sáwel
The soul ⬩ the soul, the animal life ⬩ the soul, ⬩ a soul, a human creature
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Ðis wǽron ða sáula ða ðe hér on worlde mid unrihte gefyrenode wǽron, and ðæs noldan geswícan ǽr heora lífes ende, 209, 34-211, 7. Seó menigo háligra sáula ðe ǽr gehæftnede wǽron (those who were released when Christ descended to Hell) 87, 7.
Linked entry: sáwel-leás
be-gán
passage ⬩ to go round ⬩ to reach by going ⬩ come upon ⬩ get at ⬩ to go ⬩ pass by ⬩ to go ⬩ come ⬩ get ⬩ to pass by ⬩ To come by ⬩ get at ⬩ to come ⬩ fall to one's lot ⬩ to fall ⬩ get into debt ⬩ to surround ⬩ to confine ⬩ to occupy ⬩ to go about a business ⬩ to attend to ⬩ to cultivate ⬩ to worship ⬩ to honour ⬩ venerate a place ⬩ to exercise, practise an art, mode of life, &c. ⬩ to practise a religion ⬩ follow the dictates of ⬩ to practise ⬩ carry on ⬩ do (habitually) ⬩ to devote one's self to a practice ⬩ to exercise a person ⬩ to behave ⬩ to exercise in something ⬩ to exercise ⬩ use ⬩ employ ⬩ to profess ⬩ pretend
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Th. ii. 86, 16. to confine Hé hine sylfne beeóde swá him þearf wæs bútan racenteáge in swá mycclum landsticce ungebunden swá hé ǽr gebunden on wunode in tanto se spatio sine catena coercuit, in quanto et antea ligatus mansit, Gr.
stefn
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Ǽlc stemn byþ geworden of ðæs múðes clypunge and of ðære lyfte cnyssunge; se múð drífþ út ða clypungee, and seó lyft byþ geslagen mid ðære clypunge and gewyrð tó stemne.
ge-sellan
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Eal hé ꝥ ær for Gode gesealde, Bl. H. 215, 5. Gif gé gelýfað ꝥ eów ꝥ tó góde gelimpe ꝥ gé hér syllaþ, þonne biþ hit eów nyt geseald (it will be given to your advantage), 41, 18.
heard
firm ⬩ steadfast ⬩ resolute ⬩ bold ⬩ resolute ⬩ obdurate ⬩ rigid ⬩ unyielding ⬩ oppressive ⬩ rigorous ⬩ strict ⬩ harsh
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Wearð Tiberius Rómánum swá wráð and swá heard swá hé him ǽr wæs milde and iéþe inmutata est Tiberli modestia, atque ex mansuetissimo principe saevissima bestia exarsit, Ors. 6, 2; S. 254, 30. Hét mec hláford min hér heard (?
Linked entries: heard-fyrde heard-lic heardlíce heardness hearh-eard
a-gytan
To discover ⬩ know ⬩ understand ⬩ consider ⬩ cognoscere ⬩ intelligere ⬩ deprehendere
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Gif ðonne ǽni-man agiten wurþe if then any one be found, L. N. P. 48; Th. ii. 296, 27
drif
a fever ⬩ febris
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Rush. 8, 15. but drif, es; m. or n. in the following example Full neáh ǽfre ðe óðer man wearþ on ðam wyrrestan yfele, ðæt [MS. þet] is on ðam drife almost every other man was in the worst evil, that is with fever, Chr. 1087; Th. 353, 38
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dóm-leás
Inglorious, powerless, hapless ⬩ inglōrius, impŏtens, infortūnātus
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Sceolon nú ǽfre dreógan dómleáse gewinn now we shall ever wage powerless war, Cd. 218; Th. 279, 3; Sat. 232. Ealle swylt fornam, druron dómleáse death tore them all away, hapless they fell, Andr. Kmbl. 1989; An. 997
dohtig
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Ðyssa þinga is gecnǽwe ǽlc dohtig man on Cent [MS. Kænt] and on Súþ-Seaxum [MS. -Sexan] every good man in Kent and in Sussex is cognizant of these things, Th. Diplm. A.D. 1016-1020; 313, 19
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fultumend
A helper ⬩ assistant ⬩ co-operator ⬩ adjūtor ⬩ co-ŏpĕrātor
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Ðonne biþ eádig ðe him ǽror wæs Iacobes God geára fultumiend beātus, cūjus Deus Iacob adjūtor ejus, Ps. Th. 145, 4: 70, 3: Ps. Lamb. 70, 7: Bd. pref; S. 471, 22
helfe
Helve ⬩ handle
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Sió æcs áwient of ðæm hielfe ferrum lapsum de manubrio, Past. 21, 7; Swt. 167, 1. Gaderode me hylfa tó ǽlcum ðara tóla ðe ic mid wircan cúðe I gathered me handles for each of the tools that I could work with, Shrn. 163, 6
leoþu-bíge
humble ⬩ meek
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Ic gesette eów sóðe gebysnunge, ðæt eówer ǽlc sceole óðres fét áþweán, swá swá ic láreów eów liþebíg [humble] áþwóh, 242, 28
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ge-efnan
To do ⬩ perform ⬩ carry out ⬩ sustain
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Hwá gedéþ ǽfre, ðæt he ðæt geefne quis sustinebit? Ps. Th. 129, 3. Ealdor geefnan to spend [one's] life, Salm. Kmbl. 711; Sal. 355
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ge-scrincan
To shrink, dry up
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For ðæm ciéle him gescruncan ealle ða ǽdra ðæt him mon ðæs lífes ne wénde [ cum in præfrigidum amnem descendisset]obriguit, contractuque nervorum proximus morti fuit, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 64, 38. Gescriungon aruerunt, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 13, 6.
dwǽs
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Se portgeréfa nam tó Malche graman, and him mid eallum hete cídde, and hine þus áxode: 'Þú stunta and se mǽsta dwǽs þe ǽfre on þissere byrig mǽst wæs ( the biggest blockhead that ever was in this town ), on hwilce wísan sceole wé þé gelýfan?,' Hml.
rípan
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Add: p. de Sé ðe him ǽlc wolcn ondrǽdt, ne rípð sé nǽfre, Past. 285, 18. Hé nǽnne sceáf ne rípð ðæs écean edleánes, 287, 3. Mid his ritterum þe rípdon his corn, Hml. A. 108, 199. Sé ðe rípe qui metit, Jn. R. 4, 36.
wæterig
Watery
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Watery Wæterig æcer alluvius ager, Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 52. Gif se útgang sié windig and wætrig and blódig, Lchdm. ii. 236, 7. Seó wamb ðe bið wæterigre gecyndo, 220, 26. On wæterigum in aquoso, Blickl. Gl. : Ps. Spl. 62, 3.
bræsen
BRAZEN, ⬩ æreus, æneus ⬩ made of brass ⬩ strong, powerful, bold, daring; ⬩ validus, fortis, potens, procax
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BRAZEN,; æreus, æneus made of brass Bræsen oððe ǽren æneus, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 4, 59. Ðú gesettest swá swá bogan bræsenne earmas míne posuisti ut arcum æreum brachia mea, Ps.
wǽta
wet, moisture ⬩ a liquid ⬩ a liquid that may be drunkor used in cookery, medicine,etc., liquor, drink ⬩ moisture in an animal body, humour ⬩ water, urine ⬩ moisture of plants, juice, sap
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Hé bær ða wǽtan ðære uncystan in ðam telgan ðone hé getýhþ ǽr of ðam wyrtruman portat in ramo humorem vitii, quem traxit ex radice, Bd. 1, 27; S. 495, 26
swícan
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Ger. swíhante vagus.] to move away, depart, escape Wiþ ðæt beón æt ne fleón, genim veneriam and gehóh hý tó ðære hýfe; ðonne beóþ hý wunigende and nǽfre ne swícaþ, Lchdm. i. 98, 2.
Linked entry: be-swicenness