wéning
supposition ⬩ doubtful thought ⬩ doubt ⬩ hope ⬩ expectation ⬩ chance
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of God ought not to think of the morrow, lest it should come to pass, that through it he should put off any of the good that he might do then on the day, and through the doubt whether he may live to see the morrow Blickl.
bisceop-ríce
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Cúþ þám biscope þe seó hálige stów on his bisceopríce is in notitiam episcopi ad cujus diocessim pertinet locus, R. Ben. 119, 9. Gedǽlen hí þæt feoh geond þá biscoprícea, C. D. B. iii. 75, 22. Biscopríca parrochias, diocesis, An. Ox. 2033. Add
ge-sárgian
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Wǽron hié ( the Danes ) tó þǽm gesárgode, þæt hié ne mehton Súð-Seaxna lond útan berówan, Chr. 897; P. 91, 14. of spiritual injury Synnum gesárgod. Seel. 67
ge-méting
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Ox. 2, 437. a convention, an agreement Þý lǽs se Godes þeów ǽniges teónan óht ongeáte for þissere gemétingce (gemittinge, v. l. ) ex conventione eadem, the agreement that he should be brought to Rome, Gr. D. 35, 27
deófol-gild
Devil-worship, sacrifice to devils, idolatry, an idol, an image of the devil ⬩ diabŏli vel dæmōnum cultus, idololatrīa = είδωλoλατρεία, idōlum, simulacrum
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Devil-worship, sacrifice to devils, idolatry, an idol, an image of the devil, diabŏli vel dæmōnum cultus, idololatrīa = είδωλoλατρεία, idōlum, simulacrum Ðæt man mihte dón heora deófolgyld that they might do their devil-worship, Ors. 3, 3; Bos. 55, 29
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lungre
Quickly ⬩ soon ⬩ at once ⬩ straightway ⬩ speedily
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Ðǽr him lífgedál lungre weorþeþ there the parting with life shall happen to him suddenly, Exon. 87 b; Th. 330, 3; Vy. 45: 10 a; Th. 1l, 8; Cri. 167. Hié lungre ǽr feorh áléton just before they had lost their lives, Andr. Kmbl. 3255; An. 1630.
for-feran
to perish ⬩ perish
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Hé féng stíð weder and him þǽr micel forférde, 1052; P. 176, 16: Hml. S. 11, 202: 28, 118: Hml. A. 46, 549. Ealle þá forférdon þe æt þám rǽde wǽron, Chr. 1076; P. 212, 16: Hml. Th. ii. 384, 4: Hml. S. 4, 379: 17, 122: Forférdon naufragauerant, An.
ge-sacan
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Against the emendation ge-saca it may be noted that the other nouns in the passage, beginning, hine wiht dweleð, ' represent things (ádl, yldo, inwitsorh), and a noun of the same lind seems more suitable than one denoting a person.
DRACA
a dragon ⬩ draco ⬩ a serpent ⬩ serpens ⬩ the serpent = the devil ⬩ diabŏlus
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Th. 148, 7. a serpent; serpens Is ðæt deór pandher, se is æt-hwám freónd, bútan dracan ánum the beast is the panther, which is to each a friend, save to the serpent only, Exon. 95 b; Th. 356, 24; Pa. 16. the serpent = the devil; diabŏlus Worpaþ hine
sceacan
to shake (intrans.), quiver ⬩ to flee, hurry off, go forth ⬩ to move quickly, to be flung, be displaced by shaking ⬩ to pass, proceed, depart ⬩ to shake (trans.) ⬩ to weave
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Th. 280, 32; Sat. 263 ; Beo. Th. 3610; B. 1803.
gedwǽs-mann
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A silly, foolish person Secgað sume gedwæsmenn þæt sum orfcyn sý þe man bletsigan ne sceole, and cweðað þæt hí þurh bletsunge misfarað and ðurh wyrigunge geðeóð, Hml. Th. i. 100, 29.
ge-þancian
To thank ⬩ give thanks ⬩ reward ⬩ grătias agĕre
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To thank, give thanks, reward; grătias agĕre Geþance ðé þeóda Waldend, ealra ðæra wynna ðe ic on worulde gebád I thank thee, Lord of the nations, for all the delights which I have experienced on earth, Byrht. Th. 136, 57; By. 173.
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beorht
Brightness ⬩ a glistening ⬩ light ⬩ sight ⬩ glance ⬩ twinkling ⬩ splendor ⬩ lumen ⬩ lux
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Onféng ðam beorhte hire eágena received the sight [full sight, sparkling] of her eyes Bd. 4, 10; S. 578, 2. Ðæt biþ an eágan beorht that is in the twinkling of an eye Bd. 2, 13; S. 516, note 20
be-rǽdan
To dispossess ⬩ deprive of ⬩ privare
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Hie unscyldigne feore berǽddon they deprived the guiltless of his life Elen. Kmbl. 993; El. 498. Earnulf hine berǽdde æt ðam ríce Arnulf deprived him of the kingdom Chr. 887; Th. 156, 32, col. 1; 33, col. 2, 3 : Bt. titl. 1; Fox x. 3
un-drifen
Not driven
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For the fate of what was driven, cf. such a grant as the following : -- Ic cíðe eów ðæt Urk habbe his strand ... and eall ðæt tó his strande gedryuen hys, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 221, 5-8), L. Eth. ii. 2; Th. i. 284, 21
hwæcce
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The same incident is described in the two passages ), Hml. Th. ii. 178, 8.] [Nether wheche ne leede to be leyde in, bote a grete Clothe to hely my foule Caryin, E. W. 27, 4]
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ge-sciftan
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. :-- God gescifte ǽnne swá gerádne mann þe áhte geweald ealles ðæs splottes God appointed a man of this kind to be the owner of all the plot, Hml. S. 23, 414. Beón gescyfte (ordinentur) gebróþru, þá tó sealmsange geǽmtian, Angl. xiii. 444, 1121.
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súsl
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Add Gewilniað þá wiðercoran þæt hí móton of ðǽre súsle ðe hí on cwylmiað, Hml. Th. i. 332, 20. On ðǽre hellican súsle, 410, 32. Habbað hí mid þám deófle þá écan súsle, Hml. S. 19, 238
beddian
To prepare or make a bed ⬩ sternere
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Féde þearfan, and beddige him feed the needy, and make a bed for them, L. Pen. 14; Th. ii. 282, 16
cínu
A chink, fissure ⬩ rima, fissura
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Gemétte he ðæt fæt swá gehál ðæt ðǽr nán cínu on næs gesewen he found the vessel so whole that there was no chink seen in it, Homl. Th. ii. 154, 22