wíf-þing
Matters connected with women ⬩ marriage ⬩ intercourse
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P. ii. 20, tit. ; Th. ii. 180, 32. [He weddede þat mæiden, and nom heo to his bedden; þer wes wífðing riche, Laym. 31128.] Cf. brýd-þing
ge-mirran
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to hinder, obstruct the proper action or operation of. the object personal Synt gemyrde múðas ealle þá unriht sprecað obstructum est os loquentium iniqua, Ps.
Linked entry: ge-myrran
rodor-líc
of the firmament ⬩ celestial ⬩ heavenly
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of the firmament (v. rodor, I) Se roderlíca ethereus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 25. Firmamentum is ðeós roderlíce heofen mid manegum steorrum ámétt, Lchdm. iii. 254, 8. Hí ( Enoch and Elias) sind genumene tó lyftenre heofenan, ná tó rodlícere, Homl.
scealfor
A diver
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Ðá geseah hé swymman scealfran on flóde, and gelóme doppettan ádúne tó grunde éhtende þearle ðære eá fixa . . . Ðá hét Martinus ða fugelas ðæs fixnoðes geswícan, and tó wéstene síðian; and ða scealfran gewiton áweg tó holte, Homl. Th. ii. 516, 6-12
ládian
to excuse ⬩ clear ⬩ exculpate ⬩ defend
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Him Rómáne his forwierndon and hit under ðæt ládedon for ðon ðe hé ǽr æt ðæm óðrum cirre sige næfde the Romans refused it [the triumph] to him, and excused [the refusal] under the pretext that before on the other occasion he had not gained the victory
blanden-feax
Having mixed or grizzly hair, grey-haired, old ⬩ comam mixtam vel canam habens, senex
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beorn blandenfeax [MS. blandenfex, col. 2] bilgeslehtes the grizzly-haired warrior ought not to boast of the clashing of swords, Chr. 937; Th. 204, 34, col. 1; Æðelst. 45.
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ge-beorgan
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Add: to protect, to prevent the happening of evil (acc.) to an object (dat.), ward off from Ic mé gúðbordes sweng gebearh, Gen. 2694.
mæðtel-cwide
Discourse ⬩ converse
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Hyrcnigan hálges lára mildes meðelcwida to listen to the instructions of the holy man, the discourses of the kind one, 47 b; Th. 162, 23; Gú. 980. Meaht ðú meðelcwidum worda gewealdan are words at thy command for discourse, Th. 163, 4; Gú. 988.
un-stæððig
not steady ⬩ remiss ⬩ irregular ⬩ unstable ⬩ inconstant ⬩ fickle ⬩ unsteady ⬩ unstaid ⬩ not sober ⬩ light ⬩ wanton
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T. Grn. 17, 13. Ða unstæððigan hleápunge ðæs mǽdenes ( the daughter of Herodias ), Homl. Th. i. 480, 35
ge-stælan
To set up ⬩ put upon ⬩ impute ⬩ accuse ⬩ statuere ⬩ imponere in ⬩ imputare ⬩ arguere ⬩ accusare
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Ne mæg on me fácnes frum-bearn fyrene gestælan may not deceit's firstborn [the devil] impute crime to me, Exon. 48 a; Th. 166, 18; Gú. 1044. He us ne mæg ǽnige synne gestælan he cannot accuse us of any sin, Cd. 21; Th. 25, 10; Gen. 391.
ge-wil
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A will, wish, pleasure; vŏluntas, arbitrium, vōtum Ne wend ðú ðé nó on ðæs folces unriht gewil turn thou not thyself to the unjust wish of the people, L. Alf. 41; Th. i. 54, 7: Hy. 7, 78; Hy. Grn. ii. 288, 78.
wind
Winding ⬩ wrapping
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Gif preóst searwaþ be winde, gebéte ðæt if a priest do not conduct an ordeal rightly, let him make 'bót,' If a priest uses deceit in respect to the wrapping up of the hand or arm exposed to the ordeal (cf. in the descriptions 'of the proceedings at the
a-wendan
To turn away or off ⬩ avert ⬩ remove ⬩ to turn upside down ⬩ turn ⬩ change ⬩ translate ⬩ pervert ⬩ avertere ⬩ vertere ⬩ mutare ⬩ transferre ⬩ subvertere ⬩ To turn or direct oneself to turn from ⬩ go ⬩ depart ⬩ se vertere ⬩ ire
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Th. 77, 57
Linked entries: a-wændan a-wend a-went eowendende wendan
irnan
To run
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To run Ic yrne cucurri, Ps. Spl. T. 118, 32. Seó eá Danai irnþ ðonan súþryhte the river Don runs thence due south, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 8, 17. Ǽspringe irneþ wið his eardes, Bt. Met. Fox 5, 29; Met. 5, 15.
árian
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Th. i. 44, 15. with acc., Bt. 41, 2; F. 246, 19 (in Dict.). to shew mercy, kindness, with dat. inst. to do kindness Ára mé and genere mé of deáþes bendum, Bl. H. 89, 22. Ic þé bidde þæt þú mé árige ut eripias me, Ps. Th. 39, 15.
dúru
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Tó óðres mannes dure ... tó óðres mannes húses dura (duru, v. l. ), Ll. Th. i. 418, 1, 5. Tó þæs carcernes dyru (duru, l. 20), Bl. H. 237, 18. Ætforan þǽre cyrican dyre (dyran, R. Ben. I. 78, 10) ante foras oratorii, R. Beo. 70, 5.
andetnes
A confession ⬩ acknowledgment ⬩ profession ⬩ giving of thanks or praise ⬩ praise ⬩ honour ⬩ glory ⬩ confessio
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Seó andetnes ðe we Gode andettaþ the confession that we confess to God, L. E. I. 30; Th. ii. 426, 33. Ðe his naman neóde sealdon him andetnes ǽghwǽr habban ad confitendum nomini tuo, Ps. Th. 121, 4.
ge-mynan
To remember, remind
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To remember, remind Dryhten gemynest ðú ðæt se forlǽrd cwæþ sir, dost thou remember that that deceiver said? Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 27, 63. Ðú nú gemyndest ða word ðe ic ðé sǽde thou now remembered the words that I said to thee, Bt. 35, 2; Fox 156, 21.
HÝÐ
a port ⬩ haven
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Th. ii. 440, 32. Hera ðone steórman ac ná ǽrðan ðe hé becume gesundful tó ðære hýðe, 560, 22. Cómon ðǽr þrý men tó ðære hýðe three men came to the landing-place, Guthl. 11; Gdwin. 54, 24. Ðǽr æt hýðe stód æðelinges fær, Beo. Th. 63 ; B. 32: Elen.
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eorre
Angry, enraged, fierce ⬩ īrātus, īrācundus
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Cd. 219; Th. 280, 27; Sat. 261: Elen. Kmbl. 801; El. 401. Þurh eorne hyge through angry mind, 1367; El. 685. Nalæs late wǽron eorre æscberend to ðam orlege the fierce spear-bearers were not slow to the onset, Andr. Kmbl. 93; An. 47: 2153; An. 1078