á-stígan
downward ⬩ upward ⬩ downward ⬩ upward ⬩ to descend ⬩ go down into ⬩ to ascend ⬩ mount
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Hé wæs on swá micle ofermétto ástigen efferatus superbia, Ors. 6, 9;S. 264, 8. with adv. or prep. of motion, lit. or fig. downward Se Hálga Gást ofer hié ástág, Bl. H. 13, 328. Ástíh ádúne, Hml. Th. ii. 196, 27.
þanne
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Fox 46; Men. 23. in a clause that is a qualification or contrast to a preceding clause, then, yet, but Feówertig daga, gif hit hysecild wǽre; gif hit þonne mǽdencild wǽre,... hundeahtatig daga, Homl. Th. i. 134, 18.
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FIRM ⬩ strong ⬩ stout ⬩ bold ⬩ strenuous ⬩ fortis ⬩ strēnuus ⬩ rich ⬩ abundant ⬩ excellent ⬩ ūber ⬩ abundans ⬩ præstans
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Wæs Bassa heora látteów Édwines þeng ðæs cyninges se fromesta vēnit illuc dūce Basso, mīlĭte rēgis Æduini fortissĭmo, 2, 20; S. 521, 42: 3, 18; S. 546, 27, col. 2.
here-láf
The remnant of an army or people ⬩ what is left of an army after a battle ⬩ what is left after a battle ⬩ spoil
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The remnant of an army or people, what is left of an army after a battle, what is left after a battle, spoil Se Chaldéa cyning com tó his earde mid ðære húþe and ðære hereláfe on ðære wæs Daniel se wítega and ða þrí cnihtas the king of Chaldea came to
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hergung
Harrying ⬩ harrowing ⬩ plundering ⬩ devastation ⬩ waging war ⬩ an irruption ⬩ incursion ⬩ invasion ⬩ a raid ⬩ plunder
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Harrying, harrowing, plundering, devastation, waging war, an irruption, incursion, invasion, a raid, plunder Seó hergung wæs þurh Alaricum Gotena cyning geworden inruptio quæ per Alaricum regem Gothorum facta est, Bd. 1, 11; S. 480, 11.
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líc-wyrþe
pleasant ⬩ acceptable ⬩ agreeable ⬩ estimable ⬩ sterling
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Suǽ wæs lícewyrþe before ðec sic fuit placitum ante te, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 11, 26. Ðé micle má lícwerþe se gehnysta gást much more pleasing to thee is the contrite spirit, Ps. C. 50, 126; Ps. Grn. ii. 279, 126.
mæsse
a service of the church ⬩ mass ⬩ a festival day when a solemn mass was celebrated ⬩ -mas
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Se biscop and se mæssepreóst sceolan húru embe seofon niht mæssan gesingan for eal cristen folc ðe ǽfre ácenned wæs, Blickl. Homl. 45, 31.
merigen
morning ⬩ the morning of the next day ⬩ morrow
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Ðá se mergen geworden wæs when it was morning, St. And. 10, 3. Mergen þridda, Cd. 8; Th. 10, 11; Gen. 155: Beo. Th. 4213; B. 2103: 4255; B. 2124. Merien mane, Wrt. Voc. i. 76, 53. On mergenne mane, Ps. Spl. 91, 2: Ps. Th. 54, 17: 89, 16: Beo.
mód-geþanc
Mind ⬩ thoughts ⬩ thought
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Mind, thoughts, thought He mid his eágum up to heofenum lócade ðyder his módgeþanc á geseted wæs with his eyes He looked up to heaven, whither his thoughts were ever directed, Blickl. Homl. 227, 17: Exon. 50a; Th. 173, 33; Gú. 1170. Módgeþonc, Bt.
munuc-líf
the monastic life ⬩ the place in which the monastic life is lived ⬩ a monastery
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Hé sundorláf and munucláf wæs foreberende vitam privatam et monachicam praeferens, 4, ll; S. 579, 8. the place in which the monastic life is lived, a monastery Hé árǽrde him munuclíf...
næs
Not
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Heó wæs ful cweden, næs æmetugu, Blickl. Homl. 5, 5. Ic cýðe mid dǽdum, næs mid wordum ánum, 181, 25 : Ps. Th. 48, 12. Næs hié ðære fylle gefeán hæfdon, Beo. Th. 1128; B. 562 : 6140; B. 3074.
nama
a name ⬩ a noun
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Wæs ðam hæftméce Hrunting nama, Beo. Th. 2919; B. 1457. Ðære (eá) is Geon noma, Cd. Th. 15, 9; Gen. 230. Ego hoc feci, ic dyde ðis, ðon stent se ic on ðínes naman stede, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 3, 33. Naman titulo, Hpt. Gl. 509, 4 : vocabulo, 517, 61.
níwan
Recently ⬩ lately ⬩ newly
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Swilce hé swá cwǽde : Ic wæs geswutelod nú níwan, Glostr. Fragm. 50, 2-4. For ðære swíðlícan ehtnysse ðe ðá níwan ásprang æfter Carines slege on account of the fierce persecution that just then had sprung up after the murder of Carinus, Homl.
gífre
Greedy ⬩ covetous ⬩ voracious ⬩ eager ⬩ desirous ⬩ avidus
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Tantalus se cyning ðe ungemetlíce gífre wæs Tantalus the king who was immoderately greedy, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 170, 1. Ða faraséi ða ðe gífre wǽron pharasæi qui erant avari, Lk. Skt. 16, 14.
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be-tweoh
Between, BETWIXT, among, amid, in the midst ⬩ inter, in medio
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Betwuh ðám wæs seó Magdalenisce Maria, and Maria Iacobes móder inter quas erat Maria Magdalene, et Maria Iacobi mater, Mt. Bos. 27, 56. Betwuht him between them, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234. 5. Betwux wífa bearnum inter natos mulierum, Lk. Bos. 7, 28.
ge-béd
a prayer ⬩ petition ⬩ supplication ⬩ ōrātio ⬩ prĕces ⬩ supplĭcātio ⬩ a religious service ⬩ an ordinance ⬩ verbum legĭtĭmum ⬩ cærĭmōnia
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Wæs wacigende on Godes gebéde ĕrat pernoctans in orātiōne Dei, Lk. Bos. 6, 12. Hie to gebéde feóllon they fell to prayer, Cd. 37; Th. 48, 18; Gen. 777.
ge-endian
To end ⬩ finish ⬩ complete ⬩ accomplish ⬩ fīnīre ⬩ consummāre ⬩ perfĭcĕre ⬩ to come to an end
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Se cyning mid árleásre cwale ofslegen wæs, and ðæt ylce geweorc his æfter-fyligende Oswalde forlét to geendianne rex ipse impio nece occīsus, ŏpus ĭdem suceessōri suo Osualdo perfĭciendum relīquit, 2, 14; S. 517, 33. Ic geendige fīnio, Ælfc.
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ge-gangan
to go ⬩ happen ⬩ take place ⬩ befal ⬩ to fall to one's share ⬩ to come in ⬩ ire ⬩ evenire ⬩ accidere ⬩ to exercise ⬩ effect ⬩ accomplish ⬩ exercere ⬩ perficere ⬩ efficere ⬩ to go against with hostile intention ⬩ to pass over ⬩ overcome ⬩ subdue ⬩ conquer ⬩ obtain ⬩ acquire ⬩ aggredi ⬩ transgredi ⬩ superare ⬩ subigere ⬩ oblinere ⬩ adipisci ⬩ possidere
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Ðá wæs gegongen gumum unfródum, ðæt . . . then it had befallen the youthful man, that . . . Beo. Th. 5634; B. 2821.
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séfte
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Sélre mé wæs and séftre, Ps. Th. 118, 71. Ðone deáþ hé him gedéþ séftran ðonne óðrum monnum, Bt. 39, 10 ; Fox 228, 10. <b>IVa.
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seofon
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His heres wæs seofon hund þusenda. Ors. 2, 5 ; Swt. 78, 10. Seofon nihta fyrst, Elen. Kmbl. 1385; El. 694. On ðám seofon wæstmbǽron geárum, Gen. 41, 47. Hé ábád óðre seofon dagas, 8, 10. Hé him tó genymþ seofun (-en, MS.