ge-mǽrsian
To magnify, glorify, celebrate ⬩ magnĭfĭcāre, glorĭfĭcāre, celebrāre
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On ðam dæge gemǽrsode se mihtiga Drihten Iosue ðone æðelan ætfóran Israhéla folce in die illo magnĭfĭcāvit Dŏmĭnus Josue coram omni Israel, Jos. 4, 14. Is ðín nama miltsum gemǽrsod thy name is magnified with mercies, Andr.
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sín-lǽca
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Hí gefetton Escolafius ðone scínlácan mid ðære ungemetlícan nædran ðe mon Epithaurus hét horrendum illum Epidaurium colubrum, cum ipso Aesculapii lapide advenerint , Ors. 3, 10; Swt. 140,9: 3, 10, tit.; Swt. 3, 19. Scínlǽcan magi, Wrt.
scipe
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[Hi nolleþ paye þet hi ssolle, and hi ofhealdeþ þe ssepes of ham þet doþ hare niedes, Ayenb. 39, 5 (the word occurs several times in this work). Withholdyng or abrigging of the schipe or the hyre or the wages of servauntes, Chauc. Persones T.
starian
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To stare, look fixedly, gaze (with on, tó) Ðæt ic on ðone hafelan eágum starige, Beo. Th. 3567; B. 1781. Starie, 5585; B. 2796. Secga gehwylcum ðara ðe on swylc staraþ, 1997; B. 996: 2975; B. 1485. Wé on ðæt bearn foran breóstum stariaþ, Exon.
sýl
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Ðære méder wæs on slǽpe ætýwed . . . ðæt hyre man stunge áne sýle on ðone bósum, 149, 2. Ercoles sýla Herculis columnae, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 8, 26. Ðæt feoh ðe hié wiþ ðám sýlum sellan woldon, 4, 12; Swt. 210, 4.
under-cyning
A dependent, tributary king ⬩ one who rules under another
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Ðe Hǽlend stód befar ðone undercynige ( praesidem), and gefrægn hine ðe undercynig (praeses ), Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 27, 11, 21. Tó undercyningum ad praesides, 10, 18: Mk. Skt. Lind. 13, 9.
un-nyt
a vain thing ⬩ vanity ⬩ frivolity ⬩ an evil thing ⬩ iniquity
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a vain thing, vanity, frivolity Ne geríseþ ǽnig unnytt mid bisceopum, ne doll ne dysig, L. I. P. 9; Th. ii. 314, 30. Ðú hátodest ða ðe beeodon ídelnesse and ða ðe unnyt worhton odisti observantes vanitatem supervacue, Ps. Th. 30, 6.
West-mynster
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Hér man wrǽgde ðone biscop Ægelríc and sende hine tó Westmynstre, 1069; Erl. 207, 7. Icc habbe gifen Sainte Petre intó Westminstre, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 190, 12, 26. Ða gebróðere on Westminstre, 192, 5.
beorþor
child-bearing ⬩ partus ⬩ gestation ⬩ partus ⬩ foetus
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S. 23 b, 46 gestation Þá ácende heó ðæt bearn on ðone seofoðan mónað þæs beorðres, Shrn. 61, 2. what is born partus, foetus Þæs byrþres líc on hire innoþe, Lch. iii. 146, 14. Mid beorþre foetu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 36, 34.
bóc-lic
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Bóclicum láreów-dómum liberalibus studiis, An. Ox. 3099: 4141. Tó þysum wífman*-*num áwrát Hieronimus trahtbéc, for ðan ðe hí wǽron gecneordlǽcende on bóclicum smeágungum, Hml. Th. i. 436, 12. Add
ge-scirpan
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Mihhael gescyrped on dómes dæg, Sal.
full-wiht
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Se fullwuht ðone mon geclǽnsað, Past. 427, 6. Þurh þæne fulluht, Ll. Lbmn. 413, 22, 36. fem. Þá þénunge fulwihte (full-wihtes, v. l.) ministerium baptizandi, Bd. 2, 2; Sch. 118, 15.
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hetelíce
violently ⬩ furiously ⬩ fiercely ⬩ malignantly ⬩ with ill-will
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Þá gestódon hine hundas hetelíce swýðe dogs attacked him furiously. Hml. S. 12, 52. Hé sǽde ꝥ sum hund burce hetelíce on ánne man, 31, 1132. Manega hús hetelíce feóllon many houses fell with great violence, 15, 94.
rúm
local, room, space ⬩ temporal, space of time ⬩ opportunity
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Fýrdraca rǽsde on ðone rófan ða him rúm ágeald (when the opportunity was given him) Beo. Th. 5374; B. 2690. Deáþ ðæs ne scrífeþ ðonne him rúm forlǽt rodora Waldend, Met. 10, 30
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wǽdlung
poverty ⬩ indigence ⬩ want ⬩ begging
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Hine (Lazarus) geswencte seó wǽdlung, and áfeormode; ðone óðerne (Dives) gewelgode his genihtsumnys, and bepǽhte, Homl. Th. i. 332, 9. Of wǽdlunga de inopia, Ps. Spl. 106, 41. On wǽdlunga in mendicitate, 106, 10.
Bret-walda
A ruler of the Saxons in Britain, the chief Saxon king in England ⬩ Saxonum in Britannia rex supremus.
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. — There does not appear to be any historical evidence that the Bretwalda denoted any special title or office.
wígbed-bót
A fine paid to the bishop for the injury done to the church by doing wrong to one in holy orders
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A fine paid to the bishop for the injury done to the church by doing wrong to one in holy orders Gif man preóst gewundige, gebéte man ða wyrdlan, and tó weófodbóte for his háde sylle .xii. ór.; æt diácone .vi. ór. tó weófodbóte, L. N. P.
tit
A teat, ⬩ pap, ⬩ Brest
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Lege ofer ðone wynstran tit, Lchdm. i. 192, 17. Tittas mamillas, lxxiv, 24: Wrt. Voc i. 65, 7: 283, 29: ii. 56, 28. Wið tittia sár wífa, Lchdm. i. 112, 16. Titto(tito, Rush.) ł breósto ubera, Lk. Skt. 11, 27: Rtl. 4, 17.
findan
to come across ⬩ to obtain ⬩ find ⬩ to meet with ⬩ experience ⬩ be exposed to ⬩ find difficulty ⬩ procure ⬩ to visit ⬩ learn ⬩ arrange ⬩ settle ⬩ to determine ⬩ to supply ⬩ provide ⬩ furnish
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Seó mǽgþ þám hláfordleásan men hláford finden, i. 200, 8. ꝥ hé þone áð funde þe sé gelýfan mihte, 158, 17. to find resolution, courage, heart to do something, to bring oneself to do something: [pæt hé] in hige funde tó gesecganne hwæt se beám bude, Dan
lufian
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Th. i. 178, 4. to take pleasure in. doing something, love to do (clause) Þá lufiað ꝥ hig gebiddon hí standende on gesomnungum qui amant in synagogis stantes orare, Mt. 6, 5. something being done Hig lufigeað ꝥ hig man gréte on strǽtum, Mt. 23, 7. with