tyslian
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Voc. ii. 127, 13) neck and darkened (by hair falling over the eyes?) eyes.
þweál
washing ⬩ what is used in washing ⬩ ointment
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Icel. þvál a kind of soap, þvæla to wash with soap: Swed. twål hard soap.) Similar entries v. þweán, II Pund ðuahles librum ungenti, Jn. Skt. Lind. 12, 3
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geap
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On geápan gáran westeweardne, v. 173, 6. of a surface, vaulted (of the roof of a house) Ræced hlifade geáp and goldfáh the hall towered up with roof vaulted and gay with gold B. 1800: Ruin. 11.
bán
bone ⬩ a bone ⬩ the bone of a limb ⬩ a leg ⬩ or arm
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Th. ii. 452, 19: Ph. 221. of other hard material:-- Sió ecg gewác on báne (the hide of the firedrake ), B. 2578. Wæter wearð tó báne (ice), Rä. 68, 3. a bone Bánes byrst, Ps. Th. 108, 18: Gú. 670.
sculan
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Ger. sollen, and the use of should in the following passage :-- There was something said about ane Campbell, that suld hae been concerned in the robbery, and that he suld hae had a warrant frae the Duke of Argyle, Rob Roy 1, 219] :-- Be ðære frécnan coþe
mund
a hand ⬩ a hand ⬩ protection ⬩ Guardianship ⬩ A protector ⬩ guardian ⬩ protection ⬩ guardianship extended by the king to the subject ⬩ the king's peace, by the head of a family to its members ⬩ the fine paid for violation of mund
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Th. 6173; B. 3091. a hand (as a measure) Stǽnen bedd þrým mundum hiérra ðonne ðæs húses flór, Shrn. 69, 4. protection (cf. to be in a person's hands, and v. hand) Wé woldon gesettan ðás bóc mannum tó getrym *-* minge and tó munde ús sylfum we wished
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nytt
Useful ⬩ profitable ⬩ advantageous ⬩ beneficial
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Ðysne nyttan cræft ðéh hé árlíc nǽre hanc utilem magis quam nobilem victoriam, Ors. 2, 8; Swt. 92, 2. Ne gehýrde nǽnig man on his múþe óht elles nefne nytte sprǽce, Blickl. Homl. 225, 1. Hé ðone gódan cræft dó nytne óðrum mannum, Ælfc.
seonoþ
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Eádmund cyning gesomnode micelne sinoþ tó Lundenbyrig ǽgðer ge godcundra háda ge woruldcunda, L. Edm. E. proem. ; Th. i. 244, 2. Gif preóst sinoþ forbúge, gebéte ðæt, L. N. P. L. 44; Th. ii. 296, 16.
ge-edlǽcan
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Þá þe hé beweóp geedlǽcð haec quae fleuerat repetit, Scint. 45, 17. Geedlǽhð, Hml. Th. ii. 380, 13, 14. Gehyðléct, Kent. Gl. 602. Geedlécð iterat, 988. Þá ylcan láre þe hé him ǽr tǽhte hé eft geedlǽhte, Hml. Th. i. 28, 7.
norþ
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Ealle Asiam . . . súð fram þǽm Reádan Sǽ and swá norð oþ þone sǽ þe man hǽt Euxinus, 1, 2; S. 30, 1.
smeálíce
searchingly, carefully, narrowly, closely ⬩ closely, deeply, acutely, with penetration ⬩ clearly, accurately, exactly ⬩ closely
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Ðeáh se láreów ðis eall smeálíce and openlíce gecýðe cuncta haec licet subtiliter rector insinuet 21, 6; Swt. 163, 18. Se ðe wile geornlíce ðone Godes cwide singan sóðlíce (smeálíce, MS. B.) Salm.
ge-sund
Sound ⬩ healthy ⬩ entire ⬩ unhurt ⬩ safe ⬩ favourable ⬩ prosperous ⬩ sanus ⬩ integer ⬩ salvus ⬩ incolumis ⬩ prosper ⬩ felix
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He cwæþ 'Wel gesund hláford apolloni' he said 'All hail, lord Apollonius,' Th. Apol. 7, 21. Ðá cwæþ he to ánum cnapan 'Swá ðú gesund sý sege me' then said he to a boy 'So be thou in health, tell me,' 6, 19.
ende-byrdnes
a row ⬩ series ⬩ a rank ⬩ grade ⬩ degree ⬩ rank ⬩ position ⬩ degree ⬩ an order ⬩ order ⬩ order ⬩ order ⬩ method ⬩ regulation ⬩ ordering ⬩ an injunction ⬩ ordinance
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Swá bið on ðisse menniscan gecynde manige on beteran háde and on beteran endebyrdnesse wyrsan, and on wyrsan háde and on wyrsan endebyrdnesse beteran sic in humano genere et quidam in meliori ordine deteriores sunt, et quidam in deteriori ordine meliores
hwá
Who ⬩ what. ⬩ any one ⬩ some one ⬩ anything ⬩ something ⬩ whosoever ⬩ whatsoever, ⬩ whatever
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Hwý biþ his anwald áuhte ðý mára gif hé náh his selfes geweald in what way will his power be at all the greater if he has not command over himself? Bt. Met.
þurh-teón
to carry through ⬩ get a proposal accepted, a request granted ⬩ to carry out a plan, orders, etc. ⬩ give effect to an intention ⬩ to carry through ⬩ carry on to a (successful) end ⬩ to accomplish ⬩ perform ⬩ to perpetrate ⬩ to carry on ⬩ continue ⬩ to bring to a successful issue ⬩ to achieve ⬩ bring about ⬩ bring to pass ⬩ to afford ⬩ to go through ⬩ undergo ⬩ to draw ⬩ drag
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Lucius bæd ðæt hé cristen gedón wǽre, and hé þurhteáh ðæt hé bæd ( by a later hand this is turned into him wærð tíþod ðæt hé bæd), Chr. 167; Erl. 8, 15. to carry out a plan, orders, etc., give effect to an intention Bið oft synleás yfel geðóht ðǽm gódum
ge-faran
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Se cásere is nú gyt smeágende hwæt wé gefaran habban ( what has happened to us ), Hml. S. 23, 452.
hwǽr
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(b α) with emphatic genitive :-- Ic ne wát hwǽr mín bróðor eorðan sceáta eardian sceal, Rä. 85, 18. after verbs of considering, observing, caring Uton wé hycgan hwǽr wé hám ágen, Seef. 117. Dryhten sceáwað hwǽr þá eardien þe his ǽ healden, Gú. 26.
nán-wiht
nothing ⬩ nothing ⬩ not at all ⬩ no whit
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Ne gefyrenodest ðú nánwuht thou hast done no sin, 235, 34
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rǽcan
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Se óðer rǽhte forþ ( protulit ) his hand, Gen. 38, 28. Heó rǽhte hire handahim tó, Th. Ap. 27, 1 : Past. 36, 1; Swt. 247, 21. Ðara ánra ðe for neóde him þénunge æt ðæs mynstres ingange rǽcan scylon, R. Ben. 139, 11.
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ge-cnáwan
To know ⬩ perceive ⬩ understand ⬩ recognise ⬩ noscere ⬩ agnoscere ⬩ sentire ⬩ cognoscere
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Ic hafu gecnáwen ðæt ðú Hǽlend eart middangeardes I have perceived that thou art the Saviour of the world, Elen. Kmbl. 1613; El. 808. Ðú miht ða sóðan gesǽlþa gecnáwan thou mayest recognise the true goods, Bt. 23; Fox 78, 32; 80, 2
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