mennisc
Human
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Human Nán mennisc man no human being, Bt. 33, 2; Fox 122, 15. Ne gegrípe eów nǽfre nán costung búton menniscu tentatio vos non apprehendat, nisi humana, Past. 11, 5; Swt. 71, 12. Ðus mǽrsode se mennisca Crist his heofenlícan Fæder, Homl. Th. ii. 362,
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mynster-líf
monastic life ⬩ a place in which the monastic life is lived
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monastic life Gif hláford nylle hire mynsterlífes geunnan, oðða hiá siolf nylle, Chart. Th. 471, 2. Hé mynsterlíf ðam weoruldlífe forbær monasticam saeculari vitam praetulit, Bd. 5, 19; S. 637, 7. Hé him sendan sceolde sume eáwfæste munecas ðe him mynsterlíf
niþer-líc
low ⬩ low ⬩ humble ⬩ inferior
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low (of position) Án þeósterful dene swíðe niþerlíc, Homl. Th. ii. 338, 5. Heortan niþerlícan cordis ima, Ps. Surt. ii. p. 202, 5. On nyþerlícum eorþan in inferioribus terrae, Ps. Lamb. 62, 10. Tó nyþerlícum ad inferos, Cant. An. 6. Hé his eágan bígde
ræfter
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A rafter, beam Ræfter tignum, Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 40 : 82, 14 : 290, 5. Reftras amites, Txts. 36, 11. Ræftras, Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 58 : anses, 10, 56. Reafteres vel latta asseres, i. 58, 35. Mycelne aad on beámum and on ræftrum and on wágum and on watelum
ge-wil
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A will, wish, pleasure; vŏluntas, arbitrium, vōtum Ne wend ðú ðé nó on ðæs folces unriht gewil turn thou not thyself to the unjust wish of the people, L. Alf. 41; Th. i. 54, 7: Hy. 7, 78; Hy. Grn. ii. 288, 78. On yfelra manna gewill according to the
ge-wurþian
To distinguish ⬩ honour ⬩ adorn ⬩ celebrate ⬩ praise ⬩ insignīre ⬩ honōrāre ⬩ ornāre ⬩ celebrāre
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To distinguish, honour, adorn, celebrate, praise; insignīre, honōrāre, ornāre, celebrāre Ðæt gé gewurþien wuldres Aldor that ye honour the chief of glory, Cd. 156; Th. 195, 1; Exod. 270. On Dryhtnes naman se dæg is gewurþod the day is celebrated in the
god-bearn
a divine child ⬩ the Son of God ⬩ divinus filius ⬩ Dei Filius ⬩ a god-child ⬩ a god-son ⬩ filius lustricus ⬩ ex sacro fonte baptismi jam primum susceptus
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a divine child, the Son of God; divinus filius, Dei Filius Ahangen wæs Godbearn on galgan God's Son was hanged on the cross, Elen. Kmbl. 1434; El. 719. Geségon hí on heáhþu hláford stígan Godbearn of grundum they saw the Lord, the Son of God, ascend
godcund
Of the nature of God ⬩ divine ⬩ religious ⬩ sacred
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Of the nature of God, divine, religious, sacred Seó godcunde ǽ lex divina, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 2. Wiotan ǽgðer ge godcundra háda ge woruldcundra wise men both of religious and secular orders, Past. Pref; Swt. 3, 3, 8; Hat. MS. Hér sende Gregorius pápa
grimlíc
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Grim, fierce, cruel, sharp, severe, bloody; atrox, dirus, cruentus, crudelis Ðone grimlícan gársecg the fierce ocean, Homl. Th. i. 454, 15. Hit wyrþ ðonne egeslíc and grimlíc things will then become awful and terrible, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 104, 5. Ða Crétense
slǽp
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A slippery, miry place (?) Ðis sind ða landgemǽro . . . Ǽrest of ðan ealdan slǽpe . . . tó ðan ealdan slǽpe ðǽr hit ǽr ongan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 112, 30-113, 3. On ocean slǽw (slǽp?), iii. 48. 19. [Cf. O. H. Ger. sleifa labina (labina a myre, Wulck
sige-beác
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a sign or monument of victory gained, a trophy Se palm is sigebeácen, Homl. Th. ii. 402, 10. Ðǽr ðæt heofonlíce sigebeácen ( trophaeum ) árǽred beón sceolde, Bd. 3, 2 ; S. 524, 35. Æþelinges ( Christ ) ród, sigebeácen (cf. sige-beám, -bearn) sóð, Elen
tang
A pair of tongs
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A pair of tongs Tang forceps, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 55; Zup. 67, 3: Wrt. Voc. i. 286, 78: ii. 33, 36: delebra, 138, 62. Tong forceps, 109, 6. Tange forceps, i. 86, 19. Tange forcipis, ii. i3, 35. Tangan, tange, Hpt. Gl. 417, 74. Ic hopige ðæt cherubin mid his
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tennan
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to incite, encourage to effort Ful oft ðæt gegongeþ, ðætte wer and wíf in woruld cennaþ beorn, and mid bleóm gyrwaþ, tennaþ and tǽtaþ, óþþæt seó tíd cymeþ, ðæt ða geongan leomu, líffæstau leoþu, geloden weorþaþ (the parents try to awaken the child&
þurh-stingan
to stab through ⬩ pierce ⬩ thrust through
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to stab through, pierce, thrust through Gif man þeóh þurhstingð if the thigh is thrust through, L. Ethb. 67; Th. i. 18, 16. Þurhstinð, 32; Th. i. 12, 1. Hé ðurhstong ðone cyninges ðeng and ðone cyning gewundade tanta vi hostis ferrum infixit, ut per
þri-wintre
Of three years ⬩ three years old
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Of three years, three years old Thriuuintri (ðriuuintri, Corpus Gl.) steór prifeta, Txts. 86, 780. Þry-wintre (-wintra) triennis, trimus, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Zup. 287, 13, 18. Þri-winter trimus, vel triennis, vel trimulus, Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 59. Þrywinter triennis
un-clǽnness
uncleanness ⬩ impurity ⬩ foulness ⬩ squalor ⬩ uncleanness ⬩ impurity ⬩ obscenity
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in a physical sense, uncleanness, impurity, foulness, squalor Suǽ huæd in húsum ðás ýð eft ástrægde beuærle unclǽnnisse quicquid in domibus haec unda resperserit careat inmunditia, Rtl. 121, 36. Fúle unclǽnnessa olidos (ergastulorum) squalores, Hpt.
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wiþ-metenness
Comparison
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Comparison Wiþmetenes comparatio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 132, 79. Ðyslíc mé is gesewen ðis andwarde líf tó wiþmetenysse ðære tíde ðe ús uncúþ is talis mihi videtur vita praesens ad comparationem ejus quod nobis incertum est temporis, Bd. 2, 13; S. 516, 14. Wiðmetennysse
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ǽ-swícung
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and add: seduction, deceit Álýs ús from deóflicum costnungum and fram eallum ǽswicungum unrihtwísra wyrhtena, Hml. S. 11, 42. sedition Folcslite vel ǽswicung seditio. Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 30. offence Ǽswicung scandalum, Ps. L. 48, 14. 'Mannes bearn
be-irnan
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Add: trans. to run over, traverse Seó sunne beyrnð ðá twelf tácna, Lch. iii. 262, 23. Ðǽre sunnan geár is ꝥ heó beyrne þone zodiacum, 244, 20. to overrun, cover Drihtnes ród bið blóde beurnen, Wlfst. 183, 17. intrans. of move-ment Sum cild bearn under
be-ládung
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Beládung excusatio, Wrt. Voc. i. 83, 66. Ðæt ǽlcere neóde beládung sý ádílegod, R. Ben. 92, 4. Gif þú woldest myltsian, and ne mihtest, þǽr is sum beládung on þǽre segene, Hml. S. 3, 185. Beóð þá hæðenan búton beládunge ( no excuse can be made for them