ge-trymman
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Ic wolde getrymman munimus, 41, 4. Ðæt hé beó getrymed and gefrætwod wið ǽlce frécenesse mid ðysum mægenum ut contra adversa virtutum ornamento muniatur, 83, 10: Bl. H. 225, 33.
bóc
a book ⬩ a document ⬩ register ⬩ catalogue ⬩ a charier ⬩ a book ⬩ volume ⬩ literary work ⬩ pages
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D. ii. 3, 10. a book, volume, literary work, pages; main division of a work Bóc liber vel codex vel volumen, Wrt. Voc. i. 80, 75: cartula, ii. 92, 47: 19, 44. From ðǽre dura ðisse béc, Past. 25, 11.
habban
To HAVE, possess, hold, keep
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Hé ða word nel on his heortan habban and healdan he will not have and hold those words in his heart, Blickl. Homl. 55, 8. Ðonne mágon wé ús God ælmihtigne mildne habban then may we have God Almighty merciful to us, 107, 17.
Linked entries: heofon-hæbbende hafa
cépan
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Hé wolde ðám biscope þances képan he would be very grateful to the bishop, C. D. vi. 184, 22. to look out for, a person (gen. ) Férde Martinus, and þæt folc his cépte, Hml. Th. ii. 506, 7. Rád Maurus tó þám lande, and his cépte sum beddryda, Hml.
wendan
To turn ⬩ To cause to move ⬩ to change ⬩ alter ⬩ convert ⬩ to translate ⬩ interpret ⬩ to move one's self ⬩ take one's way ⬩ go ⬩ proceed ⬩ wend ⬩ To wend ⬩ go ⬩ proceed
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Th. 56, 28; Gen. 919. to turn, direct the attention Ic wolde ðæt wit unc wendon tó ðises folces sprǽce Bt. 40, 1; Fox 236, 11. intrans. To wend, go, proceed (lit. and fig.)
Dene
The Danes ⬩ Dāni
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Gif hláford his þeówan freóls-dæge nýde to weorce, gylde lahslihte inne on Dena lage, and wíte mid Englum if a lord oblige his servant to work on a festival-day, let him pay penalty within the Danish law, and fine among the English, L. E.
fleám
Flight ⬩ fŭga
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Crist nolde ða þrówunge mid fleáme forbúgan Christ would not by flight avoid his passion, Homl. Th. i. 206, 6: Chr. 937; Erl. 114, 3; Æðelst. 37
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freórig
freezing ⬩ chilled ⬩ frigid ⬩ frozen ⬩ frīgens ⬩ frīgŏre rīgens ⬩ frīgĭdus ⬩ gĕlĭdus ⬩ chilled with fear or sorrow ⬩ trembling ⬩ sad ⬩ trĕmens ⬩ tristis
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Mec se wǽta wong, wundrum freórig, ǽrist cende the humid field, wonderously frigid, first brought me forth, Exon. 109 a; Th. 417, 8; Rä. 36, 1. Land wǽron freórig cealdum cýlegicelum the lands were frozen with cold icicles, Andr.
hefig-tíme
Grievous ⬩ wearisome ⬩ tedious ⬩ troublesome
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Gif hit is hefigtýme on ðyssere worulde hit becymþ tó micelre méde on ðære tóweardan if it is productive of trouble in this world, it attains to a great reward in that which is to come, i. 56, 4:Ælfc. Gen. Thw. p. 1, 6.
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líhtan
to alleviate ⬩ relieve ⬩ assuage ⬩ to light ⬩ alight
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Ðá wolde ic mínne þurst léhtan sitim levare cupiens, Nar. 8, 28. to relieve of a burden, to light, alight Hé lýhte of his horse he alighted from his horse, Bd. 3. 22; S. 553, 32. Ðá líhte se eorodman, 3, 9; S. 533, 33: H. R. 103, 17: Byrht.
sín-lǽca
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Alf. 30; Th. i. 50, 10. v. two following words
þætte
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as a relative, that, which Ðæt ðú hyra frumcyn ícan wolde, ꝥte æfter him cenned wurde, Cd. Th. 236, 9; Dan. 318 : 245, 32; Dan. 472.
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under-cyning
A dependent, tributary king ⬩ one who rules under another
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Griffin swór áðas ðæt hé wolde beón Eádwearde kings hold underkingc, Chr. 1056; Erl. 190, 35. Tiberius hæfde anweald ofer eall Rómána ríce, and him wæs undercyning Heródes, Nicod. 1; Thw. 1, 8.
weorold-sǽlþa
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Ic wolde ðæt wil máre spræcan ymbe ða woruldsǽlða vellem pauca tecum fortunae ipsius verbis agitare, 7, 3; Fox 20, 1
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bósum
womb ⬩ uter
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Ox. 3513. womb; uter : Þý syxtan mónþe þæs þe Sct. Ióhannes on his módor bósm onfangen wæs . . . ꝥ cild his Hláford of his módor bósme on þǽre fæmnan bósm hálette Bl.
brogdettan
to shake ⬩ quiver ⬩ to glitter ⬩ be splendid
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Brogdetende vel cleppetende campus (can the English words be epithets applied to campus ( = aequor, cf. Corp. Gl. H. A. 314, aequor, pelagus vel campus) referring to the quivering of the surface of the water?), Txts. 49, 411.
ge-scirpan
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Bt. 34, 10 ; F. 150, 7. to equip, provide with necessaries for a journey: — Þá sende hé hine tó Róme and hine þider well gescyrpte (cunctis, quae necessitas poscebat itineris, largiter subministratis); and hine hét, þonne hé eft tó his éðle hweorfan wolde
hetol
malignant ⬩ ferocious ⬩ severe
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Hé ýflýmde his ágene fæder, . . . and wolde hine forfaran georne, Wlfst. 106. 9. Ꝥ hetole wíf (Jezebel), Hml. S. 18, 194. Leódhatan hetele. Wlfst. 310, 4. Ðá hǽðenan þe him hetole wǽron, Hml, S. 25, 685.
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wǽdlung
poverty ⬩ indigence ⬩ want ⬩ begging
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Skt. ii. 23 b, 341. begging Hé ða wanspédigan cristenan ne geðafode ðæt hí openre wǽdlunge underðeódde, ac hé gemanode ða rícan ðæt hí ðæra cristenra wǽdlunge mid heora spédum gefréfrodon he would not allow the destitute Christians to be subject to public
á-sittan
to sit up ⬩ to remain sitting ⬩ to be aground ⬩ to reduce by siege ⬩ to be apprehensive ⬩ afraid
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aground Ðára óþerra scipu ásǽton; þá wurdon eác swíðe unéðelíce áseten, þreó ásǽton on ðá healfe þæs deópes ðe ðá Deniscan scipu áseten wǽron, and þá óðru eall on óþre healfe, Chr. 897; P. 90, 20-91, 4. trans, with fit, to reduce by siege Holofernus wolde