ræfnan
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Neáh is Drihten eallum ðe his willan hér wyrceaþ georne and his hyge swylce elne ræfnaþ, Ps. Th. 144, 19. Hié ðæt ófstum miclum ræfndon, Judth. Thw. 21, 9; Jud. l1. Ræfn elne ðis, ðæt ðú nǽfre fǽcne weorð freónde ðínum, Exon.
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wíd-sǽ
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Him wæs á widsǽon ðæt bæcbord, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 27: 19, 26. Fǽmendre wfdsǽ spumantis pelagi, Hpt. Gl. 409, 69. Wídsǽs cataclismi, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 75. On wídsǽwes grund, Shrn. 54, 21. Mid his fótum gangan on wídsǽ, 111, 28.
wrǽc
Vengeance
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Some of the oblique cases given under wracu and wrǽc might belong to the word and perhaps the following passage Hió cwǽdon :'Sió his blód and his blódes wrǽc ofer ús and ofer úre bearn, H. R. 7, 23
bin
a basket ⬩ cofinus ⬩ a crib ⬩ manger ⬩ a stall
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Þára hláfgebroca wæs tó láfe twelf binna fulle, Shrn. 48, 32. a crib, manger Ne untígð eówer ǽlc his oxan fram þǽre binne (praesepio) ?, Lk. 13, 15. 'Se assa oncneów his hlafordes binne.'
hláford-dóm
jurisdiction
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Constantinus him æfterfyligde in þæs mynstres rihtinge and hláfordóme (ealdordóme, v.l.) Constantinus ei in monasterii regimine successit. Gr. D. 96, 8.
spyrian
to track ⬩ go in a track ⬩ follow ⬩ make a journey in search of something ⬩ to make a track ⬩ go ⬩ to enquire ⬩ investigate ⬩ examine ⬩ to enquire after or into ⬩ seek to know about ⬩ to search after ⬩ seek to attain ⬩ to ask ⬩ investigare, indagare, sciscitari ⬩ to track; to investigate; to ask
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Hí ǽfre ne lyst æfter spyrian, sécan ða gesǽlþa, Met. 19, 33
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leóht
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Ðá him ðæt leóht cóm of heofonum and hine gebrégde, Past. 443, 19. Nú scíneð þé leóht fore glædlic ongeán, þe ic from Gode bróhte, hwít of heofonum, Gen. 614: B. 727. Mid beorhtum leóhte luce serena, An. Ox. 3324. Mid his þǽm scínendan leóhte, Bl.
eal-mǽst
ALMOST ⬩ totum fere, pene
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ALMOST; totum fere, pene Hit iseal-mǽst mid háligra manna naman geset sanctōrum hŏmĭnum nōmĭnĭbus totum fere obsĭtum est, Bd. Whelc. 448, 18; Homl. Th. ii. 466, 22
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cote
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Ne mæg nán wíf hire bóndan forbeódan ꝥ hé ne móte intó his cotan (-on, v. l. ) gelógian ꝥ ꝥ hé wille, Ll. Th. i. 418, 24. Add
ge-bócian
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Add: — Þis is þára twéntiga hída bóc . . . þe Eádréd cing gebócode Óswíge his þegne on éce yrfe, C. D. iii. 426, 13, 22 (and often). Cf. ge-bécan
ge-dæftan
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Ðonne sió ungedæftnes hit ne cann eft gedæftan si habere importunitas opportunitatem nescit, Past. 97, 19. Hé hét þí gedæftan ꝥ deófles templ, Hml. S. 4, 369. Add
ge-ecgan
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To harrow Se lyðra þe ǽgðer ge sǽwð ge lasor ge coccul on manna æceron, and syððan hit grymlíce geegð mid sace and wrace, Angl. viii. 300, 25
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gold-fyll
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gold-leaf, gold-foil Him an rǽd hiów rudaþ on þám ricge goldfylle (-felle [ in a later MS. ], 476, 58) gelíc glitonaþ Fénix, E. S. viii. 478, 61. (?)
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hleahtor-lic
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Hlehterlic hit ys wanhálnysse tóbrocenre ealles líchaman wunda feáwa geswutelian ridiculum est debilitate fracta totius corporis uulnera pauca monstrare, Scint. 38, 7. Dele the passage given, and add:
on-stál
A charge, accusation
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Gif hit biþ Wílisc onstál, L. In. 46; Th. i. 130, 15-16. Onstáles invectionis, illationis, Hpt. Gl. 448, 53
hóced
Shaped like a hook, ⬩ curved
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Shaped like a hook, curved Óþ ðat hit cymþ tó ðan hókedan gáran until it comes to the curved strip of land, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 434, 10
a-sceádan
To separate ⬩ disjoin ⬩ exclude ⬩ distinguish ⬩ separare ⬩ segregare
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And he hine from nýtenum ascéd and he distinguished him from beasts, L. E. I. 23; Th. ii. 420, 8. Hí of ciricean gemánan ascádene síen they from the church communion shall be excluded, L. Wih. 3; Th. i. 36, 19.
murcian
To grieve ⬩ complain ⬩ repine
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Ðæt hí him ondrǽden and murkien for hira unfullfremednesse ut imperfectionis suae taedio tabescant 65, 6; Swt. 467, 13. Sóna swá ic ðé on ðisse unrótnesse geseah ðus murciende (Cott.
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ge-hú
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God hit gewræc, ꝥ hí swultan gehú ( they died by all manner of deaths ), S. 13, 232. God gemyltsode mancynne gehú, 284. Hé is gecweden hláf þurh getácnunge, and lamb, and leó, and gehú elles ( in every other way he is called, it is typically ), Hml.
ge-winful
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Hí ne mihton swá gewinnfullicum (gewinesfullicum, v. l.) fyrdum (tam laboriosis expeditionibus ) swencte beón, Bd. 1, 12; Sch. 33, 17. full of trouble. v. ge-win; 4 Þis líf is lǽnlic and hit is gewinful, Ll. Th. ii. 400, 15