BLÓSTMA
A BLOSSOM, bloom, flower ⬩ flos
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[ = blóstm a blossom] A BLOSSOM, bloom, flower; flos Swá swá blósma ǽceres swá he blóweþ tamquam flos agri sic efflorebit, Ps. Lamb. 102, 15. Ofer hine scír cymeþ mínra [minre MS.] sóþfæst blóstma super ipsum florebit sanctificatio mea, Ps.
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ge-reordan
To give food to, feed, take food, satisfy, refresh, feast ⬩ cibare, saturare, satiare, epulari
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Hia síe giriordado reficiantur, Rtl. 15, 5
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bletsung
benediction
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Benedicta et beata sis . . . Ðá hyre módor hí mid þyssere bletsunge onfangen hæfde, Lch. iii. 428, 8. Bloedsungas tó rede benedixiones ad lectionem, Rtl. 126, 1. Similar entries v. bletsian, V Dryhtnes is hǽlu and ofer folc ðín bledsung ðín, Ps.
dúru
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On ærne ꝥ næbbe þon má dura þonne sió cirice, Ll. Th. i. 64, 15. Hí mid æxum duru ( januas ejus ) curfan, Ps. Th. 73, 6. Lufude Sione duru ( portas ) Drihten, 86, 1.
ge-rec
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Ger. in allen ge-rechen sín florere] Gefylsta on gerecum adiutor in oportunitatibus, Ps. Rdr. 9, 10 : 22 : Ps. Spl. 9 second, l.
hlúd
noisy ⬩ talkative ⬩ clamorous ⬩ a blow ⬩ a crash
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Sió hlúde ýð on ðǽ;re hreón sǽ, 437, 16. Ýþa hlúde, Ps. Th. 64, 7. of material or instrument with which sound is made Þǽr bið hlúd wudu, Rä. 4, 24. Hlúdum argutis (fidibus) An. Ox. 8, 309.
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of-þryccan
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S. 30, 6. the subject a thing (an unfavourable condition) Sé bið hoferede, sé ðe sió byrðen ofðrycð ðisse eorðlican gewilnunge gibbus est, quem terrenae sollicitudinis pondus deprimit, Past. 67, 13.
on-búgan
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Ðǽm medwísan is micle iéðre tó gestiéganne on ðone ryhtan wísdóm ðonne ðǽm lytegan sié tó anbúganne ( to change his course; ut ab ea, quae putatur stultitia, ad veram sapientiam vicinius transeat), 203, 18
óga
the feeling which is excited in a person, terror, dread, horror, great fear ⬩ the exciting cause of such a feeling ⬩ an object which excites fear, a terrible, horrible thing ⬩ to fear ⬩ to terrify ⬩ to frighten ⬩ terrible
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Th. ii. 98, 3. the exciting cause of such a feeling Beó eówer ege and óga ofer ealle nítenu terror vester ac tremor sit super cuncta animalia, Gen. 9, 2. On lígette is óga, Homl. Th. i. 222, 32.
triumpha
A triumph
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the term was inserted by Alfred in his translation of Orosius Ðæt hié triumphan héton, ðæt wæs ðonne hié hwelc folc mid gefeohte ofercumen hæfdon, ðonne wæs heora þeáw ðæt sceoldon ealle hiera senátus cuman ongeán heora consulas æfter ðæm gefeohte, siex
twiwa
Twice
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With numerals: Sió gestód tuwa seofon hund wintra ...; ðæt is III c wintra and I M, Ors. 6, I; Swt. 252, 6. Tuwa fífe binas quinquies. Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 25. Tuwa fíftig bis quingentenum, 11, 76. Twige, Hpt. Gl. 486, 77.
sorh
care ⬩ anxiety ⬩ sorrow ⬩ grief ⬩ affliction ⬩ trouble ⬩ sorrow, care ⬩ cura, solicitudo, angor, moeror, labor ⬩ care, sorrow
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Wedera helm æfter Herebealde heortan sorge weallende wæg . . . mid ðære sorge, ðá him sió sár belamp, gumdreám ofgeaf, Beo. Th. 4937; B. 2468. Sægde him tó sorge, ðæt hý ðone grénan wong ofgiefan sceoldan, Exon.
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frum-cenned
first-begotten ⬩ firstborn ⬩ primogĕnĭtus ⬩ primitive ⬩ primĭtīvus
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Frumcendo primitiæ, Rtl. 2, 27. in grammar, primitive; primĭtīvus Sume naman sind primĭtīva, ðæt sind frumcennede oððe fyrmyste some noums are primĭtīva,which are primitive or original, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 4, 7.
heófian
To lament ⬩ mourn ⬩ wail ⬩ bewail
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Hí heófodon folces synna they bewailed people's sins, Homl. Th. i. 540, 30. Wá eów ðe nú hlihgaþ gé sceolon heófian and wépan woe to you that laugh now, ye shall mourn and weep, 180, 15.
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micelian
to become great ⬩ to increase in size or in quantity ⬩ to make great ⬩ to increase the size or quantity of a thing ⬩ to extol ⬩ magnify
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to become great, to increase in size or in quantity Micelaþ grandescit, crescit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 42. Rím miclade, Cd. 63; Th. 75, 21; Gen. 1243: Andr. Kmbl. 3050; An. 1528. Wæter micladon the waters waxed, 3105; An. 1555.
andgit-fullíc
Fully or clearly understood ⬩ intelligible ⬩ omnino intellectus ⬩ intelligibilis
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Intelligible voice is what is spoken with understanding, as, Arms and the man I sing, Ælfc. Gr. 1; Som. 2, 32-34
for-spanan
To entice ⬩ seduce ⬩ illĭcĕre ⬩ sedūcĕre
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To entice, seduce; illĭcĕre, sedūcĕre Gehwá se ðe óðerne to leahtrum forspenþ is manslaga every one who entices another to sins is a manslayer, Homl. Th. ii. 226, 30.
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fylle-seóc
Falling sick ⬩ epileptic ⬩ lunatic ⬩ ĕpĭleptĭcus ⬩ ἐπιληπτικός ⬩ lunātĭcus
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Falling sick, epileptic, lunatic; ĕpĭleptĭcus = ἐπιληπτικός, lunātĭcus Ðý-læs cild sý fylleseóc lest the child be epileptic, Med. ex Quadr. 5, 12; Lchdm. i. 350, 12. He ys fylleseóc lunātĭcus est, Mt. Bos. 17, 15.
mearc-beorh
A hill which forms part of a boundany
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[Kemble says 'the mearcbeorh appears to denote the hill or mound which was the site of the mearc-mót.'Saxons in England, i. 56.]
níd-scyld
Bounden duty
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Bounden duty Sóna swá hé tó ðære áre cymþ, swá þyncþ him ðæt se hié him niédscylde sceolde se se hié him sealde as soon as he comes to the honour, it seems to him that he who gave it him was bound to grant it as a matter of right; repente perveniens jure sibi