HEORTE
The HEART
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Óþ ðæt him heortan blód foldan geséceþ until his heart's blood seek the earth, Salm. Kmbl. 314; Sal. 156 Wyxþ windon ðære heortan wind waxeth in the heart, L. M. 1, 17 ; Lchdm. ii. 60, 7.
líc-rest
tomb ⬩ sepulchre
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A place of rest for a dead body, tomb, sepulchre Hé hæfde ðæt land syððan him sylfon tó lícreste he had the land afterwards for his own burial place, Gen. 23, 20. On líchryste in cœmeterio, Hpt. Gl. 507, 67.
mægden-ǽw
Marriage with a virgin
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he take a maiden to wife, and let him have her afterwards and no other while she lives, L.
slápian
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Ger. mih sláphóta dormitavit anima mea Ne geþafa ðú ðínum eágum ðæt hié slápige ne ne hnappigen díne brǽwas . . . Ne slápige nó ðin eáge (eágan, Cote. MSS. ) . . . Ðæt is ðæt mon his eáge lǽte slápian (slápan, slápigen, Cott.
un-sceþþigness
Innocence ⬩ harmlessness
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Gyt hé hylt his unscæððignysse adhuc retinens innocentiam, Homl. Th. ii. 452, 15: 210, 29. Habban ða unscæððignysse on heora móde ðe cild hæfð, i. 512, 18. Ne funde hé on him náne synne ac unscæððignysse, Boutr. Scrd. 20, 25. Unsceaðþignysse, Ps.
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á-scínan
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Ásceán, 145, 12. figurative His líf áscán, Gr. D. 12, 4. Hié on swíþe manegum godcundum mægenum wuldorlíce áscinon, Bl. H. 161, 20.
fæstrǽdnes
constancy ⬩ unchangeableness
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Add: constancy of mind Mon forlǽt ðone ege and ðá fæsðrǽdnesse ðe hé mid ryhte on him innan habban scolde a timoris intimi soliditate vacuatur, Past. 37, 17.
on-lǽtan
to release, relax ⬩ to let a thing go on, to continue
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Ðonne him sigera weard his gewealdleðer wille onlǽtan, Met. 11, 28, 75. to let a thing go on, to continue Tó anlǽtenne continuanda, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 19. Fæstan twegen dagas on ðære wucan, bútan hý ouermicel geswinc habben.
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ge-wanian
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Voc. ii. 27, 55. the object non-material. to lessen in extent, degree Hié sint tó manianne ðæt hié nó hiera fæsten ne gewanigen admonendi sunt, ut abstinentiam suam sine imminutione custodiant, Past. 315, 9.
fódder
FODDER ⬩ dry food for cattle ⬩ hay ⬩ corn ⬩ provender ⬩ food generally ⬩ jūmenti pābŭlum ⬩ fœnum ⬩ ĕdūlium ⬩ pābŭlum ⬩ esca ⬩ victus ⬩ a case from which anything is fed ⬩ a case ⬩ cover ⬩ sheath ⬩ thāca ⬩ θήκη
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Fódor, Runic pm. 25; Kmbl. 344, 17; Hick. Thes. i. 135, 49. Brúceþ fódres has an enjoyment of food, Runic pm. 28; Kmbl. 345, 6; Hick. Thes. i. 135, 55. Gif ðam ðe ðæs beþurfe fýr and fóddor let him give fire and food to him who needs it, L.
folc-scearu
A division of the people ⬩ nation ⬩ multitude ⬩ nātio ⬩ provincia
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A division of the people, nation, multitude; nātio, provincia Ðæt hie hine onsundne gebrohten of ðære folcsceare that they should bring him uninjured from that tribe of people, Cd. 90; Th. 112, 17; Gen. 1872: 114; Th. 149, 20; Gen. 2477.
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ceaster-gewara
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Se cyngc hine sylfne ætýwde his ceastergewarum, Ap. Th. 3, 3. Sleán þá ceastergewaran, Hml. S. 13, 254: 22, 167. Cf. ceaster-wara
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ge-sibsumian
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Gá ǽr gesibbsumian bréþer þínum, Scint. 23, 16. to make gesibsum, bring to an agreement, reconcile, conciliate Sé þe bróþer his lator gesibsumað God him lator gegladaþ qui fratrem sibi tardius reconciliat Deum sibi tardius placat, Scint. 25, 7.
ge-dyrstignes
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Substitute: presumption, audacity Ðý lǽs sió gedyrstignes his módes hine tó upp áhebbe ne mentem praesumtio spiritus levet, Past. 79, 17. Sý forboden on mynstre ǽlcere gedyrstignesse (praesumtionis) intinga. R. Ben. 129, 13.
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eorþ-wéla
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Mon nóhtes wyrþe his sáule ne déþ ne his goldes ne his seolfres ne his eorþwelena (earthly wealth or (?) wealth derived from the earth), Bl. H. 195, 6. and add
spell
a story ⬩ narrative ⬩ account ⬩ relation ⬩ a historical narrative ⬩ history ⬩ a false or foolish story ⬩ a fable ⬩ an instructive talk ⬩ discourse ⬩ a philosophical argument ⬩ a sermon ⬩ homily ⬩ a saying ⬩ remark ⬩ sentence ⬩ statement of a single point ⬩ dictum ⬩ a saying that is to be repeated to another ⬩ a message ⬩ an announcement ⬩ speech ⬩ language of prose ⬩ a fable, tale ⬩ fabulatio, parabola ⬩ sermo, narratio, parabola, fabula, mythus ⬩ a saying
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Drihten dóm forgeaf ðám ðe his spel beraþ the Lord gave glory to those that bear his messages, Cd.
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mæsse-preóst
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Se biscop sceal þrafian þá mæssepreóstas ꝥ hié*-*healdan Godes ǽwe on riht, and þone híred þe hié ofer beóþ, and þá lǽwedan men þe hié aldormen ofer beón sceolan ; for þon se góda láreów sægde, þonne se mæssepreóst wǽre gelǽded on éce forwyrd, þonne ne
trahtian
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Þá hí ongunnon trahtian hwæðer hí mihton ... ꝥ unmǽte stánclif onweg áleoþian dum multituto conaretur si possit ingens saxum levare, 213, 22
a-rǽdan
to take counsel ⬩ care for ⬩ appoint ⬩ determine ⬩ consilium capere ⬩ consulere alicui ⬩ decernere ⬩ definire ⬩ to conjecture ⬩ guess ⬩ prophesy ⬩ interpret ⬩ utter ⬩ conjectare ⬩ divinare ⬩ prophetizare ⬩ interpretari ⬩ eloqui
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Hwæðere ðis betwyh heom arǽddon his tamen conditionibus interpositis, 4, 1; S. 564, 15.
Ciren-ceaster
CIRENCESTER, Cicester, Gloucestershire ⬩ Cirencestria in agro Glocestriensi
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Him eóde on hand se cyning and ða burhware ðe wǽron on Cyrnceastre the king came into his hands and the townspeople who were in Cirencester, Ors. 5, 12; Bos. 110, 22
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