hláf-gang
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Ben. 59, 13-18. of the Eucharistic bread Hwilcan geþance mæg ǽnig man geþencan on his móde ꝥ hé tó sácerdan heáfod áhylde, and heora mæssan on circan gestande, and æt hláfgange (when he goes to receive the consecrated bread) heora hand cysse. Ll.
huntian
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Ǽlcne man lyst, siððan hé ǽnig cotlýf. . . getimbred hæfð, þæt hé móte . . . huntigan and fuglian and fiscian, Solil. H. 2, 10. Hwæþer gé nú eówer hundas and eówer net fit on ðá sǽlǽdon ðonne gé huntian willaþ?, Bt. 32, 3; F. 118, 14.
wacol
Watchful ⬩ vigilant
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Ða ðe cariaþ mid wacelum móde hú hí óðra manna sáwla Gode gestrýnan, Homl. Th. ii. 78, 2. Gewinn wið ðone wacolan feónd, 560, 28. Wacele (-ole) beón on gódum weorcum, Homl. Ass. 53, 86. Wacule (-ole), R. Ben. 2, 7.
horu
Dirt, filth, foulness ⬩ dirt ⬩ limus, cenum, lutum, palustre
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Horewes, Mone B. 3561. Gé mid horu speówdon on ðæs andwlitan ye foully spat on his face, Elen. Kmbl. 594; El. 297. Mín flǽsc is ymscrýd mid dustes horwum my flesh is clothed with the filth of dust, Homl. Th. ii. 456, 10.
twifealdness
doubleness ⬩ doubling ⬩ irresolution ⬩ duplicity ⬩ deceitfulness
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Se iil getácnaþ ða twiefealdnesse ðæs unclǽnan módes ðe hit symle lytiglíce ládaþ ericii nomine impurae mentis seseque callide defendentis duplicitas designatur, Swt. 241, 8
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græf
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Ic ongyte ðeáh ðæt ða worlde lustas ne sint eallunga awyrtwalode of ðínum móde ðeáh se graf geryd sí I perceive however that worldly pleasures are not entirely rooted out of thy mind, though the trench be sufficient, Shrn. 184, 20
be-dirnan
to conceal
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Ne mihte ic hire bedyrnan mínes módes unrótnesse, Shrn. 41, 23. Eall þeós mennisce gebyrd Sancte Johanne bedyrned is St. John knew nothing of (was not subject to) frailties natural to humanity, Bl. H. 167, 27
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ge-mengan
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A. trans. to mix two or more substances Þú þǽm gesceaftum mearce gesettest and hí gemengdest eác, Met. 20, 89. Þú hæfst þá gesceafta gemengde, Bt. 33, 4; F. 130, 2.
hwæt-hwega
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Gif mon medmycles hwæthwega ( exigui quid ) deóflum onsægð, Ll. Th. ii. 156, 15. Swá ꝥ hé hire hwæthwegu nabbe on his Móde, Bt. 35, 1; F. 154, 31. both preceding and following Lytles hwæthwegu underfón þæs þe ic hider bróhte, Hml.
æðelo
Nobility ⬩ pre-eminence ⬩ origin ⬩ family ⬩ race ⬩ nature ⬩ talents ⬩ genius ⬩ nobilitas ⬩ principatus ⬩ origo ⬩ natales ⬩ prosapia ⬩ natura ⬩ indoles ⬩ ingenium
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His æðelo bióþ on ðam mode his nobility is in the mind, 30, 1; Fox 110, 1. Ryht æðelo biþ on ðam móde, næs on ðam flǽsce true nobility is in the mind, not in the flesh, Bt. 30, 2; Fox 110, 19.
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efen
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</b> of sounds, harmonious, not discordant :-- Efnum sónum consonantibus, Mk. p. 1, 13. unruffled, undisturbed Gyf eówer hwylc bið geunrótsod, hé hyne gebidde mid emnum móde ( aequo animo ), Ll. Th. ii. 354, 19. Mid efnum móde, R.
ge-myndgian
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VI. to think of :-- Ic on móde gemyndgade hú mé ǽrran dagas álumpan, metegade on móde þíne mǽran weorc, and ymbe þíne handgeweorc hogode memor fui dierum antiqworum, meditatus sum in operibus tuis, in factis manuum tuarum meditabar, Ps. Th. 142, 5
þanc-full
thoughtful ⬩ spirited ⬩ animosus ⬩ pleasing, ⬩ agreeable ⬩ thankful, ⬩ grateful ⬩ content, ⬩ satisfied
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thoughtful Mǽden carful þancful nytwyrþe clǽne a maiden born on the ninth day of the moon will be careful, thoughtful, useful, chaste, Lchdm. iii. 188, 14. spirited; animosus Cild ácenned (born on the thirteenth day of the moon), þancfull (animosus
wann
Dark ⬩ dusty ⬩ sable ⬩ lurid ⬩ livid ⬩ blue-black ⬩ livid ⬩ swarthy ⬩ dusty ⬩ dark-hued ⬩ dark ⬩ dingy
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Ða wonnan niht móna onlíhteþ (cf. se móna líht on niht, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 25), Met. II, 61. Færeþ sunne in ðæt wonne genip under wætra geþring, Exon. Th. 351, 12; Sch. 79. Wolcnu wann, Cd. Th. 14, 5 ; Gen. 214.
þe
any ⬩ the ⬩ that ⬩ than ⬩ whether ... or ⬩ whether ... or
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Ðæt dysig is anlíccost þe sum cild sié full hál geboren ... such folly is most like, that (just as if) a child were born quite healthy..., Bt. 38, 5; Fox 206, 21.
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ám-ber
a dry measure of four bushels ⬩ mensura continens quatuor modios sive bussellos ⬩ a liquid measure ⬩ batus ⬩ cadus ⬩ a vessel with one handle ⬩ a tankard ⬩ pitcher ⬩ pail ⬩ lagena ⬩ urceus ⬩ amphora ⬩ situla ⬩ hydria
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Agyfe mon hine élce mónaþ áne ámbra meles let there be given him every month one amber of meal, L. Ath. i. proœm; Th. i. 198, 6. Þritig ómbra rues cornes, feówer ámbru meolwes thirty ambers of rye-corn, four ambers of meal, Th. Diplm. A.
EGE
Fear, terror, dread, AWE ⬩ tĭmor, terror, formīdo
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Moys. Ex. 15, 19; Thw. 30, 19. Ða Bryttas mid mycclum ege flugon to Lunden-byrig the Britons fled to London in great terror, Chr. 456; Erl. 13, 29: 823; Erl. 63, 24. Ná ðú ondrǽdst fram ege nihtlícum non timēbis a tĭmōre nocturno, Ps.
for-stelan
To steal with violence ⬩ rob ⬩ deprive ⬩ fūrāri ⬩ surrĭpĕre ⬩ prīvāre
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Gif mon forstolenne ceáp beféhþ if a man attach stolen cattle, L. In. 47; Th. i. 132, 4: 75; Th. i. 150, 5. Be forstolenes ceápes forefonge of the rescuing of stolen property, 75; Th. i. 150, 4.
inn
In ⬩ within
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Æt hám gebring and nǽfre in on ðone mon bring it home and never into the man's presence, L. M. 2, 65; Lchdm. ii. 292, 26. Ðæt land beág ðǽr súþryhte oððe seó sǽ in on ðæt land, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 18.
irre
Gone astray ⬩ wandering ⬩ confused ⬩ perverse ⬩ depraved ⬩ angry ⬩ enraged ⬩ wrathful ⬩ indignant
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Hé hine on yrre mód gebrohtan exacerbaverunt eum, Ps. Th. 77, 40. Ða irran [Cott. MS. ierran] nyton hwæt hie on him selfum habbaþ and eác ðætte wierse is ðætte hie ful oft wénaþ ðætte hiera hierre [Cott.