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BÍDAN

(v.)
Grammar
BÍDAN, ic bíde, ðú bídest, bítst, bíst, he bídeþ, bít, pl. bídaþ; p. ic, he bád, ðú bide, pl. bidon; pp. biden; acc. gen.

To BIDE, abide, continue, remain, tarry, wait, await, expect, endure ⬩ manere, remanere, morari, habitare in aliquo loco, expectare, consequi, sustinere

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Bídaþ assan on þurste expectabunt onagri in siti sua, Ps. Th. 103, 11. Swá mín sáwl bád sicut expectavit anima mea, 55, 6. He geþyldum bád he waited patiently, Exon. 46 a; Th. 157, 4; Gú. 886.

Linked entries: a-bídan bád bídende

geómor

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
geómor, geómur, giómor; adj.

Sad, sorrowful, mournful, murmuring, miserable, wretched ⬩ tristis, mæstus, quĕrŭlus, mĭser ⬩ doleful, miserable ⬩ depressed, sad, sorrowful ⬩ misery ⬩ misery ⬩ pity ⬩ mĭsĕria

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Siððan ðú gehýrde galan geómorne geác on bearwe when thou host heard the sad cuckoo sing in the grove, Exon. 123 b; Th. 473, 29; Bo. 22. He wæg hyge geómurne he bare a mournful spirit, 52 a; Th. 182, 15; Gú. 1310.

wicce-cræeft

(n.)
Grammar
wicce-cræeft, es; m.
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Ða heáfodleahtras sind . . . hǽðengyld, drýcræft, wiccecræft, Homl. Th. ii. 592, 7.

clǽne

(adj.)
Grammar
clǽne, adj.
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Ðǽm folce ðe on clǽnum felda ( in campo ) sige gefeohtað, 227, 24. fit for food Ic genime mé clǽne fixas tó mete, Coll. M. 23, 17.

ge-lendan

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þú wéne þæt se wísdóm þonne gelænde, oððe seó clénnes, . . . ðonne se man gewíte, oððe hwanon heó ǽr cumen, oððe hwǽr hý síen, Solil. H. 51, 6

ge-lengan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lengan, to lengthen.
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Gelengedre letanian prolongata letania, Angl. xiii. 405, 580. to protract, perform slowly, draw out Se sealm sý gecweden bútan antefene, and hé sý on swége gelencged hwæthwára psalmus dicatur sine antiphona subtrahendo ( = protrahendo) modice, R.

ge-singan

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L. 14, 72. to sing praise, glory, &c. to a person, repeat words which express Ðǽm wé gesinga wuldur ipsi cantantes gloriam, Rtl. 163, 15. to recite, repeat forms used in religious services (prayer, psalm, mass) Sé þe Pater noster inweardlíce

ge-camp

(n.)
Grammar
ge-camp, n. (not m.).
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S. 25, 834. fig. spiritual warfare Hí sceolon mid sige þæs gástlican gecampes tó him eft gecyrran þe hí tó þám gefeohte ásende, Hml. Th. ii. 402, 14. Gecampes (cenobialis) militie, An. Ox. 4169. Godes fyhtling ( St.

heáh-fæder

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Lbmn. 413, 10. (1 a) in a special sense, one of the twelve sons of Jacob : — Twelf tída beóð on ðám dæge, and twelf mónðas on geáre; twelf heáhfæderas sind, twelf wítegan, twelf apostoli, Hml.

HORD

(n.)
Grammar
HORD, es; n. m.

HOARD, treasure ⬩ n. thesaurus

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His synna hord onténde he confessed his sins, Ps. C. 50, 28; Grn. ii. 277, 28: 151, 155; Grn. ii. 280, 151, 155. Sáwle hord, Beo. Th. 4835; B. 2422. Hordas, gerýne arcana, Mone B. 4216 Similar entries (v. gold-hord)

Linked entries: hord-cófa hord-loca

seomian

(v.)
Grammar
seomian, siomian, semian; p. ode

To rest ⬩ to remain suspended ⬩ to hang ⬩ to lower as a cloud ⬩ to remain supported ⬩ to lie so as to press ⬩ lie heavily ⬩ lie securely

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Him on healfa gehwam hettend seomedon mægen oððe merestreám on each side of them lay foes pressing, the Egyptian force or the Red Sea, 191, 4; Exod. 209. Ðǽr ic seomian wát ðínne sigebróðor I know thy brother lies in prison there, Andr.

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be

rest ⬩ by ⬩ along, ⬩ by, not later than ⬩ by ⬩ during ⬩ by ⬩ with ⬩ conveyance, by (in to send by) ⬩ subject to ⬩ in the case of ⬩ in the matter of ⬩ in ⬩ with ⬩ (to do) by ⬩ or about ⬩ to ⬩ with ⬩ (to become)of ⬩ by ⬩ because of ⬩ on account of ⬩ for the sake of ⬩ by ⬩ by means of ⬩ by the use of ⬩ by way of ⬩ in the form of ⬩ after ⬩ according to ⬩ after ⬩ by the command ⬩ at the request

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Búton hió hwǽr tó lǽne sié, oððe hwá óðre bí wríte, Past. 9, 7

niman

(v.)
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Gif hire liófre sié óðer hémed tó niomanne, C.

tela

(adv.)
Grammar
tela, teala, teola, telo, tiolo; adv.

Well. ⬩ well, rightly, aright, correctly ⬩ well, perfectly, completely, thoroughly, certainly ⬩ well, prosperously, happily ⬩ well, in a beneficial or pleasant manner ⬩ marking degree, very, to a great extent ⬩ as an exclamation, well, good

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Ðý him is micel ðearf ðonne hé tela lǽrþ ðæt hé eác tela doo dum commissis sibi cogitur bona dicere, ipsum prius necesse est, quae dixerit, custodire, Past. 28, 3; Swt. 193, 12. Teala, Blickl. Homl. 75, 14.

un-þanc

(n.)
Grammar
un-þanc, es; m.

disfavour ⬩ displeasure ⬩ anger ⬩ ill-will ⬩ an unpleasing act ⬩ a displeasure ⬩ an offence ⬩ annoyance ⬩ not thanks ⬩ displeasure expressed in words ⬩ unwillingly ⬩ without consent ⬩ on compulsion ⬩ ingratis ⬩ without (a person's) consent ⬩ not of (one's own) accord ⬩ against (one's) will

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Ðonne sió sául hire unðonces gebǽdd wierð ðæt yfe tó forlǽtanne, Past. 36; Swt. 251, 12. Ðis folc ðe úre unþances faran wyllaþ, Ex. 14, 5. Hí heora unðances hié begeáton, Ors. 2, 2; Swt. 64, 27. Unþances, 5, 13; Swt. 244, 25, Unþances, Jud. 11, 33

Linked entry: un-þances

wlitig

(adj.)
Grammar
wlitig, adj.

Beautiful ⬩ comely ⬩ fair ⬩ beauteous ⬩ glorious

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Sió wlitige stów (heaven), Met. 20, 279. Wlitig, wuldorfost, Exon. Th. 151, 2; Gú. 789: Cd. Th. 277, 33; Sat. 214. Him is engel mid, ne mæg him bryne sceþþan wlitigne wuldorhoman, Exon.

heofon-lic

chaste

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Úre fæderas ǽton heofonlicne mete (heofunlica, R. heofunlic, L.) manducaneurunt patres nostri manna, Jn. 6, 58. having relation to heaven and divine things Þætte eal . . . sié ymb ðá heofonlican lufan . . . ðý lǽs him losige ðæt hefenlice ondgit ut per

mǽg

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Healden þá mǽgas (mágas, v. l.) þone frumstól oþ þæt hit (a minor whose father is dead ) gewintred sié, 126, 6. Fón mágas tó and weddian heora mágan tó wífe, 254, 20. Ládige hé mid his mágan þe fǽhðe móton mid beran, 344, 26: 362, 23.

múþ

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silence Ðeáh hié ðæs líchoman múð belúcen, Past. 271, 23. to put words in another's mouth, tell him what to say Sete mín word on his múð, and ic beó on þínum múðe and on his múðe, Ex. 4, 15. to seek in a person's mouth, seek to be told by a person Sió

swá

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fremde hí forhogedon, Bd. 1, 26; Sch. 57, 2. 1. add: — Þá wæs hé swá feor norþ swá þá hwælhuntan firrest faraþ, Ors. 1, 1 ; S. 17, 11. 2 a. add Wið þan ðe mín wiif þǽr benuge innganges swá mid mínum líce swǽ yferran dógre swǽ hwæder swǽ hire liófre sié