ge-ortrúwian
To distrust, despair ⬩ diffīdĕre, dēspērāre
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To distrust, despair; diffīdĕre, dēspērāre Ða ðé ne lǽtaþ geortrúwian be ðis andweardan lífe they suffer thee not to despair of this present life, Bt. 10; Fox 30, 7.
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snáw
Snow
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Swá hwíte swá snáw (sná, Lind.: snáu, Rush.) Mt. Kmbl. 28, 3. Snáuw Shrn. 50, 15. Snáua nix Mk. Skt. Lind. 9, 3.
luf-sum
Amiable ⬩ pleasant ⬩ lovable
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Lufsum and líðe leófum monnum amiable and kind to the men that are dear to him, Exon. 21 a; Th. 57, 5; Cri. 914: 96 a; Th. 357, 21; Pa. 32
múþ-bersting
A breaking out about the mouth
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A breaking out about the mouth Múþberstingc (in a list of diseases) frenus (cf. frenusculi, ulcera circa rictum oris, similia his quae fiunt jumentis asperitate frenorum, Isid. 4, orig. 8), Wrt. Voc. i. 20, 14. Múþbersting, ii. 39, 17.
rǽd-mægen
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, cf. lof-mægen (v. rǽd, IV) Ðá wæs wæstmum áweaht world onspreht ... rǽdmægne oferþeaht the world was aroused to fruitful life, and overspread by productive force, Exon. Th. 353, 10; Reim. 10
swoncen-ferhþ
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Hé (a man who has been hung) sígeþ swoncenferð (swoncerferð life having failed, (?) v. swancor, <b>I;</b> or sworcenf;erð with darkened soul, i. e. dead (?)), sáwle bireáfod, fealleþ on foldan, Exon. Th. 328, 29; Vy. 25. ?
tó-brýsan
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Þá tóglidenan stánas ná ꝥ án ꝥ hí his limu tócwýsdon ac hí eác swylce mid ealle his bán tóbrýsdon ( ossa contriverant ), Gr. D. 125, 21. His preósta ǽnne of horse feallende and tóbrýsendne ( contritum ), Bd. 4, 6; Sch. 573, 7. Add
manigfeald-ness
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Þeáh hé mid þǽre mænigfealdnysse þǽre synne bysgunge ábysgod sig licet multiplicitate negotii peccati suspensus sit, Ll. Th. ii. 176, 8. Wé nó þurh ðá mænigfealdnesse úra gebeda sind gehýrede non inn Add: —
Spaldas
a tribe name left in Spalding
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In a list giving the extent of territory belonging to various districts in England it is said Spalda syx hund hýda, Cod. Dip. B. i. 414, 20. Cf. Spaldyng, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 333, col. 2
ge-þióstrian
To obscure; ⬩ obscūrāre
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Lind. 13, 24
béd-rǽden
Prayers
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Wé habbaþ heom geunnen þá bedrǽddene for lífe and for déþe we have promised to pray for them while alive and after death, Cht. Th. 436, 15
LEÓGAN
To lie ⬩ deceive ⬩ feign
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To lie, tell a lie, say falsely, break one's word, play false, deceive, feign Ic leóge mentior, Ælfc. Gr. 31; Som. 35, 53. Eal hit is swá, ne leóge ic, Blickl. Homl. 179. 3. Ðú líhst ðæt ðú God sý thou sayest falsely that thou art God, Homl.
ge-sǽlig
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Ic wundrige hwí men . wénen ꝥte þis andwearde líf mæge þone monnan dón gesǽligne . . . þonne hit hine ne mæg æfter þýs lífe earmne gedón, 2; S. 26, 6-17: 14, 1 ; F. 42, 21. Dón swá gesǽligne ꝥ hé nánes þinges máran ne þyrfe, 26, i; S. 58, 17.
hwilc-hwega
Some ⬩ any ⬩ some one
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Lind. 13, 15. Huoelchuoegu aliquid, Rtl. 146, 23
ge-niðerian
To put down, bring low, subdue, humiliate, condemn
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Lind.14, 64. On Godes dóme geniðerod condemned at God's judgment, Homl. Th. i. 60, 33. Geniðrad damnatus, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 27, 3: Mk. Skt. Lind. 16, 16. Se ðe hyne upahefþ se byþ genyðerud qui se exaltaverit humiliabitur, Mt. Bos. 23, 12.
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ge-trahtian
To treat ⬩ explain ⬩ expound ⬩ consider ⬩ tractāre ⬩ expōnĕre
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Lind. 1, 38, 41: 9, 7. Huætd on woeg gie getrahtade quid in via tractabatis, Mk. Skt. Lind. 9, 33. Habbaþ word gearu wið ðam æglǽcan eall getrahtod we have words ready all considered against the wretch, Andr. Kmbl. 2718; An. 1361
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wel
Well ⬩ well ⬩ prosperously ⬩ well ⬩ much ⬩ thoroughly ⬩ freely ⬩ well ⬩ properly ⬩ well ⬩ very ⬩ quite ⬩ thoroughly ⬩ very ⬩ quite ⬩ well ⬩ ah
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Hine man byrigde, swá him wel gebyrede, ful wurðlíce Chr. 1036 ;Erl. 165, 34. marking happy, pleasant, agreeable condition Líf ádreógan wel to pass life pleasantly Coll. Monast. Th. 28, 31.
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a-myrgan
To make merry ⬩ to gladden ⬩ cheer ⬩ exhilarare ⬩ lætificare
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To make merry, to gladden, cheer; exhilarare, lætificare Béc syndon breme: hí amyrgaþ módsefan manna gehwylces of þreánýdlan ðisses lífes books are famous: they cheer the mind of every one from the necessary affliction of this life, Salm.
ǽtter-loppe
A spider ⬩ atanea
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Lamb. 38, 12; and thou madist his lijf to faile as an yreyneWyc
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rǽdesn
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Voc. i. 33, 31] Rédisn vacedo (in a list de lignis ), Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 43. Rédisnae bacidones (cf. raedinne bacidones, 43, 26o : rǽdenne, Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 59), Txts. 44, 1