morþ-dǽd
A deed which causes destruction ⬩ deadly sin ⬩ evil deed
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A deed which causes destruction, of the body Be ðǽm wiccecræftum and be liblácum and be morþdǽdum, gif man ðǽr ácweald wǽre (v. last passage under morþ,II., and morþ-weorc), L.
níwian
To renew ⬩ renovate ⬩ restore
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Hé níwade Cnutes lage (v. Freeman's Old English History, p. 241), Chr. 1064; Erl. 196, 2. Ne wrec ðú ða ǽrran yflu, búton hí mon eft níwige, Prov. Kmbl. 35. Swá ðæt ðú ǽghwylce dæg ðone drenc níwie (níwige, MS. B.), Lchdm. i. 192, 15.
biblio-þéce
a library ⬩ bibliotheca ⬩ The Bible ⬩ biblia
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Iohannes awrát ða bóc, Apocalipsis geháten, and ðeós bóc ys æftemyst on ðære Biblioþécan John wrote the book called Revelation, and this book is the last in the Bible, Ælfc. T. 31, 23
ge-hreósan
To rush ⬩ fall ⬩ glide away ⬩ to fail ⬩ ruere ⬩ cadere ⬩ labi ⬩ deficere
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To rush, fall, glide away, to fail; ruere, cadere, labi, deficere Hrófas sind gehrorene the roofs are fallen, Exon. 124 a; Th. 476, 5; Ruin. 3.
ge-lácnian
To heal ⬩ cure ⬩ sānāre ⬩ mĕdēri
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Mon geseah hine laman gelácnian people saw him healing the lame, Blickl. Homl. 177, 16. Hine gelácnode curam ejus egit, Lk. Skt. 10, 34, note
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ge-myndig
Mindful, remembering ⬩ mémor
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Lamb. 105, 7. Beóþ hyra geóca gemyndge they are mindful of their safety, Exon. 33 b; Th. 107, 18; Gú. 60: 39 a; Th. 129, 7; Gú. 417. Gemyndigra monna of mindful men, 34b; Th. 111, 11; Gú. 125
ge-neálǽcan
To approach, draw near, adhere
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Lamb. 15, 4. Folce geneálǽcendum populo appropinquanti, Ps. Spl. 148, 14
swancor
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[Jamieson gives swank slender; limber, agile: swanking supple, active: swanky tall and lank: swanky a strapping young countryman.] pliant, supple Hine Níðhád on néde legde swoncre seonobende supple sinew-bands (? see seonu-bend). Exon.
wer-genga
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A stranger who seeks protection in the land to which he has come Deóra gesíð, wildra wærgenga, Nabochodonossor the beasts' comrade, the stranger that sought shelter among wild beasts, Nebuchadnezzar, Cd. Th. 257, 25; Dan. 663.
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beþian
To warm ⬩ foment
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Mon sceal mid wearmum springum and háte wætre beþian þá stówe . . þá sáran stówa beþe and lǽt reócan on, 202, 20-24. Mon sceal beþan (beþian ?, beþþan ?) þá breóst mid wine, 232, 19. Is sió tó beðianne mid hátan wætre, 206, 14.
erian
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Þeáh hé erige his land mid ðúsend sula, Bt. 26, 3; F. 94, 14. Þeáh him mon erigan scyle ǽghwelce dæg æcera ðúsend quamvis rura centeno scindat opima bove, Met. 14, 4. Man mæg on wintra erian, Angl. ix. 261, 22.
for-hradian
hurry ⬩ to anticipate
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Ðæt hié tó unwærlíce ne onetten, ðý lǽs hié forhradien ðone betestan tíman ne dum bonorum tempus incaute festinando praeveniunt, Past. 281, 21: R. Ben. 61, 13. Hé wénde þæt hí woldon his cynedóm forseón and wolde ðá forhradian, Hml. Th. i. 480, 2.
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ge-sylhþ
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for a plough Ágife hé ꝥ land þám híréde mid swá myclum swá se híréd him on hand sette; ꝥ synd . xii. þeówe men, and .II. gesylhðe oxan, and .I. hund sceápa. Cht. Th. 435, 6. [Cf. Hé geann án sylhðe oxna, Cht. Crw. 23, 4.
hǽre
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Heó áwearp hire hǽran and hire wudewan reáf, 109, 228. sackcloth used to lie on Hé oftost læg uppon ánre hǽran on þǽre baran flóra, Hml. S. 31, 853. On stíþre hǽran licgende, 1351 : Hml. Th. ii. 516, 31
heonu
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(In the last three instances the h is written above the line.) Eonu porro (gewisslíce, W. S. s=odlíce l uutedlíce, L. Mt. 8, 27), Wrt, Voc. ii. 72, 32. Eno nú hwæt wæs seó Salomones ræste elles?, Bl. H. n, 19. Eno ic þé gecýþe, Andreas, 237, 4.
staþol
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Cóm án ceorl mid láce of ðám ylcan staðole (ex eodem fundo ) þe heó ǽr onféng vi yntsan æt hire fæder, Gr. D. 222, 25-223, 5
un-cúþ
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Rómáne swiþost for þǽm besierede wǽron þe him ꝥ land uncúþre wæs þonne hit Somnitum wǽre, Ors. 3, 8; S. 120, 28. III. add: — Uncúð hú longe ðǽr swǽ gelǽrede biscepas sién, Past. 9, 3. Ne hopa ðú tó óðres monnes deáðe ; uncúð hwá lengest libbe, Prov.
tó-brýsan
To crush, ⬩ break in pieces
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Lamb. 28, 5. Gif hwá tóbrýsed sý if any one be crushed (convulsus), Lchdm. i. 122, 1. Tóbrysede tigelan, Homl. Skt. i. 8, 169. ȝiff he wolide læpenn dun he munnde tobrisenn all himm sellfenn, Orm. 12032. Al tobrised bac and þe, Havel. 1950.
ge-healdan
to keep ⬩ hold ⬩ observe ⬩ keep in ⬩ retain ⬩ reserve ⬩ preserve ⬩ save ⬩ defend ⬩ protect ⬩ custodīre ⬩ servāre ⬩ observāre ⬩ contĭnēre ⬩ reservāre ⬩ salvāre ⬩ defendĕre ⬩ to hold ⬩ occupy ⬩ possess ⬩ tĕnēre ⬩ possĭdēre
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Lamb. 120, 5. God hine gehelt ǽghwonan God preserves him everywhere, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 37. Ðrihten gehylt ðé fram ǽlcum yfele Dŏmĭnus custōdit te ab omni mălo, Ps. Lamb. 120, 7. Ic ðé forðig geheóld ĭdeo custōdīvi te, Gen. 20, 6.
Germania
Germany
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Cap. 1 Nú wille we ymb Europe land-gemǽre reccan, swá mycel swá we hit fyrmest witon.