swinge
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Add His seón swýðe þeóstrodon. Þá hrepode Martinus mid ánre swingan ( Martin gave the man a slight stroke ?) and eall seó sárnis him sóna fram gewát ... þurh Martines hrepunge, Hml. S. 31, 589. Add ꝥte ðá sóðfæstnis ðerscingra ł swinca dyde áwoerdeno
wæstm
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Add Hé bæd God geornlíce ꝥ hé þám þegne forgeáfe bearnes wæstm, Hml. S. 33, 18. 6. Add Se cwide hú mon ðæt feoh befæste ðǽm ciépemen ðe hé scolde forð sellan tó wæstme. Past. 379, 8. Add Hé wæs scort on wæstme statura pusillus erat, Hml. Th. i.
wrítian
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Substitute: <b>writian, wreotian</b> to chirp, chatter, rattle Wreotað crepitat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 34. Writigeað (printed pritigeað) pipant (comples aera catervis, garrula quae rostris resonantes cantica pipant, Aid. 136, 28), 88, 80. Þæt
watel
A wattle ⬩ interwoven twigs
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A wattle interwoven twigs Watul teges, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 26: Zup. 52, 13. Hé mycelne aad gesomnode on beámum and on ræftrum and on wágum and on watelum on ðacum advexit plurimam congeriem trabium. tignorum, parietum, virgeorum, et tecti fenei, Bd. 3, 16 ;
ofer-módig
Proud, arrogant, saucy, wanton ⬩ contumax
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Proud, arrogant, saucy, wanton:— Mǽden biþ ofer-módig a girl (born on the thirteenth day of the moon) will be saucy, Lchdm. iii. 190, 16. Ofermódige superbi, Ps. Th. 118, 51. Ofermódigra superborum, Ps. Spl. 118, 69. Ofermódigum superbis, 122, 5. Ða
of-tyge
A holding back, withholding
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A holding back, withholding (v. of-teón, III.) Ungelimp mid synnum geearnod, swíðost mid ðam oftige ðæs neádgafoles ðe Cristene men Gode gelǽstan sceoldon on heora teóþingsceattum misfortune merited through sins, especially through the keeping back of
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híw-cúþlíce
Familiarly
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Familiarly Ða ðe hine híwcúþlíce cúþan qui eum familiariter noverunt, Bd. 5, 2; S 614, 27. Hí biþ hiewcúþlíce þeów ðæm Godes feónde hosti Dei familiarius servit, Past. 47, 2; Swt. 361, 1. Hine God hiewcúþlícor on eallum þingum innan lǽrde ðonne óðre
frætwung
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Frætwunge crustu, i. ornatu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 25, 8. Fræte[wunge] ornatu. An. Ox. 5109. Hwá mæg ðǽre heofenan freatewunge ásecgan?, Hml. Th. i. 286, 18. Frætwunga crepundia, i. insignia, indicia, cunabula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 70. Frætewunge, preónas lunulas
be-galan
to enchant ⬩ charm ⬩ to recite a charm
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Add: to enchant, charm He on deófla naman begól þone gramlican drenc, Hml. S. 14, 76. Þá beóð begalene quae incan-tantur, Bl. Gl. to recite a charm Sygegealdor ic begale, sigegyrd ic mé wege, Lch. i. 388, 15. [Þe londes men hire (a snake) begaleðO.
betǽcan
to entrust ⬩ guidance ⬩ to hand over ⬩ pay ⬩ give ⬩ to assign ⬩ destine ⬩ yield to ⬩ to direct
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Add: to entrust, commit to a person for safe keeping, guidance, &c. Ic betiæce committo (Dei mei potestati), An. Ox. 3395. Hwá betǽhð (credit) eów ꝥ eower ys ?, Lk. 16, 11. Eádmund betǽhte Glæstingaberi S. Dúnstáne, Chr. 943 ; P.111, note 19.
Eádbald
Eadbald, son of Ethelbert, king of Kent. He succeeded his father to the kingdom of Kent in A.D. 616, and died in A.D. 640
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Eadbald, son of Ethelbert, king of Kent. He succeeded his father to the kingdom of Kent in A.D. 616, and died in A.D. 640 Hér Æðelbryht Contwara cyning forþférde, and Eádbald his sunu féng to ríce, se forlét his fulluht and leofode on hǽðenum þeáwe,
hwæðere
Yet ⬩ however ⬩ nevertheless
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Yet, however, nevertheless Ac nǽnig hwæðere him gelíce dón ne mihte but none however could do like him, Bd. 4, 24; S. 596, 39. Hwæðere ðú meaht mé singan attamen mihi cantare habes, 597, 15. Hwæðere for fremsumnysse tamen pro benignitate, 1, 27; S. 493
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ÍS
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ICE Ís glacies, Ælfc. Gl. 94; Som. 75, 103; Wrt. Voc. 52, 53. Hwí ne wundriaþ hí hwí ðæt ís weorþe why do not they wonder why ice comes? Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 35. Ofer eástreámas ís brycgade the ice formed a bridge over the streams, Andr. Kmbl. 2524; An
mennisc-ness
humanity ⬩ human nature ⬩ incarnation ⬩ humaneness ⬩ humane behaviour
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humanity, human nature (generally in reference to Christ), incarnation Crist becom on hire innoþ and þurh hí on menniscnysse wearþ ácenned ( was born a man ), Homl. Th. i. 194, 8. Ne wearþ se Fæder mid menniscnysse befangen, 284, 23. Wé wurþiaþ úres
á-cólian
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Add: lit. Ðæt se líg in him sylfum ácólode ( refrigesceret ), Gr. D. 48, 10. Seó hǽto ðæs fýres ácólode, Hml. S. 30, 451. Se ofon ácólode sóna, Shrn. 31, 22. Ðú ðíne fét léte in deáðe ácólian, Angl. xii. 508, 15. Gif wund on men ácólod sý, Lch. i. 194
bisceop-hád
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Biscophád pontificium, Rtl. 59, 11: flaminium, An. Ox. 5056. Biscophádes pontificatus, i. episcopatus, 2989. Ꝥ wé þás þing cýðon be þám tíman his bisceophádes, Gr. D. 67, 25. Se abbod þes biscophádes gernde, Chr. 1048; P. 172, 10. Ðá geár gefilled wǽron
earming
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Add: with the idea of suffering Nú is seó tíd, earmincg Zosimus, ꝥ þú gefremme ꝥ þé beboden is, ac . . . ic nát mid hwí ic delfe, Hml. S. 23 b, 763. Earming, ne geýc ðú swýðor þíne yrmða, Hml. Th. i. 594, 27. Wé sprecað ymbe God, earmingas be mildheortum
efenlíce
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Substitute: evenly, without inequalities of surface Man þǽre cyrcean flór emlíce gewyrce, ꝥ þǽr nán byrgen gesýne ne sý, Ll. Th. ii. 408, 12. without disagreement, without discrepancy Seó lár mæg unc emlíce séman ( bring us to complete agreement ),
fercian
to bring ⬩ carry ⬩ conduct ⬩ to support ⬩ To go
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Add: trans. to bring, carry, conduct Þá ealdormenn forléton þá scipo and þet folc, þá þe on ðám scipe wǽron, færcodon (fercodon, v. l.) ðá scipo eft tó Lundene, Chr. 1009; P. 139, 5. to support Wyrtum fercian leguminibus (vitam) sustentare, An. Ox.
ge-bisnung
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Add: — Leóde geneósian, and mid láre and gebysnunge þæs sóþan geleáfan and mid þweále fulluhtes geclǽnsian, Lch. iii. 434, 1. Beón eádmóde æfter his gebysnunge (-bisnunge, v. l.), Hml. A. 10, 258. Hé Crístes gebysnunge geefenlǽhte, Hml. Th. ii. 34, 15