willa
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Add Gyf mon méte ꝥ hé feala spera geseó ætsamne, þonne byð ꝥ þæt hé on his feóndum his willan gewryhð (ꝥ þú ofercymst ealle þíne fýnd, v.l.). Lch. iii. 176, 10. Add Hé þá wræce dyde má on wælgrimnesse wyllan (plus ex crudelitatis desiderio) þonne
yfel-sacian
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Substitute: to blaspheme (In the passage Bl. H. 189, 24 for mé should probably be read má, the original Latin is: Ne tantas Deo inferret blasphemias. v. Archiv xci. 190) Gé gehýrað hú hé Gode yfelsacað, Nap. 88. Hé gewunode ꝥ hé yfelsacode þæs ælmihtigan
wadung
Going ⬩ travelling
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Going, travelling Ús sceamaþ tó secgenne ealle ða sceandlícan wíglunga ðe gé dwǽsmenn drífaþ oððe on wífunge oððe on wadunge (see, for instance, Lchdm. i. 328, 330, where the virtues of various parts of a badger in case of journeying are stated, and
heáh-þungen
Of high rank, distinguished, noble
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Of high rank, distinguished, noble Heáhþungen wer the noble man [Moses], Cd. 169: Th. 210, 18; Exod. 517. Hé befæste ðæt ríce heáhþungenum menn Harolde he committed the kingdom to a noble man, to Harold, Chr. 1065: Erl. 198, 11; Edw. 30. Ða kyningas
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on-hlídan
To open, unclose ⬩ To be disclosed, to appear
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trans. To open, unclose Onhlídest ( aperis ) ðú ðíne handa, Ps. Th. 144, 17. Undóþ eówre geatu, and on-hlídaþ ða écan geata, 23, 7, 9. Deáþræced heolstorcofan onhliden weorþaþ, Exon. Th. 201, l; Ph. 49. Ðǽr biþ open eádgum tðgeánes, onhliden hleóðra
orige
in the following passage
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in the following passage Se ðe þeóf geféhþ hé áh .x. scitt. . . . Gif hé ðonne óþierne and orige (orrige, MS. H. ) weorðe ðonne biþ hé wítes scyldig he who catches a thief shall have ten shillings . . . If he (the thief) run away, and gets clear off(
tow-cræft
Skill in weaving or spinning
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Skill in weaving or spinning Heó (the Virgin Mary) weóx and wearð fulfremed on gódra mægna heányssum, and heó ðá sóna gódum towcræftum onféng, swýðor ðonne ǽnig ðara ðe heora bearn wǽron... Heó wolde beón fram ðære þriddan tíde óð ða nigoþan tíd ymbe
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-ing
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a patronymic suffix Sume naman syndon patronymica, ðæt synd fæderlíce naman, æfter Gréciscum þeáwe, ac seó Lédensprǽc næfþ ða naman; hí sind swá ðeáh on Engliscre sprǽce, Penda, and of ðam Pending, Ælfc. Gr. 5 ; Som. 4, 52-4. Ælfréd Æþelwulfing Alfred
ge-weorþan
to be ⬩ be made ⬩ become ⬩ happen ⬩ fiĕri ⬩ To happen ⬩ come to pass ⬩ befall ⬩ come together ⬩ agree ⬩ be agreeable ⬩ contingĕre ⬩ evĕnīre ⬩ convĕnīre ⬩ plăcēre
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to be, be made, become, happen; fiĕri Hú mágon ðás þing ðus geweorþan quomŏdo possunt hæc fiĕri? Jn. Bos. 3, 9: Elen. Kmbl. 909; El. 456. Ne séc ðú þurh hlytas hú ðé geweorþan scyle seek not by lots how it is to happen to thee, rov. Kmbl. 32. Hú geweorþeþ
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synderlíce
apart, away from all others, in private ⬩ separately, severally, apart ⬩ specially, in particular ⬩ only, exclusively, solely, to or by one's self ⬩ specially, exceedingly, to a greater extent than in any other case, singularly
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apart, away from all others, in private Synderlíce (separatim) hine Petrus and Iacobus and Iohannes and Andreas áhsodon, Mk. Skt. 13, 3. where many things are to be distinguished from each other, separately, severally, apart Se án monn ongitt ðæt ðæt
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CEALC
Plaster, cement, chalk; ⬩ calx arenata, calx
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Plaster, cement, chalk; calx arenata, calx Iuuinianus wæs sume niht on ánum niwcilctan húse: ðá hét he bétan ðǽr-inne mycel fýr, forðon hit wæs ceald weder. Ðá ongan se cealc mid ungemete stincan, ðá wearþ Iuuinianus mid ðam brǽþe ofsmorod Jovian was
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dene
A valley ⬩ vallis
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A valley; vallis Dene vallis, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28; Som. 11, 55: Wrt. Voc. 80, 44: Ælfc. Gl. 97; Som. 76, 64; Wrt. Voc. 54, 8. Ǽlc dene biþ gefylled every valley shall be filled, Homl. Th. i. 360, 33. Seó dene ðe ðú gesáwe vallis illa quam aspexisti, Bd.
fíc-treów
A FIG-TREE ⬩ fīcus
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A FIG-TREE; fīcus Forscranc ðæt fíctreów fĭcus ārŭíit, Mk. Bos. 11, 21: Mt. Bos. 21, 20: Wrt. Voc. 80, 11. Ðæs fíctreówes of the fig-tree, Mk. Bos. 11, 13. Leornigeaþ bigspel be ðam fíctreówe ab arbŏre fīci discĭte părăbŏlam, Mt. Bos. 24, 32: Mk. Bos
fore-spreca
One who speaks for another ⬩ an advocate ⬩ prolŏcūtor ⬩ advŏcātus
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One who speaks for another, an advocate; prolŏcūtor, advŏcātus Ðæt he beó mín freónd and forespreca, and ðære [MS. ðara] hálgan stówe freónd and forespræca that he be my friend and advocate, and the friend and advocate of the holy place. Th. Diplm. A.D
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líðigian
to assuage ⬩ calm
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To make, or be soft or yielding, to assuage, calm Gewylc ýða his ðú líðegast motum fluctuum ejus to mitigas, Ps. Spl. 88, 10. Se ðe on ðam ǽrran tócyme líðegode se démþ stíðne dóm æt ðam æfteran tócyme he that was mild at the first advent shall judge
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ge-brec
A breaking ⬩ crashing ⬩ clamour ⬩ noise ⬩ fractio ⬩ frăgor ⬩ strĕpĭtus
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A breaking, crashing, clamour, noise; fractio, frăgor, strĕpĭtus Se dæg biþ dæg gebreces the day will be a day of clamour, Past. 35, 5; Swt. 245, 5; Hat. MS. 46 a, 17. He gehýrde ðæt gebrec ðara storma audīto frăgōre procellārum, Bd. 5, 1; S. 614, 3.
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ge-hérian
To praise ⬩ honour ⬩ glorify ⬩ laudāre ⬩ hŏnōrāre ⬩ celebrāre
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To praise, honour, glorify; laudāre, hŏnōrāre, celebrāre Unlǽde biþ se ne can Crist gehérian wretched is he who cannot honour Christ, Salm. Kmbl. 48; Sal. 24. On Gode byþ gehérod mín siwl in Dŏmĭno laudābĭtur anĭma mea, Ps. Th. 33, 2. Ðeáh he seó ánum
ge-rec
Rule, government, management, order, direction, explanation ⬩ regimen, moderamen, ratio, directio, expositio
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Rule, government, management, order, direction, explanation; regimen, moderamen, ratio, directio, expositio On ðara óðra mǽgþa gerece awunode in illarum provinciarum regimine permansit, Bd. 4, 12; S. 581, 28: 4, 23; S. 593, 26. Ðone bisceophád mid mycelegerece
ge-mǽne-líc
Common, general ⬩ communis, generalis
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Common, general; communis, generalis Swá swá man gerǽde for gemǽnelícre neóde so that the common need may be consulted for, L. Eth. vi. 32; Th. i. 324, 1. Hí arísaþ on ðam gemǽnelícum dóme they shall arise at the judgment of all, Homl. Th. i. 84, 22,
swíðian
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to be or become strong, to prevail Strangadan, swíðodon invalescebant, Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 6. Strangedon, swíþedon, 46, 49. Ne wæs ðæt tó wundrianne ðeáh ðe ðæs cyninges béne ðá hé mid Drihtne rícsade mid hine swíþode and genge wǽre nec mirandum preces