á-þweán
to wash ⬩ cleanse an object from impurity ⬩ to wash impurity from an object
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Bið micel folc áðwægen hira scylda, Past. 105, 23. Bið suíðe wel áðwægen sió wund, 259, 25. Mid fulluhte áþwagen (áðwogen, v.l.) fram his dǽdum, Hml. S. 27, 194. Hé bið áðwogen fram his synnun, Hml. Th. i. 472, 5.
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heorþ-pening
A tax of a penny to be paid by every house [e.g. Peter's pence]
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Sý ǽlc heorþpenig ágífen be Petres mæsse dæge: and seðe hine tó ðam ándagan gelǽst næbbe, lǽde hine tó Róme, and ðǽr tó eácan xxx pænega and bringe ðonne swutelunge ðæt hé ðǽr swá micel betǽht hæbbe.
ge-rídan
To ride, reach or obtain by riding, get into one's power, subject
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Se here geridon Wesseaxna lond and gesǽton micel ðæs folces ofer sǽ adrǽfdon and ðæs óðres ðone mǽstan dǽl hie geridon the [Danish] army rode to Wessex and occupied it; much of the folk they drove over sea and most part of the rest they got into their
un-gemetlíce
immoderately ⬩ beyond measure ⬩ excessively ⬩ too (much) ⬩ immensely ⬩ exceedingly ⬩ very greatly
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Seó wæs ungemetlíce micel serpens mirae magnitudinis, Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 174, 4. Sió eá hæfde ungemettlíce ceald wæter praefrigidus amnis, 3, 9; Swt. 124, 29.
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drenc
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Gýfernyss déð ꝥ man tó micel nimð on wǽte . . . and þone mann tó deáðe gebrincgð for ðám ormǽtan drænce (ormǽtum drenceum, v. l. ), Hml.
fillan
throw down ⬩ to fell ⬩ destroy
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: Ic wiht (bellows) geseah . . . þegn folgade . . . and micel hæfde geféred þǽr hit felde (when he made the swollen bellows subside ?), Ra. 38, 4. fig. to be a stumbling-block to Gif honde þíne fælleþ þec, Mt.
grundlinga
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Wearð swá micel storm ꝥ eall ꝥ ormǽte weorc wearð tówend grundlunga, Hml. S. 31, 1244. Ꝥ tempel grundlunga tófeóll, 2, 387. Áhreás þæt tempel grundlunga, Hml. Th. i. 72, 5. <b>I a.
witan
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Hú mycelne ege wé sceolon witan (hú micel ege sí tó hæbbenne, v.l.) tó þám hálgum werum quantis sit viris sanctis timor exhibendus, Gr. D. 63, 6
sǽlþ
Happiness, joy, felicity, good fortune, prosperity
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Ys micel niédþearf ðæt mon hiene wið ða ungemetlícan sǽlþa warenige, Past. 27; Swt. 189, 6. Hý weorðgeornra sǽlþa tðslítaþ they destroy the fortunes of the ambitious, Salm. Kmbl. 697; Sal. 348. Heofenas blissiaþ sealte sǽstreámas sǽlþe habbaþ. Ps.
heáh
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Hí woldon þone stán heár and gerysenlícor ásettan ut lapis amoueretur et altius reponeretur, Bd. 3, 8; Sch. 224, 9. fig, in an exalted position : — Swá micelum swá hé deóppur byð ásliden swá micelum swá hé hégur (excelsius) byþ upp áhafen, Scint. 84,
gilp
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Hæfdon hié gielp micel, Gen. 25. Hé on gylp ástág he became proud Met. 9, 46. Gyddigan þurh gylp micel, Dan. 599 : 695. (v. ídel; ) action that shows pride, ostentation Ne sylþ hé hit ús tó þon ꝥ wé hit hýdon oþþe tó gylpe syllan, Bl. H. 53, 17.
módig
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Se micela yip þe ðá módigan fearras mid ealle ofbeát, Hml. A. 63, 285
fægnung
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Þæt folc mid micelre faegnunge and singalre herunge hí gelǽddon tó ðǽre stówe, Hml. Th. ii. 32, 30. Add
ge-þwǽrnes
Concord ⬩ agreement ⬩ mildness ⬩ concordia ⬩ mansuetudo
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He ðæt ríce heóld on gódre geþwǽrnesse and on micelre sibsumnesse he held the kingdom in great peace and tranquillity, Chr. 860; Erl. 70, 23: 827; Erl. 64, 8. Geþwǽrnysse mansuetudinem, Ps. Spl. 44, 6: Prov. Kmbl. 23
þurh-sleán
to smite through ⬩ strike through ⬩ to smite
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Ðá wearð heó mid micelre sárnysse ðurhslegen, Homl. Th. ii. 30, 21. to smite Ic ðerhslǽ ł hríno ðone hiorde percutiam pastorem, Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 14, 27. [O. Frs. thruch-slá: O. H. Ger. durh-slahan percutere, pulsare.]
híhþ
altitude ⬩ a summit ⬩ top ⬩ the highest point ⬩ extreme degree ⬩ the heavens
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Englas twégen cleopedon of heáhðum, Cri. 508. in the phrase on híhþu (-um), in an exalted condition or estimation Geþanc heortan úre swá micelum mid Gode on neowlum ys swá hit mannum on hýhþe (in alto); and eúdmódnys heortan úre swá micelum mid Gode
þus
Thus ⬩ in this manner, degree
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Grammar þus, used in place of a definite expression Ðá cwæð Petrus: 'Beceápode gé ðus micel landes?' Heó andwyrde: 'Geá, leóf, swá micel' Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much?
neód
Desire ⬩ eagerness ⬩ diligence ⬩ earnest endeavour
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Biþ him neód micel ðæt hé ða yldu móte wendan tó lífe feorg geong onfón it is most eager to turn old age to life, to receive youth, Exon. Th. 210, 22; Ph. 189 : 228, 3; Ph. 432. (Cf. O.
fisc-cynn
The fish kind ⬩ kind of fishes ⬩ piscium gĕnus
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God gesceóp ðá ða micelan hwalas and eall libbende fisccinn on heora hiwum then God created the great whales and every living kind of fishes after their kinds, Gen. 1, 21: Ælfc. T. 8, 25
murcung
Complaint ⬩ grief ⬩ murmuring
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Mid suá micelre murcunga his ágen mód gedréfþ tanto mentem moerore conturbat 33, 7; Swt. 227, 19. Ðæt hié weorþen on murcunga and on ungeþylde ad impatientiae murmurationem proruunt, 45, 3; Swt. 341, 3.