an-gin
A beginning ⬩ attempt ⬩ resolve ⬩ purpose ⬩ design ⬩ undertaking ⬩ opportunity ⬩ initium ⬩ principium ⬩ conatus ⬩ inceptum ⬩ cœptum ⬩ occasio
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Se ána Scyppend næfþ nán anginn, ac he sylf is anginn ealra þinga the Creator alone hath not any beginning, but he is himself the beginning of all things, Hexam. 13; Norm. 22, 3. On anginne in principio, 1; Norm. 2, 26.
CEORFAN
To cut, cut down, hew, rend, tear, CARVE, engrave ⬩ secare, concidere, succidere, excidere, conscindere, incidere, infindere
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Híg curfon ðone ram eall to sticceon they cut the ram all to pieces, Lev. 8, 20. Corfen cut, Exon. 107b; Th. 410, 24; Rä. 29, 4. Treówa ceorfan to hew trees, Obs. Lun. § 11; Lchdm. iii. 188, 24: Cd. 200; Th. 248, 11; Dan. 511.
cyssan
KISS ⬩ osculari
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Ǽghwæder óðerne cyston hie they kissed each other, Andr. Kmbl. 2031; An. 1018. Ðæt he his mondryhten clyppe and cysse that he embrace and kiss his lord, Exon. 77a; Th. 289, 2; Wand. 42
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DÓHTOR
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Fyllaþ eorþan sunum and dóhtrum fill the earth with sons and daughters, Cd. 10; Th. 13, 5; Gen. 198. Ðú scealt cennan sunu and dóhtor thou shalt bring forth sons and daughters, 43; Th. 57, 7; Gen. 924. Suna and dóhter fīlios et fīlias, Ps.
FIREN
a wicked deed ⬩ sin ⬩ crime ⬩ scĕlus ⬩ crīmen ⬩ peccātum ⬩ tribulation ⬩ torment ⬩ suffering ⬩ pain ⬩ trībŭlātio ⬩ tormeutum ⬩ crŭciātus
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Firina gehwylc each sin, Exon. 8b; Th. 4, 21; Cri. 56. Lýsde of firenum released from sins, 25b; Th. 74, 22; Cri. 1210: Elen. Kmbl. 1814; El. 909. Uton we firene feógan let us hate crimes, Exon. 98a; Th. 366, 16; Reb. 13: Ps. Th. 58, 3.
leóf-tǽle
Loving ⬩ dear ⬩ desirable ⬩ estimable ⬩ grateful ⬩ pleasant ⬩ gracious
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Óðer biþ unlǽde on eorþan óðer biþ eádig swíðe leóftǽle mid leóda duguþum one will be miserable on earth, the other fortunate, high in favour with the best of men, Salm. Kmbl, 733; Sal. 366.
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ge-wrecan
To wreak ⬩ avenge ⬩ revenge ⬩ punish ⬩ ulcisci ⬩ vindĭcāre ⬩ pūnīre
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Ic ðæt eall gewræc I have avenged all that, Beo. Th. 4015; B. 2005: 215; B. 107. Ðæt mǽg-winas míne gewrǽcon my kinsmen avenged that, 4952; B. 2479: Cd. 94; Th. 123, 1; Gen. 2038.
ge-wǽcan
To weaken ⬩ affect ⬩ trouble ⬩ vex ⬩ afflict ⬩ oppress ⬩ affĭcĕre ⬩ affīgĕre
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Hig eall ðæt ríce myd forspyllednysse gewǽhton they destroyed all that kingdom, St. And. 32, 32. Mid fefore gewǽht suffering from fever, Homl. Th. ii. 516, 30. Gewǽht ic eom afflictus sum, Ps. Spl. 37, 8.
BIL
a BILL or a broad two-edged sword, a falchion ⬩ falx, marra, falcastrum, ensis curvus
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Geseah ðá sige-eádig bil, eald sweord eótenisc then he saw a victorious bill, an old giant sword, Beo. Th. 3119; B. 1557. Abrægd mid ðý bille he brandished with his sword, Cd. 142; Th. 177, 17; Gen. 2931.
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ge-hiwian
to form ⬩ fashion ⬩ make ⬩ transform ⬩ transfigure ⬩ formāre ⬩ plasmāre ⬩ fingĕre ⬩ fĭgūrāre ⬩ transfĭgūrāre ⬩ to seem ⬩ appear ⬩ pretend ⬩ sĭmŭlāre
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Sió godcunde fóreteohhung eall þing gehiwaþ the divine predestination fashions everything, Bt. 39, 6; Fox 220, 17. Ðú gehiwadest me formasti me, Ps. Th. 138, 3. Handa me ðíne geworhton and gehiwedan mănus tuæ fēcērunt me et plasmāvērunt me, 118, 73.
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ge-samnung
A meeting, assembly, council, union, congregation, synagogue, church ⬩ conventus, conventio, concĭlium, congrĕgātio, sy̆năgōga, ecclēsia
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Ealra heora eágan on ðære gesamnunge wǽron on hyne behealdende omnium in sy̆năgōga ŏcŭli ĕrant intendentes in eum, Lk. Bos. 4, 20: 8, 49: Jn. Bos. 6, 59; 18, 20.
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ge-mǽre
An end, boundary, termination, limit ⬩ finis
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Eall eorðan gemǽru omnes fines terræ, Ps. Th. 66, 6 : 73, 16. Mycel sǽ and on gemǽrum wíd mare magnum et spatiosum, 103, 24, On gemǽru in finibus eorum, 104, 27 : Bt. Met. Fox 29, 17; Met. 29, 9 : Th. Apol. 9, 14.
segnian
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Hine sylfne séniende signando sese, Bd. 4, 24 ; S. 599, 13. without reference to the sign of the cross Segnade earce innan ágenum spédum Nergend, Cd. Th. 82, 21 ; Gen. 1365 : 83, 35 ; Gen. 1390. of speech (?) Ué sægnade bene dicimus, Jn. Skt.
un-gerisene
inconvenience ⬩ disagreeableness ⬩ unseemliness ⬩ indignity ⬩ disgrace
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inconvenience, disagreeableness Hit ðé biþ oððe ungetǽse oððe frécenlíc, eall ðæt ðú ofer gemet dést ... seó ofering ðé wurþ oþþe tó ungerisenum oþþe tó plió, Bt. 14, 1; Fox 42, 16.
un-þearf
Disadvantage ⬩ hurt ⬩ harm ⬩ detriment
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Ðæt wyrð ðære þeóde eall tó unþearfe, L. I. P. 4; Th. ii. 308, 3, 9: Wulfst. 267, 30. Deófol má and má manna forlǽrde and getihte tó heora ágenre unþearfe, 10, 4. Ðú lutodest on ðam láðum cristendóme ðám godum tó teónan and mé tó unþearfe, Homl.
westan
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Se cyng hæfde funden ðæt him mon sæt wið on súþhealfe Sæfernmúþan westan from Wealum eást óþ Afene múþan, Chr. 918 ; Erl. 104, 4
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ymb-hweorfan
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Hí ðære eaxe útan ymbhwerfaþ (-eþ, MS. ) ðone norðende, 28, 13. to go about, in the neighbourhood of. v. ymb, 1 b Ic ymbehwyrfe weófod ðín circumdabo altare tuum, Ps.
á-feorsian
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Man hí áfirsige of earde, Ll. Th. i. 348, 29. Áfírsie tollat , Num. 21, 7. Áfyrsige, Hml. Th. ii. 238, 15. ꝥ Eardbegengnes mín áfeorsod (printed aforfeorsode) is incolatus meus prolongatus est , Ps. Spl. 119, 5.
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eahtian
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Add: to deliberate, consider Aecta[t]h, aechtath, aehtað perpendit, Txts. 88, 836. to estimate, fix the character, quality of something Hé suíðe ungemetlíce eahtað eall ðæt him ǽr gedón wæs, and hit suíðe unáberendlic talað cuncta, quae sibi illata
Engle
Angles ⬩ the English
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Eall Engla here, 1056; P. 186, 33