smolt
Serene, quiet, peaceful
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Serene, quiet, peaceful Smolt wæs se sigewong Exon. Th. 146, 23; Gú. 714. Smeolt Andr. Kmbl. 3160; An. 1583. Smolt regn imbres Rtl. 85, 9: torrens Blickl. Gl. (Ps. 125, 4). Smolt biþ serenum erit Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 16, 2.
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ge-þræc
Press ⬩ crowd ⬩ crush ⬩ tumult
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Press, crowd, crush, tumult Ac wæs flód to deóp atol ýða geþræc but too deep was the flood, the fierce press of the waves, Exon. 106 a; Th. 404, 13; Rä. 23, 7: 101 a; Th. 381, 26; Rä. 3, 2. Þurh þreáta geþræcu[?], 109 a; Th. 417, 17; Rä. 36, 6.
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hlís-ful
Famous, ⬩ of good repute, ⬩ renown
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Ðý læs ðe hé wurde tó hlísful on worulde and ðæs heofenlícan lofes fremde wǽre lest he should become too famous in this world and be a stranger to the praise of heaven, Homl. Th. ii. 142. 26.
hlýpa
That which helps in leaping, in leaping on or mounting a horse, ⬩ a horse-block
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That which helps in leaping, in leaping on or mounting a horse, a horse-block Siððan hé wæs ðæm cyninge to ðon geset óþ his lífes ende, ðæt hé sceolde swá oft stúpian swá hé tó his horse wolde, and hé ðonne se cyning hæfde his hrycg him tó hliépan hoc
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weóce
The wick of a lamp ⬩ candle
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Ðonne ðú blácernes behófige . . . wǽt mid ðínum scytefingre on midden, swylce ðú weócan settan wylle Techm. ii. 126, 3. Riscene weócan fila scirpea Germ. 391, 15. Wéocan accendilia Wrt. Voc. i. 66, 46: cicindilia 284, 26.
ge-hlýd
Covered ⬩ tectus
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Covered; tectus Of flýsum mínra sceápa wǽron gehlýde þearfena sídan the sides of the poor were covered with the fleeces of my sheep, Job Thw. 165, 2
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ge-mildscad
Mixed with honey ⬩ mulsus
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Mixed with honey; mulsus Gemildscad wæter melicraton, i. e. mellis mistura, sc. cum aqua: hydromeli. Gemildscad wín mulsum, i. e. mellis mistura cum vino, Cot. 137; Lye
teón-smiþ
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A worker of hurt or wrong, an evil-doer Wǽron teónsmiðas ( the evil spirits that persecuted Guthlac ) tornes fulle, . . . earme andsacan, Exon. Th. 114, 21; Gú. 176
Cumere
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The Britons of Strathclyde Ealle ðá cyningas þe on þysum íglande wǽron Cumera and Scotta cómon tó Eádgáre, Hml. S. 21, 451. v. Cumber-land in Dict
hád
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Betre him wǽre ðæt hé on lǽssan háde (as a layman) his líf geendode, Past. 31, 25.
híwung
shaping ⬩ shape ⬩ frame ⬩ make ⬩ constitution ⬩ shape ⬩ form ⬩ species ⬩ kind ⬩ transformation ⬩ an illusory shape ⬩ deceptive appearance ⬩ a pretence ⬩ trick ⬩ simulation ⬩ hypocrisy ⬩ fiction ⬩ irony
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Hé wiste ꝥ hé mid feóndlicum cræfte ne mihte bedydrian Martines gesihðe ... wæs ðá geswutelod his híwung, 31, 827. Wǽron óþre gedwolan Antecrístes lima, mid árleásra híwunge, 832.
ge-leáfsum
Faithful ⬩ credible ⬩ credulous ⬩ fĭdēlis ⬩ credĭbĭlis
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Wǽron forþgongende ða cristenan men and ða geleáfsuman the christian men and the faithful went forth, Bd. 1, 8; S. 479, 20.
fant
a fount ⬩ a font
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Se ængel gehálgode þæt wallende wæter (on þám cytele) tó fonte, Hml. A. 178, 293. Se sácerd orðunge on þæt wæter orðað þonne hé font hálgað, Wlfst. 36, 4
a-lýsan
To let loose ⬩ free ⬩ deliver ⬩ liberate ⬩ to pay for loosing ⬩ to pay ⬩ redeem ⬩ ransom ⬩ liberare ⬩ redimere
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Ðá wæs of ðæm hróran helm and byrne alýsed then was helm and byrnie loosed from the active chief, Beo. Th. 3264; B. 1630. We synt alýsde liberati sumus, Ps. Th. 123, 7: 107, 5. Ðæt hí wǽron alýsede ut liberentur, 59, 4
ge-árian
To give honour ⬩ to honour ⬩ honōrāre ⬩ honorĭfĭcāre ⬩ To have mercy or compassion upon any one ⬩ be merciful to ⬩ pity ⬩ pardon ⬩ propĭtium esse ⬩ misĕrēri ⬩ parcĕre ⬩ To endow
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[ár III. property] To endow Ðurh ðone tocyme we wǽron geweorðode and gewelgade and geárode through that advent we were honoured and enriched and endowed, Blickl. Homl. 105, 24
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líðan
To go ⬩ sail
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Ðá wæs sund liden then was the sea passed [cf. Icel. líða as a transitive verb ], Beo. Th. 452; B. 223. Dóhtor mín eácen up liden my daughter, great and grown up[?], Exon. l09 a; Th. 416, 13; Rä. 34, 11
be-weorpan
to cast, cast down, throw ⬩ projicere, dejicere ⬩ to cast about or over, cover over, surround ⬩ conjicere, supertegere, cingere
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Hafaþ fægerne eard wætre beworpen it hath a fair dwelling surrounded with water, Runic pm. 28; Kmbl. 345, 8; Hick. Thes. i. 135
ge-samnian
to gather, collect ⬩ congrĕgāre, collĭgĕre ⬩ to unite, join ⬩ consŏciāre, jungĕre ⬩ To collect, come together ⬩ congrĕgāri, convĕnīre
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Wæs eall-geador to ðam þingstede þeód gesamnod the people was collected together in the public place, Andr. Kmbl. 2198; An. 1100: Elen. Kmbl. 563; El. 282. Mycle mænigeo wǽron gesamnode to hym congrĕgātæ sunt ad eum turbæ multæ, Mt.
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west
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Hé wið ðone here ðǽr wæst ábisgod wæs, Chr. 894; Erl. 92, 9. Súð, eást and west, Met. 9, 42: 14, 7. Ðæt hé west and norð trymede getimbro, Cd. Th. 18, 18; Gen. 275. Ðæt is ðrittiges míla lang east and west, Bd. 1, 3 ; S. 475, 19.
eall-swá
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Se wítega wæs ealswá genumen tó ðám óðrum lífe, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 61, 140. adverbial conjunction. as Ealswá ut, An. Ox. 316. Hí dydon eallswá hí bewuna wǽron, Chr. 1001; P. 133, 20.