ofer-niman
to take by violence, to violate ⬩ to take away, carry off ⬩ to take away
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Hé eode in tó mé ðæt hé mé ofernáme ingressus est ad me, ut coiret mecum Gen. 39, 14. to take away, carry off Sóna wæs ðæt ǽtter ofer-numen vidimus rasuram totam vim veneni absumisse, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 39. [O. H. Ger. ubar-neman to take away.]
smyltness
Quiet, calm, serenity, tranquillity ⬩ of physical calm ⬩ the quiet of evening, evening ⬩ gentleness, quietness in action ⬩ quiet, silence ⬩ placidity, calmness ⬩ peace, tranquillity, quiet ⬩ calmness, composure
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Lind. 22, 34. placidity, calmness Cara cura, oferfǽt obesus, smyltnys pinguedo (placidity?) Wrt. Voc. i. 51, 11. peace, tranquillity, quiet Smyltnes wæs ofor eorþan and sibba genihtsumnes Blickl. Homl. 115, 9.
óþ-þringan
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Hú hé Israélum eáþost meahte guman óþþringan how he might most easily force away men from Israel (carry the Israelites captive), Cd. Th. 219, 8 ; Dan. 51. Unc mágas uncre sculon eard óþþringan our kinsmen shall take our home from us, Exon.
drohtian
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Voc. ii. 28, 45. to carry out a practice Ꝥ hé ꝥ (the right observance of Easter) mihte mid ðý máran ealdorlicnesse drohtian (þurhteón, v. l.) and gefremman quod ut majore auctoritate perficeret, Bd. 5, 21; Sch. 676, 24
hyhtan
To hope ⬩ trust ⬩ rejoice
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Heorte mín and flǽsc hyhtaþ georne on ðone lifgendan Drihten cor meum et caro mea exultaverunt in Dominum vivum, 83, 2. Hé hyhte tó mé in me speravit, 91, 14.
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I
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In the later MSS. instead of i or ie, y is found very commonly; indeed even in the earlier MSS. y has in some instances already made its way into the place of i, thus ryht is the form regularly used in Alfred's translation of Gregory's Pastoral Care.
gnornan
To grieve ⬩ mourn ⬩ be sad ⬩ bewail ⬩ lament ⬩ mœrere
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Geonge for ðé gnornendra care ðara ðe on feterum fæste wǽran intret in conspectu tuo gemitus compeditorum, 78, 11
ge-dígan
To endure ⬩ carry through ⬩ tolerate ⬩ overcome ⬩ escape ⬩ ĕti ⬩ perpĕti ⬩ perferre ⬩ tolerāre ⬩ superāre ⬩ evadere
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To endure, carry through, tolerate, overcome, escape; ĕti, perpĕti, perferre, tolerāre, superāre, evadere Swá mǽg unfǽge gedíganweán so an undoomed [man] may escape calamity, Beo. Th. 4572; B. 2291.
yrfe
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Ðá ðæt land ǽrest mín láford mǽ tó lǽt, ðá wæs hit ierfelæás ( omni peccunia caruit) . . . . And ic sælf ðæt ierfæ (peccuniam) tó gestríndæ . . . .
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ge-horsod
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S. 25, 557. ꝥ ǽlc man hæbbe æt þǽre syhl .II. wel gehorsede men omnis homo habeat duos homines cum bonis equis de omni caruca Ll. Th. i. 208, 13
hreáw hreów
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Add: [for the double form cf. hreáw and hreów (p. tense of hreówan), streáw and streów, eáwan and eówan.] of food, not cooked Þǽr syndon menn ðá be hreáwan flǽsce and be hunige lifigeað ubi sunt homines cruda carne et melle uescentes, Nar. 38, 16.
gíme-líst
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Th. i. 84, II. the want of care to do or not to do something, negligence.
ge-léd
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Of the five forms which here gloss catasta the only one to which a meaning may easily be given is gloed, which elsewhere translates carbo. This form might apply to the fire used in the form of torture denoted by catasta.
ge-liþian
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Seó hálige sáwl wæs álysed and geleoðod of þám líchaman sancta illa anima carne soluta est, Gr. D. 282, 17. Seó geleoðode syn þǽre unhýrsumnesse wearð him tó deáde in þám wege peccatum inobedientiae in ipsa fuerit morte laxatum, 294, 26.
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full-gán
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Add: to follow a profession, carry on an office, apply oneself to, practise a habit Sé ðe his woruldlustum eallum fulgǽþ, Bt. 31, 1; F. 112, 6. Gif hwá forlǽt ǽlc gód and fulgǽþ þám yfele, 36, 6; F. 182, 7.
gléd
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Add: a coal of fire Gloed carbo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 12. Gloede prunas, 118, 18. a live coal, coal of fire (lit. or fig.) Gléd carbo (torridus altaris ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 89, 14. Swá rícels byð þonne hit gífre gléda bærnað, Ps. Th. 140, 2.
BLÓWAN
to BLOW, flourish, bloom, blossom ⬩ florere, efflorere, reflorere ⬩ to be in full vigour or bloom ⬩ to burst, blossom
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Bleów flǽsc mín refloruit caro mea, Ps. Lamb. 27, 7. Ǽr ðon eówre treówu telgum blówen [MS. blówe] ere your trees flourish with branches, Ps.
healh
- Kemble, Cod. Dipl. iii. xxix.
- Leo, A. S. Names, p. 52,
hall ⬩ a stone building ⬩ calx.
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The following are some of the passages in which the word occurs Se westra eásthealh, Cod. Dipl. iii. 19, 6. On ðone west halh, 18, 25. Óþ cyninges healh, i. 257, 33. On Scottes healh; of ðam heale, vi. 2, 2. In Streónes halh; of ðam hale, 214, 25. On
a-spanan
To allure from ⬩ entice ⬩ induce ⬩ urge ⬩ persuade ⬩ introduce secretly ⬩ allicere ⬩ illicere ⬩ impellere ⬩ persuadere ⬩ attrahere ⬩ subintroducere
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Hine Hannibal aspón, ðæt he ðæt gewinn leng organ Hannibal induced him to carry on the war longer, Ors. 4, 11; Bos. 97, 15. He aspeón him fram ealle he enticed all from him, 1, 12; Bos. 35, 19: 2, 2 ; Bos. 41, 8 : 5, 2 ; Bos. 102, 21.
pluccian
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To pluck, pull away, tear Ic tótere oððe pluccige oððe tǽse carpo, ic of ápluccige excerpo, Ælfe. Gr. 28, 4 ; Som. 31, 21. Plucciaþ carpunt, vellint, Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 77. Ploccaþ disceptant, lacerant, 140, 59. Pluc[ciaþ] decerpint, Hpt.
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