esne
a servant ⬩ a man
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D. iii. 425, 21. in a more general sense, a servant Nis esne (servus) ofer láferd his. Genóh biþ ꝥte esne sié swá swá láford his, Mt. R. 10, 24, 25: Shrn. 196, 11. Þú esne náwiht, Mt. R. 18, 32.
ge-grétan
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L. 8, 28. to address, accost, salute Wísdóm mín mód mid his wordum gegrétte, Bt. 3, 1; F. 4, 18: B. 1979. Hé gegrétte hindeman síðe swǽse gesíðas, 2516: Fä. 15. Nó hé mid hearme gæst gegrétte, æc cwæð þæt wilcuman Wedera leóde fóron, B. 1893.
ge-rǽsan
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D. 78, 3. (2 a) of fighting Nǽfre mon þon wurðlícor wígsíð áteáh, þára þé wið swá miclum mægne gerǽsde, Gen. 2095. Hé wið áttorsceadan oreðe gerǽsde, B. 2839. Þá hí tógedore gerǽsdon, þá man ofslóh ðes cáseres geréfan, Chr.
hreóf
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</b> of a disease :-- Cniht geþreád mid þǽre hreófan ádle puer morbo elephantino correptus, Gr. D. 157, 6. of a thing, Wal. 8 (in Dict.)
witan
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Se mon sé þe his gefán hámsittendne wite, Ll. Th. i. 90, 3. with gen. , cf. nytan Ꝥ is lǽsse, ꝥ man wite gehwæt hwylces, þonne ꝥ sý, ꝥ his man wite and eác bodie, Gr. D. 138, 4.
sǽlþ
Happiness, joy, felicity, good fortune, prosperity
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Ys micel niédþearf ðæt mon hiene wið ða ungemetlícan sǽlþa warenige, Past. 27; Swt. 189, 6. Hý weorðgeornra sǽlþa tðslítaþ they destroy the fortunes of the ambitious, Salm. Kmbl. 697; Sal. 348. Heofenas blissiaþ sealte sǽstreámas sǽlþe habbaþ. Ps.
wǽg
a weight ⬩ a wey ⬩ an implement for weighing ⬩ a balance
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Selle mon uuége cǽsa, 293, 11. .i. wége césa, .i. wége speces, 296, 35. .ii. wéga spices and céses, 299, 18. .iii. wéga, 311, 3. fig. Ða gewunelícan wǽge (pensum) heora ðeówdómes hig náteshwón forgímeleásion, R.
on-munan
to esteem, consider (worthy), think (highly of) ⬩ denoting worth ⬩ alone
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Ðá cuǽdon hié ðæt hié hié ðæs ne onmunden ðon má ðe eówre geféran then they said, that they did not consider themselves entitled to accept the offer, any more than your comrades did, Chr. 755; Erl. 50, 24.
on-tendness
a burning, fire ⬩ fire, that which kindles passion ⬩ passion, vehement desire ⬩ burning sensation, inflammation
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'Forgif mé ðam men ðe mín mód mé tó spenþ, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 387: 3, 397.
Linked entries: -tendness on-tyndness
tó-weard
Toward ⬩ in the direction of
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Crist wæs tóweard ðære róde gelǽd, Btwk. 214, 27. following the governed word Hé eów onet tóweard mors propinquat, Met. 27, 8. where tó precedes and weard follows (cf. to God ward, to us ward in A. V.) Hé hine bær tó mynstre weard, Homl.
tótian
To peep out ⬩ look
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Euer se recluses toteó more utwardes, 92, 7. Ajein kunde hit is, ꝥ te deade totie, 50, 25. He bad me toten on þe tree. Piers P. 16, 22. He maketh him tote and pry, Gow. ii. 143, 6.
sprengan
To cause to spring. ⬩ to scatter ⬩ to sprinkle ⬩ to burst, crack (cf. to spring a leak,sprung, applied to a bat) ⬩ to apply a clyster ⬩ quassare, rorare ⬩ to burst, scatter, sprinkle ⬩ to burst
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Th. 135, 52; By. 137. as a medical term, to apply a clyster Similar entries v. spring, Ðæt mon on morgen on sprenge, Lchdm. ii. 48, 24
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á-wecgan
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Heora mágas þǽra cnihta mód fram Crístes geleáfan woldon áwecgan, Hml. S. 5, 42. Ðwyrlicra manna heortan, þe beóð ðurh unrihtwísnysse hócas áwegde, ðurh regolsticcan ðǽre sóðan rihtwísnysse beóð geemnode, Hml. Th. i. 362, 27
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ge-líðan
To go ⬩ move ⬩ sail ⬩ advance ⬩ proceed ⬩ come ⬩ īre ⬩ meāre ⬩ advĕhi ⬩ profĭcisci ⬩ vĕnīre
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, they move in a less, that sport about the end of the axis, Bt.
swógan
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to make a sound, move with noise, rush, roar (of wind, water, flame) Swógaþ windas, bláwaþ brecende bearhtma mǽste, Exon. Th. 59, 10; Cri. 950. Frætwe míne ( a swan ) swógaþ hlúde, 390, 7; Rä. 8, 7.
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wénan
to ween ⬩ suppose ⬩ think ⬩ imagine ⬩ opine ⬩ believe ⬩ to hope ⬩ expect ⬩ look for
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Hwæðer ðú wéne ðæt ǽnig mon sié swá andgetfull, ðæt hé mæge ongitan ǽlcne mon on ryht hwelc hé sié, ðæt hé náuþer ne sié ne betera ne wyrsa ðonne hé his wéne?
cystignes
Bountifulness, goodness, munificence ⬩ liberalitas, largitas, munificentia
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Bountifulness, goodness, munificence; liberalitas, largitas, munificentia Cystignesse, cystignysse liberalitatis, Mone B. 2511. Cystines liberalitas, 2494.
dýdan
To put to death, kill ⬩ morti trādĕre, occīdĕre
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To put to death, kill; morti trādĕre, occīdĕre Nedýde man ǽfre on Sunnan dæges freólse ǽnigne forwyrhtne man let not a man ever put any condemned man to death on the festival of Sunday, L. C. S. 45; Th. i. 402, 9
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Eádmundes burh
St. Edmundsbury, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk
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D. 1046, forþférde Æðelstán abbot on Abban dúne and féng Spearhafoc munuc to of Sc̃e Eádmundes byrig here died Æthelstan, abbot of Abingdon, and monk Spearhawk of St. Edmundsbury succeeded, Chr. 1046; Erl. 170, 15
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gealh
Sad ⬩ angry ⬩ tristis
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Se ðe biþ ungeðyldig, and mid gealgum móde ceoraþ ongéan Gode he who is impatient and passionately murmurs against God, Homl. Th. i. 472, 8