ge-ortrúwian
To distrust, despair ⬩ diffīdĕre, dēspērāre
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Ðæt úre nán be his néxtan ne geortrúwige that none of us despair of his neighbour, ii. 82, 27. Nis ðæt to geortrýwianne nec diffīdendum est, Bd. 4, 19; S. 587, 32.
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stillan
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Ðæt se ðám ómum stille, Lchdm. ii. 182, 6. Beóþ ða elcran tó stillanne, 178, 14
weorold-gesceaft
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the created world Óð ðæt ðeós woruldgesceaft þurh word gewearð wuldorcyninges, Cd. Th. 7, 23 ; Gen. 110. created things, creatures God wolde ðæt him eorðe and uproder and síd wæter geseted wurde woruldgesceafte on wráðra gield, Cd.
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yppe
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Ðonne him þince ðæt hé spíwe, ðæt byð swá hwæt swá hé ána wiste, ðæt hit weorðæþ yppe (geypped, v. l. ), Lchdm. iii. 170, 27. Mid Sigelwarum sóð yppe wearð, dryntlíc dóm Godes, Apstls. Kmbl. 128; Ap. 64. Gif ðis yppe bið, Elen. Kmbl. 870; El. 435
Linked entry: uppae
búend
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Ðǽm yrrestum búendum colonis pessimis, Mk. p. 4, 20. Búendum cultoribus (uineae ), Lk. p. 10, 7. Ðǽm búendum (býendum, R.) colonis, Lk. L. 20, 9. Be ðǽm búgendum his eardungstówe de habitatore tabernaculi ejus, R. Ben. 4, 22.
wæscan
To wash
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Ðæt man cláðas waxe, Wulfst. 296, 7. Wicþénas on ðone Sætresdæg ǽgðer ge fata þweán, ge wætercláðas wacsan (waxsan, waxan, v. ll.) R. Ben. 59, 7. Wacxon hig hira reáf, Ex. 19, 10. Waxan hig ðæt innewerde, Lev. 1, 9, 13.
ge-temprian
To temper ⬩ moderate ⬩ govern ⬩ cure ⬩ temperare
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Getemprie seó bilewitnys ðæt fýr ðæt hit to réðe ne sý let the meekness temper the fire that it be not too fierce, Homl. Th. ii. 46, 8.
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innera
Inner ⬩ interior
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Þurh ða twá pund wæs getácnod ǽgðer ge ðæt ýttre andgit ge ðæt inre by the two pounds was signified both the external and the internal sense, 554, 34. Se leó gewát on ðæt inre wésten the lion departed into the interior of the desert, Glostr.
tó-sceacan
to shake to pieces, ⬩ shake violently, ⬩ to disturb ⬩ to shake off, ⬩ drive away, ⬩ disperse
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Hit ðæt áttor tóscaceþ, Lchdm. i. 352, 14 note. Hundes sceanca tósceaceþ ðone fefor, 362, 27. Hé tósceóc ðone líg of ðam ofne, swá ðæt ðæt fýr ne mihte him derigan, Homl. Th. i. 570, 14. Hé tóscóc ða dwollícan nytennysse, 602, 35.
un-blíðe
sad ⬩ sorrowful ⬩ grieved ⬩ unkind ⬩ shewing ill-will or displeasure ⬩ stern ⬩ angry ⬩ unquiet ⬩ not peaceful
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Ðonne hwylcum men gelimpeþ ðe his leóf fæder gefærþ, ne mæg ðæt ná beón ðæt ða bearn ðe unblíðran ne sýn it cannot be that the children are not the sadder, Blickl.
hnesce
soft ⬩ tender ⬩ soft ⬩ gentle ⬩ soft ⬩ tender ⬩ gentle ⬩ effeminate
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S. 23 b, 684. figuratively used: Ðæt hí áfeóllen on ðæt hnesce bedd ðæs gesinscipes, næs on ðá heardan eorðan ðaes unryhthǽmdes, Past. 397, 22. soft, tender (of young growth) Telge his hnesc bið, Mt. L. 24, 32.
wadan
To go ⬩ pass ⬩ proceed.
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Ðæt seó wyrd on ðínne willan wóde, Bt. 20; Fox 72, 19
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ofer-stígan
to mount, scale, surmount, rise above ⬩ to transcend, surpass, excel, overcome, exceed ⬩ transcendere, transire, exsuperare ⬩ overcome
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Ðæs gebodes micelnes his mihta oferstíhþ, R. Ben. 128, 14. Hé ongeat ðæt hé oferstág hine selfne semetipsum noverat transcendere Past. 16, 2; Swt. 101, 13. Oforstág, Blickl. Homl. 163, 28. Oferstáh, Homl. Th. i. 70, 11.
forþ
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Hé sæt ðá ðǽr swá forð, Hml. S. 27, 44: Guth. 26, 14.
módig
of high or noble spirit ⬩ high-spirited ⬩ noble-minded ⬩ bold ⬩ brave ⬩ courageous ⬩ proud ⬩ arrogant ⬩ hearty ⬩ earnest ⬩ impetuous ⬩ bold ⬩ headstrong ⬩ stubborn ⬩ wilful
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Ðæt wæs módig secg a brave man was he, Beo. Th. 3629; B. 1812: 3021; B. 1508. Næs ǽnig ðæs módig mon ofer eorþan ... ðæt mec ðus bealdlíce bendum bilegde, Exon. 73a; Th. 273, 8; Jul. 513. Sió hand gebarn módiges mannes, Beo. Th. 5329; B. 2698.
teón
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Th. 63, 3. referring to immaterial objects Ðæs ðé þanc sié ðæt ðú ús ðás wrace teódest for this be thanks to thee that thou didst order this exile for us, Cd. Th. 235, 21; Dan. 309.
bismer
infamy ⬩ shame ⬩ disgrace ⬩ ignominy ⬩ humiliation ⬩ scorn ⬩ contumely ⬩ insult ⬩ blasphemy
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Hié þá hé tó ðǽm bismre getawade þe on dǽm dagum mǽst wæs, þæt hé hié bereáfade heora cláþa and heora wǽpna ... hié him beforan drifen þá consulas swá swá niédlingas, ꝥ heora bismer þý máre wǽre (oneratos ignominia consules remiserunt).
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æppel
an apple (in a special and in a general sense as in oak-apple) ⬩ an apple-shaped object ⬩ an eye-ball
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Beóð ðá æplas hále . . . sió scearpnes ðæs æples (æpples, Hatt. MS.) . . . Ðurh ðone æpl ðæs eágean, Past. 68, 2, 4, 17. Similar entries v. cod-, corn-, hunig-, weax-æppel
healdan
to HOLD, keep, grasp, retain, restrain, confine, contain ⬩ to hold, have, possess, occupy, inhabit ⬩ to rule, govern ⬩ to behave, conduct ⬩ to guard, defend, keep, preserve, protect, maintain, sustain, regard, observe, take heed ⬩ to hold out, last, hold on, continue, hold with ⬩ to hold, keep, keep sheep ⬩ servare, custodire
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Se ðe ofer ðæne dæg hit healde ágyfe ðam bisceope ðæne penig and ðǽrtó xxx penega he that keeps it [Peter's pence] beyond that day, let him pay the penny to the bishop and thirty pence besides, L. C. E. 9; Th. i. 366, 16.
Linked entries: a-hyltan healding heald-ness -hilde healdend
nigoþa
ninth
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Fram ðære sixtan tíde óþ ða nigoþan tíde. Ymbe ða nigoþan tíd clypode se Hǽlend, 27, 45. 46. Ðý nigeþan dæge, Bd. 5, 23; S. 645, 9. Nigend half eight and a half, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 194, 11. Nigende, vi. 203, 15. Nióþa, Mt. Kmbl. p. 3, 16 : 11, 8