licgan
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Læg sum wǽdla æt his geate, 328, 13. Þá se Hǽlend geseah þysne licgean (licgende. L. licende, R. ) hunc cum uidisset Iesus iacentem, Jn. 5, 6. Anlícost swínum þe simle willað licgan on fúlum solum, Bt. 57, 4; F. 192, 26.
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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.
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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úhta
the last part of the night ⬩ the time just before daybreak ⬩ the time at which the earliest of the seven canonical services was held, the time of nocturns ⬩ De nocturna celebratione.
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the last part of the night, the time just before daybreak Þis wæs on úhtan eall geworden ǽr dægréde, Cd. Th. 294, 2; Sat. 465. On úhtan mid ǽrdæge, Beo. Th. 252; B. 126: Andr. Kmbl. 469; An. 235: 2775; An. 1390: Elen. Kmbl. 209; El. 105.
Wóden
Woden
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. ¶ Woden is found in most of the genealogies of the old English royal families Ðæs (Wihta) fæder wæs Wóden nemned, of ðæs strýnde monigra mǽgþa cyningcynn fruman lǽdde, Bd. I. 15; S. 483, 30.
á-heardian
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Hire wæs áweaxen swá áheardod hýd ( obdurata cutis ) swylce olfendan, Gr. D. 287, 4. Tácn áheardodre lifre, Lch. ii. 204, 4.
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