menigu
A many ⬩ multitude ⬩ crowd ⬩ great ⬩ number
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Surt. 63, 3: Exon. 66 b; Th. 245, 16; Jul. 45. Mid mengo, Elen. Kmbl. 754; El. 377. For ðære meniu, Gen. 16, 10. For ðære miclan menige, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 124, 36. Of menge wetra de multitudine aquarum, Ps. Surt. 17, 17.
-ing
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Such local names are for the most part irregular compositions, of which the former part is the patronymic -ing, declined in the genitive plural.
þreá
rebuke ⬩ reproof ⬩ threat ⬩ chastisement ⬩ correction ⬩ punishment ⬩ an infliction that has been deserved ⬩ justifiable severity ⬩ an infliction (where no idea of correction is implied) ⬩ evil ⬩ ill ⬩ pang ⬩ plague ⬩ calamity ⬩ affliction
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Surt. 31, 10. Wé ðec for þreáum and for ðeónýdum (for þearfum and for þreánýdum, Exon. Th. 186, 3) árna biddaþ, Cd. Th. 234, 18; Dan. 294.
Linked entry: bróh-þreá
hyrdan
to embolden ⬩ encourage ⬩ brace
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MS.] ða ðe hé unfæsðráde wisse caute monendo postmodum, quæ infirma sunt, roborat, Past. 32, 2; Swt. 213, 8.
magu-timber
A child ⬩ progeny ⬩ all those who are born
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Mé sealde sunu sigora waldend, and mé cearsorge mid ðýs magotimbre of móde ásceáf, 55; Th. 68, 10; Gen. 1115. [Cf.
miltestre
A harlot
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Cómon tó ánre miltistran húse ingressi sunt domum mulieris meretrices, Jos. 2, 1. Melt[r]estran hús lupanar, Hpt. Gl. 500, 61. Myltistryna hús, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 16; Som. 9, 45: Howl. Skt. 7, 148.
neorxna wang
Paradise
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Surt. 64, 25. Nerxnewang, 47, 12. Nercsna ([n]erexna, Rush.) wong, Lk. Skt. Lind. 23, 43. Neirxna wong, Mt. Kmbl. p. 8, 5 : Rtl. 124, 7. Nerxna wong, 124, 3
níþ-full
Envious ⬩ malicious
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Surt. 3, 21. Ðeós costung is of ðam níþfullan deófle, Boutr. Scrd. 23, 10. Níþfullum rancida, amara, Hpt. Gl. 475, 73. Ðá geseah se hálga wer ðæs árleásan preóstes níþfullan ehtnysse, Homl. Th. ii. 162, 34. Níþfulra lividorum, Hpt. Gl. 519, 69
nyt
use ⬩ advantage ⬩ profit ⬩ office ⬩ duty
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Hundteóntig hí him sylfum tó nytte dydon centum in suos usus habebant, Bd. 4, 13; S. 583, 3 : Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 72, 6. Niþum tó nytte, Exon. Th. 409, 10; Rä. 27, 27. Nebb biþ hyre æt nytte it has a face for use, 416, 23; Rä. 35, 3.
ge-hwæðer
Both ⬩ each ⬩ either ⬩ uterque ⬩ promiscuus
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He biþ him self gehwæðer fæder and sunu it is to itself both father and son, Exon. 61 a; Th. 224, 12; Ph. 374. Se willa béga gehwæðres ge . . . ge . . . her will in both respects both . . . and . . . Elen. Kmbl. 1925; El. 964 : Beo.
Linked entry: ge-hwæðeres
ge-hyrtan
To encourage ⬩ animate ⬩ refresh ⬩ confortare ⬩ animare ⬩ refrigerare
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Ðæt ðínre wylne sunu sý gehyrt that the son of thy slave may be refreshed; ut refrigeretur filins ancillæ tuæ, Ex. 23, 12. Drihten us gehyrte the Lord encouraged us, Homl. Th. ii. 538, 12. Mín werod gehyrted wæs my army was encouraged, Nar. 8, 17.
Linked entry: hyrtan
geongor-dóm
Youngership, minority, subjection, obedience, service, vassalage ⬩ juvĕnīlis status, obsĕquium, obēdientia, ministĕrium
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Youngership, minority, subjection, obedience, service, vassalage; juvĕnīlis status, obsĕquium, obēdientia, ministĕrium Hwý sceal ic búgan him swilces geongordómes why shall I submit to him in such vassalage? Cd. 15; Th. 18, 34; Gen. 283.
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ge-rihtan
To set right or straight, to direct, correct ⬩ dirĭgĕre, corrĭgĕre, emendāre
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Fram sumum ungetýddum gerihted a quodam impĕrīto emendātum, Bd. 5, 24; S. 648, 24. Mín mundbyrd is geriht to ðære róde my protection is directed to the cross, Rood Kmbl. 259; Kr. 131
Linked entry: ge-ryhtan
ge-lómlíce
Often, frequently, repeatedly ⬩ sæpe, frĕquenter, crebro
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Surt. 116, 14. Gelómlícor oftener; sæpius, Ælfc. T. 22, 22 : Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 39, 53. Gelómlícost most frequently; sæpissĭme, Ors. 4, 4; Bos. 81, 3 : Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 39, 53
renc
Pride, pomp, vanity, bravery, display
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Pro eo, quod elevate sunt filie Sion, etc. For oferméttan, hé cwæð, and ídelan rencan eówra leóda, Wulfst.45, 21-23. [We ne beoð iboren for to habbene nane prudu ne forðe nane oðre rencas, O. E. Homl. i. 7, 27.]
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swegle
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Sumor swegle hát, Exon. Th. 338, 13; Gn. Ex. 78. metaphorical Hý mótan his ( Christ's ) ætwiste brúcan, swegle gehyrste weorðian Waldend (cf. ðonne scínaþ ða rihtwísan swá swá sunne on hyra Fæder ríce, Mt. 13. 43). Exon. 24, 32; Cri. 393
þeóte
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Surt. 41, 8. Þeótum fistulis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 108, 67: 35, 59. Hé wundorlíce mid þeótum wæter út áteáh, Homl. Skt. ii. 27, 32. Hé ús ontýneþ heofenes þeótan, Blickl. Homl. 39, 31: 51, 11
un-rótsian
to be sad ⬩ to be sorrowful ⬩ to make sad or sorrowful
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Lind. 14, 9. to make sad or sorrowful Alle gidroefde ł unrótsade (unródsad ł gestyred, Lind.) wérun omnes conturbati sunt, Mk. Skt. Rush. 6, 50
un-mǽle
Spotless ⬩ without marks or spots ⬩ immaculate ⬩ virgin
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Ðurh ðingunge his ðære eádigan méder ðære unmǽlan fǽmnan Sca Marian per intercessionem beatae suae genetricis semperque virginis Mariae, Bd. 5, 19; S. 640, 42.
yfel-dǽde
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Ðá féng his sunu tó his ríce swýðe yfeldǽda, Homl. Skt. i. 18, 228. ¶ with special reference to magical practices :-- Gif hwylc yfeldǽde man þurh ǽnigne æfþancan óþerne begaleþ, Lchdm. i. 190, 9.