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Lengten ne mæg beón ǽr .v. id. Febr. ne lator þonne .II. id. Martii, Angl. viii. 324, 42. the comparative used in the sense after the point of time indicated by the context Gif se bisceop þá á lator inn eóde si adhuc episcopus tardius intrasset Gr.
or-sorg
free from care, without anxiety, secure, prosperous ⬩ secure from danger, safe
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Wit begra ǽr wǽron orsorge we before were safe from both (hunger and thirst). Cd. Th. 50, 5 ; Gen. 804. Wé beóþ for eów and eów orsorge gedóþ (cf. wé gedóþ eów sorhleáse securos vos faciemus; we will secure you, Mt.
smylte
Quiet, tranquil, calm, serene ⬩ of physical calmness ⬩ gentle, mild, of the wind ⬩ favourable, prosperous ⬩ of mental calm, placid, serene, tranquil, unruffled
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Smylte weder biþ ðý þancwyrþre, gif hit hwéne ǽr biþ stearce stormas and micle rénas and snáwas Bt. 23; Fox 78, 26. Smylte reng pluvia serena Bd. 4, 13; S. 582, 34. Smelt hagol imber serotinus (v. smolt) Kent. Gl. 560. Swá biþ sǽ smilte Exon.
sníðan
to cut, make an incision in anything ⬩ to cut as a surgeon does, to lance ⬩ to amputate ⬩ to cut up or to pieces ⬩ to cut so as to kill, to slay an animal ⬩ to cut stone, to hew ⬩ to cut hair ⬩ to cut corn, to reap ⬩ to reap ⬩ to cut ⬩ secare, resecare, caedere, putare, dolere, attondere ⬩ to cut, prune
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Ic wéne ðæt hé hiene snide sláwlícor, gif hé him ǽr sǽde ðæt hé hiene sníðan wolde . . . se lǽce, ðonne hé cymþ ðone untruman tó sníðanne 26; Swt. 186, 2-7. metaphorically Ðæt mon mǽge sníþan and bærnan his unþeáwas ut culpae morbos supplicio resecarent
hlutor
Clear, ⬩ pure, ⬩ bright, ⬩ sincere
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Dó on hluttor æg add the white of an egg, 2, 64; Lchdm. ii. 288, 9. Lǽt standan óþ hit sý hluttor nim ðonne ðæt hluttre let it stand till it be clear, then take the clear part, Lchdm. iii. 4, 3.
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be-beódan
'to give . . . generally,' ⬩ to order ⬩ enjoin ⬩ to commit ⬩ commend ⬩ to offer to the gods ⬩ to commit into (on, in) ⬩ to announce
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Ic sylle þæt þú ǽr bebude, Ps. Th. 39, 7. Hé bebeád his suna þæt hé tówearp þæt templ, Ors. 6, 7; S. 262, 19. Hé bebeád þæt nán crísten mon ne cóme on his hiérede, 6, 30; S. 282, 29. Hwæt yfela bebeád Drihten ǽfre, Bl. H. 41, 2.
a-byrgan
To taste ⬩ gustare
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Ǽlc ðæra ðe abyrgþ blódes ofer Godes bebod sceal forwurþan on écenysse we tell you that God Almighty said by his own mouth, that no man may taste any kind of blood.
daru
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Án gecyndelic ǽis gesett, ꝥ nán man ne gedó dare óðrum menn, Hml. S. 11, 349; Wlfst, 11, 1. Dere (dare, v. l. ), Gr. D. 207, 14. Dara noxas, Hy.
fracoþ
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., þeáh hé ǽlc unriht dreóge on his lífe, Wlfst. 34, 6. Gif preóst mid fúlum dǽdum hine fracodne gedéð, Hml. Th. ii. 320, 22. ꝥ fracode wíf ( Jezebel ), Hml. S. 18, 160.
for-hradian
hurry ⬩ to anticipate
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Add: to go too quickly, hurry Ðá ðe nabbað ildo tó ðon ðæt hié mægen lǽran, and hí ðeáh forhradiað ðæt hié hit ongiennað quos a praedicationis officio aetas prohibit, et tamen praecipitatio impellit, Past. 383, 22. to anticipate Forhradode Godes engel
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ge-háwian
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Add: to notice, observe an object Ǽlc man ðára þe æágan heft ǽrest háwað þæs ðe hé geseón wolde oð ðone first þe hé hyt geháwað Þonne hé hyt geháwad heaft, ðonne gesyhð hé hit, Solil. H. 27, 7. Þæt ic þé geháwian mæge ut aspiciam te, 11, 18.
grǽg
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S. 7, 135. v. æsc-grǽg, deorce-grǽg ( perhaps deorce should be taken as an independent adverb), dun-grǽg, flint-grǽg, fold-grǽg, ísen-grǽg, ísern-grǽg. Add
ild
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(l a) of things :-- Ǽlc húsl þe bið on ylde omne sacrificium quod est vetustate corruplum, Ll. Th. ii. 218, 9. youth Míne ylde iuuentulem meam, Ps. L. 42, 4. v. cild-ild, for-ild, ofer-ild
wending
Turning ⬩ a turning round ⬩ revolution ⬩ changing ⬩ mutation
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Cf. wendan On ánre wendinge, ða hwíle ðe hé (the firmament) ǽne betyrnð, gǽð forð feówor and twéntig tída Hexam. 5; Norm. 8, 30. a turning up or over Gif ðǽr sié ðæs hrifes wendung if the stomach be upset (?)
híréd-mann
A member of a 'híréd:' —
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Hæbbe ǽlc hláford his hírédmen [hírdmen (MS. A.)] on his ágenum borge let every lord have the members of his household in his own 'borg,' L. C. S. 31; Th. i. 394, 27: L. Eth. i. 1; Th. i. 282, 9.
be-dǽlan
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Cwylð ǽlc eorðlic líchama, gyf hé byð ðǽre lyfte bedǽled, Lch. iii. 272, 27
tó-weard
future ⬩ that is to come ⬩ about to come ⬩ coming ⬩ at hand ⬩ approaching ⬩ toward ⬩ (that is) to happen or be some time or other, ⬩ (that is) to come ⬩ about to happen ⬩ (that is) to come soon ⬩ imminent ⬩ impending ⬩ to take place ⬩ come to pass ⬩ coming towards a place ⬩ approaching ⬩ about to come ⬩ with the face towards a person, ⬩ facing
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Ealle ða tácno & ða forebeácno ía ðe úre Drihten ǽr tóweard sægde, 117, 31.
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hwít
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Nim ꝥ hwíta of ǽge, iii. 96, 19. denoting refinement or purity in material Þonne ytst ðú azima ꝥ ys hwít hláf þǽre sífernesse, Angl. viii. 323, 18. Hwítes hláfes cruman, Lch. ii. 34, 21.
deriendlíc
Injurious, noxious, hurtful ⬩ nocīvus, noxius, nŏceus
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Ðæt we forbúgan ǽlc þing derigendlíces vitēmus omne noxium, Hymn. Surt. 14, 13: 37, 16: 93, 3. Afyrsa hǽtan derigendlíce aufer calōrem noxium, 10, 31.
ídel-hende
Empty-handed ⬩ empty
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Hé biþ ealra his ǽhta ídelhende he shall be destitute of all his possessions, Blickl. Homl. 49, 26. Nó ídelhende bona of ðam goldsele gongan wolde, Beo. Th. 4169; B. 2081.