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.
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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
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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
dígol
Secret, hidden, private, dark, obscure, profound, abstruse, unknown ⬩ secrētus, occultus, obscūrus, ignōtus
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Sóþlíce nis nán þing dígle, ðæt ne sý geswutelod non est enim occultum, quod non manifestētur, Lk. Bos. 8, 17. He ðǽr wolde dígol beón he would there be hidden, Bd. 3, 14; S. 539, 44. On dígle, deorce stówe in an obscure, dark place, Ps. Th. 142, 4.
hrór
Stirring ⬩ active ⬩ agile ⬩ nimble ⬩ vigorous ⬩ stout ⬩ strong
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Ðæt hé folc gesceóp fægere Drihten heraþ holdlíce hróre geþance populus qui creabitur laudabit Dominum, 101, 16.
Norþ-mann
A man belonging to a northern country ⬩ a Norseman ⬩ Norwegian ⬩ Dane
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Ðæt wǽron ða érestan scipu Deniscra manna ðe Angelcynnes land gesóhton, Chr. 787; Erl. 57, 21-25. Ðǽr geflémed wearþ Norþmanna bregu, 937; Erl. 112, 33. Wǽran ǽr under Norþmannum, 942; Erl. 116, 15.
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ge-dwola
error ⬩ madness ⬩ heresy ⬩ error ⬩ errātum ⬩ vesānia ⬩ hærĕsis ⬩ a heretic ⬩ hærĕtĭcus
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Óþ ða tíde ðæs Arrianiscan gedwolan usque ad tempŏra Arriānæ vesāniæ, Bd. 1, 8; S. 479, 18. Gé gedwolan fylgdon ye followed error, Elen. Kmbl. 742; El. 371 : Bt. Met. Fox 26, 108; Met. 26, 54.
tá
A toe
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Mid ðǽm táum cum mentagris, Lchdm. i. lxxiv, 21 (cf. lxxi, 13). Ofer hira handa þúman and ðæs swýðran fótes micclan tán super pollices manus eorum ac pedis dextri, Ex. 29, 20
gryre
Horror, terror, dread, something horrible, dreadful
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Wið ðæs egesan gryre against the terror of that fear, 197; Th. 245, 22; Dan. 467: 223; Th. 293, 13; Sat. 454. Ðæt he in ðone grimman gryre gongan sceolde that he should go into that fell and fearful place, Exon. 41a; Th. 136, 18; Gú. 543.
ofer-winnan
to overcome, conquer, vanquish, subdue ⬩ expugnare, superare, devincere
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Hé ðus cwæð ðæt hé ða lotwrenceas oferwunne, Past. 30, 2; Swt. 205, 17. Gif ðú wille ǽnige buruh oferwinnan expugnare Deut. 20, 10: Jos. 10, 4. Ðæt hí mihton heora fýnd oferwinnan, Bd. 1, 12; S. 480, 28.
consul
A consul
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A consul; one of the two chief magistrates of the Romans chosen annually after the expulsion of their kings; geár-cyning, q. v; consul Him ða Rómáne æfter ðǽm [cyningum] látteówas gesetton, ðe hí consulas héton, ðæt hiora ríce heólde án geár an man after
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hold-líce
Graciously, ⬩ with kindness or friendliness, ⬩ with devotion or attachment, ⬩ faithfully, ⬩ loyally
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Ðæt Drihtne ful holdlíce hýran ut serviant Domino, Ps. Th. 101, 20
for-dón
to do for ⬩ destroy ⬩ kill ⬩ perdĕre ⬩ destruĕre ⬩ dēlēre ⬩ contĕrĕre ⬩ interfĭcĕre ⬩ occīdĕre ⬩ to seduce ⬩ defile ⬩ corrupt ⬩ sedūcĕre ⬩ scĕlĕrāre
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Se here fordydon eall ðæt he oferferde the army destroyed all that it passed over, Chr. 1016; Erl. 157, 12. Hí fordydon me consummāvērunt me, Ps. Lamb. 118, 87. Ðæt ic hig fordó ut contĕram eum, Deut. 9, 14. Ðæt he fordó ut perdat, Jn.
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topp
a top, ⬩ summit ⬩ a lock of hair, tuft ⬩ a collection of rays of light ⬩ a top to play with ⬩ the hair at the top of the head ⬩ that which has a similarity with it
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Cometa ... men cweþaþ on Englisc, ðæt hit sié feaxede steorra, for ðæm ðǽr stent lang leóma of, Chr. 891; Erl. 88, 19.
forþ-ferednes
A going forth ⬩ departure ⬩ death ⬩ ŏbĭtus ⬩ transmigrātio
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A going forth, departure, death; ŏbĭtus,transmigrātio Ongeáton hí on ðon, ðæt heó to ðon ðider com, ðæt heó hire sǽde ða neáh-tíde hire forþferednesse ex quo intellexēre quod ipsa ei tempus suæ transmigrātiōnis in proxĭmum nunciāre vēnisset, Bd. 4, 9
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earfoþlícnes
Difficulty, pain ⬩ diffĭcultas
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B.] ðæs migþan astyreþ it stirreth a difficulty of the urine [strangury ], Herb. 143, 1; Lchdm. i. 266, 3. Wið ðæs migþan earfoþlícnyssa [-nysse MS. H: -nesse MS. B.] for difficulties of the urine, 156, 3; Lchdm. i. 284, 4
mynster-líce
Monastically ⬩ in a manner suitable to a monastery
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Ðá hé ðá ðæt hæfde mynsterlíce ge þeáwlíce gesett, Bd. 3, 19; S. 549, 37