swǽs
(one's) own; ⬩ proprius ⬩ dear ⬩ with a development of meaning similar to that in kind or gentle; gracious, kind, agreeable, pleasant (used of persons or things). ⬩ subst. property: ⬩ near, related ⬩ familiaris, domesticus ⬩ beloved, dear; pleasant.
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(one's) own; proprius. v. swǽslice, Ðæt selegescot ðæt ic mé swǽs on ðé gehálgode the tabernacle that I hallowed me as my own in thee Exon.
tácn-circul
A circle or cycle which marks the date. ⬩ the indiction, a cycle of fifteen years. ⬩ the lunar cycle of nineteen years; the place which any year occupies in the cycle is marked by the golden number of the year
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an ðam tácncircule ðæt seofanteóðe geár ( the golden number of the year 1061 is the remainder after dividing 1061+1 by 19; this remainder is 17, which agrees with the number given in the passage ), Chart.
tweó
uncertainty ⬩ hesitation ⬩ delay ⬩ a doubtful state of things ⬩ state of indecision
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Ðǽr seó wíse on tweón cyme ubi res perveniret in dubium, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 21. where the subject of doubt is in the genitive Nis ðæs nán tweó, ðæt . . . of this there is no doubt, that . . ., Past. 6; Swt. 47, 10: Bt. 16, 3; Fox 54, 20.
menen
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In line 8 for mennen is l. mennenu, and in last line dele þeów-, and add: In Ps. L. 85, 16 the word is feminine Galla, ꝥ Godes mennen (menen, v.l. ), Gr. D. 280, 12. Þeów mennen, Agar, Gen. 2246.
riht-raciend
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An expounder of right Seó Salomannes bóc . . . is genæmned Ecclesiastes. Seó bóc is ágendlíce on Ænglisc rihtraciend geháten . . . In þǽre rihtan race byþ oft forð . . . bróht se dóm . . .
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smæl
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B. ii. 246, 12-15. Add In smalan æsc, C. D. iii. 381, 1
ge-spelia
A substitute ⬩ deputy ⬩ vicegerent ⬩ vĭcārius
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A substitute, deputy, vicegerent; vĭcārius Cristen cyning is Cristes gespelia geteald on cristenre þeóde a christian king is accounted Christ's vicegerent among christian people, L. Eth. ix. 2; Th. i. 340, 12.
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ge-dryhtu
What is suffered, fortune, fate (cf. dreógan)
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What is suffered, fortune, fate (cf. dreógan) Gedrihtu elementa, i. fortune ł sidera (the passage is: figura mundi in ictu evanuerit, et enormia creaturarum elementa in melius commntata claruerint, Ald. 32, 34.
healdan
to HOLD, keep, grasp, retain, restrain, confine, contain ⬩ to hold, have, possess, occupy, inhabit ⬩ to rule, govern ⬩ to behave, conduct ⬩ to guard, defend, keep, preserve, protect, maintain, sustain, regard, observe, take heed ⬩ to hold out, last, hold on, continue, hold with ⬩ to hold, keep, keep sheep ⬩ servare, custodire
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Gif se hláford wiste ðæt se oxa hnitol wǽre and hine healdan nolde if the lord knew that the ox were wont to push with its horn, and would not keep it in, L. Alf. 23; Th. i. 52, 12.
Linked entries: a-hyltan healding heald-ness -hilde healdend
ge-secgan
To say, tell, relate, declare, prove ⬩ dicere, narrare, indicere
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Nelle ic ðé gesecgan I will not tell thee, Exon. 88 b; Th. 333, 11; Gn. Ex. 2: Elen. Kmbl. 1966: El. 985. Ic ðé sceal Meotudes mægenspéd I shall relate to thee the Creator's power, Exon. 92 b; Th. 348, 7; Sch. 24.
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an-gin
A beginning ⬩ attempt ⬩ resolve ⬩ purpose ⬩ design ⬩ undertaking ⬩ opportunity ⬩ initium ⬩ principium ⬩ conatus ⬩ inceptum ⬩ cœptum ⬩ occasio
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Se ána Scyppend næfþ nán anginn, ac he sylf is anginn ealra þinga the Creator alone hath not any beginning, but he is himself the beginning of all things, Hexam. 13; Norm. 22, 3. On anginne in principio, 1; Norm. 2, 26.
steort
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a tail, start (as in red-start, one of the names for ruticilla phoenicurus, also called fire-tail. Start, plough-start = plough-tail, v. Halliwell's Dict. Stark-naked is a corruption of start-naked) Steort cauda, Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 20: 129, 75.
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for-dyttan
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Voc. ii. 115, 24. Fordyttat obtrudite, Germ. 398, 95. Fordyt oblitum, coopertum, 397, 378. in a literal, physical sense Þá geoniendan ceáfla þrotbollan fordytte hiulcos (i. apertos) faucium gurguliones oppilauit (i. obturauit ), An. Ox. 3577.
mennisc
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Add: mankind, men in general Bið unstrengre ménnisc ðurh máran týddernysse, Hml. Th. ii. 370, 17. Eal mennisc wæs synfull, 472, 2.
ge-wylde
Subject ⬩ under one's power or control ⬩ in one's possesion
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Th. ii. 204, 7. Seó gewylde gleáwnes consummata prudentia, Nar. 2, 1. He hit eft gedyde unc swá gewylde swá hit ðá wæs ðá we hit him óðfæstan he should put it again as much under our control as it was when we entrusted it to him, Th.
slápan
To sleep ⬩ to sleep ⬩ be inactive ⬩ be motionless ⬩ to sleep ⬩ be paralyzed ⬩ to sleep ⬩ lie with a person
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Th. ii. 566, 30-34. of numbness in the limbs, to sleep, be paralyzed Gif wé tó lange sittaþ us slápaþ ða lima, i. 490, 1. Gif þeóh slápan . . . lǽt reócan on ðæt lim ðætte slápe. Lchdm. ii. 66, 5-6. Wið slápende (paralyzed) líce, i. 380, 18. Cf.
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ilding
Delay ⬩ putting off ⬩ deferring ⬩ prolonging ⬩ connivance
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Ðæt ic yldinge onfó tó lifianne ut inducias vivendi accipiam, Bd. 3, 13; S. 538, 34. Ieldinga morarum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 57
tówendan
To overthrow ⬩ upset ⬩ subvert ⬩ overturn ⬩ to overthrow ⬩ demolish ⬩ to overthrow ⬩ destroy ⬩ to destroy by changing ⬩ to repeal a law ⬩ abrogate ⬩ abolish ⬩ overthrow ⬩ destroy
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Homl. ii. 191, 26
sib
Sib ⬩ related ⬩ one related ⬩ a relation
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Lancashire, Scottish), related; also absolute, one related, a relation (In god-sibbas the word is inflected as a noun, cf. Icel. sifr a near relation. In the passage below, Lk. 14, 12, the form may be taken as a weak noun, cf.
clǽnsian
To CLEANSE, purify, chasten, clear oneself ⬩ mundare, purgare, castigare, se liberare
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Wih. 18; Th. i. 40, 14, 16: 19; Th. i. 40, 17: 20; Th. i. 40, 19: L. Eth. ii. 8; Th. i. 288, 19: ii. 9; Th. i. 290, 10. Hine geréfa clénsie let the reeve clear him, L. Wih. 22; Th. i. 42, 4
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