ge-regnian
To put, dispose, adorn
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Hwæðer him leófre wǽre ðe he hý ealle acwealde ðe hý libbende to bismre gerénian héte whether he would rather that he should kill them all or should order them to be put to shame while living, Ors. 3, 8 ; Bos. 63, 14.
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geóc
Safety, help, aid, succour, comfort, consolation ⬩ salus, auxĭlium, subsĭdium, consōlātio
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Ðæt him gástbona geóce gefremede that the spirit-slayer would afford them succour, Beo. Th. 357; B. 177: 5342; B. 2674: Cd. 77; Th. 95, 31; Gen. 1587: 184; Th. 230, 14: Dan. 233.
syll
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Ðá wolde hé hús timbrian mid his gebróðra fultume. Ðá bæd hé hí ánre sylle, ðæt hé mihte ðæt hús on ða sǽhealfe mid ðære underlecgan. Ða gebróðra him behéton, ðæt hí woldon ðæt treów him gebringan.
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un-gemetlíc
immoderate ⬩ inordinate ⬩ excessive ⬩ too great ⬩ immense ⬩ very great ⬩ not of the same measure ⬩ diverse
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Ðá hié angeátan ðæt hé ungemetlíc gafol wið ðæm friþe habban wolde cum intolerabiles conditiones pacis audissent, Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 174, 24. Ungemetlíca metesócna and ungemetlíce unlustas, Lchdm. ii. 174, 27. Ða ungemetlícan hleahtras, Blickl.
wandrian
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Wandrigende pucan uagantes demonas, Germ. 388, 37. figurative, to leave one's proper work Ðonne gǽð Dine út sceáwian ða elðiódigan wíf, ðonne hwelces monnes mód forlǽt his ǽgne tilunga, and sorgaþ ymb óðerra monna wísan, ðe him náuht tó ne limpð, and
west
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Wódon wælwulfas west ofer Pantan, Byrht. Th. 134, 41; By. 97. Ðá wende hé hine west wið Exanceastres, Chr. 894; Erl. 91, 10. Se sciphere sigelede west ymbútan, 877 ; Erl. 78, 17. Ðonne heofones gim west onhylde, Exon.
for-cúþ
unclean ⬩ worthless
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S. 25, 54. good for nothing, worthless Hé wolde sittan on þám horse þe hé on þám mynstre forcúðost findan mihte jumentum sedere consueverat quod despicabilius omnibus jumentis in cella potuisset reperiri, Gr. D. 34, 11
ge-lǽtan
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Cf. ge-lǽte Gif hió ( the wound) swíþor unsýfre weorþe, clǽnsa mid hunige and gelǽt eft tógædere, Lch. ii. 210, 2. <b>II a.</b> of the movement of a ship [cf.
hóp
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Could the gloss belong to stagnosa paludis, the Latin words being understood as describing parts of the marsh? In another gloss, Wrt.
magister
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Nerón wolde hátan his ágenne mágister and his fósterfæder [ familiarem praeceptoremque suum ] ácwellan þæs nama wæs Seneca, Bt. 29, 2 ; S. 66, 24.
up-líc
on high ⬩ lofty ⬩ sublime ⬩ celestial
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on high, referring to this world Ðonne bið gefylled eall uplíc lyft ǽtrenum líge, Wulfst. 138, 5.
tó-licgan
to lie or run in different directions ⬩ To lie between, ⬩ to lie and part, ⬩ to divide, ⬩ separate
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Ic wille ðara þreora landríca gemǽre gereccan hú hié mid hiera wætrum tólicgeaþ I will describe the boundaries, in what different directions they run ; ipsarum partium (the three divisions of the world) regiones significare curabo, Swt. 10, 5.
LIBBAN
To LIVE
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Hé sǽde ðæt hé wolde óðer oððe ðǽr libban oððe ðǽr lecgan he said that he would either live [conquer] there or die there, Chr. 901; Erl. 96, 33: Ors. 3, 10; Swt. 158, 32.
meaht
- Ps, Th. 70, 18
Might ⬩ power ⬩ virtue ⬩ ability ⬩ an exercise of power ⬩ mighty work
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Mihta strange, 102, 6. an exercise of power, mighty work Swilce mihta (mæhto, Lind.: mæhte, Rush.) ðe þurh his handa gewordene synd virtutes tales quæ per manus ejus efficiuntur, Mk. Skt. 6, 2.
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BORD
a BOARD, plank ⬩ tabula sectilis, tabula ⬩ what is made of a board, - A table, shield ⬩ mensa, clypeus ⬩ the board, covering or deck of a ship, the ship itself ⬩ tabulatum, stega ⬩ constratum, navis ⬩ at home and abroad ⬩ domi et foris ⬩ a foot-stool
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Wirc ðé ǽnne arc of aheáwenum bordum make thee an ark of planed planks, Gen. 6, 14; fac tibi arcam de lignis levigatis, Vulg. what is made of a board, - A table, shield; mensa, clypeus Ic on wuda stonde, bordes on ende I stand upon wood, at the end of
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swǽs
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Th. 90, 29 ; Cri. 1481. the word, which occurs rarely in prose (see, however, the first passage cited), is used mostly in reference to the connection that belongs to relationship by blood or by marriage, or to dear companionship, and so often has the
þrág
a time ⬩ season ⬩ time
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Onwæcnap sió wóde þrág ðære wrǽnnesse and gedréfþ hiora mód libido versat avidis corda venenis, Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 18: Met. 25, 41. Ic mé þyslícre ǽr þráge ne gewénde I did not expect such a time as I have had, Exon. Th. 269, 21; Jul. 453.
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þys-líc
Such
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Þislíc ǽrende se pápa eft onsende and ðás word cwæð..., Blickl. Honnl. 205, 22. Ne geceás ic nó ðis fæsten, ac ðyllíc fæsten ic geceás: brec ðæm hyngriendum ðínne hláf, Past. 43; Swt. 315, 13. Ðæt mód þillíc sár cweþende wæs, Bt. 5, 1; Fox 8, 24.
ge-sund
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Th. i. 74, 10. non-material Þæt ic þín sóðfæst word gesund móte healdan, Ps. Th. 118, 20.
helm
a helmet ⬩ a crown ⬩ diadem ⬩ the top ⬩ crown ⬩ cover ⬩ concealment ⬩ a covering
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Ox. 95: 924. cover, concealment Nó heó on helm losað, ne on foldan fæðm, ne on fyrgenholt, ne on gyfenes grund, gá þǽr heó wille she will not escape into concealment, neither into earth's bosom, nor into the mountain wood, nor into ocean's depths, go