þurh-seón
to see through ⬩ see into ⬩ penetrate with the sight
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God geseóþ and þurhseóþ ealle his gesceafta, Bt. 41, 1; Fox 244, 11. Þurhsyhþ. Met. 30, 16.
þri-feald
Threefold ⬩ triple
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Ða þriefealdan sáwla, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 39. Ðrifaldo ternos, Rtl. 193, 33
or-módness
Desperation, despair
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Ic habbe ongiten ðíne ormódnesse . . . ðú sǽdest ðæt ðú wǽre bereáfod ǽlces gódes, Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 31. Ic eom geunrótsod fulneáh óþ ormódnesse, 41, 2; Fox 246, 14
á-wuht
Aught ⬩ anything ⬩ at all ⬩ by any means ⬩ aliquid ⬩ omnino ⬩ ullo modo
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Fox 20, 214; Met. 20, 107: 11, 18; Met. 11, 9: 18, 14; Met. 18, 7: Cd. 25; Th. 32, 1; Gen. 496
Linked entry: á-uht
BÆR
BARE ⬩ naked ⬩ open ⬩ nudus
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On barum sondum on bare sands, Bt. 34, 10; Fox 148, 24. Wit hér baru standaþ unwered wǽdo we stand here naked, unprotected by garments, Cd. 38; Th. 50, 20; Gen. 811
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milde-líce
Graciously ⬩ kindly ⬩ mercifully
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Háwa mildelíce on ðás earman eorþan, Bt. 4; Fox 8, 20. Mildelíce propitiatus, Rtl. 120, 9
un-sceaþfulness
Innocence
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MS.) desinet colere forsitan innocentiam, Bt. 39, 10; Fox 228, 5. Unsceaðfulnisse innocentiam, Ps. Surt. 17, 25. Unsceðfulnisse, 7, 9: 40, 13: 100, 2
sætilcas
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Grein suggests scealcas, cf. næs scealca nán in v. 21; the corresponding prose is :-- Ne gehérde nón mon ðá get nánne sciphere, ne furþon ymbe nán gefeoht sprecan, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 14-16
wæfþ
A sight ⬩ show ⬩ spectacle
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Hwá mæg forbæran ðæt hé swylcre wæfte ne wundrige, ðætte ǽfre swylc yfel gewyrþan sceolde under ðæs ælmihtigan Godes anwealde quae fieri in regno potentis omnia Dei nemo satis potest admirari, Bt. 36, 1; Fox 172, 14
winter-gerím
numbering by years ⬩ a number of years
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numbering by years Ymb þrítig wintergerímes after thirty units of a numbering which takes a year as the unit, i. e. after thirty years (cf. ymb þrittig wintra, 39, 3; Fox 214, 25 ), Met. 28, 26. a number of years Gé ða wintergerím on gewritu setton,
rihtere
A ruler, director
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Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 5-14
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ofer-steppan
to over-step, to cross, exceed ⬩ transgredi, excedere
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Seó sǽ ne mót ðone þeorscwold oferstæppan (-steppan, Met. 11. 69) ðære eorþan, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 26
be-hwylfan
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and substitute Ne behwylfan mæg heofon and eorðe his wuldres word wíddra and síddra þonne befæðman mæge . . . eorðan ymbhwyrft and uprodor heaven and earth cannot form a vault that shall cover his glory's word, too wide and too ample for the globe and
tó-cwæstedness
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Aldis Wrights collation); so the form may be allowed to stand, and need not be considered a mere mistake for the preceding word
reord
A meal, refection, food
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Th. 81, 12; Gen. 1344, Hé wæs swá gistlíþe, ðæt hé for Godes lufon eode tó reordum mid ðám tócumendum mannum Shrn. 129, 27
a-býsgian
To occupy ⬩ preoccupy ⬩ prepossess ⬩ occupare
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To occupy, preoccupy, prepossess; occupare Ðeáh unþeáwas oft abísegien ðæt mód though imperfections oft prepossess the mind, Bt. 35, 1; Fox 154, 32. Biþ hyra seó swíþre symble abýsgod ðæt hí unrihtes tiligeaþ dextera eorum dextera iniquitatis. Ps.
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án-lépe
Going alone ⬩ solitary ⬩ private ⬩ alone ⬩ singular ⬩ one ⬩ each one ⬩ solivagus ⬩ solitarius ⬩ privatus ⬩ solus ⬩ singularis ⬩ unus ⬩ singulus
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Fox 25, 111; Met. 25, 56
metgung
moderation ⬩ temperance ⬩ meditation
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moderation, temperance Wísdóm is se héhsta cræft, and se hæfþ on him feówer óðre cræftas, ðara is án wærscipe, óðer metgung, þridde is ellen, feórþe rihtwísnes, Bt. 27, 2; Fox 96, 34. meditation Mé is metegung hú ic ǽ ðíne efnast healde lex tua meditatio
Linked entry: ge-metgung
ge-rén
An ornament
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An ornament Ðeáh ða gerénu fægru síen ðe hit mid gerénod biþ though the ornaments be fair with which it is adorned, Bt. 14, 3; Fox 46, 15. Ða geréno the ornaments, Exon. 107 a; Th. 408, 20; Rä. 27, 15. Giríno ł glencas ædificationes, Mk. Skt.
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gelp
Glory, vain-glory, pride ⬩ glōria, vāna glōria
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Fox 10, 3; Met. 10, 2