wlite
aspect ⬩ countenance ⬩ looks ⬩ appearance ⬩ shape ⬩ form ⬩ good looks ⬩ beautiful appearance ⬩ beauty ⬩ glory ⬩ ornament
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Sunnan beorhtra, æþeltungla wlite, Exon. Th. 181, 4; Gú. 1288. Him mid síðedon twǽgen scinende englas mid wundorlícre wlite swá hé sylf wæs geglenged. Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 775. Heó nalles on goldes wlite and on seolfres ne scíneþ, Blickl.
neáh
nigh ⬩ near ⬩ near ⬩ nearly ⬩ about ⬩ of place
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Swá hé biþ ðære sunnan neár swá biþ hire fyrr whether it (the moon) is nearer to the sun or farther from it, Shrn. 64, 32.
gelíce
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Voc. ii. 47, 50. with dat. of a noun, in the manner of, in the same way as, as in the case of Sóðfæste men sunnan gelíce in heora fæder ríce scínað ( justi fulgebunt sicut sol in regno patris sui, Mt. 13, 43), Sat. 307: Ph. 601.
wilm
that which wells ⬩ of fluid ⬩ a fount ⬩ stream ⬩ water that surges or boils ⬩ that moves in waves ⬩ of fire ⬩ surging ⬩ fire ⬩ flames ⬩ heat ⬩ fervent heat ⬩ fiery heat ⬩ boiling ⬩ roasting ⬩ inflammation ⬩ violent movement ⬩ violence ⬩ raging ⬩ tempestuous movement of water ⬩ of mental emotion ⬩ fervour ⬩ ardour ⬩ heat ⬩ fury ⬩ rage ⬩ passion
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Ðæs unmǽtan wylmes ðære sunnan hǽto, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 573. Wilme and bryne fervore. Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 42. Flór is on welme, Cd. Th. 267, 17; Sat. 39. Þrowigean frécne fýres wylm, 229, 8; Dan. 214. ¶ fig. ?
swingan
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Nime man sealt and þreora ǽgra geolcan, swinge hit swiðe tógædere, 40, 22. to strike, dash Hé swang ðæt fýr on twá he drove back the fire on either hand (cf. that giswerk warð teswungan, bigan sunnun lioht hédrón an himile, Hél. 5634), Cd.
mǽre
Great ⬩ excellent ⬩ distinguished ⬩ illustrious ⬩ sublime ⬩ splendid ⬩ celebrated ⬩ famous ⬩ widely known ⬩ notorious ⬩ distinguished by evil deeds ⬩ insignis
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Sunne mǽre tungol the sun, resplendent star. Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 14; Æðelst. 14. Mǽrost tungla, Exon. 57 b; Th. 205, 28; Ph. 119. In dege mérum in die insigni, Ps. Surt. 80, 4. Ðone mǽron symbeldæg Drihtnes upstige, Blickl.
BRÁD
BROAD open, large, spacious, copious ⬩ latus, expansus, amplus, spatiosus, copiosus
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Seó sunne is swá brád swá eall eorþan ymbhwyrft, ac heó þincþ [MS. þingþ] us swýðe unbrád, forðamðe heó is swíðe feorr fram úrum gesihþum the sun is as large as the whole compass of the earth, but he [lit. she] appears to us very small [lit. un-broad]
weardian
to guard, keep, defend ⬩ with gen. (cf. O. Sax. wardón with gen. to have charge of something) ⬩ to act as guardian to, to rule ⬩ to keep, have charge of ⬩ to hold a country, to occupy a place, inhabit. ⬩ in the phrases lást, swaðe weardian to keep a track, ⬩ to follow ⬩ to remain behind
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[Sicnesse wardeð toȝein þeo sunnen þet weren touwardes, A. R. 182, 14. Wel heo wardith heom bothe, Alis. 909. Þilke tyme þat Samuel þe prophete wardede (ruled) þat folc of Israel, R. Glouc. 27, 16
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wolcen
A cloud ⬩ the clouds ⬩ the heavens ⬩ the sky ⬩ the clouds of night ⬩ under heaven ⬩ on earth ⬩ sky ⬩ welkin
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Ðonne ða wolcnan sceótaþ betweón ðære sunnan and ðé. . . . Þeáh nán wolcne sí betweón ðé and hyre, Shrn. 201, 27. Wǽt wolcnes tier, Met. 20, 81. Sealdon wolcnes stefne vocem dederunt nubes (the translator has read nubis ?), Ps. Th. 76, 14.
ge-sceád
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Se móna went ǽfre þone hricg tó þǽre sunnan weard. . . Cweðað sume menn, þe þis gesceád ne cunnon, ꝥ se móna hine wende be þan þehit wedrian sceal, Lch. iii. 268, l. an account, (i) ordered speech Geþeahtung, gesceád vel racu conlatio, Wrt.
mann
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add: a human being irrespective of age or sex Mín sunn, ic ðé tó men gebær, Hml. S. 25, 175. used explicitly as a designation applicable to either sex Nis nán wífhádes mann hire gelíca, Hml. Th. ii. 10, 12.
furþum
Take here ⬩ in Dict., and add: ⬩ even, ⬩ just
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Þá sunne úp furðum eóde, Gen. 2539. where actions are contemporaneous Ðá hé furþum on ꝥ leóht cóm, ðá beseah hé hine underbæc just as he reached the light he looked back, Bt. 35, 6; F. 170, 14.
tó-dǽlan
To divide, ⬩ separate, ⬩ distribute ⬩ to divide a whole into parts, ⬩ to destroy unity, ⬩ make dissension in ⬩ to divide a whole by assigning the limits of the different parts ⬩ to divide one number by another ⬩ to divide one thing from another, ⬩ part, ⬩ separate ⬩ to scatter, ⬩ disperse ⬩ to destroy ⬩ to distribute, ⬩ give away parts of a whole, ⬩ to divide into shares ⬩ to share ⬩ to divide, ⬩ distinguish, ⬩ separate, ⬩ make a difference between ⬩ to be different, ⬩ be distinguished from. ⬩ to separate with the mind ⬩ discern, ⬩ discriminate, ⬩ distinguish, ⬩ to give forth, ⬩ utter
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Hí wǽron tódǽlende heora weoruldgód syndrigum mannum, Bd. 1, 27; S. 489, 19. to divide into shares, to share Sió sunne and se móna habbaþ tódæled butwuht him ðone dæg and ða niht swíþe emne, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 5. to divide, distinguish, separate, make
self
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Ðæt ðú ús sunnan onsende, and ðé sylf cyme, 8, 8; Cri. 114. Nime fíf and beó him sylf sixta, L. C. S. 44; Th. i. 402, 7. Him sylfa, 30; Th. i. 394, 5. Eall ðis mágon him sylfe geseón, Exon.
ge-logian
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and add: to put together, to join Gelógod and geféged compositus, Germ. 391, 188. to collect, bring together Þ eall middaneard, swylce under ánum sunnan leóman gelógod (gegaderod, v.l., collectus), wǽre beforan his eágan gelǽded, Gr.
hál
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Andgit swá swá þæt hálre byð swá hyt máre geseón mæg þǽre ǽcean sunnan, 45, 2. of moral or spiritual health Dóð eówre heortan hige hále and clǽne, Ps.
hús
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Drihten ásette on sunnan his hús (tabernaculum), Bl. H. 9, 31. In ð á éco húso in aeterna tabernacula, Lk. L. 16, 9. used of heaven and hell :-- Oþ ꝥ ic þe inn Ingong in þæt atule hús, Gú. 534: 649 : Sat. 710
ge-seón
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(l b) where seeing implies life :-- Hí sunnan ne geseóð syððan ǽfre, Ps. Th. 57, 7. (l c) irregular constructions :-- Hé geseah swá swá scínende sunne he saw what looked like sunshine, it seemed to him as if the sun were shining. Hml. S. 23 b, 741.
ge-dǽlan
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Habbad emne gedǽled dæg and nihte sunne and móna, Met. 29, 35. (l a) of the partition and occupation of land :-- Þý geáre Healfdene Norþanhymbra lond gedǽlde, Chr. 876; P. 74, 12.
læssa
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Swá eác ðe móna hǽfð his ryne hraðor áurnen on þám lǽssan ymbhwyrfte þonne seó sunne hæbbe on þám máran, Lch. iii. 248, 10-15: Met. 28, 12. Lýssan minima, Kent. Gl. 1100. Hé þára lǽssena ríca reccend is, Ors. 2, 1; S. 58, 25.