hírsum-ness
obedience ⬩ obedience ⬩ humility ⬩ service
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Take here hýrsumness in Dict., and add: obedience Hé (Peter) eádmódnysse wiðsóc, and hwæðere for hýrsumnysse geðafode he refused to allow Jesus to humble himself by the washing of feet, and yet in order that he might be obedient he consented, Hml.
herigend-lic
praiseworthy ⬩ approbation ⬩ excellent
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Hergendlice mé wǽron ðíne ryhtwísnessa cantabiles mihi erant iustificationes tuę, Ps. Vos. 118, 54. Ðás herigendlicestan gehwyrfednysse . . . þǽre árwurðan Marian, Hml.
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híhþ
altitude ⬩ a summit ⬩ top ⬩ the highest point ⬩ extreme degree ⬩ the heavens
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Take here heáhþu in Dict., and add: distance from the base upwards, altitude, elevation above the ground Þæs stánes héhþé obolisci proceritatem, i. altitudinem, An. Ox. 3525. figurative: Heálic héþ edita (pudicitiae) proceritas, An.
HÉDAN
To HEED, take care, observe, attend, guard, take charge, take possession, receive ⬩ to take care of, guard ⬩ custodire, observare
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Ðonne him forþsíþ gebyrige héde se hláford ðæs hé lǽfe when he dies let the lord take possession of what he leaves [cf 434, 27], 436, 9: L. In. 74; Th. i. 148, 19.
on-secgan
to sacrifice, offer ⬩ to deny, renounce, abjure
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Ne yld ðú ðæt ðú ðám myclan godum mid ús onsecge diis magnis sacrificare ne differas, Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, 36. Se ðe godgeldum onsæcge ofer God ánne, L. Alf. 32; Th. i. 52, 12. Gif ðú onsecgan nelt sóðum godum, Exon. Th. 253, 3; Jul. 174.
sparian
to spare ⬩ to show mercy to ⬩ to refrain from injuring or destroying ⬩ to spare ⬩ preserve ⬩ not to use ⬩ to leave alone ⬩ abstain from ⬩ parcere, fovere ⬩ to spare
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Spær esne ðínum parce servo tuo, Rtl. 168, 19: 39, 38. to spare, preserve, not to use, to leave alone, abstain from Hé sparode ðæt góde wín óð his ágenum tócyme, Homl. Th. ii. 70, 10. Féðe ne sparode eorl, Cd. Th. 153, 6; Gen. 2534.
hér
here . . . there
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Similar entries v. hér-ongemong in Dict. tó Hér tó bið understanden se Hálga Gást, Hml.
túdor
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Ára ðínum earmum eorþan túdre (cf. help ðínum earmum moncynne, Bt. 4; Fox 8, 11), Met. 4, 31. Túdre fyllaþ eorðan, incre cynne, sunum and dohtrum, Cd.
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gif
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Gif hié þá blótan mehten, hié woldon secgean þæt him hiera godas gehulpan quam si aruspices celebrassent, diis gloriam vindicassent Ors. 5, 2 ; S. 218, 5.
on-fón
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. :-- Mé ðín seó swíðre onféncg me suscepit dextera tua, Ps. Th. 62, 7. Hond Godes onféng freódrihten and hine forð lǽdde, Sat. 566. to get control or possession of, to take a wife Ic of þám temple onféng fǽmnan clǽne, Cri. 187.
Alríca
Alaric ⬩ Alarícus, king of the Visigoths
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Alaric; Alarícus, king of the Visigoths, = the west Goths, elected A.D. 382, took Rome 410, and died the same year Alríca wearþ Cristen Alaric became a Christian [about A. D. 396], Ors. 6, 37; Bos. 132, 32.
cwicu
Alive, quick ⬩ vivus
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Dipl. 897; Kmbl. iv. 233, 5, 13. Ne sécþ seó cucu [turtle] nǽfre hire óðerne gemacan the quick [living turtle-dove] never seeks to itself another mate, Homl. Th. i. 142, 14. Heó sóna cucu arás she instantly arose alive, ii. 26,32.
hríðer
ox ⬩ cow ⬩ heifer
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Dipl. Kmbl. iv. 275, 7: Ex. 34, 19. Bige mid ðam ylcan feó swá hwæt swá ðé lícige hrýðera and sceáp emes ex eadem pecunia quidquid tibi placuerit sive ex armentis sive ex ovibus Deut. 14, 26. Hrýðera and scép, Jos. 6, 21.
late
Slowly ⬩ late ⬩ at length ⬩ at last
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Hú ne cymþ se deáþ ðeáh ðe hé late cume and áðéþ eów of ðisse worulde sera vobis rapiet hoc etiam dies, Bt. 19; Fox, 70, 16. Gif wit ðæt ealle sculon ásmeágan ðonne cume wit late tó ende ðisse béc oððe nǽfre, 42; Fox, 256, 22.
METE
MEAT ⬩ food
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Ðæt ic macige mete ðínum fæder ut faciam escas patri tuo, Gen. 27, 9. Gif hý him syððan ne dóþ mete ne munde if they afterwards give him neither food nor favour, L. Edm. S. 1; Th. i. 248, 7. Ðǽr mæte þygde, Bd. 5, 4; S. 617, 11. Mettas cibaria, Wrt.
seóc
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Wéna mé ðíne seóce gedydon, Exon. Th. 380, 26 ; Rä. I. 14
ge-bétan
to make better ⬩ improve ⬩ mend ⬩ amend ⬩ repair ⬩ emendāre ⬩ repărāre ⬩ to make strong ⬩ fortify ⬩ surround with a wall ⬩ confirmāre ⬩ munīre ⬩ mūrāre ⬩ to make amends ⬩ reparation ⬩ 'bót' for ⬩ repent ⬩ to obtain a remedy against ⬩ to get 'bót' from ⬩ avenge
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burga gebétte oððe bútan weallum consīdĕrāte terram, quālis sit, hŭmus pinguis, et urbes quāles, mūrātæ an absque mūris, Num. 13, 20. to make amends, reparation, 'bót' for, repent Ðonne sceolan we mid úre ánre, sáule forgyldan and gebétan ealle ða ðing
ge-cyrran
to turn ⬩ convert ⬩ vertere ⬩ convertere ⬩ to turn [one's self] ⬩ go ⬩ return ⬩ verti ⬩ reverti ⬩ ire
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Ðíne heortan to rǽde gecyr turn thy heart to counsel, Blickl. Homl. 113, 27 : Ps. Th. 114, 7; 84, 5. Heora líf he hæfþ to gefeán gecyrred their life he hath turned to joy, Blickl.
sib
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Sib (dial. e. g. Lancashire, Scottish), related; also absolute, one related, a relation (In god-sibbas the word is inflected as a noun, cf. Icel. sifr a near relation. In the passage below, Lk. 14, 12, the form may be taken as a weak noun, cf.
þæs-líc
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Hit nis ná gedafenlíc ne þæslíc, ðæt ic ðe swá grimlíce forworht eom, ðæt ic ðíne anlícnysse sceáwige, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 434. Náht þæslíces deáðe nihil dignum morte, Lk. Skt. 23, 15. Forbærn mid fýre þæslícum ( congruo ), Hymn.
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