ge-temian
To tame; ⬩ domare
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Se getemeda assa hæfde getácnunge ðæs Iudéiscan folces, ðe wæs getemed under ðære ealdan ǽ the tamed ass betokened the Jewish people that was tamed under the old law, Homl. Th. i. 208, 20
hleów-leás
Not having or not affording shelter, protection, comfort, ⬩ cheerless
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Ne mótun hí on eorþan eardes brúcan ac hy hleoleáse háma þohaþ they may not enjoy a home on earth but shelterless lose their dwellings, Exon. 35 b; Th. 115, 21; Gú. 193
trahtian
to expound ⬩ explain ⬩ to discuss
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Homl. 29, 29. to discuss Ðá ongunnon hý treahtigean, hwæðer má mǽrlícra dǽda gefremed hæfde, ðe Philippus, ðe Alexander, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 67, 3
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spornan
to strike with the foot, spurn ⬩ to spurn, reject ⬩ stumble ⬩ to strike with the feet, tread
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On spornendum fét in offenso pede Scint. 187, 8. to spurn, reject Æfter ðæs mǽdenes sprǽce, ðe hine spearn mid wordum, Homl. Skt. i. 7, 64
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LEÓHT
LIGHT ⬩ a light
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Ðære sunan beorhtnys and ðæs mónan leóht and ealra tungla, Homl. i. 64, 29: Blickl. Homl. 91, 23. Ðenden him leóht and gǽst somod fæst seón whilst he lives, Exon. 31 a; Th. 96, 27; Cri. 1580.
Linked entry: líht
wirgan
to curse ⬩ maledicere ⬩ to do evil
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Homl. 191, 10. Wyrgdan devotabant, Wrt. Voc. ii. 26, 48; 80, 53. Ðone hláford ðæs folces ne wyrg (werig, v. l.: wirig, Ex. 22, 28) ðú, L. Alf. 37; Th. i. 52, 30. Wyrig God and swelt, Homl. Th. ii. 452, 30. Ðone hláford ðæs folces ne werge ðú, L.
CYRICE
in the compound ⬩ a church, the material structure ⬩ ecclesia ⬩ a heathen temple ⬩ templum paganum
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Ða menigfealdan cyrcan ateoriaþ the manifold churches will decay, Homl. Th. ii. 582, 6.
stæppan
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Th. 86, 22; Gen. 1434: Wulfst. 303, 10: Homl. Th. i. 118, 32. Steppan, Ps. Th. 31, 9: Wulfst. 239, 11: Cd. Th. 88, 2; Gen. 1459: 279, 35; Sat. 248. Com stæppende sum cempa, Homl. Th. i. 452, 14
stycce-mǽlum
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Homl. 207, 27. Ðæs muntes cnoll is sticmǽlum mid wuda oferwexen, and eft sticmǽlum mid grénum felda oferbrǽded, Homl. Th. i. 508, 23. little by little, by degrees, gradually:?
tál
evil-speaking, calumny, slander, vituperation, detraction ⬩ evil-speaking in reference to the Deity, blasphemy ⬩ scorn, mock, derision, reproach ⬩ blame, censure, reproof
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Ben. 124, 18, Módignys ácenþ yfelsacunge, ceorunge, and gelómlíce tála, Homl.
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ufe-weard
upper ⬩ upper part of ⬩ upper part ⬩ later ⬩ latter part of a time
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Fram his hnolle ufewerdan, Homl. Th. ii. 452, 26. Hé geseah Drihten on ufeweardre ðære hlǽdre vidit Dominum innixum scalae, Gen. 28, 13. Seó stów is on Oliuetes dúne ufeweardre, Blickl. Homl. 125, 19.
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þegnian
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Eallum Godes ðearfum man sceall weldǽda þénian, Homl. Th. i. 514, 5. Hé him bigleofan ðénian wolde, ii. 128, 29. Hé hét hire þénian of his éstmetum, Homl.
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earfoþnes
Difficulty, hardship, anxiety, tribulation, misfortune ⬩ diffĭcultas, lăbor, angustiæ, tribŭlātio, infortūnium
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Bútan micelre earfoþnysse without much tribulation, Homl. Th. i. 476, 13: Boutr. Scrd. 20, 35. Bútan earfoþnyssum without tribulations, Homl. Th. i. 476, 11.
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nátes-hwón
Not at all ⬩ by no means
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Ne eart ðú náteshwón wacost burga thou art by no means least of towns, Homl. Th. i. 78, 14. Ne mæg ic náteshwón búton mynstre nihtes wunian, ii. 182, 33: 80, 16.
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neoþor
Lower ⬩ in an inferior position
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Se ðe wæs neoþor on endebyrdnysse wearþ fyrmest on þrowunge he (Stephen) that was lower in order, was first in suffering, Homl. Th. i. 50, 4.
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pæll
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Michael. v. next passage), Homl. Th. i. 508, 16. Mid háligdóme of ðæs Hǽlendes róde and of Marian reáfe and of Michaheles pelle, Homl. Skt. i. 6, 73. Volosianus ðone pæll ástrehte ðe Dryhtnes andwlytan on wæs befealden, St.
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reócan
To reek, send forth smoke or steam
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Heó ðæra máðma ne róhte ðe má ðe reócendes meoxes, Homl. Skt. i, 7, 20. Bútan rénscúrum and reócendum deáwe, 18, 57. Ðæs hreóflian líc mid reócendum stence, Homl. Th. i. 336, 33. Æt hreócendum heorðe, Wulfst. 170, 21.
sicetung
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Hé angsumlíce siccetunga teáh swá ðæt hé ear*-*foþlíce orðian mihte he drew his breath painfully and heavily, so that he could hardly breathe, Homl. Th. i. 86, 8.
BUCCA
a buck ⬩ A he-goat, BUCK ⬩ caper, hircus
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Buccan horn a buck's horn, one of the twelve signs of the zodiac, Capricorn, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 7, 8; Lchdm. iii. 246, 3. Buccan beard a goat's beard, Wrt. Voc. 289, 10
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ofer-fyll
Overfulness, repletion, surfeit, excess in eating or in drinking ⬩ crapula
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Homl. 159, 18. Ðú scealt druncen fleón, and ða oferfylle ealle forlǽtan, Dóm. L. 32, 75. Níwes wínes oferfelle musti crapulam, Hymn. Surt. 97, 18. Þurh oferfylla and mænigfealde synna heora eard hý forworhton, Wulfst. 166, 29