sweora
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Lind. Rush. 5, 1. On púles sweran, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 97, 5
wreón
To cover ⬩ to put a covering on ⬩ to cover with clothes ⬩ to clothe ⬩ to cover ⬩ to bind ⬩ to conceal ⬩ hide ⬩ to serve as a covering ⬩ be spread over
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Lind. 14, 65. to cover with clothes, to clothe Ic wreó mé wǽda leásne, leáfum þecce, Cd. Th. 53, 26; Gen. 867. Ic wses nacod, and gé clǽððon ł wrigon (wriogan, Rush.) meh eram nudus, et operuistis me, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 25, 36.
Linked entry: wríga
swilce
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Th. 6, 7; Cri. 80. as, like Ðonne ic wæs mid ludéum ic wæs swelce hié, Past. 16; Swt. 100, 7. Ne beó gé swylce líceteras non eritis sicut hypocritae, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 5.
Linked entry: swálíce
níwe
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. :-- Feorh bið níwe, þonne hé his líc, þæt ǽr líg fornóm, somnað, Ph. 266. Þá ealdan forþ gewitun, and efne hí wǽrun gewordene níwe, An.
unnan
to grant a person (dat.) something ⬩ to give ⬩ allow ⬩ to wish something (gen.) to a person (dat. ) ⬩ to wish something (gen.) for a person (dat.) ⬩ to like a person to have something ⬩ to like a condition of things ⬩ to be pleased
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Ne meahte hé, ðeáh hé úðe wel, on ðam frumgáre feorh gehealdan he could not keep life in the prince, though he would have been well pleased to do it, 5703; B. 2855
lange
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Th. 118, 26. by preceding adverbs of comparison Swá lange swá mé líf gelǽst, Ll. Th. i. 276, 19. Swá lange quamdiu, An.
lǽce-hús
A hospital
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A hospital, a house where the sick are tended by a leech Hé hine gelǽdde on his lǽcehús [Lind. lécehús] and hine lácnude And brohte óðrum dæge twegen penegas and sealde ðam lǽce and ðus cwæþ Begým hys illum duxit in stabulum et curam ejus egit.
land-begenga
husbandman ⬩ farmer ⬩ a native
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Lind. 12, 1. an inhabitant of a country, a native Ðá sægdon mé ða londbigengan mihi locorum incole affirmabant, Nar. 20, 16. Ðám sylfan landbigengum ipsis indigenis, Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 34.
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línen
linen
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Hig bewundon hine mid líneman cláþe [línninum hræglum, Lind.] ligaverunt eum linteis, Jn. Skt. 19, 40. Mid línenum reáfe subucula linea, Lev. 8, 7: Past. 14, 4; Swt. 83, 23. Línen hrægel linteum, Jn. Skt. 13, 4.
mære
A night-mare ⬩ a monster oppressing men during sleep
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A night-mare, a monster oppressing men during sleep (cf. passage quoted in Cl. and Vig. under mara; 'En er hann hafði litt sofnat, kallaði hann ok sagði at mara trað hann.
ge-wǽde
A garment ⬩ clothing ⬩ vestimentum
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Lind. 3, 4. Mið his gewédum vestimentis ejus, 27, 31. He onféng cynegewǽdum purpuram sumpsit, Bd. 1, 6; S. 476, 19. Ongon me gewédum þeccan he began to deck me with weeds, Exon. 103 a; Th. 391, 13; Rä. 10, 4
seowian
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Siwaþ (siuieþ, Lind.: siowes, Rush.) assuit , Mk. Skt. 2, 21. Sum sútere siwode (seowode, MS. C.) ðæs hálgan weres sceós, Homl. Skt. i. 15, 23. Hig siwodon ficleáf and worhton him wǽdbréc. Gen. 3, 7. Seowa mid seolce fæste, Lchdm. ii. 56, 7.
ge-réþru
Rudder, helm
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'Geréþrum' can however hardly be a case of 'geréþra' nauta, as singular number would be used with ‘ǽlc;’ it is rather a plural like ‘geatwe’ or ‘frætwe’
ge-risene
Fit, convenient, proper ⬩ congruus, decens, conveniens
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Lind. 12, 48. Ðis þinceþ gerisne this seems fitting, Cd. 114; Th. 149, 17; Gen. 2476. Swá gerysne ne wæs as was not seemly, 76; Th. 94, 22; Gen. 1565: 9; Th. 11, 2; Gen. 169: Beo. Th. 5299; B. 2653.
ge-nihtsumnes
Abundance, plenty, copiousness, sufficiency ⬩ abundantia, ūbertas, cōpia
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Ðære eorþan wæstmbǽrnysse and genihtsumnysse we nellaþ habban us to lífes brícum, ac to oferflówednyssum the fruitfulness and abundance of the earth we will not have for the uses of life, but as superfluities, Homl. Th. ii. 540, 10: 64, 35
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á-cwician
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D. 90, 7. to come to life Ealle deáde menn mannes bearnes stefne gehýrað, and hí ealle ácuciað, Hml. S. 23, 385. On niht hé forþférde, ac on dagunge hé eft ácwicode, Bd. 5, 12; S. 627, 13. trans. To make lively; vivificare, Ps. Th. 118, 159
carcern
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Heó út eóde of þám carcerne (printed carcernerne, Shrn. 30, 30, but the MS. has carcer-cernes with the first cer above the line), Mart. H. 4, 17. In carcrænnæ in carcere, Mt. R. 25, 44. Tó caercherne carceri, Lk. p. 4, 8. In cercerne, Mk. R. 6, 17.
líchamlíce
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His micelnesse ne mæg nán monn ámetan ; nis þ nó líchonilíce (lícum-, v. l. ) tó wénanne, ac gástlíce, Bt. 42 ; F. 258, 13. carnally, having no regard to spiritual interests Þá lufedon hí hyre mágas líchamlíce (carnaliter) . . . and ne hogodon ná þeáh
tó-sceád
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hwíta Heáwold, Bd. 5, 10; Sch. 599, 18. add: of difference in material objects Æteówde seó hand swutole ... and wǽron fægere fingras, smale and lange, and þǽra nægla tósceád ( the nails could be distinguished from the rest of the hand ), and se greáta líra
æfstigian
to envy, be envious of ⬩ to took with envy or ill will on, have envy towards
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Ðá geseah hé dæs sácerdes mód byrnan and æfæstigian wiþ his lífe, Gr. D. 119, 6. Similar entries v. ge-aelig;f(e)stigian