þeóstru
Darkness (lit. and metaph.); ⬩ dimness of sight (lit. or metaph.) ⬩ tenebrae
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Th. 106, 9.The acc. sing. and pl. are given together, as often the two cannot be distinguished :-- God hét ða þeóstra niht, Gen. 1, 5: Blickl. Homl. 17, 36. Ðeós India hæfþ on ánre sídan þeóstru, Homl. Th. i. 454, 14.
MÆGEN
MAIN ⬩ might ⬩ strength ⬩ force ⬩ power ⬩ vigour ⬩ efficacy ⬩ virtue ⬩ faculty ⬩ ability ⬩ an exercise of power ⬩ effort ⬩ a mighty work ⬩ miracle ⬩ a force ⬩ military force
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Ǽr hí geseón Godes ríce on mægne cuman donec videant regnum dei veniens in virtute, Mk. Skt. 9, 1. Hé sealde ǽghwylcum be hys ágenum mægene dedit unicuique secundum propriam virtutem, Mt. Kmbl. 25, 15.
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wundor
a wonder ⬩ a circumstance ⬩ act that excites astonishment ⬩ a circumstance that excites astonishment as being out of the usual course of nature, ⬩ a prodigy ⬩ portent ⬩ a wonder ⬩ miracle ⬩ a miracle ⬩ a wonderful object ⬩ wondrous thing ⬩ wonderful ⬩ miraculous power ⬩ wonder ⬩ admiration
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Ðam gyldnan gylde ðe hé him tó gode geteóde,1. 19) teódest, Cd.
þeáw
a custom, ⬩ usage ⬩ general practice of a community ⬩ mode of conduct, ⬩ custom, ⬩ manner ⬩ practice, ⬩ way, ⬩ usage of a class or kind ⬩ referring to animals ⬩ a practice of religion, ⬩ method of belief, ⬩ way of thinking, ⬩ legal usage ⬩ a custom, ⬩ habit, ⬩ manner, ⬩ mode of conduct of an individual ⬩ conduct, ⬩ behaviour
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Ǽlces gódes þeáwas wísdóm gefyllþ ðone, ðe hine lufaþ, Bt. 27, 2; Fox 98, 2. Wá him ðæs þeáwes, gif hí unrǽdes ne geswícaþ, Exon. Th. 393, 11; Rä. 12, 8.
A
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Sometimes the accented or long á is represented in English by oa; as Ác an oak, gád a goad, lád load, rád road, brád broad, fám foam, lám loam, sápe soap, ár oar, bár boar, hár hoar, bát boat, gát goat, áta oat, áþ oath, láþ loath.
DÓN
To DO, make, cause ⬩ agĕre, facĕre
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Gode dón to render to God, L. Edg. C. 54; Th. ii. 256, 2. Gýmen [MS. gyman] dón to take care, regard, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 68, 25. Munuclíf dón to lead a monastic life, Bd. 4, 23; S. 593, 19. On wóh dón to pervert, Past. 2, 1; Cot. MS.
FEÓWER
FOUR ⬩ quătuor
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Felamódigra feówer scoldon geferian to ðæm goldsele Grendles heáfod four of those much daring ones must convey Grendel's head to the gold-hall, Beo. Th. 3279; B. 1637.
lyb-lác
Sorcery ⬩ witchcraft
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Ða ðe lyblác wyrcaþ sýn hí á fram ǽlcum Godes dǽle áworpene, búton hí tó rihtre dǽdbóte grecyrran, L. Edm. E. 6; Th. i. 246, 13-16.
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nunne
A nun ⬩ a vestal
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Caperronis wæs hátenu heora goda nunne ( virgo vestalis ), Ors. 4, 4; Swt. 162, 31. Se ðe mid nunnan hǽme, gehálgodre legerstówe ne sý hé wyrðe, L. Edm. E. 3; Th. i. 246, 6. Ǽfre ne geweorðe, ðæt cristen man gewífige on gehálgodre ǽnigre nunnan, L.
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sticol
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Ðonne máge wé ðurh Godes fultum ástígan ðone sticolan weg, ðe ús gelǽt tó ðam écan lífe, Homl. Th. i. 162, 23-35. Se weg is rúm and forðheald, ðe tó deáðe lǽt; se is neara and sticol, ðe tó lífe lǽt, R. Ben. 5, 21: Shrn. 12, 19.
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þríste
Boldly ⬩ confidently ⬩ without apprehension, fear, hesitation, reserve ⬩ without sense of shame ⬩ presumptuously ⬩ audaciously
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Boldly, in a good sense, confidently, without apprehension, fear, hesitation, reserve Hé þríste genéðde on óðre dǽlas, Apstls. Kmbl. 100; Ap. 50. Hé þríste bebeád, ðæt hié his láre, lǽston, Andr. Kmbl. 3303; An. 1654: Elen. Kmbl. 818; El. 409.
weorold-líc
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Se ðe Gode sceal þeówigan ne sceal hé hyne ná ábysgian worldlícra bysgunga qui Deo vult servire, non debet occupari mundanis negotiis, L. Ecg. P. i. 7; Th. ii. 174, 27. Bót æt woroldlícan þingan, L. Eth. v. 20; Th. i. 308, 31
fæstan
to fast ⬩ to abstain
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Ná Gode ac him sylfum gehwylc fæst (jejunat), Scint. 53, 9. Ðonne wé fæstað oððe ælmessan sellaþ, Bt. 41, 2; F. 246, 22. Hwí fæste wé . . . sóðlíce þíne leorningcnihtas ne fæstað, Mt. 9, 14. Fæstest þú on foldan, Seel. 144.
for-cuman
to seize ⬩ get hold of ⬩ to overcome ⬩ conquer ⬩ to consume ⬩ destroy ⬩ to reject
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Goth. fra-kwiman Ne mæg hit (fire) náne þára gesceafta eallunga [f]orcuman (cf. hit waldan ne mót ꝥ hit ǽnige eallunga fordó, Met. 20, 130), Bt. 33, 4; F. 130, 18.
ge-hweorfan
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Add: trans. to turn, direct Gif hié ðátrumnesse ðǽre Godes giefe him tó unnyte gehweorfað si acceptae incolumitatis gratiam ad usum nequitiae inclinent Past. 247, 8. to overturn Hé gehwerf[d] subvertit (insidias impiorum), Kent. Gl. 315.
ge-brúcan
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D. 145, 11. to have or possess what gives pleasure, profit, &c. to enjoy Gangað gé and þæs horses mid góde gebrúcað, forþon ic his þearfe næbbe, Gr. D. 15, 24.
geap
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On geápan gáran westeweardne, v. 173, 6. of a surface, vaulted (of the roof of a house) Ræced hlifade geáp and goldfáh the hall towered up with roof vaulted and gay with gold B. 1800: Ruin. 11.
heord-rǽden
watching over ⬩ a guard ⬩ watch
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gálfulle fzstna heordrǽdene (keep a sure watch over a shameless daughter, Ecclus. 42, II), 177, 3. watching over animals, care of a herdsman Hire hyrdeman ðurh holdrǽdene sume ác ástáh and his orf lǽswode . . . and hé hearde feóll gewát of worulde tó Gode
Linked entries: hird-ness hird-ræden
sárig
feeling grief, sorry, sorrowful, sad ⬩ expressing grief, mournful, sad, bitter
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Sóhton sárigu tú (the two women at the sepulchre) sigebearn Godes, 460, 2; Hö. 11.
weald
perhaps ⬩ may be ⬩ in dependent clauses, with indefinite pronouns or adverbs (cf. gif), in case
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in independent clauses, with þeáh, perhaps, may be Nyte gé ða micclan deópnysse Godes gerýnu; weald þeáh him beó álýfed gyt behreówsung, Homl. Th. ii. 340, 9.