ge-wrixl
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Mistlice wíta cumaþ tó ðám gódum swá hí tó þám yfelum sceoldon, and ðá gód þe sceoldon bión edleán gódum monnum cumaþ tó yflum monnum, for þǽm ic wolde witan æt þé hú þé lícode ꝥ gewrixle ( quaeque tam injustae confusionis ratio videatur, ex te scire
cwealm
Death, destruction, a violent death, slaughter, murder, torment, plague, pestilence, contagion ⬩ QUALM; mors, pernicies, nex, cædes, homicidium, cruciatus, lues, pestis, pestilentia, contagium
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Ðider sóþfæstra sáwla mótun cuman æfter cwealme thither the souls of the just may come after death, Exon. 32b; Th. 103, 14; Cri. 1688: Cd. 166; Th. 207, 18; Exod. 468. To wera cwealme for the destruction of men, Andr. Kmbl. 3013; An. 1509.
ge-weald
power ⬩ strength ⬩ might ⬩ efficacy ⬩ potestas ⬩ power over any thing ⬩ empire ⬩ rule ⬩ dominion ⬩ mastery ⬩ sway ⬩ jurisdiction ⬩ government ⬩ protection ⬩ keeping ⬩ a bridle-bit ⬩ potestas ⬩ facuitas ⬩ imperium ⬩ ditio ⬩ arbitrium ⬩ jus ⬩ camas
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Ðæt se Gode móte in geweald cuman that he may come into God's dominion, Exon. 32 b; Th. 103, 27; Cri. 1694; Cd. 10; Th. 13, 14; Gen. 202. Wer-þeóda geweald the sway of nations, 161; Th. 202, 4; Exod. 383.
Linked entries: þeóh-geweald ge-wald ge-wild
gréne
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Wunian wyrtruman þæs wudubeámes eorðan fæstne, oð þæt eft cyme gréne bléda, Dan. 518. vigorous life. v. grénnes; Græs and wyrtan and treówu foraldiað and forsérið, and cumað oððer, grénu wexað and gearwað and rípað, Solil. H. 10, 5.
eard
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On þá gerád ꝥ hý nǽfre eft on eard ne cuman. And gif heó man ǽfre eft on earde geméte, Ll. Th. i. 220, 8-10. Beó hé útlah, búton him se cyng eard álýfe ( allow him to remain in the country ), 258, 20.
ge-siht
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Hí ne móston cuman on his eágon gesihðe, Chr. 1048; P. 174, 10. Hié gestódon on gesihþe þæs eádigan Andreas, Bl. H. 243, 6. with dat. Hí ná heom God setton on gesyhðe non proposuerunt Deum ante conspectum suum, Ps. Th. 53, 3.
rest
rest, quiet, freedom from toil ⬩ rest, repose, sleep ⬩ a place of rest, resting-place ⬩ a bed, couch
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Nis nán gesceaft gesceapen ðara ðe ne wilnige ðæt hit ðider cuman mǽge ðonan ðe hit, ǽr com, ðæt is tó ræste and tó orsorgnesse. Seó ræst is mid Gode, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 29-32 ; Met. 13, 71.
wilnian
of animate objects ⬩ to desire, ask for ⬩ with gen. or uncertain ⬩ with accusative ⬩ with infinitive ⬩ with geniudial infinitive ⬩ with genitive and gerundial infinitive ⬩ with a clause ⬩ absolute or uncertain ⬩ to desire to go ⬩ to tend to an end
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Nis nán gesceaft ðara ðe ne wilnige ðæt hit þider cuman mage, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 30. Wilnie, Met. 13, 69. Ðeáh hí wielnien (wilnien, Cott. MSS.) ðæt hié andrysne sién Past. 17; Swt. 109, 18.
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beran
to carry ⬩ bring ⬩ to bear ⬩ to suffer ⬩ to carry ⬩ fruit
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Cumað beorende reopan heara, Ps. Srt. 125, 6. with abstract object Bær Godwine eorl úp his mál Earl Godwine brought up his cause, Chr. 1052; P. 183, 6. Sceal úre ánra gehwylc beran his dǽda beforan Crístes heáhsettle, Bl. H. 63, 30.
breóst
the chest ⬩ thorax ⬩ the stomach ⬩ womb ⬩ a breast ⬩ mamma ⬩ mamilla
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Cumað deór . . . and heora breósta beóð mid byrnum befangene (habebant loricas, Rev. 9, 9), Wlfst. 200, 12. Hé hlinode ofer ðæs Hǽlendes breóstum (onufa breóst supra pectus, L. R.), Jn. 13, 25.
stalu
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Of ðære heortan cumaþ stale (stala, MS. A.), Mt. Kmbl. 25, 19: Mk. Skt. 7, 22. Ða heáfodleahtras sind ... leásgewitnyssa, stala, Homl. Th. ii. 592, 5. Stala furtum, Wrt.Voc. ii. 38, 31.
wit
We two
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Rincas míne, restaþ incit hér, wit (Isaac and I) eft cumaþ, Cd. Th. 174, 21; Gen. 2882: 152, 31; Gen. 2529: Beo. Th. 1074; B. 535. Grammar wit, with numeral forms Ic wæs gehloten mid ánum wífe in ánes ceorles þeówdóme.
EARD
land, country, province, region, place of residence, dwelling, home ⬩ sŏlum nātīvum, patria, rĕgio, dŏmĭcĭlium ⬩ on land ⬩ terra, terra firma ⬩ state, station, condition ⬩ sĭtus, condĭtio
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Ðú gebunde ðæt fyr ðæt hit ne mæg cuman to his ágenum earde thou hast bound the fire, that it may not come to its own region, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 32, 24. Ne ðǽr elþeó-dige eardes brúcaþ strangers enjoy no dwelling there, Andr. Kmbl. 560; An. 280.
wacian
To watch ⬩ wake ⬩ to remain awake ⬩ not to sleep ⬩ to be freed from obstruction ⬩ to open ⬩ to be alert ⬩ to watch ⬩ be on the watch ⬩ be on guard ⬩ to watch ⬩ be on the watch to injure
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Gif hé wiste hwænne se þeáf cuman wolde, witodlíce hé wacude (uigilaret), Lk. Skt. 12, 39. Hine twégen ymb weardas wacedon, Exon. Th. 109, 6; Gú. 86. Wacodon menn, swá swá hit gewunelíc is, ofer án deád líc, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 290: Blickl.
staþol
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</b> the lower, firmer part, base of a pillar, trunk of a tree :-- Se is stemn and staðol ealra góda and of ðæm cumaþ eall gód, Bt. 34, 5; Fox 140, 2.
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list
Art ⬩ skill ⬩ craft ⬩ cunning ⬩ artifice
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Ðæs líchoman listas and cræftas of ðæm móde cumaþ the arts and powers of the body come from the mind; intus est hominum vigor arce conditus abdita, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 216; Met. 26, 108.
medume
middling ⬩ moderate ⬩ common ⬩ occupying the middle or mean position as regards ⬩ observing the just mean ⬩ perfect ⬩ meet ⬩ fit ⬩ worthy
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Ðæs medemestan lífes (the life mid-way between the best and worst, cf. mon forlǽt ðæt wyrreste líf and ne mæg git cuman tó ðæm betstan, 10), Past. 51, 6; Swt. 399, 15. age : -- Mínre yldstan déhter ... ðære medemestan ... ðære gingstan, Chart.
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cýþþu
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On cýþþe cuman, Ors. 1, 11; S. 50, 11. fellow countrymen Án wræccea þæt fácn tó his cýþþe gebodade ( suis prodidit ), Ors. 2, 5; S. 80, 2. Hí héton hine cýðan on his cýððe æt hám Godes wundor . . .
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ge-wyrht
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Þaelig-acute;r leán cumað werum bi gewyrhtum worda and dǽda these rewards will come to men according to their deserts for words and deeds Cri. 1368. Geweorhtum, Met. 27, 27. Hí þæs deóran hám wilniað bi gewyrhtum ( as it deserves ), Gú. 41.
neáh
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Neáh ðám eall þá þing þe ðanan cumað wiþ ǽlcum áttre magan omnia pene, quae de eadem insula sunt, contra uenenum ualent, Bd. l, I ; Sch. 13, 3. Neáh ðon eallum út ágangendum cunctis pene egressis, i. 7, Sch. 23, 33