gleáw
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Ne eom ic déma (dóma?) gleáw, wís for weorude, Hy. 4, 81. Gleáwum úþwitum gymnosophistis, An. Ox. 3095. Þurh gleáwe glígmen per gymnosophistas, 39.
winter
a season of the year ⬩ winter ⬩ wintry weather ⬩ cold ⬩ a year
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Hú seó ádl ǽr feówertigum oððe fíftigum wintra on men ne becume how the disease does not attack a man before he is forty or fifty, Lchdm. ii. 284, 10, 20. Ne mæg weorþan wís wer ǽr hé áge wintra dǽl in woruldríce, Exon. Th. 290, 14; Wand. 65.
Linked entries: ǽ-wintre-cyning -wintre
treów
truth to a promise or engagement, ⬩ faith ⬩ good or bad faith ⬩ to keep faith with a person ⬩ troth ⬩ truth to a person, ⬩ fidelity ⬩ fealty ⬩ loyalty ⬩ the truth of the stronger to the weaker, ⬩ grace ⬩ favour ⬩ help ⬩ an assurance of faith or truth ⬩ word (in to give or pledge one's word) ⬩ a promise ⬩ an engagement ⬩ a covenant ⬩ league ⬩ faith in something ⬩ belief ⬩ trust ⬩ confidence
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Nó him for egsan earmra gǽsta treów getweóde, 122, 25; Gú. 311 : 134, 28; Gú. 515. Ðína ágna treówa and seó godcunde lufu and se tóhopa ðé ne lǽtaþ geortréwan be ðam écan lífe, Bt. 10; Fox 30, 8.
Linked entries: treówa trinnu-byttae
irnan
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onhrínþ nó ðæs dǽles þæs heofenes ðe se móna on irnþ, ne se móna nó ne onhrínþ þæs dǽles ðe sió sunne on irnþ, Bt. 39. 13; F. 232, 28.
here-láf
The remnant of an army or people ⬩ what is left of an army after a battle ⬩ what is left after a battle ⬩ spoil
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Costontinus ne Ánláf mid heora hereláfum hlehhan ne þorftun not Constantine nor Anlaf, with the remnants of their forces, had cause for laughing, Chr. 937; Erl. 114, 13; Æðelst. 47
Linked entry: fird-láf
leóran
To go ⬩ depart ⬩ pass ⬩ pass away
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To go, depart, pass, pass away Ic ne leóru non emigrabo, Ps. Surt. 61, 7. Leoreþ transeat, 56, 2. Wið ða hwíle lióres [geleóreþ, Rush.] heofon and eorþo donec transeat cælum et terra, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 18.
Linked entries: bi-leóran ge-hlioran
líc-wyrþe
pleasant ⬩ acceptable ⬩ agreeable ⬩ estimable ⬩ sterling
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Ne lǽt ðú unlofod ðæt ðú swutele ongite ðæt lícwyrþe sý leave not unpraised what you clearly see is estimable, Prov. Kmbl. 62.
á-heardian
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Th. i. 234, 4. to become hard, not to yield Éstfulle heortan áheardiað on stánes gecynde ongeán costnungum, Hml.
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hefe
importance ⬩ a burden ⬩ a weight
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Se hálga gást hí heóld and mid hefe gefæstnode, ꝥ þá mánfullan ne mihton ꝥ mǽden ástyrian, 9, 98. God is bútan hefe and hé ealle gesceafta gelógode on gemete, and on getele, and on hefe, Hml.
swǽman
To trouble, afflict, grieve.
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Ure Louerd ne mei uor reouðe wernen hire, ne sweamen hire heorte mid wernunge, A. R. 330, 11. Þe swemande sorȝe soȝt to his hert, Allit. Pms. 54, 563.
Linked entry: á-swǽman
trumness
firmness ⬩ strength ⬩ certainty ⬩ health ⬩ confirmation ⬩ support ⬩ a firm place ⬩ the firmament
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Wé witon ðæt manega clericas nyton hwæt byþ quadrans, ac wé willaþ his mihta and his trumnysse hér geswutelian, Anglia viii. 306, 28. health Ða truman sint tó manianne ðæt hié gewilnigen mid ðæs lícuman trumnesse ðæt him ne losige sió hǽlo ð æs módes
Linked entry: trymness
tyllan
To draw ⬩ attract
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To gile ne to fraude wild he neuer tille, R. Brunne 128, 20. Þis tolleð him towurd þe, A.R. 290, 5. Ha tolliþ togederes they draw, come together, Marh. 14, 6. (See instances quoted, p. 110) Swa mai mon tolli him to Lutle briddes, O. and N. 1627.
Linked entries: tillan be-tyllan for-tyllan
wil
will, pleasure ⬩ a pleasant or desirable thing
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will, pleasure Se cyng geseah ðæt hé nán þincg his willes ðǽr geforðian ne mihte the king saw that he could carry out nothing of his purpose Chr. 1097; Erl. 234, 6. Hé nolde his willes ( of his own accord ) heora geférrǽdene forlǽtan, Homl.
ge-cunnian
to try, test ⬩ to try maliciously, insidiously, to tempt ⬩ to try to know; to inquire ⬩ to learn by trial, ascertain, know ⬩ to prove, shew to be right, approve ⬩ to try, attempt ⬩ to try, vex, afflict
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Add: to try, test Hí gelýfdon him be eallum þám geþeódum, þeáh hí hyra gecunnian ne mihton crediderunt de omnibus linguis quas probare minime ualebant, Gr. D. 301, 1.
þrowing
suffering as opposed to doing ⬩ suffering which is painful ⬩ a painful symptom ⬩ suffering that is undergone for the sake of religion ⬩ suffering of persecution, cross ⬩ suffering which ends in death, passion, martyrdom ⬩ the anniversary of a martyr's suffering
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Homl. 153, 35. as a medical term, a painful symptom : -- Tácn ðæs ofercealdan magan, ðæt ða men ne þyrst, ne hí swól gefélaþ on magan, and ne biþ him ǽnig wearm þrowung getenge, Lchdm. ii. 194, 13. suffering that is undergone for the sake of religion
un-riht
wrong ⬩ evil ⬩ iniquity ⬩ injustice ⬩ a defect
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Ne dém nán unriht non injuste judicabis, Lev. 19, 15. Ðonne gé unriht wirceaþ quando feceritis malum, Deut. 31, 29. Eallum ðe unriht wyrceaþ qui operantur iniquitatem, Ps.Th. 58, 5. Hí wyrceaþ unriht ( injustitiam ), 93, 4.
ídel-ness
Idleness ⬩ vanity ⬩ frivolity ⬩ uselessness ⬩ futility ⬩ emptiness ⬩ falseness
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Ne mínne noman ne cíg ðú on ídelnesse, L. Alf. 2 ; Th, i. 44. 7.
Linked entry: ídel-gild
prica
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Án i oððe án prica ne gewít fram ðære ǽ iota unum aut unus apex non praeteribit a lege, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 18. Ðonne miht ðú ongitan ðæt eorþan ymbhwyrft is eall wið ðone heofon tó mettanne swylce án lytel pricu (lytlu price, Cott.
Linked entry: pric-mǽlum
ágan
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Ne meahton freó ne þeówe heora bregoweardas bearnum ágan neither bond nor free could make their lords possessors of children (the passage refers to the women afflicted with barrenness), 2747
ge-bringan
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Sió hrædwilnes ðæt mod gebrin[g]ð on ðǽm weorce ðe hine ǽr nán willa tó ne spón, Past. 215, 9. Seó haigung deófla on fleáme gebringed, Ll. Th. i. 360, 32. Míne sáwle gé on betran gebringað, Gú. 349.
Linked entry: ge-brengan