ceorlisc
CHURLISH, rustic, common ⬩ rusticus, vulgaris
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H; cyrlisc B.] mon betygen wǽre if a common man has been accused, L. In. 18; Th. i. 114, 6. Se cierlisca [ceorlisce MS. B; ciorlisca H.] mon the common man, 37; Th. i. 124, 21. Be cierlisces [cyrlisces MSS. B.
hrace
The throat
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Ðǽr gýnude on ðare hrácan swylce ðǽr hwylc seáþ wǽre there yawned in the throat as if there had been a pit, Lchdm. ii. 364, col. 1. Ne hí on hracan áwiht hlúde ne cleopiaþ non clamabunt in gutture suo, Ps. Th. 134, 19.
þurh-drífan
to drive through ⬩ pierce ⬩ transfix ⬩ to penetrate ⬩ permeate ⬩ imbue ⬩ to drive violently ⬩ perpellere
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I. 21; Th. ii. 416, 30. fig. to penetrate, permeate, imbue : -- Ðeáh ic ǽr mid dysige þurhdrifen wǽre, Elen.
beorþor
child-bearing ⬩ partus ⬩ gestation ⬩ partus ⬩ foetus
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Þurh hire beorþor sceolde beón gehǽled eall wífa cynn, 5, 23. ꝥ hé wǽre fram Þám módorlicum beorðrum on ꝥ mynster befæst Hml.
for-brecan
to crush ⬩ oppress ⬩ to break ⬩ destroy ⬩ to break
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Swylce mé wǽre se hrycg forbrocen, Ps. Th. 31, 4: Ll. Th. i. 16, 8: 18, 15. fig. to crush a person, oppress: Ne forbrec ðú non conteras (egenum), Kent.
ge-libban
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To live. to be alive Mið ðý gehérdon ꝥte gelifde and geséne wǽre, Mk. L. 16, 11. to pass life under specified conditions :-- Sume on hǽðenscipe gelifdon, Ll. Th. ii. 366, 13. Gif swá biþ geleofad si sic vivitur, Ps.
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irþ-land
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His deácon sǽde ꝥ seó eá wǽre of hire rihtryne on þiére cyrican yrðland ( agros ) úp yrnende, Gr. D. 193, 15. Add
yfel
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Add: moral evil Hé cwæð ðæt ǽlces yfles fruma wǽre ofermétta, Past. 300, 4. Gemyne hé ðæs yfles (yfeles, v. l. ) þe hé worhte, 24, 3. Ðæt hé tó yfle gedyde, 35, 9. Ðý lǽs hié hit mid ðǽm óðrum yfle (yfele, v. l. ) geiéce, 312, 11.
hord-ern
A store-house, store-room, treasury
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Búton hit under ðæs wífes cǽglocan gebroht wǽre ðæt is hire hordern and hire cyste unless it has been put into the places which the wife locks up, that is, her storeroom and her chest, L. C. S. 77; Th. i. 418, 21.
on-búgan
to bend ⬩ to bend in reverence or submission, to bow ⬩ to submit, yield ⬩ to bend aside, deviate
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Hé nǽnigum woruldrícum men þurh leáse ólecunga swíðor onbúgan nolde, ðonne hit riht wǽre, Blickl. Homl. 223, 28. Beó ðú onbúgende ðínum wiðerwinnan, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 25. to bend aside, deviate Ic onbúgan ne mót of ðæs gewealde ðe mé wegas tǽcneþ, Exon.
on-lísan
to unloose (real or metaphorical bonds) ⬩ to release, deliver, liberate
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Swá hwylcne swá hé on eorþan álýsde, ðæt se wǽre on heofonum onlýsed, Blickl. Homl. 49, 18. Fram swá myclum cwylmnessum onlýsed beón, Bd. 4, 9; S. 577, 10: 5, 19; S. 639, 42. Onlýsed ðý líchaman solutus corpore, 3, 19; S. 548, 29
ge-synto
Health ⬩ welfare ⬩ safety ⬩ prosperity ⬩ success ⬩ advantage ⬩ profit ⬩ benefit ⬩ sānĭtas ⬩ sospĭtas ⬩ sălus ⬩ prospĕrĭtas
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Him wǽre mín gesynto leófre ðonne hiora seolfa hǽlo magis pro mea salute mori paratos, Nar. 30, 17: 8, 6
þrymm
a host ⬩ great body of people ⬩ a force ⬩ multitude ⬩ a great body of water ⬩ force ⬩ power ⬩ might ⬩ glory ⬩ majesty ⬩ magnificence ⬩ greatness ⬩ grandeur
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Th. 148, 1; Gen. 2450. force, power, might Ðǽr wæs módigra mægen forbéged, wígendra þrym, Andr. Kmbl. 3142; An. 1574: 6; An. 3. Clang wæteres þrym the water's might withered, i.e. the water was frozen, 2522; An. 1262.
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geond
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Wæs geond werþeóde Waldendes wracu wíde gefrǽge, Edg. 53. Wæs úre líf geond londa fela fracuð, Az. 23. Seó treów geond bilwitra breóst áríseð, Gn.
up
Up. ⬩ up ⬩ on high ⬩ up ⬩ erectly ⬩ up ⬩ to a high point
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Níwe steorra wæs upp yrnynde, Bd. 4, 12; S. 581, 14. Se móna up eode, Nar. 30, 7. Hí delfaþ gold up of eorþan, Nar. 35, 8. Wolde ðæt se hálga wer wurde up gedón, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 136, 138, 140: Bd. 3, 7; S. 529, 24.
wæstm
Growth, increase ⬩ growth, produce ⬩ plant, fruit ⬩ offspring, progeny ⬩ result ⬩ fruit, that which may be enjoyed ⬩ produce of money, usury. ⬩ growth, growing, ⬩ increase ⬩ growth, thriving ⬩ growth, condition reached by growing, stature, form;
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Hé wæs lytel on wæstmum statura pusillus erat, Lk. Skt. 19, 3. Óðer wæs idese onlícnes, óþer on weres wæstmum, Beo. Th. 2708; B. 1352: Exon. Th. 214, 11; Ph. 237. Sum bið wlitig on wæstmum, 295, 18; Crä. 35.
wíde
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Wæs on Myrceon wíde and welhwǽr Waldendes lof áfylled, Chr. 975; Erl. 126, 11. Hé geseah dríge stówe wíde æteówde, Cd. Th. 10, 31 ; Gen. 165. Ðú meaht swá wíde ofer woruld ealle geseón, 36, 1; Gen. 565.
macian
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Grn. 2, 43. causative uses. with dependent clause, to cause something to happen, bring it about that Hí macedon hit þá ꝥ ǽr wæs ful ríce, þa (ꝥ?)
leóht
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Hí sóhton óðer land (hell ): þæt wæs leóhtes leás and wæs líges full (cf. Milton's 'from those flames no light'), Gen. 333: Bl. H. 63, 2. Leóhtes hyrde God, Az. 121 : Dóm. 53. Þone þe leóht gescóp.
riht
that which is straight or erect, a plumb line ⬩ that which is straight in a metaphorical sense, right, law, canon, rule ⬩ what is in accordance with law, human or divine, what is just or proper, right, justice, equity ⬩ what is just in the case of a criminal, just punishment, justice ⬩ what properly belongs to a person, what may justly be claimed, a right, due ⬩ what is due from a person, duty ⬩ what agrees with a proper standard, what is correct or exact, the rights of a case, the truth ⬩ an account, a reckoning; ⬩ ratio, mostly in such phrases as - riht ágildan - to render an account
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Hé á tó ǽghwylcum sóþ and riht sprecende wæs and dónde, 223, 30. On riht:-- Healdan Godes ǽwe on riht, a-right, by rights, according to what is just or proper 45, 9, 22. Ðære cyrican on riht þeówian, 49, 4.