heóflan
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Eádige beóð ðá þe heófiað beati qui lugent, Hml. Th. i. 550, 27. Hí biterlíce on wópe heófodon, Hml. S. 23, 66. For þám earmlican swǽsnyssum þissera heófiendra (-igendra, v.l.) 5, 56.
nebb
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Eówer nebb sint suá scamleás suá ðára wífa ðe beóð forelegnissa frons mulieris meretricis facia est tibi, Past. 207, 9
ǽ-melness
want of energy or of interest, sloth ⬩ weariness, tedium, disgust
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Ðǽr beóð ealle unrótnyssa, ádl and yrre and ǽmelnys taedia, tristitiae, indignatio, languor (Dóm. L. p. 25, 115), Wlfst. 139, 18: Dóm. L. 228. Unrótnes, ǽmelnys taedia, tristitiae, 260. Snoffan ǽmylnysse nausiae tedio, Angl. xiii. 369, 50.
wíf-cyn
woman-kind ⬩ women ⬩ female sex
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Hwylce wihta beóð óðre tíd wífcynnes, óðre tíd wǽpned*-*cynnes? Salm. Kmbl. p. 202, 12 : Lchdm. iii. 10, 12
be-dydrian
to delude ⬩ to conceal from (wið)
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Frag. 10, 30) mæge, 21, 413. to conceal from (wið) Se swicola bedyddrað (-dyderað, -dydrað, v. ll.) his dǽda wið menn, ac hí beóð geopenode oft unþances, Hml. S. 19, 174. [Itt maȝȝ þe wrecche follc forrblendenn and bididdrenn, Orm. 15391.]
Linked entry: bedrian
tennan
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to incite, encourage to effort Ful oft ðæt gegongeþ, ðætte wer and wíf in woruld cennaþ beorn, and mid bleóm gyrwaþ, tennaþ and tǽtaþ, óþþæt seó tíd cymeþ, ðæt ða geongan leomu, líffæstau leoþu, geloden weorþaþ (the parents try to awaken the child&
be-ládung
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Beóð þá hæðenan búton beládunge ( no excuse can be made for them ) rihtlíce fordémede, ii. 344. Mid þæs cáseres beládunge ( excuse or defence of his conduct ), 31, 624. Þú sécest beládunge, ꝥ þú ne þurfe getíðian þæs þe ic þé bidde, Gr. D. 28, 7.
be-sceran
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Beard him beónn bescoren. Lch. iii. 198, 29. Samson besceorenum fexe (with shorn locks), Hml. Th. i. 488, 9
ealneg
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Beóð his wegas ealneh unclǽne polluuntur viae ejus in omni tempore, Ps. Th. 9, 24. Add
hǽþen-nes
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And ðæt wit deodan . . . for ðon ðe wit nolðan ðæt ðás hálgan beoc lencg in ðǽre haeðenesse wunoden, Txts. 175, 4-7
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leornung
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Add: the action of learning Ðá ðe beóð gesette tó ðǽre ðénunga ðæs láreówdómes ðæt hí nǽfre ne gewíten from ðǽre geornfulnesse ðǽre rædinge and leornunge háligra gewrita ut qui ad officium praedicationis excubant, a sacrae lectionis studio non recedant
swǽr
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D. 326, 7. add: — Þá swǽran synna ne beóð nǽfre áfeormode for nánes fýres ǽlincge, Hml. Th. ii. 590, 19. add: — Swǽr piger, An. Ox. 48, 3. b. add: — Slépon þá mǽdene swá swárum slápe ꝥ man hí áwreccan ne mihte, Hml. S. 35, 68
mynecenu
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Gif hwá mynecene, ðe Godes brýd biþ geháten, him tó wífe nimþ, beó heó ámánsumad, L. Ecg. P. ii. 19; Th. ii. 188, 21. Godes þeówas, munecas and mynecena, preóstas and nunnan, L. Eth. v. 4; Th. i. 304, 26.
reáf
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Se ðe beorna reáf manige ( spolia multa ) méteþ, 118, 162. Seó gýtsung hyre reáf ( spolia ) on ðære wynstran sídan scylt, Gl. Prud. 56 a. Hý ðý reáfe rǽdan mótan, Exon.
Linked entry: búr-reáf
geóc
Safety, help, aid, succour, comfort, consolation ⬩ salus, auxĭlium, subsĭdium, consōlātio
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Beóþ hyra geóca gemyndge they are mindful of their safety, Exon. 33 b; Th. 107, 18; Gú, 60
syll
a beam that serves as a foundation or support, a sill, a basis, support ⬩ a support, foundation ⬩ to lay a foundation
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Ðǽr fram sylle ( from the plank to which it was fixed ) ábeág medubenc monig, Beo. Th. 1555; B. 775.
stíþness
Hardness, severity, force ⬩ violentia ⬩ duritia, ⬩ hardness, stiffness ⬩ hardness of heart ⬩ firmness, constancy ⬩ severity, strictness, hardness, rigour
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Wiþ ǽghwylce gegaderunga þe on ðam líchoman ácenned beóþ, genim ðás wyrte . . . lege tó ðam sáre, hit tófereþ ealle ða stíðnyssa, 140, 14: 150, 10. fig. hardness of heart Stíðnise heartes duritiam cordis, Mt. Kmbl.
ǽtren
Poisonous ⬩ venenosus
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Beo. Th. 3238; B. 1617. Me of bósme fareþ ǽtren onga from my bosom comes a poisonous sting, Exon. 106 b; Th. 405,18; Rä. 24, 4: Ps. Th. 139, 3. Him æt heortan stód ǽtterne ord [sc. gáres] the poisonous point[ the spear] stood in his heart. Byrht.
á-hwár
somewhere ⬩ anywhere ⬩ alicubi ⬩ in any wise ⬩ quoquo modo
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G. 11; Th. i. 172, 21. in any wise; quoquo modo And se man, ðe wiðcwiþ ðínum bebodum [Grn. wordum] áhwár, beo he deáþes scildig and the man, who shall in any wise contradict [speak against] thy commands [Grn. words], he shall be guilty of death, Jos.
cearian
To take care, heed, to be anxious or sorry ⬩ curare, sollicitum esse
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He æt gúþe ná ymb his líf cearaþ he cares not about his life in battle, Beo. Th. 3077; B. 1536. Ne ceara ðú fleáme dǽlan somwist incre care not thou to part your fellowship by flight, Cd. 104; Th. 137, 25; Gen. 2279: 130; Th. 165, 16; Gen. 2732
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