trede
Firm to tread on ⬩ that may be walked on
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Firm to tread on, that may be walked on Sǽ cýðde hwí hine gesette, tírmeahtig cyning, for ðon hé hine tredne him ongeán gyrede, ðonne God wolde ofer síne ýðe gán ready for his coming the sea made itself firm for his tread, when God would walk over its
ge-wun
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For the passages substitute Micel gedál is on þám mægene þæs þe sié gewun (-win, MS.) þrowungum and þæs þe sié ungewuna swelcum þingum, Lch. ii. 84, 19. Gewune . . . geþæfe stilnesse hí wuniað assuete [delitiis et] contentae quiete commorantur, An.
gyden
A goddess ⬩ dea
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Seó hæfde geháten heora gydenne Dianan ðæt heó wolde hiere líf on fǽmnháde alibban she had promised their goddess Diana that she would live her life in virginity; virgo vestalis Ors. 3, 6; Swt. 108, 17
CÍDAN
To CHIDE, rebuke, blame, contend, strive, quarrel, complain ⬩ increpare, rixari, altercari, queri
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Gif men cídaþ si rixati fuerint viri, Ex. 21, 18. Begunnon hí to cídenne they begun to quarrel, Homl. Th. ii. 158, 13. Ic cíde altercor, Ælfc. Gr. 25; Som. 27, 12. Ic cíde oððe ceorige queror, 29; Som. 33, 53
eálá
0! alas! Oh! ⬩ eheu! euge! proh
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Eálá hwæt se forma wǽre alas! that the first should have been, 8, 109; Met. 8, 55. Eálá! ðæt hit wurde O! that it might be, 8, 77; Met. 8, 39. Eálá! ðǽr we mágon geseón alas! there we may see, Exon. 27 a; Th. 80, 27; Cri. 1313
scírig-mann
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Apparently the same asCod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 127, 128. scír-mann, q. v.
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bisceop-scír
the province of a bishop, a diocese ⬩ episcopi provincia, diœcesis = διoίκησιs, parochia = παρoικία ⬩ the office of a bishop, episcopate ⬩ episcopatus
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Gl. 68; Som. 69, 123; Wrt. Voc. 42, 4. Ðæt nǽnig bisceop óðres bisceopscíre onswóge ut nullus episcoporum parochiam alterius invadat, Bd. 4, 5; S. 572, 32: 4, 13; S. 582. 1: 4. 6; S. 573. 39.
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simbel
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Hió þyrstende wæs on symbel mannes blódes she was continually thirsting for human blood ; haec, sanguinem sitiens, inter incessablia homicidia, Ors. 1, 2 ; Swt. 30, 27.
tál-líc
that conveys reproach, calumny, etc., calumnious, blasphemous ⬩ that deserves reproof, blameable, reprehensible
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Nis ðæt clǽne herigendlíc, ne ðæt gále tállíc, gif him steorran forgéfon, ðæt hí swá lyfedon, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 281. v. tǽl-líc, and next word
wic-þegen
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Gebróðru gemǽnelíce heom betwyh þénien, and nǽnig sý beládod fram ðære kycenan þénunge . . .
wóp-líc
Mournful ⬩ doleful ⬩ lamentable
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Mid wóplícum siccitungum lacrimosis singultibus, 504, 62. of that which occasions grief Se dæg is heora sóðe ácennednys; ná wóplíc, swá swá seó ǽrre, ac blissigendlíc tó ðam écum lífe. Homl. Th. i. 354, 10
ciric-sócn
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Gif hwá sié deáðes scyldig, and hé cirican geierne, Ll.
fætels
a vessel ⬩ a bag
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Hé (St. Paul) is mé gecoren fǽtels vas electionis est mihi iste, 386, 24: An. Ox. 5112. Deáðes dohtor and deófles fǽtels, Hml. S. 2, 175. a bag Ne fætels non peram, Wrt. Voc. ii. 72, 44: 60, 48. Fǽtel, 73, 56. In fǽtelsum in sitharciis, 45, 79.
ge-costian
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L. 6, 18. to prove, shew to be good ꝥte him gicuoeme ðǽm hine gicostade ut ei placeat cui se probavit, Rtl. 60, 13. Gicostia and ædeáwa comprobet ac manifestet, 100, 28
hlifian
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swyles pro auro et margaritis rubor tumoris ardorque promineat Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 450, 10
ólehtung
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Þurh þá ólehtinga þára preósta, 40, 19. what pleases the senses, pleasing condition or process Sóna se líchoma sceal bión unfæger, þonne hé mid unrótnesse and mid sáre áseted bið, þá cumað of þǽre (þám, MS. ) líðan ólehtunge (from a life of sensual ease
weg-nest
Food for a journey
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Him siþþan sý wegnestes getíðad, and swá mid wegneste hám cyrren, R. Ben. 103, 21.
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á-streccan
to stretch out ⬩ hold oat ⬩ to extend:-- ⬩ to prostrate,
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S. 28, 71. Leóht ofer þ geteld ástreht (columna lucis ad caelum usque porrecta,) stód up tó heofonum Bd. 3, 11,Hml. S. 26, 183.
grétan
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Sum mæg fingrum wel hearpan stirgan, gleóbeám grétan, Cri., 670. to touch, have to do with a person. to treat medically Gif se bríw and se drenc inne gewuniað, þú meaht þone man gelácnian; gif him of fleógeð, him bið selre ꝥ þú hine ná ne gréte, Lch.