eft-sóna
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hit sóð sý ꝥ þis sý Efesa byrig . . . ac ic nát eftsóna, ne ic nǽfre git nyste ꝥ ǽnig óþer byrig ús wǽre gehende búton Ephese ánre methinks it cannot be true that this is Ephesus, but again I do not know, nor ever yet did I know, that any other town were
Wealh-geféra
A count of the Welsh Marches(?) ⬩ the commander of the Wealh-færeld(?)
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Ðý ilcan gére forðférde Wulfríc cynges horsðegn; se wæs eác Wealhgeféra ( other MSS. have -geréfa.Kemble, taking the latter reading, says: 'I am disposed to believe that he was a royal reeve to whose care Alfred's Welsh serfs were committed, and who exercised
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smorian
To choke, suffocate
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Ða þornas smoradun (suffocaverunt) hiǽ 13, 7. [ Wend he smore þat sede C. M. 5573. All suld be smored Pr. C. 7601. Smore wythe smeke fumigo, smoryd famigatus, smorynge fumigacio Prompt. Parv. 461.
á-seóþan
to clear from impurity ⬩ to clear impurity from something ⬩ to try ⬩ examine
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Add Áseóþan decoqui, Germ. 396, 196. to clear from impurity Ásoden weax obrisum metallum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 14. Ásoden wín carenum, An. Ox. 4, 5. to clear impurity from something Leahtras áséð ádl uitia exquoquit languor, Scint. 165, 6.
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bed-reáf
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Ðonne þú bedreáf habban wylle, þonne wege þú þín reáf, Tech. ii. 126, 4. Add
eádig
Happy, blessed, prosperous, fortunate, rich, perfect ⬩ beātus, fēlix, gaudii plēnus, faustus, abundans, opŭlentus, dīves
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Happy, blessed, prosperous, fortunate, rich, perfect; beātus, fēlix, gaudii plēnus, faustus, abundans, opŭlentus, dīves Se eádega wer the happy man, Cd. 72; Th. 89, 6; Gen. 1476. Se eádga the blessed [man ], 90; Th. 113, 10; Gen. 1885.
un-lǽd
poor ⬩ miserable ⬩ unhappy ⬩ unfortunate ⬩ poor ⬩ miserable ⬩ wretched
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Swá heó ðæs unlǽdan ( Holofernes ) eáþost mihte wel gewealdan, Judth. Thw. 23, 3; Jud. 102. Ða þrowunga ðe hé ádreág æt ðæm unlǽdan folce Iudéa, Blickl. Homl. 97, 16.
fæstnian
to betroth
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Wére trume fæstnie pactum firmum feriat, Lch. i. Ixix, 4. Sume syndon confirmativa þæt synd fæstnigende, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 226, 10.
geolo
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Geola swylce twymylte wex fex flaua cesaries, An. Ox. 4462: Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 19. Geolwum croceo, An. Ox. 50, 10. Gioluwre crocea, Wrt. Voc. ii. 17, 14. Genim geoluwne stán, Lch. i. 374, 14. Goelu godueb, Txts. 151, 10.
settan
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Þá sette Boia þás spéce wið Ælfríce; ꝥ wes ꝥ Putrael sealde Ælfríce viii oxa, Cht. E. 274, 4. Hé sætte mycel deórfrið . . .
bed-reda
One BEDRIDDEN ⬩ clinicus
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One BEDRIDDEN; clinicus Ðǽr læg be ðam wege án bedreda there lay by the way one bedridden, Homl. Th. ii. 422, 4. Arás se bedreda, and arn blissigende the bedridden arose, and ran rejoicing, ii. 422, 9.
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Burgende
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be norþan hyre and eástan synd Burgende, and Wascan be westan Provence has on the north of it the mountains, which people call the Alps, and on the south of it is the Mediterranean sea, and on the north and east of it are the Burgundians, and on the west
BÝME
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Ðære býman swég weóx sonitus buccinæ crescebat, Ex. 19, 19: 20, 18: Ps. Spl. 46, 5; Exon. 23b; Th. 65, 29; Cri. 1062. Býmiaþ oððe hlyriaþ on niwum mónþe mid býman buccinate in neomenia tuba, Ps. Lamb. 80, 4.
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clipur
A CLAPPER of a bell ⬩ tintinnabuli vel campanæ malleus
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Sóþlíce mid ðæs rápes æt-hríne se bend styraþ ðone [MS. ðæne] clipur the band with which the clapper is tied, is as it were a method for moving the clapper of the tongue, and beating more or less the lips.
cwician
To come to life, QUICKEN ⬩ vīvĕre et spīrāre ⬩ To make alive, OUICKEN ⬩ vivificare
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To come to life, QUICKEN ; vīvĕre et spīrāre Wǽron ða leoma cwiciende the limbs were quickening, Greg. Dial. 4, 36. Smire mid ða sáran limu, hie cwiciaþ sóna smear the sore limbs therewith, they will soon quicken, L. M. 3, 47; Lchdm. ii. 338, 25.
hund-teóntig
A hundred
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Fæder Abrahames wintra hæfde twá hundteóntig and fífe eác and the days of Terah were two hundred and five years, Cd. 83; Th. 104, 26; Gen. 1741
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ge-wítnian
To punish ⬩ chastise
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On Noes dagum gewítnode God manna gálnysse mid wætere ... why were the sinful punished with water? In Noah's days God punished men's wantonness with water..., Boutr. Scrd. 22, 30: Gen. 20, 18.
ge-un-rétan
To make sorrowful ⬩ sadden ⬩ trouble ⬩ contristare
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Hý wurdon geunrétt mid manncwealme they were troubled with pestilence, Ors. 3, 10; Bos. 70, 27.
ge-wadan
To wade ⬩ go ⬩ vadere ⬩ ire ⬩ To pervade ⬩ go through
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To wade, go; vadere, ire Sár gewód ymb ðæs beornes breóst pain went around the man's breast, Andr. Kmbl. 2494; An. 1248. Ord in gewód the point entered, Byrht. Th. 136, 26; By. 157: Exon. 47 b; Th. 163, 29; Gú. 1001.
ge-endebyrdan
To set in order ⬩ arrange ⬩ dispose ⬩ ordĭnāre ⬩ dispōnĕre
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Gif heora mód wǽre geendebyrd if their minds were ordered, Bt. 21; Fox 76, 1 : Bt. Met. Fox 11, 199; Met, 11, 100
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