Seax-
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Ðá féng tó Eást-Seaxna ríce Swíþhelm Seaxbaldes suna, Bd. 3, 22; S. 553, 42. Ðæs cyninges ( Anna of East Anglia ) dohter Sexburh, 3, 8; S. 531, 24: Chr. 639; Erl. 27, 6.
ge-bégan
To cause to bow ⬩ bend ⬩ bow down ⬩ recline ⬩ press down ⬩ humble ⬩ crush ⬩ flectĕre ⬩ incurvāre ⬩ humiliare ⬩ deprĭmĕre
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Surt. 56, 7 : Lk. Skt. Lind. 9, 58. Se ðe hine ahefeþ he biþ gebéged and se ðe hine gebéges he ahæfen biþ qui se exaltaverit humiliabitur et qui se humiliaverit exaltabitur, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 23, 12.
teart
Tart, sharp (of pain, punishment, etc.) ⬩ severe; acer, asper
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Surt. 16, 5. Teartere þrǽlung acrior correptio, R. Ben. Interl. 59, 6. Hine man þreáge mid teartran steóre, R. Ben. 52, 6. Hé stíðran and teartran steóre underló majori uindicte subjaceat, 71, 8
un-beald
Not bold ⬩ not confident ⬩ irresolute
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Ðǽm unbealdum is tó cýðanne hú giémeleáse hié bióð ðonne hié hié selfe tó suíðe forsióð aliter admonendi sunt pertinaces, atque aliter inconstantes ... istis intimandum est, quod valde se despicientes negligunt, 42; Swt. 305, 12-16.
wic-weorc
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Weekly work, work done for the lord by the tenant so many days a week On sumen lande is ðæt hé ( the gebúr) sceal wyrcan tó wicweorc .ii. dagas swilc weorc swilc him man tǽcð ofer geáres fyrst ǽlcre wucan, and on barfest .iii. dagas tó wicweorce, and
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wlitigian
to make beautiful ⬩ to grow beautiful
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Surt. 140, 1. 4. to grow beautiful Byrig fægriaþ, wongas wlitgiaþ (wlitigaþ, MS.), Exon. Th. 308, 33; Scef. 49
wuldor-fæst
Glorious
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Surt. ii. p. 188, I. Wuldorftest, Cd. Th. 234, 3 ; Dan. 286. Wuldorfæst cyning (Solomon), 202, 18 ; Exod. 390. Ðes wuldorfæsta kyning rex gloriae, Ps. Th. 23, 8, 10: Nicod. 29 ; Thw. 16, 38.
eáþelíce
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On sumre stówe se hróf wæs ꝥ man mihte eáþelíce mid heáfde gehrínan, Bl. H. 207, 23. cf. eáþe; 2 Eáþelíce facile, Wülck. Gl. 252, 2. Ne sý him nó eáþelíce þæs infæres getíðod non ei facilis tribuatur ingressus, R. Ben. 97, 4.
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efen-þeówa
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Geseónde æfnðeúwe his unum de conseruis suis . . . conseruus ejus . . . Videntes conserui ejus, Mt. R. 18, 28, 29, 31. Mínne hláford and míne efenþeówas, Hml. A. 202, 240. weak forms Ic eom eówer efnðeówa (emn-, v. l.) consenior, Past. 136, 16.
fæder-lic
ancestral ⬩ lineal
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Similar entries v. fæder, I 2, 2 a Þíne suna gesittað ꝥ cynesetl oð ðá feórðe mǽgðe mid fæderlicre æftergengnysse (son shall succeed father for four generations), Hml.
heorr
a hinge
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For þám wé cweþaþ ꝥ ꝥ héhste gód sié se lhéhsta hróf eallra góda, and seó hior ðe eall gód on hwearfaþ, and eác ꝥ þing ðe mon eall gód fore déþ quo fit uti summa cardo, atque caussa exfetendorum omnium, bonitas esse jure credatur, Bt. 34, 7; F. 143, 35
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hreáw hreów
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Add: [for the double form cf. hreáw and hreów (p. tense of hreówan), streáw and streów, eáwan and eówan.] of food, not cooked Þǽr syndon menn ðá be hreáwan flǽsce and be hunige lifigeað ubi sunt homines cruda carne et melle uescentes, Nar. 38, 16.
oflǽte
an oblation, offering ⬩ a sacramental wafer ⬩ a wafer like the sacramental wafer ⬩ a sacramental wafer ⬩ wafer
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Surt. 50, 21. a sacramental wafer Eal ðæt tó húsle gebirige, ðæt is, clǽne ofléte, clǽne wín, and clǽne wæter, L. Edg. C. 39; Th. ii. 252, 13. Behealde hé ðæt his oflétan ne beón ealdbacene, L. Ælfc. C. 36; Th. ii. 360, 26.
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smirwung
anointing, unction ⬩ an ointment
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Surt. 32, 9. Smyring unguentum Ps. Spl. 132, 2. Balzaman smiring wið eallum untrumnessum Lchdm. ii. 174, 7. Smyring 288, 12. Gif ðú myhtest ǽnig þing fyndan on smyrunge oððe on wyrtum, ðæt ðu myhtest mýne wunde myd gehǽlan St. And. 28, 17.
ge-þancian
To thank ⬩ give thanks ⬩ reward ⬩ grătias agĕre
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We sceolon geþancian Gode ðæt he wolde asendan his áncennedan Sunu we ought to thank God that he was willing to send his only-begotten Son, 23, 2.
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átor
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Ðæt áter (átor-or, v.l.) hiera ágenra mettrymnessa virus suae pestis, Past. 371, 10, Áttor sellan pestiferum veneni poculum fundere, 449, 27. Him mon sealde áttor drincan, Shrn. 90, 25: Gr. D. 158, 29. Éttre virus (evomuit), An. Ox. II. 85.
god-cund
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Sum mæg godcunde reccan ryhte ǽ, Cri. 670. Godcundra beboda, Bl. H. 37, 8. On godcundum bócum God beád ꝥ . . ., Bt. 41, 3; F. 246, 32. a benefit, good, &c. Biddan ðone godcundan fultum, Bt. 33, 3; F. 126, 34.
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wíg
fight ⬩ battle ⬩ war ⬩ conflict ⬩ valour ⬩ troops
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Sumum wíges spéd hé giefeþ æt gúþe, 42, 16; Cri. 673. Wæs Hróðgáre herespéd gyfen, wíges weorðmynd. Beo. Th. 130; B. 65. Hé hafaþ wígges leán, blǽd bútan blinne. Elen. Kmbl. 1647 ; El. 825. Sum bið wíges heard, beadocræftig beorn, Exon.
willan
To will, wish ⬩ to will, exercise the faculty of willing ⬩ to will, purpose, think, mean, intend ⬩ to tend ⬩ to will, ordain, order, command ⬩ to will, wish, want, desire ⬩ to will, be willing to do something ⬩ to allow, permit, grant, consent to ⬩ to be disposed, to have such and such a will ⬩ to will, profess, claim ⬩ will, shall, to be about to
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Th. 126, 29; Gú. 378. to be disposed, to have such and such a will Ðæt man his Scyppend lufige and ða men ðe wel willaþ ( the men that are of good will ). Homl. Skt. i. 16, 254.
láð
hateful ⬩ hated ⬩ loathed ⬩ loth ⬩ displeasing ⬩ injurious ⬩ grievous ⬩ hostile ⬩ malign ⬩ inimical
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Ðá wæs ic swíðe onscúniende and mé láð wæs multum detestatus sum, Bd. 5, 12; S. 630, 32. Ðeáh hit láð wǽre, Chr. 1006; Erl. 141, 7. Him wæs láð tó ámyrrene his ágenne folgaþ, 1048; Erl. 178, 11.