teár
A tear. ⬩ a drop of water from the eye, ⬩ caused by emotion, generally by grief ⬩ in plural, used for the feeling of which the tears are a sign, grief, affliction ⬩ caused by weakness. ⬩ a tearlike drop ⬩ that which drops or exudes, e.g. honey from a comb
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A tear. a drop of water from the eye, caused by emotion, generally by grief Teár flemen, flentium humor, Wülck. Gl. 240, 13: lacryma, Wrt. Voc. i. 43, 7. Teáras lacrime, 282, 55. Sealtes pund, ðanon him ( Adam ) wǽron ða teáras sealte, Salm. Kmbl. 180
þeón
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; p. þáh and þeáh, pl. þigon and þugon; p. pr. þíende and þeónde; pp. þigen and þogen To thrive, grow, flourish, prosper Þíhþ cluit, pollet, viget, nobilitat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 75. Þáh pubesceret, 66, 22. Þeó vigeat, Wülck. Gl. 257, 17. of persons in
ufan
from above ⬩ down ⬩ above ⬩ at the top
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from above, down, where motion is expressed or implied God him sende ufan greáte hagolstánas Dominus misit super eos lapides magnos de coelo, Jos. 10, 11: Blickl. Homl. 51, 12. Him feóll ufan flǽsc pluit super eos carnes, Ps. Th. 77, 27. Seó lyft týhð
áscian
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Add: absolute Mon sceal sprecan ásciende, Past. 185, 9. with acc. of person addressed, to question, interrogate His rihta dóm áhsað ( interrogat ) manna bearn. Se ylca Drihten áhsað rihtwíse and unrihtwíse, Ps. Th. 10, 5, 6. Hié sculon God áscian,
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ge-siht
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Add: faculty of seeing Gesihð visus, hlyst auditus, Wrt. Voc. i. 42, 54. Blind sceal his eágna þolian, oftigen bið him torhtre gesihðe, Gn. Ex. 40. Blindum gesihðo caecis uisum, Lk. L. 4, 18. <b>I a.</b> the exercising of the faculty, a seeing
hefig-tíme
heavy ⬩ weighty ⬩ of great importance ⬩ serious ⬩ grave ⬩ severe ⬩ serious ⬩ oppressive ⬩ annoying ⬩ troublesome ⬩ hard to bear ⬩ grievous ⬩ tedious
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Add: heavy, weighed down Hefitýme grauidum, Germ. 402, 53. weighty, of great importance, serious Ðence se abbod hú mycele byrðene and hú hefigtýme hé underféncg mid ðám háde abba cogitet quale onus suscepit, R. Ben. 118, 19. grave (offence, &c.)
meaht
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Add: the quality of being able to do what is desired, operative power Wítiendlicere mihte geswuteled prophetica uirtute propalatam, An. Ox. 3652. Se feónd nǽnige mehte wið ús nafaþ, Bl. H. 31, 33. Sunu monnes hæfeþ mæhte (mæht, L. potestatem) tó forlétenne
þanne
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add: þanne hwæþere yet Hwæt is ꝥ ... ꝥ se ælmihtiga God swá forlǽteþ sweltan his gecorenan, þá þonne hwæþre ( tamen ) hé ne lǽteþ ná beón forholene, Gr. D. 294, 5: 292, 3: 283, 14. Cwyþst þú ꝥ þé nǽre cúð ꝥ ic ne cúðe Grécisc geþeóde? And þonne hwæþre
rúm
roomy, spacious, ample, extensive ⬩ roomy, open, unencumbered. ⬩ long, extended ⬩ ample, great, liberal ⬩ unrestricted, clear, free from conditions ⬩ lax ⬩ ample, far-reaching ⬩ liberal. ⬩ great, noble, august
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local, roomy, spacious, ample, extensive Se weg is swíðe rúm (cf. Goth. rúms wigs) ðe tó forspillednesse gelǽt spatiosa via quae ducit ad perditionem, Mt. Kmbl. 7, 13. Ðeós sǽ micel and rúm (spatiosum), Ps. Spl. 103, 26. Behealde hé hú wídgille ðæs heofones
scearp
sharp ⬩ pungent, acid ⬩ acrid ⬩ sharp-tongued ⬩ sharp, keen, severe, ⬩ sharp, rough ⬩ sharp, keen, active, strenuous ⬩ effectual, penetrating, ⬩ sharp, keen ⬩ sharp, keen, acute,
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sharp, having a fine edge or point Seaxes ecg scearp, Exon. Th. 70, 21; Cri. 1142. Ic eom heard and scearp, ingonges strong, 479, 19; Rä. 63, 1. Genim ðæs scearpan þistles moran, Lchdm. ii. 314, 11. Scearpe gáras, Cd. Th. 124, 18; Gen. 2064. Ða Walas
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wǽd
a weed ⬩ an article of dress ⬩ a garment ⬩ clothing ⬩ dress
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referring to the dress of human beings. a weed (as in palmer's, widow's weeds), an article of dress, a garment Martinus mé bewǽfde mid ðyssere wǽde, Homl. Th. ii. 500, 34. Ne cume hé búton his oferslipe, ne hé þénige búton ðære wǽde, L. Edg. C. 46; Th
wind
wind ⬩ air in motion ⬩ wind ⬩ flatulence ⬩ wind ⬩ breath
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wind, air in motion Seó lyft, þonne heó ástyred is, byð wind. Se wind hæfð mistlíce naman on bocum ... Feówer heáfodwindas synd. Se fyrmesta is eásterne wind ... Ðás feówer heáfodwindas habbaþ betweox him on ymbhwyrfte óðre eahta windas, ǽfre betwyx
hlehhan
To LAUGH [with gladness or contempt], ⬩ to deride
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To LAUGH [with gladness or contempt], to deride Ic hliche rideo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 3; Som. 28, 53: 47; Som. 47, 15. Hé gedép ðæt wé hlihhaþ on morgen ad matutinum lætitia, Ps. Th. 29, 5. Eádgo ða ðe nú gie woepeþ forðon gie hlæheþ beati qui nunc fletis quia
lagu
Law ⬩ statute ⬩ decree ⬩ regulation ⬩ rule ⬩ fixed custom
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Law, statute, decree, regulation, rule, fixed custom Lagu jus, Ælfc. Gr. 9; Som. 12, 22. God him sette ǽ ðæt ys open lagu ðam folce tó steóre God appointed them law, that is a plain rule, for the guidance of the people, Ælfc. T. Grn. 5, 36. Deuteronomium
weorþscipe
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worship, honour shewn to an object Gif hwá biþ mid hwelcum welum geweorþod, hú ne belimpþ se weorþscipe tó ðam ðe hine geweorðaþ; ðæt is tó herianne hwéne rihtlícor si quod ex appositis luceat, ipsa quidem, quae sunt apposita, laudantur Bt. 14, 3; Fox
feoh
cattle ⬩ property ⬩ wealth ⬩ money ⬩ riches ⬩ treasure ⬩ bribe ⬩ gift ⬩ metal ⬩ coin
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Add: cattle, tame beasts as opposed to wild Fugel oððe fisc on sǽ, oððe on eorðan neát, feldgangende feoh bútan snyttro, oððe wildra deóra þæt grimmeste, Seel. 81. Inc is hálig feoh and wilde deór on geweald geseald, Gen. 201: 1517. Feoh and fuglas,
ge-ascian
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and add: to ask a question of a person Hé geáscade (sciscitabatur) from him huér Críst ácenned wére, Mt. L. 2, 4. a person a question Hé geáscode hiá, 'Huu feolo láfo habbað gié?, ' Mk. L. 8, 5 : 14, 60: 15, 2. Geáscadon interrogabant, 13, 3. (2 a)
ge-habban
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Add Gehæbbende cohercens, Wrt. Voc. ii. 21, 74. to have, possess (of relative position) Gif hié (þíne menn) yfele sint, ðonne sint hié þé pleólicran gehæfd þonne genæfd, Bt. 14, 1; F. 42, 22. to retain, detain, keep a person in a place Hé hí hwylcehwugu
hider
to this world ⬩ to this life ⬩ in this world ⬩ to this point ⬩ hither and thither ⬩ to and fro
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Add Hider istuc, Wrt. Voc. ii. 112, ii. local. to the place where the speaker is. with a verb expressing movement Gá hider neár accede huc, Gen. 27, 21. Hú eódest þú hider (hidir, L.) inn? quomodo huc intrasti ?, Mt. R. 22, 12. Þæt ic ne cymo hider
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leóht
Light ⬩ bright ⬩ cheerful ⬩ shining ⬩ clear
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Light, bright, cheerful (perhaps the passages in which the word has the meaning of cheerful should be put under the next word v. leóht-mód), shining, clear Cwæþ ðæt his líc wǽre leóht and scéne he said that his body was bright and beautiful, Cd. 14;