meolc
Milk
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Milk Ðeós meolc hoc lac, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 76; Som. 14, 21: Wrt. Voc. i. 283, 31. Súr meolc oxygala, acidum lac: þicce meolc colustrum, 28, 2-3. Áwilled meolc juta, 290, 45. Hé ( the Pater Noster ) biþ sáwle hunig and módes meolc, Salm.
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blác
bright, shining ⬩ lucidus, splendidus ⬩ BLEAK, pale, pallid, livid, as in death ⬩ pallidus, de moribundis et mortuis ⬩ pallidus, subalbus
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Engel ða burh oferbrægd blácan lýge, hátan heaðowealme an angel spread over the town a bright flame, hot warlike floods, Andr. Kmbl. 3081; An. 1543. Blácum leóhte with bright light, Bt. Met. Fox 4, 15; Met. 4, 8.
Linked entry: blǽc
ge-lang
Along ⬩ belonging ⬩ depending ⬩ consequent
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Along (in the phrase along of), belonging, depending, consequent Æt ðé is úre lýf gelang our life is along of thee (thou host saved our lives, A. V.), Gen. 47, 25. Seó gescyldnys is æt úrum Fæder gelang protection comes from our Father, Homl.
GEÓTAN
to pour, pour out, shed ⬩ fundere, effundere, profundere ⬩ to flow, stream ⬩ profluere ⬩ to found, cast ⬩ to cast
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Kmbl. 2264; El. 1133. to flow, stream; profluere, v. n He háte lét teáras geótan he let hot tears flow, Exon. 48 a; Th. 165, 16; Gú. 1029. Geofon geótende the flowing sea, Andr. Kmbl. 785; An. 393: 3014; An. 1510; Ps. Th. 17, 4.
on-scunian
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Add Gif hit mín geréfa onscunað si quis huic ordinationi resistens hoc deuitat, Ll. Th. i. 276, 26. 'Nelle wit (the eyes) nǽfre hǽr þá þeóstru þǽre nihte onscunian, ǽr wit magon þá sunnan sylfe geseón (tum tenebras non amabo, cum solem videro ).'
gýmen
Care ⬩ heed ⬩ solicitude ⬩ diligence ⬩ superintendence ⬩ rule ⬩ cura
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Se stæf getácnaþ gýmene and hyrdrǽdene the staff is a symbol of care and guardianship, Homl. Th. ii. 280, 35. Man sceal healdan ðæt hálige húsl mid mycelre gýmene the holy eucharist must be kept with great care, L. Ælf. C. 36; Th. ii. 360, 11.
CLÚSTOR
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.], cluster of ðám ceastrum the locks fell, the barriers from that city, 120 a; Th. 461, 23; Hö. 40. Ðæt he mihte cuman þurh ðás clústro that he might pass through these barriers. Cd. 22; Th. 27, II; Gen. 416.
Linked entry: clauster
CWEÐAN
To say, speak, call, proclaim ⬩ dicere, loqui, vocare, indicere
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Ðú cwýst ðæt ic me gebiddan sceole to dumbum stánum thou sayest that I must pray to dumb stones, Homl. Th; i. 424, 9: Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 3, 29: Ps. Th. 88, 16. Man cweðeþ dicet homo, Ps. Th. 57, 10. He cweþ he says, Ælfc.
drenc
DRENCH, dose, draught, drink ⬩ pōtus, pōtio ⬩ a drowning ⬩ demersio, submersio
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Se drenc deádbǽra wæs the drink was deadly, Homl. Th. ii. 158, 22. Wín nys drenc cilda vinum non est pōtus puerōrum, Coll. Monast. Th. 35, 19: Homl. Th. ii. 158, 17.
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wissian
to shew ⬩ to shew ⬩ guide ⬩ direct ⬩ rule ⬩ declare ⬩ make known
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Godes gást wissaþ tó hálignesse; deófles gást wissaþ tó leahtrum, Homl. Th. i. 324, 27, Úre Drihten beád Móyse ðam heretogan, ðæt hé folc wissode, Wulfst. 132, 11. Wearð ðæt mǽden hohful, hú heó ǽfre wæras wissian sceolde, Homl. Skt. i. 2, 122.
weard
a guard, warder, watchman, sentinel ⬩ a guardian, protector, lord
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Ða weardas heóldon ðæs cwearternes duru, Homl. Th. ii. 382, 4. Snelle gemundon weardas wígleóð, Cd. Th. 191, 27; Exod. 221. Hine twégen ymb weardas wacedon, Exon. Th. 109, 6; Gú. 86. Ða byrgene besettan mid wacelum weardum ( custodibus ), Homl.
Linked entries: æftan-weard ǽg-weard fóre-weard
þider
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Ðæt heó mé gerihte þyder hire willa wǽre, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 509. as a relative, whither Tó heofenum, þider hié witon ðæt hé ástág, Blickl. Homl. 125, 29.
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Gregorius
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Æt Gregories ǽrendracan from Gregory's messenger, Homl. Th. ii. 122, 29.
niman
to take ⬩ receive ⬩ get ⬩ sumere ⬩ accipere ⬩ to take ⬩ keep ⬩ hold ⬩ tenere ⬩ to take ⬩ catch ⬩ to contain ⬩ to take (with one) ⬩ carry ⬩ bring ⬩ to take (to one) ⬩ give ⬩ to take forcibly ⬩ seize ⬩ take away ⬩ carry off ⬩ tollere ⬩ capessere ⬩ auferre ⬩ rapere
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Ðá nam ðæt folc micelne andan ongeán his láre, Homl. Th. i. 26, 21. Tó ðon ealdfeóndas ondan nóman, Exon. Th. 115, 14; Gú. 189. Bysne niman be, æt to take example by, from. Nime heó bysne be ðisre wudewan, Homl. Th. i. 148, 5.
Linked entry: bi-nom
neáh
nigh ⬩ near ⬩ later ⬩ latter ⬩ last ⬩ latest
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Homl. 85, 1. Æt néxtan, Homl. Th. i. 66, 23. Æt niéhstan, Cd. Th. 84, 19; Gen. 1400. Æt níhstan, Ors. 4, 9; Swt. 192, 35. Æt nýhstan, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 4. Æt nýxtan, Chr. 994; Erl. 133, 20: 1010; Erl. 144, 9
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a-stellan
To set forth ⬩ to set ⬩ place ⬩ afford ⬩ supply ⬩ appoint ⬩ establish ⬩ ordain ⬩ undertake ⬩ undergo ⬩ begin ⬩ statuere ⬩ collocare ⬩ instituere ⬩ præbere ⬩ stabilire ⬩ fundare ⬩ suscipere ⬩ inire
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Stephanus ðóne martyrdóm astealde Stephen suffered [underwent] martyrdom, Homl. Th. i. 50, 2. Ðone fleám ǽrest astealde Þurcytel Thurkytel first began the flight, Chr. 1010; Th. 262, 43
ge-wéman
To turn ⬩ incline ⬩ seduce ⬩ inclīnāre ⬩ sedūcĕre
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To turn, incline, seduce; inclīnāre, sedūcĕre Hí næfdon ðone láreów ðe cúþe hí to sóþfæstnysse wege gewéman they had not the teacher who could incline them to the way of truth, Homl. Th. ii. 400, 30: i. 498, 18.
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scylf
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Gl. 421, 43. a turret, tower, pinnacle Se deófol gesette hine uppan ðam scylfe ðæs heágan temples, Homl. Th. i. 166, 17: 170, 1. Wé biddaþ ðæt ðú ástíge tó ðam sticelan scylfe . . .
sworettung
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Hé gemænigfealdode ða sworetunga ðám siccetungum, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 201. breathing hard from illness or labour, gasping, panting Wið nearwre sworetunge, Lchdm. i. 340, 11.
þweorlíce
awry ⬩ askew ⬩ in reversed order ⬩ in a way that offers opposition ⬩ obstinately ⬩ flatly ⬩ perversely ⬩ evilly
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Icel. synja, neita þverliga; or angrily, Similar entries v. þweorh, III) and hí mid gedréfedre ǽbilignysse him fram ádráf Homl.