gítsere
An avaricious, a covetous person ⬩ miser
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He wæs se wyresta gítsere ðe he gesealde wið feó heofeones hláford he was the worst covetous man because he sold for money the lord of heaven, Blickl. Homl. 69, 13, 10.
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blíð-heort
BLITHE of HEART, merry, joyful ⬩ lætus corde, hilaris ⬩ kind of heart, merciful ⬩ benignus corde, misericors
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Kmbl. 1319; An. 660. kind of heart, merciful; benignus corde, misericors Gebletsode blíðheort Cyning, Metod alwihta, wíf and wǽpned the merciful King, Lord of all things, blessed female and male, Cd. 10; Th. 12, 28; Gen. 192
ge-hyrtan
To encourage ⬩ animate ⬩ refresh ⬩ confortare ⬩ animare ⬩ refrigerare
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Drihten us gehyrte the Lord encouraged us, Homl. Th. ii. 538, 12. Mín werod gehyrted wæs my army was encouraged, Nar. 8, 17. Gehyrtan refocillare, confortare, Hpt. Gl. 478. Se læg dæg and niht geswógen.
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sicerian
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hlece scip and ðeáh hit wilnaþ ðæs ilcan ðe sió hlúde ýð, ðéþ on ðære hreón sǽ búton hit mon ǽr út áweorpe by very small quantities and with very great secrecy does the water make its way into the leaky ship, and yet it has the same intention as the loud
sinc-gifa
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Se ðe wát his sincgiefan holdne beheledne hé sceal heán hweorfan he who knows his gracious lord buried shall wander downcast, Exon. Th. 183, 13 ; Gú. 1326. Hé his sincgyfan ( Byrhtnoth ) wrec, Byrht. Th. 139, 62 ; By. 278. Cf. sinc-gim, -þegu
sige-leás
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without victory, unsuccessful in conflict, defeated Engle nú lange [wǽron] eal sigeleáse the English now for a long time have been deserted by victory, Wulfst. 162, 15. Hý sigeleáse (defeated) ðone grénan wong ofgiefan sceoldan, Exon.
sticels
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I besought the Lord, that it might depart from me, 2 Cor. 12, 7-8), Homl. Th. i. 474, 12-15. Sticelse stimulo, monitione, Hpt. Gl. 420, 45. Se yfela gást hine drehte mid deófollícum sticelsum, Homl. Skt. i. 18, 10. Sticelsas rhamnos, Ps. Spl. 57, 9
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swealwe
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For instances of the word in local names, see Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 338
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a-deádan
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Substitute: <b>á-deádian;</b> p. ode To become dead, lose vitality or feeling, become paralysed Ádeádaþ fatescit, Wülck. Gl. 408, 6. Gif se líchama næfð mete, þonne forweornað hé and ádeádað, Hml. Th. i. 168, 32.
be-rídan
to surround ⬩ invest ⬩ to seize ⬩ arrest
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Ic beóde þat þú on mínre stede beríde þás lond þám hǽlge tó hande, Cht. Th. 369, 21. Harold king lét berídan Sand*-*wíc of Xpes cyrcean him sylfan to handa and hæfde hit twelf mónað, 338, 30
fleót
an estuary
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flactra locus coenosus, Migne), ii. 36, 43. Binnan twám fliátum sind genemde pirifliát and scipfliót, ðá gesceádad þæt land westan and eástan oð ðæt weallfæsten, C. D. ii. 86, 25. Add
ge-lystan
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Þa mé gelyste þǽre deóglan stówe þe ic ǽr on wæs in mynstre; seó is þǽre gnornunge freónd secretum locum petii amicum moeroris, Gr. D. 3, 10.
geómrian
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. ¶ geómrian tó to sigh for, long for :-- Hí geómriað tó ðám upplican, Hml. Th. i. 520, 23. Add
innera
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Add:, innerra. local Rif vel seó inre wamb alvus, Wrt. Voc. i. 44, 38. Hé férde forð ofer ꝥ wæter in þá inran land þǽra hǽðenra, Hml. S. 30, 309. concerned with the inner man Se earma innera man, ꝥ is seó wérige sáwl, Verc. Först. 93, 4.
sprǽc-hús
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Add: a place in which the monastic school was held; auditorium [auditorium, locus in quo conveniebant monachi, quod in eo essent monachicae scholae, ibique praeceptores docerent, discipuli audirent magistros docentes, Migne] Bútan spǽchúses (auditorii
web
A web, woven stuff
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Goldfág scinon web æfter wágum shot with gold shone the work of the loom along the walls, Beo. Th. 1994; B. 995. Webbum peplis, Hpt. Gl. 507, 12. Webbu swá hwilc swá wyfð, and blisse gesihð, gód ǽrende getácnaþ, Lchdm. iii. 210, 28
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wíg-heafola
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Icel vígr in fighting state, serviceable for fighting, and afli strength; so that the passage would mean he had or brought strength that might serve to help his lord in battle. (?)
cólian
To COOL ⬩ to be or become cold ⬩ algere ⬩ refrigerari
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Cólaþ Cristes lufu the love of Christ cooleth Exon. 33a; Th. 104, 17; Gú. 9. Sumur-hát cólaþ summer-heat becomes cold Exon. 95a; Th. 354, 58; Reim. 67. Líc cólode the corpse became cold Exon. 51b; Th. 180, 18; Gú. 1281.
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bysmerian
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Ne lǽt bysmrian banan mancynnes ða ðín lof beraþ let not the murderers of men revile those who bear thy praise, Andr. Kmbl. 2587; An. 1295. Bysmeredon hie bútú ætgædere they reviled us both together, Rood Kmbl. 95; Kr. 48: Andr. Kmbl. 1923; An. 964.
Linked entries: bysmorian bysmrian bysmrigan beosmriende bismærian bismerian bismiriende bismrian
EORL
an earl ⬩ cŏmes, sătelles princĭpis
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Him se Ebrisca eorl wísade the Hebrew man [Lot] directed them. Cd. 112; Th. 147, 24; Gen. 2444. Ða eorlas þrý, nom. pl. the three men, 95; Th. 123, 16; Gen. 2045. Eorlas wénaþ men think, 86; Th. 109, 22; Gen. 1826.
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