ge-þingþu
honour ⬩ dignity ⬩ rank ⬩ honor ⬩ dignitas
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Eal folc ðone eádigan Gregorius to ðære geþincþe geceás all folk chose the blessed Gregory to that dignity, ii. 122, 22. Hú micelre geþincþe sý ðæt hálige mǽden Maria of how great dignity is the holy maiden Mary, 22, 21.
teón
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Teón nú ða wæteru forð swimmende cynn . . . eáll fisccynn ðe ða wæteru tugon forð ( produxerunt ), Gen. 1, 20, 21. Tó teónne forð ðone wísdóm ðære ealdan ǽ, Homl.
secgan
To say ⬩ to say certain words ⬩ to mean ⬩ to tell a tale ⬩ recite a poem ⬩ pronounce ⬩ deliver ⬩ to speak of ⬩ tell ⬩ relate ⬩ narrate ⬩ declare ⬩ announce ⬩ give an account of something ⬩ to express in words feelings of gratitude, admiration, etc. ⬩ to give thanks, glory, etc., to a person ⬩ to declare a person or thing so and so ⬩ to say ⬩ tell ⬩ to speak of ⬩ to ascribe to a person ⬩ lay to the charge of ⬩ accuse of ⬩ attribute to
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Hí secgeaþ (narrabunt) eall ðín wundur, 144, 5. Gé scyldigra synne secgaþ, Exon. Th. 132, 23; Gú. 477. Néh ðæm clife ðe ic ǽr sǽde that I spoke of before, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 12, 30. Heó sǽde him eall ðæt riht, Mk. Skt. 5, 33.
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gingra
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Cf. ildra an ancestor Ðis is ꝥ frið ꝥ . . . ealle gecweden habbað . . . for hý sylfe and for heora gingran, ge for geborene ge for ungeborene (ge for hý sylfe ge for heora ofspryng, v. l. ), Ll.
on-líhtan
of places or things, to illumine, make bright, cause to shine, ⬩ to give sight to, make the sight clear ⬩ to clear the mental vision, to enlighten ⬩ to give light (with dat.) ⬩ To shine
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Ealle steorran weorþaþ onlíhte and gebirhte of ðære sunnan, Bt. 34, 5; Fox 140, 5. metaph. God onlýhteþ ( illuminet ) andwlitan his ofer ús, Ps. Spl. 66, 1. Onlýht ( inlustra ) ansíne ðín ofer þeów ðínne, 30, 20.
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FINDAN
To FIND ⬩ invent ⬩ imagine ⬩ devise ⬩ contrive ⬩ order ⬩ dispose ⬩ arrange ⬩ determine ⬩ invĕnīre ⬩ dispōnĕre ⬩ consŭlĕre
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Nimþ eall ðæt hió fint she will seize all she finds, Bt. Met. Fox 13, 68; Met. 13, 34. Ðǽr hí fulle dagas findaþ sóna dies plēni invĕnientur in eis, Ps. Th. 72, 8: 64, 10.
lyðre
Evil ⬩ wicked ⬩ base ⬩ mean ⬩ poor ⬩ sordid ⬩ vile ⬩ lewd ⬩ depraved
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Eálá ðú lyðra þeówa serve nequam, Mt. Kmbl. 18, 32: Lk. Skt. 19, 22: Homl. Th. ii. 552, 6. Ic eom se lytla for ðé and se lyðra man, se syngige swíðe genehhe, Hy. 3, 41; Hy. Grn. ii. 282, 41. Eówre lyðre mód incircumcisa mens, Lev. 26, 41.
neowol
prone ⬩ prostrate ⬩ deep down ⬩ low ⬩ profound
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Ðǽrrihte férde eall seó heord myclum onrǽse niwel on sǽ ecce impetu abiit totus grex per praeceps in mare, Mt. Kmbl. 8, 32. Neól ic fére, Exon. Th. 403, 2; Rä. 22, 1. Hít swá niowul ( prostrate ) up árǽrde, Bt. 3, 1; Fox 4, 26.
ge-tenge
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., and add: of local relations, close against. lying on or by, in contact with Eall líchoma eorþan getenge (cf. sume licgaþ mid eallon lichoman on eorþan, Bt. 41, 6; F. 254, 25) alia exiento sunt corpore, pulveremque verrunt, Met. 31, 7 þonne ic (a swan
grǽdig
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His gingran, gífre and grǽdige (cf. ágan ús þis wuldres leóht eall tó ǽhte, 253), Sat. 192. Grédige, 32. Grǽdige cupidas, Wülck. Gl. 253, 28. Gítsung ontent ðæs mannes mód tó máran ǽhte, and swá hé máre hæfð swá hé grǽdigra bið, Hml.
óþ
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Oð nú for twám geárum usque ante biennium, 235, 19: 342, 33. marking stage reached Nú hít eall ágán is oð on (v. á-gán) ðíne hand, ðonne ðú hit becweðe swá gesibre handa swá fremdre swáðer ðé leófre sý, C.
rúh
rough, hairy, shaggy ⬩ rough, untrimmed, uncultivated ⬩ rough, knotty ⬩ rough, undressed
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Se wæs reód and eall rúh totus in morem pellis hirsutus, Gen. 25, 25. Min bróðer ys rúh and ic eom sméðe, 27, 11. Gif him þince ðæt hé habbe rúh líc, Lchdm. iii. 170, 24 : Exon. Th. 407, 14; Rä. 26, 5. Rúwes nát hwæt, 479, 17; Rä. 62, 9.
cristen
Christian ⬩ christianus
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Godes þeówas for eall cristen folc þingian let the servants of God intercede for all Christian people L. Eth. v. 4; Th. i. 304, 25: vi. 2; Th. i. 314, 18:;L. C. E. 6; Th. i. 364, 7.
hlǽfdige
A lady, ⬩ mistress of a house; ⬩ after Bertric's time it is the title given to the wife of the West-Saxon king,
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On þýs ilcan geáre forþférde seó ealde hlǽfdige Eádwerdes cinges móder in this same year departed the old lady, the mother of king Edward, 1051; Erl. 176, 19. Cnut cyncg and Ælfgifu seó hlǽfdige, Chart. Th. 328, 20.
tír
Glory ⬩ honour
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Is ðæs wuldres ful heofun and eorðe, and eall heáhmægen tíre getácnod, Elen. Kmbl. 1504; El. 754. Hwonne ús líffreá ðæt týdre gewitt tíre bewinde, Exon. Th. 3, 1; Cri. 29.
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ge-dwild
wandering ⬩ error, a being astray ⬩ false opinion, heresy; superstition, false religion ⬩ deception, a leading astray,
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Antecríst wile ámyrran mid his gedwylde eall þæt se sóða Críst ǽr bodade and gesette tó rihte, Wlfst. 195, 17.
wépan
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Ðá hé hine ealle wépende geseah when he saw all mourning him, Blickl. Homl. 225, 22. Wópene lamentatae, Blickl. Gl. of other than human beings Ne wæl wépeþ wulf se grǽga, Exon. Th. 343, 2; Gn.
wist
subsistence ⬩ sustenance ⬩ food ⬩ provisions ⬩ dainty food ⬩ a feast ⬩ eating ⬩ feasting
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Forlǽt eal ðæt ðú áge búton wiste and wǽda, Prov. Kmbl. 80. Næbbe ic welan ne wiste, Andr. Kmbl. 603; An. 302: 635; An. 318. Hé áfédde of fixum twám and of fíf hláfum fira cynnes fíf þúsendo; wiste þégon menu, 1186; An. 593.
ge-ícan
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Ðás ealle geéced biód eów, Mt. R. 6, 33. Geíhte (géced, L.), Lk. 12, 31. to add to by way of supplement or completion. Cf. 1 Swíðe wel hé hit geiécte (-ícte, v. l.) mid ðissum, þá hé cwæð . . . apte subjungitur . . ., Past. 161, 18.
on-gitan
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Hé wilnode ðæt hé wǽre ongieten úpáhæfen ofer ealle óðre gesceafte, Past. 301, 11.