gang-tún
A draught-house
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Add: A draught-house Hí worhton ánne gangtún þǽr ðǽr se god Baal ǽr wæs gewurðod (they brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught-house ; fecerunt pro æde Baal latrinas, 2 Kings 10, 27), Hml. S. 18, 379
ofer-flítan
to overcome in a contest, to confute
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Ymb done tíman wæs gegaderad iii. hund biscepa and eahtatiéne hiene tó oferflítanne to confute Arius Ors. 6, 30; Swt. 284, 1
on-sǽlan
to untie, unfasten
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Hæft wæs onsǽled, Cd. Th. 215, 15; Exod. 583
on-spreccan
to enliven, to make sprack(?)
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.: Icel. sprækr active. ] Ðá wæs wæstnum áweaht world onspreaht (-spreht, MS.), Exon. Th. 353, 8; Reim. 9. [Cf.(?) ich sprechi in ham sprekes of lustes swa luðere ðæt ha forberneþ, Marh. 15, 21.]
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þicce
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'Wá ðæm ðe gaderaþ an hine selfne ðæt hefige fenn (densum lutum)' ... Ðæt is ðonne ðæt men gadrige ðæt ðicke (ðicce, Cott.
twelf-wintre
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Twelve years old Úre Hǽlend ðá hé wæs twelfwintre, Past. 49; Swt. 385, 20: Lk. Skt. 2, 42. Tuoelfwintro duodennis, p. 4, 4. Heó wæs twelfwintre erat annorum duodecim, Mk. Skt. 5, 42. Se wæs xii-wintre cniht, Shrn. 118, 13.
niht
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On wanre niht, B. 702. On nieht, Past. 365, 16. Wintercealdan niht, An. 1267. <b>I a.</b> a time dark as night: — Hit wæs niht oð midne dæg nox usque ad plurimam diei partem tendi visa est, Ors. 3, 5; S. 104, 19; 4, 7; S. 184, 23.
LUST
LUST ⬩ desire ⬩ pleasure ⬩ voluptuousness
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desirous of fair weather, Exon. 97 a; Th. 361, 28; Wal. 26. Of luste flǽsces ex voluntate carnis, Jn. Skt. Rush. 1, 13. In lust in luxum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 3: Hpt. Gl. 514, 5.
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níd-þearf
necessity ⬩ inevitableness ⬩ necessity ⬩ constraint ⬩ need ⬩ a necessary thing ⬩ what a person needs ⬩ need ⬩ distress ⬩ trouble ⬩ a necessary business
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Hé wæs fram him eallum áræfned fore nýdþearfe his úttran weorca ( ob necessitatem operum ipsius exteriorum ), Bd. 5, 14; S. 634, 13. Him nánes ne biþ wana, ne hé nánes neódþearfe næfþ, Bt. 24, 1; Fox 80, 22.
leóht
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Þá gesetnessa þe þǽr tó stronge wǽron and tó hearde hé hié ealle gedyde leóhtran and líþran, Ors. 5, 12; S. 244, 15. easy, not offering difficulty to what is to be done to one Swá mycclum swá þæs mannes gecynd unmihtigre wæs, swá hit wæs leóhtre tó miltsunge
wiþ-standan
to withstand ⬩ resist ⬩ to stand against ⬩ succeed in opposing ⬩ be a match for ⬩ refute ⬩ to stand in the way ⬩ be a hindrance ⬩ obstruct ⬩ prevent ⬩ be a preventive ⬩ to stand off ⬩ keep away, ⬩ be absent ⬩ to be hostile
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Th. 287, 17; Wand. 15: 161, 32; Gú. 967: 278, 18; Jul. 599. Wísdóm, ðam ne magon ealle eówer wiðerwinnan wiðstandan and wiðcweðan, Lk. Skt. 21, 15: Blickl.
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æt-íwan
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His wíte þǽm Godes þegne ætéwed wæs, Shrn. 86, 5. Ætýwed (-eówed, R. , ædeáwd, L.) on óðrum híwe, Mk. 16, 12. Tácna ætýwde wǽron, Bd. 4, 9; S. 576, 13.
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help
help ⬩ assistance ⬩ succour ⬩ an aid ⬩ a thing ⬩ a place ⬩ a refuge ⬩ a cure ⬩ remedy of disease
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Ic gewéne on milde mód mínes Drihtnes, and mé þæt wát tó helpe, Ps. Th. 51, 7. Ne him áhwǽr were ǽnig fultum, ne his steópcildum stande tó helpe non sit illi adjutor, nec sit qui misereatur pupillis ejus, 108, 12.
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wind
wind ⬩ air in motion ⬩ wind ⬩ flatulence ⬩ wind ⬩ breath
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Th. 291, 2; Wand. 76. Wérig sceal se wiþ winde róweþ, 345, 12; Gn. Ex. 187. Winde gefýsed flota, Beo. Th. 440; B. 217. Ðá sende Drihten micelne wind. Ex. 14, 21.
weorþ
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Unwís folc ne wát ðínne wyrðne naman, 73, 17. Ic ðíne gewitnesse wyrðe lufade, 118, 119. Hé ðæm bátwearde swurde gesealde, ðæt hé syðþan wæs máþme ðý weorþra (he was the more thought of (or v. IV.?) for having such a treasure), Beo.
cépe-þing
Saleable things, goods, ware, merchandise ⬩ venalia, merces
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Saleable things, goods, ware, merchandise; venalia, merces Secgeaþ hí ðæt cýpemen monig cépeþing to ceápstowe brohte dicunt quia mercatoribus multa venalia in forum fuissent conlata, Bd. 2, 1; S. 501, 4. Cépeþing [MS. cepeþinge] merces, Ælfc.
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mǽrsung-tíma
A time of celebration or glorification
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A time of celebration or glorification Ðá wæs his mǽrsungtíma, ðæt se Fæder hine mǽrsode swá ðæt hé hine sette tó his swíðran on heofenan ríce, and him forgeaf andweald on heofenan and on eorþan, and eác ofer hellwarum, Homl. Th. ii. 360, 25
ge-brosnung
A decaying ⬩ corruption ⬩ corruptio
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A decaying, corruption; corruptio Hí hire líchoman gemétton swá ungewemmedne and swá gesundne, swá swá heó wæs fram gebrosnunge lícumlícre willnunge clǽne and unwemme intĕmĕrātum corpus invēnēre, ut a corruptiōne concŭpiscentiæ carnālis ĕrat immūne,
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wiþer-méde
contrary-minded ⬩ contrary ⬩ adverse ⬩ hostile ⬩ opposed ⬩ opposed ⬩ perverse ⬩ depraved
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Gif huoelc uiðirmoedo (contraria) sindon in húse esnes ðínes, Rtl. 123, 12. opposed to good, perverse, depraved Ic (Eve ) wæs wiþerméde and unwísum nétenum gelíc geworden, Blickl. Homl. 89, 9
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wís-bóc
A book ⬩ a record
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A book in which the slate of things is described, a record Eágan ðíne gesáwon ðæt ic wæs unfrom on ferhþe; eall ðæt forþ heonan on ðínum wísbócum áwriten standeþ, imperfectum meum viderunt oculi tui, et in libra tuo omnes scribentur, Ps. Th. 138, 14