gift
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Hé dó hiere gyfta, Ll. Th. i. 46, 17. a particular matrimonial alliance Be ðon ðe mon wíf bycgge and ðonne sió gift tóstande. Ll. Th. i. 122, 4.
æfter
AFTER ⬩ post ⬩ Along ⬩ through ⬩ during ⬩ κατά ⬩ per ⬩ According to ⬩ by means of ⬩ secundum ⬩ propter ⬩ After ⬩ about ⬩ propter ⬩ ob ⬩ de ⬩ After ⬩ above ⬩ according to ⬩ post ⬩ super ⬩ secundum
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. 80: Exon. 117 a; Th. 450, 3; Dóm. 82: Exon. 124 a; Th. 476, 20; Ruin. 10: Beo.
a-swógan
To rush into ⬩ invade ⬩ overrun ⬩ choke ⬩ irruere ⬩ invadere ⬩ occupare ⬩ suffocare
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To rush into, invade, overrun, choke; irruere, invadere, occupare, suffocare We witon ðæt we lufiaþ ðone æcer ðe ǽr wæs mid þornum aswógen, and æfter ðæm ðe ða þornas beóþ aheáwene and se æcer biþ onered, bringþ gódne wæstm we know that we love the land
á-uht
Aught ⬩ anything ⬩ aliquid
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Aught, anything; aliquid Eálá, ðæt on eorþan áuht fæstlíces weorces ne wunaþ ǽfre alas, that on earth aught of permanent work does not ever remain, Bt. Met. Fox 6, 32; Met. 6, 16.
BED
a BED ⬩ couch ⬩ pallet ⬩ stratum ⬩ lectus ⬩ a bed in a garden ⬩ pulvillus ⬩ areola in hortis
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Bos. 2, 4; thei senten doun the bedd, in whiche the sike man lay, Wyc.
cantic
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Moises wrát ðone cantic and lǽrde Israéla folc scripsit Moyses canticum et docuit filios Israel, Deut. 31, 22: 31, 19: Salm. Kmbl. 47; Sal. 24: Ps. Th. 143, 10
CLÆMAN
To CLAM, smear, anoint ⬩ linere
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Clæm on ðone cancer smear it on the cancer, L. M. 1, 44; Lchdm. ii. 110, 4: 3, 45; Lchdm. ii. 336, 22. Clæme on ðæt geswel smear it on the swelling, Lchdm. iii. 38, 23
efen-edwistlíc
Consubstantial, of the same substance ⬩ consubstantiālis
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Ic gelýfe on ǽnne Crist, ðone áncennedan Godes Sunu, acennedne ná geworhtne, efenedwistlícne ðam Fæder I believe in one Christ, the only begotten Son of God, begotten not made, consubstantial with the Father, ii. 596, 30
for-screncan
To supplant ⬩ overcome ⬩ oppress ⬩ cast down ⬩ supplantāre ⬩ opprĭmĕre ⬩ elīdĕre
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To supplant, overcome, oppress, cast down; supplantāre, opprĭmĕre, elīdĕre Ða ðe leahtras forscrencaþ belimpaþ to Godes ríce those who overcome sins belong to God's kingdom, Homl. Th. i. 198, 23. Forscrænc hine supplanta eum, Ps. Lamb. 16, 13.
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hrycg-hǽr
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Hair on the back of an animal Gif ðú hafast mid ðé wulfes hrycghǽr and tæglhǽr ða ýtemestan on síðfæte bútan fyrhtu ðú ðone síð gefremest ac se wulf sorgaþ ymbe his síð if you have with you on a journey hairs from a wolf's back and from the tip of its
swinglung
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Giddiness, dizziness, vertigo [cf. swingan, though the verb does not seem much used in the sense of modern swing.
þafetere
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Ðæt hé swá stiére ðǽm ungeðyldegum irsunga, swá hé ðone hnescan ðafettere on recceléste ne gebrenge sic ab impatientibus extinguatur ira, ut tamen remissis ac lenibus non crescat negligentia, 60; Swt. 453, 25
ufan-weard
top of
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Ðá gesáwon wé westan ðone leóman sunnan and se leóma gehrán ðǽm treówunt ufonweardum videmus ab occidente jubare fulgentibus Phebi radiisque percussa arborum cacumina, Nar. 28, 25
wyrcend
a worker ⬩ labourer ⬩ a maker ⬩ a doer.
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Th. 113, 17. a doer. Similar entries v. wyrcan, III Þurh ða unrótnesse ðe is deáðes wyrcend, Anglia xi. 113, 43. Ealle ic feóde fácnes wyrcend facientes praevaricationes odivi, Ps. Th. 100, 3
bí-wist
Subsistence
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Gif hwá hwæt lytles ǽniges bigwistes him sylfum gearcode, reáferas ðone mete him of ðám muðe ábrúdon, Hml. Th. i. 404, 3. On heora bíwiste and on hrægle gehealdene, Bl. H. 185, 16. Þearfum bigwiste syllan, Hml. S. 26, 276.
hán
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Ǽrest on þane hwítan weg; ðonon on ðá reádan háne; of ðǽre háne on ðone herpað, iii. 415, 30: v. 297, 32: 376, 9. Of ðám byrigelse tó ðǽre reádan hánæ; of ðǽre reádan hánæ andlang strǽt, 217, 4. On þá grǽgan háne ; of þǽre grǽgan háne, Cht.
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wedd
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</b> add :-- Giftlicum wedde nuptiali dote. An. Ox. ii. 159. Add
wille
A well, spring, fountain
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On ðone fúlan wylle; of ðam wylle, vi. 213, 16-23. v. wíþig-wille; will, and next word
cneów
a knee ⬩ genu ⬩ a generation; ⬩ generatio
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Heó on cneów sette she knelt down Elen. Kmbl. 2270; El. 1136; Ps. Th. 94, 6. Hí bígdon heora cneów befóran him they bowed their knees before him Mt.
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on-orettan
to perform with effort, to accomplish ( a difficult undertaking)
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to perform with effort, to accomplish ( a difficult undertaking) Nó hé ofer Offan eorlscype fremede (he did not excel Offa), ac Offa geslóg cyneríca mǽst; nǽnig efeneald him eorlscipe máran onorette áne sweorde no one of equal age had done such heroic
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