diácon
A deacon, minister of the church, levite ⬩ diācōnus = διάκoνos a servant, waiting man = Lat. minister, levīta, levītes = λευίτηs
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A deacon, minister of the church, levite; diācōnus = διάκoνos a servant, waiting man = Lat. minister, levīta, levītes = λευίτηs Diáconus is þén, ðe þénaþ ðam mæsse-preóste, and ða offrunga sett uppon ðæt weofod, and gódspell eác rǽt æt Godes þénungum
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práfost
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Gif ... hit ðam abbode rǽd þince, swá hwilcne swá se abbod geceóse mid geþeahte ðara bróðra ðe God ondrǽdaþ, sette ðæne him tó práuoste.
Linked entry: prófast
ge-þencan
to think ⬩ conceive ⬩ perceive ⬩ reflect upon ⬩ weigh ⬩ meditari ⬩ considerare ⬩ pensare ⬩ to think about ⬩ remember ⬩ consider maturely ⬩ to take to heart ⬩ recogitare ⬩ iterum cogitare ⬩ reminisci ⬩ to think of ⬩ bear in mind ⬩ remember ⬩ recordari ⬩ cogitare ⬩ memor esse ⬩ to excogitate ⬩ devise ⬩ invent ⬩ conceive ⬩ excogitare ⬩ struere ⬩ invenire ⬩ to resolve ⬩ intend ⬩ wish ⬩ intendere ⬩ velle
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Mid swilcum mæg man rǽd geþencean with such one may devise counsel, 15; Th. 19, 4; Gen. 286. He worn geþenceþ hinderhóca he devises a number of stratagems, Exon. 83 b; Th. 315, 19; Mód. 33.
un-wærlíce
Unwarily ⬩ incautiously ⬩ without caution ⬩ heedlessly
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Geðence se láriów ðæt hé unwærlíce ( incaute ) forð ne rǽse on ða sprǽce, 15; Swt. 95, 9. Gif sió wund bið unwærlíce gewriðen cum fractura incaute colligatur, 17; Swt. 123, 18. Se ðe ðone wuda unwærlíce ( incaute ) hiéwð, 21; Swt. 167, 15.
Linked entry: wærlíce
sweotolung
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Wearð seó cwén micclum gegladod þæt heó móste ðone máðm ( the cross ) on moldan findan, and siððan ðurh tácnum swutelunge oncnáwan, 306, 11. add: a making known the significance of something Se bisceop funde him ó rǽde þæt hí mid þreóra daga fæstene
rignan
- Cf.
- Piers P. 14, 62.
to rain, to cause rain to fall ⬩ to rain, to fall (of rain)
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to rain, to cause rain to fall, with the agent expressed Ic ríne pluo, Ælfc. Gr. 28; Som. 30, 53. Hé rýnde ofer synfullan grin, Ps. Spl. 10, 7. Hit ágan rínan xl. daga and xl. nihta tósomne ðæm mǽstan réne, and seó eorþe rínde ealswá swíðe of hire eásprencgum
ge-tyngnes
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</b> skilful words, wise sayings :-- Rǽde hé þæs eádigan weres getingnyssa, Bédan, Angl. 308, 12. set speech. Cf. ge-tynge: 3 Getincnes oratio, An. Ox. 319
rǽswan
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Ne réccaþ hwæt him mon ymbe rǽswe mala de se opinari permittunt, Past. 59, 1; Swt. 447, 28. Ðá ongan hé mid gleáwe móde þencan and rǽsian (résian, MS. C.) coepit sagaci animo conjicere, Bd. 3, 10; S. 534, 21 note. Résigan opinare, Wrt.
Linked entry: résian
regn
Rain
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.: rǽgn, Rush.) descendit pluvia, Mt. Kmbl. 7, 25. Nǽnig dǽl regnes ne ungewidres in cuman ne mæg, Blickl. Homl. 125, 33. Hé áríman mæg rægnas scúran dropena gehwelcne, Cd. Th. 265, 22;Sat. 11. Þurh dropunge deáwes and rénes, Ps. Th. 64, 11.
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gierende
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taxauerat
unc
Us two ⬩ me and thee ⬩ me and him
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Ic rǽd sprece bégra uncer, 115, 4; Gen. 1914. with the name of the person who is associated with the speaker Sceolde unc Adame ( for me and Adam ) yfele gewurðan ymb ðæt, heofonríce, Cd. Th. 25, 1; Gen. 387.
un-nyt
Useless ⬩ vain ⬩ idle ⬩ unprofitable
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Rǽd biþ nyttost, yfel unnyttost, Exon. Th. 341, 2; Gn. Ex. 120. Ðæs hádes men ðe hwýlum wǽron nyttoste ... syndon nú unnyttaste, L. I. P. 14; Th. ii. 322, 21
Linked entry: un-net
swilc
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</b> of abstract things :-- Ðæt is ðonne suelc mon mid forewearde orde stinge, ðæt mon openlíce on óðerne rǽse mid tǽlinge to rush on another openly with blame is as much as to thrust with the point; ex mucrone quippe percutere est impetu apertae
GÚÞ
War, battle, fight ⬩ bellum
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He gúþe rǽs fremman sceolde he had to perform a war-onslaught, Beo. Th. 5245; B. 2626: 4712; B. 2356. Grimre gúþe in fierce fight, 1058; B. 527.
onettan
to hasten, move rapidly ⬩ to make a quick movement, to anticipate ⬩ to be quick in one's movements or actions, be active, quick or busy
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Rǽd sceal mon secgan, dæges onettan (cf. the night cometh, when no man can work ), 342, 11 ; Gn. Ex. 141
ge-hirtan
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Godes engel hine gereordode and mid his rǽde gehyrte, 22, 139. Þá gehyrte hé his geféran mid wordum, 25, 335. Ond þá mid þý þe ꝥ mín werod gehyrted and gestilled wæs quae res quum anime quietiorem fecisset exercitum, Nar. 8, 17.
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séfte
Soft ⬩ gentle ⬩ mild ⬩ not stern ⬩ mild ⬩ not strong ⬩ undisturbed ⬩ untroubled ⬩ easy ⬩ comfortable ⬩ pleasant ⬩ without pain or discomfort ⬩ luxurious ⬩ voluptuous ⬩ effeminate
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peccatis nostris, 78, 9. of medicine, mild, not strong Ðæt is, for hwí se góda lǽce selle ðam hálum men séftne drenc and swétne, and óðrum hálum biterne and strangne, Bt. 39, 9; Fox 226, 11. of rest, sleep, undisturbed, untroubled Ðú eart seó séfte ræst
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heáh-fæder
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Th. i. 396, 9. in Christian times, a father of the church Rǽde him mon líf þǽra heáhfædera ( vitas patrum ), R. Ben. 66, 17. the chief of a religious community, an archimandrite Héhfæder, láreów archimandrita, i. princeps ouium, An.
lǽððu
An injury ⬩ offence ⬩ hatred ⬩ enmity ⬩ malice
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Seðe unlage rǽre oððe undóm gedéme heononforþ for lǽððe oððe for feohfange he that from this time forth shall set up unjust law, or judge unjust judgement on account of malice or of bribery, L. C. S. 15; Th. i. 384, 9.
be-werian
prohibit ⬩ forbid ⬩ to protect ⬩ defend
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His ágenne rǽd tó bewerigenne, 15, 13. Grammar be-werian, (wið (dat. acc.), ongeán): to protect against þæt hé bewerede Corsicam wið Rómánum pro Corsis defensandis. Ors. 4, 6; S. 172, 14. Hé his fyrde bewerode wið fýnd, Hml. S. 25, 281: Ælfc. T.