munt
A mount ⬩ hill ⬩ mountain
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Ofer ða muntas ðe Caucaseas wé hátaþ. Bt. 18, 2; Fox 64, 10: Gen. 8, 4
pluccian
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Pluccian plumemus (cf. scecele scecen wé plectro plumemus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 79-80 : 83, 77-78), Hpt. Gl. 497, 73. Pluccian (later MS. plockien) vellere, Mt. Kmbl. 12, 1. Pluccigean, Mk. Skt. 2, 23. Ic wolde gadrian (pluccian, MS.
Linked entry: plyccan
twǽming
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Bið ús sélre ðæt wé his flǽsc*-*lícan lufe fram ús áceorfon, and mid twǽminge ( by separation from him ) áwurpon, i. 516, 11.
twi-sprǽce
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Ne sýn wé tó tǽlende ne tó twigsprǽce let us not be too free with calumnies and detractions, 253, 6. Ne beó ðú nó tó tǽlende ne tó tweo-sprǽce ... ac beó leófwende, Exon. Th. 305, 19; Fä. 90.
un-gleáw
without understanding ⬩ without skill ⬩ not sagacious ⬩ ignorant ⬩ blind ⬩ dull ⬩ not apt for service
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Wé ðæs londes ungleáwe and unwíse ( imprudentes; but the Latin is not literally translated) wǽron, 10, 6. of things dull, not apt for service : -- Sweord gebrǽd gód gúðcyning, gomele láfe, ecgum ungl[e]áw ( dull of edge; cf. sió ecg gewác, bát unswíðor
wiþ-metan
To compare
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Hwylcum bigspelle wiðmete wé hit? cui parabolae comparabimus illud? Mk. Skt. 4, 30. Ðeáh ðe hé nó sí his foregengan tó wiþmetenne tametsi praedecessori suo minime comparandus, Bd. 5, 8; S. 621, 35: Homl. Th. i. 486, 25, 29.
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ymb-gyrdan
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Ymbgyrde wé úre lendena, 323, 27. Ymbgyrded amictus. Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 14, 51. Ymbgyrd circumamicta, Ps. Spl. T. 44, 15. His lendena wǽron ymbgirde, L. Ælfc. P. 17 ; Th. ii. 370, 12. 'Beón eówre lendena ymbgyrde.'
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be-hófian
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Swá geornlíce ús gebiddan swá wé behófedon. Hml. Th. i. 156, 14. with gen. Ic myltse behófige, Hml. S. 3, 558. Gé mín behófiað, 376. Gehwæt þæs þe þá þrié geférscipas behófiaþ (-igen, v. l. ), Bt. 17; F. 60, 5. Hé metes behófode, Hml.
fætels
a vessel ⬩ a bag
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Ðás fételsco (altered from fætelsco) haec uascula, Rtl. 97, 39. applied to persons: Wé beóð tempel and fǽtels þæs Hálgan Gástes, Hml. Th. i. 212, 1. Hé (St. Paul) is mé gecoren fǽtels vas electionis est mihi iste, 386, 24: An. Ox. 5112.
ge-mǽnnes
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Þæt wé his ríces gemǽnnesse mid him ágan móten ut regni ejus mereamur esse consortes, 6, 3. fellowship, communion with people Ne bið hé ná wýrðe ǽnigre gemǽnnysse (communione) mid eáwfæstum mannum, Ll.
ge-sceádlíce
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Ðú mid geþeahte þínum wyrcest þæt ðú þǽm gesceaftum swá gesceádlíce mearce gesettest, Met. 20, 88. discreetly, with discrimination Wé scylon gesceádlíce (-scáde-, v.l. ) tðdǽlan ylde and geogoðe, Ll. Th. i. 412, 9.
ge-stæppan
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., to step a step, take a step :-- Ælc þǽra stæpa and fótlǽsta þe wé tó cyricean weard gestæppað, Wlfst. 302, 27. <b>I b.
lustfullung
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Deófol tiht ús tó yfele, ac wé sceolon . . . geniman náne lustfullunge tó ðǽre tihtinge . . . Se Hǽlend mihte beón gecostnod þurh tihtinge, ac nán lustfullung ne hrepede his mód, Hml. Th. i. 174, 30-176, 7.
mere
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Hí cwǽdon ꝥ wé fundon sumne swíþe micelne mere in þǽm wǽre fersc wæter and swéte genóg ingens nos stagnum dulcissime aque inuenturos, Nar. 11, 26. On merum in stagna, Ps. L. 106, 35: 113, 8. [ The word occurs in many compounds, v. Midd. Flur, s. v.]
on-wæcnan
to rise, spring, be derived
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'Nú us is tíma ðæt wé onwæcnen of slǽpe.' Ond eft hé cwiþ: 'Onwæcnaþ, gé ryhtwísan,' Past. 63; Swt. 459, 33-461, 1.
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HRÓF
A ROOF ⬩ the top ⬩ summit
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Ðæt wé to ðam hýhstan hrófe gestígan that we may mount to heaven, Exon. 18 b; Th. 47, 3; Cri. 749. Ðe ðæs húses hróf staðeliaþ qui ædificant domum, Ps. Th. 126, 1.
récan
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Hwæt réce wé hwæt wé sprecan quid curamus quid loquamur? Coll. Monast. Th. 18, 14. Gé ne réccaþ hweðer gé áuht tó góde dón, Bt. 18, 4; Fox 66, 20. Hié ne récceaþ hwæðer, Past. 19, 2; Swt. 145, 21.
swícan
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Ne nim ðú náne sibbe wið ðæs landes menn, ðe læs ðe hira ǽnig ðé swíce, Ex. 34, 15. to fail in one's duty to another, be a traitor to, desert Hwider hweorfaþ wé (St. Andrew's followers) hláfordleáse . . . gif wé swícaþ ðé if we desert thee, Andr.
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ge-gangan
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Wé witan óþer ígland . . . wé eów fultumiað ꝥ gé hit magon gegangan, Chr. P. p. 3, 13.
a-rǽran
To rear up ⬩ raise up ⬩ lift up ⬩ exalt ⬩ set up ⬩ build up ⬩ create ⬩ establish ⬩ erigere ⬩ excitare ⬩ resuscitare ⬩ extollere ⬩ ædificare ⬩ creare
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Weá wæs arǽred woe was raised up, Cd. 47; Th. 60, 26; Gen. 987. Se ðe fóre duguðe wile dóm arǽran who desires before his nobles to exalt his dignity, Exon. 87 a; Th. 327, 2; Wid. 140: Beo. Th. 3411; B. 1703.