eáþ-médu
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Hé on eáðmédum bád on beorge, wæs him botles neód, Gú. 299. <b>I a.
eglan
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Him (Cain) eglde ðæt hé (Abel) wæs betra ðonne hé meliorem se esse doluit, Past. 235, 8. Gif ðám gífran ungemetlicu sprǽc ne eglde nisi gulae deditos immoderata loquacitas raperet, 309, 3.
ge-hwider
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148. where influence is exerted Hí mid þý frymme þreátiað gehwider ymbsittenda óþra beóda (cf. hí þreátiaþ eall moncynn, Bt. 37, l ; F. 186, 6), Met. 25, 13. of position, on all sides, in every direction Seó bóc fram monigum oft gehwider ymb áwriten wæs
ge-liger
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Sameramis . . . mid ungemetlicre wrǽnnesse manigfeald geligre fremmende wæs. . . æt néhstan hyre ágene sunu hió genam hyre tó geligere . . . hió gesette . . . þæt nán forbyrd nǽre æt geligere betwuh nánre sibbe haec, libidine ardens, . . . inter incessabilia
geóc
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Gearo wæs sé him geóce gefremede . . heora feorh generede metodes weard, Dan. 233. <b>I a.</b> the divine help asked in prayer :-- Ic ðé georne gebide géce and miltse, Txts. 174, 1.
ge-wenian
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</b> to tram to do something :-- Martinus wæs gewenod tó wǽpnum fram cildháde, Hml. S. 31, 16. Ylpas getemode and tó wíge gewenode mid wundorlicum cræfte, 25, 559. <b>I b.
hen
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Cóm se fox, swá his gewuna wæs, and gelæhte áne henne (hæn, v. l.), Gr. D. 69, 22-70, 2. Mettas þe gód blód wyrceað, swá swá sint wilda henna, Lch. ii. 244, 25.
láþ
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</b> hateful to a person :-- Hú láð eów selfum wæs tó gelǽstanne eówre áþas, Ors. 3, 8; S. 122, 16. Ingeþanc Gode láþe precordia Deo inuisa An. Ox. 3567.
man
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Seó hróf wæs ꝥ man mid his handa gerǽcean mihte, Bl. H. 207, 22. Wudewanhád is ꝥ man wunige on clǽnnvsse æfter his gemacan, ægðer ge weras ge wíf, Hml. A. 20, 153. Þæt man drince swá swá him ne derede, Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 36 : Past. 189, 9.
reccan
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Ꝥ gewrit . . . him geornlíce wæs reht on his ágen gereorde haec epistula . . . diligenter . . . in linguam eius propriam interpretata, Bd. 5, 21; Sch. 678, 26
swín
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Wærláf hátte Wærstánes fæder wæs riht ǽht tó Hǽðfelda, heóld ðá grǽgan swýn, vi. 212, 15. v. eofor-, fédels-swín. Add
ǽg-hwǽr
in every place, ⬩ to every place, in every direction ⬩ in every case ⬩ in every respect
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Him wæs ǽghwǽr wá, Sat. 342. Ǽghwǽr onbútan circumquaque, An. Ox. 2, 251. Ǽghwǽr on eorþan, Gen. 2705. Geneósian ealra þeóda ǽghwǽr landes ad visitandas omnes gentes, Ps. Th. 58, 5. Ǽghwár eorðan usquequaque, Ps. L. 118, 107.
hǽwen
Blue, azure, purple, discoloured
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Seó heall wæs getymbred ynnan and útan myd grénum and myd hǽwenum and myd hwýtum the hall was built within and without with green and with purple and with white, Shrn. 156, 6. Hǽwen-grén cæruleus, Cot. 53, Lye. Hǽwendeáge hyacinthinus, Lye
hát-heort
Furious, angry, irascible, passionate, ardent ⬩ furiosus, iracundus, fervens
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Ðá wæs heora sum réðra and hátheortra ðonne ða óðre then was one of them fiercer and more furious than the others, Blickl. Homl. 223, 6
BRYCE
to use, enjoy ⬩ Use, service, the occupation or exercise of a thing, profit, advantage, fruit ⬩ usus, ministerium, commodum
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Use, service, the occupation or exercise of a thing, profit, advantage, fruit; usus, ministerium, commodum Gif ðæt ówiht bryce wæs if that was any use; si hoc aliquid prodesset, Bd. 5, 14; S. 634, 8, note.
of-sleán
to kill or wound by a blow, to kill, slay ⬩ to slay
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Eall his weorod ofslegen wæs, Bd. I, 34; S. 499, 33. Wurdon begen ofslægene ða aldormen. Chr. 800; Erl. 60, 8. Fela þúsenda ofslægenra, 871 ; Erl. 74, 24
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hnutu
A nut
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On ðam óðrum dæge wæs Aarones gyrd gemétt grówende and berende hnyte on the next day Aaron's rod was found growing and bearing nuts, Homl. Th. ii. 8, 16, 18.
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tó-drǽfan
To drive asunder, ⬩ drive in different directions, ⬩ drive away, ⬩ expel, ⬩ dispel, ⬩ scatter, ⬩ disperse
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Heora heriges wæs mycel ofslægen and eall tódrǽfed cunctus eorum caesus sive dispersus exercitus, Bd. 3, 18; S. 546, 36. Byþ seó heord tódræfed dispargentur oves gregis, Mt. Kmbl. 26, 31. Beón ða scép tódrǽfede, Mk. Skt. 14, 27.
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bæc
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Heó wæs cumende æfter Drihtenes bæce (post tergum Domini), Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 82, 2. On úrum bæcum, R. Ben. 27, 17. In scyldrum ł bæccum in humeros, Mt. L. 23, 4. ¶ add to Ll.
neáh-sibb
Related
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Related Wé lǽraþ ðæt ǽnig cristen man ǽfre ne gewífie on his mǽges láfe ðe swá neáhsib (neáh sib, Th.) wǽre, L. C. E. 7; Th. i. 364, 24.