up-rodor
the firmament on high ⬩ the visible heavens ⬩ the sky ⬩ heaven
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Ealne ymbhwyrft and uprador, Elen. Kmbl. 1459; El. 731. Hwílum cerreþ on uprodor ælbeorhta lég, Met. 29, 51. heaven Wæs Gúðláces gǽst gelǽded in uprodor fore onsýne éces Déman, Exon. Th. 148, 34; Gú. 754. Hé lǽdeþ eádige gástas on uprodor, Cd.
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hǽðen-scipe
Heathenism, paganism
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Ða tungelwítegan ðe wǽron on hǽðenscipe wunigende hæfdon getácnunge ealles hǽðenes folces the astrologers, who were yet heathens, betokened all heathen people, Homl. Th. i. 106, 9 : 70, 25, 28
tímlíce
In good time, ⬩ soon
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In good time, soon Ðú bǽde mé foroft Engliscra gewritena and ic ðé ne getíðode ealles swá tímlíce ǽr ðam ðe ðú mid geweorcum ðæs gewilnodest æt mé you very often asked me for English writings, but I did not grant your request so very soon, not before
weá
woe ⬩ misery ⬩ evil ⬩ affliction ⬩ trouble ⬩ evil ⬩ wickedness ⬩ malice
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Hié ealle worlde weán oforhogodan, Blickl. Homl. 119, 15. Weallende weán, Exon.
for-lǽtan
to let ⬩ permit ⬩ allow ⬩ suffer ⬩ to suffer ⬩ to let ⬩ grant ⬩ to leave ⬩ to leave ⬩ to leave ⬩ consuming ⬩ to leave alone ⬩ leave undone ⬩ abstain from ⬩ neglect ⬩ to leave out ⬩ omit ⬩ to spare ⬩ leave to ⬩ to leave ⬩ quit ⬩ to abandon ⬩ forsake ⬩ desert ⬩ abandon ⬩ to leave ⬩ to leave ⬩ to leave ⬩ die ⬩ to defend ⬩ to abandon ⬩ to leave ⬩ to abandon ⬩ to leave ⬩ to leave of ⬩ give up ⬩ to abandon ⬩ abandon ⬩ to let go ⬩ to restrain ⬩ to release ⬩ restore ⬩ to give up ⬩ relinquish ⬩ to remit ⬩ forgive ⬩ to lose ⬩ to put away ⬩ dismiss ⬩ lay aside ⬩ to send
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Nele hió forlǽtan libbendes wuht, nimð eall þæt hió fint, 13, 33. to leave unused, not to use Þá þe mé ryhtoste þúhton ic héron gegaderode, and þá óþre forlét, Ll. Th. i. 58, 27. Niótað þæs óðres ealles, forlǽtað þone ǽnne beám, Gen. 235.
lah-mann
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Þolien ealles ðæs hý ágon gif hí wóh tǽcen oþþe geládian hí ðæt hí bet ne cúþon xii lawmen shall declare the law to Welsh and English, vi English and vi Welsh.
leód-hata
A tyrant
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Hér sind on earde leódhatan grimme ealles tó manege herein the land are fierce tyrants all too many, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 109, 155. Áwyrgede womsceaðan, leáse leódhatan, Elen. Kmbl. 2597; El. 1300.
scylf
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a peak, crag, tor (in local names) Ðonon ofer ealne ðone hǽþfeld tó Hnæfes scylfe, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 130, 37. Tó byrnan scylfe, 38, 36. Sticule scylpas scabri murices, Germ. 399, 446. Scylfa scopulorum, Hpt.
cræftig
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Hiera cynn wæs ealra cræftegast gloriosissima illa viribus familia, 2, 4; S. 72, 10. knowing a craft, art, trade Gif craeftige men ( artifices ) on mynstre sýn, begán þane cræft and georne wyrcen, R.
eádig-ness
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On eallum þisum líchamlicum gesǽlignessum men sécaþ ánfealde eádignesse ... Ne onsace ic náuht ꝥ þá gesǽlþa and þeó eádignes sié þæt héhste gód þises andweardan lífes quibus omnibus solam beatitudinem desiderare liquet ...
ge-broc
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., and add Gif hé þá áne un-treówþa ne gedyde, from ðǽm dæge hé mehte bútan gebroce eallra Cartaina onwald begietan, Ors. 4, 5 ; S. 170, 12
torr
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D. 170, 16-21. add Þeáh hine ǽlc ýð geséce mid þám héhstan þe seó sǽ forðbringð, and þeáh hine ǽlc tor geséce þe on eallum clyfum syndon, Verc. Först. 110, 13.
smirwung
anointing, unction ⬩ an ointment
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Balzaman smiring wið eallum untrumnessum Lchdm. ii. 174, 7. Smyring 288, 12. Gif ðú myhtest ǽnig þing fyndan on smyrunge oððe on wyrtum, ðæt ðu myhtest mýne wunde myd gehǽlan St. And. 28, 17. Smerwunga wyrce of ele and of wermóde Lchdm. ii. 182, 16
ge-þancian
To thank ⬩ give thanks ⬩ reward ⬩ grătias agĕre
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To thank, give thanks, reward; grătias agĕre Geþance ðé þeóda Waldend, ealra ðæra wynna ðe ic on worulde gebád I thank thee, Lord of the nations, for all the delights which I have experienced on earth, Byrht. Th. 136, 57; By. 173.
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bealo
hurt ⬩ mischief ⬩ destruction ⬩ malice
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Þæt his yrþ sí geborgen wið ealra bealwa gehwylc, Lch. i. 402, 10. malice Þone láreów selfne þæs bealwes ipsum malitiae magistrum, Gr. D. 121, 12. Ne níþa tó georn, ne bealwes tó beald, Bl. H. 109, 28. Hé wæs bealwes full, Hml. S. 7, 396.
neáh-west
nearness ⬩ neighbourhood ⬩ the being with another ⬩ presence ⬩ society ⬩ fellowship
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Ealle ða wǽpnedmen ðe him on neáweste wǽron, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 46, 2. Ealle ða rícu ðe him under beóþ oððe on neáweste, Bt. 16, 1; Fox 50, 3.
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seón
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Sóðfæst blissaþ, ðonne hé síþ hú ða árleásan ealle forweorðaþ, 57, 9. Sioh nú sylfa ðé, hú ðec heofones cyning geséceþ. Exon. Th. 4, 27; Cri. 59. Seh ðé ecce. Ps. Surt. 32, 18: 38, 6. Sih ðé, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 19, 16, 27: 24, 25, 26.
god-spell
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Add: the body of doctrine taught by Christ and his apostles Þis godspel byð bodod ofer ealle eorðan praedicabitur hoc evangelium regni in universo orbe, Mt. 24, 14: 26, 13. On ealle þeóda ǽrest gebyrað beón ꝥ godspel gebodud, Mk. 13, 10.
weaxan
To wax, grow. ⬩ to grow, be produced, ⬩ to grow, grow up ⬩ to grow, increase, wax ⬩ to grow in honour, grow great, flourish, prosper ⬩ to be productive ⬩ to grow, take shape
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Þeáh hwá wexe mid micelre æþelcundnesse his gebyrda, and þeó on eallum welum, Bt. 19; Fox 68, 30.
swéte
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Swég eallum songcræftum swétra, Exon. Th. 206, 26; Ph. 132. Ðá gehýrde hé ða swétestan stæfne, Bd. 4, 3; S. 567, 39. in reference to the feelings, sweet, agreeable, pleasant:?