þeáh
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Add Wé niton þeáh gé wuníon hér on neáwiste, Jos. 9, 7. Þonne andwyrdan þá yrfenuman swá hé sylf sceolde, þeáh hé líf hæfde, Ll. Th. i. 416, 1. ¶ with negative clause :-- Nis þé genóh ꝥ þú sylf losast, þeáh þú uppan ꝥ óþre ne forspylle?
frum-sceaft
a first shaping ⬩ birth ⬩ the first shaping of the world ⬩ the creation ⬩ origin ⬩ original constitution or condition
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Geworhte hé týn engla werod . . . on micelre fægernisse, fela þúsenda, on þám frumsceafta þæt hí . . . hine wurðedon ealle líchamleáse, leóhte and strange, búton synnum on gesǽlðe libbende, swá wlitiges gecindes swá wé secgan ne magon, Ælfc. T.
ge-dyrstlǽcan
to presume, ⬩ absolute
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Z. 247, 3-5. with an object Gif wé mid rícan mannan hwæt embe úre neóde manian willað, þæt wé ne gedyrstlǽcað ( prae sumimus ) bútan mid micelre eáðmódnesse, R. Ben. 45, 16. Gif hwá hit bútan his leáfe gedyrstlǽce, 79, 19.
LÍF
LIFE
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Wé ús nyton witod líf æt ǽfen, Wulfst. 151, 17. Líf and land werian, 274, 17. Preóstas and nunnan heora líf rehtan let priests and nuns order their lives, 269, 15. Liif, Bd. 3, 18; S. 545. 42, col. 2.
æce
An ake ⬩ pain ⬩ dolor
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An ake, pain; dolor Eal ðæt sár and se æce onwæg alǽded wæs all the sore and ake were (led) taken away, Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 35: 5, 4; S. 617, 22
áncer-setl
An anchoret's cell ⬩ hermitage ⬩ anachoretæ sedes
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An anchoret's cell, hermitage; anachoretæ sedes Twegen hálige menn, on áncersettle wuniende, wǽron forbearnde two holy men, dwelling in a hermitage, were burned, Chr. 1087; Th. 354, 23: Guthl. 4; Gdwin. 26, 10
folc-cwén
Folk's queen ⬩ queen of the people ⬩ pŏpŭli rēgĭna
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Folk's queen, queen of the people; pŏpŭli rēgĭna Eóde freólícu folc-cwén to hire freán sittan the noble queen of the people went to sit by her lord, Beo. Th. 1286; B. 641
fyrclian
To flash ⬩ flicker ⬩ fulgēre
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To flash, flicker; fulgēre Swilce se beám ongeán weardes wið ðæs steorran ward fyrcliende wǽre as if the beam were flashing towards the star from an opposite direction, Chr. 1106; Erl. 240, 34
bi-fóran
Before ⬩ ante, coram
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Before; ante, coram Wineleás guma gesihþ him bifóran fealwe wegas the friendless mortal sees before him seared ways, Exon. 77 a; Th. 289, 10; Wand. 46: 47 a; Th. 160, 22; Gú. 947
þreá-weorc
Pain inflicted as a punishment, used of the misery of hell
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Sax. the phrase thrá-werk tholón Wit hearmas, þreáweorc þoliaþ, and þýstre land, Cd. Th. 45, 35; Gen. 737
wiþer-feohtend
An adversary
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Ðæt gé wearde healden, ðý læs eów wiþerfeohtend weges forwyrnen tó wuldres byrig, Exon. Th. 282, 17; Jul. 664
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on-flyge
Infectious disease, disease which, as it were, flies at people ⬩ flying at a person, fighting
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Infectious disease, disease which, as it were, flies at people Ðú miht wið áttre and wið onflyge, Lchdm. iii. 32, 2, 16, 30. and cf. Icel. á-flog, flying at a person, fighting
Linked entries: flyge flygen on-geflogen
ge-clips
clamour
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Ne wend þú þé on þæs folces unrǽd ..., on heora sprǽce and geclysp (-clæsp, -clebs, -cleps, v.ll. ), Ll. Th. i. 54, 7. Geclibs forlǽtan, Past. 222, 13
ymb-ceorfan
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Ðætte ymbcorfen wére ðe cnæht, 2, 21
ge-tellan
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Ttó ðám ðæt wé sién geteald and geféged tó ðǽm gefógstánum on ðǽre Godes ceastre ut intus in templum Dei disponamur, 253, 19. Sind getealde deputa[n] tur ( secundo eunuchorum gradui). An.
folc
a people ⬩ a nation ⬩ an army ⬩ a race ⬩ tribe ⬩ sect ⬩ lay-folk ⬩ the laity ⬩ the people ⬩ followers ⬩ the people ⬩ the common people ⬩ country-folk ⬩ folk ⬩ men ⬩ people ⬩ folks ⬩ a crowd ⬩ company ⬩ troop ⬩ people ⬩ folk
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Ne wend þú þg nó on þæs folces unrǽd non plurimorum acquiesces sententiae, Ll. Th. i. 54, 6. Eádsige foran eallum folce hine well lǽrde, Chr. 1042; P. 163, 20.
Linked entry: þeód-scipe
wiht
a wight ⬩ creature ⬩ being ⬩ created thing ⬩ a whit ⬩ thing ⬩ aught ⬩ anything ⬩ without a negative ⬩ aught ⬩ alone ⬩ with a genitive
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Ne magon wé geleánian him mid láðes wihte, Cd. Th. 25, 15; Gen. 394. Ne dyde ic for feóndscipe, ne for wihte ðæs ic ðé weán úðe did it not from enmity, or from aught of ill will 163, 2 ; Gen. 2692. Hé nele láþes wiht geæfnan. Exon.
Linked entries: eall-wihta uht wuht ǽnig-wiht Wiht-land
ge-bytlu
A building
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A building Man bytlode áne gebytlu, and ða wyrhtan worhton ða gebytlu on ðam Sæternes-dæge, and wæs ðá forneán geendod they were building a building, and the workmen were making the building on the Saturday, and it was then very nearly finished, Homl
ge-drífan
To drive ⬩ go adrift ⬩ be driven ⬩ cast away or lost ⬩ agere ⬩ agi ⬩ ventis jactari ⬩ naufragare
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Rómáne oferhlæstan heora scipa ðæt heora gedráf [gedeaf Laud.] cc and xxx, and Lxx wearþ to láfe, and ureáðe genered the Romans overloaded their ships, so that 230 of them were lost, and 70 were left, and with difficulty saved, Ors. 4, 6; Th. 400, 20.
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hol
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On holan weg, v. 302, 37. <b>IV a.</b> lying in a hollow or depression of a stream, pool, &c. :-- On holan bróc, C. D. iv. 95, 36; : 287, 37. On holan ford, iii. 436, 12. In fontem holan wielle, 379, 10.