trum
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Lǽt mé on ðínum wordum weorilan trumne confirma me in verbis tuis. Ps. Th. 118, 28. God écne and trumne, Cd. Th. 297, 30; Sat. 525. Englas trume and torhte, Exon.
yfel
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Yfelum wordum, 39, 3. He wile gesceáwian wlitige and unclǽne, tile and yfle, Cd. Th. 303, 10; Sat. 610.
wác
yielding ⬩ not rigid ⬩ pliant ⬩ fluid ⬩ weak ⬩ feeble ⬩ wanting mental or moral strength ⬩ wanting courage ⬩ poor ⬩ mean ⬩ not of great value or in high esteem ⬩ vilis
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Hit is on worulde á swá leng swá wácre; men syndon swicole, and woruld is ðe wyrse, Wulfst. 83, 10. Seó stów (Abingdon) næs wáccere ðonne (inferior to) formænig ðara ðe his yldran ǽr gefyrþredon, Lchdm. iii. 438, 11.
ge-lǽstan
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Ðás gewrioto and ðás word haldan and geléstan, C. D. ii. 121, 31. Witan hwæt úre gecwydrǽddene gelǽst sý, Ll. Th. i. 236, 5. a threat, boast, &c. Ðá gebeótode Cirus ðæt . . . Hé ꝥ mid dǽdum gelǽste, Ors. 2, 4; S. 74, 1.
irnan
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Þæt scip wæs ealne weg yrnende under segle, l, l ; S. 19, 34. to spread quickly His word yrneð (eorneð, Ps. Srt.) wundrum snióme, Ps. Th. 147, 4. of thoughts Mé arn tó gemynde oft and gelóme it often occurred to me, Ll.
ge-sittan
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Th. 139, 9. to relinquish work, retire from office; residere Hér Danihel gesæt on Wintanceastre, and Húnferþ féng tó biscdóme, Chr. 744; P. 46, 2. Cynewulf b̃ gesæt in Lindisfarna ee, 779; P. 53, 23. <b>B.
hláf
bread ⬩ a loaf ⬩ cake ⬩ bread ⬩ bread ⬩ manna ⬩ cake
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Ðá wicþénas ǽnre tíde ǽr gemǽnum gereorde gán tó hláfe (accipiant panem), 59, 14. with qualifying words: Hé þǽre ytemestan yldo his lífes mid medmiclum hláfe and cealde wætere (pane cibario et frigida aqua) áwreþede, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 630, 19.
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leóht
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Jul. 117: Gen. 122. (1 a) light as a mark of a habitable region, a region or condition in which there is light, used of this world and the next :-- Hé sáwla lǽdeð on úprodor, þǽr [is] leóht and líf, Exod. 545.
innan
In ⬩ into ⬩ within ⬩ from within
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Geond woruld innan, Exon. 14 b ; Th. 29, 28; Cri. 469 : 95 b; Th. 355, 43 ; Pa. 4. Geond Bryten innan, 45 b ; Th. 155, 5; Gú. 855. Be innan ðam carcerne, Bt. 1; Fox 4, 2
Linked entries: on-innan innan-bordes innane innon
lá
Lo ⬩ Oh ⬩ Ah
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what else then is the remnant but worms food? Blickl. Homl. 111, 31. Hwǽr biþ lá ðonne se ídla lust? hwær beóþ ðonne ða symbelnessa? 58, 16.
hyldu
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dǽld. . . ne giéme hé hwelce hylde hé mid ðǽre ælmessan gewriexl ne impensae gratiae vicissi-tudinem reguirant, Past. 323, 18. of the relation between lord and man. the favour, grace of a lord (human or divine) shown to the man Æfter þǽm eall þeós worold
weá
woe ⬩ misery ⬩ evil ⬩ affliction ⬩ trouble ⬩ evil ⬩ wickedness ⬩ malice
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Hié ealle worlde weán oforhogodan, Blickl. Homl. 119, 15. Weallende weán, Exon.
mǽre
Great ⬩ excellent ⬩ distinguished ⬩ illustrious ⬩ sublime ⬩ splendid ⬩ celebrated ⬩ famous ⬩ widely known ⬩ notorious ⬩ distinguished by evil deeds ⬩ insignis
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Ðæt wæs ðæt mǽreste hús ðe on eorþan geworht wurde that (the temple) was the most splendid house that was built in the world. Wulfst. 278, 1. Mǽre wurdon his wundra geweorc wíde and síde far and wide spread the fame of the wonders he wrought.
teóna
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Ðis weorc biþ deóflum se mǽsta teóna this work will prove the greatest vexation to devils, Blickl. Homl. 47, 6. Hit him wyrþ tó teónan it will turn to his hurt, 51, 9. Ne him wiht gescód ðæs ðe hý him tó teónan þurhtogen hæfdon, Exon.
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tíma
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</b> an age of the world :-- Þrý tíman sind on ðyssere worulde; Ante legem, Sub lege, Sub gratia, Homl. Th. ii. 190, 1. Ðrý tíman synd getealde on ðissere worulde. Án tíma wæs ǽr Godes ǽ . . . Óðer under Godes lage . . .
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ge-fæstnian
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Man fullne freóndscipe gefæstnode mid worde and mid wædde, Chr. 1014; P. 145, 11. Hér gefestnode Eádward cyng frið wið Eást-Engla here, 906; P. 95, 1. Hí mid wedde and mid áþum fryþ gefæstnodon, 926; P. 107, 24.
mann
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. ; and sé deófles wore begǽð, hé is deófles man, Wlfst. 298, 7-11. Beó hys mann, næs þín ágen, and beó geðafa ꝥ þú æart hys þeówa noli esse velle quasi proprius et in tua potestate, sed . . . Domini te servum esse profitere, Solil. H. 53, 14.
BRÁD
BROAD open, large, spacious, copious ⬩ latus, expansus, amplus, spatiosus, copiosus
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Bráde synd on worulde gréne geardas in the world there are broad green regions, Cd. 25;Th. 32, 29;Gen. 510. Of ðám brád blado sprýtan ongunnon thence broad leaves began to spring, 48;Th. 61, 8 ;Gen. 994.
LIFIAN
To LIVE
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Ða hwíle ðe wé lifgaþ hér on worlde, 35, 35. Se cyning Eglippus leofode his líf on eáwfæstre drohtnunge, 476, 16. Se hálga swá leofode swá hé tǽhte, Homl. Th. ii. 186, 19. Se æþeling lyfode [other MS. leofode] ðá gyt, Chr. 1036; Erl. 165, 21.
medume
middling ⬩ moderate ⬩ common ⬩ occupying the middle or mean position as regards ⬩ observing the just mean ⬩ perfect ⬩ meet ⬩ fit ⬩ worthy
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Ðæs medemestan lífes (the life mid-way between the best and worst, cf. mon forlǽt ðæt wyrreste líf and ne mæg git cuman tó ðæm betstan, 10), Past. 51, 6; Swt. 399, 15. age : -- Mínre yldstan déhter ... ðære medemestan ... ðære gingstan, Chart.
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