an-lícnes
likeness ⬩ image ⬩ similitude ⬩ resemblance ⬩ imago ⬩ similitudo ⬩ a parable ⬩ parabola ⬩ an image ⬩ statue ⬩ idol ⬩ stature ⬩ height ⬩ statua ⬩ simulacrum ⬩ statura
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a likeness, image, similitude, resemblance; imago, similitudo Mon wæs to Godes anlícnesse ǽrest gesceapen man was to God's image first shapen, Cd. 75; Th. 92, 15; Gen. 1529. Hwæs anlícnys ys ðis? cujus est imago hæc? Mt. Bos. 22, 20.
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diácon
A deacon, minister of the church, levite ⬩ diācōnus = διάκoνos a servant, waiting man = Lat. minister, levīta, levītes = λευίτηs
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Ðæra diácona wæs se forma Stephănus ... Hí mid gebédum and bletsungum to diáconum gehádode wurdon the apostles ordained seven deacons ... The first of the deacons was Stephen ... They were ordained deacons with prayers and blessings, Homl.
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for-beódan
To FORBID ⬩ prohibit ⬩ restrain ⬩ suppress ⬩ prohĭbēre ⬩ vătāre ⬩ interdīcĕre
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Hit forboden wæs it was forbidden, iii. 8; Th. i. 296, 13: Chr. 1048; Erl. 177, 21. Ðú Adame sealdest wæstme ða inc wǽron fæste forbodene thou gavest to Adam the fruits which were strictly forbidden to you two, Cd. 42; Th. 55, 16; Gen. 895
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fultum
help ⬩ aid ⬩ assistance ⬩ support ⬩ succour ⬩ auxĭlium ⬩ adjūtōrium ⬩ adjūmentum ⬩ a helper ⬩ an army ⬩ forces ⬩ adjūtor ⬩ cōpiæ
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help, aid, assistance, support, succour; auxĭlium, adjūtōrium, adjūmentum Him wæs fultum neáh support was nigh to him, Exon. 35 a; Th. 113, 20; Gú. 160. Fultum mín adjūtōrium meum, Ps. Lamb. 7, 11.
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hergian
To harry ⬩ pillage ⬩ plunder ⬩ ravage ⬩ waste ⬩ devastate ⬩ make an incursion or a raid ⬩ make war
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Hé wæs heriende and feohtende fíftig wintra arma foras extulit, cruentamque vilam quinquaginta annis bellis egit, Ors. 1, 2; Swt. 28, 28
lǽfan
to leave ⬩ to remain
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Heora landáre ðe him lǽfed wæs their landed property that was left them, Homl. Skt. 4, 82. Ná lǽfedum sǽde non relicto semine, Mk. Skt. 12, 20. Ðæt ða bán áne beón lǽfed so that the bones only are left, L.
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lagu
sea ⬩ water
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Ðá gesundrod wæs lago wið lande, 8; Th. 10, 27; Gen. 163. Lago yrnende, 12; Th. 13, 32 ; Gen. 211. Willflód ongan lytligan eft, lago ebbade [of the subsiding deluge], 71; Th. 85, 12; Gen. 1413.
lencten
Spring ⬩ Lent
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Wæs ðá lencten ágán bútan vi. nihtum ǽr sumeres cyme on Maias Kł., Elen. Kmbl. 2452; El. 1227. Ðæs sylfan lentenes hé fór tó Róme in the course of the same spring he went to Rome, Chr. 1048; Erl. 177, 13.
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leng
Length ⬩ height ⬩ stature
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Hú lang wæs Adam on lenge gesceapen how tall was Adam created? Salm. Kmbl. 180, 19. Hwilc eówer mæg geícan áne elne to his lenge? Homl. Th. ii. 464, 2. Forneán on lenge ungeendod almost infinite in length, 350, 7.
metan
to mete ⬩ measure ⬩ to measure out ⬩ mark off ⬩ assign the bounds of a place ⬩ to measure by paces ⬩ to traverse ⬩ pass over ⬩ to measure one thing by or with another ⬩ to compare
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metan, Cd. 147; Th. 184, 9; Exod. 104. to measure one thing by or with another, to compare Se swég wæs be winde meten the sound was compared to the wind, Blickl. Homl. 133, 31.
racu
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Voc. i. 27, 13: 82, 63. the art of exposition, rhetoric Swá gedéþ se dreámcræft ðæt se mon biþ dreámere and seó racu déþ ðæt hé biþ reccere sic musica musicos, rhetorica rhetores facit, Bt. 16, 3; Fox 54, 32. an account, reckoning Ðǽr wæs uneten racu
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ge-trymman
to confirm ⬩ strengthen ⬩ encourage ⬩ establish ⬩ found ⬩ set in order ⬩ arrange ⬩ draw up ⬩ firmāre ⬩ confirmāre ⬩ mūnīre ⬩ confortāre ⬩ hortāri ⬩ fundāre ⬩ instruĕre ⬩ To grow strong ⬩ gain strength ⬩ recover ⬩ convălescĕre
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Hit wæs ofer ðæne stán getrymed fundāta ĕrat sŭper petram, Lk. Bos. 6, 48. He hæfde ðæt folc getrymmed he had drawn up the troops, Byrht. Th. 132, 27; By. 22.
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sin-gal
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</b> of an unbroken series, in succession, continuous :-- Þurh syx singal geár per sex continuos annos, Bd. 4, 23 ; S. 595, 17 : 5, 9 ; S. 623, 27. of long continuance, lasting Wæs seó éhtnys[se] singalre ( diuturnior ) eallum ðám ǽrgedónum, 1
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stæppan
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Stóp forð ( prodiit ) se ðe deád wæs, Jn. Skt. 11, 44. Deáð neálǽcte, stóp stalgongum, sóhte sáwelhús, Exon. Th. 170, 17; Gú. 1113. Se cyning stóp tóforan ðam biscope, Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 36.
stingan
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Wæs on slǽpe ætýwed ðæt hyre man stunge áne sýle on ðone bósum, Shrn. 149, 1. Crist hét stingan sweord in scǽðe, Charter quoted by Lye. <b>Ia.
stæþ
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. ¶ In the following passage the word seems to be masculine :-- Wægn brohte beornas ofer burnan from stæðe heáum, ðæt hý stópan up on óðerne of wǽge, Exon. Th. 405, 6; Rä. 23, 19
þeóstre
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Wæs se óðer beám eallengasweart, dim and þýstre, Cd. Th. 30, 36; Gen. 478. Þýstre genip, 9, 9; Gen. 139. Se þeóstra, Wulfst. 186, 4. Niht seó þýstre, Judth. Thw. 21, 25; Jud. 34. Hit wearð þýstre tenebrae factae erant, Jn. Skt. 6, 17.
un-blíðe
sad ⬩ sorrowful ⬩ grieved ⬩ unkind ⬩ shewing ill-will or displeasure ⬩ stern ⬩ angry ⬩ unquiet ⬩ not peaceful
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Wæs hé swýðe unblíðe ... Ðá geseah Gúðlác ðone bróþor sárig, Guthl. 9; Gdwin. 50, 6. Beón in unblíðum móde moestus esse, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 26, 37. Ðám unblíðum (tristibus) sint tó cýðanne ða gefeán ðe him gehátene sindon ...
á-beran
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Se drenc wæs deádbǽre, ðá ðá hé ne mihte lífes tácn áberan ( the vessel containing the liquor had burst when the sign of the cross was made ), Hml. Th. ii. 158, 23. to bear, be under an obligation for an imposition, &c.
be-hweorfan
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Þá wíf behwurfon hire líc oþ ꝥ heó bebyrged wæs, Hml. S. 10, 270. Ǽlc preósta æfter forðsíðe georne behweorfe and ne geþafige ǽnig unnit æt þám líce, Ll. Th. ii. 258, 12. Pilatus geþafode ðám ðegene ( Joseph ) þæt hé hine behwurfe. Hml.