wyn-sum
winsome ⬩ agreeable ⬩ pleasant ⬩ pleasant ⬩ joyous
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Ðeós wyrt byþ cenned on wynsumon stówum (παραδείσoις), Lchdm, i. 280, 13: 290, 6. Wyrta wynsume, Exon. Th. 211, 7; Ph. 194. Hí his weorc wynsum wíde sæcgean annuntient opera ejus in exultatione, Ps. Th. 106, 21.
Linked entries: wynsumlíce wynsumness winsum
for-beran
to bear ⬩ endure ⬩ sustain ⬩ to bear with ⬩ tolerate ⬩ to bear with ⬩ put up with ⬩ to do without ⬩ to abstain from ⬩ desist from ⬩ to abstain ⬩ to restrain
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Gif hyt mid geswelle on forboren byð if the poison be kept in with, the swelling, i. 92, 8
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réðe
Fierce, cruel, savage ⬩ severe, stern, austere, zealous ⬩ wild, savage, fierce; ⬩ severe, cruel, fierce, dire;
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Lind. 3, 5. applied to persons in a bad sense Ðes (Ishmael) byþ réðe man and winþ wið ealle and ealle wið hyne, ;ferus; Gen. 16, 12.
Linked entry: hréðe
sǽl
time, occasion ⬩ a fit time, season, opportunity, ⬩ circumstance, condition ⬩ happiness, good fortune, good time, prosperity
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Jacob byþ on glædum sǽlum exultabit Jacob, Ps. Th. 52, 8. Hæfdan beorgas blíðe sǽle montes exultaverunt, 113, 14. Sael gewynsumie roeðe casus secundet asperos, Ps. Surt. ii. 201, 11. happiness, good fortune, good time, prosperity (often in pl.)
Linked entry: sél
hycgan
take thought ⬩ be mindful ⬩ think ⬩ consider ⬩ meditate ⬩ to intend ⬩ purpose ⬩ determine ⬩ endeavour ⬩ strive ⬩ to hope
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Hét ðá hyssa hwæne hicgan tó handum he bade then each of his men look to the arms in their hands, Byrht. Th. 131, 6; By. 4.
Beda
Venerable Bede
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Venerable Bede, born at Monkton by Jarrow, near the mouth of the Tyne, in A. D. 674. He wrote his Historia Ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum about A.
LEÓHT
LIGHT ⬩ a light
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Be dæges leóhte by daylight, Exon. 107 b; Th. 410, 17; Rä. 28, 17. Hé hié lǽdæþ tó líhte ðǽr hí líf ágon á tó aldre, Cd. 221; Th. 287, 2; Sat. 361. Geearnian leóht ðæs écan lífes, Blickl. Homl. 17, 21.
Linked entry: líht
ge-lǽran
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., to bring to something by teaching, to instruct in Ðæt gebrocode flǽsc gelǽrð ðæt úpáhæfene mód tó ryhttre eáðmódnesse, Past. 257, 14. Heó gelǽrde hyre suna tó Godes geleáfan, Shrn. 151, 6. Hé þysne wer on Godes þeówdóm getýde and gelǽrde, Bl.
ge-þolian
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Se eorl nolde yrhðo geþolian, By. 6. Þæt wæs Satane sár tó geþolienne þæt hé þá menigeo geseah hweorfan fram helltrafum.
híd
familia
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Th. i. 144, 5, 8. where status is fixed by the number of hides: Gif né he geþeó búton tó healfre híde, þonne sí his wer lxxx scill, Ll. Th. i. 188, 1.
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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His heer was by his eres ful round ishorn. His top was docked lyk a priest biforn, Chauc. Prol. 590. Top or fortop, top of the hed aqualium, Prompt. Parv. 496. Up to þe toppe from þe more, O. and N. 1422: 1328. A top of flax du lyn le toup. Wrt.
cwealm
Death, destruction, a violent death, slaughter, murder, torment, plague, pestilence, contagion ⬩ QUALM; mors, pernicies, nex, cædes, homicidium, cruciatus, lues, pestis, pestilentia, contagium
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In the following example cwealm is neuter Sume ic þurh mislíc cwealm mínum hondum slóg some I slew by my hands through various deaths, Exon. 73a;Th. 272, 2; Jul. 493
LÆS
Less ⬩ lest
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Ðes dæg is geweorþod mid manegum godcundum geofum næs ðara gifena læs ðonne Drihtnes ǽrist and eác ðonne seó gifu ðæs Hálgan Gástes this day is distinguished by many divine gifts, no less gifts than the Lord's resurrection, and also than the gift of the
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leóht
Light ⬩ bright ⬩ cheerful ⬩ shining ⬩ clear
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Him wæs leóht sefa ... blíðheort wunode his soul was unclouded by sorrow ... blithe of heart he continued, Andr. Kmbl. 2504; An. 1253, Him wæs leóht sefa, ferhþ gefeónde, Elen.
líg
Flame ⬩ lightning
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For dracan lége for the flame that was sent forth by the dragon, 5092; B. 2549. Blácan lýge, Andr. Kmbl. 3081; An. 1543. Úre synna líg, Wulfst. 287, 9. Hí wǽron on ǽnne unmǽtne lég gesomnade in immensam adunati sunt flammam, Bd. 3, 19; S. 548, 21.
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ge-seón
To see ⬩ videre, conspicere
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Th. 463; B. 229: 2051; B. 1023. followed by a clause Hie geseóþ hú God ða stówe geweorðaþ they see how God honours the place, Blickl. Homl. 129, 25: 229, 22: 41, 28: Ps. Th. 73, 19.
Linked entry: ge-sión
an-gin
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Hé began tó dreccenne mid dyrstigum anginne þá bisceopas he troubled the bishops by his audacious treatment of them, 37, 34. His cempan hine gelǽhton mid dyrstigum anginne (treated him with the utmost audacity), Hml. Th. ii. 252, 24.
feran
to go on ⬩ proceed ⬩ to fare ⬩ go on ⬩ succeed ⬩ to come ⬩ be derived
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Þú mihtest þé féran betwyx þám tunglum, Bt. 36, 2; F. 174, 10. with road by which motion is effected in dat. or inst. : Ic þǽm wegum férde, Nar. 6, 28. Férdon wé forð þý wege þe wé ǽr ongunnon, 8, 18.
flíma
a run-away ⬩ deserter ⬩ an apostate ⬩ an outlaw ⬩ exile ⬩ an outcast ⬩ wretch
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Th. i. 382, 14. as a subject of grant by the king: Ic (Cnut) cýðe eów ꝥ ic hæbbe geunnen him (the archbishop) ꝥ hé beó wyrðe griðbryces and hámsócne and flýmena fyrmðe ofer his ágene menn binnan byrig and hútan, Cht.
Linked entry: flýma
ge-neahhe
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Hé ne wandode, ac fýsde forð flána genehe he flinched not, but kept the shafts flying, By. 269. Ic Drihten sóhte swýðe geneahhe Deam exquisivi, Ps. Th. 76, 2 : 85, 13. Singað him sealmas swíðe geneahhe; 146, l.