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wérig

(adj.)
Grammar
wérig, adj.
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Th. 5866; B. 2937. weary at heart, sad, grieved Ne mæg wérig mód wyrde wiðstondan, ne se hreó hyge helpe gefremman a soul that is sad may not stand against fate, nor the mind that mourns minister help, Exon. Th. 287, 16; Wand. 15.

help

Grammar
help, hylp (an i-stem noun? Cf. u-grade forms, hulpa, hulfa in O. L. Ger. and O.H.Ger. But cf. also hylpan = helpan):

helpassistancesuccouran aida thinga placea refugea cureremedy of disease

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Ne mæg se hreó hyge helpe gefremman, Wand. 16: Cri. 263: 424: Ph. 650: B. 1552: An. 91: 426: 1616: Jul. 696: 722. Hé him helpe (helpan, MS., the verb having been written in error under the influence of mæg which follows ?)

Linked entry: helpe

sóþ

(adj.)
Grammar
sóþ, adj.

Soothverytruethe opposite of that which is false, or merely pretends, or has the appearance of, genuine, realtruein conformity with the actual state of thingstruerighteousjust

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Ðæt wé úre synna béton mid sóþre hreówe, Blickl. Homl. 25, 17: 171, 12. Tó ðon sóþan andgite geeyrran, 107, 15. Ðæt wé sóþe sibbe heóldan, 109, 15.

un-wemme

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wemme, adj.

spotlesswithout blemishwithout defectuninjureduninjuredinviolateundefiledpureimmaculateperfectpureimmaculate

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Se æþela wong ǽghwæs onsund wið ýðfare gehealden stód hreóra wǽga unwemme ille locus, cum diluvium mersisset fluctibus orbem, exsuperavit aquas, Exon. Th. 200, 25; Ph. 46. Hé eft mid his unwemmum líchaman hine gegyrede, Blickl. Homl. 89, 35.

Linked entries: -wemme on-wæmme

holm

(n.)
Grammar
holm, es; m.

A mound, hill, rising groundwave, ocean, water, sealand rising from the water,an island in a river

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Sealt wæter hreóh mé holme besencte tempestas demersit me, Ps. Th. 68, 2. Ðá wæs heofonweardes gást ofer holm boren the spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters, Cd. 6; Th. 8, 7; Gen. 121. Léton holm beran they let the sea bear him, Beo.

cuman

(v.)
Grammar
cuman, p. cóm, coom.
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Ne cóm seó hreów*-*sung tó nánre þrowunge usque ad cruciatum non perveniret poenitentia, Past. 419, 14. Hit cóm tó þám, . . . þæt hé geceás him leorningcnihtas, Wlfst. 17, 9.

á-mirran

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Swá hwá swá nylle ꝥ hine ǽnig mon oððe ǽnig ðing mage ámerran quisquis cupit nullis devis falli, Bt. 35, 1; F. 154, 21. to hinder, prevent right course or action, of persons Wyrð ðæt mód ámierred from ðǽre incundan hreówe mens ab intentione poenitentiae

ge-fón

(v.)
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Hé geféng fetelhilt hreóh and heorogrim, 1563, Hond rond geféng, 2609. Hiá geféngon léhtfat acceptis lampadibus, Mt. L. 25, 3. (2 a) with abstract object :-- Þú hafast unbiþyrfe ofer witena dóm wísan gefongen, Jul. 98.

meaht

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Ðá heán mihta hér on worulde hreósað and tó lore weorðað. Wlfst. 262, 16. the fifth of the nine orders of angels Uirtutes mihta, Hml. Th. i. 342, 27. a deity, divinity Mihte numina, i. deos, An. Ox. 4722.

ge-neahhe

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Hreósað geneahhe tóbrocene burgweallas the ruined city walls fall to the ground, Cri. 977. often, frequently Þá henna hire áfyrrde án fox, sé cóm geneahhe (-neahche, v. l.) náht feorran (þá henna gelómlíce áweg bær án fox cumende of þám neáhlande, v.l

(n.)
Grammar
yþ, e; f.
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Hreó wǽron ýþa, Beo. Th. 1101; B. 548. Seó sǽ mót brúcan smyltra ýþa, Bt. 7, 3; Fox 20, 23. Eástreám ýða, Cd. Th. 240, 11; Dan. 385. Ýða ful the sea, Beo. Th. 2421; B. 1208. Ýða yrfeweard, Salm. Kmbl. 163; Sal. 81. Ýða swengas, Elen.

medume

(adj.)
Grammar
medume, medeme, meodume; adj.

middlingmoderatecommonoccupying the middle or mean position as regardsobserving the just meanperfectmeetfitworthy

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Mid medemum wæstmum hreówe dignis pænitentia fructibus, Bd. 4, 27; S. 604, 24: Mt. Kmbl. 3, 8. Medeme þinc res dignas, Kent. Gl. 396. Drihten ðú ðe eall medemu geworhtest and náht unmedemes, Shrn. 165, 31. Ne mágon wé nánwuht findan betere (MS.

Linked entry: medeme

bót

mendingrepairremedyimprovementhelpamendmentamendsreparationrepentancepenance

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D. i. 114, 27. as a religious term, amends for sin, repentance, penance (cf. dǽd-bót) Don wé úrum Drihtne sóþe hreówe and bóte, ꝥ wé þurh ꝥ gegearnian úra synna forlǽtnesse, Bl. H. 35, 36 : 79, 8. Dón bóte úre yfeldǽda, 99, 1: 101, 9

hyge

(n.)
Grammar
hyge, es; m.

Mindheartsoul

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Se hreó hyge, 76 b; Th. 287, 18; Wand. 16. Ys mínre heortan hige hluttor and clǽne quia delectatum est cor meum, Ps. Th. 72, 17. Hyge wearþ mongum blissad the heart of many was made glad, Exon. 24 b; Th. 71, 30; Cri. 1163.

nǽnig

(n.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
nǽnig, ( = ne ǽnig).

not anynonenono onenot any one

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God ðonne ne gýmeþ nǽnges mannes hreówe, Blickl. Homl. 95, 29. Nǽnges þinges máre þearf nǽre, 175, 8. Hé nǽfre nǽnigum woruldrícum men onbúgan nolde, 223, 27. Warna ðé ðæt ðú hyt nǽnegum men ne secge, Mt. Kmbl. 8, 4.

Linked entry: nán

lange

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Ox. 2726. of action that takes place at some time or other within a long time Þæt wæs Hróðgáre hreówa tornost þára þe leódfruman lange begeáte, B. 2130. where relative duration is expressed. by the comparative or superlative Ꝥ land stent oferfléde hwílon

for-beran

to bearenduresustainto bear withtolerateto bear withput up withto do withoutto abstain fromdesist fromto abstainto restrain

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unrihtlíce hiora yfel forboren wǽre, þonne þá wǽren þe him hiora yfel ryhtlíce on gewrecen wǽre, Bt. 38, 4; F. 204, 18. to endure the absence or privation of something, to do without Mon scel ǽr geðencean, ǽr hé hwæt selle, ðæt hé hit forberan mæge bútan hreówe

Linked entries: fór-beran fóre-beran

réðe

(adj.)
Grammar
réðe, ;adj.;

Fierce, cruel, savagesevere, stern, austere, zealouswild, savage, fierce;severe, cruel, fierce, dire;

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God sylfa ðonne ne gýmeþ nǽnges mannes hreowe . . . ac biþ ðonne réðra and þearlwísra ðonne ǽnig wilde deór, oððe ǽfre ǽnig mód gewurde, Blickl. Homl. 95, 30.

Linked entry: hréðe

ge-tácnian

(v.)
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Sió hreófl getácnað þæt wóhhǽmed per scabiem luxuria designatur, 71, 4. Hwæt elles getácnað ðæs sácerdes hrægl búton ryht weorc vestimenta sacerdotis quid aliud quam recta opera debemus accipere t, 93, 12.

of

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
of, prep. with dat., or adv.

Offromout ofoffas regardsabout

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Hæfdon of ðæm hreóde on scipwísan geworht factis ex harundine naviculis, Nar. 11, 18. Offrunga of nýtenum, Lev. 1, 2. Ne biþ on hláfe ánum mannes líf, ac of eallum ðæm worde ðe gáþ of Godes múþe, Blickl.

Linked entry: ob