hol
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Befleáh hé in sum hol treów and hine sylfne áhýdde, 293, 14. On þone holan æsc, C. D. B. ii. 247, 4. Leápas hole (c?)orbes cauatos Germ. 396, 146. having a cavity or depression in the surface Holan beorges burna, C. D. i. 317, 19.
in-geþanc
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quid sunt intentae mentes nisi quaedam in cithara lensiones stratae chordarum ?
wénan
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(ii) phrase :-- Hé ǽfre him gehende endedæges wéne uiíe sue diem nouissimum prope esse existimet, Ll. Th. i. 374, 17 : Wlfst. 75, 9. (3b) add :-- Bútan þæs ic sódlícost wéne, þat hyt mín sceádwísnes wére, Solil. H. 3, 10.
wamb
a belly, stomach ⬩ a womb ⬩ a hollow
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Surt. 126, 3. Ðú átuge mé of wombe ( ventre) . . . Of wombe (wambe, Ps. Spl. C. ventre) módur mínre, 21, 10-11. Ða wombe (wombo. Lind. ventres )ða ðe ne ácendun, Lk. Skt.
wíglung
Divination ⬩ soothsaying ⬩ sorcery ⬩ augury
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Hé sum þing hæfde ðe his hǽle hremde þurh réðe wíglunga (wígelunga, v. l. ), Homl. Skt. i. 5, 259. [King scal wicchecreft aleggan and wiȝelunge ne geman, O. E. Homl. i. 115, 22.]
Linked entry: wílung
ofer-gán
to overspread ⬩ to overrun (a country, as a victorious army does), to conquer ⬩ to pass a point or limit ⬩ to pass a moral limit, to transgress ⬩ to pass across, traverse, cross ⬩ to pass, pass off or away, be over, come to an end ⬩ To be over ⬩ to come upon, attack
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Surt. 17, 30. Hé ofergæþ ðone súðran sunnstede. Lchdm. iii. 252, 14. Gemǽre ðú settest ðæt ná hí ofergáþ trans-gredientur Ps. Spl. 103, 10. Ofereode excederit Wrt.
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ofer-méttu (o)
Pride, arrogance, haughtiness
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Mid his ágnum wordum ðone swiran gebiége his ágenra ofermétta suo judicio superbiae cervicem calcat Past. 26, 3; Swt. 185, 15. On heora oferméttum in superbia Ps. Th. 30, 20. On oferméttum áþunden, Past. proem.; Swt. 25, 6.
springan
To spring ⬩ to leap ⬩ bound ⬩ to burst forth, of a fluid to spirt, of sparks, etc., ⬩ to fly ⬩ to grow as a plant ⬩ to rise as the sun ⬩ to move as a spring moves ⬩ to spread ⬩ be diffused ⬩ to spring as blood from a wound ⬩ to spring as water ⬩ to burst ⬩ crack
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Kmbl. 13, 5. to rise as the sun, cf. spring II:-- Up sprungenre sunnan sole orto, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 6. to move as a spring moves Þeáh ðú teó hwelcne boh ofdúne tó ðære eorþan, swá ðú hine álǽtst, swá sprincþ hé up.
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sacu
strife, contention, dissension, sedition, dispute ⬩ distress, trouble, affliction, persecution ⬩ crime, guilt ⬩ a contention at law, a suit, cause, action
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Th. 4935; B. 2472. a contention at law, a suit, cause, action Nán sacu ðe betweox preóstan sí ne beó gescoten tó world-manna sóme no suit that there may be between priests shall be referred to the adjustment of secular men, L. Edg.
sí
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Gyf ðú Godes sunu sý (sig, MS. A.: siǽ, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. 4, 3. Sib sý (sig, MS. A.) eów, Lk. Skt. 24, 36. Ðæt gé ne sín (sié, Lind.) ymbhýdige, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 25. Sín (sién, Hatt. MS.) hira eágan áþístrode. Past. 1; Swt. 28, 9.
swǽtan
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Sume sceufon, sume tugon and swýðe swǽtton, óð ðæt hig geteorode wǽron, Shrn. 154, 27. Winnende vel swǽtende desudans, i. laborans Wrt.
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be-þencan
consider
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Beþænce se fæder þone sunu and se sunu þone fæder bútan yrre, Wlfst. 228, 23. pæt heó beþencen Drihtnes ǽrendgewrit, 230, 33. Hit is earfoðe eall tó gesecganne þæt sé beðencan sceal ðe scíre healt, Angl. ix. 265, 5.
weorod
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Gl. 101. a crew of a ship, ship's company. v. scip-weorod Sum streámráde con, weorudes wisa ofer wídne holm, Exon. Th. 296, 22; Crä. 55
Linked entries: eóred weored weorod-líst weorud werud
ge-healdan
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Bið sum corn sǽdes gehealden on þǽre sáwle sóðfæstnesse, Met. 22, 37. <b>VI a.</b> to retain in the mind, remember :-- Gehýr gyt sum bigspell, and geheald þá wel þe ic þé ǽr sǽde, Bt. 37, 3; F. 190, 21.
geóguþ
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Ic wæs on geoguðe, grame mé forhogedon adolescentior ego sum et contemtus, Ps. Th. 118, 141: El. 638.
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gift
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(I a) the marriage ceremony with attendant festivi-ties :-- Sum cyning worhte his suna gyfte, Hml. Th. i. 520, 6. Drihten hine sylfne gemedemode ꝥ hé tó woruldlicum giftum gelaðod cóm, Hml. Th. ii. 54, 8.
heáp
a band ⬩ company ⬩ the clergy ⬩ a choir ⬩ an army ⬩ a host ⬩ a troop ⬩ company ⬩ a crew ⬩ a collection ⬩ in company ⬩ together
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D. on heap.] of things Gewíteð mid þý wuldre on westrodor tungaol faran on heápe the sun and its glory together depart journeying to the western heaven, Sch. 69
tilung
striving, ⬩ endeavour, ⬩ effort, ⬩ labour ⬩ a pursuit ⬩ occupation ⬩ employment ⬩ business ⬩ care ⬩ attention ⬩ treatment ⬩ cure ⬩ gain that comes from labour ⬩ acquisition ⬩ fruit got by tilling the earth
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Surt. 27, 4. a pursuit, occupation, employment, business Gestreón of ðære teolunge ðe hé him befæste gain from the occupation he committed to them, Homl. Th. ii. 552, 1. Sume teolunga sind ðe man begán mæg búton synnum . . .
ge-fæstnian
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S. 23 b, 164. to confirm, corroborate a statement Ofer ðone ungeleáffulle wrǽððo geunia gefæstnað super incredulum iram manere confirmat, Jn. p. 4, 3: Lk. p. 7, 19. Dóm his sóð uoere gefæstnade iudicium suum uerum esse confirmans, Jn. p. 5, 11.
se
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Féng Carl tó ðam westríce . . . se Carl wæs Hlóþwíges sunu, se Hlóþwíg wæs Cailes bróður, se wæs luþyttan fæder, . . . and hié wǽron Hlóþwíges suna. Se Hlóþwíg wæs ðæs aldan Carles sunu; se Carl wæs Pippenes sunu, 885; Erl. 84, 10-17.