þeóster-líc
Dark
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Dark Ðæs muntes cnoll mid þeósterlícum genipum oferhangen wæs, Homl. Th. i. 504, 30
á-worpenlic
Worthy of rejection ⬩ or reprobation
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Substitute: Worthy of rejectionor reprobation Ðæt líf byþ áworpenlic vita reprobatur, Past. 409, 36
drohtnung
Conversation, condition, conduct, life, actions ⬩ conversātio, condĭtio, stătio, actio
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Of ðære munuclícan drohtnunge from the monastic life, 120, 12.
for-súwian
To pass over in silence ⬩ keep silent ⬩ sĭlentio prætĕrīre ⬩ tăcēre ⬩ retĭcēre
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Hwí wæs ðæra engla syn forsúgod on ðære béc Genesis why was the angels' sin passed over in silence in the book of Genesis? Boutr. Scrd. 17. 19.
rodor
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Ðú mihtest ðé fleógan ofer ðam fýre ðe is betwux ðam rodore and ðære lyfte, and mihtest ðé féran mid ðære sunnan betwyx ðám tunglum and ðonne weorþan on þam rodore, Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174. 9-12 : 33, 4; Fox 130, 15. Ofer rodere ryneswiftum, Met. 24, 28.
Linked entry: rador
ofer-gán
to overspread ⬩ to overrun (a country, as a victorious army does), to conquer ⬩ to pass a point or limit ⬩ to pass a moral limit, to transgress ⬩ to pass across, traverse, cross ⬩ to pass, pass off or away, be over, come to an end ⬩ To be over ⬩ to come upon, attack
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To be over (with anything) Ðæs ofereode ðisses swá mæg it is all over with that, so may it be with this, that trouble is over, so may this be Exon.
Linked entries: ofer-eode ofer-gangan
ge-hédan
to hide ⬩ conceal ⬩ condĕre ⬩ abscondĕre ⬩ to acquire ⬩ obtain ⬩ seize ⬩ obtĭnēre ⬩ deprehendĕre
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to hide, conceal; condĕre, abscondĕre Is ðæt fýr on stánum gehéded fire is hidden in stones, Bt. Met.
rotian
To rot, get corrupt, ulcerate, putrify
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Gif sió wund swíðe rotige óþ ðæt hé ðæt wursm of múþe hrǽce, Lchdm. ii. 202, 25. Ǽr se seoloc ( silk thread ) rotige, 56, 8. Mid ðam ( myrrh ) man smyraþ rícra manna líc ðæt hig rotian ne mágon, Anglia viii. 299, 48
EARM
poor, miserable, helpless, pitiful, wretched ⬩ pauper, mĭser ⬩ the poor and destitute for whom the church made a provision ⬩ paupĕres
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Se cyng and his witan habbaþ gecoren and gecweden, ealswá hit riht is,—ðæt þridda [MS. þriddan] ðǽl ðare teóðunge, ðe to circan gebýrige, gá to ciric-bóte; —and óðer dǽl ðám Godes þeówum;—þridde Godes þearfum, and earman þeówetlingan concerning tithe.
hyld
Favour ⬩ protection ⬩ grace ⬩ loyalty ⬩ allegiance
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Favour, protection, grace [of a superior to an inferior], loyalty, allegiance [of the inferior to the superior] Ic hálsige eów for ðæs cáseres helda ðæt gé mé secgon I adjure you by your allegiance to the emperor that you tell me, Nicod. 8; Thw. 4, 7
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wana
want ⬩ lack ⬩ absence ⬩ want of necessaries ⬩ lack ⬩ want ⬩ defect
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MS. ) bið ðæs ðe hié habban woldon hae cum desunt, Past. 18 ; Swt. 126, 22. Hit nan mon ne mæg eall habban, ðæt him ne sié sumes þinges wana, Bt. 34, 9; Fox 146, 19.
pæþ
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Ic ondrǽde ðæt ic ðé lǽðe hidres ðidres on ða paþas of ðínum wege, 40, 5 ; Fox 240, 21. On paþum (semita) beboda ðínra, Ps. Spl. 118, 35. The word seems feminine in the following :-- Andlang paþæ ... ǽc ðæ standaþ in on ðær paþæ, Cod. Dip.
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wiþ-gínan
To reply ⬩ to repel ⬩ reject
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Skt. ii. 25, 636) Ðá cwæð hé eft tó him sylfum: 'Tó sóðan ne þincð mé nǽfre ðæt hit sóð sý ðæt ðys sý Efesa byrig . . .'
Linked entry: gínan
weall-fæsten
a walled stronghold ⬩ a fortress ⬩ a wall for defence ⬩ a bulwark
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a walled stronghold, a fortress Ða gesceádaþ ðæt land westan and eástan óð ðæt weallfæsten, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 86, 27. Hé ongan ceastre timbran, ðæt wæs weallfæstenna ǽrest, Cd.
ge-þoht
THOUGHT ⬩ thinking ⬩ mind ⬩ determination ⬩ cōgĭtātio ⬩ mens
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THOUGHT, thinking, mind, determination; cōgĭtātio, mens Ðæt wæs þreálíc ge-þoht that was a guilty thought, Elen. Kmbl. 851; El. 426: Exon. 115 b; Th. 444, 6; Kl. 43.
gold
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Cnihtas cúþ gedydon ðæt hie him ðæt gold to gode noldon habban the youths made known that they would not have that gold [the golden image] as their god, Cd. 182; Th. 228, 4; Dan. 197: 183; Th. 229, 9; Dan. 216. Reád gold aurum obrizum, Ælfc.
gehðo
Care ⬩ anxiety ⬩ cura ⬩ solicitudo
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Iudas cwæþ ðæt he ðæt on gehðu gesprǽce Judas said that he spoke that in trouble, Elen. Kmbl. 1331; El. 667. Ne meahte he ða gehðu bebúgan he could not avoid the sorrow, 1215; El. 609.
Linked entry: gihþu
synnig
sinful, wicked ⬩ guilty, culpable
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Gif ceorl ceáp forstelþ . . . biþ se his dǽél synnig (scyldig, MS. H.) bútan ðam wífe ánum, L. In. 57; Th. i. 138, 17. Se ðe þeóf ofslihþ, se mót gecýðan mid áðe ðæt hé hine synnigne (scyldigne, MS. B.) ofslóge, 16; Th. i. 112, 8.
weard
a guard, warder, watchman, sentinel ⬩ a guardian, protector, lord
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a guard, warder, watchman, sentinel Ðara wearda sum geseah ðæt of heofonum com án læs feówertig wuldorbeága . . . ðá gecerde se weard tó Criste, Shrn. 62, 5-8. Weard Scyldinga, se ðe holmclifu healdan scolde, Beo. Th. 464; B. 229: Ps. 126, 2.
Linked entries: æftan-weard ǽg-weard fóre-weard byri-weard