staflan
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To direct, dictate Se geréfa ðone áð him swór swá hé hyne sylf stafode the steward swore the oath to Abraham, as Abraham himself dictated it, Gen. 24, 9. Abraham ðurh wítegunge stafode ðone að, Homl. Th. ii. 234, 34
æfter-ryne
An encountering ⬩ meeting ⬩ running against one ⬩ occursus
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An encountering, meeting, running against one; occursus Æfterryne his óþ to heáhnesse his occursws ejus usque ad summum ejus, Ps. Spl. 18, 7
for-gytan
To forget ⬩ oblīvisci
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To forget; oblīvisci Nylle ðú forgytan ealle edleánunga oððe edleán his nōli oblīvisci omnes retrĭbūtiōnes ejus, Ps. Lamb. 102, 2: Ps. Th. 118, 93: Ps. Lamb. 118, 16, 83, 93: 136, 5: Ps. Th. 43, 25: Beo. Th. 3506; B. 1751: Ps. Lamb. 76, 10: 43, 21: 49
ge-bǽru
BEARING ⬩ state ⬩ habit or disposition of body or mind ⬩ manner ⬩ conduct ⬩ behaviour ⬩ demeanour ⬩ manners in society ⬩ society ⬩ gestus ⬩ hăbĭtus ⬩ mōres ⬩ consortium ⬩ consuētūdo
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Swylce habban sceal blíðe gebǽro shall such have a blithe demeanour? Exon. 115 b; Th. 444, 8; Kl. 44 : 115 a; Th. 442, 31; Kl. 21. On gebǽrum ex hăbĭtu ejus, Bd. 4, 22; S. 591, 33 : Ps. Th. 34, 15.
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stór
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Ná beóþ borene leóhta on þǽre nihte, ac stór (incensum) ꝥ án, 425, 857. Add: —
Finns buruh
Finnsburg
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Finns] fýrenu wǽre as if all Fin's castle were on fire, Fins. Th. 72; Fin. 36. This Finnsburg is no doubt the same as the Finnesham mentioned by Beowulf, — Swylce hie æt Finnes hám findaa meahton such as they might find at Finnesham, Beo.
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neát
A neat ⬩ an ox or a cow ⬩ cattle ⬩ beast ⬩ animal
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A neat, an ox or a cow, cattle, beast, animal Gif neát mon gewundige, weorpe ðæt neát tó honda oððe foreþingie, L. Alf. pol. 24; Th. i. 78, 9. Nán neát nyste nǽnne andan tó óðrum, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 10.
hlyt
A lot, ⬩ portion
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Swá him dryhten sylf hlyt getǽhte as God himself assigned a lot to them, Andr. Kmbl. 12; An. 6: 28; An. 14. Ne séc ðú þurh hlytas hú ðé geweorþan scyle do not seek by casting of lots what thy fate is to be, Prov. Kmbl. 32.
irfe-gewrit
a will ⬩ testament
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; then no man made known to me any testament or any witness that it was any other than as we two before with witness agreed, Chart.
blíce
An exposure ⬩ denudatio
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[blícan II. to shine by exposure, as the bones] An exposure; denudatio Gif bánes blíce weorþeþ, þrím scillingum gebéte if there be an exposure of the bone [by wounding], let amends be made with three shillings, L. Ethb. 34; Th. i. 12, 4
ge-byre
The time at which anything happens ⬩ a favourable time ⬩ an opportunity ⬩ occasio ⬩ opportunitas
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The time at which anything happens, a favourable time, an opportunity; occasio, opportunitas Hwonne him eft gebyre weorþe, hám cymeþ when there shall again be an opportunity to him he will come home, Exon. 90 b; Th. 340, 3; Gn. Ex. 105
west-healf
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The western side On westhealfe ab occasu, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 12, 13: ad occidentem, Num. 3, 23. On westhealfe ðære cyrican ad occidentalem ecclesiae partem Bd. 3, 17 ; S. 543, 34 : Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 8, 17: Chr. 1016; Erl. 155, 10
riht-racu
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Add: reason Hé ne séceð ná þone geleáfan, ac rihtræce and gesceádwísnesse fidem non quaerit, sed rationem, Gr. D. 264, 12. Cf. Is ꝥ forinweardlíce riht racu, Bt. 40, 1; F. 236, 10, where riht seems an adjective qualified by an adverb
in-gang
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Add: an entrance, a place or way by which one enters, a doorway, vestibule Seó byrgen is on Hierusalem ... Se ingang is eástan in, and on ðá swíðran healfe þǽm ingange is stǽnen bedd, Shrn. 69, 2-4. Æðelic ingong ... duru ormǽte, Cri. 308.
hildan
to bend ⬩ incline
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Men gesáwon áne hand . . . of heofonum cumende; and seó hæfde áne gyldene róde, and wæs æteówod manegum mannum, and helde tóweard tóforan þæs húses duru ecce humana manus ab olympi nubibus ante ostium domus . . . porrecta videbatur, Guth. Gr. 105, 18
ge-hendnys
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Add: in a local sense. nearness, neighbourhood Gif hwá feorran cóme and wolde his lác Gode offrian, dæt hé on gehendnysse ( at hand ) tó bicgenne gearu hæfde, Hml. Th. i. 406, 23.
lim-rǽden
clypnys
An embrace ⬩ complexus
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An embrace; complexus To clypnysse ðæs heofonlícan brýdguman eádig fǽmne ineóde ad complexum sponsi cælestis virgo beata intraret Bd. 3, 24; S. 557, 6
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æncnetrym
a narrow step ⬩ a little bit
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a narrow step; an acc. used adverbially with same force as colloquial a little bit (?). The word pedetemptim (An.
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á-stihting
Instigation
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Instigation Of ástihtinge instinctu, i. doctrina, An. Ox. 2707. [So also Hpt. Gl. 469, 65.Napier (v. note) takes the word as an error for átihtinge, but cf. Paulus for his líchaman stihtunga bæd, (de carnis suae stimulo) Gr. D. 166, 25.]