á-þracian
to fear ⬩ abhor ⬩ to frighten
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Add: to fear, abhor Hé áþracað ǽlc yfel, (horrescit) Scint. 235, 4. Fýlðe gylta hwðnlíce ic áðracude (exhorrui), Angl. xi. 118, 46. Binne ná áþracude (abhorruit), Hy. S. 51, 7.
án
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Áne (-um, v. l. ) geáre ǽr his deáþe, 46; P. 6, 20: 885; P. 78, 23. Ǽne síðe (áne síða, v. l.) semel, Bd. 4, 5; Sch. 377, 12. Man singe án fíftig sealmas, Ll. Th. i. 222, 19. as subst. a single object Þises ánes gewilnode Maria, Hml.
án-lípig
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On ðǽre ealdan ǽ wæs ánlípig hús Gode tó wurðmynte árǽred . . . ealle óðre þeóda fela templa árǽrdon . . . Þæt ánlípige Godes tempel wæs wundorlíce gecræft, Hml. Th. ii. 574, 24-29.
fæstnung
stability ⬩ fixity ⬩ fortifying ⬩ a fastening ⬩ binding ⬩ an exhortation ⬩ confirmation ⬩ ratification ⬩ a covenant ⬩ assurance
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Ꝥte sié esnum ðínum fæstnung scildnise ǽc giscildnisses ut sint servis tuis munimentum tutelaque defensionis, Rtl. 117, 27: Wrt. Voc. ii. 56, 3.
ge-beorgan
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Ðis is seó líhtingc þe ic wylle eallon folce gebeorg*-*an þe hig ǽr þyson mid gedrehte wǽron this is the alleviation by which I will protect all the people from those things with which they were before troubled, Ll. Th. i. 412, 19. [See also Ps.
ge-bígan
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Th. 16, 10. þ ú miht león and dracan liste gebýgean conculcabis leonem et draconem, 90, 13. þá þeówas uneáþe oferwunnene wurdon, and VI M ofslagen ǽr hié mon gebíggiean mehte, ors. 5, 3 ; S. 222, 29.
blác-ern
A light place, a lamp, candlestick, lantern, light, candle ⬩ lucerna
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[blác light, ærn, ern a place] A light place, a lamp, candlestick, lantern, light, candle; lucerna Bæd ðæt hí ðæt blácern adwæseton prayed that they would put out the light [lucernam], Bd. 4, 8; S. 575, 40.
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ge-wrixlung
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gewrixlunge þǽra feówer tíman . . . ꝥ ǽlc heora hæfð þrý mónðas three changes of season, spring to summer, summer to autumn, autumn to winter, occur at intervals of three months, . . . so that each season has three months, Angl. viii. 319, 5
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ælmes-riht
A right or obligation in reference to alms
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Th. ii. 256, 30) Ǽghwilc ælmesriht ðe man on Godes ést scolde mid rihte georne gelǽstan, ǽlc man gelitlað oððe forhealdeð, Wlfst. 159, 21. Ðrǽlriht wǽron generwde and ælmesriht gewanode, 158, 16
ge-sufel
A word of uncertain meaning ⬩ but descriptive of a certain kind of bread
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A word of uncertain meaning, but descriptive of a certain kind of bread Ǽlc gegilda gesylle ǽnne gesufelne hláf let each gild-brother give a 'gesufel' loaf, L. Æthelst. 5, 8; Th. i. 236, 36.
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hangian
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Wearh sceal hangian, fægere ongildan ꝥ hé ǽr fácen dyde manna cynne, Gn. C. 55. Hongende crucifixum, Lk. p. 11, 8. to be attached, hold fast þá spácan sticaþ, óþer ende on þǽre felge . . .
hors
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Forfang æt men fífténe peningas, and æt horse healswá, i. 224, 26. Sum bið hafeces cræftig. Sum bið tó horse hwæt, Crä. 81. Nán man ne sylle nán hors ofer sǽ, bútan hé hit gifan wille, Ll. Th. i. 208, 18.
ge-sceád
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Hér mæg geseón ǽlc man þe tel-cræftas ǽnig gesceád can . . . ꝥ hit is máre þonne 372 wintra syððan ðyllic feoh wæs farende on eorðan, Hml. S. 23, 699.
flǽsc
flesh ⬩ animals ⬩ human beings
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Witod-líce ne synt hig twégen, ac án flǽsc, Mt. 19, 5, 6. that which has corporeal life, animals, in more limited sense, human beings Ǽlc flǽsc gesihð Godes hǽle, Lk. 3, 6. For ðé sceal ǽlc flǽsc forð síðian. Ps. Th. 64, 2.
mæsse-reáf
Vestment used when celebrating mass
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Vestment used when celebrating mass Wé lǽraþ ðæt ǽlc preóst hæbbe corporalem ðonne hé mæssige, and subuculam under his alban and eal mæssereáf wurðlíce behworfen, L. Edg. C. 33; Th. ii. 250, 28: L. Ælfc. C. 22; Th. ii. 350, 19.
stelan
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Hé begann tó stelenne on heora gewunan he began to steal according to their custom, Ælf. T. Grn. 17, 18. Add
wlencu
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Eft laþode hí man and speón tó óðres mannes brýdræste ge for hire wlæncum ge for hire geogoðe quam dum ad iterandum thalamum et opes et aetas vocarent, Gr. D. 279, I
hord-loca
A treasure-chest, coffer, metaph. the mind
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A treasure-chest, coffer, metaph. the mind Ðeáh ðe hé feohgestreón under hordlocæn ǽhte though he had wealth in his coffer, Exon. 66 b; Th. 245, 11; Jul. 43.
a-wyrt-walian
To root up ⬩ eradicate ⬩ extirpate ⬩ exterminate ⬩ eradicare ⬩ supplantare
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To root up, eradicate, extirpate, exterminate; eradicare, supplantare Ǽlc plantung byþ awyrtwalod omnis plantatio eradicabitur, Mt. Jun. 15, 13. Ðelæs ge ðone hwǽte awyrtwalion ne forte eradicetis triticum, 13, 29: Lk. Bos. 17, 6 : Bt. Met.
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