COSTIAN
To tempt, try, prove ⬩ probare, tentare.
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Feówertig daga he wæs fram deófle costod diebus quadraginta tentabatur a diabolo Lk. Bos. 4, 2; Homl. Blick. 29, 14
hleahtor
Laughter
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Hé wæs heáfde becorfen for scondfulles gebeórscypes hleahtre he [John the Baptist] had his head cut off for the amusement of a shameful feast, Shrn. 123, 8. Be hleahtre ðe of milte cymþ of laughter that cometh from the spleen, L.
scrýdan
to put clothes on a person ⬩ to clothe a person with (mid) a garment ⬩ to dress ⬩ to clothe ⬩ to furnish with clothes ⬩ provide with clothes ⬩ to put on a garment ⬩ to rig a ship
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Ic wæs nacud and gé mé scrýddon (operuistis). Mt. Kmbl. 25, 36, 38. Módor, scrýd (vesti) ðínne sunu, Æltc. Gr. 18; Zup. 111, 3.
ge-dwimor
an illusion produced by diabolic agency, apparition ⬩ delusion, deception ⬩ a delusion, that which (by diabolic power) gives a false idea, deceit ⬩ a delusion, a false idea entertained, error :-- ⬩ a practice that deludes :--
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Th. ii. 512, 21. a delusion, a false idea entertained, error :-- Wæs án hálig stów swýðe gewurðod . . . swilce ðǽr martyres lágon . . . Martinus ne gelýfde þám leásum gedwimore (cf. mid heálicum gedwylde, Hml. Th. ii. 506, 27), Hml.
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á-scúfan
to drive away ⬩ repel ⬩ to expel ⬩ to drive forward ⬩ impel ⬩ overthrow ⬩ to give up
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Wæs ic ána út ásceofen, 23 b, 415. Betwux þám leónum áscofen, Hml. Th. ii. 174, 4. figurative, to drive away, repel Hig þæne deófol fram heom áscúfað, Angl. viii. 330, 25. Hé þá strǽle þára áwerigdra gásta him fram ásceáf, Guth. 44, 1.
LANG
LONG ⬩ tall
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Wæs se líchoma sponne lengra ðære þrýh corpus mensura palmi longius erat sarcofago, 4, 11; S. 580, 5. sarcofago, 4, 11; S. 580, 5. Ne bip hé lengra ðonne syfan elna lang, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 18, 4.
ge-seón
To see ⬩ videre, conspicere
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Him wæs gesewen ðæt ... it seemed to him that..., 111, 27: Blickl. Homl. 195, 20. Hie wurdon gesawene they appeared, 173, 25.
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ceaster
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Hierusalem, ðú wǽre swá swá cýmlic ceaster (cester, Ps. Srt.) getimbred, Ps. Th. 121, 3. Sió ceaster ( Mermedonia ), An. 207. Ceastre weardas, El. 384. Hé ceastre weall, Babilone burh, geseah, Dan. 600. Cempan in ceastre ( Jerusalem ), 707.
hǽl
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Þá wæs geworden werude Iúdea þæt heó hǽl gehlutan háliges facto est ludaea sanctificatio ejus, 113, 2. v. múp hǽl
þan
then, ⬩ from that time, ⬩ after that ⬩ so, ⬩ as ⬩ any ⬩ any at all ⬩ any at all
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then, from that time, after that Wæs wyrd ungemete neáh ... nó þon lange wæs feorh æþelinges flǽsce bewunden Beo. Th. 4838; B. 2423. Goth. þan O. Sax. O. Frs. O. L.
biddan
to ask ⬩ to ask ⬩ to pray to
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Hió wæs beden interpellata, 44, 70
dæg-réd
Dawn, daybreak, early morning ⬩ dilūcŭlum, matutīnum, aurōra
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Ðis wæs eall geworden ǽr dægréde this was all performed ere daybreak, Cd. 223; Th. 294, 4; Sat. 466: Homl. Th. i. 508, 32: 592, 22. Betweox ðam dægréde [-rǽde MS.
drohtnian
To converse, dwell or keep company with, pass life, live ⬩ versāri, conversāri, dēgĕre, vitam ăgĕre
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Wæs he on his geférscipe drohtiende in clero illius conversātus, Bd. 5, 6; S. 618, 28. Hí drohtende duguþe beswícaþ they by converse deceive the virtuous, Exon. 97 a; Th. 362, 6; Wal. 32. Ic drohtnige conversor, Ælfc. Gr. 37; Som. 39, 15.
lícian
To please
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Hé ðam cyninge wæs líciende, Bd. 5, 53; S. 632, 9. Him silfan lícigende, Lchdm. iii. 190, 24
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morgen
morning ⬩ morn ⬩ the morning of the next day ⬩ morrow
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morning, morn Ðá hyt morgen wæs mane facto. Mt. Kmbl. 27, 1: Blickl. Homl. 235, 18. Syððan morgen com, Beo. Th. 2159; B. 1077: Cd. 160; Th. 199, 29: Exod. 346. On morgene mane, Ps. Th. 91, 2. On morgenne in matutino, 100, 8.
pytt
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Ic wæs on pytt beworpen in lacum missus sum, 40, 15. Hé ádylfþ ðone pytt lacum aperuit, Ps. Th. 7, 15. Hwylces eówres assa befealþ on ánne pytt ( puteum ), Lk. Skt. 14, 5. Hé hét ádelfan ǽnne gehwǽdne pytt, Homl. Th. ii. 02, 2.
blǽdre
That which is blown out ⬩ an inflated swelling, blister, pimple, blain, pustule ⬩ pustula, papula ⬩ the BLADDER, receptacle for the urine ⬩ vesica
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Eall folc wæs on, blǽdran, and ða wǽron swíðe hreówlíce berstende all the people had blisters [lit. was in blister], and they were very painfully bursting, Ors. 1, 7; Bos. 29, 37.
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BLÓWAN
to BLOW, flourish, bloom, blossom ⬩ florere, efflorere, reflorere ⬩ to be in full vigour or bloom ⬩ to burst, blossom
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Wæs Aarones gyrd gemétt blówende and berende hnyte Aaron's rod was found blossoming and bearing nuts, Homl. Th. ii. 8, 15. Ic eom bearu blówende I am a blooming grove, Exon. 108 a; Th. 412, 22; Rä. 31, 4. Ic blówe floreo, Ælfc.
wraþu
A prop ⬩ stay ⬩ support ⬩ support ⬩ assistance
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Gl. 245, 27. literal Se biscop hine onhylde tó ánre ðæra studa ðe útan tó ðære cyrican geseted wæs ðære cyricean tó wraþe (pro munimine), Bd. 3, 17; S. 543, 40. Ðam wáge tó wræþe in munimentum parietis, S. 544, 24. Tó wealles wraðe. Ps.
á-lǽdan
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Wæs Sc̃e Óswaldes líchoma álǽded of Beardanigge, 906; P. 95, 24. His bán wǽron eft álǽded þanon in ðá ceastre Constantinopili, Shrn. 138, 31. Álǽd translatus, portatus, An. Ox. 5, 35