strengþu
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add: of physical power Þǽh þe beón on stæencþum hundeahtatig gǽr si autem in potentatibus octoginta anni, Ps.
wealwian
To wallow, roll
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Ðonne tyht hié ðæt ierre ðæt hié wealwiaþ on ða wédenheortnesse impellente ira in mentis vesaniam devolvuntur, Past. 40; Swt. 289, 6. Hé wealwode on ðæm gedrófum wætere in lutosa aqua semetipsum volvit, 54; Swt. 421, 8.
hamele
An oar-loop
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An oar-loop, but the word occurs only in a phrase, which may be borrowed from the Scandinavian. Icel. hamsa an oar-loop, is used in the phrase, til hömlu = per man [v. Cl. and Vig.
Linked entry: hamule
ge-swinc
Labour ⬩ exercise ⬩ inconvenience ⬩ fatigue ⬩ trouble ⬩ affliction ⬩ tribulation ⬩ torment ⬩ temptation ⬩ banishment ⬩ lăbor ⬩ exercĭtātio ⬩ incommŏdum ⬩ afflictio ⬩ trībŭlātio ⬩ tentātio ⬩ exsĭlium
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On mínum geswincum in tentātiōnĭbus meis, Lk. Bos. 22, 28: Homl. Th. ii. 82, 23. Gé eodon on hyra geswinc in lălōres eōrum introistis, Jn. Bos. 4, 38. Geswinc exsĭlium, Cot. 73
lutian
lurk ⬩ skulk
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Of ðam fýre ðe him on lutaþ from the fire that is latent in it, Lchdm. iii. 274, 4.
gift
a gift; as a technical term ⬩ the amount to be given by a suitor in consideration of receiving a woman to wife ⬩ marriage ⬩ nuptiæ
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That matrimony in the olden times was a bargain may be seen by the words used in connection with it, e.g. gebycgan, in the passage above; see also ge-ceápian, ceáp. For an account of such a bargaining see Njál Saga, c. 2.
ge-weorpan
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Ꝥte sé geworpen in sǽ proiciatur in mare, Lk. L. R. 17, 2. Ꝥ salt bið geworpen út mittatur foras, Mt. L. 5, 13. Geworpene iactari (in ardentes thermarum vapores), An.
éþel
fatherland
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In eard ł oeðel (oeþel, R.) his in patria sua, Mt. L. 13, 57. In oeðel ł lond hiora in regionem suam, 2, 12. Sume naman synd patriae, þá geswuteliað þæs mannes éþel, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 13, 4. Ic hæfde bróþer and éðel on Egyptum, Hml. S. 23 b, 324.
be-gínan
To open the mouth wide ⬩ gape ⬩ yawn ⬩ oscitare in aliquem
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oscitare in aliquem? Ic begíne I yawn Exon. 129 b; Th. 497, 19; Rä. 87, 3
declínung
A declension ⬩ declinātio
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On fíf declínungum in five declensions, 6, 2
eár-wærc
Ear-ache, a pain in the ear ⬩ auris dŏlor
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Ear-ache, a pain in the ear; auris dŏlor Wið eár-wærce for ear-ache, L. M. 1, 3; Lchdm. ii. 40, 7
eást-weg
East-way ⬩ orientālis via
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East-way; orientālis via On eást-wegas in the east-ways, Cd. 174; Th. 220, II; Dan. 69: Elen. Kmbl. 509; El. 255
eáw-fæstnys
Firmness in the law, religion, piety ⬩ relĭgio, piĕtas
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Firmness in the law, religion, piety; relĭgio, piĕtas Mid gelícere eáw-fæstnysse with similar piety, L. E. I. 41; Th. ii. 438, 26
fæstnung
FASTENING, confirmation ⬩ fixūra
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A FASTENING, confirmation; fixūra Búton ic geseó ðæra næglafæstnunge on his honda nisi vīdĕro in manĭbus ejus fixūram clavōrum, Jn. Bos. 20, 25
feówertigeða
Fortieth ⬩ quadrāgēsĭmus
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On ðam feówertigóðan [MS. feówerteóðan] geáre in the fortieth year; quadrāgēsĭmo anno, Deut. 1, 3
fóre-astreccan
To lay or stretch out before ⬩ prōsternĕre
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To lay or stretch out before; prōsternĕre Ðæt he fóreastrehte hig on wéstene ut prōsternĕret eos in deserto, Ps. Spl. T. 105, 25
for-gnidennys
Contrition ⬩ sorrow ⬩ contrītio
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Contrition, sorrow; contrītio Tobrytednys oððe forgnidennys and ungesǽlignys [syndon] on wegum heora contrītio et infēlĭcĭtas [sunt] in viis eōrum. Ps. Lamb. 13, 3
Linked entry: gnidennys
gǽn-hwyrft
A turning again ⬩ conversio
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A turning again; conversio On gecerringe oððe on gǽnhwyrfte Drihten gehæftnesse oððe hæftnunge Siones in convertendo Dŏmĭnus captīvĭtātem Sion, Ps. Lamb. 125, 1
Linked entry: geán-hwyrft
ealdor-dæg
Life-day, day of life ⬩ vitæ dies
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Life-day, day of life; vitæ dies On ealderdagum in the days of his life, Beo. Th. 1518; B. 757: 1440; B. 718
Linked entry: aldor-dæg
lata
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One who is late or slow Ðeáh heó ðæs bearnes lata wǽre though she were late in bearing the child, Blickl. Hom1.163, 8