síþ
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Ic ne mæg ðínra worda ne wísna wuht oncnáwan síþes ne sagona I cannot understand aught of thy words or of thy ways, of thy proceeding or of thy sayings, Cd. Th. 34, 9 ; Gen. 535. Ne can ic Abeles fóre, hleómǽges síþ, 61, 34 ; Gen. 1007.
þe
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Nis þeós woruld ðe geliccre ðære écan worulde þe is sum cweartern leóhtum dæge this world is no more like the eternal world than a prison is like bright day, Homl. Th. i. 154, 18.
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hér
here . . . there
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Hér is ǽghwylc eorl óðrum getrýwe, B. 1228. used with a noun qualified by this: Rufinus wolde habban him self þon anwold þǽr east, and Stileca wolde sellan his suna þisne hér west, Ors. 6, 37; S. 296, 7. Hér sægeð on þissum bócum, Bl.
líf
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Dém þú hí tó deáðe, swá tó life lǽt, swá þé leófre sý condemn her to death or leave her alive, as you would liever, Jul. 88. Þá þe him tó lífe ( when living) láðost wǽron cwicera cynna, Jud. 323.
on-fón
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Ne wolde þám leódþeáwum Loth onfón, Gen. 1938.
þegnung
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Ic wolde ðíne ðénunge sylf nú gearcian, gif ic mé mid féðunge ferian mihte, Homl. Th. ii. 134, 31.
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lǽce-wyrt
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wyrta on him becnitte búton hé hí tó ðam dolge gelecge the learned Augustine said, that it is not dangerous, though any one eat a medicinal herb; but he considers it as unlawful sorcery, if any one bind the herbs on himself, unless he lay them to the wound
leáf-ness
Leave ⬩ permission ⬩ licence
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Heó his leáfnysse hæfde ðæt ... she would have his permission to ... 1, 25; S. 486, 34. Nymðe þurh leáfnysse his ágenes abbudes nisi per demissionem proprii abbatis, 4, 5; S. 572, 38.
mága
a relative ⬩ a son ⬩ a man
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Se eorl wolde sleán eaferan sínne, mágan, Th. 204, 2; Exod. 413. a man Se mága geonga ( Wiglaf ), Beo. Th. 5343; B. 2675. On ðære mǽgþe mága wæs háten Tubal Cain, Cd. 52; Th. 66, 11; Gen. 1082.
rǽs
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Micle rǽse ( magno impetu ) worn tódrifen wæs on sǽ, Mk. Skt. Rush. 5, 13. Mycelum rǽse, Lk. Skt. 8, 33. Ðæt hors sum slóg on ðam wege mid swíðran rǽse ( valentiore impetu ) oferhleóp, Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 17.
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ge-wyrht
Work ⬩ deed ⬩ merit ⬩ desert
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Work, deed, merit, desert Deág ðín gewyrhtu if thy deeds are good, Exon. 80 a; Th. 300, 11: Fä. 4. Ða heálícan gewyrhto Sancte Iohannes the exalted deeds of St. John, Blickl. Homl. 167, 5.
GLÉD
Burning coal ⬩ live coal ⬩ gleed ⬩ ember ⬩ fire ⬩ flame ⬩ pruna ⬩ carbo ⬩ flamma
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Me is leófre ðæt mínne líchaman gléd fæðmie I would rather that fire should embrace my body, Beo. Th. 5298; B. 2652: 6220; B. 3114: Exon. 87 b; Th. 330, 4; Vy. 46: 108 a; Th. 412, 23; Rä. 31, 4.
Swíþ-hún
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The name occurs often in the same connection in previous years [For an account of him see Earle's Gloucester Fragments, and for the complete homily of which a fragment is given in that work, see Homl. Skt. vol. i.
un-tweógendlíce
without feeling doubt ⬩ certainly ⬩ unhesitatingly ⬩ so as not to cause doubt ⬩ unequivocally ⬩ indubitably
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, 12. so as not to cause doubt, unequivocally, indubitably Hé his ǽrendracan ásende tó ðære ðeóde, and him untweógendlíce secgan (say in a way that should leave no room for doubt) hét, ðæt hié óðer sceolden, oþþe ðæt lond æt him álésan, oþþe hé hié wolde
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witodlíce
certainly ⬩ indeed ⬩ surely ⬩ truly
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Th. 461, 5; Hö. 30. with a somewhat indefinite sense, translating many Latin words, indeed, surely, truly Witodlíce (wotetlíce, Lind.) autem, Mt. Kmbl. 1, 21. Wiototlíce, Lind. 2, 3. Wutedlíce (wutudlíce,Rush.), Mk. Skt. Lind. 2, 10.
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fót
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Seldon hé wolde rídan, ac síðode on his fótum. Hml. S. 26, 80. Gebindað him foet and honda, Mt. R. 22, 13. ¶ where a humble position or condition is expressed Heó tó his fótum hí ástrehte, Mk. 7, 25.
ge-swǽs
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Lufa ðínne néxtan, 314, 6-9) mid weorce, 316, 4. of things, kind, pleasant, alluring, agreeable, persuasive Wolde se heofenlica lǽce mid geswǽsum bigspelle þæt geswell heora heortan gelácnian, hml. Th. i. 338, 22.
mæsse
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Wæs his gewuna þæt hé wolde ǽlce dæge habban twá mæssan, bútan hit má wǽre . . . Ðá cwæð hé tó his geféran ꝥ hit betere wǽre ꝥ hig þá mæssan hæfdon, Vis. Lfc. 63-67. <b>I b.
mǽl
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Æthelthryð) is áwrytan ꝥ heó wel drohtnode tó ánum mǽle fæstende, bútan hit freólsdæg wǽre (cf. seldon bútan máran symbelnesse má þonne ǽne síðe on dæge (semel per diem ) ꝥ heó wolde mete þicgan, Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 443, 17), 20, 42.
sægen
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Hé cwæð þæt hé wolde þám wífe gemyltsian, ac hé ne mihte ꝥ gafol álecgan . . . 'Gif þú woldest myltsian and ne mihtest, þǽr is sum beládung on þǽre sægne (segene, v. l. ),' Hml.