sweostor
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Heó nǽnige andsware findan mihte, ðeáh ðe heó georne sóhte æt ðám swustrum, 4, 7; S. 574, 35, 40. Ðá geseah heó óþre sweoster (sorores) ymb hí restende . . . ðá áwæhte heó ealle ða sweostera, 4, 23; S. 596, 5-14
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LEÓÞ
A song ⬩ poem ⬩ ode ⬩ lay ⬩ verses
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Ða lióþ ðe ic geó lustbǽrlíce song carmina qui quondam studio florente peregi, Bt. 2; Fox 4, 6.
MACIAN
To MAKE ⬩ do ⬩ act
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Jubal wæs fæder ðæra ðe organan macodun, Gen. 4, 21. Forðan hí macodon mǽst ðet unseht betweónan Godwine eorle and ðam cynge, Chr. 1052; Erl. 187, 27. Ðæt ic macige mete ðínum fæder ðǽr of, Gen. 27, 9.
sigor
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Folc ðe hé on deóflum genom þurh his sylfes sygor, Exon. Th. 36, 24 ; Cri. 581. Sigera triumphorum, Hpt. Gl. 425, 33. Ðyssum sigorum ðú Godes biscop blissian miht hisque Dei consul factus laetare triumphis, Bd. 2, 1 ; S. 500, 31.
wirdan
To injure ⬩ hurt ⬩ annoy ⬩ to injure, ⬩ do wrong to ⬩ violate a law ⬩ hinder
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Ða menigo ðec geðringaþ and woerdaþ, affligunt Lk. Skt. Lind. 8, 45. Sum mon wæs, ðam unwlitig swile his eágan brégh wyrde and wemde, cui tumor deformis palpebram oculi foedaverat Bd. 4, 32; S. 611, 18.
ge-beorg
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Gebeorh praesidium i. adiutorium (Dei laturi), An. Ox. 2260. Begitað hí ðe máre gebeorh æt Godes dóme, Wlfst. 300, 14: Ll. Th. ii. 314, 16.
grípan
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Ðá ðe willað grípan on swelcne folgað qui praeesse concupiscunt, 53, 6. the subject a thing, material, to seize on, make attack on, assail Mere swíðe gráp on fǽge folc ocean fiercely assailed the doomed folk, Gen. 1381.
wæl-hreów
Cruel ⬩ barbarous ⬩ bloodthirsty
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Ne mæg ic mínne feónd lufian, ðone ðe ic wælhreówne tógeánes mé geseó, 54, 31. Ðone wælhreówan feónd ðisse menniscan gecynd[e], Blickl. Homl. 31, 31. Ðé wælreówe wítum belecgaþ, Andr. Kmbl. 2423; An. 1213: Exon. Th. 380, 10; Rä. 1, 6.
CORN
CORN ⬩ a grain ⬩ seed ⬩ berry ⬩ frumentum ⬩ granum ⬩ bacca ⬩ a hard or cornlike pimple ⬩ a corn ⬩ kernel on the feet ⬩ pustula ⬩ clavus
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Wæs corn swá dýre, swá nán man ǽr ne gemunde corn was so dear, as no man before remembered it Chr. 1044; Erl. 168, 21; Homl. Th. ii. 68, 17.
fǽr-lic
sudden ⬩ sudden ⬩ fortuitous
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Ðá ðe mid fǽrlice luste (repentina concupiscentia) beóð oferswíðde, Past. 429, 33: 417, 5. Mín Drihten, ne lǽt mé nǽfre fǽrlicum deáðe of þissum lífe gewítan, Angl. xii. 499, 5. For his fǽrlican áweggewitennysse, Hml. S. 30, 225.
acolitus
ἀκόλυθος ⬩ A light-bearer ⬩ lucifer ⬩ state ⬩ condition ⬩ ordo ⬩ gradus
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= ἀκόλυθος A light-bearer; lucifer Acolitus is se ðe leóht berþ æt Godes þénungum acolite is he who bears the light at God's services, L. Ælf. P. 34 ; Th. ii. 378, 7 : L. Ælf. C. 14 ; Th. ii. 348, 4. state, condition; ordo, gradus, etc
ǽw-breca
A breaker of the marriage vow ⬩ an adulterer ⬩ adulter
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A breaker of the marriage vow, an adulterer; adulter Se ðe his ǽwe forlǽt, and nímþ óðer wíf, he biþ ǽwbryca [Wilk. ǽwbrica] he who leaves his wife, and taketh another woman, he is an adulterer, L. M. I. P. 16; Th. ii. 268, 30
bécnan
To indicate ⬩ denote ⬩ signify ⬩ indicare ⬩ significare
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To indicate, denote, signify; indicare, significare Ðe we mid ðæm bridle bécnan tiliaþ which we will denote by the bridle, Bt. Met. Fox 11, 158; Met. 11, 79 : Exon. 110 a; Th. 421, 31; Rä. 40, 26 : 106 b ; Th. 407, 5 ; Rä. 25, 10
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cyric-sang
A church-song ⬩ ecclesiasticum carmen
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A church-song; ecclesiasticum carmen He ða cyricsangas lǽrde, ðe hí ǽr ne cúðan quæ illi non noverant, carmina ecclesiastica doceret, Bd. 5, 20; S. 642, 8.
eáþ
Easily ⬩ facĭlĭter
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Hie ðe eáþ mihton adreógan they the easier might endure, Andr. Kmbl. 735; An. 368. v. éþ, ýþ
emnettan
To make even or equal, to regulate ⬩ æquāre, coæquāre
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Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 11, 15; Lchdm. iii. 256, 24. Ic emnytte coæquo, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 56
fant-wæter
Font-water, baptismal water ⬩ baptistērii aqua
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Font-water, baptismal water; baptistērii aqua Ðæt hálige fant-wæter, ðe is geháten lífes wyl-spring, is gelíc on hiwe óðrum wæterum the holy font-water, which is called the well-spring of life, is in appearance like other waters, Homl.
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freóndlíce
like a friend ⬩ kindly ⬩ ămīce ⬩ benigne
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like a friend, kindly; ămīce, benigne We ðe freóndlíce wíc getǽhton we kindly assigned to thee a dwelling-place, Cd. 127; Th. 162, 25; Gen. 2686: 76; Th. 95, 16; Gen. 1579: Past. pref; Hat. MS. Freóndlícor more kindly, Beo. Th. 2058; B. 1027
furðra
FURTHER ⬩ greater ⬩ superior ⬩ ultĕrior ⬩ mājor ⬩ prior
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Hwilc cræft ðé geþúht betwux ðás furðra wesan quæ ars tĭbi vĭdētur inter istas prior esse? Coll. Monast. Th. 30, 13
hefe-líce
Heavily ⬩ exceedingly ⬩ seriously ⬩ with difficulty
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For ðære ilcan eádmódnesse hé ofermódgaþ innan micle ðý hefelícor de hac ipsa humilitate graviter interius superbitur, Past. 43, 3; Swt. 313, 3; 46, 5; Swt. 351, 6
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