líf
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Næs heora nánum álýfed on ðám lífe ǽnig cræft búton hálgum gebedum and heora gewritum, Hml. Th. ii. 506, 14-20 : C.
ge-tíþian
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Him næs getíðod ðǽre lytlan lisse, Hml. Th. i. 330, 29. Him næs þǽre béne getíðod, ii. 528, 6. with dat. of request Hé bæd ðá heáfodmenn ꝥ hí his bénum getíþodon, Hml.
hnesce
soft ⬩ tender ⬩ soft ⬩ gentle ⬩ soft ⬩ tender ⬩ gentle ⬩ effeminate
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Ðone hnescan ðafettere, Past. 453, 25. tender, gentle Lufu, næs tó hnesce, Past. 127, 2. Hnesce andswore responsio mollis Kent.
wita
one who knows ⬩ a person of understanding or learning ⬩ a wise man ⬩ one able to give counsel ⬩ a counsellor ⬩ one able to give counsel in affairs of state ⬩ one who takes part in the councils of a nation ⬩ a leading man ⬩ an elder ⬩ a chief person ⬩ senior ⬩ one who has knowledge ⬩ a witness ⬩ a wise man ⬩ one professing supernatural knowledge
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Hit witena nán þider ne séceþ, Met. 19, 7: 20, 3: Runic pm. Kmbl. 340, 8; Rún. 4. Hé (Nero) wæs ǽlcum witum láþ and unweorþ, Bt. 28; Fox 100, 28. Ðæt Godes hús wíslíce fram witum (sapientibus) sig gefadod, R. Ben. 84, 24.
losian
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(l a) figurative :-- Ne eom ic ná ásend búton tó ðám sceápum, ðá ðe losedon, Hml. A. 69, 110. of a living creature, to escape, abscond Gif mon sweordes onlǽne óðres esne, and hé losie, Ll. Th. i. 120, 12.
blinnan
to cease
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Ic ná ðe ǽr þǽre ærninge blann nihilominus coeptis institi uetitis, 5, 6; Sch. 576, 21. Heó ne blann cossetunges non cessavit osculari, Lk.
for-stelan
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Þú hit ná hú elles begitan ne miht búton þú hit forstele oððe gereáfige eripies habenti, Bt. 32, 1; F. 114, 8. ꝥ ðú ne forstele ne fureris, Mk. L. 10, 19. Gif hwá forstele esne oððe mannan, fæste .ii. winter, Ll. Th. ii. 140, 37.
ge-swígian
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gemetgað irre, sé ðe ðone disigan hǽtt geswugian qui imponit slulto silentium iras mitigat, Past. 279, 19. not to break silence, keep silent, hold one's peace Gesugiað hié for ege reticent ex timore, Past. 302, 3. þá geswugode ic (obmutui) and ne ondyde ná
ge-fadian
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Eówer síð ne bið ná swá swá wé wéndon, ac wyrð elles gefadod and on óðre stówe, Hml. S. 6, 86. Ealle ðá gerýnu Crístes menniscnysse wǽron gefadode þurh mihte þæs Hálgan Gástes, Hml. Th. ii. 280, 3
for-beornan
To burn up ⬩ be destroyed by fire ⬩ be consumed ⬩ combūri ⬩ ignĭbus consūmi
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He geseah, ðæt seó þyrne barn and næs forburnen vĭdēbat, quod rŭbus ardēret et non combūrĕrētur, Ex. 3, 2: Bd. 3, 17; S. 544, 20, col. 1. Wǽron ða bende [MS. benne] forburnene the bands were burnt, Cd. 195; Th. 243, 12; Dan. 435
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lilie
A lily
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Ðás wyrt man lilie and óðrum naman lilium nemneþ, Herb. 109; Lchdm. i. 222, 5. Lilige, Lchdm, iii. 24, 9.
un-sceþþig
Innocent ⬩ harmless
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Innocent, harmless Innocens unsceððig (-scæððig) is ǽfre nama, Ælfc. Gr. 43; Zup. 253, 16. Beó se cristena man unsceaðþig and bilewite, Homl. Th. i. 142, 20. Hér com Ælfréd se unsceððiga æþeling, Chr. 1036; Erl. 164, 25.
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caru
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Ox. 2986. care, interest in (v. carian, ) Ðá andweardan myrhðe gewǽcan mid nánre care þǽre tóweardan ungesǽlðe,Hml. Th. i. 408, 21.
cwén
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</b> a king's wife :-- Þǽs cyninges nama wæs Eilippus, and his quéne noma wæs Eufenisse, Shrn. 131, 31. <b>III b.</b> a king's daughter :-- Þæs cynges dohtor cwæð: 'Ic gife þé . . .'
ge-wuldrian
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Se Hǽlend næs þá gýt gewuldrud (-uuldrad, L., -wuldrad, R.) Iesus nondum fuerat glorificatus, Jn. 7, 39. Ꝥ Godes sunu sí gewuldrod (-uuldred, L., -wuldrad, R.) þurh hyne, 11, 4: 14, 13.
-hám
the abode of the elves
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Whenever we can assure ourselves that the vowel is long, we may be certain that the name implies such a village or community,' Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. xxviii-ix.
on-búgan
to bend ⬩ to bend in reverence or submission, to bow ⬩ to submit, yield ⬩ to bend aside, deviate
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Ða ðe nolden tó his libbendum líchaman onbúgan, ða nú eádmódlíce on cneówum ábúgaþ tó his deádum bánum, Chr. 979; Erl. 129, 20: Ors. 6, 9; Swt. 264, 9. to submit, yield Ðú eart rihtwís and nánum ne onbíhst, Homl. Th. ii. 298, 33.
fæst
constant ⬩ firm ⬩ steadfast ⬩ fixed ⬩ unchangeable ⬩ firm ⬩ secure ⬩ stubborn ⬩ unyielding ⬩ firm ⬩ solid ⬩ compact ⬩ strong ⬩ firm ⬩ strong ⬩ fortified ⬩ unbroken ⬩ undisturbed ⬩ standard
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Biþ óþer ende fæst on þǽre nafe, óþer on ðǽre felge, 39, 7; F. 222, 3: Rä. 22, 13. Wudu wyrtum fæst the wood firm fixed by its roots, B. 1364.
ge-tácnian
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H. 71, 25: Past. 83, 25. (2 a) to express the character of an object by transferring a significant name :-- Galað is on Englisc gewitnesse heáp . . Ðý is swíðe ryhte getácnod ( non incongrue exprímitur) ðurh Galates naman sió hálige gesomnung.
húru
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Hit is earfoð tó witane þára biscopa (naman ?)