GǼLAN
to hinder ⬩ delay ⬩ impede ⬩ keep in suspense ⬩ retardāre ⬩ mŏrāri ⬩ impĕdīre ⬩ to hesitate ⬩ delay ⬩ cunctāri
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Swǽ mon oft lett fundiendne monnan, and his færelt gǽlþ, swǽ gǽlþ se líchoma ðæt mód as a man hastening forward is often hindered, and his journey impeded, so the body impedes the mind, Past. 256, 6; Hat. MS. 48 a, 16.
Linked entry: hyge-gǽlsa
eácen
Increased, great, vast, powerful ⬩ auctus, magnus, pŏtens, grăvĭdus
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Nǽron ge swá eácne mód-geþances ye were not so powerful in mental thought, Cd. 179; Th. 224, 14; Dan. 136
hrémig
Clamorous ⬩ exultant ⬩ lamenting ⬩ boasting ⬩ vaunting
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Hrémge [so the MS.], Beo. Th. 4715; B. 2363
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bétan
to make better, to improve, amend, repair, restore ⬩ emendare, reparare, reficere, mederi, expiare ⬩ to mend ⬩ repair a fire ⬩ to light ⬩ make a fire, to kindle ⬩ focum reparare ⬩ to remedy, compensate, make amends ⬩ compensare
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So in Frs. fiúr boetsje struere focum.] Ðá hét he bétan micel fýr then he ordered a great fire to be lighted, Ors. 6, 32; Bos. 129, 10. to remedy, compensate, make amends; compensare Ic hit béte I will remedy it, Deut. 1, 17
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wic-weorc
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Weekly work, work done for the lord by the tenant so many days a week On sumen lande is ðæt hé ( the gebúr) sceal wyrcan tó wicweorc .ii. dagas swilc weorc swilc him man tǽcð ofer geáres fyrst ǽlcre wucan, and on barfest .iii. dagas tó wicweorce, and
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clǽne
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Add: clean, so as to leave nothing remaining Dó ꝥ fám of clǽne, Lch. ii. 94, 8, 20. Feormige man þone pyt clǽne purgetur puteus, Ll. Th. ii. 220, 20. Wé habbað Godes hús inne and úte clǽne berýpte, Wlfst. 157, 18.
hleówan
to make warm, ⬩ cherish, ⬩ protect, ⬩ shelter ⬩ to become warm
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[Icel. hlýja to cover, shelter, make warm.] to become warm Gif hit wæter sý hǽte man hit óþ hit hleówe tó wylme if it be water let it be heated until it become so warm as to boil, L. Ath. iv. 7: Th. i. 226, 14
Linked entry: hleón
ge-stincan
To perceive by the sense of smelling; ⬩ olfacere aliquid ⬩ odorare ⬩ odorari
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Sume mágon gehíran, sume gestincan some can hear, some smell, Bt. 41, 5; Fox 252, 24. Ðonne gé ða swétan stencas gestincaþ when ye smell the sweet odours, Blickl. Homl. 59, 3.
a-þolian
To sustain ⬩ endure ⬩ suffer ⬩ sustinere ⬩ perdurare ⬩ pati
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Ðæt him frécne on feorh aþolude that their soul in them suffered violently; anima eorum in ipsis defecit, Ps. Th. 106, 4
dýfan
To dip, immerse ⬩ immergĕre
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To dip, immerse; immergĕre Mec feónda sum dýfde on wætre some enemy dipped me in water, Exon. 107 a; Th. 407, 32; Rä. 27, 3. He hine on ðam streáme sencte and dýfde he sank and immersed himself in the stream, Bd. 5, 12; S. 631, 22
eador-geard
The inclosure of arteries, the body ⬩ dŏmus vēnārum, corpus; aula septa,
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, the soul-hoard of the mortal, Andr. Recd. 2362; An. 1183
eáðelíce
Easily ⬩ făcĭle
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He sóhte hú he eáðelícost hine gesealde he sought how he might most easily betray him, 22, 6
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fyren-full
Sinful ⬩ unjust ⬩ wicked ⬩ inīquus ⬩ One who is sinful ⬩ a sinner ⬩ peccātor
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Sinful, unjust, wicked; inīquus Fyrenfulle men geworhton wicked men have wrought, Soul Kmbl. 179; Seel. 90. Used as a noun, One who is sinful, a sinner; peccātor Swá ða fyrenfullan frécne forweorþaþ sic pĕreant peccātōres a făcie Dei, Ps.
ge-wundian
To wound
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Se swíðe gewundod wæs he was sore wounded, Chr. 755; Erl. 50, 8
wiþer-leán
Recompense ⬩ retribution
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Wunde wiðerleán retribution for sin, Soul Kmbl. 187; Seel. 94
mán
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þonne sóðe turpissimam rupti foederis labem adcumulavere perjurio, Ors. 4, 3 ; S. 162, 12. Ic eom mánra áþa gewita, Angl. xii. 501, 19. Add
Wealh-cyn
The Celtic race
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The Celtic race Ða land ðe ic on Wealcynne ( the Celts of the south-west ) hæbbe bútan Triconscíre, Chart. Th. 488, 26. Hig gegaderadan mycle fyrde mid Walkynne( the Celts of Wales ), Chr. 1055; Erl. 188, 33.
gúþ-cyst
Warlike excellence ⬩ bravery
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Warlike excellence, bravery Sunu simeones sweótum cómon þridde þeódmægen gúþcyste onþrang the sons of Simeon came in troops, a third great force bravely pressed on [or or cyst = troop, band, and gúþcyste onþrang = pressed on in phalanx,Cf. sweótum cómon
ge-þaca
A thatcher ⬩ coverer ⬩ tector
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A thatcher, coverer; tector Sceal ðis sáwel-hús fǽge flǽschoma leomu lámes geþacan wunian wælreste this soul-house, the doomed flesh-covering, the limbs, coverers of the earth [lying upon the earth], must inhabit the mortal resting-place, Exon. 47 b;
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gif
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Gif gé mé lufiað, healdað míne beboda you do love me, so keep my commandments.