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or-módness

(n.)
Grammar
or-módness, e; f.

Desperation, despair

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Ic habbe ongiten ðíne ormódnesse . . . ðú sǽdest ðæt ðú wǽre bereáfod ǽlces gódes, Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 31. Ic eom geunrótsod fulneáh óþ ormódnesse, 41, 2; Fox 246, 14

hliþ

(n.)
Grammar
hliþ, es; n.

A slope, declivity. hill-side, hill

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Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 52, 15. Swá tó ðám westhliþe, 123, 5. Hie be hliþe heáre dúne eorþscræf fundon they found a cavern on the slope of a lofty hill, Cd. 122; Th. 156, 25; Gen. 2594. Weallsteápan hleoþu hills steep as walls, 86; Th. 108, 8; Gen. 1803.

Linked entry: hleoðo

wén

(n.)
Grammar
wén, e; f.

suppositionopinionthoughtideahopeexpectationlikelihoodprobabilitychanceperhapsperchancemay beprobably

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Wéna mé ðíne (the unsatisfied hopes of seeing thee) seóce gedydon, ðíne seldcymas Exon. Th. 380, 25; Rä. 1, 13. Sibbe oflyste, wynnum and wénum 464, 4; Hö. 82.

Linked entry: wéna

wita

(n.)
Grammar
wita, an; m.

one who knowsa person of understanding or learninga wise manone able to give counsela counsellorone able to give counsel in affairs of stateone who takes part in the councils of a nation a leading manan eldera chief personseniorone who has knowledgea witnessa wise manone professing supernatural knowledge

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Mid sægene unrím geleáffulra witena (testium) ða ðe ða ðing wiston, Bd. pref.; S. 472, 25. Gif hé hit næbbe beforan gódum weotum (witum, v. l.) geceápod, L.

Linked entries: weota wieta wiota

ge-limpan

(v.)
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Huu miceles tídes is of ðon ðis him gelamp, Mk. L. 9, 21. Gif æðelborenran wífmen þisgelimpe, LL Th. i. 70, 2.

wíd

(adj.)
Grammar
wíd, adj.
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Ðú scealt wídan feorh écan ðíne yrmðu, Andr. Kmbl. 2766 ; An. 1385

cuman

(v.)
Grammar
cuman, p. cóm, coom.
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Cymen mé mildse ðíne veniant mihi miserationes tuae, Ps. Srt. 118, 77. in address Hé cwæð hire tó: 'Wel þú cóme; ac cum tó ús on éce reste, Shrn. 60, 19. to come to, to recover Hé læg bútan andgite.

ge-grípan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-grípan, p. -gráp, pl. -gripon; pp. -gripen

To gripegraspseizecapererapereprehendereapprehenderecomprehenderearriperecorripereeripere

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Ðí læs áhwænne gegrípe swá swá leó sáwle míne ne quando rapiat ut leo animam meam, Ps. Spl. 7, 2. Ðá wæs he fram deófle gegripen then he was seized by a devil, Bd. 3, 11; S. 536, 13 : Ps. Spl. 17, 31.

CÉPAN

(v.)
Grammar
CÉPAN, to cépanne; cépte, cépton; céped, cépt; v. a. gen. acc.

To observe, keep, regard, await, desire, take, betake oneself to, meditate, bearobservare, tenere, manere, appetere, captare, se conferre, meditari, portare

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He nolde him nánes fleámes cépan he did not wish to betake himself to flight, Ælfc. T. 36, 18. Ðonne him cælþ, he cépþ him hlywþe when he is cold, he betakes himself to shelter, Hexam. 20; Norm. 28, 22.

Linked entry: ge-cépan

ELLEN

(n.)
Grammar
ELLEN, gen. elnes; m. n.

Strength, power, vigour, valour, courage, fortitudevis, rōbur, vĭgor, virtus, fortĭtūdo

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Ne lǽt ðín ellen gedreosan let not thy strength sink, Wald. 10; Vald. 1, 6: Beo. Th. 1208; B. 602: Exon. 120 b; Th. 463, 7; Hö. 66: Apstls. Kmbl. 6; Ap. 3. Ellen fremman to do a deed of valour, Andr. Kmbl. 2418; An. 1210: Beo. Th. 6 ; B. 3.

færeld

(n.)
Grammar
færeld, fareld, færelt, es ; n. [fær a going, faran to go] .

a way, going, motion, journey, course, passage, progress, expedition, company, one who accompanies in the journey of life, a relationvia, ĭter, cursus, gressus, expĕdītio, cognăta The passover of the Jews transĭtus, phase, id est transĭtus

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Færeld ðín cognāta tua, Lk. Rush. War. 1, 36. Færeldu [MS. færeldtu] lustra, meātus, Cot. 125: 134. a particular passage,- The passover of the Jews; transĭtus, phase, id est transĭtus, Vulg. [ = τò πάσχα, indecl.]

irre

(n.)
Grammar
irre, es; n.

Angerwrathirerage

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Ágeót ofer hí ðín ðæt grame yrre effunde super eos iram tuam, Ps. Th. 68, 25. Ða hine on yrre gebringaþ qui in ira provocant, 65, 6. Ðé læs gé habban godes yrre ne super omnem coetum oriatur indignatio, Lev.10, 6.

Linked entries: ir eorre erre

irsian

(v.)
Grammar
irsian, p. ode.

to be angryto rageto make angryto angerprovoke

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Swá him yrsade se for ealle spræc feónda mengu so did he, who spake for all the multitude of fiends, rage against him [Guthlac], Exon. 35 a ; Th. 114, 11 : Gú. 171. Moises ðá yrsode and áxode iratusque Moyses ait, Num. 31, 14.

Linked entry: eornigende

losian

(v.)
Grammar
losian, p. ode

To perishbe loststrayescape

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Ðonne ðé mon ǽrest secge ðæt ðín ceáp sý losod, Lchdm. iii. 60, 9: L. Eth. ii. 8; Th. i. 288, 15. Mé syndon losode fóta gangas effusi sunt gressus mei, Ps. Th. 72, 1

Linked entry: lorian

mǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
mǽnan, p. de

To meanto intend to convey a certain senseto intend to indicate a certain person or thing without direct statement to meanpurposehave as an object to which the mind is directedintendto signifyhave a certain signification or purpose

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Hé gecýðde ðæt hé ne mǽnde (indicaret ) ðis andwearde lif, Past. 50, 2; Swt. 389, 22. Hwylc beren mǽnde hé ðonne elles búton heofona ríce, Blickl. Homl. 39, 27. Crist mǽnde ðone écan deáþ . . . ða Iudéiscan mǽndon ðisne and-weardan deáþ. Homl.

Linked entries: ge-mǽnan ge-mǽnan

notu

(n.)
Grammar
notu, e; f.

useprofitadvantagean officeemploymentthe discharge of an officeconduct of business

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Dip. Kmbl. iv. 215, 21.] an office, employment Ne nán gehádod man ne sceal him tó geteón ðæt hé Crist spelige ofer his hálgan híréd, búton him seó notu fram Godes láreówum betǽht sý, Homl. Th. ii. 592, 30.

ge-wit

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wit, -witt, es; n.

witssenses[right] mindmindintellectknowledgeunderstandingconsciousness

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Hwá meahte me swelc gewit gifan gif hit God ne onsende who could give me such understanding if God did not send it, Cd. 32; Th. 42, 10; Gen. 671. Cyning geweóld his gewitte the king recovered consciousness, Beo. Th. 5399; B. 2703

Linked entry: wit

gifu

(n.)
Grammar
gifu, gyfu, giefu, giofu, geofu, gif, e; pl. nom. acc. -a, -e; gen. -a, -ena; f.

a giftgracefavourdonummunasbeneficiumgratiavirtusfacultasthe Anglo-Saxon RuneRUNE = g, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is gifu a gift,-hence, this Rune not only stands for the letter g, but for gifu as a gift,

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Ðín mód trymeþ godcundum gifum strengtheneth thy mind with divine gifts, Cd. 135; Th. 170, 8; Gen. 2810. Brýdlíce gife nuptialis dos, Hpt. Gl. 511. Hláfordes gifu impost due to the Lord, L. Eth. 3, 3; Th. i. 292, 16: L. C. S. 82; Th. i. 422, 1: L.

git

(adv.)
Grammar
git, giet, get, gyt; adv.

Stillyet

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He nyste ne ic ðá git he did not know, nor I as yet, Pref. Ælfc. Thw. 2, 2: Gen. 8, 8: Beo. Th. 1077; B. 536. Ðá gyt, Cd. 6; Th. 7, 35; Gen. 1160. Ðá giet, 63; Th. 75, 25; Gen. 1245.

Linked entries: giet geot

siððan

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
siððan, siððon, syððan, seoððan. [From síþ ðam ; cf. Ger. seit*-*dem.]
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Hú lang tíd is, syððan him ðis gebyrede ? Mk. Skt. 9, 21. Ðeós syððan ic ineode ne geswác ðæt heó míne fét ne cyste, Lk. Skt. 7, 45. Manige geár syndon ágán nú seoððan úre bisceopas tó mé gewreoto sende, Blickl.

Linked entries: seoððan syððan