ge-bǽru
BEARING ⬩ state ⬩ habit or disposition of body or mind ⬩ manner ⬩ conduct ⬩ behaviour ⬩ demeanour ⬩ manners in society ⬩ society ⬩ gestus ⬩ hăbĭtus ⬩ mōres ⬩ consortium ⬩ consuētūdo
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Laym. wide me mihte iheren Brutten iberen, iii. 125
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be-tweoh
Between, BETWIXT, among, amid, in the midst ⬩ inter, in medio
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Hǽðe stent betuh Winedum and Seaxum and Angle Haddeby stands in the midst of the Winedi, Saxons and Angles, Ors. 1, 19; Bos. 21, 30. acc Swá lamb betweox wulfas sicut agnos inter lupos, Lk. Bos. 10, 3.
BLÁWAN
To BLOW, breathe ⬩ flare, sufflare
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Lamb. 147, 18: Bt. Met. Fox 6, 15; Met. 6, 8. Swógaþ windas, bláwaþ brecende, bearhtma mǽste winds shall howl, crashing blow, with the greatest of sounds, Exon. 21 b; Th. 59, 11; Cri. 951.
Linked entry: bláwung
síde
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On sídan lama pleuriticus, Wrt. Voc. i. 19, 31. Hé Hǽlend genom be sídan, Cd. Th. 299, 5; Sat. 545. Hit ( the horse) ongan walwian and on gehwæðere sídan hit ofer*-*weorpan (in diversum latus vicissim sese volvere ), Bd. 3, 9 ; S. 533, 40.
stæl-wirðe
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Þou hart on staleworþe (hende, 1st MS.) gome, Laym. 3812. Gurguont, stalworþe mon and hardy, R. Glouc. 39, 4. A man þat es yhung and light, Be he never swa stalworth and wyght, Pr. C. 689.
þancung
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Hé underféng ða lác mid ðancunge, Homl. Th. ii. 170, 16. [Be] ðæncunge ðǽm ðe wið ðýfðe fylstaþ, L. Edm. S. 5; Th. i. 250, 3. Ongan se bisceop ðancunge dón Drihtne episcopus gratias coepit agere Domino, Bd. 2, 9; S. 511, 31: 4, 23; S. 595. 19.
treówian
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[þenne he þe treoweðe alre best, þenne beswikes tu heom, Laym. 3413. Him ꝥ ha treoweð on, Kath. 1327, note.] þeo luue . . . þu treowest hire, Misc. 94, 42. Putifar trewið his wiwes tale, Gen. and Ex. 2037
Linked entry: trýwian
þurh-faran
to go through or over ⬩ to traverse ⬩ pertransire ⬩ To pass ⬩ to pierce ⬩ pass through ⬩ to pass beyond ⬩ transcend ⬩ to penetrate
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Ðæt word ðære láre ne mæg ðurhfaran ðæs wædlan heortan egentis mentem doctrinae sermo non penetrat, Past. 18; Swt. 137, 6. Þurhfarende penetrans, Hymn. Surt. 84, 9
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ge-æmtian
to empty, remove the material contained in something ⬩ to free ⬩ give leisure to ⬩ to free oneself ⬩ to be disengaged ⬩ to make ⬩ get time ⬩ devote oneself
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rǽding . . . þe lǽs þe sí gemét [bróðor] ásolcen, sé geémtige ídelnesse horis quibus vacant fratres lectioni. . . ne forte inveniatur frater accidiosus, qui vacet otioso R. Ben. l. 83, 7
wil
will, pleasure ⬩ a pleasant or desirable thing
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Al his wil to don, Laym. 2793. Ðu wurchest mi wil, . Kath. 2108. Þat wil, Shor. 16
tó-cleófan
To cleave asunder
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His ban tocluuen, Laym. 1920. Drihhtin toclæf þe sæ, Orm. 14798. He smot and toclef þat heued, R. Glouc. 186, 3. Mine herte shal tocleve, Chauc. T. and C. v. 613. Þe holi goste heuene shal tocleue, Piers P. 12, 141. Þe shell tooclef, Alis.
ælf-siden
The influence of elves or of evil spirits ⬩ the nightmare ⬩ impetus castalidum ⬩ diaboli incubus
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The influence of elves or of evil spirits, the nightmare; impetus castalidum, diaboli incubus Ðis is se hálga drænc wið ælfsidene and wið eallum feóndes costungum this is the holy drink against elfin influence and all temptations of a fiend, Lacn. 11
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be-nǽman
To deprive ⬩ take away ⬩ auferre ⬩ privare
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To deprive, take away; auferre, privare He ne meahte hí ðæs landes benǽman he could not deprive them of their land Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 33, 35 : Cd. 98; Th. 129, 32; Gen. 2152. Ealdre benǽman to deprive of life Judth. 10; Thw. 22, 24; Jud. 76.
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cear-ful
Careful, full of care, sad ⬩ sollicitus
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Cwǽdon cearfulle, Criste láðe, to Gúþláce the foes of Christ, full of care, said to Guthlac, 41a; Th. 136, 30; Gú. 549: 8a; Th. 2, 26; Cri. 25
Domer-hám
DAMERHAM, Wiltshire ⬩ loci nomen in agro Wiltoniensi
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Ic gean ðæs landes æt Domarháme into Glæstinga byrig I give the land at Damerham to Glastonbury, Th. Diplm. A. D. 972; 519, 30
éðung
Breath, a breathing, inspiration ⬩ hālĭtus, spīrātio, inspīrătio
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Breath, a breathing, inspiration; hālĭtus, spīrātio, inspīrătio He læg swá swá deád mon, nemne bynre éðunge ætýwde quăsi mortuus jăcēbat, hālĭtu tantum pertĕnui quia vīvĕret demonstrans, Bd. 5, 19; S. 640, 24. Éðung spīrātio, Ælfc.
Linked entry: éðgung
freoðo-beácen
A sign of peace ⬩ sign granting safety ⬩ pācis signum ⬩ signum incolumĭtātem præbens
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A sign of peace, sign granting safety; pācis signum, signum incolumĭtātem præbens Hine Waldend on tácen sette, freoðobeácen, ðý-læs hine feónda hwilc mid gúþ-þræce grétan dorste the Lord set a token, a sign of peace, upon him [Cain], lest some enemy
ful-wíde
Full widely ⬩ all around ⬩ round about ⬩ circumcirca
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Full widely, all around, round about; circumcirca Lóca fulwíde ofer londbúende look all around over the land-dwellers, Cd. 228; Th. 307, 23; Sat. 684: Exon. 115 b; Th. 444, 13; Kl. 46.
hræd-hýdigness
Precipitancy ⬩ hastiness
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Precipitancy, hastiness Ðý læs hie unnytlíce forweorpen ðæt ðæt hie sellen for hira hrædhýdignesse ne præcipitatione hoc quod tribuunt inutiliter spargant, Past. 44, 2; Swt. 321, 18.
hwealf
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Behealde hé hú wídgille ðæs heofenes hwealfa bíþ late patentes ætheris cernat plagas, Bt. 19; Fox 68, 22. Hú wídgil sint heofones hwealfe, Bt. Met. Fox 10, 13; Met. 10, 7. Hwalf clima, Cot. 56, Lye