esn-líce
Manfully, valiantly ⬩ vĭrīlĭter
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Manfully, valiantly; vĭrīlĭter Onginnaþ esnlíce and beóþ staðulfæste vĭrīlĭter ăgĭte et confortāmĭni, Deut. 31, 6. Hwæt dó gé, bróður, dóþ esnlíce what ye do, brother, do manfully. Past. 47 ; Hat. MS. Hopa nú to Drihtne, and dó esnlíce expecta Dŏmĭnum
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fóre-ward
An agreement ⬩ compact ⬩ treaty ⬩ pactum ⬩ fœdus
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An agreement, compact, treaty; pactum, fœdus His bróðer griþ and fórewarde eall æftercwæþ his brother renounced all peace and agreement, Chr. 1094; Erl. 229, 30, 31. Búton he ða fórewarda geheólde unless he kept the agreements, Erl. 229, 32: Cod. Dipl
ge-met-líc
Moderate, temperate, measurable, fit ⬩ moderatus, temperatus, mensurabilis, aptus ⬩ mediocris
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Moderate, temperate, measurable, fit; moderatus, temperatus, mensurabilis, aptus Hæle wísfæst and gemetlíc a man wise and moderate, Exon. 81 a; Th. 305, 12; Fä. 87. Him gemetlíc seó may be suitable for him, Bt. 14, 2; Fox 44, 21: 40, 3; Fox 238, 21;
weorold-ríce
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Having worldly power or wealth Sum dýre bið woruldrícum men. Exon. Th. 295, 26 ; Crä. 39. Nǽnigum woruld-rícum men ne cininge sylfum, Blickl. Homl. 223, 27. Worldrícum men, ðe áhte on ðysse worlde mycelne welan and swíðe módelíco gestreón and manigfealde
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cum-líþe
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Beón manþwǽre and cumlíþe esse mansueti et hospitales, Ll. Th. ii. 224, 26. Ꝥ mæssepreóst his hýremen lǽre ꝥ hig cumlýðe sýen, and nǽnegum farendum men hyra húsa ne wyrnen, 422, 6. Beón wé ǽfre cumlíðe; úre sáwel bið Crístes cuma on dómes dæge, Wlfst.
dréfan
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Hé sceal dréfan dimne and deópne hellewítes grund he shall be plunged into hell's dim and deep abyss, Wlfst. 48, 2: Ll. Th. ii. 320, 5. Dréfende turbulentus, R. Ben. I. 61, 6: R. Ben. 120, 12. Dréfende turbida (aequora turgida, Ald.), Wrt. Voc. ii. 91
feoh-gód
cattle
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Property consisting of cattle, cattle considered as property Mid .ix. sciłł. gebéte, and ꝥ sié on cwicǽhtum, feógodum, and mon nǽnigne mon on ꝥ ne selle (i. e.the fine was to be paid in live*-*stock, but cattle only, not human beings (slaves)), Ll. Th
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ge-wearmian
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Gewearmode intepuit, incaluit, Germ. 401, 25. Nǽfre hé his þá wǽtan hrægl and þá cealdan ásettan wolde oððæt hí of his seolfes líchaman gewearmedon ( calefierent ) and ádrúgedon, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 633, 6. Tó þæs eald ꝥ hé ne mihte gewearmigan búton æt fýre
lencten-tíma
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spring-time, spring Lengtentíma and cildiugoð geþwǽrlǽcað . . . Lengtentíma ys wǽt and wearm, Angl. viii. 299, 25-28. Lententíma vernale tempus An. Ox. 3837. the season of Lent Lǽsse pleoh bið þám Crístenan men þæt hé flǽsces brúce on Lenctentíman,
sceaþan
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The form corresponding to the Gothic is sceþþan with a strong past tense, but in English a new infinitive sceaþan seems to be developed to suit the strong conjunction, and a new weak past tense to suit the infinitive sceþþan. The strong and weak forms
strangian
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Add Ꝥ ilce mód mid heálicum mægnum weaxeð and strangað eadem mens virtute pollet, Gr. D. 204, 23, <b>I a.</b> to move or act with energy, vigour, force :-- Beelzebub fleáh . . . and úre Drihten him strangode æfter (pursued him vigorously)
wæterung
Watering, providing with water, ⬩ providing water for people ⬩ watering of plants
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Watering, providing with water, providing water for people Sume ða hǽðenan on heora ðeówte leofodon tó wudunge and tó wæterunge ( as hewers of wood and drawers of water ), Homl. Th. ii. 222, 29. watering of plants Syððan ða wyrta grówende beóð, hé geswýcð
bréden
Broad; ⬩ latus
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Broad; latus Seuerus geworhte weall of turfum, and brédenne [breden MS: bred weal, col. 1: bred weall, col. 2] ðár on ufon, fram sǽ to sǽ Severus made a wall of turfs, and a broad wall thereupon, from sea to sea, Chr. 189; Th. 15, 22, col. 3
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bredende
Deceitful, cunning, crafty; ⬩ dolosus
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Deceitful, cunning, crafty; dolosus Sendon [MS. sendan] hí Marius, ðone consul, ongeán Geoweorþan, a swá lytigne, and á swá bredende, swá he wæs they sent Marius, the consul, against Jugurtha, as he was always so cunning, and so crafty, Ors. 5, 7; Bos
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heáh-engel
An archangel
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An archangel Heáhencgel archangelus, Ælfc. Gl. 67; Som. 69, 102; Wrt. Voc. 41, 52. Micahel, se heáhengel se wæs ealra engla ealderman Michael the archangel who was the chief of all angels, Blickl. Homl. 147, 2. Englas and heáhenglas angels and archangels
of-clipian
To obtain by calling
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To obtain by calling Ðá wolde se hálga habban gewitan ðære wunderlícan gesihþe and ofclypode his diácon him hrædlíce tó the deacon was called and came Homl. Th. ii. 184, 33. Heó mid hreáme hyre hræddinge ofclypode she had obtained help by her cries,
sót
Soot
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Soot Sót fuligo, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 3; Zup. 37, 4. Sót fuligo, deorces sótes furvae fuliginis, Hpt. Gl. 504, 6-8. Soote fuligine, Wrt. Voc. ii. 36, 28. Sooth, 109, 46. Meng wið sóte, Lchdm. ii. 76, 8. Meng ðǽrtó sót and sealt and sand, i. 356, 24
scip-ryne
A course or channel for ships
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A course or channel for ships Hé lét delfon án mycel gedelf and wolde ðæt scipryne sceolde ðǽrinne licgean eall swá hig dydon on Sandwíc he had a great trench dug and intended that in it ships could run, just as they did at Sandwich, Chart. Th. 341,
setlan
To settle ⬩ seat ⬩ put in a position of rest ⬩ To settle ⬩ take a position of rest ⬩ to set
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trans. To settle, seat, put in a position of rest Wǽglíðende setlaþ sǽmearas, and ðonne in ðæt églond up gewítaþ, Exon. Th. 361, 5; Wal. 15. intrans. To settle, take a position of rest, of the sun, to set. Similar entries v. setlung and the Mid. E. forms
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L
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In the later specimens of the West Saxon dialect those words in which the vowel a immediately preceded a combination of consonants beginning with 1 are generally found to have undergone a change which was represented by writing ea instead of a. This change