Cwat-brycg
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Hí gedydon æt Cwatbricge be Sæfern they arrived at Bridgenorth on the Severn, Chr. 896; Th. 173, 43, col. 1: col. 2 has Brygce. Æt Cwatbrycge, Th. 174, 1, col. 1, 2.
ge-ádlian
To be sick ⬩ to languish ⬩ become impotent ⬩ languescĕre
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To be sick, to languish, become impotent; languescĕre On ðám porticon læg mycel menigeo geádledra in his portĭcis jăcēbat multĭtūdo magna languentium, Jn. Bos. 5, 3.
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sib-ræden
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Affinity, relationship þes ilce Willelm hæfde ǽror numen ðes eorles dohter of Angeow tó wífe oc hí wǽron siððen tótweamde for sibréden. Chr. 1127; Erl. 255, 21. The king him let uor sibrede todele fram is wif, R. Glouc. 492, 9.
syfling
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Ðǽr feóll ádúne wearm hláf mid his syflinge, Homl. Th. ii. 136, 18.
fiscoþ
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Similar entries v. fiscnoþ; I Lǽrde hé þæt hí on fisceoðe (fiscaðe, v.l.) him andlyfne sóhton . . . Seó þeód þone cræft þæs fiscaðes ne cúðe, Bd. 4, 13; Sch. 420, 5-10. a place for fishing.
hirtan
to refresh ⬩ revive ⬩ comfort
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to refresh, revive, comfort Hé ongan mid his geháte hí hyrtan (sublevare), Gr. D. 145, 19. Earme men þú scealt hyrtan, Angl. xii. 516, 21. Hyrttende refocilando, Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 43.
líc-wyrþe
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Add: líc-weorþ Wið his lícwyrðan scætte, C. D. B. iii. 491, 12. Hí gegearwodon ealle þá þing þe mihton beón gesewene ꝥ wǽron nýdbehéfe and lícwyrðe þám þe mid swá mycelum fæder þyder cuman mihton. Gr. D. 148, 8.
á-þindan
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Hí áðindað innane on ídlum gilpe, 439, 5. Þá þe áþindað and áswellað þurh þá wilnunge þæs ídlan gylpes, Gr. D. 40, 4. Ðætte hié ne áðinden on heora móde, Past. 319, 17. On oferméttum áðunden, 25, 6: III, l. Hé wæs mid oferhygdes gáste áþunden, Gr.
tówendan
To overthrow ⬩ upset ⬩ subvert ⬩ overturn ⬩ to overthrow ⬩ demolish ⬩ to overthrow ⬩ destroy ⬩ to destroy by changing ⬩ to repeal a law ⬩ abrogate ⬩ abolish ⬩ overthrow ⬩ destroy
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Hí tówendon ðæt tempel, 68, 83. Hig heora burga tówendon subversis urbibus, Num. 21, 3. Ðæt ic ða burh ne tówende ut non subvertant urbem.
CWIC
Alive, QUICK ⬩ vivus, vivax
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Ne biþ se cwuca nyttra ðe se deáda, gif him his yfel ne hreówþ the quick [living] is not better than the dead, if he repent not of his evil, Bt. 36, 6; Fox 182, 20.
torht
Bright, ⬩ splendid ⬩ of the brightness of light, ⬩ of splendid appearance ⬩ bright ⬩ beautiful ⬩ splendid ⬩ splendid, ⬩ glorious, ⬩ noble, ⬩ illustrious, ⬩ having splendid qualities or properties, ⬩ bright, ⬩ clear
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In ðone torhtestan þrýnesse þrym, 140, 29; Gú. 617. of sight or voice, bright, clear Blind sceal his eágna þolian, oftigen biþ him torhtre gesihþe, Exon. Th. 335, 29; Gn. Ex. 40.
seófian
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To lament, complain of His sylfes earfoþu hé seófaþ tó Drihtne, Ps. Th. 3, arg. Gilleþ geómorlíce and his gyrn séfaþ, Salm. Kmbl. 536 ; Sal. 267. Hé seófode his ungelimp tó Drihtne, Ps. Th. 7, arg.: 3, arg.
in-cofa
the breast ⬩ heart
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An inner chamber, [metaph.] the breast, heart On his incofan ł on his clyfan in cubili suo, Ps. Lamb. 35, 5. On díglum ł on incofan ł on eówrum clyfum in cubilibus vestris, 4, 5. Eal ðæt hé hæfde on his incofan all that he had in his breast, Bt.
láf
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Ꝥte lǽda bróðer his láf tó wíf þæs ut ducat frater ejus uxorem illius Mt. L. 22, 24
ge-weald
power ⬩ strength ⬩ might ⬩ efficacy ⬩ potestas ⬩ power over any thing ⬩ empire ⬩ rule ⬩ dominion ⬩ mastery ⬩ sway ⬩ jurisdiction ⬩ government ⬩ protection ⬩ keeping ⬩ a bridle-bit ⬩ potestas ⬩ facuitas ⬩ imperium ⬩ ditio ⬩ arbitrium ⬩ jus ⬩ camas
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Wiste his fingra geweald knew the power of his fingers, Beo. Th. 1533; B. 764. Gif hit geweald áhte if it possessed power, Bt. Met. Fox 22; 72; Met. 22, 36.
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wác
yielding ⬩ not rigid ⬩ pliant ⬩ fluid ⬩ weak ⬩ feeble ⬩ wanting mental or moral strength ⬩ wanting courage ⬩ poor ⬩ mean ⬩ not of great value or in high esteem ⬩ vilis
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Hæfde hire wácran hige Metod gemearcod, Cd. Th. 37, 16; Gen. 590. Sume láceówas sindon beteran ðonne sume; sume sind wáccran, swá swá wé beóð, Homl. Th. ii. 48, 17. poor, mean, not of great value or in high esteem; vilis.
ge-mearc
A boundary, limit ⬩ lŏcus designātus
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A boundary, limit; lŏcus designātus Gewát him se æðeling to ðæs gemearces ðe him Metod tǽhte the man departed to the limit which the Lord had shewn him, Cd. 139; Th. 174, 28; Gen. 2885
twislung
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Forking, branching, partition Se þurh his cildhádes nytenesse ðis ríce tóstencte and his ánnesse tódǽlde ... Æfter his forðsíþe Eádgár ealne Angelcynnes anweald begeat, and ðæs ríces twislunge eft tó ánnesse bróhte, Lchdm. iii. 436, 3
fǽhþ
feyness
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feyness Dol seldon drýmeð sorgful ymbe his forðgesceaft, nefne hé fǽhðe wite a fool in his life of pleasure is seldom anxious about his future, unless he knows that death is at hand, Fä. 56
sófte
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Add Him bið swíðe sófte things will go very easily for him, Hml. Th. i. 164, 2. Þæt ǽlc mann drunce be þám þe hé sylf wolde and him sóftost wǽre, Hml. A. 92, 23