lá
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Hit is lá ful góód þæt ǽfre úre eágan móston geseón þæt wé wilnodon, Ps. Th. 34, 21. to negation Uton ændian þás bóc nú hǽrrihte ... Næse, lá, næse; uton ne forlǽtan gyét ðás bóc concludamus hoc volumen ...
rihte
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Is Þearf ꝥ þú rihte háwie mid módes æágum tó Gode swá rihte swá swá scipes ancerstræng byð áþenæd on gerihte fram þám scype tó þǽm ancre, Solil. H. 22. 3-5.
ge-æmtian
to empty, remove the material contained in something ⬩ to free ⬩ give leisure to ⬩ to free oneself ⬩ to be disengaged ⬩ to make ⬩ get time ⬩ devote oneself
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Gode tó þeówianne, Gr. D. 52, 8. Hé hine geǽmtigode tó þám weorce, 329, 12. Geǽm-tigeað inc tó gebedum, Past. 399, 35. On tídum þám hí geǽmtian [gebróðru?]
on-bryrdan
to instigate, stimulate, incite, inspire, animate ⬩ to excite to a feeling of compunction
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Onbryrdendum instigante feónde ealra goda, Bd. 3, 22; S. 553, 14. Onbryrd compunctus mid lufan ðæs upplícan ríces, 4, 12; S. 580, 36. Wearþ Johannes swá onbryrd þurh ðæt tácen, ðæt hé his brýde on mægþháde forlét, Homl. Th. i. 58, 16.
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sófte
Softly, gently ⬩ softly, quietly, without disturbance ⬩ calmly, at ease, without trouble ⬩ gently, not harshly ⬩ without discord ⬩ easily, without opposition ⬩ facile
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Hí willniaþ manifeald earfoþe tó þrowianne, for ðam ðe hí willniaþ mǽran áre mid Gode tó habbanne, ðonne ða habbaþ ðe sóftor libbaþ Bt. 39, 10; Fox 228, 17: Shrn. 163, 20.
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liss
Mildness ⬩ lenity ⬩ mercy ⬩ kindness ⬩ favour ⬩ grace ⬩ delight ⬩ joy
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Hé him ðære lisse leán forgildeþ he will requite him for that grace [honouring God], Exon. 14 a; Th. 27, 21; Cri. 434. Ða eádigan ceasterwaran gefeóþ and wynsumiaþ on lisse and on blisse and on écum gefeán, Wulfst. 265, 12.
mǽnan
To mean ⬩ to intend to convey a certain sense ⬩ to intend to indicate a certain person or thing without direct statement ⬩ to mean ⬩ purpose ⬩ have as an object to which the mind is directed ⬩ intend ⬩ to signify ⬩ have a certain signification or purpose
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God ðá geopenude Abrahame hwæt hé mid ðære sprǽce mǽnde. Gen. 18, 20. to intend to indicate a certain person or thing without direct statement Cweþan swá he tó ánum sprece and hwæðre ealle mǽneþ to say, as if he speaks to one and yet means all.
BIDDAN
To ask, pray, intreat, beseech, BID, order, require ⬩ petere, poscere, orare, quærere, precari, deprecari, rogare, postulare, præcipere, requirere
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Gehýr, God, gebéd mín ðon is bidde exaudi, Deus, orationem meam cum deprecor, Ps. Spl. 63, 1. Biddaþ rogate, Ps. Th. 121, 6. He bitt sibbe rogat ea quæ pacis sunt, xLk. Bos. 14, 32. Gif he bit æg si petierit ovum, 11, 12.
þyrstan
To thirst
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of object of thirst Flǽsc ðonne hit God þyrst caro tunc Deum sitit, Scint. 54, 6. Eádige ða ðe þyrstaþ rihtwísnysse ( institiam ), 49, 17. Ða ðe rihtwísnesse þyrstaþ (lǽt hig þyrstan, MS. A.), Mt. Kmbl. 5, 6.
ge-gaderung
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A. 93, 45. a collection of material, accumulation. as a verbal noun Hí nyton nán óþer gód ðonne eallra ðára deórwyrðestena ðinga gegaderunga tó heora anwealde, Bt. 24, 4; F. 86, 5. collected material Þúsendfealdre gegaderuncge millena congerie (i. cumulo
ge-wil
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Gif hé him God ne ondrǽt swíðor micle þonne his sylfes gewil, Dóm. L. 30, 39.
hearga
a grove ⬩ a temple ⬩ fane ⬩ an idol
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[For pl. hearga; f. substitute: a place sacred to a god, with an idol and an altar. a grove Hearga lucum (the word occurs among glosses to Aldhelm between one on Ald. 50, 25 and another on 50, 27: in the text between these lucum does not occur), Wrt.
hreówan
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Nú mé mæg hreówan þæt ic bæd God, 816: 819. where no subject is expressed and the cause for regret is in the genitive Ne þé hreówan þearf ealles swá micles swá þú mé sealdest you need not regret all you gave me, much as it was, Seel. 150. to affect with
rihtung
direction ⬩ guidance ⬩ correction ⬩ setting right ⬩ correction ⬩ reproof ⬩ a direction ⬩ rule ⬩ regularis
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Him God hálige ǽ sette tó heora lífes rihtinge, Homl. Th. i. 558, 21. Ðonne mann wísdóm sprecþ manegum tó þearfe and tó rihtinge Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 28. Rihtinga directiones, Ps. Lamb. 98, 4. correction setting right Rihtingc correctio, 96, 2.
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tácnian
to make a mark upon something, to mark ⬩ to be a token or mark of something, to indicate, mark ⬩ to indicate, point out ⬩ to signify ⬩ to be the figurative expression of, be a figure of something, to symbolize ⬩ to indicate what is future, to portend
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Ðæt tácnaþ ðe ðás láreówas ne sceolan Godes dómas náwþer ne ná wanian ne ne écan, 81, 3.
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á-bregdan
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Ulixes out of slepe abraid, Gow. iii. 54, 4.]
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hǽðen
HEATHEN, pagan, gentile ⬩ a heathen ⬩ a heathen, gentile woman ⬩ ethnicus, gentilis, paganus, samaritanus ⬩ a heathen
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Used substantively :-- Ðæt hé forgeáfe gódne willan ðam seócan hǽðenan that he would grant good will to the sick heathen, ii. 24, 33. Sume ða hǽðenan some of the heathens, i. 562, 28 : 560, 8.
losian
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God hí swá gebígde tó his sóðan geleáfan ꝥ heó ne losode, 4, 359. Ðá árleásan ǽfre for heora yfelnysse losodon . . .
súþ-fór
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Gif hiora óðrum oððe bǽm súðfo[r] gelimpe, biscop ðæt lond gebycge swá hié ðonne geweorðe if it happen that one or both go to Rome, the bishop shall buy the land as shall then be agreed between them, Txts. 442, 20. [In C.
hand
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Hú seó heord fare þe se bisceop tó Godes handa gehealdan sceall. Ll.