heóflan
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Add: absolute In þám dæge heofene and eorðe cwaciað and heófiað and ealle þá ðing þe on him syndon in quo omnis creatura congemescit. Wlfst. 182, 9. Eádige beóð ðá þe heófiað beati qui lugent, Hml. Th. i. 550, 27.
wealdende
Ruling ⬩ powerful
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Nis under mé ǽnig óþer wiht waldendre, ic eom ufor ealra gesceafta, Exon. Th. 427, 6; Rä. 41, 87
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ǽ-melness
want of energy or of interest, sloth ⬩ weariness, tedium, disgust
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Ðǽr beóð ealle unrótnyssa, ádl and yrre and ǽmelnys taedia, tristitiae, indignatio, languor (Dóm. L. p. 25, 115), Wlfst. 139, 18: Dóm. L. 228. Unrótnes, ǽmelnys taedia, tristitiae, 260. Snoffan ǽmylnysse nausiae tedio, Angl. xiii. 369, 50.
gaderung
a joining, union ⬩ an assembly ⬩ gathering ⬩ gathering ⬩ a gathering of words, text
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Add: a joining, union. v. gaderian; Geaðrung copulam (the bond of matrimony), Rtl. 109, 19. an assembly. v. gaderian; II Cwæð hé beforan ealre þáre gaderunge: 'Gé Tharsysce ceastergewaran . . .,' Ap. Th. 26, 2.
wíf-cyn
woman-kind ⬩ women ⬩ female sex
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Ðú eart gebletsod betuh ealle wífcyn (in mulieribus, Lk. 1, 28), Blickl. Homl. 143, 18.
hord-cófa
A place for treasure, a retired chamber, closet, a place where the thoughts are stored, the breast, heart
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Hine mid ealle innancundum heortum hordcófan helpe biddaþ in toto corde exquirunt eum, Ps. Th. 118, 2
á-tyhtan
to stretch ⬩ tendere ⬩ attendere ⬩ extendere ⬩ in-tendere ⬩ to persuade ⬩ incite
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Átiht (extende) þá só; ðan lufe gynd ealne embehwyrft, 2, 16. Þænne geþanc ná tó bebodum só;ðre lufe byð átiht (tenditur), 53, 7. Átyht, Past. 301, 19.
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á-wunian
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Ic stille and swá swá deád áwunade . . . ic swígende ealle þá niht áwunade quietus et quasi mortuus permanens . . . tacitus tota nocte perduro, Bd. 5, 6;Sch. 578, 6-11. Heó ðǽr áwunode þone dægand ðá niht on hire gebede, Hml.
án
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Hit ne cwylmeþ ánum gemete ealle þá synfullan, Gr. D. 333, 17. Tó singanne ánum wordum and ánre stefne, Past. 347, 7. Ealle hí singað ǽnne lofsang, forðan hí ealle healdaþ ǽnne geleáfan, Hml. Th. i. 214, 9-10.
á-rísan
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Drihten hét ealle árísan þe on þám wætere wǽron, Bl. H. 247, 26. Hé geswutelode þæt hé árisen wæs, Hml. Th. i. 222, 9. to arise with intent to act Hwá áríst tó þǽm þæt hé sylle hǽlo?, Ps. Th. 13, 11. Uton wé árísan and ácwellan þá apostolas, Bl.
Finnas
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Bos.] to the White Sea, as defined by Ohthere in the following example Ne métte Ohthere nán gebún land, syððan he fram his ágnum háme [Hálgoland, q. v.] fór; ac him wæs ealne weg wéste land on ðæt steór-bord, bútan fisceran, and fugeleran, and huntan
rǽding
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Sý án rǽdincg gerǽd of ðære ealdan cýðnesse let one lesson from the Old Testament be read, R. Ben. 34, 12. Agustinus ús onwreáh ðissere rǽdinge ( the lesson for the day ) andgit, Homl. Th. ii. 384, 21.
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wrítere
a draughtsman ⬩ painter ⬩ a writer ⬩ scribe ⬩ copyist ⬩ a writer ⬩ author ⬩ a scribe
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Similar entries eald-, ge-, not-, stæf-, stǽr-, tíd-, un-, wyrd-wríte
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wórian
To wander about ⬩ to wander about ⬩ ramble ⬩ be a vagabond
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Gr. 25; Zup. 145, 13. literal,to wander about, ramble, be a vagabond Ic wórige and beó áflýmed geond ealle eorðan ero vagus ei profugus in terra, Gen. 4, 14. Hí lufiaþ ídele blisse, wóriaþ and wundriaþ, and ealne dæg fleardiaþ, L. I.
eá
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Ealle eán (éán MS. flumina ) eft gewendað þanon þe hí ǽr cómon, Angl. vii. 36, 343: Hml. S. 15, 176: Lch. iii. 254, 23. On ǽghwelcra eá múþum, Bt. 32, 3; F. 118, 19. Ealdor eá caput fluviorum, Nar. 35, 20.
wíglung
Divination ⬩ soothsaying ⬩ sorcery ⬩ augury
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Wé gehýrdon seggon, ðæt nán mann ne leofode gif hé gewundod wǽre on ealra hálgena mæssedæg. Nis ðis nán wíglung, ac wíse menn hit áfunden þurh ðone hálgan wísdóm, Lchdm. iii. 154, 5.
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ofer-stígan
to mount, scale, surmount, rise above ⬩ to transcend, surpass, excel, overcome, exceed ⬩ transcendere, transire, exsuperare ⬩ overcome
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Ðú ealle ðíne yldran on ríce feor oferstígest transcendas, Bd. 2, 12; S. 514, 9. Hé ealra óðerra heáhfædera mægen oferstígeþ, Blickl. Homl. 167, 23. Yldo oferbídeþ stánas, heó oferstígeþ stýle, Salm. Kmbl. 600; Sal. 299.
ofer-swíðan
To prove stronger than or superior to another, to overcome, overpower, conquer, surpass
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Hé on his mægenes weorþunga oferswíð ealra óðerra Godes martira wuldor, 167, 25. Gyf strengra hine oferswýð (-swíð, MSS. B. C. ) si fortior vicerit eum. Lk. Skt. MS. A. 11, 22. Oferswýðeþ, Beo. Th. 564; B. 279. Ðú oferswíðdest ðone deófol, Homl.
bútan
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III. 1) Eal hé ꝥ for Godes lufan sealde búton ðone dæghwámlican andleofan ánne, Bl. H. 213, 19. Þeah hit ne sý bútan feorðan dǽl hláfes. Wlfst. 238, 27. <b>B.
scríðan
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Suine tungl scríðaþ leng útan ymb eall ðis, 28, 8. Wolcnu scríðaþ clouds sail along, Menol. Fox 486 ; Gn. C. 13. Leax sceal on wǽle mid sceote scríðan, 539 ; Gn. C. 40. Sægl ( the sun ) gewát under scríðan, Andr. Kmbl. 2913; An. 1459.