wác
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Þá man talað wáce þe woldon for Godes ege georne riht lufian, Wlfst. 243, II. <b>II a.</b> of non-material things :--- III. add :-- Hé beleác hine on cwearterne and sende him bigleofan lytelne and wácne, 35, 38.
wild-deór
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Ymb þone Godes man þára manna heortan wǽron gewended in wilddeóra (wildeóra, v.l.) réðnesse, and þæs wilddeóres (wildeóres, v.l.) heorte wæs gehwyrfed in mænnisce bilwytnesse erga illum virum Dei eí ferina corda essent hominum, et quasi humana bestiarum
án
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Goth, þat ain ei.]
máþum
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'On Godes ðearfum ic hí áspende, and hí sind ðá écan mádmas ðe nǽfre ne beóð gewanode,' i. 422, 11-34. Hé hí hét gán intó his mádmum iussit eam introire ubi repositi erant thesauri eius, Hml. A. 110, 266. Add
rúm-heort
liberal, munificent ⬩ untroubled
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Se weg ðe tó lífe lǽt is ús tó gefarenne mid rúmheortum móde and mid gódum and glædum geþance dilatato corde curritur via mandatorum Dei, R. Ben. 5, 22. Similar entries v. rúme III
healfunga
By halves, partially, imperfectly
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Gif wé healfunga and be summm dǽle heora gódan weorc secgeaþ si quædam illorum bona ex latere requiramus, 211, 16
of-lǽtan
to give up, relinquish ⬩ to give up the ghost ⬩ to let off, cause (blood) to flow ⬩ to let off, forgive, dismiss
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[Goth. af-létan to let off, forgive, dismiss: Ger. ab-lassen.]
oretta
One who strives, a combatant, warrior, champion
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Godes orettan swencan, 136, 15 ; Gú. 541
Linked entry: oreta
wíh
An idol
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Hé hǽþengield ofer word Godes, weoh gesóhte, Exon. Th. 244, 6; Jul. 23. Wóden worhte weós, 341, 28; Gn. Ex. 133
háwian
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Th. 21, 16. figurative Creft ealra crefta is þæt man spurige æfter Gode, and hys háwie and hine geseó, Solil. H. 30, 24.
for-gitan
To FORGET ⬩ neglect ⬩ oblīvisci ⬩ neglĭgĕre
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Sýn gecyrrede to helle ealle þeóda ða ðe forgitaþ God convertantur in infernum omnes gentes qui oblīviscuntur Deum, Ps. Lamb. 9, 18. Ic forgeat to etanne mínne hláf oblītus sum comĕdĕre pānem meum, 101, 5: 118, 153, 176.
Linked entry: for-gietan
un-riht
wrong ⬩ evil ⬩ iniquity ⬩ injustice ⬩ a defect
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Him gyldeþ God ealle ða unriht ( iniquitates ) ðe hí geearnedan, Ps. Th. 93, 22. Ǽr man áweódige ða unriht and ða mánweorc.
flód
flood ⬩ a river ⬩ water ⬩ a flood ⬩ deluge ⬩ the Deluge ⬩ a torrent
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God him ðá sylle ásende mid þám sǽlicum flóde; and þæt flód hí áwearp . . . on ðám sealtum ófre, Hml. Th. ii. 146, 4.
grim
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Hé fǽhðo wið God grimme gefremede, An. 1389. Grim gárgewinn, 960. Grimra geþonca, Jul. 367. Ic má fremede grimra gylta, Hy. 4, 27. Heó him handleán forgeald grimman grápum, B. 1542. Hé flýhð grimme gieltas, Ph. 461.
tó-flówan
To flow different ways, ⬩ disperse in flowing, ⬩ flow away ⬩ to flow in different directions, ⬩ be dispersed ⬩ to melt away, ⬩ be destroyed ⬩ to wander, ⬩ be drawn hither and thither, ⬩ be distracted ⬩ to be separated, ⬩ take different directions ⬩ to spread ⬩ to pass away, ⬩ be dissipated, ⬩ scattered, ⬩ rendered useless, ⬩ brought to nothing ⬩ to separate in confusion, ⬩ become disconnected
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et virtus regni Anglorum fluere, ac retro sublapsa referri, 4, 26; S. 602, 28. to separate in confusion, become disconnected lc ongite ðæt ealle gesceafta tófleówon swá swá wæter, and náne sibbe ne náne endebyrdnesse ne heóldon, gif hí næfdon ǽnne God
Linked entry: te-flówan
be-fóran
in the presence of ⬩ in front of an object ⬩ a-head of ⬩ over against ⬩ before ⬩ in advance of: ⬩ into the presence of ⬩ before ⬩ in advance
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¶combined with ǽr :-- God hit wát eall beforan, ǽr hit gewyrþe, Bt. 41, 3; F. 248, 28. Wæs hé beforan ær þá þreó gear gecrístnod, Bl. H. 215, 35. Swá Antecríst ǽr beforan dyde, 95, 3. Eal hé ꝥ ǽr beforan on onlíc weorc áteáh, 215, 5
æþelo
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Ðæt án ic wát gódes on þá æþelu, ꝥ manigne mon sceamaþ ꝥ hé weorþe wyrsa ðonne his eldran wǽron, Bt. 30, I; S. 69, 12.
sáwel-sceatt
An ecclesiastical due
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It appears to have been one of the objects of the early gilds, to provide for the payment of this fee Sáwlsceat vel syndrig Godes lác dano (dona? ), Wrt. Voc. i. 28, 44.
Linked entries: sáwel-gescot byrgen
hearh
A temple, an idol ⬩ lucus, nemus, fanum, delubrum, ara
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Siððan hé fór tó ðæm hearge ðe Egypti sǽdon ðæt hé wǽre Amones heora godes inde ad templum Jovis Ammonis pergit, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 126, 23.
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findan
to come across ⬩ to obtain ⬩ find ⬩ to meet with ⬩ experience ⬩ be exposed to ⬩ find difficulty ⬩ procure ⬩ to visit ⬩ learn ⬩ arrange ⬩ settle ⬩ to determine ⬩ to supply ⬩ provide ⬩ furnish
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Ic gódne funde beága bryttan, B. 1486. Iudas funde, þá ðá hé fram fyrde gecyrde, gold and seolfor and fela óðre herereáf, Hml. S. 25, 358. Líg eall fornam þæt hé grénes fond, Gen. 2549. Nó wé oferhygdu ánes monnes máran fundon, GD. 241.