ge-swyrf
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Filings; limatum Genim ánre yntsan gewihte geswyrfes of seolfre take the weight of one ounce of the filings of silver, Herb. 101, 3; Lchdm. i. 216, 12
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blód-reád
BLOOD-RED ⬩ sanguineus
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BLOOD-RED; sanguineus Ðæt þridde cyn ys sanguineus, ðæt is blódreád the third sort is sanguineus, that is blood-red, Herb. 131, 1; Lchdm. i. 242, 16
friþ-áþ
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An oath confirming peace made between two hostile powers Ðá þet gafol gelést wæs and þá friðáðas gesworene, þá tóférde se here, Chr. 1012 ; P. 143, 5
ge-irfeweardian
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Take here <b>ge-erfeweardian</b> in Dict., and add Cynren his geyrfeweardað ( hereditabit ) land, Ps. L. 24, 13. Geyrfweardiað hereditabant, 36, 11
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ge-dyrstlic
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Bold, audacious, presumptuous Þæt wíf wel ge-dyrstlice dǽde dyde þæt heó Drihtnes hrægle gehrán bene praesumsit quae uestimentum Domini tetigit. Bd. l, 27 ; Sch. 83, 9
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peru
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Take here pere(-u) in Dict., and add Ðonne þé æpples lyste . . . Gyf þú peran wille, Tech. ii. 124, 19. Manigfeald æppelcyn, peran. Lch. ii. 180, 14
rǽs
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L. 8, 32. v. fǽr-, here-, wind-rǽs
on-ǽlan
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Hé wearð onǽled on heora lufe, Hml. S. 30, 304. Æfestum onǽled, Mód. 43.
sǽl
time, occasion ⬩ a fit time, season, opportunity, ⬩ circumstance, condition ⬩ happiness, good fortune, good time, prosperity
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Heora færð wes on sæle was prosperous, Laym. 1310. Selden sal he ben on iele (selde wurþ he blyþe and gled, Jes. MS.), Misc. 121, 301] :-- Þá wæs þeód on sǽlum (joyous ), Beo. Th. 1291; B. 643. On sálum, 1218; B. 607.
Linked entry: sél
hæft-noþ
Custody, keeping, imprisonment
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Custody, keeping, imprisonment On hæftnoþe biþ gehæfd he will be imprisoned, Lchdm. iii. 200, 34. On hæftneþe gebringan to imprison, Chr. 1095; Erl. 232, 21. Ðǽr hé on hæftneþe wæs where he was imprisoned, 1101; Erl. 237. 40
býrigan
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To taste; gustare Deáþ he ðǽr býrigde he there tested death, Rood Kmbl. 199; Kr. 101. Ðæt he hire sealde ðæt wæter to býrigenne ut gustandam illi daret eam aquam. Bd. 5, 4; S. 617, 21
hú
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VI. in phrases Gelíc ðám scipe ðe ðá ýða drífað út on sǽ swá hú swá se wind blǽwð, Hen. 46, 21. Begite hé, swá hú swá hé mæge, septies cxx manna, Ll., Th. ii. 286, 25
langung
Longing ⬩ desire ⬩ weariness
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Ðá wæs him micel langung and sorh on heora heortan ðá hié ðæt ongeáton ðæt hé leng mid him líchomlíce wunian nolde, 135, 21.
FUGEL
A bird ⬩ FOWL ⬩ ăvis ⬩ āles
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He spyraþ æfter fuglum he seeks after birds, Bt. 39, 1; Fox 210, 29: Exon. 126 b; Th. 487, 16; Rä. 73, 3: Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 37; Jud. 297: Ps. Th. 78, 2. Ða fugelas he ne todǽlde ăves non divīsit, Gen. 15, 10: Ps. Spl. 8, 8: 49, 12: 77, 31: Bt.
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eall
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Hé hét geáxian ofer eall sumne drý, Hml. S. 14, 49: 23, 266. Hé sende ofer eall intó ǽlcan lande, Chr. 1086; P. 221, 1: 1067; P. 203, 11. See the compounds with eall
CÉPAN
To observe, keep, regard, await, desire, take, betake oneself to, meditate, bear ⬩ observare, tenere, manere, appetere, captare, se conferre, meditari, portare
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He nolde him nánes fleámes cépan he did not wish to betake himself to flight, Ælfc. T. 36, 18. Ðonne him cælþ, he cépþ him hlywþe when he is cold, he betakes himself to shelter, Hexam. 20; Norm. 28, 22.
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wenian
To accustom ⬩ to accustom ⬩ train ⬩ prepare ⬩ fit ⬩ to draw ⬩ attract ⬩ to draw to ⬩ to draw ⬩ to wean ⬩ ablactare
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Th. 300, 17; Fä. 7. to draw, attract, to draw to Ðæt æt feohgyftum Folc-waldan sunu dógra gehwylce Dene weorþode, Hengestes heáp hringum wenede (he should attach them to himself by presents), efne swá swíðe swá hé Fresena cyn byldan wolde Beo.
híwung
shaping ⬩ shape ⬩ frame ⬩ make ⬩ constitution ⬩ shape ⬩ form ⬩ species ⬩ kind ⬩ transformation ⬩ an illusory shape ⬩ deceptive appearance ⬩ a pretence ⬩ trick ⬩ simulation ⬩ hypocrisy ⬩ fiction ⬩ irony
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Hé sylf oncneów híwunga ł gescapennysse (figmentum) úre, Ps.
eáþe
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Heó listum áléde láðne mannan, swá heó þæs unlǽdan eáðost mihte wel gewealdan, Jud. 102: 75. without reluctance, willingly, readily Ꝥ swurd læg þǽr him ætforan and heora nán nolde náht eáðe hine sleán, Hml. S. 19, 106.
ge-swicennes
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A. 1. 17. þone bisceop hé geteohhade mid teónan tó forseónne. Hé behét þá geswicennysse þám bisceope, Hml. S. 31, 678.