wanung
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(Ia) waning of the moon. v. wanian, II. (1 a) :-- Ǽfre seó sǽ and se móna beóð geféran on wæstme and on wanunge, Lchdm. iii. 268, 13: Homl. Th. i. 102, 28. decline, decay, v. wanian, II.
án
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Th. ii. 598, 10-12. marking identity, one (and the same) Hit geweorðeð ꝥ án and ꝥ ilce mód ǽgþer ge weaxeð and eác wérgað, Gr. D. 204, 22. Se án monn ongitt ꝥ ꝥ hé on óþrum ongit synderlíce, Bt. 41, 5; F. 252, 16.
þingian
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Wǽre þearf ðæt him mon þyngode tó ðam rícum, Bt. 38, 7; Fox 208, 29. Se ðe bitt ðone monn ðæt him ðingie wið óðerne ðe hé biþ eác ierre cum is, qui displicet, ad intercedendum mittitur, Past. 10; Swt. 63, 12.
þe
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Ðæt dysig is anlíccost þe sum cild sié full hál geboren ... such folly is most like, that (just as if) a child were born quite healthy..., Bt. 38, 5; Fox 206, 21.
Linked entry: þý
-an
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The termination of most Anglo-Saxon verbs is in -an; but -án is found, which seems to be contracted from aa, agan, ahan, as, — gán to go, from gaan: smeán to consider, from smeagan: sleán to slay, from sleahan, etc.
a-tiefran
To paint ⬩ describe by painting ⬩ depingere
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C. atifreþ] ðæs þinges onlícnesse on his móde ðe he ðonne ymbsmeáþ in corde depingitur quidquid fictis imaginibus deliberando cogitatur, Past. 21, 3 ; Hat. MS. 30 b, 27: 30 b, 26
fæsten-tíd
Fast-tide or time ⬩ jējūnii tempus
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-tidan] geornlícost beorgan one ought most earnestly to take care at festival-times and fast-times, L. C. S. 38; Th. i. 398, 17.
scýan
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T.) on móde primam culpam serpens suggessit . . . Cum enim malignus spiritus peccatum suggerit in mente, Bd. l, 27; S. 497, 14-20. Wé getǽceþ ł scýaþ him nos suadebimus ei, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 28, 14. Cf. scýhend, scýend maulistis, Txts. 78, 654.
ge-corenes
An election ⬩ choice ⬩ choiceness ⬩ goodness ⬩ electio ⬩ electus ⬩ probĭtas
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Ðe gelýfedre yldo wǽron oððe on gecorenesse heora þeáwa máran and beteran wǽron quæ vel ætāe provectæ vel probĭtāte ĕrant mōrum insigniōres, Bd. 3, 8; S. 531, 33 : Mk. Skt. p. 2, 1
un-sceþþigness
Innocence ⬩ harmlessness
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Habban ða unscæððignysse on heora móde ðe cild hæfð, i. 512, 18. Ne funde hé on him náne synne ac unscæððignysse, Boutr. Scrd. 20, 25. Unsceaðþignysse, Ps. Spl. 36, 39
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geómrian
To be sad, to sigh, groan, murmur, mourn, sorrow, lament, bewail ⬩ gĕmĕre, murmŭrāre, ingĕmĕre, ingĕmiscĕre, lūgēre, quĕri
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To be sad, to sigh, groan, murmur, mourn, sorrow, lament, bewail; gĕmĕre, murmŭrāre, ingĕmĕre, ingĕmiscĕre, lūgēre, quĕri Se ðe á wile geómrian on gihða who for ever will mourn in spirit, Salm. Kmbl. 701; Sal. 350.
ǽfen-steorra
The evening star ⬩ Hesperus
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Se móna, mid his blácan leóhte, dunniaþ ðone beorhtan steorran, ðe we hátaþ morgensteorra: ðone ilcan we hátaþ óðre naman, ǽfensteorra the moon, with his pale light, obscures the bright star, which we call the morning star: the same we call by another
Linked entry: morgen-steorra
cyre-líf
A choice of life, where on decease of a lord, the cultivators choose a lord for themselves; optio vitæ, ubi, mortuo domino, villani sibi dominum eligunt
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; optio vitæ, ubi, mortuo domino, villani sibi dominum eligunt Ic bidde, on Codes naman, and on his háligra, ðæt mínra maga nán ne yrfewearda ne geswence nán nǽnig cyrelíf ðara ðe ic foregeald, and me West-Seaxena wítan to rihte gerehton, ðæt ic hí mót
FLÓWAN
To FLOW ⬩ issue ⬩ fluĕre ⬩ fluctuāre ⬩ inundāre
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Flówan mót ýþ ofer eall lond the wave may flow over all the land, Salm. Kmbl. 644; Sal. 321: Ps. Th. 77, 21: 104, 36: Menol. Fox 555; Gn. C. 47. Com flówende flód the flood came flowing, Byrht. Th. 133, 44; By. 65. Ic flówe fluo, Ælfc.
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for-weorþan
To become nothing ⬩ to be undone ⬩ to perish ⬩ die ⬩ ad nihilum devĕnīre ⬩ pĕrīre ⬩ interlre ⬩ deficére
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To become nothing, to be undone, to perish, die; ad nihilum devĕnīre, pĕrīre, interlre, deficére Swá sceal ǽlce sáwl forweorþan æfter ðam unrihthǽmede, búton se mon hweorfe to góde so shall every soul perish after unlawful lust, unless the man turn to
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lícian
To please
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For ðí sceolde ǽlc mon beón on ðam wel gehealden ðæt hé on his ágenum earde lícode erit igitur pervagata inter suos gloria quisque contentus, Bt. 18, 3; Fox 64, 28. Hí cwǽdon ðæt him ealle ða wel lícedon, 4, 5; S. 572, 24.
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mirran
to be a stumbling-block to ⬩ to hinder ⬩ obstruct ⬩ to waste ⬩ squander ⬩ To err
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P. 2; Th. ii. 306, 12. to waste, squander Ðý læs mon unnytlíce mierde ðæt ðæt hé hæbbe ne, quae possident, inutiliter spargant, Past. 44, 4; Swt. 325, 3. Ne myr ðú eal ðæt ðú hæbbe, ðý læs ðe geþearfe tó óðres mannes ǽhtum, Prov. Kmbl. 73.
nædre
Any kind of serpent ⬩ adder ⬩ viper
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Gif mon hine (gagates) on fýr déþ, ðonne fleóþ ðǽr neddran onweg, Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 25. Nædrena draconum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 71. Næddrena áttor venenum aspidum, Deut. 32, 33. Lá næddrena (ætterna, Lind. ; nedrana, Rush.) cyn progenies viperarum, Mt.
pytt
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Heora mód ys swá deóp swá grundleás pytt sepulcrum patens est guttur eorum, Ps. Th. 5, 10. Gif hwá pytt ( cisternam ) ádelfe and hine ne oferhelie and ðǽr fealle on oxa oððe assa, gilde ðæs pyttes hláford ðæra nýtena wurð, Ex. 21, 33-34.
swæðer
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Ðeáh wé spirian swá mid læs worda swá mid má swæþer wé hit gereccan mágon though we use more or less words in our enquiry, according as we can explain the matter, Bt. 35, 5; Fox 166, 12: 36, 7; Fox 184, 16.
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