módig
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Drihten hét ús beón eádmóde ꝥ wé tó heofonum becómon, for ðan þe þá módigan ne magon tó heofonum, Hml. S. 16, 129. <b>III a.
sácerd-hád
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Biscophád, sácerdhád flamimin(i)um, i. sacerdotium, 5056. Ne sý nán sácerdhádes man, ne lǽwedes hádes þe má . . . Ll. Th. ii. 412, 27; 408, 6.
sang
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dæg biþ þæs martyres tíd Scĩ Magni ðæs sang (cf. mæssesang, 4) biþ geméted on þám yldran mæssebócum, Shrn. 119, 12. a charm, incantation Wyrt ricinum ic bidde ꝥ þú æt sý mínum sangum, and ꝥ ðú áwende hagolas and ealle hreóhnyssa herba ricinum precor uti
wǽcan
To weaken ⬩ afflict ⬩ oppress
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Ðý læs his yrre ús yrmþum swence and wǽce ne ejus ira nos damnis affligat, 4, 25; S. 601, 40. Scealt ðú ðínne líchaman þurh forhæfdnysse wǽccan, Guthl. 5; Gdwin. 32, 9.
ofer-híran
not to listen to, to disregard, disobey ⬩ to overhear, hear
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Se oþeling (Phalaris) ǽgðer hæfde, ge his plegan ge his gewill, ðonne hé ðara manna (those shut up in the brazen bull ) tintrego oferhiérde, Ors. 1, 12; Swt. 54, 28. Gé sylfe swutele gesáwon, and eác oferhýrdan ða bletsunge, Wulfst. 176, 4
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or-módness
Desperation, despair
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Mid ðý hé ús geseah on ormódnesse (in desperatione) gesette, Bd. 5, 1; S. 614, 5. Ðá se earma man ðus mid ormódnesse sprecendé wæs sic loquebatur miser desperans, 5, 13; S. 633, 21.
tó-nemnan
To name separately, ⬩ distinguish by name into parts
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Norþ óþ ðone gársecg is eall Sciþþia lond binnan, þéh mon tónemne on twá and on þrítig þeóda north up to the ocean is all Scythia, though it is divided into thirty-two nations, each having its own name, Swt. 14, 22.
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swelgend
A place which swallows up (lit. or fig.), a very deep place, an abyss, a gulf, whirlpool
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A place which swallows up (lit. or fig.), a very deep place, an abyss, a gulf, whirlpool Ðýlæs hí forswelge sió swelgend ðære upáhæfenesse ipso elationis suae barathro devorantur, Past. 57, 3; Swt. 439, 3.
searwian
To act with craft or treachery ⬩ to feign
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Searw[a] ð[ú] insidieris, Kent. Gl. 935. Searwiende machinans, 151. Hé cwæð him tó særwigendum móde (insidiously), Homl. Th. ii. 308, 6
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gomel
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Ahleóp se gomela the aged [man] leapt up, 2798; B. 1397: 5695; B. 2851. Biþ geómorlíc gomelum eorle it is sad for an aged man, 4880; B. 2444. Gomele ymb gódne ongeador sprǽcon the old spake together about the good [warrior], 3194; B. 1595.
wífung
taking a wife ⬩ marriage ⬩ wives ⬩ matrimonia
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Ús sceamaþ tó secgenne ealle ða sceandlícan wíglunga ðe gé dwǽsmenn drífaþ on wífunge, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 102. Se ðridda cwæð : ' Ic hæbbe gewífod . . . ' Þurh ða wífunge sind getácnode ðæs líchaman lustas, Homl. Th. ii. 374, 19.
wil-cuma
One whose coming is pleasant ⬩ a welcome person (or thing)
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Hé wilcuman ( Christ come to hell ) grétte : ‘ Ðé ðæs þonc sié, ðæt ðú ús sécan woldest, ' 462, 26; Hö. 58. Ðegnas cwóman, geségon wilcuman heofones Waldend, 35, 7; Cri. 554. Gé sind wilcuman. Cd. Th. 303, 22; Sat. 617 : Beo. Th. 794; B. 394.
HLÁF
Bread, ⬩ food, ⬩ a loaf
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Úrne dæghwamlícan hláf syle ús tódæg give us to-day our daily bread, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 11. Mid Grécum diáconas ne móton brecan gehálgodne hláf apud Græcos diaconis non licet frangere panem sanctum, L. Ecg. C. 35; Th. ii. 160, 9: L.
dǽl
- Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 79
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Chauc. som-del; adv.) :-- Hé gewát féran út sum-dǽl óðres weorces (sum weorc, v. l.) tó wyrcanne ad exercendum opus aliquod discessit, Gr. D. 63, 28.
feor
avoidance ⬩ widely ⬩ widely ⬩ far ⬩ far
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Ac feor (feorr, v. l.) þæt lá sié, ꝥ . . . sed absit, ut . . . Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 67, 19. Fearr, Mt. L. 16, 22: Rtl. 100, 37. Gif hit ꝥ wǽre, swá hit feor þám sý, Hml.
LIBBAN
To LIVE
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Uton libban ðam lífe ðe scrift ús wísige, 112, 18: 150, 13. Lífe swilcum libban vitam talem vivere, Hymn. Surt. 90, 13.
stillness
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Ðonne ( in church ) lǽrþ ús Godes engel stilnesse and gemetlíce sprǽce . . . lǽrþ ús se deófol unstilnesse and ungemetlíce hleahtras and unnytte sprǽce, Wulfst. 233, 13-18. quiet, silence Stilnysse taciturnitatis, Hpt. Gl. 455, 54.
á-leógan
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Ðú ús gehéte gebedo and wæccan, and þú hit ús áluge, Wlfst. 240, 17. Þæt wé áleógan Gode þæt þæt wé behéton, 301, 8.
hladan
to load ⬩ to load ⬩ freight ⬩ cargo ⬩ to load ⬩ to draw ⬩ to draw ⬩ to draw ⬩ to draw ⬩ obtain ⬩ to scoop out
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Úp hladen exantlamus, hauriamus, Hpt. Gl. 418, 33. Tó hladanne dæt wæter, Past. 373, 9. Tó ladanne (hladanne, R.), Jn. L. 4, 7. to draw breath Swá þæs hálgan wæs ondlongne dæg oroð úp hlæden, Gú. 1252. to draw, obtain favour, inspiration, &c.
hweogol
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Is þǽr geworht emb þá lástas útan hwéne wíddre þonne bydenfæt úp oþ mannes breóst heáh; wæs ꝥ ǽreste of grénum áre geworht; . . . is on westan medmycel duru, Bl.
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