ge-éfstan
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Voc. ii. 65, 78. to strive after Ꝥ án wæs swíðost fram heom eallum geefst, ꝥ heora ǽlc wǽre on líchaman deád and on gáste libbende the one most earnest endeavour of all was to be dead in the body and living in the spirit, Hml. S. 23 b, 90
máge
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Ꝥ nán biscop ne nán mæssepreóst næbbe on his húse wunigende ǽnigne wífman, búton hit sý his módor oððe his swustor, faðu oððe móddrige, oððe máge of þám þe ne mage nán unhlísa áspringan, Ll. Th. ii. 376, 23.
middan-geard
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Add Ðeáh ðe eal middangeard sý fram Adames frymðe edniówe geworden, and ánra gehwylc. . . móte lifigan ðreó hund wintra, Sal. K. 148, 33
þífþ
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Wǽron in gangende þeófas in þone wyrtgeard, ac onwendum heora móde fram þǽre þýfðe (þeóf(e)tte, v.l.) ... hí ádelfon ...
sǽ-genga
a sea-goer, a mariner ⬩ a vessel, ship
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wel hig understandaþ ðæt eorþlíce líchamlíce beóþ fulran on weaxendum mónan ðonne on wanigendum the skilful mariners well understand that earthly, corporeal things are fuller with a waxing than with a waning moon, Anglia viii. 327,21 . a vessel, ship
Linked entry: sǽ-líðend
wacor
Watchful, vigilant
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Sint tó manienne ða ðe hiera synna onfunden habbaþ, ðætte hié mid wacore móde (vigilanti cura) ongieten..., 52; Swt. 405, 8. Ðonne móton ða hyrdas beón swíðe wacore, L. C. E. 26; Th. i. 374, 27: L. I. P. 6; Th. ii. 310, 27
ofer-módig
Proud, arrogant, saucy, wanton ⬩ contumax
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Proud, arrogant, saucy, wanton:— Mǽden biþ ofer-módig a girl (born on the thirteenth day of the moon) will be saucy, Lchdm. iii. 190, 16. Ofermódige superbi, Ps. Th. 118, 51. Ofermódigra superborum, Ps. Spl. 118, 69. Ofermódigum superbis, 122, 5.
slítung
tearing, rending, biting ⬩ wasting, spoiling ⬩ consumpcio ⬩ saevitia
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Fugelas hig fretaþ mid ðære biterustan slítunge devorabunt eos aves morsu amarissimo Dent. 32, 24. Sume men fram ðara wyrma slítunge sweltaþ Lchdm. ii. 176, 14. wasting, spoiling Similar entries v. slítan, VI. Slítunge arpagine (or under I.?) Wrt.
á-spelian
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Ben. 101, 5. ꝥ se mæssepreóst æt þám þingum þone bisceop áspelian móte ut presbytero in illis rebus episcopi munere fungi liceret, LI. Th. ii. 176, 34. Sý se hordere áspeled (-ad, v. l.) æt þǽre þénunge cellarius excusetur a coquina, R. Ben. 59, 2.
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á-wiht
At all ⬩ by any means ⬩ omnino ⬩ ullo modo
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At all, by any means; omnino, ullo modo Ne lata ðú áwiht do not thou tarry at all, Ps. Th. 69, 7: 77, 10, 12: 134, 19.
be-bod
A command ⬩ mandate ⬩ decree ⬩ order ⬩ mandatum ⬩ jussum
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A command, mandate, decree, order; mandatum, jussum Hwilc ðære geógoþe gleáwost wǽre bóca bebodes which of the youth was most skilful in the precepts of books, Cd. 176; Th. 221, 2; Dan. 82. Eall ðín bebodu omnia mandata tua, Ps. Th. 118, 172.
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CWÁNIAN
To bewail, deplore, lament, mourn ⬩ plorare, deplorare, queri, lugere
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To bewail, deplore, lament, mourn ; plorare, deplorare, queri, lugere . v. trans Sum sceal, leómena leás, sár cwánian one, void of light, shall bewail his pain, Exon. 87b; Th. 328, 18; Vy. 19: 73b; Th. 274, 23; Jul. 537. v. intrans Cwániendra cirm the
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feorh-scyldig
Life-guilty ⬩ liable in one's life ⬩ vitæ reus ⬩ morte dignus
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Life-guilty, liable in one's life; vitæ reus, morte dignus Gif feorhscyldig man cyning gesóhte if a man who had forfeited his life sought the king, L. Eth. vii. 4; Th. i. 330, 10.
hrér-ness
Motion ⬩ disturbance ⬩ agitation ⬩ commotion ⬩ storm
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Eorþ hroernisse terræ motu, 27, 54. Swá ðú hí on yrre ehtest and dréfest ðæt hí on hrérnesse hraðe forweorþaþ ita persequeris illos in tempestate tua; et in ira tua conturbabis eos, Ps. Th. 82, 11
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óþ-scúfan
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away, move away Hé geséceþ (-aþ, MS. ) Syrwara lond corðra mǽste.
tuscel
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A canine tooth or a molar tooth, a tusk Gefóh fox, ásleah of cucum ðone tuxl, lǽt hleápan áweg catch a fox, knock out while alive the canine tooth, let the fox run away, Lchdm. ii. 104, 12.
þrútian
To swell with pride or anger
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Hé cwæþ hire þus tó mid þrútigendum móde ( angrily, passionately ), Homl. Skt. i. 10, 273
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floterian
to flutter
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Germ. 400, 492. to flutter, make short, quick flights Flotorodon praeuolant, 499. to move (intrans.) restlessly with excitement Him wæs swá uneáðe, and þá eágan floterodon he was ill at ease, and his eyes moved restlessly from one to another, Hml.
fola
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Yip is ormǽte nýten . . . feówer and twéntig mónða gǽð seó módor mid folan, Hml. S. 25, 569. Geméte gyt eoselan and hire folan, Bl. H. 69, 36.
wealcan
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Add Þá ongann hé þurh oferhogodnysse gást swígende on his móde wealcan (þæncan, v.l.) coepit per superbiae spiritum in mente sua tacitus volvere, Gr. D. 144, 5