þurh-seón
to strain through ⬩ penetrate
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to strain through, penetrate Ealle ða fúllnessa ðæs fúllan ofnes and ðæs þeóstran ðe mec ǽr ðurhseáh omnem foetorem tenebrosae fornacis, qui me pervaserat, Bd. 5, 12; M. 430, 6
un-gewislíc
Uncertain ⬩ unknown ⬩ uncommon
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Uncertain, unknown, uncommon Wénst ðú ðæt hit hwæt níwes sié oððe hwæthwugu ungewislíces ðæt ðé on becumen is novum credo aliquid inusitatumque vidisti, Bt. 7, 2; Fox 16, 27 note
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féster-bearn
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Gregorius is úre altor and wé syndan his alumni, ðæt is ðæt hé is úre fésterfæder on Críste, and wé syndon his fésterbearn on fullwihte, Shrn. 62, 21. Substitutefor passage
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weax-hláf
A cake of wax
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Dó ðonne weax on ðæt ele ðætte ðæt eall weorðe tó hnescum weaxhláfe, 234, 10: 82, 14
Wiht-sǽtan
The inhabitants of the Isle of Wight
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The inhabitants of the Isle of Wight Geata fruman syndon Wihtsǽtan ( Victuarii ), ðæt is seó ðeód ðe Wiht ðæt eálond oneardaþ, Bd. l, 15 ; S. 483, 22. v. next word
staþol
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Ða staþolas ðære cyrican, Bd. 2, 4; S. 505, 16. Hé ða staþelas gesette ðæs mynstres, 3, 23; S. 554, 28. On staþelnm healdan, Exon. Th. 312, 14; Seef. 109. <b>I a.
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hleápan
To LEAP, ⬩ jump, ⬩ dance, ⬩ run
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Ðæt hie ne hliépen unwillende on ðæt scorene clif unþeáwa per multa, quæ non appetunt, iniquitatum abrupta rapiuntur, Past. 33, 1; Swt. 214, 7.
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lufian
To love
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Hé ágsode hý, hwá wolde on ðære geférrǽdenne beón ðe hé wǽre, and ðæt lufian ðæt hé lufode, L. Edg. 4; Th. i. 162, 6. Hé mé mid syndrige lufan lufode, Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 33. Hú ús wuldres weard wordum and dǽdum lufode in lífe, Andr.
tól
a tool, ⬩ implement, ⬩ instrument ⬩ tools, ⬩ machinery, ⬩ apparatus
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Ða nýdþearfe ... ðæt is mete and drync and cláþas and tól tó swelcum cræfte swelce ðú cunne ðæt ðé is gecynde, Bt. 14, l; Fox 42, 6.
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healf
a half ⬩ side, part
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On twá healfe ðære eás on both sides of the river, 896; Etl. 94, 11.
á-gímeleásian
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MSS.) ðone ymbhogan, Past. 137, I. with clause Gif se hierde ágiémeleásað ðæt hé hiera helpe, 137, 14. Hé ágýmeleásede ꝥ hé heólde his líchaman forhæfdnesse, Gr. D. 241, 17. Ðæt hié ne ágímeleásien ðæt hí hira mód gebrídligen, Past. 215, 6
wærþu
Sagacity, cunning, cleverness
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Sagacity, cunning, cleverness Gif him lífes weard of móde ábrít ðæt micle dysig ðæt hit oferwrigen mid wunode lange, þonne ic wát ðæt hí ne wundriaþ mæniges þinges ðe monnum nú wærþo and wunder þynceþ (many a thing that now seems very clever and wonderful
ofer-sǽlþ
Pleasure or happiness that exceeds due bounds
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Pleasure or happiness that exceeds due bounds: — Gif ðú wilnast ðæt ðú wel mǽge ðæt sóðe leóht sweotole oncnáwan ðú for-lǽtan scealt ídle ofersǽlþa unnytne gefeán (cf. gif ðú wilnige ðæt sóðe leóht oncnáwan áfyr fram ðé ða yfelan sǽlþa and ða unnettan
ge-sión
to see ⬩ behold ⬩ videre
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to see, behold; videre Wénaþ ða dysgan ðæt ǽlc mon síe blind swá hí sint; and ðæt nán mon ne mǽge seón [gesión, note] ðæt hí gesión ne mágon the foolish think that every man is blind as they are; and that no man is able to see what they cannot see, Bt
Æðelflǽd
Æthelfled ⬩ Æthelfleda
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Ðá on ðæm setle Eádweard cyng ðǽr sæt [æt Steanforde], ðá gefór Æðelflǽd his swystar æt Tameworþige, xii nihtum ǽr middum sumera.
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Élíg
The isle of ELY, Cambridgeshire ⬩ insŭla Eliensis in agro Cantabrigiensi
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Hér Sc̃e Æðeldryht ongon ðæt mynster æt Élíge in this year [A. D. 673] St. Ætheldryth began the monastery at Ely, Chr. 673; Th. 58, 4.
forþ-feran
To go forth ⬩ depart ⬩ die ⬩ decēdĕre ⬩ defungi ⬩ mŏri ⬩ expīrāre
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To go forth, depart, die; decēdĕre, defungi, mŏri, expīrāre He ðǽr forþferan sceolde he should die there, Bd. 3, 29; S. 561, 25: 4, 11; S. 579, 29, 42. Hí ðǽr cýddon hine forþferende quem ĭbīdem ŏbiisse narrāvĕrint, 3, 29; S. 561, 4.
hring
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Ðǽr wæs wópes hring torne bitolden wæs seó treówlufu hát æt heortan hreðer innan weóll, Exon. 15 b; Th. 34, 5; Cri. 537. Him ðæs wópes hring torne gemonade teagor ýðum weól háte hleórdropan, 52 a; Th. 182, 21; Gú. 1313.
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un-geþyldig
Impatient
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Impatient Ðæt wæs ungeþyldig heretoga ... hé wǽpn gegráp mid tó campienne, ǽr ðon ðe hé tó his líchoman leomum becóme, Blickl. Homl. 165, 33.
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clif
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Oð ðæs clifes norðhyldan, 418, 25. Tó ðæs clifes westende, 419, 6. Fram þám heán clife ab alta rupe, Gr. D. 52, 22. Ꝥ wæter wæs sweart under þǽm clife neoðan, Bl. H. 211, 2: 209, 34. Ðá stánas swá of óðrum clife út sceoredon, 207, 20.