ge-tengan
To hasten ⬩ join ⬩ devote one's self to ⬩ injungĕre ⬩ dēdĕre
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Ðá getengde se Aristodemus to ðam heáhgeréfa then Aristodemus hastened to the prefect, Homl. Th. i. 72, 18. He sóna getengde wiþ ðæs drýs he at once hastened towards the magician, 374, 4.
lof
Praise ⬩ glory ⬩ hymn
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Homl. 53, 32. Sý ðé þanc and lof ðínre mildse, Hy. 7, 58; Hy. Grn. ii. 288, 58. Ðǽr biþ gehýred ðín hálige lof, 7, 32; Hy. Grn. ii. 287, 32. Ðis lof hic pean, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 11; Som. 9, 21.
lytlian
to lessen ⬩ diminish
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Ðonne lytlaþ him se tóhopa ðe hé hæfde ðá hé synful wæs spem, quæ esse potuit de peccatore, subtraxit, Past. 58, 10; Swt. 447, 14.
nearuness
a strait ⬩ oppression ⬩ distress ⬩ distress ⬩ anxiety ⬩ tribulation ⬩ trouble ⬩ grief
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Hé on swá micelre nearanuesse becom he fell into so great trouble (was imprisoned), 1; Fox 2, 27.
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seht
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Ðæt ða cyningas seht námon (cf. friþ niman) heom betweónan , Chr. 1016 ; Erl. 159, 1. Hí móston mid ealle ðæs cynges wille folgian, gif hí woldon land habban oððe wel his sehta, 1086 ; Erl. 222, 35
be-týnan
to enclose ⬩ surround ⬩ to shut in ⬩ out ⬩ shut up ⬩ to close ⬩ shut ⬩ to close ⬩ end
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Voc. ii. 138, 48. to close, shut, a place Hé betynde his eágan, Bl. H. 231, 12. Betýned wæs se hefon clusum est coelum. Lk. L. R. 4, 25. Beóþ his eágan betýnede, Bl. H. 153, 19. a passage, door, etc. (protan) betýnde (gurguliones) oppilavit, Wrt.
hund-twelftig
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Gylde hé þám cynge hundtwelftig scillinga (sciłł. v. l. ), 264, 12: 62, 5: 66, 16: 86, 17. Cómon tó ðám hálgan hundtwelftig manna, mislíce geuntrumode, Hml. S. 21, 318. with units Hundtwelftig scíra hé hie. de and seofon scíra, Hml.
lyt
Few ⬩ little
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Ne sceal hé tó lyt þancian heora ælmessan he shall not be too sparing of thanks for their alms, Blickl. Homl. 43, 13.
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LYSTAN
To LIST
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Hine ne lyst his willan wyrcean, Blickl. Homl. 51, 16. Hú ne biþ ǽlc mon genóg earm ðæs ðe hé næfþ ðonne hit hine lyst habban is not every man poor enough as regards that which he has not, when he desires to have it? Bt. 26, 1; Fox 92, 2.
hǽðen
HEATHEN, pagan, gentile ⬩ a heathen ⬩ a heathen, gentile woman ⬩ ethnicus, gentilis, paganus, samaritanus ⬩ a heathen
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Se hæfde wununge on hǽðenum byrgenum he had his dwelling among the tombs, Homl. Th. ii. 378, 26. Hér hǽðne men ǽrest ofer winter sǽtun in this year heathen [Danish] men first remained through the winter, Chr. 855; Erl. 68, 23 : 851; Erl. 66, 26.
sóþ
Sooth ⬩ very ⬩ true ⬩ the opposite of that which is false, or merely pretends, or has the appearance of, genuine, real ⬩ true ⬩ in conformity with the actual state of things ⬩ true ⬩ righteous ⬩ just
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Homl. 53, 2. Hé þohte on him sylfum hwæt his sóðes wǽre he thought in himself what there was of it true, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 545. Fela spella him sǽdon ðaBeormas . . . ac hé nyste hwæt ðæs sóþes wæs, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 33.
teoh
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An association, a company, band Besæt hé ðá sinherge sweorda láfe weán oft gehét earmre teohhe with a mighty host he besieged then those whom the sword had spared, to the wretched band woe he oft promised, Beo. Th. 5868; B. 2938.
dyrstig-ness
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Th. ii. 220, 15: Hml. A. 66, 34. Dyrstynnys presumptio, Angl. viii. 331, 5. Hé wearð deád for þǽre dyrstignysse ꝥ hé dorste onginnan þǽra sácerda þénunga, Hml. A. 59, 188.
ge-sóþian
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Gif hit him on gesóðod weorðe, 324, 18. to attest, bear witness to Þæt hé geseah hé gesóðode eác þurh his geséð-nysse, Nap. 32, 3
seld-cúþ
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Hé geswác ðæs dihtes ðæs deóplican cræftes, swá ðæt hé selcúðe (different from those already created) syððan scyppan nolde, ac ðá ylcan geedníwian, Hex. 20, 15. Ðá reahte hé mislicu and selcúð þing (multa ac varia ), Solil. H. 3, 2
níd
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Hé wæs beótiende ꝥ hé wolde mid nýde (violenter) gán in þá cyrican, 234, 15. Hí hine mid nýde (néde, neádlunga, v. ll. ) upp áhófon and on his ágen hors ásetton invitum eum in caballum levaverunt, 15, 27.
fæsting
An entrusting, act of confidence ⬩ commendātio
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An entrusting, act of confidence; commendātio Gif hwá óðrum his unmagan óþfæste, and he hine on ðære fæstinge forferie if any one commit his infant to another's keeping, and he die during such keeping, L. Alf. pol. 17; Th. i. 72, 5
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fore-þencan
To distrust ⬩ despair ⬩ diffīdĕre ⬩ despērāre
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To distrust, despair; diffīdĕre, despērāre Ðý-læs he hine for ðære wynsuman wyrde fortrúwige, oððe for ðære réðan foreþence lest he on account of pleasant fortune should be arrogant, or on account of the affliction should despair, Bt. 40, 3; Fox 238,
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forht-mód
Mind-frighted ⬩ timid ⬩ pusillanimous ⬩ trĕpĭdus anĭmo ⬩ păvĭdus
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Mind-frighted, timid, pusillanimous; trĕpĭdus anĭmo, păvĭdus He forhtmód wáfode he was hesitating, being frightened in mind, Ælfc. T. 35, 23.
for-sewenlíce
Contemptibly ⬩ ignominiously ⬩ contemptĭbĭlĭter ⬩ turpĭter
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Contemptibly, ignominiously; contemptĭbĭlĭter, turpĭter Swá he forsewenlícor biþ gewítnod for Godes naman, swá his wuldor biþ máre fór Gode the more ignominiously he is tortured for the name of God, the greater shall his glory be before God, Homl.