ge-swencan
To disturb ⬩ agitate ⬩ trouble ⬩ vex ⬩ fatigue ⬩ outweary ⬩ afflict ⬩ harass ⬩ oppress ⬩ pulsāre ⬩ agĭtāre ⬩ trībŭlāre ⬩ vexāre ⬩ fătīgāre ⬩ afflīgĕre ⬩ affĭcĕre ⬩ opprĭmĕre
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To disturb, agitate, trouble, vex, fatigue, outweary, afflict, harass, oppress; pulsāre, agĭtāre, trībŭlāre, vexāre, fătīgāre, afflīgĕre, affĭcĕre, opprĭmĕre Herodes cyning wolde geswencan sume of ðære gelaðunge Herod the king would afflict some of the
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tó-cleófan
To cleave asunder
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In later English the word is used transitively and intransitively
ge-lygnian
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Gif hé wolde gefsestnian mid áþe, ꝥ seó leáse wrǽgistre ne wurde fordǽmed. Ðá swór hé ꝥ hé friðian wolde þá leásan wudewan, ðeáh þe heó gelignod wurðe, 2, 210.
a-hefigian
To make heavy or sad ⬩ to weigh down ⬩ burden ⬩ gravare ⬩ contristare ⬩ deprimere
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To make heavy or sad, to weigh down, burden; gravare, contristare, deprimere Swá biþ ðam móde, ðonne hit biþ ahefigad mid ðǽm ymbhogum ðisse worulde so is it with the mind, when it is weighed down by the anxieties of this world, Bt. 24, 4; Fox 84, 32
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ge-beácnian
To point out ⬩ indicate ⬩ make signs ⬩ indĭcāre ⬩ nuntiāre ⬩ innuere
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We woldon mid gebeácnian ða sóþfæstnesse we would therewith point out the truth, Bt. 35, 5; Fox 166, 16. Gebécnadon feder his innuebant patri ejus, Lk. Skt. Lind. 1, 62
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leásung-spell
a fable
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A false or foolish story, a fable Ðá hæfdon monige unwíse menn him tó worde and tó leásungspelle ðæt sió hǽte nǽre for hiora synnum ac sǽdon ðæt hió wǽre for Fetontis forscapunge ex quo quidam, dum non concedunt Deo potentiam, suas inanes ratiunculas
mann-lufu
Love of men
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Love of men Woldun ðæt him tó móde fore monlufan sorg gesóhte, ðæt hé síþ tuge eft tó éþle they desired that for love of men care would visit his mind, that he might take his journey back to his country (and not remain as a hermit), Exon. 37 b; Th. 123
scóh-wyrhta
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From the description of his work given by the sceówyrhta (sutor) in Ælfric's Colloquy, Thorpe, p. 27, he Facio calceamenta diversi generis, subtalares et ficones, caligas et utres, frenos et phaleras et flascones et calidilia, calcaria et chamos, peras
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betwyx-aworpennyss
An interjection ⬩ interjectio
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This part of speech lieth between other words, and denotes a stirring of the mind. Heu denotes a soreness of mind, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 3, 55
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tyrdlu
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Old Farming Words. Halliwell quotes 'tak the triddils of an hare.' Tyrdyl schepys donge, Prompt. Parv. 494.. Haran tyrdlu, Lchdm. ii. 214, 4. Genim gáte tyrdlu, 72, 16, 27. Tyrdelu, 282, 7
ge-sárgian
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Add: to wound, of physical injury Wið liþa sáre, gyf hý of hwylcum belimpe gesárgude beoð if they are injured by any accident, Lch. i. 312, 2.
riht-lic
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Add Ic wolde witan hú rihtlic (justum) ꝥ sý ꝥ seó scyld sí wítnod bútan ænde, seó þe þurhtogen byþ mid þám ende, Gr. D. 334, 23. add: proper Þá dagas syndon rihtlice tó fæstenne, Shrn. 80, 2.
íðan
To lay waste ⬩ desolate ⬩ destroy
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Ýðde ðisne eardgeard ælda scyppend the creator of men laid waste this world, Exon. 77 b ; Th. 291, 20; Wand. 85. Ýðan, 126 a; Th. 484, 13; Rä. 70, 7. Íðende depopulis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 27
líf-wela
life
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Lífwelan the wealth of this world, Cd. 174; Th. 219, 17; Dan. 56
mæc
Well-matched ⬩ equal ⬩ agreeable
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Hár hildering hréman ne þorfte macan (other MSS. mecca, meca, mecga) gemǽnan the grey-haired warrior had no need to boast of well-matched intercourse, i. e. would not boast of being a match for those against whom he fought, and by whom he had been defeated
middel-fléra
A partition ⬩ the gristle of the nose ⬩ bridge of the nose
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; it occurs as an alternative with words meaning) the gristle of the nose, bridge of the nose Middelfléra interpinnium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 48. Nose grystle vel middelflére internasus vel interfinium vel interpinium, i. 43, 20.
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ge-dæftlíce
Fitly ⬩ seasonably ⬩ opportūne ⬩ commŏde
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Fitly, seasonably; opportūne, commŏde Ic ðé beóde ðæt ðú stande on ðissum wordum, and hie lǽre ǽgðer ge gedæftlíce ge ungedæftlíce I charge thee to abide by these words, and teach them both seasonably and unseasonably, Past. 15, 6; Swt. 96, 15; Hat.
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ge-hýrsum
Obedient ⬩ obliging ⬩ ready to serve ⬩ obĕdiens ⬩ offĭciōsus
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H woldon hint beón gehýrsume they would be obedient to him, Chr. 1083 ; Erl. 217, 6
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scúdan
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to shake, tremble, shiver, shudder Hý (Adam and Eve) on uncýððu scomum scúdende scofene wurdon on gewinworuld they shivering with shame into a strange land were thrust, into a world of struggle, Exon. Th. 153, 19 ; Gú. 828. [Cf. O.
ymb-haga
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, and sleah ǽnne stacan onmiddan dam ymbhagan, and lege ðone stán onuppan ðám stacan (the words on the stone are : Contra apes ut salui sint. There are other charms connected with bees on pp. 384, 397), Lchdm. i. 395, 5. v. ymbe a swarm of bees