mitta
A measure, both dry and liquid, as for corn, meal, ale, honey
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Sellemon xxx ombra gódes Welesces aloþ, ðet limpaþ tó xv mittan, and mittan fulne huniges, oððe twegen wínes, Chart. Th. 460, 22-28. Mittan bata, Wrt. Voc. ii. 11, 52: chori, 15, 82.
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ge-twǽfan
To separate ⬩ divert ⬩ detain ⬩ hinder ⬩ deprive
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Sumne Geáta leód feores getwǽfde one the Goths' prince separated from life, 2871; B. 1433. Gúþ wæs getwǽfed the contest was parted, 3320; B. 1658.
ymb-hringan
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Ða ðe tó Gode hopiaþ beóð ymbhringde mid swýþe manegre mildheortnesse sperantes in Domino misericordia circumdabit, Ps. Th. 31, 12. to turn round in a ring, wind round Ymbhringde glomeravit (the passage is: In spira morsum glomeravit inertem.
á-gifan
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Gode his dǽl ágeofan þe hit þé ǽrsealde, 195, 21. to render, pay what is due Ágyfað þám Cásere þá þing þe þæs Cáseres synt, Mt. 22, 21. ꝥ gé of f Gé sceolon ágifan þæt ilce tigolgetel, Ex. 5, 18. Wæstm ágifan and ágildan, Bl. H. 55, 6.
hird-ness
watchful care ⬩ taking charge ⬩ taking care ⬩ a watch ⬩ guard ⬩ a watch
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On hú mycelre Godes heordnysse (custodia) beóð þá þe cunnon hí sylfe forseón on þysum lífe, 39, 30.
hrepung
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Add: the action of touching with the hand or other part of the body, exercise of the faculty of feeling Godes ængel ꝥ cweartern geopenode mid his handa hrepunge, Hml. S. 4, 234. Ic gesyngode on gesihðe . . . and on hrepunge, Angl. xi. 112, 16.
mylen
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Sume menn syllað eác cyrcan tó hýre swá swá wáclice mylna . . . ac hit ne gedafnað ꝥ man dó Godes hús ánre mylne gelíc for lyðrum tolle, Hml. S. 19, 248-253. Fiscwer and mylne macian, Angl. ix. 261, 13.
sculan
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Hé forgeaf on Godes ést Centingan ðæne borh ðe hý him sceoldan, C.
fyrþran
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Þæt hé Godes cyrcean fyrðrie and fryðie, Wlfst. 266, 16. Hé hit forseah, sé þe hit fyrþran sceolde æfter hiera ágnum gewunan, Ors. 4, 12; S. 210, 7. Unriht álecgan and rihtwísnysse fyrðrian, Hml. Th. ii. 78, 1: Hml.
FYRHTO
Fear ⬩ FRIGHT ⬩ dread ⬩ terror ⬩ trembling ⬩ tĭmor ⬩ păvor ⬩ formīdo ⬩ terror ⬩ trĕmor
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Ne him Godes fyrhtu georne ondrǽdaþ non tĭmuērunt Deum, Ps. Th. 54, 20: 77, 53
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ing
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For the Rune see Zacher, pp. 30, 56-7 : Taylor's Greeks and Goths, pp. 31, 82 : and for the name Grmm. D. M. pp. 320-1
niþþas
Men
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Men Niþþas findaþ gold, gumþeóda bearn, Cd. Th. 14, 27; Gen. 225. Niþþa bearna ǽrest ealra, 69, 14; Gen. 1135 : 77, 33; Gen. 1284 : Beo. Th. 2015; B. 1005 : Exon. Th. 167, 34; Gú. 1070. Niþþa nergend, 140, 18; Gú. 612.
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gleáwnes
Prudence ⬩ skill ⬩ wisdom ⬩ ability ⬩ sagacity ⬩ acuteness
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He hæfde ða gleáwnysse Godes beboda to healdenne and to lǽranne industriam faciendi et docendi mandata cælestia, Bd. 3, 17; S. 545, 9.
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sunn-ganges
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Bebeóde hé hine Gode geornlíce and hine gesénige, cyrre hine sungonges ymb, ii. 116, 9. To move with the sun was considered lucky, to move in the reverse direction unlucky; the latter method is consequently taken by witches in their ceremonies.
weorold-wela
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Worldly wealth, worldly good Se woruldwela (pompa) his frætewunga áweorpende fleáh, Gl. Prud. 52 a. Sume mægon habban ælles woruldwelan genóg huic census exuberat, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 30, 30. Hé wilnaþ hwæthweg ðises woruldwelan, 26, 2 ; Fox 94, 3.
á-cólian
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Ic Godes þeówdóm ácóledne behreówsige, C. D. iii. 349, 8
bí-leofa
subsistence ⬩ maintenance ⬩ provision ⬩ victuals
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Hé Godes cyrcan gegódode mid landum and bigleofum, Hml. S. 27, 135. Hé fæste fram eallum bigleofum, Wlfst. 285, 26
efenlíce
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Efenlíce Godes mon til vir aeque Deo devotus, Bd. 3, 23; Sch. 300, 4. with equanimity, calmly Efnlíce (emn-, v. l.) aequanimiter, Past. 100, 3. Emlíce, Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, 61. Geþyld sóð ys fremede yfelu emlíce þolian, Scint. 10, 3: 12, 5: 114, 16.
ge-bisnung
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Eall ꝥ hé gegearwode ús on gebysnunge gódes weorces hoc nobis in exemplum actionis praebuit, Gr. D. 60, 23. Ic sylf beó andsǽte þurh swylce gebysnunge (by setting such an example), Hml. S. 25, 98. Hé sceal Críste folgian be Crístes gebysnungum. Hml.
gímeleáslíce
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D. 237, l. without care for good Ús þe yfele and gýmeleáslíce mid unrihte libbað nobis male viventibus atque negle-gentibus R.