riht
that which is straight or erect, a plumb line ⬩ that which is straight in a metaphorical sense, right, law, canon, rule ⬩ what is in accordance with law, human or divine, what is just or proper, right, justice, equity ⬩ what is just in the case of a criminal, just punishment, justice ⬩ what properly belongs to a person, what may justly be claimed, a right, due ⬩ what is due from a person, duty ⬩ what agrees with a proper standard, what is correct or exact, the rights of a case, the truth ⬩ an account, a reckoning; ⬩ ratio, mostly in such phrases as - riht ágildan - to render an account
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Hé fram Sce Pauline ðæt riht leornade ðæs hálgan geleáfan, rationem Bd. 2, 9; S. 512, 9. On riht a-right, correctly, properly 5, 6; S. 620, 6. Ne eart ðú fullfremedlíce ne on riht gefullad non es perfecte baptizatus, 5, 6; S. 620, 6.
má
More
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Hwæt sceal ic ðonne má secgean fram Sancte Johanne, Blickl. Homl. 169, 24 : Bd. 3, 27; S. 559, 22 : Ps. Th. 125, 2. Gif hé má wille, drince hé hát wæter, L. M. 2, 59; Lchdm. ii. 284, 5. Be ðam man mæg gecnáwan and be má þinga, Wulfst. 5, 4.
stician
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Sting ðín seax on ða wyrte, lǽt stician ðǽron, Lchdm. ii. 346, 12, 20: Jud. 3, 22. fig. to be involved, be prevented from free action, lie encumbered On hú ðióstrum hora seáþe þara unþeáwa ða yfelwillendan sticiaþ quanto in coeno probra volvantur, 37
wrégan
To bewray ⬩ accuse ⬩ denounce ⬩ to accuse ⬩ to accuse ⬩ to accuse ⬩ to denounce
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Frs. wrógia, wréia: O. H. Ger. ruogen: Icel. rægja.] Similar entries v. for-, ge-wrégan
furþor
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Ánra gehwylc hæfð syndrige gyfe fram Gode, sume furðor þonne sume, R.
hyldu
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hwelce hylde hé mid ðǽre ælmessan gewriexl ne impensae gratiae vicissi-tudinem reguirant, Past. 323, 18. of the relation between lord and man. the favour, grace of a lord (human or divine) shown to the man Æfter þǽm eall þeós worold geceás Agustuses . frið
wæl
the slain ⬩ the dead ⬩ a number of slain, ⬩ a single corpse ⬩ a slain person ⬩ slaughter ⬩ carnage ⬩ destruction
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Hé hí fram ðam mánfullan wæle (clade; destruction by famine) generede, 4, 14; S. 582, 27. Wæle strage; occisione (destruction of the soul by sin. v. Ald. 7), Hpt. Gl. 415, 22
tíman
to teem, ⬩ be productive. ⬩ to be with child, ⬩ bear, ⬩ bring forth young ⬩ to beget, ⬩ have intercourse with (wið) a woman ⬩ to have offspring, ⬩ bring forth ⬩ to vouch to warranty ⬩ to refer property (acc.) to (tó) the person from whom it was obtained in support of the right of possession ⬩ to refer an opinion to the source from which it is derived in its support ⬩ to betake one's self to a place, ⬩ go to ⬩ to resort to ⬩ appeal to in reverence or for help ⬩ to lead to
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referred to the teaching of Basil as the source from which he had drawn, Basil prm.; Norm. 32, 9.
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ge-neálǽcan
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IV bb. of sexual intercourse Sceolde heó forhabban . . . fram hire gebeddan; . . . and syþþan mid Godes bletsunge geneálǽcan hyre gemacan, Hml.
BRÁD
BROAD open, large, spacious, copious ⬩ latus, expansus, amplus, spatiosus, copiosus
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, because he is very far from our sight, Bd. de nat. rerum;Wrt. popl. science 3, 8-11;Lchdm. iii. 236, 6-9.
tíma
Time ⬩ hour ⬩ tempus ⬩ hora ⬩ time when, ⬩ time at which an event takes place ⬩ a time when a thing can or ought to be done, ⬩ a proper time, ⬩ opportunity ⬩ in time ⬩ in good time ⬩ be-times ⬩ proper time ⬩ an appointed time ⬩ a period of time ⬩ time during which certain events are happening, during which a particular person is living, etc. ⬩ a season of the year ⬩ an age of the world ⬩ time of pronouncing a syllable, ⬩ quantity ⬩ time, ⬩ condition of things
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On wintres tíman, ðæt is fram ðan anginne ðæs mónðes, ðe is Nouember geháten, óþ Eástran, R. Ben. 32, 10.
feónd
FIEND ⬩ enemy ⬩ foe ⬩ the devil ⬩ ōsor ⬩ inĭmīcus ⬩ hostis ⬩ diabŏlus ⬩ διάβoλos
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Se ðæm feónde ætwand he escaped from the fiend, Beo. Th. 289; B. 143: Bt. Met. Fox 25, 31; Met. 25, 16. Ðú feónd oferswiððest thou shalt overcome thy foe, Elen. Kmbl. 186; El. 93: Cd. 144; Th. 179, 21; Exod. 32.
stígan
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Alle stígende ( discedentes ) from rehtwísnissum, Ps. Surt. 118, 118. implying ascent, to go from a lower to a higher level, to ascend, mount Sió sunne ofer moncyn stíhþ á upweardes, Met. 13, 69. Bryne stígeþ heáh tó heofonum, Exon.
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wíg-bed
An altar
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An altar [from wíg (wíh) and beód; some forms, e.g. wígbeddes, weóbedd, suggest that the word was thought to be derived from bed] Weófod altar vel ara, Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 51.
topp
a top, ⬩ summit ⬩ a lock of hair, tuft ⬩ a collection of rays of light ⬩ a top to play with ⬩ the hair at the top of the head ⬩ that which has a similarity with it
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But, perhaps, torr should be read, as the Latin has turrim; and the metrical version of the passage uses that word Heofonlíc leóma from foldan up swylce fýren tor ryht árǽred.Exon.
fédan
to suckle ⬩ nurse ⬩ to feed up ⬩ fatten ⬩ to support ⬩ maintain ⬩ nurture ⬩ educate ⬩ foster ⬩ to nourish ⬩ sustain ⬩ to bring forth ⬩ To graze
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H. 41, 28. to bring up the young, nurture, educate, foster Éstelíce fram cnihtháde fét delicate a pueritia nutrit, Kent. Gl. 1076.
ge-medemian
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God sé þe gemedemað (dignatus est) eall syllan, teóþunge fram ús gemedemað (dignatur) ongeán biddan, Scint. 108, 19-109, l. ꝥ Ðone deáð þe se Hǽlend gemedemode for mannum þrowian, Hml. Th. i. 50, 7. ꝥ þú ú Gimeoduma ðú girihte digneris dirigere.
ge-flít
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Sch. 278, 7. where there is no ill-will Þæt Herebald fram ðám geflite (certamine) [a race ] hine áhebbe, Bd. 5, 6; Sch. 575, 16. in a military sense Hié woldon . . . gefeohtan . . . and monig ígland áwéstan on ðǽm geflite, Ors. 3, 11 ; S. 144, 36.
háwian
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Is ðearf þæt þú rihte háwie mid módes æágum tó Gode swá rihte swá swá scipes ancerstreng byð áþenæd on gerihte fram þám scype tó þám ancre, 22, 3. to look after, guard, watch (with acc.)
grówan
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Regn ... þe þeós eorðe fram æfter gróweð, Ps. Th. 146, 8. Seó eorþe biþ geleht, ꝥ hió gréwþ and bléwþ and westmas bringþ, Bt. 33, 4; F. 130, 6. Þá land greówan and blóstmedon terra refloruit, Bd. 4, 13; Sch. 419, 10.