torhte
clearly ⬩ beautifully ⬩ splendidly
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Him torhte in gemynd his Dryhtnes naman dumba brohte, 440, 24; Rä. 60, 7. beautifully, splendidly Hé anlícnesse geseh torhte gefrætwed, wlitige geworhte, Andr. Kmbl. 1430; An. 715
tóweard-líc
Future
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Future Me þincþ ic stande and his ágene stefne gehýre swá swá hit tóweardlíc is tó gehýranne, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 831. Ðæt tácnaþ tóweardlíce firhto and brógan, Lchdm. iii. 156, 10.
ge-wissian
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Hí eóden tó scipe mid him and bǽdon God ꝥ hé his weg gewissode, 15, 19. to appoint a time Tó þám ylcan ándagan þe hé him gewissode, Hml. A. 97, 167. the subject a thing Hú man mæg þone weg gefaran þe gewissað tó Gode, Ælfc. T.
will
A well, spring, fountain (lit, and fig.)
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Bið on him will (wyll, v. l. ) forðrǽsendes wætres, 4, 14. Wyl, Bd. I. 7 ; S. 478, 27. Hió áweóll of ánum wille (welle, Cott. MSS. ) non a diverso fonte emanavit, Past. 7 ; Swt. 49, LI. Lǽt forð ðine willas (wyllas, Cote. MSS. ) . . .
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rícsian
to exercise or have power ⬩ to rule ⬩ govern ⬩ reign ⬩ to domineer ⬩ dominate ⬩ tyrannize ⬩ exercise violence ⬩ to prevail
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'Hí rícsodon (-edon, Hatt. MS.) næs ðeáh mínes þonces' ... Ða ðe swǽ rícsiaþ (-ieaþ, Hatt. MS.) hí rícsiaþ of hira ágnum dóme ipsi regnaverunt, et non ex me'... Ex se regnant, qui ..., Past. 1, 2; Swt. 26, 14-16.
un-wæstmbǽre
Unproductive ⬩ barren ⬩ sterile
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Sume treówu hé cearf, ðý læs hié tó ðæm forweóxen ðæt hié forseareden, and ðý unwæsðmǽrran wǽren, Past. 40; Swt. 293, 7
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ofer-módigian
to be proud or haughty, to be puffed up with pride
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Hí ofermódigaþ for ðæm welan, 39, 11; Fox 230, 23. Ne ofermódgiaþ (superbiunt) ða scírmenn ná for ðý, Past. 17, 2; Swt. 109, 17. Hié wið Gode ofermódgiaþ contra Deum superbiunt, 29; Swt. 201, 16.
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æt-beran
To bear or carry to ⬩ bring forward ⬩ produce ⬩ bear away or forth ⬩ afferre ⬩ proferre ⬩ efferre
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Hí hyne ætbǽron to brimes faroðe they bore him away to the sea-shore, Beo. Th. 55; B. 28: 4261; B. 2127: 5222; B. 2614. Ðæt [wǽpen] to beadu-láce ætberan meahte might bear forth that [weapon] to the game of war, 3127; B. 1561
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þole-mód
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Heó wæs þolemód and gestǽðþig on hire gebǽran, and ne geseah hí nán man yrre, Homl. Ass. 127, 367. Þolemód on wiþerweardum þingum patient in adversity, R. Ben. 26, 18.
wítegung
prophecy ⬩ divination
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Swá swá Isaias se wítega hit on béc sette on his wítegunge, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 22. divination Þurh eorþan wítegung geomantia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 23. Þurh deáþes wítgung nicromantia, 62, 30
be-lǽdan
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Hé him sume hefigtýmnysse on belǽdde. Hml. Th. ii. 546, 19. Hí ðǽre sáwle wynsumnysse on belǽddon, 334, II. Þú ús on ne belǽd (inducas) on costnunge, Ps. L. fol. 198 b. Þe lǽs ús se lytiga belǽde on his sylfes wíte, Hml. A. 195, 10.
clifian
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Hí mid hyra móde him on clifiað (cleof-, v. l. ), 138, 30. Of þám hege þe hé fæste on clifode (clyf-, v. l. ), 25, 12. Hé cleofode on ðǽre eorðan and ne mihte ná onstyrian his fét tó gánne, 224, 22. Cleofede lentesceret, An. Ox. 3108.
ge-geótan
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Hig habbað him gegoten án gylden cealf fecerunt sibi vitulum conflatilem, Ex. 32, 8. Gegoten conflatilis, Wrt. Voc. i. 34, 16: fusile, Wülck. Gl. 245, 22. Þá gód ealle gegaderode bióþ swelce hí sién tó ánum wecge gegoten, Bt. 34, 9; F. 146, 20.
ge-leáfleást
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For heora geleáfleáste þá þá hí wurðodon hǽþængyld, 102, 5. Ádrǽfde þín lár þá geleáfleáste from mé, Hml. S. 5, 110. Láriówas út gewitun of Angla lande for þǽre geleáfléste þe him þá onsǽge gewearþ, Cht. Crw. 19, 7.
ge-máhlíce
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Hé bæd gemáhlíce Paulum ꝥ hé hine gehǽlde, Hml. S. 29, 53. Þá þearfan swýðe gemáhlíce (importune) bǽdon ꝥ se biscop him sum þing syllan sceolde. Gr. D. 63, 30 Sum fugel swíþe gemáglice (importune) gefeól on þæs hálgan mannes andwlitan, 100, 20
ge-wídmǽran
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to spread the fame of, celebrate Þæs hálinysse hlísa hine sylfne gewídmǽrode (-mǽrsode, v. l.) feorr and wíde cujus sanctitatis opinio sese ad notitiam hominum longe lateque tetenderat, Gr. D. 44, 2.
leornung
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Him bið ðearf ðæt hé hine genime simle be ðǽre leornunge háligra gewrita, and be ðám áríse, studere incessabiliter debet, ut per eruditionis studium resurgat, 169, 15. the condition of a learner, pupilage Láreówdóm vel leornung discipulatus, Wrt.
nágan
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Th. ii. 388, 4. not to te obliged or bound to do Ðá ðá Landfranc cræfede fæstnunge his gehérnesse mid áðswerunge, þá forsóc hé and sǽde ꝥ hé hit náhte tó dónne ( he was not bound to do it ), Chr. 1070; P. 206, 2
on-gildan
to pay (a penally for), to be punished for (with gen. acc. of crime or clause) ⬩ to pay ⬩ to give an offering, to offer
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Hú swíðe hí his anguldon from heora ágnum cásere ut Caesare punirentur, 6, 2; Swt. 256, 6. Weorces onguldon deópra firena þurh deáþes cwealm, Exon. Th. 153, 22; Gú. 829: 226, 23; Ph. 410.
botl
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Se biscop him ðǽr mynsterlic botl timbrian hét, 508, 30. Hét hé ontendan eal hire (the abbess Effigenia) botl, þǽr heó mid (má ðonne twám hund, cf. 476, 20) mǽdenum on gebedum ðurhwunode, ii. 478, 35. ¶ Bottle remains in local names, e.g. Newbottle