á-rǽran
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S. 21, 462. þæt man unriht álecge and Godes riht árǽre, 16, 67. to raise, cause to grow Þæt hé sylle . XV. swýn tó sticunge, hæbbe sylf ꝥ hé ofer ꝥ árǽre, Ll.
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fóda
victuals ⬩ provisions ⬩ sustenance ⬩ support
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Man heom fódan geaf (hí man fǽdde, v.l.) of West-Seaxana ríce, Chr. 994; P. 128, 6. sustenance, support Æt him wæs gelang eall heora fóda; sé heom on ealre hwíle metes tilian sceolde, Hml. S. 23, 218.
ge-ládian
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Ǽlc þe gewita oþþe gewyrhta sí þǽr útlendisc man inlendiscan derie, geládie þǽre midwiste be þes orfes weorðe, 354, 29.
ge-neát
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I a. where the superior is a king, prince, or great man, cf. beód-, heorþ-geneát, geneát-scolu Bigstandaþ mé (Satan) strange geneátas, Gen. 284.
gylt
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Sceal ǽghwylc man bétan his wðhdǽda be his gyltes andefne, Bl. H. 45, 29
orf
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Man offrode fela cinna orf Gode tó láce binnan þám getelde, Ælfc. T. Grn. 24, 2. Hire hyrdeman his orf lǽswode, Hml. Th. ii. 150, 31.
riht-wís
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Se Godes man sceal beón fulfremed on rihtwísum weorcum, Bl. H. 73, 16
HORN
A HORN, a drinking-horn, a cupping-horn, a trumpet, the horn-shaped projection on the gable-end of a house [v. Dasent's translation of Njála, plate 3, p. cvii], a pinnacle ⬩ a horn, drinking-horn, trumpet, husk ⬩ cornu, tuba ⬩ a horn, drinking-horn, trumpet; a corner ⬩ n. cornu, tuba, promontorium
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Gif feorrancumen man oððe fræmde búton wege gange and hé ðonne náwþer ne hrýme ne hé horn ne bláwe for þeóf hé biþ tó prófianne if a man come from a distance, or a stranger, go out of the highway, and he then neither shout nor blow a horn, he is to be
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be-sceáwian
To look round upon ⬩ look on ⬩ consider ⬩ regard ⬩ watch ⬩ circumspicere ⬩ intueri ⬩ considerare ⬩ respicere ⬩ perscrutari ⬩ providere
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Ðú ne besceáwast nánes mannes hád non respicis personam hominum, Mt. Bos. 22, 16. Ðæt he Alexandres [wisan] besceáwode that he might watch Alexander's conduct, Ors. 4, 5; Bos. 82, 22 : R. Ben. 55
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micel-líc
Great ⬩ grand ⬩ magnificent ⬩ splendid ⬩ illustrious
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Wæs se wer for Gode and for mannum micellíc ( magnificus ), Bd. 5, 20; S. 641, 38. Hú his mægenþrymnes mycellíc standeþ, Ps. Th. 110, 2.
mid-hrif
The mid-riff ⬩ the diaphragm ⬩ separating the heart from the stomach ⬩ the entrails
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Wið ðæt mannes midrif ace, Herb. cont. 3, 6; Lchdm. i. 6, 21. Midrife, Lchdm. i. 88, 11. On ðam uferan hrife oððe on ðam midhrife, L. M. 2, 46; Lchdm ii. 260, 20. Of ðam midhrife, se is betweox ðære wambe and ðære lifre, 2, 56; Lchdm. ii. 278, 10
un-þæslíc
Unsuitable ⬩ unseemly ⬩ unbecoming ⬩ unfit
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Ne gedafenaþ biscope ðæt hé beó on dǽdum folces mannum gelíc. Geswíc swá unðæslíces plegan, Homl. Th. ii. 134, 13. Ús ne gedafenaþ ðæt wé úrne líchaman, ðe Gode is gehálgod on fulluhte, mid unþæslícum plegan gescyndan, i. 482, 9.
ceás
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Add: strife, quarrel, contention Dyslic bið mannes ceás ongeán Godes gódnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 89, 26, Ðá wróhtgeornan ðe ceáse wyrceað (cf. ða ðe wróhte sáwað, 357, 14) seminantes jurgia, Past. 177, 11. Cǽsa insectationes, rixas, An.
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circul
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Ðás circulas synt behéfe eallum gehádedum mannum. . . . On þissum circulum ǽrest stent se circul þe gebyrað tó þǽre lengtenlican tíde, 328, 44-7. v. getæl-, tácn-circul
dryhten
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Wé geleófað on Drihten þyses ælþeódigan mannes, Bl. H. 247, 4
sam-hwilc
Some
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Swá hwæt swá ús God sylle máre ðonne wé néde brúcan sceolan . . . ne sylþ hé hit ús tó ðon ðæt wé hit hýdon, oððe tó gylpe syllan samhwylcum mannum ðe náht swíðe God ne lufiaþ, Blickl. Homl. 53, 17
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ongeagn
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Sing on þæs mannes heáfod ufan on yrnendum wætere and wend ꝥ heáfod ongeán streám ( he must face up stream), Lch. iii. 70, 8.
hú
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Begite hé, swá hú swá hé mæge, septies cxx manna, Ll., Th. ii. 286, 25
á-stígan
downward ⬩ upward ⬩ downward ⬩ upward ⬩ to descend ⬩ go down into ⬩ to ascend ⬩ mount
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Of heofenum ástáh (descendit) mannes Bearn, 386, 2: Ps. Spl. 7, 17. Þú ástige on helle grund, Bl. H. 87, 14. Of heofenum oþ eorþan ástígan, Bd. 4, 3; S. 567, 40: 570, 1. Tó eorþan ástígan to land, Bl. H. 233, 27.
on-fón
to take ⬩ to take what another appoints or grants, to receive, have given ⬩ to take what another offers, receive favourably, accept ⬩ to receive a person ⬩ to undergo a rite, undertake a duty ⬩ to conceive ⬩ to take to, to begin ⬩ incipere
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Dryhten onféhþ eallum ðǽm gódum ðe ǽnig man gedéþ his ðæm néhstan of árfæstre heortan, 37, 25. Onfóh ðissum fulle, Beo. Th. 2342 ; B. 1169. Ic bidde ðé ðæt ðú onfó ðissa láca. Gen. 33, 10.