delan
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Dele, and for the passage substitute Ǽr þon engla wearð (weard, MS.) for oferhygde dǽl on gedwilde; noldan dreógan leng heora selfra rǽd ere of the angels part from pride fell into error; they would not longer do what was best for themselves, Gen. 23
úp-lic
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add: Se deáð is for þám úplic; þeáh se man ástíge ofer þone yfemystan dǽl þæs hýhstan holtes, swáþeáhhwzðere hiene se deáð geséceð, Verc. Först. 103, 13. On úplicere gesihde in oromate, i. uisione superna, An. Ox. 404.
wæwærð-líc
Good (?)
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Héræfter wé wyllaþ geopenian uplendiscum preóstun ðæra, geréna æfter Lýdenwara gesceáde, Anglia viii. 335, 30. Similar entries v. next word
a-wácian
To grow weak or effeminate ⬩ to languish ⬩ decline ⬩ fail ⬩ fall away ⬩ relax ⬩ to be indolent ⬩ infirmari ⬩ deficere ⬩ recedere
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Awáciaþ on ðære costnunge tíman in tempore tentationis recedunt, Lk. Bos. 8, 13. Ðæt ne awácodon wereda Drihtne that they might not fall away from the Lord of hosts, Cd. 183; Th. 229, 20; Dan. 220. Gif he ná ne awácaþ if he never relax, L.
Linked entry: wacian
heofon-cund
Heavenly ⬩ celestial
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Hý ðæs heofoncundan boldes bídaþ they wait for the heavenly dwelling, 33 b; Th. 107, 6; Gú. 54: 35 a; Th. 112, 11; Gú. 142. Ða beóþ ðære heofencundan Jerusalem burgware who are citizens of the heavenly Jerusalem, Bt. 5, 1; Fox 10, 7
BOTM
A BOTTOM ⬩ fundus
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Satan on botme [ðære helle] stód Satan stood at the bottom [of hell], Cd. 229; Th. 310, 5; Sat. 721: 18; Th. 21, 27; Gen. 330: 19; Th. 23, 18; Gen. 361. Heó to [ðæs fennes] botme com she came to the bottom [of the fen], Beo. Th. 3017; B. 1506
Linked entry: bodan
wiþþe
with ⬩ a thong ⬩ cord
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Hé bebeád ðám cwellerum, ðæt hí hine mid wiððum handum and fótum on ðære róde gebundon, Homl. Th. i. 594, 31: 596, 21
mennisc
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Gesáwon wé mennisce men feá, healfnacode paucos Indorum seminudos notavimus homines, Nar. 10, 16. ¶ used substantively :-- Ðú tíhst ðis mennisce tó ðǽre ýdelan láre, Hml. Th. i. 588, 5. Add
CRABBA
A CRAB, crayfish ⬩ cancer ⬩ a sign of the zodiac ⬩ cancer ⬩ signum zodiaci ⬩ cancer
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Feórþa ðæra tácna ys geháten cancer, ðæt is crabba the fourth of the signs is called cancer, that is, a crab Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 7, 5; Lchdm. iii. 244, 25
springan
To spring ⬩ to leap ⬩ bound ⬩ to burst forth, of a fluid to spirt, of sparks, etc., ⬩ to fly ⬩ to grow as a plant ⬩ to rise as the sun ⬩ to move as a spring moves ⬩ to spread ⬩ be diffused ⬩ to spring as blood from a wound ⬩ to spring as water ⬩ to burst ⬩ crack
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Ðes hlísa sprang (spranc, Lind.)ofer eall ðæt land exiit fama haec in universam terram illam, Mt. Kmbl. 9, 26. Sprang ł foerde processit, Mk. Skt. Rush. 1, 28: Beo. Th. 36; B. 18 : Apstls. Kmbl. 12; Ap. 6. Ða sprang ðæt word the report spread, Homl.
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a-beódan
To announce ⬩ relate ⬩ declare ⬩ offer ⬩ command ⬩ referre ⬩ nuntiare ⬩ annuntiare ⬩ edicere ⬩ offerre ⬩ jubere
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To announce, relate, declare, offer, command; referre, nuntiare, annuntiare,edicere, offerre, jubere Ðæt he wolde ðæt ǽrende abeódan that he would declare the errand, Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 86, 20: Cd. 91; Th. 11514 ; Gen. 1919: 200; Th. 248, 9; Dan. 510
Linked entry: a-boden
eorþ-ærn
An earth-place, a tomb, sepulchre ⬩ spēlunca, sepŭlcrum
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An earth-place, a tomb, sepulchre; spēlunca, sepŭlcrum Open wæs ðæt eorþærn the sepulchre was open, Exon. 120a; Th. 460, 18; Hö. 19. In ðæt eorþærn in the sepulchre, 119b; Th. 460, 4; Hö. 12: Exon. 119b; Th. 459, 22; Hö. 3
mund-gripe
Hand-gripe ⬩ grasp
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Ðæt hé ne métte middangeardes on elran men mundgripe máran, 1510; B. 753
ge-wyrþan
To be ⬩ become ⬩ happen ⬩ fiĕri
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To be, become, happen; fiĕri Hú mihte ðæt gewyrþan how might that happen? Andr. Kmbl. 1145; An. 573. Cúþ ðæt gewyrþeþ it shall be known, Elen. Kmbl. 2381; El. 1192: 2548; El. 1275. Hú gewyrþ ðis quomĕdo fiet istud? Lk. Bos. 1, 34
ǽr
Early ⬩ former ⬩ preceding ⬩ ancient ⬩ prior ⬩ præcedens ⬩ antiquus
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Swá he wæs gyrstan dæg and ǽran dæg sicut erat heri et nudius tertius, Gen. 31, 5. Ðæs ǽran tácnes prioris signi, Ex. 4, 8. Forlýst he his ǽrran gód he loses his former good, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 170, 22.
gár-secg
a spear-man ⬩ the ocean ⬩ hŏmo jăcŭlo armātus ⬩ oceănus ⬩ a sea ⬩ măre
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Be norþan ðæm beorgum, andlang ðæs gársecges, óþ ðone norþ-eást ende ðyses middangeardes, ðǽr Bore seó eá scýt út on ðone gársecg to the north of the mountains, along the ocean to the north-east end of this mid-earth, there the river Bore shoots out into
Linked entry: secg
sáwan
to sow ⬩ to sow ⬩ implant
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Be ðæm áworpnan engle is áwriten ðæt hé séwe ðæt weód on ða gódan æceras cum bonae messi inserta fuissent zizania, Past. 47, 1; Swt. 357, 17. Gehýre gé ðæs sáwendan (seminantis) bigspell, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 18. Sáwondum seminanti, Kent.
sceran
to cut ⬩ shear ⬩ to shave hair ⬩ to cut the hair of the head ⬩ to shear sheep
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Suíðe ryhte wæs ðæm sacerde forboden ðæt hé his heáfod sceáre (caput radere), Past. 18, 7; Swt. 139, 25. Heáfdu scieran mid scierseaxum caput radere, Swt. 139, 12. Se ylca preóst com tó Gúðláce, ðæt hé hine wolde scyran, Guthl. 7; Gdwin. 44, 20.
wana
wanting ⬩ lacking ⬩ absent ⬩ to be wanting ⬩ wanting for the completion of a number
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Genóg sweotol hit is ðæt ðæt fulle gód wæs ǽr ðam ðe ðæt wana omnia perfecta minus integris priora esse claruerunt, 34, 2; Fox 136, 12. III a. with numerals, wanting, save (cf.Goth. fidwór tiguns ainamma wanans, 2 Cor. II, 24). v. wana; m.
hwilc-hwega
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Þæs flǽsces hwylcnehwugu dǽl, Hml. A. 205, 345. of number, some, a few Wé magan hwylcumhwega wordum secggan be ðǽre gebyrdo. . . Sancte Martines, Bl. H. 211, 12. Hwylcumhwego, 115, 28.