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myrre

(n.)
Grammar
myrre, myrra, an; f.

Myrrh

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Myrrh Hí him lác brohton; ðæt wæs gold and récels and myrre, Mt. Kmbl. 2, 11. Seó myrre getácnode ðæt hé wæs deádlíc, Homl. Th. i. 116, 10. Myrra déþ ðæt ðæt deáde flǽsc ne rotaþ, 118, 11. Murre myrra, Ps. Spl. 44, 10.

Linked entry: murre

sib-sum

(adj.)
Grammar
sib-sum, adj.
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Ða Gotan lustlíce sibbsummes friðes æt eów biddende sindon the Goths willingly ask for a friendly peace at your hands; Gothi societatem Romani foederis precibus sperant, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 48, 22. Sibsume ł friðgeorne (ł friðsume, Rush.) pacifici, Mt.

sealfian

(v.)
Grammar
sealfian, p. ode
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Goth. salbón to anoint: O. Sax. salƀón: O. H. Ger. salbón ungere, fovere, impinguare. ]

Linked entry: ge-sealfian

slápol

(adj.)
Grammar
slápol, adj.
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Tó ðám Godes weorce árísende, heora ǽlc ððerne myngige, ðæt ða slápule (-an, MS. F. ) náne láde næbben, R. Ben. 47, 17. Hana ða slápolan þreáþ, Hymn. Surt. 7, 1

syn-grin

(n.)

the toilsnare which a sin constitutes

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Ðonne mæg se biscop ðæs mannes syngrina ( the toils of sin in which he is involved ) þurh Godes þafunge ðe swýðor gelíðian, Wulfst. 155, 26

þeaht

(n.)
Grammar
þeaht, e; f.
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Counsel Sum bisceop tó him férde, efne swá swá hé wǽre mid heofonlícre þeahte gelǽred, ðæt hé tó ðære sprǽce férde ðæs Godes mannes, Guthl. 17; Gdwin. 70, 8. Hí rǽddon ðæt man hine gebunde, and óð deáð swunge.

þeáw-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
þeáw-fæst, adj.
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of good manners, of well-ordered life, moral, virtuous Loth hine fægre heóld, þeáwfæst and geþyldig, on ðam þeódscipe, Cd. Th. 116, 26; Gen. 1942: ( Abraham ), 161, 8; Gen. 2662.

un-forsceáwodlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-forsceáwodlíce, adv.

unexpectedlywithout forethoughtwithout consideration

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Th. 21, 17. without forethought, without consideration Ne getímode Thóme unforsceáwodlíce ðæt hé ungeleáfful wæs, ac hit getímode þurh Godes forsceáwunge, Homl. Th. i. 234, 19.

Linked entry: fore-sceáwodlíce

wræc-mæcg

(n.)
Grammar
wræc-mæcg, es; m.

A wretch

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Godes andsacan, Exon. Th. 116, 5 ; Gú. 202 : 118, 3; Gú. 234: 135, 26; Gú. 530. Wræcmæcgas, wergan gǽstas, 23, 3; Cri. 363

fadung

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Þæt is gedón be Godes fadunge, Hml. Th. i. 518, 31: Hml. S. 23, 257: Hex. 40, 26. Add

ge-hálsian

(v.)
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Add: to make a solemn appeal to Þá áxode hine se ealdorbiscop and mid áðe gehálsode, þæt hé openlíce sǽde gif hé Godes sunu wǽre ( princeps sacerdotum ait: 'Adjuro te per Deum vivum, ut dicas nobis si tu es Christus filius Dei, Mt. 26, 63), Hml.

ge-leccan

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Geleht lyftum, Met. 20, 98. to moisten the lips of a person, give drink to a person Gif hé hyne sylfne mid þǽm ǽspryngum Godes worda gelecð, and his mód mid þǽre swétnysse þæs gástlican gedrinces gefylleð, hé seleð þæs þonne dryncan his þyrstendum móde

þífþ

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Add Godes feós ðeófð sacrilegium, Wülck. Gl. 116, 28. Wǽron in gangende þeófas in þone wyrtgeard, ac onwendum heora móde fram þǽre þýfðe (þeóf(e)tte, v.l.) ... hí ádelfon ...

sǽ-genga

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-genga, an; m.

a sea-goer, a marinera vessel, ship

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a sea-goer, a mariner Ða gleáwe sǽgenga (gleáwan sǽgengan ?)

Linked entry: sǽ-líðend

ælmes-selen

(n.)
Grammar
ælmes-selen, e; f.

Alms-giving

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Alms-giving Ðæt hálige gebed and seó hlútre lufu Godes and seó ælmessylen, Wlfst. 146, 4: Dóm. L. 28, 9. Fæsten and wæccan and ælmessylena æfter úrum gemete, Bl. H. 73, 27. Tó ðám weorce ælmæssylena eleemosynarum operibus, Gr. D. 329, 13: 321, 24.

bryne-welm

(n.)
Grammar
bryne-welm, -wylm, es; m.

A burning flame, flame of fire, burning heatincendii fervor vel æstus

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A burning flame, flame of fire, burning heat; incendii fervor vel æstus Brynewylmum mealt gifstól Geáta the gift chair of the Goths was consumed by flames of fire, Beo. Th. 4642; B. 2326: Exon. 42a; Th. 142, 14; Gú. 644.

líf

(adv.)
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Lífes weg sécan to die and go to heaven. Ap. 31. Lífes brúcan, An. 229. Hé leóde lǽrde on lífes weg he showed them the way to heaven, 170. Lífes wísdóm saving knowledge, Cri. 1052.

on-fón

(v.)
Grammar
on-fón, p. -féng; pp. -fangen ( with gen. dat. acc.).

to taketo take what another appoints or grants, to receive, have givento take what another offers, receive favourably, acceptto receive a personto undergo a rite, undertake a dutyto conceiveto take to, to beginincipere

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Bd. 3, 6; S 528, 5. to take what another offers, receive favourably, accept Gif ðú on God gelýfan wilt, ic ðæs drences onfó, Homl. Th. i. 72, 17. Se yfela déma onféhþ feó, Blickl. Homl. 61, 30.

Linked entries: an-fón on-fónd

hǽlu

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<b>III a</b> :-- Hine God freoðade on foldan, swá hé feora gehwylc healdeð in hǽlo (cf. nó God wolde þæt seó sáwl sár þrowode, 379), þǽr se gǽst þíhð in þeáwum, Gú. 368. 'Gehǽle mé (salvum me fac) ðín sió swíðre ' . . .

sealm

(n.)
Grammar
sealm, psealm, psalm, es; m.
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Syngaþ Gode sealm, 67, 4. Salma psalmorum, Ps. Surt. 70, 21. On sealmum wé drýman him in psalmis jubilemus ei, Ps. Spl. 94, 2. Ðæt ic Gode sealmas singe, Ps.

Linked entries: psalm salm