trymming
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Nú wylle wé eów secgan sum ðing ðe eów máge tó trymminge that may serve for your edification, Homl. Ass. 26, 50. Tó geleáfan trymminge for the confirmation of belief, 5, 111. Trim*-*minge, Ælfc. T.
Linked entry: truming
and-weorc
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Gl. 245, 36. v. an-weorc in Dict. Add
bí-genga
an inhabitant ⬩ a cultivator ⬩ cultor ⬩ a worshipper
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Similar entries v. be-ganga in Dict. a worshipper Hé wæs deófles biggencga (bígenga, v. l.), Hml. S. 5, 10: 22, 206. Biggenga, 24, 20. Sé is sóð God þe swá gesceádwíse biggengan hæfð, 5, 286
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cwilmian
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See cwylmian in Dict., and add: intrans. To suffer torment Hí cwylmiað on écum fýre, Hml. Th. i. 132, 16, 22. Hé sceal beón cwylmiende mid deófle, Angl. viii. 337, 9. Ðá sceaðan ðágyt cwylmigende cuce hangodon, Hml. Th. ii. 260, 8: i. 334, 6.
for-bredan
transform ⬩ to corrupt
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I a Hé wæs fram deóflum forbróden and hé sweolt he was dragged about by devils and he died, Mart. H. 214, 31: 28, 2. to hurl to destruction Forbregd praecipita, Ps.
ge-hírness
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Take here <b>ge-hýrnes</b> in Dict. and add: the sense of hearing Sefa sensus, gesihþ visus, gehírnes auditus Wrt. Voc. i. 282, 30: ii. 7, 77. Gehérnes, Bt. 41, 4; F. 252, 6.
ge-brítan
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-brytan) in Dict. and add Gebrýtte fricabat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 39. lit. Ðeós wyrt hafað geoluwe blóstman, and gif þu hý betweónan þínum fingrum gebrýtest, þonne hafað heó swæc swylce myrre, Lch. i. 256, 9.
ge-broc
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-broc) in Dict., and add Gif hé þá áne un-treówþa ne gedyde, from ðǽm dæge hé mehte bútan gebroce eallra Cartaina onwald begietan, Ors. 4, 5 ; S. 170, 12
gréting
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L. 23, 7. of formal address in letters, &c. v. grétan; 5 Ic Ælfric abbod on ðisum gewrite freóndlíce gréte mid Godes grétinge Wulfget, Hml.
BRÓGA
A prodigy, monster, trembling, fear, terror, horror, dread ⬩ monstrum, tremor, terror, horror
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Brógan ðíne gedréfdon me terrores tui conturbaverunt me, Ps. Spl. 87, 17. Bútan brógan without dread, Lev. 26, 6. Hine se bróga angeat terror laid hold of him, Beo. Th. 2587; B. 1291.
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or-módness
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
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
supposition ⬩ opinion ⬩ thought ⬩ idea ⬩ hope ⬩ expectation ⬩ likelihood ⬩ probability ⬩ chance ⬩ perhaps ⬩ perchance ⬩ may be ⬩ probably
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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.
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wita
one who knows ⬩ a person of understanding or learning ⬩ a wise man ⬩ one able to give counsel ⬩ a counsellor ⬩ one able to give counsel in affairs of state ⬩ one who takes part in the councils of a nation ⬩ a leading man ⬩ an elder ⬩ a chief person ⬩ senior ⬩ one who has knowledge ⬩ a witness ⬩ a wise man ⬩ one 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.
ge-limpan
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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
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Ðú scealt wídan feorh écan ðíne yrmðu, Andr. Kmbl. 2766 ; An. 1385
cuman
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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-restan
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(l a) of the sleep of death, to die, fall on sleep :< — Her lohs hine gereste in Effesia (cf. he John eode cucu and gesund into his byrgene, Hml.
ge-stíran
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Take here ge-steoran, ge-stióran, ge-stiéran, ge-stýran in Dict., and add: I. to guide, direct a person Meaht þú Adame gestyran . . . and he þínum wordum getrýwð, Gen. 568. Higo ðín rumlíce bihalda . . .
á-wendan
To turn. ⬩ to give a certain direction to ⬩ to return ⬩ to reduce ⬩ bring into subjection ⬩ to turn aside, ⬩ to remove ⬩ divert ⬩ to avert ⬩ to pervert ⬩ to change ⬩ to turn into something else ⬩ transform ⬩ to translate ⬩ reproduce something with other material ⬩ to exchange ⬩ To turn ⬩ take a certain direction
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Hig noldan ná feohtan mid fægerum wordum ánum, swá þæt hí wel sprǽcon and áwendon þæt eft so that they spoke well and then did not act in accordance with their words, Ælfc. T. Grn. 11, 29.
Linked entry: on-wendan