ge-wlitegian
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Add Gewlitegaþ comat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 151, 14. physical, to give (beautiful) form to Ðá gesceafta hé þwáraþ and gewlitegaþ, hwílum eft unwlitegaþ and on óþrum híwe gebrengþ elementa in se invicem temperat, et alterna commutatione transformat, Bt. 39,
gyrwan
To prepare ⬩ make ready ⬩ make ⬩ put on ⬩ clothe ⬩ adorn ⬩ părāre ⬩ făcĕre ⬩ vestīre ⬩ ornāre
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To prepare, make ready, make, put on, clothe, adorn; părāre, făcĕre, vestīre, ornāre Angan hine gyrwan he began to prepare himself, Cd. 23; Th. 28, 26; Gen. 442; Andr. Kmbl. 1590; An. 796. Ic hæbbe geweald micel to gyrwanne gódlecran stól on heofne I
healdend
One who holds, keeps, sustains, rules, a guardian, keeper, ruler
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One who holds, keeps, sustains, rules, a guardian, keeper, ruler Hér líþ beheáfdod healdend úre here lies our ruler beheaded, Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 32; Jud. 290. Ic ðæs folces beó hyrde and healdend I will be the people's shepherd and keeper, Cd. 106;
swangor
Heavy in movement of the body or mind, slow, slothful, sluggish, indolent, ⬩ gravidus, praegnans
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Heavy in movement of the body or mind, slow, slothful, sluggish, indolent, physically Nis hé (the Phenix) swár ne swongor swá sume fuglas ða ðe late þurh lyft lácaþ fiþrum ac hé is snel and swift non est tarda, ut volucres quae corpore magno incessus
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fracoþ
Vile ⬩ filthy ⬩ unseemly ⬩ hateful ⬩ abominable ⬩ worthless ⬩ useless ⬩ turpis ⬩ detestābilis ⬩ indĕcōrus
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Vile, filthy, unseemly, hateful, abominable, worthless, useless; turpis, detestābilis, indĕcōrus Is úser líf fracoþ and gefrǽge our life is vile and infamous, Cd. 189; Th. 235, 10; Dan. 304: Salm. Kmbl. 67; Sal. 34: Exon. 10 b; Th. 12, 33; Cri. 195.
be-tweohs
between ⬩ among ⬩ between ⬩ among
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Add: with dat. between, local Segor stód on midwege betweox ðǽm muntum and ðǽm merscum, Past. 399, 13. Betweox (-tux, v. l. ) him and hiera hieremonnum, 164, 12. temporal Betwix hláfmæssan anð middum sumera, Chr. 921; P. 101, 5- of mutual relation
þǽr-tó
Thereto ⬩ next ⬩ then ⬩ besides ⬩ thereto ⬩ for that end
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Thereto. Grammar þǽr-tó, marking position or order, next, then Ðara is se forma Maximianus, ðǽrtó se óþer Malchus, and se ðridda þǽrtó Martinianus, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 3-5. Grammar þǽr-tó, marking addition, besides Ic gesett hæbbe wel feówertig lárspella
be-cyme
A BY-COMING ⬩ an event or coming suddenly ⬩ eventus
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A BY-COMING, an event or coming suddenly; eventus Ðæs gehátes and ðæs wítedómes sóþ se æfterfyligenda becyme ðara wísena geséðde and getrymde cujus promissi et prophetiæ veritatem sequens rerum astruxit eventus, Bd. 4, 29; S. 607, 35
Ellen-dún
Allington, near Amesbury, Wilts ⬩ lŏci nōmen in agro Wiltoniensi
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Allington, near Amesbury, Wilts; lŏci nōmen in agro Wiltoniensi Hér gefeaht Ecgbryht cyning and Beornwulf cyning on Ellendúne [Ellandúne, Th. 111, 21, col. 2] in this year Egbert and Beornwulf fought at Allington, Chr. 823; Th. 110, 20
fíc-ádl
the piles ⬩ hemorrhoids ⬩ The fig-disease ⬩ fīcus morbus
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the piles, hemorrhoids] The fig-disease; fīcus morbus Wið fícádle drenc and beðing a drink and fomentation for the fig-disease, L. M. cont. 3, 48; Lchdm. ii. 302, 24: L. M. 3, 48; Lchdm. ii. 340, 1
lǽwan
To betray
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To betray Ðonne lǽweþ bróðer óðerne hǽðnum on deáþ and sunu se lǽweþ his fæder then one brother shall betray another to the heathen to death, and a son he shall betray his father, Blickl. Homl. 171, 21
selfe
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In the same way, in combination with swá: cf. gelíce, same Hé forlǽt lífes frumsceaft and his ágene æðelo swá selfe. Met. 17, 25. Hæfþ ða wilnunga welhwilc néten and ða yrsunga eác swá selfe, 20, 192, 199
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secg
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A sword Wit sculon secge ofersettan, gif hé gesécean dear wíg ofer wǽpen, Beo. Th. 1372 ; B. 684. Secgum ofslegene, Cd. Th. 120, 27 ; Gen. 2001. [Cf. Icel. ] Cf. secg sedge, and sagu; and see secg-hwæt, -plega
ge-sécan
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add: (c α) where the subject is a thing Bið him leófre ꝥ hine geséce ǽlc þǽra yfela þe ǽfre on helle sý, and hine ǽlc ýð geséce ... and hine ǽlc tor geséce ... Verc. Först. 94, 3-13
un-geweder
Bad weather ⬩ storm ⬩ tempest
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Bad weather, storm, tempest Se stranga winter mid forste and mid snáwe and mid eallon ungewederon, Chr. 1046; Erl. 170, 33. Hefigtýme geár on ungewederan, ðá man oððe tilian sceoldon oððe eft tilða gegaderian, 1097; Erl. 234, 24
weorold-gerisene
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Worldly propriety Æfter Godes rihte and æfter woroldgerysnum as religion and the world require, L. O. 1; Th. i. 178, 5 : L. Edm. B. 1; Th. i. 254, 4. Woruldgerysenum, L. I. P. 24; Th. ii. 336, 38
fódder
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Add Fódre sagina (epularum), Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 71. Se scírgeréfa férde mid him and léet him findan mete and fóddor æt ælcan castelle, Chr. 1075; P. 210, 25. Atih ł wilde fóter zizania, Mt. L. 13, 27
ge-belg
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Add: — Gif hwám fram his ealdore geboden sý to ðigene, and hé hit mid gebelge forsace (and he angrily, resentfully, refuse), R. Ben. 69, 20. Lá leófan men . . . bútan gebelge hlystað (listen without taking offence), Wlfst. 178, 30
leax
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Hé wearp út his net, and þǽr wearð oninnan án ormǽte leax, Hml. S. 31, 1275. Him mon þá mettas selle þá þe late melten, leax and þá fixas þá þe late meltan. Lch. ii. 176, 23. Add
scildend
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Eálá þú scyldend o tutor, Hpt. 31, 18, 503. Sceldend lífes mínes defensor vitae meae, Ps. Vos. 26, 1. Ꝥ ðú tóweorpe feónd and wrecend ł and scildend ut destruas inimicum et ultorem, Ps. L. 8, 3. Add