síþ
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</b> the journey of the spirit from this world, cf. forþ-síþ :-- Ne mæg mon foryldan ðone deóran síþ, Salm. Kmbl. 723 ; Sal. 361. Mín dohtor is on ýtemestum síþe ( in extremis ), Mk.
EARM
ARM, the limb extending from the shoulder to the hand ⬩ brachium ⬩ ocean, etc ⬩ sĭnus, rāmus
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Næfde séllícu wiht exle ne earmas the wonderful thing had not shoulders nor arms, Exon. 108 b; Th. 415, 4; Rä. 33, 6: 129 a; Th. 494, 24; Rä. 83, 6. Ðe me mid his earmum worhte who made me with his arms, Cd. 26; Th. 34, 28; Gen. 544: Ps. Th. 90, 11.
HELM
HELM ⬩ helmet ⬩ a crown ⬩ the top ⬩ overshadowing foliage of trees ⬩ a covering
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wyrttruma ne biþ færcorfen oððe forbærned æt ðæm stemne si enim radix culpæ in ipsa effusione non exuritur, numquam per ramos exuberans avaritiæ spina siccatur, Past. 45, 3; Swt. 341, l0: Runic pm. 18; Kmbl. 342, 31; Hick, Thes. i. 135. a covering [in this
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HELP
HELP ⬩ aid ⬩ succour
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Hwá him tó hǽle and tó helpe on ðás world ástág who came down to this world as their salvation and help, Blickl. Homl. 105, 32.
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hrægel
A garment ⬩ dress ⬩ robe ⬩ rail ⬩ clothing
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Ðisses hrægles neót use this robe, Beo. Th. 2439; B. 1217. Wíf móton under brúnun hrægle tó húsle gán mulieribus licet sub nigro velamine eucharistiam accipere, L. Ecg. C. 37; Th. ii. 162, 7. Wese hé hrægle gelíc fiat ei sicut vestimentum, Ps.
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gód
GOOD ⬩ bonus
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Mæg ǽnig þing gódes beón of Nazareth a Nazareth potest aliquid boni esse? Jn. Bos. 1, 46. Crist, seðe ǽfre is gód ðeáh ðe we wáce sindon Christ who is ever good, though we are weak, Homl. Th. ii. 48, 20.
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ge-rǽcan
To reach, obtain, seize, get, lay hold on, attain, reproach, present, offer
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Ðæt he þence ðone sélestan hwet-stán on to gerǽcanne that he think of applying the best whetstone, Ors. 4, 13; Bos. 100, 30. To freán hond gerǽcan to present to the lord's hand, Exon. 90 b; Th. 339, 10; Gn. Ex. 92.
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elcor
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Næs náht elcor (nóht elles, nán þing elles) tó ealles geáres andlyfne búton ꝥ án ( nihil aliud . . . nisi . . . ), Gr. D. 57, 2: 290, 21. otherwise, in another way Gif nasu þyrel weorð . . . Gif nasu ælcor sceard weorð, Ll. Th. i. 14 13.
ge-helpan
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Ðǽm mæg beón suíðe raðe geholpen from his láreówe quibus citius a praedicante succur-ritur 225, 22. the object a disastrous thing, to lessen the evils of Hú heora godas þurh heora blótunge þæs monncwealmes gehulpon, Ors. 3; 3.S. 102, 16.
gehwǽr
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The glosser seems to have read this as meaning that everywhere war with outsiders had ceased), Txts. 182, 84. at every place where a certain condition is possible Gehwǽr sácerdas and mæssepreóstas betwih wíbedum wǽron slægene passim sacerdotes inter
leógan
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K. 70. to state what is not correct, make a mistake Se áwergda gást ongan Godes béc trahtian, and þá sóna leáh ( and at once made a mistake); forþon þis næs gecweden be Críste . . . ah be hálgum monnum, Bl.
wæcce
wakefulness ⬩ sleeplessness ⬩ watching ⬩ watchfulness ⬩ a watch ⬩ vigil ⬩ a division of the night ⬩ a watch
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Gif hwelc mon fæste oþþe nytte (Cockayne alters to nihte, but this is unnecessary; see beginning of preceding passage) wæccan dó, Shrn. 104, 29. Tó wæccum ad excubias, vigilias, Hpt. Gl. 488, 37.
weald
High land covered with wood ⬩ wood ⬩ forest.
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Taylor's Names and Places, pp. 244-5) ; and in wold, e. g. the wolds of Lincolnshire, Cotswold, though from the changed condition of the country this word no longer implies the presence of wood: in Bailey's Dictionary wold is defined'a down or champian
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Wintan-ceaster
Winchester
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This form occurs in Latin works, e. g. : In Venta civitate, Bd. 4, 15: Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 300, 16. Monasterium in Wenta positum, vi. 29, 16. Also the adjective Wentanus (Uentanus, Bd. 5, 18), e. g. : Wentanus episcopus, v. 82, 14.
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tó-stregdan
To disperse ⬩ scatter ⬩ destroy ⬩ spargere ⬩ aspergere ⬩ dispergere ⬩ disperdere ⬩ dissipare ⬩ dispertire ⬩ destruere ⬩ To be dispersed ⬩ not to keep within proper bounds
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Fægere weras tóstrédaþ ðone líg ðæt hé ne mæg ná sceðþan ðisse fǽmnan fair men scatter the flame, so that it cannot harm this virgin, Shrn. 130, 31. Ðú tó-strugde úsic dispersisti nos, Ps. Surt. 43, 12. Tóstregdyst, Ps. Spl. C. 43, 13.
mǽst
most ⬩ chiefly ⬩ especially ⬩ almost ⬩ nearly
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Preóst oftor ne mæssige ðonne þríwa mǽst ðara þinga (at the utmost), L. Edg. C. 37; Th. ii. 252, 4. with the adj. eall, almost, nearly Hit is eal mǽst mid háligra manna naman geset it is almost all occupied with holy men's names, Homl.
efen
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Ǽlc þǽra þinga þe man mæg tódǽlan on feówer on emne everything that can be divided into four exactly, Angl. viii. 306, 30
feónd
an enemy ⬩ foe ⬩ fiend ⬩ devil
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Feóndum emulis, 5367. of things, what is prejudicial: Bewreóh hine wearme, for þon þe cile biþ þǽre ádle feónd, Lch. ii. 234, 1. a malevolent person (or animal) Hé (Nero) wǽs witena gehwelcum láð. . . .
ge-lǽtan
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Add: to leave, allow to have, grant Ic eaforan þínum spédum wille stépan and him sóðe tó módes wǽre míne gelǽtan, (gelæstan? v. 1542), Gen. 2366.
ge-sceáwian
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symbeltíde dæges ðisses mildelíce gisceáwia (intuere), Rtl. 77, to look at with care, consider. of material objects, to examine, reconnoitre Hæfdic þæs kyninges wíc and his fæstenu gesceáwod, Nar. 19, 14. to consider a subject, circumstance, condition of things