on-tendan
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A. 196, 49. add: to inflame a person with passion, emotion, &c. Hê wearð mid micclum graman ontend, Hml. S. 28, 54.
seofon
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L.) síðas, ac oð seofon hundseofontigon síðon, Mt. 18, 22. (1 a) in combination with decades :-- Twá hundredum and seofon and sixtigum fíftýne geáres getel, An. Ox. 3036. Þǽra diácona wæs se forma Stephanus. . . þá oðre six wǽron . . .
wearn
A multitude, a great number or quantity, a great deal
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Fol oft mon wearnum (or from wearn; f.) tíhð eargne ðæt hé elne forleóse full often the coward is freely (or with difficulty) accused of losing his courage, Exon. Th. 345, 13; Gn. Ex. 187
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hara
A hare
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Se hara mid ðysse wyrte hyne sylfne gelácnaþ the hare doctors itself with this plant, Herb. 114, 1; Lchdm. i. 226, 22: Med. ex Quadr. 4; Lchdm. i. 342, 14, 16, 18.
ge-swígian
to be silent ⬩ to pass over in silence; with the genitive ⬩ to silence
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Ðá for ðæs bysceopes hálignysse geswígdon eall ða deófolgyld then on account of the bishop's holiness all the idols were silent, Shrn. 151, 31. to pass over in silence; with the genitive Nelle ic lofes ðínes geswígian I will not pass over thy praise
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hlyt
A lot, ⬩ portion
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Mid háligra hlyte wunigan to dwell with the saints, Elen. Kmbl. 1639; El. 821. Hí sendon hlyt miserunt sortem, Ps. Spl. 21, 17. Swá him dryhten sylf hlyt getǽhte as God himself assigned a lot to them, Andr. Kmbl. 12; An. 6: 28; An. 14.
swinge
A stripe, stroke. ⬩ a stroke with a scourge or rod ⬩ chastisement, afflicting stroke ⬩ flagellum ⬩ a winnow, fan
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A stripe, stroke. literal, a stroke with a scourge or rod Sc̃p. Petrus hine mid grimmum swingum swong and þreáde (flagellis artioribus afficiens) . . . Cwæþ him eác tó: ' Ic bende and swingan (vincula, verbera) ðrowade' . . .
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twi-hynde
a person, of a rank for which the wergild was two hundred shillings; ⬩ applied to the wergild, that must be paid for a person of such rank.
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(the article then deals with the case of the former, and concludes: Eal man sceal æt cyrliscum were be ðære mǽðe dón, ðe him tó gebyreþ, swá wé be twelfhyndum tealdan.Cf. too: Ceorles wergild is. . . ii hund sciłł. be Myrcna lage, L.
scirian
To separate ⬩ divide ⬩ setting apart something as a person's lot ⬩ to ordain ⬩ assign ⬩ allot ⬩ dispense
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Sié hira dǽl scired mid Marian may their part be assigned with Mary, Elen. Kmbl. 2462; El. 1232. Ðǽr womsceaþan on ðone wyrsan dǽl scyrede weorþaþ, háteþ Scyppend him gewítan on ða winstran nond, Exon. Th. 75, 26; Cri. 1227
gítsung
Covetousness ⬩ avarice ⬩ cupidity ⬩ desire
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Þurh his ágene gítsunga he ǽfre ðas leóde mid ungylde tyrwigende wæs through his own avarice he was ever harassing this nation with bad taxes, Chr. 1100; Erl. 236, 1: 1086; Erl. 222, 24.
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ymb-settan
to set round, put round, surround ⬩ to plant with something
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Ða heargas ðara deófolgylda mid heora hegum ðe hí ymbsette wǽron fana idolorum cum septis quibus erant circumdata, Bd. 2, 13; S. 516, 39. to plant with something. Similar entries v. ymb-seten Ic embsette consero, Wrt. Voc. ii. 133, 56.
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georne
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Wé witan ful georne, Wlfst. 157, 7. Mage wé wénan oþþe georne witan, Ll. Th. i. 238, 23. Þone þe rǽdgeþeaht georne cúðe, El. 1163. Ongitan giorne, Met. 29, 3. Hí þæt ongeáton and georne gesáwon, By. 84.
myndgian
to bear in mind ⬩ recollect ⬩ to bring to the mind of another ⬩ recall ⬩ remind
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to bear in mind, recollect Gé sweltaþ deáþe nymþe ic dóm wite sððan swefnes ðæs mín sefa myndgaþ ye shall die unless I know the import of the true dream, of which my mind is still conscious, Cd. 179; Th. 224, 31; Dan. 144.
wicce
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A witch, sorceress Wycce phytonyssa, Wrt. Voc. i. 74, 42. Nú cwyð sum wíglere, ðæt wiccan oft secgaþ swá swá hit ágǽð . . . Nú secge wé . . . ðæt se deófol . . . geswutelaþ ðære wiccan hwæt heó secge mannum . . .
cyrten
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S. 30, 300. as a complimentary epithet (cf. later use of fair) Wé willað heora geréna kyrtenum (cf. lá, árwurðan preóstas, 330, 2: 314, 12: wite þú, geráda preóst, 330, 17: wynsume preóstas, 329, 19: wynsume bóceras, 313, 37) preóstum gecýðan, Angl.
hreóung
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Hreóung hlýdende swíðust innan hard breathing sounding chiefly from within, L. M. 2, 46; Lchdm. ii. 258, 19
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ge-mǽhþ
Greediness
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Greediness Ic wolde witan hwæðer ðín ealde gýtsung and seó gemǽhþ eallunga of ðínum móde astýfcod wére I wanted to know whether thine old covetousness and greediness were altogether eradicated from thy mind, Shrn. 184, 2
fæsten
a fast, fasting ⬩ jējūnium ⬩ a fastness, fortress, bulwark, place of strength, a castle, wall ⬩ mūnīmentum, arx, castellum ⬩ an inclosed place, cloister ⬩ claustrum
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We úrne líchoman clǽnsiaþ mid fæstenum and mid gebédum we cleanse our bodies with fastings and prayers, Homl. Blick. 39, 2. On fæstenum and on hálsungum jējūniis et obsecrātiōnĭbus, Lk. Bos. 2, 37: Ps. Th. 108, 24.
ofer-drincere
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One who drinks to excess, a drunkard Þa þe óeth;re men mid mánáðum beswícað beóð ealswá miceles wítes scyldige swá ðá manslagan and ðá unrihhǽmeras and ðá oferdrinceras, Hml. A. 147, 95: 148, 124: Nap. 66, 4: 71, 7
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sceád-wís
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Se scádwís geréfa sceal ǽgðer witan ge hláfordes landriht ge folces gerihtu, Angl. ix. 259, 3. Mid hú sceádwísre lufe manncynna ealdor for úre edstaðelunge þǽre róde gealgan underféng, Hml. Th. i. 588, 88