weorold
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Ða eldran gnorniaþ ealle heora woruld, 11, 1; Fox 32, 10. Hí winnaþ heora woruld æfter ðæm, 24, 2; Fox 82, 4. Hí búton wærscipe heora woruld ádreógaþ, Homl. Skt. i. 11, 361.
ge-hwilc
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Gehwilce ǽnlípige on heora burgum be him sylfum cendon, i. 34, 4: ii. 124, 9. Æt þám óðrum táum gehwilcum healf gelde . . . æt þám óðrum gehwilcum, Ll. Th. i. 20, 3, 6.
wíf
a woman ⬩ a female person ⬩ a being in the form of a woman ⬩ a married woman ⬩ a wife
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Seó ǽrest wífa (feminarum) ís sǽd in Norþanhymbra mǽgþe ðæt heó munucháde onfénge, Bd. 4, 23 ; S. 593, 22. a being in the form of a woman Wíf unhýre (Grendel's mother), Beo. Th. 4247; B. 2120.
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æðelo
Nobility ⬩ pre-eminence ⬩ origin ⬩ family ⬩ race ⬩ nature ⬩ talents ⬩ genius ⬩ nobilitas ⬩ principatus ⬩ origo ⬩ natales ⬩ prosapia ⬩ natura ⬩ indoles ⬩ ingenium
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Nobility, pre-eminence, origin, family, race, nature, talents, genius; nobilitas, principatus, origo, natales, prosapia, natura, indoles, ingenium Ic lǽre ðæt ðú fægenige óðerra manna gódes and heora æðelo I advise that thou rejoice in other men's good
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a-lǽtan
To let go ⬩ lay down ⬩ leave ⬩ give up ⬩ lose ⬩ renounce ⬩ resign ⬩ remit ⬩ pardon ⬩ deliver ⬩ sinere ⬩ abjicere ⬩ deponere ⬩ relinquere ⬩ remittere ⬩ condonare ⬩ relaxare ⬩ liberare
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Hý heora líf aléton they lost their lives, Ors. 3, 8: Bos. 63, 10. Ðá ðæt fýr hie alét when the fire left them, 4, 7; Bos. 87, 19
for-wyrd
damage ⬩ destruction ⬩ perdition ⬩ ruin ⬩ death ⬩ detrīmentum ⬩ intĕrĭtus ⬩ intĕrĭtio ⬩ perdĭtio ⬩ pernĭcies ⬩ internĕcio
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Of forwyrdum heora de intĕrĭtiōnĭbus eōrum, Ps. Lamb. 106, 20. Grammar for-wyrd, for-wyrd, es; n. is neuter in the following examples Ðín andbídaþ ðæt éce forwyrd the eternal perdition awaits thee, Homl. Th. i. 598, 9.
HRÍM
RIME
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Nǽnig móste heora hrórra hrím æpla gedígean occidit moros eorum in pruina, Ps. Th. 77, 47
oððe
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Ðonne fóron hié oððe mid oððe on heora healfe, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 6.
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rǽswa
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Gesetton Sennar leóda rǽswan leófum mannum heora, 99, 34; Gen. 1656 : 100, 25; Gen. 1669. Folces rǽswan ( the chief men with Holofernes ), Judth. Thw. 21, l0; Jud. 12. Leóda rǽswan ( the chief men of Bethulia ), 24, 8; Jud. 178.
ge-wanian
to lessen ⬩ diminish ⬩ to be wanting
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Ðá wæs ðæm tunglum gewonad heora beorhtnes then had the stars their brightness diminished, Shrn. 64, 22. to be wanting Giwonia deesse, Rd. 71, 37
æt-feolan
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Hié geornlíce heora gebedum ætfulgon. Bl. H. 201, 18. Ætfeolh ðú ðínum fæstenum jejuniis insiste, Bd. 4, 25; S. 599, 41. Ðearf is ꝥ ic weacenum ætfeóle, S. 601, 3.
cneów
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Hí bígdon heora cneów, Mt. 27, 29: Hml. Th. ii. 148, 9. Knéwa, Mk. L. 15, 19. a generation, a degree of descent in a genealogy [v. N. E. D. knee, ll. 11; Grmm. R. A. 468-70] On ðám feórðan cneówe hí gecyrrað hider ongeán, Hml. Th. ii. 190, 22.
for-cúþ
unclean ⬩ worthless
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Án ðǽra cyninga wæs heora eallra forcúðost, Hml. S. 25, 6. Eálá þú forcúðost manna, 12, 197. of human actions or qualities Hwæt segst ðú ꝥ sié forcúþre ðonne sió ungesceádwísnes?, Bt. 36, 6; F. 180, 31.
hǽs
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Petrus and Andreas be Crístes hǽse forléton heora nett . . . hí æfter stemne ánre hǽse þæt þæt hí hæfilon forgeáton, Hml. Th. i. 578, 24. Deóflu be eówere hǽse þá deófolseócan forléton, 64, 26.
swilc
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Add On ðǽm dæge plegedon hié of horsum ... swá heora þeáw æt swelcum ( on such occasions ) wæs, Ors. 3, 7; S. 118, 31. Ðá swelcan wé magon ealra betest geryhtan mid ðý ðæt ..., Past. 293, 22. 2 a.
wác-líc
Poor ⬩ mean ⬩ of little dignity or worth ⬩ paltry.
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Hí unrǽdlíce férdon on heora ídelum lustum and wáclícum gebǽrum, Ælfc. T Grn. 17, 16
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brǽdan
broad ⬩ latus ⬩ To make broad, BROADEN, extend, spread, stretch out ⬩ dilatare, propalare, expandere ⬩ To be extended or developed, grow or rise up; ⬩ dilatari, adolescere
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To make broad, BROADEN, extend, spread, stretch out; dilatare, propalare, expandere Hí heora stówe brǽddon they broadened their places, Bd. 1, 8; S. 479, 24.
on-gildan
to pay (a penally for), to be punished for (with gen. acc. of crime or clause) ⬩ to pay ⬩ to give an offering, to offer
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Hú swíðe hí his anguldon from heora ágnum cásere ut Caesare punirentur, 6, 2; Swt. 256, 6. Weorces onguldon deópra firena þurh deáþes cwealm, Exon. Th. 153, 22; Gú. 829: 226, 23; Ph. 410.
be-æftan
behind, ⬩ after
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Heora proletarii ne móston him beæftan beón, Ors. 4, 1; S. 154, 16: Chr. 755; P. 48, 12. Ætsǽton ðá Centiscan þǽr beæftan, 905; P. 94, 5. after Þára twelf noman hér stondað áwritene beæftan, C. D. ii. 150, 35
ge-þwǽrlǽcan
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A. 8, 193: 9, 214. to agree together, be companions, act in concert Seó sǽ and se móna geþwǽrlǽcað heom betweónan, ǽfre hig beóð geféran on wæstme and on wanunge, Angl. viii. 327, 25. to agree with another, be a companion, accomplice of, consent to the
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