence ⬩ beautiful ⬩ noble ⬩ excellent ⬩ elegant
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Hé hafaþ óþre gecynd wrǽtlícran, 363, 8 ; Pa. 50. of wondrous excellence, beautiful, noble, excellent, elegant Ceastra . . . orðanc enta geweorc, . . . wrǽtlíc wealistána geweorc, Menol. Fox 465 ; Gn. C. 3: Exon. Th. 476, l; Ruin. l.
in-geþanc
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Past. 175, 6. conscience Gé forseóþ þá craeftas eówres ingeþonces and eówres andgites relicta conscientiae virtutisque praestantia, Bt. 18, 4; F. 66, 23. a thought, cogitation Ðá ingeðoncas ðe wealcað in dæs monnes móde cogitationes quae volvuntur in mente
habban
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Þe arceb and gehádode men hæfden sinoit þreó dagas, 1085; P. 216, 12. Ǽlc geréfa hæbbe gemót, Ll. Th. i. 164, 20. Ꝥ man habbe gemót on ǽlcum wǽpentake, 294, 2.
þencan
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Hwæt is ðæt ðæm men sý máre þearf tó þencenne ðonne embe his sáuwle þearfe, Blickl. Homl. 97, 19. Gód ys on Dryhten tó þenceanne bonum est confidere in Domino, Ps.
mǽþ
- Prov. Kmbl. 27. )
measure ⬩ degree ⬩ proportion ⬩ the measure or extent of power, ability, capacity, efficacy ⬩ degree ⬩ rank ⬩ status ⬩ condition ⬩ due measure ⬩ right ⬩ due measure in regard to others ⬩ honour ⬩ respect
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Manna má ðonne hit ǽnig mǽþ wǽre more men than was at all right. Byrht. Th. 137, 33. Ofer mǽþe justo amplius.
BÝSEN
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Ealle béc sint fulle-ðara bísna ðara monna, ðe ǽr us wǽron [MS. wæran] all books are full of examples of the men, who were before us, Bt. 29, 1; Fox 102, 12. Onlícnesse oððe bísene a parable; similitudinem, Lk. Rush.
for-wyrcan
to miswork ⬩ do wrong ⬩ sin ⬩ măle ăgĕre ⬩ delinquĕre ⬩ peccāre ⬩ to do for ⬩ destroy ⬩ ruin ⬩ convict ⬩ condemn ⬩ perdĕre ⬩ destruĕre ⬩ labefactāre ⬩ condemnāre ⬩ to forfeit ⬩ amittĕre
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to miswork, do wrong, sin; măle ăgĕre, delinquĕre, peccāre Ðæt ðam forworhtum mannum beo ðe mára ege for úre gesomnunge that to the wrong doing men there may be the more fear for our assemblage, L. Ath. v. § 8, 3; Th. i. 236, 16.
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streónan
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Guman gylpe strýnaþ men proudly lay up treasure, Exon. Th. 445, 28; Dóm. 14. Hé hié gemyndgaþ ðara welegra ðe longe stríndon (striéndon, Hatt.
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sulh
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Ǽlc man hæbbeæt ðære sylh (sylh, MS.) .ii. wel gehorsede men, L. Ath. i. 16; Th. i. 208, 12. Tó syl... mid ðære syl ad aratrum... aratro, Coll. Monast. Th. 19, 15, 21. Man ða sulh forð drífe, Lchdm. i. 404, 1.
þrowing
suffering as opposed to doing ⬩ suffering which is painful ⬩ a painful symptom ⬩ suffering that is undergone for the sake of religion ⬩ suffering of persecution, cross ⬩ suffering which ends in death, passion, martyrdom ⬩ the anniversary of a martyr's suffering
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Homl. 153, 35. as a medical term, a painful symptom : -- Tácn ðæs ofercealdan magan, ðæt ða men ne þyrst, ne hí swól gefélaþ on magan, and ne biþ him ǽnig wearm þrowung getenge, Lchdm. ii. 194, 13. suffering that is undergone for the sake of religion
æþelo
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</b> noble condition that comes from birth or descent :-- Sceolon gelýfan eorlas hwæt mín æðelo sién (men shall believe my divinity ), An. 735. Cniht þág swá him cynde wǽron æðelo from yldrum, Gen. 2772: 1716.
lǽfan
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leave after subtraction :-- Dó of ðám feórþan deále eall þæt seó sǽ his ofseten hæfþ . . . ðonne miht ðú ongitan ætte þæs ealles nis monnum máre lǽfed tó búgianne búton swelce án lytel cafertún, Bt. 18, 1; F. 62, 16. to leave, not to take with one Þá men
rícsian
to exercise or have power ⬩ to rule ⬩ govern ⬩ reign ⬩ to domineer ⬩ dominate ⬩ tyrannize ⬩ exercise violence ⬩ to prevail
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gebéte hé if a priest conceal anything in his district between men that may have force to cause injustice, let him make amends, L. N. P. L. 42; Th. ii. 296, 14
rýman
to make roomy, extend, spread, enlarge,amplify ⬩ to clear a way ⬩ yield, give place
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Rým ðysum men setl da huic locum, Lk. Skt. 14,9 . Rýmaþ him ( cease to oppose him ) ðæt hé mé leng ne swence, Homl. Th. i. 534, 17
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sáwel-sceatt
An ecclesiastical due
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A.) æt ǽlcan cristenan men tó ðam mynstre ðe hit tó gebyrige, L. Edg. 1, 5; Th. i. 264 24.
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hearh
A temple, an idol ⬩ lucus, nemus, fanum, delubrum, ara
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Cwæþ ðæt his hergas hýrran wǽron and mihtigran mannum tó friðe ðonne Israéla éce drihten he said that his idols were greater and more mighty for the protection of men than the eternal Lord of the Israelites, Cd. 210; Th. 260, 25; Dan. 715.
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á-stígan
downward ⬩ upward ⬩ downward ⬩ upward ⬩ to descend ⬩ go down into ⬩ to ascend ⬩ mount
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Seóð ꝥ þá bán áne beón lǽfed, ástíge þǽrin gelómlíce, Lch. i. 340, 26. metaphorical Ic lǽrde wlance men ꝥ hié ne ástigan on ofermédu, Bl. H. 185, 14.
be-fæstan
to fix, ⬩ to place in security ⬩ to fix in the mind ⬩ implant ⬩ to fix by promise or agreement ⬩ to pledge ⬩ to commit ⬩ to commit to a person's charge ⬩ to commit to a place ⬩ to set ⬩ betake to an occupation ⬩ to commend ⬩ recommend, ⬩ to make acceptable ⬩ to trust
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Þæt hé befæste þæt pund, þe him God befæste, sumum óðrum men, Ǽlfc. Gr. 2, 2, 26.