irþling
a husbandman ⬩ farmer ⬩ ploughman ⬩ a cuckoo
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Eorþtilþ forðam se yrþling ús ealle fétt qualis tibi videtur inter seculares artes retinere primatum? Agricultura, quia arator nos omnes pascit, 30, 23-8.
teóða
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Gif wé úre teóðan gesyllan nyllaþ, ús ða nygon dǽlas biþ ætbrǽdene, and se teóða án ús biþ tó láf[e], L. Ath. i. prm.; Th. i. 196, 20-26, cf. L. Edg. i. 3; Th. i. 264, 1-5
bredan
to weave, BRAID, knit, join together, draw, pluck; ⬩ plectere, nectere, vibrare, gladium stringere ⬩ to change, vary, transform; ⬩ vertere, variare, transformare
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Híg brudon up heora ancran they drew up their anchors, Chr. 1052; Erl. 184, 23. Sweord ǽr gemealt, forbarn broden mǽl, wæs ðæt blód to ðæs hát the sword had already melted, the drawn brand was burnt, so hot was the blood, Beo. Th. 3236; B. 1616.
tyge
a pull ⬩ tug ⬩ a dragging ⬩ leading ⬩ conducting ⬩ a draught of drink ⬩ a drawing of an inference ⬩ a deduction
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a pull, tug Gange him tó mínre byrgene and áteó áne hringan up, and gif seó hringe him folgaþ æt ðam forman tige, ðonne wát hé ðæt ic ðé sende tó him. Gif seó hringe nele up þurh his ánes tige, ðonne ne sceall hé ðínre sage gelýfan. Homl.
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tyslian
To dress
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I will say no more about that shameful fashion of dress, but that books tell us, that he is accursed, who holds the customs of heathen men in his life and thereby dishonours his own race, Wanley Cat. pp. 121-122; see also Engl. Stud. viii. 62.
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andettan
To confess ⬩ acknowledge ⬩ give thanks or praise ⬩ fateri ⬩ confiteri
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Seó andetnes ðe we Gode ánum andettaþ, déþ hió us ðæt to góde the confession that we confess to God alone, it doth this for our good, L. E. I. 30; Th. ii. 426, 33. Drihtne andette confitebatur Domino, Lk. Bos. 2, 38.
deófol-seócnes
Devil sickness, possession with the devil ⬩ dæmŏnium = δαιμόκιoν
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Devil sickness, possession with the devil; dæmŏnium = δαιμόκιoν Deófolseócnessa us synd on ðínum naman underþeódde dæmŏnia subjiciuntur nobis in nomĭne tuo, Lk. Bos. 10, 17.
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Íras
The Irish
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But the people of Ireland are often spoken of as Scottas, e. g :-- Pyhtas cóman ǽrost on norþ Ybernian up and ðǽr bǽdon Scottas ðæt hí ðér móston wunian, Chr. Erl. 3, 9. Scotta sum dǽl gewát of Ybernian on Brittene, 18.
méd
Meed ⬩ reward
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Hwæt byþ ús tó méde, Mt. Kmbl. 19, 27: Judth. 12; Thw. 26, 59; Jud. 335. Elles næbbe gé méde mid eówrum fæder ðe on heofenum ys, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 1. Méde onfón, 6, 5. Hé mé méde gehét, Beo. Th. 4275; B. 2134. Ðé sind gehealdene ðíne méda gewisse, Homl.
neádian
To force ⬩ compel ⬩ constrain
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Útlagan ús wépan neádiaþ exules nos flere cogunt, 56, 3. Se ðe óðerne neádaþ ofer his mihte tó drincenne, Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 31. God hine ne neádode on náðre healfe, ac lét hine habban his ágene cyre, Hexam. 15; Norm. 22, 30.
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ge-ortrúwian
To distrust, despair ⬩ diffīdĕre, dēspērāre
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Ðæt úre nán be his néxtan ne geortrúwige that none of us despair of his neighbour, ii. 82, 27. Nis ðæt to geortrýwianne nec diffīdendum est, Bd. 4, 19; S. 587, 32.
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ge-nihtsumnes
Abundance, plenty, copiousness, sufficiency ⬩ abundantia, ūbertas, cōpia
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Ðære eorþan wæstmbǽrnysse and genihtsumnysse we nellaþ habban us to lífes brícum, ac to oferflówednyssum the fruitfulness and abundance of the earth we will not have for the uses of life, but as superfluities, Homl. Th. ii. 540, 10: 64, 35
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geofu
A gift, grace ⬩ donus, gratia
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Ne biddan we úrne Drihten ðyssa eorðlícra geofa let us not ask our Lord for these earthly gifts, Blickl. Homl. 21, 11.
be-sorg
Anxious ⬩ careful
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Eall ꝥ deórwyrðoste ðætte þú ðé besorgost hæfdes quod in omnifortunae tuae censu pretiosissimum possidebas, Bt. 10; S. 22, 2. þeóda hláford, ús se besorgesta. Hml. S. 23, 143. substitute cared about, and add
ceafl
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Ic úp áhóf míne nyþeran cæflas ł mínre undertungan exaltavi sub lingua mea, Ps. L. 65, 17. Add
deóre
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L. 17, 5. of great value He ús swá dýran cépe gebohte, Angl. xii. 517, 35. Ic bidde þé þæt ðú lǽte húru ðé ðín líf þonne ðíne sceós I pray thee at any rate set thy life higher than thy shoes, Hml. Th. ii. 410, 18.
Eáster-tíd
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Nú is his ðrowung and his ǽrist úre Eástertíd, Hml. Th. i. 312, 8, 19. Hyt wæs gehende heora ( the Jews ) Eástertíde, Hml. A. 67, 60. v.
ge-þingan
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D. 206, 15. to fix a time Se kalendus cymeð geþincged on þám ylcan dæge ús tó túne, Men. 7. Þæs ymbe þreó niht ... þætte hálig mónð hæleðum geþinged féreð tó folce, 164
ge-treówian
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., and add: to trust Ué getríuadon confidemus, Rtl. 7, 7. with dat., to trust to Wé nytan nánum óðrum þingum tó getreówiganne, Ll.
ge-wealdes
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quis per industriam occiderit proximum suum et per insidias, 46, 26. where what happens is the result of one's action Gif him ðonne gewealdes gebyrige oððe ungewealdes ( whether he is responsible or not for what happens ), Past. 199, 22. v. un-gewealdes