wærc
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.) ; for ðan se wræc (wærc, v.l. ) bid miceles cwelmes ǽlcum þára þe hé tó cymeð ; for ðan hine sóna ne lysteð metes ne drinces . . . ne ðǽr ne bið ǽnig wuldor mid him, þæt hé fore wynsumige, þeáh him syndon ealle wuldordreámas tó gelǽdde, Verc.
hæftling
A captive
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Gr. 28; Som. 32, 41. Ðá áxode se ealdorman ðone hæftling hwæðer hé þurh drýcræft his bendas tóbrǽce then the alderman asked the captive whether he broke his bonds by witchcraft, Homl. Th. ii. 358, 10.
ge-swefian
To cause to sleep ⬩ cast asleep ⬩ lull ⬩ appease ⬩ sōpīre ⬩ sŏpōrāre
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Gr. 30, 5; Som. 34, 57, MS. D. God geswefode ðone Adam God caused Adam to sleep, Homl. Th. i. 14, 20. Drihten on róde mid deáþe wæs geswefod the Lord was put to sleep by death on the cross, ii. 260, 18: i. 496, 12: Boutr. Scrd. 19, 37.
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ge-tengan
To hasten ⬩ join ⬩ devote one's self to ⬩ injungĕre ⬩ dēdĕre
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He sóna getengde wiþ ðæs drýs he at once hastened towards the magician, 374, 4. Se þeign ðá ðǽr to geteingde the servant then hastened thither, Shrn. 14, 27
on-ginnan
to begin, set about, set to work ⬩ to attempt, endeavour (with infin.) ⬩ to act strenuously ⬩ to make an attempt upon, to attack
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Gr. 24; Som. 25, 39: incipio, 28, 6; Som. 32, 42: ineo, 37; Som. 39, 1. Wæs ongunnen ordiretur, Hpt. Gl. 494, 11. where the action begun is given by the verb in the infin. or in the gerund. Ic onginne tó wearmigenne calesco, 35; Som. 38, 4.
heofon-heall
A heavenly hall
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A heavenly hall Ne hí swá fúle ne móton intó his fægeran heofonhealle nor may they so foul enter into his fair heavenly hall, L. Ælfc. P. 41; Th. ii. 382, 10
lim-wæstm
stature
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Limb-growth, stature, size of body Ic eom limwæstmum ðæt ic gelutian ne mæg so large am I of limb, that lie hid I cannot, Cd. 216; Th. 273, 2; Sat. 130
bi-mútian
To exchange for ⬩ commutare
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To exchange for; commutare Swá ðás woruldgestreón on ða mǽran gód bimútad weorþaþ so these world-treasures shall be exchanged for the greater good, Exon. 33 b; Th. 106, 17; Gú. 42
on-sundness
Soundness, freedom from physical or moral flaw
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Gefég ðás bricas tó ansundnysse join these broken gems together so that they may again be whole, Homl. Th. i. 62, 8
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ge-dígan
To endure ⬩ carry through ⬩ tolerate ⬩ overcome ⬩ escape ⬩ ĕti ⬩ perpĕti ⬩ perferre ⬩ tolerāre ⬩ superāre ⬩ evadere
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Sume hit ne gedýgdan mid ðam lífe some did not escape with life, Chr. 978 ; Erl. 127, 12
cor-snǽd
A choice or trial piece ⬩ panis conjurátus, offa consecrāta
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A sort of ordeal in which the person accused had placed in his mouth an ounce of bread or cheese. If he ate it freely and without hurt, he was considered innocent; but guilty, if he could not swallow it, or had a difficulty in doing so.
Eádmund
Edmund Ironside, son of Æthelred Atheling. Edmund began to reign in A. D. 1016, and died the same year
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Edmund Ironside, son of Æthelred Atheling. Edmund began to reign in A. D. 1016, and died the same year A.
BRǼW
An eye-lid; ⬩ palpebra
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Gl. 70; Som. 70, 70; Wrt. Voc. 43, 4
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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Angles ég
ANGLESEY
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ANGLESEY, so called after it was conquered by the English: it was anciently called Mona Hugo eorl wearþ ofslagen innan Angles ége earl Hugo was slain in Anglesey, Chr. 1098; Ing. 317, 31
fór-lustlíce
Very willingly ⬩ gladly ⬩ lĭbentissĭme
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Very willingly, gladly; lĭbentissĭme Ic wille fórlustlíce, for ðínum lufum I will gladly [do so], for love of thee, Bt. 22, 2; Fox 78, 12. [Cf. beon forrlisst to be very desirous, Orm. ]
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gearu-gongende
Going quickly or swiftly ⬩ expĕdīte incēdens
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Going quickly or swiftly; expĕdīte incēdens Ic eom to ðon bleáþ, ðæt mec mæg gearugongende gríma abrégan I am so timid, that a phantom going swiftly may frighten me, Exon. 110 b; Th. 423, 6; Rä. 41, 17
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ge-sǽli
Happy ⬩ fēlix
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Happy; fēlix Hweðer micel feoh mǽge ǽnigne mon dón swá gesǽline, ðæt he nánes þinges máran ne þurfe can much money make any man so happy that he may need nothing more? Bt. 26, 1; Fox 90, 13
slǽp-wérig
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Weary and sleepy, sleepily weary, so tired as to sleep, cf. deáþ-wérig; or (?) weary of sleep, cf. symbel-wérig Oft mec (a mill-stone) slǽpwérigne secg oððe meówle grétan eode, Exon. Th. 387, 14; Ra. 5, 5
DÓHTOR
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Fyllaþ eorþan sunum and dóhtrum fill the earth with sons and daughters, Cd. 10; Th. 13, 5; Gen. 198. Ðú scealt cennan sunu and dóhtor thou shalt bring forth sons and daughters, 43; Th. 57, 7; Gen. 924. Suna and dóhter fīlios et fīlias, Ps.