milts
mildness ⬩ kindness ⬩ favour ⬩ mercy ⬩ meekness ⬩ humility ⬩ joy
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L. 62; Th. ii. 300, 19, Ðú mid mildse mínre férest thou shalt depart with my favour, Andr. Kmbl. 3344; An. 1676.
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BÓSUM
The space included by the folding of the arms, the BOSOM, lap, breast, interior parts ⬩ sinus, gremium, pectus, interna ⬩ sinus
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Án man mihte faran ofer his ríce, mid his bósum full goldes, ungederad a man might go over his kingdom, with his bosom full of gold, unhurt, Chr. 1086; Erl. 222, 4.
wissian
to shew ⬩ to shew ⬩ guide ⬩ direct ⬩ rule ⬩ declare ⬩ make known
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Grammar wissian, with dat. (or uncertain) Rego ic wissige, of ðam cymð rex cyning, ðe rihtlíce wissaþ his folce, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5; Zup. 173, 6. Ða ðe heora synna bétaþ swá swá hym man wissaþ, Wulfst. 104, 14. Hé ðé wissaþ, Gen. 24, 7.
ge-nyhtsumian
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. ¶ with clause following :--- Wé gelýfað þæt ǽnlípugum munecum genihtsumige þæt hé hæbbe cugelan and syric, R.
ge-endebyrdan
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Th. i. 344, 17. to ordain, with object a person, to appoint to a position, office Ic eam geendebyrd ordinata sum, Kent. Gl. 259. Drihten wæs ǽr eallum worldum geteód and geendebyrd, Bl. H. 31, 22.
gremian
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Voc. ii. 85, 57. to provoke to action. with prep, of a muscular movement Hine mon scel tyhtan and gremian tó spíwanne, Lch. ii. 184, 1. of a course of action Ne sceole wé þá ðwyran tó úre éhtnysse gremian, Hml.
ge-þingþu
honour ⬩ dignity ⬩ rank ⬩ honor ⬩ dignitas
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so much brightness and glory, as much as her rank is not comparable with that of other saints, i. 446, 2-5: Jud.
stund
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Kmbl. v. 331, 1. with exertions or pains (v. á-stundian, and cf.
flówan
to pass away ⬩ be transitory ⬩ to issue ⬩ to flow ⬩ to be flooded ⬩ to flow ⬩ to abound
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gálnysse, swá swá se wítega be sumum cwæð: 'Ðá nýtenu forrotedon on heora meoxe,' Hml. Th. i. ii 8, 14. of persons, to resort in great numbers, come or go in streams Þá him fleówon tó forwel menige, Hml.
in-tinga
A cause ⬩ sake ⬩ plea ⬩ case ⬩ occasion ⬩ matter ⬩ affair ⬩ business
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Ðá hí ðá heora intingan him wépende sǽdon ðá wæs hé sóna mid mildheortnysse gefylled when with tears they had told him their business, he was at once filled with pity, Guthl. 12 ; Gdwin. 58, 25. Tósceáð intingan mínne discerne causam meam, Ps.
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ge-féran
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Þegn folgade, and micel hæfde geféred, Ru. 38, 4. to meet with, experience, get as one's fate or lot Gé weorn geférað earfoðsíða, An. 677. Ic nyste hwæt mín fæder geférde I knew not my father's fate, Hml. S. 30, 334.
gilpan
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Voc. ii. 62, 2. with acc.?
hefeld-þrǽd
A thread for weaving ⬩ licium
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Ðá tóbræc hé ða rápas swá swá hefelþrǽdas and he brake the withs as a thread of tow, Jud. 16, 9. Hefelþrǽd licium, Cot. 193, Lye
scolere
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Ða scolieras witon ðe synt getýdde on bóclícum cræfte, 314, 9 : 335, 42. Ðám scolierum ðás þing gecýðan, 303, 48. Ðæt ǽnig preóst ne underfó óðres scolere, L. Edg. C. 10; Th. ii. 246, 24
wundor-weorc
A wondrous work ⬩ a miracle
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Manige wítgan ǽr Sancte Ióhanne on swíþe manegum godcundum mægenum ealra wundorweorcum swíþe wuldorlíce áscinon, Blickl. Homl. 161, 19. Ðæt cwyce secgeaþ his wundorweorc ofer ealle werþeóde annuntiate inter gentes opera ejus, Ps. Th. 104, 1
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fóre-cwide
a prediction
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Substitute: a prediction Wæs his sóð syn wítnad æfter forecwide (juxta praedictum) ðæs Godes weres, Bd. 3, 22; Sch. 296, 11. Forecwida ðæs wítges praedicta Ezechielis, Mt. p. 9, 9. heading of a chapter Forecwide capitulum, Mt. p. 4, 1.
gemynd-wirþe
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Worthy to be had in remembrance, of persons Wé witon manige foremǽre and gemyndwyrþe weras forþ-gewitene þe swíþe feáwa manna á ongit, Bt. 19; F. 70, 12. of things, worthy of record Hé mé ealle ðá þe gemyndwurðe wǽron onsende ea mihi, quae memoria digna
fyrhto
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Be fyrhto þæs tintreglican wítes de terrore futuri judicii, Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 487, 15. Hé mid mycelre fyrhte wæs geslegen, Guth. 88, 18. Add
þanc
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Se bisceop ðæs getíðode on ealra ðæra witena þanc the bishop granted it to the satisfaction of all the witan, Chart. Th. 303, 2. Cúð dyde Nergend ðæt Noe ðæt gyld on þanc ágifen hæfde ( the sacrifice had been well pleasing ), Cd.
fyrmest
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Swá micel swá wé hit fyrmest witon to the best of our knowledge; in quantum cognitioni hominis conceditur, Ors. 1, 1; S. 14, 28.