stóc-líf
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Here have we no continuing city, Heb. 13, 14) ða whíle ðe ic on ðisse weorulde beó ge eác on ðam hécan háme ðe hé ús geháten hefþ he can make me dwell more at ease both in this transitory habitation, while I am in this world, and also in that eternal
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un-staþolfæst
unsettled ⬩ not remaining in one place ⬩ not stationary ⬩ unsettled ⬩ desirous of change ⬩ not steadfast ⬩ unstable ⬩ not enduring ⬩ easily moved ⬩ unsettled in mind ⬩ wavering
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Ben. 9, 23. unsettled, desirous of change Sum munuc wearð unstaðolfæst on his mynstre, and gewilnode ðæt hé móste of ðam munuclífe, Homl. Th. ii. 176, 14. not steadfast, unstable, not enduring, easily moved Unstaðolfest weorc opus instabile, Kent.
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ymb-cirran
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Rush. 20, 14. to turn away, avert Onsión mín ne ymbcerdig ( averti ) from gispittendum on mec, Rtl. 19, 15. to turn over, move, stir, overturn Hé ða discas ymbcerde mensas subvertit, Jn. Skt. Lind. Rush. 2, 15.
ge-dyrstignes
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Substitute: presumption, audacity Ðý lǽs sió gedyrstignes his módes hine tó upp áhebbe ne mentem praesumtio spiritus levet, Past. 79, 17. Sý forboden on mynstre ǽlcere gedyrstignesse (praesumtionis) intinga. R. Ben. 129, 13.
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hyrne
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Be eástwardan móre oð ðá hyrnan, C. D. B. i. 296, 29. ¶ in a local name :-- Oð Doddinghyrnan, C. D. i. l, 16. [In the following perhaps þyrnan should be read for hyrnan :-- On ðá brémbelhyrnan; of ðǽre hyrnan, C. D. v. 112, 30.]
micel-ness
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</b> a mass Wearð upp áscoten swýðlicu mycelnes þæs ungemǽtan stánclifes ingentis saxi moles erupta esl, Gr. D. 12, 9. Eall tóweaxen mid mycelnessum þára clifstána saxorum molibus asperum, 159, 26.
nídþearf-ness
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Hé cwæð þæt hé ðá sceolde swíðlíce befrínan his nýdþearfnysse (memento ut modo quicquid opus habes me interroges, Vit. Cuth. c. 28), Hml. Th. ii. 152, 8.
on-wealh
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Hit nys álýfed ꝥ man hyre wyrtruman anwealhne geseón móte it is not permitted that its root be seen when entire, 318, 20. add: of non-material objects, physically or morally perfect Cwǽdon hí þæt heó wǽre onwelges mægðhádes and unwemme, Hml.
sárness
bodily pain ⬩ mental pain, affliction, grief
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Heu geswutelaþ módes sárnesse, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 4, 1. Helle sárnyssa mé beeodon, and ic on mínre gedréfednysse Drihten clypode, Homl. Th. ii. 86, 17.
be-fón
to comprehend ⬩ grasp ⬩ seize ⬩ take hold of ⬩ catch ⬩ comprehendere ⬩ apprehendere ⬩ capere ⬩ to surround ⬩ encompass ⬩ encircle ⬩ envelop ⬩ contain ⬩ clothe ⬩ case ⬩ receive ⬩ conceive ⬩ circumdare ⬩ amplecti ⬩ complecti ⬩ capere ⬩ cingere ⬩ tegere ⬩ operire ⬩ accipere ⬩ concipere
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Gif mon forstolenne ceáp beféhþ if a man seize stolen cattle, L. In. 47; Th. i. 132, 4 : L. Ath. i. 9; Th. i. 204, 10. Ðæt híg woldon ðone Hǽlend on his spræce befón ut caperent eum in sermone, Mt.
lácnian
To heal ⬩ cure ⬩ tend ⬩ take care of ⬩ treat ⬩ dress(a wound)
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Betwyh ðon ðe hine mon lácnode inter medendum, Bd. 4, 26; S. 603, 15. Lácnode fomentat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 17. Lǽcnode, 91, 39. Hé hine lácnude curam ejus egit, Lk. Skt. 10, 34. Lécnade monigo curavit multos, Mk. Skt. Lind, 1, 34.
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lyðre
Evil ⬩ wicked ⬩ base ⬩ mean ⬩ poor ⬩ sordid ⬩ vile ⬩ lewd ⬩ depraved
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Eówre lyðre mód incircumcisa mens, Lev. 26, 41. Gif hwylc wíf for hwylcum lyðrum andan hire wífman swingþ si mulier aliqua, ex prava aliqua invidia, ancillam suam flagellis verberaverit, L. Ecg. P. ii. 4; Th. ii. 182, 32: L. M. I.
gram
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Ic eom nalæs grames módes non sum turbatus, 118, 60. Of gramum folce de populo barbaro, 113, 1. Ðín ðæt grame yrre thy fierce anger, 68, 25: 84, 1: 108, 18.
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scolu
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Hú ne eart ðú se mon ðe on mínre scole wǽre áféd and gelǽred, Bt. 3, 1; Fox 4, 19. Eubolus underféng ðone cnapan tó lárlícre scole . . . On ðære ylcan scole wæs Iulianus, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 14-16. Ic becom tó Cristes scole, 2, 244.
sceþþan
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Ðam mon sceal sellan ða mettas ða ðe wambe nearwian and ðam magan ne sceþþan, Lchdm. ii. 278, 18. Ðý læs hí him and his freóndum sceþeden ne sibi suisque nocerent, Bd. 2, 7; S. 509, 35. Se líg ne mæg ná sceþþan ðisse fǽmnan, Shrn. 130, 32: Blickl.
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Birīnus
Birīnus, the first bishop of Wessex,
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Hit gelamp on ða sylfan tíd ðe mon ðone cyning fullade, ðæt ðǽr wæs se halgesta and se sigefæstesta cyning Norþan Hymbra Oswald andweard....
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þenden
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Mon mæg gelácnian, þenden of ðære lifre sió blódsceáwung geondgét ealne ðone líchoman, Lchdm. ii. 222, 9. Heó wǽron leóf Gode, ðenden heó his word healdan woldon, Cd. Th. 16, 18; Gen. 245.
þweores
across as opposed to along ⬩ athwart ⬩ transversely ⬩ crosswise as opposed to lengthways ⬩ on the flank ⬩ perversely ⬩ wrongly
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Th. ii. 312, 1. on the flank Ðá hét hé ðæt hiere ( the serpent ) mon mid ðǽm palistas þwyres on wurpe. Ðá wearð hiere mid ánum wierpe án ribb forod, Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 174, 10.
þynne
Thin ⬩ thin ⬩ lean ⬩ the opposite of fat or stout ⬩ thin ⬩ the opposite of thick ⬩ thin ⬩ the opposite of broad ⬩ thin ⬩ thin ⬩ thin ⬩ weak ⬩ feeble ⬩ delicate ⬩ fine
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Thin Ðæt ic reccan móste þicce and þynne, Exon. Th. 424, 8; Rä. 41, 36. Ic dó sum ðing ðinre tenuo, Ælfc. Gr. 24; Zup. 137, 9. of dimension, thin, lean, the opposite of fat or stout Þynne monn galbus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 11.
ufor
Higher ⬩ highest ⬩ at or i-s/>to a greater height ⬩ farther from a coast ⬩ from a spot ⬩ higher ⬩ at or to a more honourable place ⬩ higher ⬩ later
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Th. ii. 32, 22: i. 70, 35. of position, higher, at or to a more honourable place Lá freónd site ufur amice ascende superius, Lk.