ýst
a storm, tempest, whirlwind ⬩ rough water, surge
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Hé sǽde ðæt ðǽr tó cóme ðæs strongestan windes ýste, and ðæt se swá stronglíce hrure on ða circan ðæt ealle ða men ðe ðǽr wǽron lágon áþænede on ðære eorðan, óþ ðæt seó ondrysnlíce ýst forð geleóreþ, Shrn. 81, 19-27.
bæc
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On cyrtwara bæc; andlang cyt-wara bæcce (cf. in another copy of the same boundaries Of citwara beca . . . on citwara mearce; andlang bæces tó citwara becon, v. 358, 7, 27), C. D. iii. 135, 23. uncertain In wynnabæces gemýðan; of wynnabæce, C.
ge-settan
To set, put, fix, confirm, restore, appoint, decree, settle, possess, occupy, place together, compose, make, compare, expose, allay
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Ðæt land sum hit is to gafole gesett some of the land is let, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 450, 19, 12
ge-samnian
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Sal. 400. used reflexively to assemble, come together, meet. Cf. ge-samnung; Ðá gesomnodon wé ús ymb ꝥ Ll. Th. i. 56, 18.
ge-wis
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D. 271, 4. free from error, unerring Gewisse dægmǽl ús swá tǽcað, Lch. iii. 252, 22. of a course, undeviating, direct Hé mid micclan gefeán tó scipe gewænde and mid gewisse seglunge binnon ánum dæge cóm tó Antiochian, Ap. Th. 6, 27.
lócian
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Sum wíf wæs six geár blind, and wearð gehǽled . . . and cóm beorhte lócigende, Hml. S. 36, 266. with indirect questions, to apply one's sight to ascertain Hé lócað hwonne úp cyme glídan swegles leóma, Ph. 101.
open
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Grn. 5, 36. without defence or protection, exposed to Bið ðæt mód on sume healfe open tó wundianne cor vulneribus aperitur, Past. 431, 9.
sígan
to pass from a higher to a lower position ⬩ to sink ⬩ descend ⬩ decline ⬩ fall down ⬩ to sink as the sun to its setting ⬩ to move towards a point ⬩ of the movement of time ⬩ to ooze ⬩ run as matter ⬩ to strain ⬩ filter ⬩ act as a filter
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Godwine sáh him ǽfre tówerd Lundenes mid his liþe ðæt hé com tó Súþgeweorce Godwin kept moving towards London with his force until he came to Southwark, Chr. 1052; Erl. 184, 19.
ge-sécan
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L. 9, 14. with idea of movement to go or come to Ðú gesécst adibis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 33. Gesécan adire, 2, 55. (i) to go to a person for residence or intercourse Ic for láre intingan eów hér gesóhte, Hml. S. 23 b, 71.
ge-weorþan
to be ⬩ be made ⬩ become ⬩ happen ⬩ fiĕri ⬩ To happen ⬩ come to pass ⬩ befall ⬩ come together ⬩ agree ⬩ be agreeable ⬩ contingĕre ⬩ evĕnīre ⬩ convĕnīre ⬩ plăcēre
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To happen, come to pass, befall, come together, agree, be agreeable; contingĕre, evĕnīre, convĕnīre, plăcēre Ne mihte hí betwih him geþwǽrian and geweorþan they might not accord and agree among themselves, Bd. 4, 4; S. 571, 2: Cd. 81; Th. 101, 32; Gen
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weorc
Work ⬩ opus. ⬩ work ⬩ operative action ⬩ operation ⬩ working ⬩ doing ⬩ performance ⬩ work ⬩ doings ⬩ actions ⬩ what a person does ⬩ what happens ⬩ work ⬩ labour ⬩ occupation ⬩ employment ⬩ any form of long-sustained or habitual activity ⬩ a particular act of labour ⬩ workmanship ⬩ a work ⬩ deed ⬩ any action ⬩ of action that gives affect to anything ⬩ a work, ⬩ what is wrought ⬩ a strong building, ⬩ fortress ⬩ work, ⬩ what is done, ⬩ effect produced ⬩ pain, ⬩ travail, ⬩ grief, ⬩ the instrumental or dative is used in the phrase weorce wesan with the dative of the person — to be painful to a person
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God gesihþ ealle úre wyrc(weorc, Cott. MS.) Bt. 41, 4; Fox 252, 1. where action is contrasted with speech or thought Gif hwá hæðendóm weordige wordes oððe weorces L. E. G. 2; Th. i. 168, 2.
cyrnel
KERNEL, grain ⬩ nucleus, granum ⬩ a hard
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248, 26. a hard concretion in the flesh, an indurated gland or strumous swelling; toles, glandulæ duriores, quæ succrescunt in isto tumore, quem strumam dicimus Wið cyrnlu for kernels [or swelled glands ], Herb. 14, 2; Lchdm. i. 106, 13, 19: Herb. cont
DRECCAN
To vex, afflict, trouble, torture, torment ⬩ vexāre, affligĕre, tribulāre, turbāre, cruciāre
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On ðam écan lífe ðǽr ne cymþ nán deófol ne nán yfel mann, ðe us mǽge dreccan in the eternal life there will come no devil nor evil man who may trouble us, i. 272, 10. Hwí drecst ðú leng ðone láreów why troublest thou the master longer? Mk.
for-beódan
To FORBID ⬩ prohibit ⬩ restrain ⬩ suppress ⬩ prohĭbēre ⬩ vătāre ⬩ interdīcĕre
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Lǽtaþ ða lytlingas to me cuman, and ne forbeóde gé him suffer the little ones to come unto me, and forbid them not, Mk. Bos. 10, 14: Lk. Bos. 18, 16. Sunnan daga cýþinga forbeóde man georne let Sunday marketings be strictly forbidden, L.
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fóre
before ⬩ cōram ⬩ ante ⬩ in conspectu ⬩ præsente vel audiente ălĭquo ⬩ ante ⬩ before ⬩ ante
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Cumaþ him fóre come before him, Ps. Th. 94, 6. Scíneþ ðé leóht fóre the light shines before thee, Cd. 29; Th. 38, 30; Gen. 614. Him wépan fóre plōrēmus cōram eo. Ps. Th. 94, 6
lagu
sea ⬩ water
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sea, water Ðæt gelimpan sceal ðætte lagu flóweþ ofer foldan it shall come to pass that the sea shall flow over the earth [at the last day], Exon. 115 b; Th. 445, 1; Dóm. 1. Lagu, wæter under wolcnum, Beo. Th. 3265; B. 1630.
LEÁF
LEAVE ⬩ permission ⬩ license
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Hí habbaþ leáf [Cott. MS. leáfe) yfel tó dónne they have leave to do evil, Bt. 38, 4; Fox 204, 13. Hæbbe hé fulle leáfe swá tó dónne, L. Wil. ii. 1; Th. i. 489, 8. Ðá ðá Aulixes leáfe hæfde ðæt hé ðonan móste, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 42; Met. 26, 21.
BLEOH
A colour, hue, complexion ⬩ color, species
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Secgaþ guman ðæt Iosephes tunece wǽre bleóm bregdende men say that Joseph's coat varied [lit. was varying] in colours, Exon. 95 b; Th. 357, 3; Pa. 23: 87 a; Th. 327, 14; Vy. 3.
ge-frédan
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H. 43, 14. (2 a) to feel a blow, heat, cold, & c. :-- Ðú þás dyntas náht ne gefrétst, Hml. S. 4, 147.
teón
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</b> add :-- Ofer mǽðe úre þú forð týhst sprǽce ultra aetatem nostrum protrahis sermonem, Coll. M. 32, 11. On þám tíman ne teáh nán æðelborennyss nǽnne man tó wurðscype, Hml. S. 3, 6. <b>IV 1.