ofer-stige
Astonishment, extasy
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Astonishment, extasy Hé cwæþ tó him sylfum: ' Nú ic wæs of ðam rihtan wege mínes ingeþances, ac betere hit biþ ðæt ic eft fare út of ðysum porte, ðý læs ðe ic tó swíðe dwelige ... gewislíce ic hér ongyten hæbbe ðæt mé hæfþ gelǽht fæste mínes módes oferstige
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clyne
A mass ⬩ lump ⬩ ball ⬩ metal ⬩ massa ⬩ sphæra ⬩ metallum ⬩ σφαῖρα
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Ǽlces cynnes wecg, vel óra oððe clyna metallum Ælíc. Gl. 51; Som. 66, 8; Wrt. Voc. 34, 67. Clyne;clyno massa, metallum Cot. 132: 182. Sile hym áne clyne give him one lump Lchdm. iii. 134, 33. Trendel, clyne sphæra Mone B. 3465.
tó-tredan
To tread to pieces ⬩ trample upon
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Sum of þe sede werð totreden, O. E. Homl. i. 133, 22. Heo hit totreden mid horsen, Laym. 26771. Sixti hundred weoren totredene mid horsen, 27473. Wordliche þinges totreden & forhowien, A. R. 166, 22. Totrad conculcavit, Wick. Ps. 55, 2
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HÚS
A HOUSE ⬩ a family
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Byþ gelíc ðam wísan were se hys hús ofer stán getimbrode assimilabitur viro sapienti qui ædificavit domum suam supra petram, Mt. Kmbl. 7, 24. Gewát neósian heán húses went and visited the lofty house, Beo. Th. 233; B. 116.
líget
Lightning
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[Swá stor þunring and lǽgt wes, swá dæt hit ácwealde manige men, Chr. 1085: Erl. 219, 22.] Æfter ðæm wolcne cymeþ légetu and þunor, Blickl. Homl. 91, 33. Légitu, Ps. Surt. ii. 196, 19. Légite fulgoris, 190, 15.
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swǽtan
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Sitte hé on bæþe óó ðæt hé swǽte . . . óþ hé wel swǽte, Lchdm. ii. 290, 1-6. Ðæt se mon swǽte swíþe, 332, 2 : iii. 8, 11. Hé ongan blácian and ungefóhlíce swǽtan, Homl. Th. i. 414, 12: Wulfst. 141, 3.
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weorold-ríce
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Bibeád ic eów ðæt gé bróþor míne in woruldríce wel árétten, Exon. Th. 91, 32 ; Cri. 1501 : 275, 12; Jul. 549: 290, 14; Wand. 65: 442, 16 ; Kl. 13. Hú wolde ðæt geweoðan on woruldríce? Elen. Kmbl. 910; El. 456. In worldríce, 2095 ; El. 1049.
drý-cræft
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Hé sǽde ꝥ hé ( Joseph) ðǽr (in Egypt ) drýcræftas geleornode and of þǽm drýcræftum ꝥ hé gewunode monige wundor tó wyrcenne, and ꝥ hé mihte swá wel swefn reccan ... and hé sǽde ꝥ hé of þǽm drýcræfte geleornode godcundne wísdóm. Ors. 1, 5; S. 34, 3-8.
ge-bletsian
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Wes þú gebletsod; for þon se wæstm þínes innoþes is gebletsad, Bl. H. 5, 4. Ealle úre eorþan wæstmas beóþ gebletsode, 51, 13. v. un*-*gebletsod
ge-metfæst
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Wer milde and gemetfæst, Gú. 1080. Hé hæfð sundorgecynd milde gemetfæst.
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ge-tynge
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Hé wæs se getingesta wer erat vir eloquentissimus. Gr. D. 180, 9. of speech Getinge lepida (sermonum series ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 85, 84: 52, 40. Þǽre getyngan lepida (libelli textum lepida urbanitatis facundia digestum, Ald. 80, 32), 88, 38: 50, 43.
heáh-fæder
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Margaret's ) fæder wæs hǽþenra monna heáhfæder (of ꝥ heðene folc patriarke ant prince, Marh. 2, 14; patriarch he was wel hei, Marg. 4; erat gentilium patriarcha et idola adorabat, Hml. A. 209, 25), Shrn. 101, 11
on-ginnan
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Ongin nú wel, Rufe, and behát mé mid áðe take the right course now, Rufus, and promise me on oath, Hml. S. 22, 104. Ongin nú stranglíce, and þín gemynd stent on herunge, 29, 272.
wyrcan
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Add Weg þú weortest on sǽ uiam fecisti in mari, Ps. L. Lind. 242, 20. Byrgenne swelce hiera þeáw wæs þæt mon rícum monnum bufan eorðan of stánum worhte, Ors. 4, 10; S. 202, 5. Wyrtgemang wyrcan, Gr. D. 318, 3.
weddian
To engage, covenant, undertake ⬩ to engage ⬩ to wed, betroth, espouse
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Grammar weddian, in reference to either taking or giving in marriage, to wed, betroth, espouse Gif hý ǽlces þinges sammǽle beón, ðonne fón mágas tó and weddian heora mágan tó wífe and tó rihtlífe ðam ðe hire girude, L. Edm. B. 6; Th. i. 254, 20.
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ge-tácnian
to denote by a sign ⬩ signify ⬩ betoken ⬩ show ⬩ instruct ⬩ signāre ⬩ signĭfĭcāre ⬩ denŏtāre ⬩ insĭnuāre ⬩ monstrāre ⬩ instruĕre ⬩ to sign ⬩ mark ⬩ witness ⬩ seal ⬩ signāre ⬩ insignīre ⬩ obsignāre
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Ðú me sóþfæstnysse weg getácna viam justĭfĭcātiōnum tuārum insĭnua mihi, Ps. Th. 118, 27. Him gedafenaþ ðæt hí cunnon hwæt heó gástlíce getácnige it is fitting that they know what it betokens spiritually, Homl. Th. ii. 264, 27.
ge-þungen
Grown ⬩ thriven ⬩ advanced [morally ⬩ mentally ⬩ etc.] ⬩ excellent ⬩ pious ⬩ noble ⬩ perfect
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Gódne wer and geþungenne to biscopháde virum bonum el aptum episcopatu, Bd. 3, 29; S. 561, 11: 4, 23; S. 594, 6. Sum ǽfast mann and geþungen veracem ac religiosum hominem, 3, 19; S. 549, 24.
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for-gitan
To FORGET ⬩ neglect ⬩ oblīvisci ⬩ neglĭgĕre
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Ðæt gé nǽfre ne forgiton Drihtnes wedd ne quando oblīviscāris pacti Dŏmĭni, Deut. 4, 23: 6, 12. Ðæt he hi ðe-læs forgeáte that he should the less forget them, Ors. 6, 3; Bos. 118, 4: Cd. 40; Th. 52, 25; Gen. 849.
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sáwel-sceatt
An ecclesiastical due
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It was to be paid before the funeral rites were completed, though the regulation would hardly be carried out in cases where grants of land were made.
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a-wrítan
to write out or down ⬩ to transcribe ⬩ describe ⬩ compose ⬩ transcribere ⬩ describere ⬩ conscribere ⬩ contexere ⬩ to inscribe ⬩ inscribere ⬩ inscriptione ornare ⬩ to carve ⬩ delineate ⬩ draw ⬩ sculpere ⬩ delineare
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Nú hæbbe we awriten ðære súþ now have we described the south, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 17, 42.
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