ymb-sittan
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Ðá com micel werod werigra gásta and ðis hús útan ymbsǽtan (domum hanc et exterius obsedit), Bd. 5, 13; S. 633, 2. <b>II a.
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ýþian
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MS.) and swíðe ábisgod mid eorðlícra monna wordum valde inter humana verba cor defluit, Past. 22; Swt. 168, 11. Swá bið ðis eorðlíce líf oft ýðgiende swá swá sǽ, 52; Swt. 409, 35.
cunnan
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Leófre ys ús beón beswungen for láre þænne hit ne cunnan ( nescire ), Coll. M. 18, 22. Hé wilnade mé tó cunenne cupidus me nosse, Nar. 18, 1. Ic getnune . . . cunnendum [mé] memor ero . . . scientium me, Ps.
fætt
plump ⬩ corpulent ⬩ obese ⬩ fatted ⬩ plump ⬩ full-bodied ⬩ substantial ⬩ oleaginous ⬩ unctuous ⬩ rich ⬩ fertile ⬩ productive ⬩ rich
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Voc. ii. 83, 67: 18, 52. rich (of food) Fǽtt broþ pingue jus, Coll. M. 29, 13. Fétto pinguia, Kent.
framian
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Framige ( prosit ) ánra gehwylc óþron on cræfte hys, Coll. M. 31, 25. Hú hé swýþor þám sáulum framian (fremian, v.l., prodesse ) mæge, R. Ben. 119, 19. Framian (fremian, v.l.) expedire, 121, 9. with prep.
ge-reord
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sceat stefne mínre flýman feóndsceaðan when I must swallow wind from somebody's lungs, sometimes with my notes I summon men to the feast, sometimes with my voice I put foes to flight, Rä. 15, 16. a language, tongue Þurh ꝥ gereord (Hebrew) þe ǽrest Cóm
gold
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Add: gold in the ground Se forma gítsere þe ǽrest þá eorþan ongan delfan æfter golde, Bt. 15; F. 48, 23. gold as a form of wealth Hwǽr cóm ꝥ unmǽte gestreón goldes and seolfres, Bl. H. 99, 28.
hǽtu
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Ic drífe sceáp míne tó heora lǽse, and stande ofer hig on hǽte ( aestu ) and on cyle, Coll. M. 20, 13. of sexual passion Seó gecyndelice hǽtu þurh ꝥ mægen þæs Hálgan Gástes gestilleþ on þé ( the Virgin Mary ), Bl.
orf
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. ¶ Cattle-stealing, it may be inferred from the statement of the oxherd in Ælfric's Colloquy, 'Ealle niht ic stande ofer þá oxan waciende for þeófan, Coll. M. 20, 291', was a crime whose prevalence justified the attention given it by the law.
rǽd
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</b> with negative, (no) plan to help oneself :-- Mín heorte and mín mód mé for-léton, tó þám þæt ic mé nyste nǽnne rǽd cor meum dereliquit me, Ps. Th. 39, 14.
weorþan
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. ¶ ¶ Hǽlend, syððan hé tó ðisum lífe cóm, and man wearð geweaxen, Hml. Th. i. 258, 10
ge-ágnian
to have as one's own, possess, occupy ⬩ to get ⬩ secure possession of, acquire ⬩ to adopt ⬩ to prove one's title to ⬩ secure by shewing title ⬩ to usurp
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Swá swá náht hæbbende and ealle ðing geágnigende (possidentes, 2 Cor. 6, 10), Hml. Th. i. 550, 7. Geágnode, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 15, 6. to get or secure possession of, acquire for a person (dat.)
BREÓST
the breast of man or beast; ⬩ pectus ⬩ the breasts; ⬩ ubera ⬩ The heart, mind, thought ⬩ pectus, cor, mens
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mid ánre flán underneoðan oðer breóst there Alexander was shot through with an arrow underneath one breast, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 68, 27. the breast as the seat of the vital powers, of the feelings, and of the affections, The heart, mind, thought; pectus, cor
of-sittan
to sit upon, press down by sitting ⬩ to sit upon, oppress ⬩ to sit upon, occupy, take possession of (with idea of force or wrong) ⬩ to sit about, besiege ⬩ to repress, check, present motion
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.; Fox x. 19. to sit upon, occupy, take possession of (with idea of force or wrong) Ðæt sió oferflôwnes ðæra geþohta ne meahte ofsittan ðæs sacerdes heortan quatenus sacerdotale cor nequaquam cogitationes fluxae possideant, Past. 13, l; Swt. 77, II.
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corþer
A band ⬩ multitude ⬩ company ⬩ troop ⬩ body ⬩ train ⬩ pomp ⬩ multitudo ⬩ cohors ⬩ copia ⬩ pompa
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A band, multitude, company, troop, body, train, pomp; multitudo, cohors, copia, pompa Cirmdon caldheorte, corþer óðrum getang the cold-hearted cried out, troop thronged on troop Andr. Kmbl. 276; An. 138.
tó-gædere
Together ⬩ union, ⬩ association, ⬩ joining, ⬩ mingling,
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Ðá com Godwine eorl and Swegen eorl and Harold eorl tógædere, Chr. 1048; Ed. 178, 19: Ps. Th. 94, l: Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 430. Ða stánas fieóllon tógædere, and wearþ geworht to ánum wealle swá, 27, 88.
clufe
An ear of corn ⬩ a clove of garlic ⬩ A clove ⬩ the bulb ⬩ tuber of a plant ⬩ spica ⬩ Bulbed ⬩ bulbosus
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An ear of corn, a clove of garlic; A clove, the bulb or tuber of a plant;spica, Som. Ben. Lye.Glos. of Lchdm. ii. Twá clufe two cloves, L. M. 3, 41; Lchdm. ii. 336, 3. Garleaces iii clufe three cloves of garlic, 3, 62; Lchdm. ii. 350, 8.
fót-welm
The sole of the foot ⬩ pĕdis planta
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Mid ðære cóðe he wæs ofset fram ðam hnolle ufan óþ his fótwylmas neoðan with which disease he was afflicted from the crown above to the soles of his feet below, Homl. Th. ii. 480, 12: 508, 20.
ge-ahsian
To find out by asking ⬩ discover ⬩ learn ⬩ hear ⬩ fando accĭpĕre ⬩ resciscĕre ⬩ discĕre
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We geahsodon ðæt úre geféran sume to eów cómon we have heard that some of our fellows have come to you, L. Alf. 40; Th. i. 56, 14, MS. G : Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 74, 41. Gif hine mon geahsige if he be discovered, L. In. 39; Th. i. 126, 10.
andergilde
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Andergilde in the proverb might thus mean at little cost, without effort (?), and the proverb be translated: Never let it get so bad with you that you don't hope for something better by things righting themselves
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