gearu-gongende
Going quickly or swiftly ⬩ expĕdīte incēdens
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Going quickly or swiftly; expĕdīte incēdens Ic eom to ðon bleáþ, ðæt mec mæg gearugongende gríma abrégan I am so timid, that a phantom going swiftly may frighten me, Exon. 110 b; Th. 423, 6; Rä. 41, 17
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ge-sǽli
Happy ⬩ fēlix
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Happy; fēlix Hweðer micel feoh mǽge ǽnigne mon dón swá gesǽline, ðæt he nánes þinges máran ne þurfe can much money make any man so happy that he may need nothing more? Bt. 26, 1; Fox 90, 13
slǽp-wérig
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Weary and sleepy, sleepily weary, so tired as to sleep, cf. deáþ-wérig; or (?) weary of sleep, cf. symbel-wérig Oft mec (a mill-stone) slǽpwérigne secg oððe meówle grétan eode, Exon. Th. 387, 14; Ra. 5, 5
Æðelréd
Æthelred ⬩ Æthelred ⬩ Æthelrédus ⬩ Æthelred Atheling ⬩ Æthelred
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Æthelred, third son of Æthelwulf, and brother of Alfred the Great. Æthelred was king of Wessex for five years, A.D. 866-871; Æthelred, Æthelrédus Hér féng Æðelréd to West Seaxna ríce here, A.
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rípan
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Gr. 28, 3; Som. 30, 63. Ðú rípst ðíne æceras tui agros metis, 15; Som. 19, 46. Hláford ðú rípst ðǽr ðú ne seówe.... Ðú wistest ðæt ic rípe (hrippo, Lind.) ðǽr ic ne sáwe, Mt. Kmbl. 25, 24-26. Hrippes, Lk. Skt. Lind. 19, 21.
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ge-þwǽre
United ⬩ agreeing ⬩ consonant ⬩ harmonious ⬩ accordant ⬩ concordant ⬩ mild ⬩ gentle ⬩ peaceful ⬩ concors ⬩ congruus ⬩ consŏnus ⬩ mansuētus ⬩ pācĭfĭcus ⬩ plăcĭdus
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Gr. 9, 44; Som. 13, 4, MSS. C. D. Geþwǽre sang harmŏnĭa, Ælfc. Gl. 34; Som. 62, 59; Wrt. Voc. 28, 39.
ELLES
ELSE, otherwise, in another manner ⬩ ălĭter, ăliōquin, ăliunde, sĕcus
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Gr. 38; Som. 40, 7
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mód-sefa
The inner man
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The inner man, mind, spirit, soul, heart: — Ðæt ðín módsefa mára wurde and ðín líchoma leóhtra micle that thy mind would be mightier and far fairer thy body, Cd. 25; Th. 32, 10; Gen. 501.
sáwan
to sow ⬩ to sow ⬩ implant
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Gl. 370. to sow (a field with seed) Hí seówon æceras seminaverunt agros, Ps. Spl. 106, 37. Ne sáw ðú ðínne æcyr mid gemengedum sǽde agrum tuum non seres diverso semine, Lev. 19, 19.
cleófa
a cleft, chasm, den, cell, chamber ⬩ cubīle, cellarium, cubiculum
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Gl. 108; Som. 78, 122; Wrt. Voc. 58, 34. Ðeós sweoster wæs útgangende of hire cleófan hæc soror egressa est de cubiculo, Bd. 4, 9; S. 576, 31
dreórig
bloody, gory, glorious ⬩ cruentus, cruentātus, gloriōsus ⬩ sad, sorrowful, pensive, DREARY ⬩ mœstus
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Soul Recd. 33; Seel. 17. sad, sorrowful, pensive, DREARY; mœstus Híg wurdon swíðe dreórige they became very sorrowful, Gen. 44, 13: Mk. Bos. 14, 19. On ðas dreórgan tíd in this sorrowful tide, Exon. 48 b; Th. 167, 10; Gú. 1058
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eofot
A debt, crime ⬩ dēbĭtum, culpa
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Godes ágen bearn, unscyldigne eofota gehwylces, héngon on heáne beám fæderas usse our fathers hung up God's own son on a high tree, guiltless of every crime, Elen. Kmbl. 846; El. 423
ést-mete
Delicate meat, dainties, luxuries ⬩ delĭcātus cĭbus, daps, dēlĭciæ
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Gr. 9, 54; Som. 13, 20. Seó wuduwe ðe lyfaþ on éstmettum. heó ne lyfaþ ná, ac heó is deád. Ðeós Anna, ðe we embe sprecaþ, ne lufude heó ná éstmettas, ac lufude fæstenu the widow who liveth in luxuries, she liveth not, but she is dead.
fágnys
A scab, ulcer, eruption ⬩ scăbies, ulcus, eruptio
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Ðæt Crist úre sáwle fram synna fágnyssum gehǽlan mǽge that Christ may heal our soul from the ulcers of sins, 122, 25. Seó fágnys aweg gewát the eruption went away, Homl. Th. ii. 178, 15.
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fóre-secgan
To FORE-SAY ⬩ foretell ⬩ predict ⬩ announce ⬩ præfāri ⬩ prædīcĕre ⬩ prædĭcāre ⬩ pronuntiāre ⬩ annuntiāre
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Gr. 47; Som. 48, 40. Ðæt se bisceop Aidan ðám scypfarendum ðone storm towardne fóresægde ut episcŏpus Aidan nautis tempestātem fŭtūram prædixĕrit, Bd. 3, 15; S. 541, 16: Ps. Th. 118, 172: 147, 8.
frimdig
Inquisitive ⬩ asking ⬩ desirous ⬩ inquisītīvus ⬩ desīdĕrans ⬩ requīrens
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Inquisitive, asking, desirous; inquisītīvus, desīdĕrans, requīrens Man him sóna funde, ðæs ðe he frimdig wæs one soon found for him, what he was desirous, Ælfc. T. 36, 13. Swá gé frimdie wǽron sīcat dīcĭtis, Ex. 12, 31.
here-téma
A leader of an army, of a people ⬩ a ruler ⬩ general
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Ðá cwæþ hé hwæs sunu is hit ðá cwæþ se bisceop mínes heretéman then said he 'whose son is it ?' Then said the bishop 'my prince's' [?], Shrn. 130, 9. Hé wearþ tó heretéman he became general, Elen. Kmbl. 20; El. 10
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hund-nigontig
Ninety
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Gr. 49; Som. 49, 44. Se sumor hafaþ hundnygontig daga ... Se winter hæfaþ tú and hundnigontig daga, Shrn. 83, 33; 146, 7. Hundteóntig geára wæs Abraham and his gebedda hundnigontig Abraham was a hundred years old and his consort ninety, Homl.
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lust-líce
gladly ⬩ willingly
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Gr. 44; Som. 46, 32. Lustlíce onfón libenter excipere, Bd. 3, 11; S. 535, 18: 3, 3 ; S. 525, 30. For ðe wé wolden lustlíce sweltan for thee we would gladly die, Ap. Th. 26, 6.
melcan
To milk
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Gr. 26, 3; Som. 28, 55. Melke, Coll. Monast. Th. 20, 17. Se ðe melcþ qui emulget, Kent. Gl. 1121. Milciþ morgit (?), Ep. Gl. 14 f, 16. Milcet, Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 73. Milcit, 114, 17: mulgit, Wülck. 33, 26. Hé éwa mealc, Shrn. 61, 19.
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