saltere
a stringed musical instrument, a psaltery ⬩ the book of Psalms ⬩ a psalter, ⬩ to sing psalms
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Singe eal geférrǽden ætgædere heora saltere ða þrý dagas. Wulfst. 181, 21. Ǽlc bróður singe twegen salteras sealma . . . vi. mæssan oððe . vi. salteras sealma each brother shall sing two portions of psalms from the psalter. Chart. Th. 614, 7, 11
sceáp
A sheep
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Ic drífe sceáp míne tó heora leáse, Coll. Monast. Th. 20, 11
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wecg
a wedge ⬩ a mass of metal ⬩ a piece of money
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Hí behwyrfdon heora áre on sumum gyldenum wecge, and ðone on sǽ áwurpan, Homl. Th. i. 60, 29. Berende on wecga órum, áres and ísernes, leádes and seolfres venis metallorum, aeris, ferri, et plumbi, et argenti faecunda, Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 23.
on-bryrdan
to instigate, stimulate, incite, inspire, animate ⬩ to excite to a feeling of compunction
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Æfter heora láre ða ðe wǽron godcundlíce onbryrde juxta divinitus inspiratam doctrinam, Bd. 4, 17; S. 585, 34. Sceolan wé beón áwehte and onbryrde tó godcundre láre, Blickl.
Linked entries: an-bryrdan á-bryrdan in-bryrdan
tó-cleófan
To cleave asunder
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Ða nýtenu synd clǽne ðe tócleófaþ heora cláwa, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 55. Tócleáf findit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 32. Se réða kyning hine tócleáf on twá, Ælfc. T. Grn. 9, 21. Tócleófende sulcans, Wülck. Gl. 254, 21.
swǽman
To trouble, afflict, grieve.
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To the instance given under á-swǽman may be added the following :-- Swá Sanctus Paulus cwæþ ðætte God héte ealle ða áswǽman æt heofona ríces dura, ða ðe heora cyrican forlǽtaþ God would bid all those grieve. . . Blickl. Homl. 41, 34.
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trumness
firmness ⬩ strength ⬩ certainty ⬩ health ⬩ confirmation ⬩ support ⬩ a firm place ⬩ the firmament
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Ðæra apostola tweónung næs uá swá swíðe heora ungeleáffulnys, ac wæs úre trumnys, Homl. Th. i. 300, 34. Hé týmde tó Basilies tǽcinge for his trumnysse, Basil prm. ; Norm. 32, 10. Ealle trumnysse hláfes hé forcnád omne firmamentum panis contrivit.
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gífre
Greedy ⬩ covetous ⬩ voracious ⬩ eager ⬩ desirous ⬩ avidus
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Ic heora eom swíðe gífre I am very desirous for them, Bt. 22, 1; Fox 76, 20. Líg gǽsta gífrost flame, most ravenous of spirits, Beo. Th. 2250; B. 1123. Gífrost and grǽdgost most rapacious and most greedy, Exon. 128 a; Th. 493, 2; Rä. 81, 24
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wil
will, pleasure ⬩ a pleasant or desirable thing
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Hé nolde his willes ( of his own accord ) heora geférrǽdene forlǽtan, Homl. Th. ii. 334, 25 : Ap. Th. 4, 5. Wylles, Nicod. 11 ; Thw. 6, 7. Gif hwá hine sylfne besmíte his ágenes willes ( sua sponte ), L. M. P. 36; Th. ii. 274, 20 : Homl.
ge-dréfednes
disquiet, disorder ⬩ disquiet of mind, perturbation ⬩ tribulation, trouble, anxiety, distress
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Se gefeá weard swíþe raðe on heora móde tó gedréfednesse (gedrǽfednesse, Bos. 70, II) gecierred, Ors. 3, 10 ;S. 138, 24. Swá orsorg ꝥ ic náne gedréfednesse næfde. Bt. 26, 1; F. 90, 26. Gedréfednyssum tribulationibiis. Bl. Gl
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æðelo
Nobility ⬩ pre-eminence ⬩ origin ⬩ family ⬩ race ⬩ nature ⬩ talents ⬩ genius ⬩ nobilitas ⬩ principatus ⬩ origo ⬩ natales ⬩ prosapia ⬩ natura ⬩ indoles ⬩ ingenium
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Nobility, pre-eminence, origin, family, race, nature, talents, genius; nobilitas, principatus, origo, natales, prosapia, natura, indoles, ingenium Ic lǽre ðæt ðú fægenige óðerra manna gódes and heora æðelo I advise that thou rejoice in other men's good
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a-lǽtan
To let go ⬩ lay down ⬩ leave ⬩ give up ⬩ lose ⬩ renounce ⬩ resign ⬩ remit ⬩ pardon ⬩ deliver ⬩ sinere ⬩ abjicere ⬩ deponere ⬩ relinquere ⬩ remittere ⬩ condonare ⬩ relaxare ⬩ liberare
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Hý heora líf aléton they lost their lives, Ors. 3, 8: Bos. 63, 10. Ðá ðæt fýr hie alét when the fire left them, 4, 7; Bos. 87, 19
for-wyrd
damage ⬩ destruction ⬩ perdition ⬩ ruin ⬩ death ⬩ detrīmentum ⬩ intĕrĭtus ⬩ intĕrĭtio ⬩ perdĭtio ⬩ pernĭcies ⬩ internĕcio
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Of forwyrdum heora de intĕrĭtiōnĭbus eōrum, Ps. Lamb. 106, 20. Grammar for-wyrd, for-wyrd, es; n. is neuter in the following examples Ðín andbídaþ ðæt éce forwyrd the eternal perdition awaits thee, Homl. Th. i. 598, 9.
HRÍM
RIME
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Nǽnig móste heora hrórra hrím æpla gedígean occidit moros eorum in pruina, Ps. Th. 77, 47
oððe
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Ðonne fóron hié oððe mid oððe on heora healfe, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 6.
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rǽswa
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Gesetton Sennar leóda rǽswan leófum mannum heora, 99, 34; Gen. 1656 : 100, 25; Gen. 1669. Folces rǽswan ( the chief men with Holofernes ), Judth. Thw. 21, l0; Jud. 12. Leóda rǽswan ( the chief men of Bethulia ), 24, 8; Jud. 178.
un-týnan
to unclose ⬩ open ⬩ to disclose ⬩ lay open ⬩ solvere ⬩ inhiare
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Hí untýndon heora goldhordas ( apertis thesauris ), Mt. Kmbl. 2, 11. Gif hwá ádelfe wæterpyt oþþe betýnedne untýne, and hine eft ne betýne si quis aperuerit cisternam, et foderit, et non operuerit eam (Ex. 21, 33), L. Alf. 22; Th. i. 50, 6, note.
æt-feolan
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Hié geornlíce heora gebedum ætfulgon. Bl. H. 201, 18. Ætfeolh ðú ðínum fæstenum jejuniis insiste, Bd. 4, 25; S. 599, 41. Ðearf is ꝥ ic weacenum ætfeóle, S. 601, 3.
cneów
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Hí bígdon heora cneów, Mt. 27, 29: Hml. Th. ii. 148, 9. Knéwa, Mk. L. 15, 19. a generation, a degree of descent in a genealogy [v. N. E. D. knee, ll. 11; Grmm. R. A. 468-70] On ðám feórðan cneówe hí gecyrrað hider ongeán, Hml. Th. ii. 190, 22.
for-cúþ
unclean ⬩ worthless
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Án ðǽra cyninga wæs heora eallra forcúðost, Hml. S. 25, 6. Eálá þú forcúðost manna, 12, 197. of human actions or qualities Hwæt segst ðú ꝥ sié forcúþre ðonne sió ungesceádwísnes?, Bt. 36, 6; F. 180, 31.