hand
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On sumre stówe se hróf wæs ꝥ man mid his handa neálíce gerǽcean mihte, Bl. H. 207, 22. Mid handa, Hml. Th. i. 508, 20. Forlét hé daroð of handa fleógan of folman, By. 149.
cyrce
A church ⬩ ecclesia
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A church; ecclesia Seó cyrce mid hire portice mihte fíf bund manna eáðelíce befón on hire rýmette the church with her porch could easily contain in its space five hundred men, Homl.
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líð-ness
Softness ⬩ gentleness ⬩ mildness ⬩ lenity ⬩ kindness
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Hé forbær manna yfelnysse þurh his líðnysse he endured the evil of men by reason of his gentleness, 320, 16. Swá is tó mengenne ða líðnesse wið ða rédnesse miscenda ergo est lenitas cum severitate, Past. 17, 11; Swt. 124, 13
nyt-líc
Useful ⬩ profitable ⬩ beneficial
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Is eallum mannum nytlíc, ðæt hié heora fulwihthádas wel gehealdan, Blickl. Homl. 109, 26. Ic ne gýmde ðara nytlícra geþeahta mínra freónda utilia consilia spreveram amicorum, Nar. 6, 26. Monig nytlíco þing multa utilia, Bd. 5, 20; S. 642, 19
turnian
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Þis ys se lácecræft be þan manne þat hym þing[þ] ꝥ hyt turnge ábótan hys heáfod, Lchdm. iii. 90, 8.]
un-eáðelíc
difficult to do ⬩ impossible ⬩ difficult to bear ⬩ grievous ⬩ troublesome
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difficult to do, impossible Uneáðelíc ðæt ys mid mannum apud homines hoc impossibile est, Mt. Kmbl. 19, 26. Uneáþelíc, Mk. Skt. 10, 27.
wiþ-innan
Within
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Hí ofslógon ǽgðer ge wiðinnan ge wiðútan má þanne .xx. manna, Chr. 1048; Erl. 178, 1. Symle wé beóð fram Gode gesewene ǽgðer ge wiðútan ge wiðinnan, Homl. Th. i. 604, 19.
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fóre-gleáw
fore-seeing ⬩ fore*-*knowing ⬩ prophetic ⬩ provident ⬩ prudent
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Substitute: fore-seeing, fore*-*knowing, knowing what is to happen, by natural means Swá hit foregleáwe ealde úðwitan ǽror fundan, Men. 165. by supernatural means, prophetic Hé fǽgra manna forðsíð foregleáw sǽde, wís ðurh wítegunge wísdómes gǽstes,
ge-strod
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Syndan cyrican bereáfode þurh hǽðenra manna gestrodu, Verc. Först. 164, 12. spoil, booty, ill-gotten gain. See passage in Dict. under <b>ge-strod</b> plunder
baðian
To wash ⬩ foment ⬩ cherish ⬩ lavare ⬩ fovere ⬩ To BATHE ⬩ lavari ⬩ balneare ⬩ aquis se immergere
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Baðiendra manna hús ðǽr hí hí unscrédaþ inne apodyterium, domus, qua vestimenta balneantium ponuntur, Ælfc. Gl. 55; Som. 67, 9
in-fær
An entrance ⬩ ingress
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Hé hæfþ gerýmed rihtwísum mannum infær tó his ríce he hath opened to righteous men an entrance to his kingdom, 28, 13. Geopenige úre sárnys ús infær sóðre gecyrrednysse let our affliction open to us an entrance to true conversion, ii. 124, 7.
ge-wil
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On yfelra manna gewill according to the will of evil men, Bt. 4; Fox 8, 19: Exon. 13 a; Th. 23, 2; Cri. 362: Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 34, 1: 1, 12; Bos. 36, 33. Hit næs ne his gewile [-wyle, MS. A.] it was not his will, L. C. S. 76; Th. i. 418, 11
Greátan leag
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Probably Greatley, near Andover, Hants; Greatanleagensis Ealle ðis wæs gesetted on ðam miclan synoð æt Greátanleage, on ðam wæs se ærcebisceop Wulfhelme, mid eallum ðǽm æðelum mannum, and wiotan [and Æðelstáne cyninge] all this was established in the
bí-libban
To live by or upon, to be sustained or supported ⬩ vesci, sustentari
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To live by or upon, to be sustained or supported; vesci, sustentari Sciððium wearþ emleóf, ðæt hý gesáwon mannes blód agoten, swá him wæs ðara nýtena meolc, ðe by mǽst bílibbaþ it was as agreeable to the Scythians to see [lit. that they saw] man's blood
geómrung
A groaning, moaning, lamentation ⬩ gĕmĭtus, lāmentum
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Hí getácniaþ háligra manna geómerunge they betoken the groaning of holy men, Homl. Th. i. 142, 18. Deáþes geómerunga me beeódon the moanings of death surrounded me, ii. 86, 16. On geómrungum in gĕmĭtĭbus, Ps. Spl. 30, 12.
bonda
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Án his manna wolde wícian æt ánes bundan húse, Chr. 1048 ; P. 172, 22. Swá þám bóndan sý sélost, Wlfst. 272, 1. ¶ A comparison of Wlfst. 172, 5: 181, 9 with L.
ceahhetung
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Forbeóde gé þá hǽðenan sangas þǽra lǽwedra manna and heora hlúdan cheahchetunga, Ll. Th. ii. 358, 3. and add :--
dyncge
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Substitute: <b>dyncge,</b> dynge, an; dyncg, e; f. dung, manure, litter Dingce letamen, An. Ox. 4773. Dinig (l. dincg or dung?) fimus, Wrt. Voc. i. 15, 6. Of dincge gramine, An. Ox. 46, 16.
hám-fæst
Resident, dwelling at home
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Resident, dwelling at home Hú mæg ðǽr ðonne ánes ríces monnes nama cuman ðonne ðǽr mon furðum ðære burge naman ne geheórþ ne ðære þeóde ðe he on hámfæst biþ how can one great man's name come there, when the name of the town even and of the people among