BEORGAN
cum ⬩ To save ⬩ protect ⬩ shelter ⬩ defend ⬩ fortify ⬩ spare ⬩ preserve ⬩ servare ⬩ salvare ⬩ ⬩ custodire ⬩ tueri ⬩ parcere ⬩ To defend ⬩ secure ⬩ guard against ⬩ avoid ⬩ defendere ⬩ arcere ⬩ cavere ⬩ vitare
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Beorh me, Drihten, swá swá man byrhþ ðám æplum on his eágum mid his brǽwum custodi me, Domine, ut pupillam oculi Ps. Th. 16, 8.
Frysa
A Frisian ⬩ Frīsius ⬩ Freso
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A Frisian; Frīsius, Freso Se Frysa hine gewráþ the Frisian bound him, Homl. Th. ii. 358, 19, 22: Chr. 897; Th. 176, 32, 33, Col. 2; 177, 32, 33. Sealde se ealdorman hine sumum Frysan of Lundene the alderman sold him to a Frisian of London, Homl.
un-riht
wrong ⬩ evil ⬩ iniquity ⬩ injustice ⬩ a defect
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Him gyldeþ God ealle ða unriht ( iniquitates ) ðe hí geearnedan, Ps. Th. 93, 22. Ǽr man áweódige ða unriht and ða mánweorc.
hyhtan
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In noman his þeóde hyhtað, Mt. L. R. 12, 21. On Drihtne hihtiende, Ps. L. 25, 1. to look with confidence to For ðon hé hyhte tó mé, ic hine lýse quoniam in me speravit, liberabo eum, Ps.
for-lácan
To seduce ⬩ betray ⬩ deceive ⬩ sedūcĕre ⬩ decĭpĕre
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Forléc hie mid ligenum he seduced her with lies, Cd. 30; Th. 40, 30; Gen. 647. Hie seó wyrd forleólc fate deceived them. Andr. Kmbl. 1227; An. 614. He wearþ on feónda geweald forlácen he was betrayed into the foes' power. Beo. Th. 1811; B. 903
fór-weard
Onwards ⬩ continually ⬩ always ⬩ semper
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Onwards, continually, always; semper Gif hie wolden láre Godes fórweard fremman if they would always perform God's precepts. Cd. 37; Th. 49, 6; Gen. 788
fen-fixas
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A fish living in the water of a fen Ne þicgen hié fenfixas, ne sǽfixas þá þe habbað heard flǽsc, Lch. ii. 254, 22. Substitute:
nesan
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Gif hié brim nésen and gesundne síð settan mósten, El. 1004. Add
ofer-sewenlic
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Contemptible Ðá ungedyrstegan wénað ðæt ðæt swíðe forsewenlic (ofersiwenlic, v. l.) sié ðætte hié dóð pusillanimes vehementer despecta putant esse, quae faciunt, Past. 208, 11
ge-þinnian
To thin ⬩ lessen ⬩ diminish ⬩ dispel ⬩ attenuāre
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To thin, lessen, diminish, dispel; attenuāre Ic hie sceal ǽrest geþinnian [geþinngian, MS. Bod.] I must first dispel them, Bt. 5, 3; Fox 14, 19
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ofer-hygd
pride, arrogance ⬩ honourable pride ⬩ high spirit ⬩ superbia
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Ðás þing wé sculon forgán oferhýd gýtsunge ... ab his debemus nos abstinere, a superbia, et avaritia ..., L. Ecg. P. iv. 64; Th. ii. 224, 28. Næfde hé on him náðer ne yrre ne oferhyd, Bd. 3, 17; S. 545, 8. Him oninnan oferhygda dǽl weaxeþ, Beo.
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ge-brosnung
A decaying ⬩ corruption ⬩ corruptio
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A decaying, corruption; corruptio Hí hire líchoman gemétton swá ungewemmedne and swá gesundne, swá swá heó wæs fram gebrosnunge lícumlícre willnunge clǽne and unwemme intĕmĕrātum corpus invēnēre, ut a corruptiōne concŭpiscentiæ carnālis ĕrat immūne,
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broc
Use ⬩ advantage
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Sécen hí him broc on on-ráde and on wǽne let them seek to benefit themselves by riding on horseback and in a carriage, Lch. ii. 184, 13
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eced
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Hí æcced (æceð, R.) bróhton him, Lk. 23, 36. Add
for-spildness
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Seó nǽdre sende hí selfe in forspildnesse ( in praecipitium ), 211, 24
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ofer-helian
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Hí oferheledon (operuerunt) hine mid bletsungum, 67, 14. Oferhelian synne uelare peccatum, 52, 11. Beón oferheled obtegi, Germ. 389, 22. Add
or-wirþu
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Hí ongunnon hine onscunian mid máran orwyrðum fracoðlicra worda majoribus hunc verborum contumeliis detestari coeperunt, 250, 28
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æf-éstian
to envy ⬩ to grow envious
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Substitute: to envy Hit þweora manna þeáw is ðæt hí æfæstiað óþra manna góddǽde mos pravorum est invidere aliis virtutis bonum Gr. D. 117, 4. to grow envious Æfestian libescant Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 41.
wíf-mann
a woman ⬩ female
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Heó freóde Hægelflǽde hire wímman, Chart. Erl. 253, 16.
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cneówian
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; p. de Hí cneówdon þá æft, Hml. S. 3, 522. Óðre cyningas tó him cneówodon, 24, 6. Se fiscere cneówige æt þæs cáseres gemynde, Hml. Th. i. 578, 9. Hí Godes hús séce and cneówige þǽr úte, Wlfst. 155, 9. Man ne mót cneówian on Sunnandagum, Hml.