mæsse
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Gif þú (cf. se mæssepreóst, 18) wille mé hwylce þearfe gegearwian, geoffra þysne hláf þám ælmihtigan Gode for mé æt þínre mæssan. tó þon ꝥ þú geþingie mínum synnum. Gr. D. 348, 28. <b>I a.
sǽlþ
Happiness, joy, felicity, good fortune, prosperity
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Happiness, joy, felicity, good fortune, prosperity (the word is generally in the plural) Ic nú haebbe ongiten ðæt ða míne sǽlþa and seó orsorgnes ðe ic sǽr wénde ðæt gesǽlþa beón sceoldan náne sǽlba ne sint I have now seen that my prosperity and security
sceáwere
an observer, ⬩ a spy ⬩ a watch-tower ⬩ a mirror ⬩ a buffoon, an actor
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Godes word is ase a uayr ssewere, ine huam me yziȝt alle þe lakkes of þe herte, Ayenb. 202, 21. Sheweres glasses (A. V.), Wick. Isaiah 3, 23), 40, 54. a buffoon, an actor Sceáwera scurrarum ii. 90, 13. Similar entries (v. sceáwend-sprǽc)
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un-wísdóm
folly ⬩ stupidity ⬩ ignorance
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Sóna swá hí heora mód áwendaþ from Gode, swá weorþaþ hí áblende mid unwísdóme ubi oculos a summae luce veritatis ad inferiora dejecerint, mox inscitiae nube caligant, Bt. 40, 7.; Fox 242, 31.
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æf-ést
zeal
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Æfisto invidias Rtl. 25, 25. in a good sense, zeal Be gódum æfste (zelo) ðe munecas habban sceolon, R. Ben. 131, II. Elnung ł æfista húses ðines zelus domus tuae Jn. R. 2, 17
æt
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Swá ús bið æt Gode, ðonne wé wið hine gesyngiað. Past. 425, 4. Hit stent on úrum dihte hú ús bið æt Gode gedémed, Hml.
þegnung
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Service, ministration. service, good office done by one to another Englas beóð tó ðegnunge gǽstum fram Gode hider on world sended, Blickl. Homl. 209, 23. Ne mihte se mánfulla éhtere mid nánre ðénunge ðám lytlingum swá micclum fremian, Homl.
Linked entries: ǽfen-þénung þéning þénung
sib
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Gif hí sibbe mid Godes mannum onfón ne woldan ðæt hí wǽron gefeoht fram heora feóndum onfónde si pacem cum fratribus accipere nollent, bellum ab hostibus forent accepturi, 2, 2; S. 503, 29: Chr. 605; Erl. 21, 28.
of
Of ⬩ from ⬩ out of ⬩ off ⬩ as regards ⬩ about
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Sóðfæstnesse, ða ðe ic gehýrde of Gode, Jn. Skt. 8, 40. denoting the agent from whom an action proceeds, by Æþelstán wæs gecoren tó cynge of Myrcum, Chr. 924; Erl. 111, 34.
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settan
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Heó ( the fallen angels ) God sette on ða sweartan helle, Cd. Th. 20, 20; Gen. 312. Hé sette his ða swíðran hand (cf. mid ða swíðran hand, 514, 21) him on ðæt heáfod, Bd. 2, 12 ; S. 515, 19.
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óþ
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Grn. 7, 13. marking extent, degree, so much as Nis se ðe dó gód, nis óþ ánum ( usque ad unum ), Ps. Spl. 13, 2: 52, 4. with acc. local, marking a point reached, to, up to, as far as Óþ eorþan endas, Deut. 28, 64: Ps. Th. 71, 8.
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ge-hýran
To hear ⬩ give ear to ⬩ audīre ⬩ exaudīre ⬩ To hear ⬩ audīre ⬩ to obey ⬩ obĕdire
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Gehýr me Drihten God mín exaudi me Dŏmĭne Deus meus, Ps. Spl. 12, 3 : 68, 17 : 142, 7. Gehýre gé ðæs sáwendan bigspell vos audīte parăbŏlam sēmĭnantis, Mt. Bos. 13, 18. Gehýraþ me audīte me, Ps. Th. 65, 14.
wirgan
to curse ⬩ maledicere ⬩ to do evil
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Wyrig God and swelt, Homl. Th. ii. 452, 30. Ðone hláford ðæs folces ne werge ðú, L. Alf. 37; Th. i. 52, 30. Ðæt ðú hig wirige, Num. 23, 27. Se ðe werge (wyrge, wyrie, v. ll.) L. Alf. 15; Th. i. 48, 8. Wirige, Gen. 27, 29.
ge-dál
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Geþenc hú micel gedál God betweox ús gesceóp, Ll. Th. ii. 394, 29.
help
help ⬩ assistance ⬩ succour ⬩ an aid ⬩ a thing ⬩ a place ⬩ a refuge ⬩ a cure ⬩ remedy of disease
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Nim þé þis ofæt on hand . . . þé sende God þás helpe of heofonríce, Gen. 521. Helpas solacia, R. Ben. I. of, 10: praesidia, Wülck. Gl. 252, 5.
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hefig-tíme
heavy ⬩ weighty ⬩ of great importance ⬩ serious ⬩ grave ⬩ severe ⬩ serious ⬩ oppressive ⬩ annoying ⬩ troublesome ⬩ hard to bear ⬩ grievous ⬩ tedious
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God gelácnað his gecorenra gyltas mid mislicum brocum; and þeáh ðe hit hefigtýme sý ðám ðrowigendum, Hml. Th. i. 472, 19. by a dat. infin. Þuhte mé hefigíme þé tó tiþienne þæs, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 1, 6.
secgan
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Ic Gode líf mín secge vitam meam nuntiavi tibi, Ps. Th. 55, 7. Ic míne earfeþu sæcge tribulationem meam pronuntio, 141, 2 : 54, 17. Ðú sagast lífceare, Cd. Th. 54, 17 ; Gen. 878.
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cwealm
Death, destruction, a violent death, slaughter, murder, torment, plague, pestilence, contagion ⬩ QUALM; mors, pernicies, nex, cædes, homicidium, cruciatus, lues, pestis, pestilentia, contagium
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Godes miltsung ðone rédan cwealm gestilde God's mercy stilled the cruel pestilence, ii. 126, 22. Beóþ mycele eorþan styrunga geond stówa, and cwealmas terræmotus magni erunt per loca, et pestilentiæ, Lk. Bos. 21, 11.
LANG
LONG ⬩ tall
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Ðæt is nú ðæs líchoman gód ðæt man síe fæger and lang and brád, Bt. 34, 6; Fox 140, 32. Eádweard se langa, Byrht, Th. 139, 53; By 273. Se biþ lang lífes and welig he shall be longlived and wealthy, Lchdm. iii. 156, 18.
LÓCIAN
To LOOK ⬩ see ⬩ gaze ⬩ observe ⬩ regard ⬩ take heed ⬩ look (to) ⬩ belong ⬩ pertain
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God hét hyne lócian tó heofonum suspice cælum, Gen. 15, 5. Hié ongeán lócian ne mihton for ðæs léges bryne, Blickl. Homl. 203, 11. Swíðe fæger an tó lócianne, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 74, 13. Matheus ðá lóciende geseah Drihten Crist, Blickl. Homl. 229, 30.