stæl
a place ⬩ place ⬩ stead ⬩ stead ⬩ situation ⬩ condition
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Th. 366, 13; Reb. 11: Cd. Th. 68, 7; Gen. 1113. stead (as in the phrase to stand a person in good stead.
Linked entry: æt-steal
hláf
bread ⬩ a loaf ⬩ cake ⬩ bread ⬩ bread ⬩ manna ⬩ cake
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Th., and add: bread made from meal or flour Þú him of eorþan út álǽddest hláf (panem) tó helpe ... hláf trymeð heortan mannes, Ps. Th. 103, 14, 15. Sý ánes pundes gewihte hláf tó eallum dæge.
Linked entry: hláf-gang
súpan
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Th. 68, 15. [To frete ar ful tyme were and þanne to sitten and soupen, Piers P. 2, 96. Soupe the lene broth, P. S. 324, 239. Soop up absorbuit, Wick. Apoc. 12, 16; sopen, pp., Ps. 123, 4.
gé
ye ⬩ you ⬩ vos ⬩ ύμεîs; ⬩ your ⬩ of you ⬩ vestrum ⬩ vestri ⬩ ύμŵν ⬩ to you ⬩ vobis ⬩ ύμîν ⬩ you ⬩ vos ⬩ ύμâs ⬩ thou
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ye, you; vos, ύμεîs; your, of you; vestrum vel vestri, ύμŵν;to you; vobis, ύμîν; you; vos, ύμâs; thou Ne ondrǽde gé fear ye not, Mt. Bos. 10, 28. Gé ðe on húse standaþ you who stand in the house; tu qui stătis in dŏmo, Ps. Th. 133, 2.
ge-wylde
Subject ⬩ under one's power or control ⬩ in one's possesion
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Swá he swíðor syngaþ swá he deófle gewyldra biþ the more he sins the more he will be in the devil's power, Homl. Th. i. 268, 24
earfoþ-cirre
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Hard to turn, difficult to convert Hé wæs swíðe earfaðcierre tó Godes geleáfan, Shrn. 100, 17
Linked entry: tór-cirre
lyffetung
Flattery ⬩ adulation
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Heora nán ne gedyrstlǽce ðæt heó Godes landáre woroldrícum sellen for lyffetunge let none of them dare to give God's lands to the powerful of the earth as a means of paying court to them, Lchdm. iii. 442, 32.
hnesce
soft ⬩ tender ⬩ soft ⬩ gentle ⬩ soft ⬩ tender ⬩ gentle ⬩ effeminate
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Add: of material or its quality. soft to the touch, yielding easily to pressure Wé habbað hrepunge þæt wé magon gefrédan hwæt bið heard, hwæt hnesce, Hml. Th. ii. 372, 32. Wæter wolde wíde tóscríðan wác and hnesce, Met. 20, 93.
mǽg-sibb
kinship ⬩ relationship ⬩ Love between kinsmen ⬩ affection
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Wel is tó warnianne ðæt man wite ðæt hý ( the man and woman about to be married) þurh mǽgsibbe tó gelænge ne beón (i. e. are not within the prohibited (seven) degrees ), L. Edm. B. 9; Th. i. 256, 9.
Linked entry: mǽgþ-sibb
windan
of motion that results from a blow, swing, or other impetus, to fly, leap, start ⬩ to fly, wheel, spring ⬩ of the movement of living things ⬩ of inanimate things ⬩ of abstract subjects ⬩ of twisting ⬩ rolling movement ⬩ of living things ⬩ of inanimate things ⬩ to waver ⬩ to twist ⬩ roll ⬩ to brandish ⬩ wave ⬩ to twist, plait, weave ⬩ to twist, give a curved form to
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Th. 31, 27; Gen. 491. of inanimate things Þúfas wundon ofer gárfare the banners fluttered above the battalions Cd. Th. 199, 22 ; Exod. 342. Streámas wundon the waters rolled Beo. Th. 430; B. 212. Staþelas wið wǽge, wætre windendum, Exon.
Linked entry: winde
ge-sittan
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Th. ii. 306, I. Þ ǽlc óþer b̃ scolde beón munechádes mann þe þone arb̃stól gesǽte, Chr. 995 ; P. 129, 26. to preside over (?) Hér gesæt (sette, v.l.
á-rásian
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Add: to try, put to the proof Hé sceolde gecunnian and árásian, hwæþer se Drihtnes wer hæfde wítedomes gást an vir Dei prophetiae spiritum haberet, explorare conatus est, Gr.
Linked entry: rásian
land-hláford
a land-lord
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Healde se landhláford ðæt forstolene orf óþ ðæt se ágenfrigea ðæt geácsige let the lord keep the stolen cattle until the owner get to hear of it, L. Edg. S. 11; Th. i, 276, 14: L. Eth. i. 3; Th. 1. 282, 27.
Linked entry: hláford
a-cerran
To turn ⬩ return ⬩ vertere ⬩ reverti
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To turn, return; vertere, reverti Úton acerran ðider ðǽr he sylfa sit, sigora waldend let us turn thither where he himself sitteth, the triumphant ruler, Cd. 218; Th. 278, 6; Sat. 217
Linked entries: a-cærran a-cerrednes
æt-bryidan
To take away ⬩ auferre
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To take away; auferre Ðæs óðres áþ ðe mon his orf æt-bryideþ the oath of the other from whom the cattle is taken away, L.O. 3; Th. i. 178,16, = æt-bredan
an-líce
In like manner ⬩ similarly ⬩ similiter
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Th. 123, 6. Ðæm anlícost, ðe ... in a manner most like to his, that..., Bt. Met. Fox 20, 337; Met. 20, 169
Linked entry: on-líce
a-sprecan
To speak out ⬩ speak ⬩ eloqui ⬩ loqui
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To speak out, speak; eloqui, loqui Hwylc mæg ǽfre mihta Drihtnes asprecan and aspyrian quis loquetur potentias Domini? Ps: Th. 105, 2. Ðú asprǽce locutus es, 59, 5 : 58, 12: 73, 21
Linked entry: sprecan
feónd-gyld
Devil-worship ⬩ sacrifice to devils ⬩ idolatry ⬩ an idol ⬩ diăbŏli cultus ⬩ diabŏlĭcum sacrĭfĭcium ⬩ idōlatria ⬩ idōlum
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Devil-worship, sacrifice to devils, idolatry, an idol; diăbŏli cultus, diabŏlĭcum sacrĭfĭcium, idōlatria, idōlum Ðá he on ðam folce feóndgyld gebræc when he destroyed idolatry amongst the people, Ps. Th. 105, 24
Linked entry: fiónd-geld
full-gleáwlíce
Full wisely ⬩ very prudently ⬩ sapientissĭme ⬩ prudentissĭme
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Full wisely, very prudently; sapientissĭme, prudentissĭme Ic míne sáwle symble wylle fullgleáwlíce Gode underþeódan I will always very prudently subject my soul to God, Ps. Th. 61, 1: 72, 13: 106, 42
Linked entry: ful-gleáwlíce
in-heord
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A herd belonging to the lord and kept on his estate Ǽhteswáne ðe inheorde healt gebyreþ ... servo porcario, qui dominicum gregem curie custodit, pertinet .... L. R. S. 7 ; Th. i. 436, 22