hǽmed
A lying with, sexual intercourse, marriage ⬩ coitus
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A lying with, sexual intercourse, marriage; coitus Ða ðe rihtlíce healdaþ hyra ǽwe and for bearnes gestreóne hǽmed begáþ those who rightly observe their marriage and for procreation of children have carnal intercourse, Homl. Th, i. 148, 22.
Linked entry: dreám
ge-swétan
To make sweet ⬩ sweeten ⬩ season ⬩ condīre ⬩ indulcāre ⬩ indulcōrāre
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His bodunga mid sóþre lufe symle geswétte he ever sweetened his preachings with true love, Homl. Th. ii. 148, 28. Ic genam ða reliquias and mid swótum wyrtum gesweótte I took the relics and sweetened with sweet herbs, Nar. 49, 8.
Linked entry: swétan
ge-þyld
Patience ⬩ resignation ⬩ patientia
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Mid geþylde with patience, L. In. 6; Th. i. 106, 12: Ps. Th. 91, 13. Eal ðú hit geþyldum gehealdest thou supportest it all patiently, Beo. Th. 3415; B. 1705.
hiwian
To form, ⬩ fashion, ⬩ shape, ⬩ colour, ⬩ feign, ⬩ pretend
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Ealle ðe hiwiaþ hí wiðútan mid eáwfæstum þeáwum and wiðinnan sind geǽttrode mid árleásnysse all that fashion themselves outwardly with pious manners, but inwardly are poisoned with impiety, 404, 13.
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trehing
the third part of a shire
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The Anglicized form of the word probably began with þ, and Halliwell gives Thirdings as the term used of the Ridings. The present form, Riding, seems to have arisen from a confusion of the initial dental with the final sound of East, West, North
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hwanne
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Wit unc simble ondrédon hwonne wit sceoldon feallan of þám olfende, Shrn. 38, 15. Hié wǽron on þǽre ondrǽdinge hwonne hié on þá eorþan besuncene wurden, Ors. 2, 6; S. 88, 14. Beóð beofigende hwonne ..., Sat. 622.
a-hefigian
To make heavy or sad ⬩ to weigh down ⬩ burden ⬩ gravare ⬩ contristare ⬩ deprimere
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To make heavy or sad, to weigh down, burden; gravare, contristare, deprimere Swá biþ ðam móde, ðonne hit biþ ahefigad mid ðǽm ymbhogum ðisse worulde so is it with the mind, when it is weighed down by the anxieties of this world, Bt. 24, 4; Fox 84, 32
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éstfulnes
Fulness of liberality, devotion, zeal ⬩ dēvōtio
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Fulness of liberality, devotion, zeal; dēvōtio Hí leorniaþ mid fulre éstfulnesse ða sóðan gód to sécanne they learn to seek the true good with full devotion, Past. 58, 1; Hat. MS.
mann-bryne
A fire in which men lose their lives
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[Thorpe with previous translators renders the word by fever; Earle would read mánbryne = destructive fire. If mánbryne be taken perhaps an incendiary fire is meant.]
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searu-net
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Searonettum beseted beset with snares, 1885; An. 945
ge-lác
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In An. 1904 the word seems used in the sense of the compound lind-gelác, the guards having died in conflict with St.
ge-dyn
A din ⬩ noise ⬩ frăgor ⬩ clangor
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Gedyne micle with a great din, Exon. 102 a; Th. 385, 16; Rä. 4. 45
strange
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Ðeáh ðe ðæt wíte heardor and strangor dón sý cum districtius agitur, Bd. 1, 27; S. 490, 12. strongly, violently Seó sǽ strange geondstyred on staþu beáteþ, Met. 6, 15; . Soul Kmbl. 89; Seel. 45
un-gelimplíc
Unseasonable ⬩ unhappy ⬩ unfortunate
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Wé oft ongytaþ ðæt áríseþ þeód wiþ þeóde and ungelimplíco gefeoht ( unhappy wars ) on wólícum dǽdum, Blickl. Homl. 107, 28
á-fandung
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Þurh cunnunge and áfandunge witan per experimentum scire , Gr. D. 261, l, 19
ange
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Anxiously, painfully, with anxiety Blind sceal his eágna þolian . . . þæt him biþ sár in his móde, onge þonne hé hit ána wát, Gn. Ex. 42. Þú eart bitere ætfæsted, ænge and yfele, Ps. Th. 136, 8
bróþor-wíf
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Is bewered þæt mon hine ne menge wiþ his bróþorwífe ( cognata ) . . . ꝥ him álýfed ne waelig-acute;re ꝥ hé his bróþorwíf hæfde. Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 70, 7, 15. Steópmódrum and bróþorwífum nouercis et cognatis , Sch. 68, 18
fild-denu
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a valley with a flat bottom(?) Andlang bróces on fildena wyllan, C. D. iii. 15, 30. Of hlǽwe on fildena weg; andlang weges on ðone ealdan ford, 289, 3. Ondlong longan hylles on fildena weg; ðonan on holan dene, 400, 15.
fold-ræst
a grave
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A resting-place in the earth, a grave; or rest in the earth (of the buried dead) Þonne eall Adames cynn onfehð flǽsce, weorðed foldræste, eardes æt ende then (at the resurrection) all the race of Adam shall receive flesh, it will be at end with the grave
ge-hlyttrod
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(e)de, ode To make clear, clarify, purify Genim wín and fearres geallan . . . gemeng wiþ þý leáce, dó on ǽrfæt, lǽt standan nigon niht, áwring þurh cláþ, and gehlýttre wel. Lch. ii. 34, 7. Gehlýttrod win meracum vinum Wrt. Voc. i. 27, 61