á-búgan
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Add: to bow, bend, turn, of motion (lit. and fig. ) Hé tó eorðan ábeáh, Hml. S. 14, 134. Ðá ábeáh seó módor tó hire bearne, 25, 174. Hwæþer þé of móde ábeáh has it escaped your memory?, Gr.
ge-méde
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Æfter þám getídde ꝥ Ecgferð gebohte bóc and land æt Æðelstáne on cynges gewitnesse and his witena, swá his gemédo wǽron [as was agreeable to the king.i. e. the king was satisfied with the transaction ), 208, 9.
cræftig
Ingenious ⬩ skilful ⬩ CRAFTY ⬩ cunning ⬩ virtuous ⬩ powerful ⬩ ingeniosus ⬩ peritus ⬩ astutus ⬩ probus ⬩ potens
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Elþeódge wíf hæfdon gegán ðone cræftgestan dǽl strange women had overcome the most powerful part Ors. 1. 10; Bos. 33, 41
on-wrigenness
An uncovering, discovery ⬩ a removal of that which obscures or conceals ⬩ an explanation, exposition ⬩ an exposure of a person's real character ⬩ a revelation, manifestation made to the eye or to the ear by divine power
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Se Hǽlend geswutelode him ða tóweardan onwrigenysse ( a revelation of the future ), be ðære hé áwrát ða bóc ðe is geháten Apocalipsis, Homl. Th. i. 60, 1.
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ge-sund
Sound ⬩ healthy ⬩ entire ⬩ unhurt ⬩ safe ⬩ favourable ⬩ prosperous ⬩ sanus ⬩ integer ⬩ salvus ⬩ incolumis ⬩ prosper ⬩ felix
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Ðá cwæþ he to ánum cnapan 'Swá ðú gesund sý sege me' then said he to a boy 'So be thou in health, tell me,' 6, 19. Híg cómon gesunde to hýde they came to port safe and sound, Shrn. 147, 10.
ge-þoht
THOUGHT ⬩ thinking ⬩ mind ⬩ determination ⬩ cōgĭtātio ⬩ mens
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Bos. 2, 35: Ps. Th. 138, 2. Gé sind earmra geþohta ye are of poor thoughts, Andr. Kmbl. 1488; An. 745: Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 31. On geþohtum in cōgĭtātiōnĭbus, Ps. Th. 138, 17.
tó-teran
To tear to pieces ⬩ to tear to pieces a material ⬩ to tear to pieces ⬩ to harass ⬩ distract ⬩ destroy
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Our lordes body they totere. Chauc. C. T. Group C. 474. Cf. Goth. dis-tairan
tówendan
To overthrow ⬩ upset ⬩ subvert ⬩ overturn ⬩ to overthrow ⬩ demolish ⬩ to overthrow ⬩ destroy ⬩ to destroy by changing ⬩ to repeal a law ⬩ abrogate ⬩ abolish ⬩ overthrow ⬩ destroy
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Hí woldon tówendon ealle ða gesetuessa ðe Domicianus hæfde ǽr geset, Ors. 6, 10; Bos. 120, 32 note. in a figurative sense Háwa ðæt se inra wind ðe ne tówende, Homl. Th. ii. 392, 32.
faroþ
ocean ⬩ waves ⬩ shore
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Mec sǽ oðbær æfter faroðe the sea bore me along on its waves, B. 580. Wæs æt holme gearo, fús æt faroðe, 1916. Bát on sǽwe, fleót on faroðe, Hy. 4, 100. Hí hyne ætbǽron tó brimes faroðe they bore him to the water, B. 28.
heáfod
HEAD, chief, source, 'the commencing point, or the highest point, of a stream, of a field, hill, etc.
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Ða heáfda wǽran ofácorfena the heads were cut off, Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 79, 7. Nim ðes leáces heáfda take the heads of this leek, Lchdm. i. 376, 3. Heáfdu, L. M. 2, 32; Lchdm. ii. 234, 20.
aldor
life ⬩ the vital parts of the body ⬩ vita ⬩ age
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life, the vital parts of the body; vita Ðonne ðú of líce aldor asendest when thou sendest life from thy body, Cd. 134; Th. 168, 29; Gen. 2790: 126; Th. 160, 27; Gen. 2656: Elen. Grm. 132: Andr. Kmbl. 2702; An. 1353: Beo. Th. 1364; B. 680.
mǽg-sibb
kinship ⬩ relationship ⬩ Love between kinsmen ⬩ affection
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She said to him 'Remember, my Lord, that she was bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh,' Shrn. 68, 15. Hé ( Christ) hym (men ) his mildse onwreáh and his mǽgsibbe gecýdde. Ǽr ðam wé wǽron steópcild gewordene, Wulfst. 252, 9: Blickl. Homl. 107, 2.
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DÉMA
a deemer, thinker, judge, an umpire ⬩ censor, consul, jūdex, arbĭter ⬩ the judge, who gave a wrong judgment, was subject to a fine of one hundred and twenty shillings; and if a man could not obtain justice, the judge to whom he applied was fined thirty shillings. As the judge represented the king, he was at the king's disposal
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Bos. 18, 6, 2: Ps. Lamb. 74, 8: Ps. Th. 67, 6: Wrt, Voc. 72, 66. Déma judex, vel censor, vel arbĭter, Ælfc. Gl. 68; Som. 70, 9; Wrt. Voc, 42, 18: 86; Som. 74, 21; Wrt. Voc. 50, 5: consul, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 10; Som. 9, 16.
wrítan
To write. ⬩ to cut ⬩ to draw ⬩ to form letters ⬩ to write ⬩ to write ⬩ to compose, ⬩ be the author of ⬩ to write ⬩ to write ⬩ write ⬩ to write ⬩ state ⬩ to write ⬩ get a thing written ⬩ to convey by charter
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Skt. 1, 3. to write, state in a book Wríteþ Eutropius ðæt Constantinus wǽre on Breotene ácenned, Bd. l, 8;S. 479, 31.
efen-edwistlíc
Consubstantial, of the same substance ⬩ consubstantiālis
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Consubstantial, of the same substance; consubstantiālis Se Hálga Gást is ðæs Fæder Gást and ðæs Suna, him bám efenedwistlíc the Holy Ghost is the Spirit of the Father and of the Son, consubstantial with them both. Homl. Th. ii. 362, 27.
molsnian
To moulder ⬩ become corrupt ⬩ decay
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To moulder, become corrupt, decay Sóna hé molsnaþ and wyrþ tó ðære ilcan eorþan ðe hé ǽr of gesceapen wæs soon it (the body) suffers corruption, and turns to the same earth from which before it was made, Blickl. Homl. 21, 28.
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ge-gæderian
To gather ⬩ join ⬩ colligere ⬩ congregare
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Beóþ gegædrad gǽst and bán-sele soul and body shall be joined, 117 b; Th. 451, 11; Dóm. 102. Wyt beóþ gegæderode we two shall be gathered, 100 a; Th. 376, 23; Seel. 159.
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reód
Red
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Ðonne ðú ( the body) wǽre glæd and reód and gódes hiwes, ðonne wæs ic ( the soul) blác and swýðe unrót, Wulfst. 140, 27 : L. E. I. prm.;Th. ii. 398, 14. Ðá Moises hæfde gefaren ofer ða Reódan Sǽ, Ex. 15, 1.
slǽtan
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To slate [Halliwell quotes from a book of 1697 to slate a beast is to hound a dog at him; and in Ray's North-country Words (1691), E. D. S. Pub. Gloss. B. 15, 'to slete a dog, ' is to set him at anything, as swine, sheep, etc. In Gloss.
hold
A carcase, ⬩ body
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A carcase, body Swá hwǽr swá hold byþ ubicunque fuerit corpus, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 28. Ðá woldon óðre fugelas fleón tó ðam holde descenderunt volucres super cadavera, Gen. 15, 11.