blǽd
a blowing ⬩ breath ⬩ breathing ⬩ spirit ⬩ inspiration ⬩ flame ⬩ blaze ⬩ prosperity
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Zephirus blǽwð westan, and þurh his blǽð (blǽd, v. l.) ácuciað ealle blǽdu, Lch. iii. 274, 20. Blǽdas flabra, i. flatus ventorum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 24: fla(b)ra, 37, 21. Blǽdas (-es, MS.) auras, An. Ox. 50, 4.
Linked entry: blæst
fæstnian
to betroth
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Ic fæstnige (printed fæstinge) mín wedd mid eów firmabo pactum meum vobiscum, Lev. 26, 9. Ðás godspelles ðæs wítges bóc sóðeð ł fæstnaagið haec euangelia Ezechielis volumen probat, Mt. p, 9, 9.
ge-innian
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þá forsyngodan of Godes cyrican, oð þæt hí mid dǽdbóte hí sylfe geinnian, tó þám þæt wé hý þyder in eft lǽdan durran, 154, 29. to supply the place of what is lost, replace, fill up a deficiency Hé him gá tó honda oþþæt hé his ceáp him geinnian mæge, Ll
ge-sib
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(The first three out of the last five glosses refer to Ald. 55, 35, so probably do the last two.) Þá cwæð se cásere ðæt hí wǽron gesibbe, and for ðí heó sprǽce þillice word him fore, Hml. Th. ii. 310, 9. Freóndum swǽsum and gesibbum, Gen. 1612.
gremian
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Ꝥ gé God ne gremian (grymman, v. l. ), Ll. Th. i. 270, 28. Ne gremigen (gremige, v. l.) gé eówru bearn nolite ad iracundiam provocare filios vestros, Past. 189, 23. Hú hí God gremion, Hml.
hold
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Add: of a superior to an inferior Ic ( Edgar) beó eów swýðe hold hláford þá hwíle þe mé líf gelǽst, Ll. Th. i. 278, ii. Ic (Cnut ) cýðe eów ꝥ ic wylle beón hold hláford and unswícende tó Godes gerihtum and tó rihtre woroldlage, Cht.
in-gehygd
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Gewít fram ús, nelle wé þane weg þínre ingehýde ( recede a nobis, et scientiam viarum tuarum nolumus, Job 21, 14), Ll. Lbmn. 438, 16. Hé tǽcþ men ingehýd docet hominem scientiam, Ps. L. 93, 10. Godes Gást hæfð ingehýd ǽlces gereordes, Hml.
ælmesse
alms, what is given in charity ⬩ a charitable action ⬩ an offering
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S. 23, 721. an offering Éghwelc cwicu almes (almus, L.) omnis victima, Mk. R. 9, 49
smiþ
A smith, a worker in metals or in wood ⬩ faber ⬩ faber, cudo
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In poetical compounds the word is used figuratively Similar entries v. gryn-, hleahtor-, lár-, wig-, wíg-, wróht-smiþ
Linked entry: helle-smiþ
ge-þafian
To favour ⬩ support ⬩ permit ⬩ allow ⬩ admit ⬩ assent ⬩ consent ⬩ agree ⬩ approve ⬩ obey ⬩ submit to ⬩ făvēre ⬩ sustĭnēre ⬩ sĭnĕre ⬩ admittĕre ⬩ permittĕre ⬩ assentīre ⬩ consentīre ⬩ obēdīre ⬩ concēdĕre
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He ne geþafode ðæt hig ǽnig þing sprǽcon non sĭnēbat ea lŏqui, Lk. Bos. 4, 41: 12, 39. Se eádega wer idese lárum geþafode the blessed man assented to the woman's counsels, Cd. 101; Th. 134, 31; Gen. 2233: Bd. 3, 23; S. 555, 2.
Linked entry: þafian
ymb-sittan
to sit or be round, ⬩ to sit at table, meat, etc ⬩ to sit at council, be engaged about ⬩ to be around, be neighbouring ⬩ to beset ⬩ to besiege, invest
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Lamb. 21, 13.
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be-feallan
to fall, ⬩ to get into ⬩ to fall into sin ⬩ into the hands of a person, ⬩ to fall to action ⬩ to fall upon ⬩ take effect on a person ⬩ to fall to ⬩ be assigned to ⬩ deprived (of)
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Gif hé ǽnigne man wite on heáfodleahtrum befeal(l)enne, Ll. Th. ii. 246, 1. to fall to action Wearð hé tó manslehte befeallen, Hml.
leód
A people ⬩ nation ⬩ race ⬩ country
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to ranks, L.
liþ
A joint ⬩ lith ⬩ limb
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Foxes leoþu, L. Med. ex Quad. 3, 1; Lchdm. i. 338, 20: Exon. 87 a; Th. 327, 18; Vy. 6: 74 a; Th. 278, 3; Jul. 592. Sint mé leoþ tólocen líc sáre gebrocen, Andr. Kmbl. 2807; An. 1406.
mere
the sea ⬩ a mere ⬩ lake ⬩ an artificial pool ⬩ cistern
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Mere sécan, mǽwes éþel, Exon. 123 b; Th. 474, 5; Bo. 25. a mere, lake Meri stagnum, Ep. Gl. 25 b, 16. Mere stagnum, Wrt. Voc. i. 54, 15: ii. 121, 28. Nis ðæt feor heonon ðæt se mere standeþ, Beo. Th. 2729; B. 1362.
nebb
a neb ⬩ nib ⬩ a beak ⬩ a beak-shaped thing ⬩ a nose ⬩ the gristle of the nose ⬩ the face ⬩ countenance
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G.) of ásleá, gebéte him mid. lx. sciłł., L. Alf. Pol. 48; Th. i. 94, 8. the face, countenance Neb facies, Wrt. Voc. i. 42, 51 : vultus, Hpt. Gl. 475. 6. Hys nebb ( facies ) wæs mid swátlíne gebunden, Jn. Skt. 11, 44. Neb, Met. 31, 23.
ge-mearcian
To mark, point out, describe, assign, appoint, determine ⬩ nŏtāre, signāre, designāre, assignāre, constĭtuĕre, decernĕre
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Lamb. 4, 7. He is wuldre gemearcad it is marked with glory, Exon. 60 b; Th. 220, 11; Ph. 318.
Linked entry: ge-mercian
un-friþ
absence of peace ⬩ hostilities ⬩ the state of being out of the king's peace
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Se cyng bæd Godwine eorl faran intó Cent mid unfriða, ac se eorl nolde ná geðwǽrian ðære infare, forþan him wæs láð tó ámyrrenne his ágenne folgað; 1048; Erl. 178, 8. For unfriðe on account of hostilities, L. N. P. L. 56; Th. ii. 298, 26.
wer
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Hé wundrude and ealle ða ðe mid him wǽron on ðam were ( in captura ) ðara fixa, Lk. Skt. 5, 9.
wítegian
To prophesy
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Zacharias wæs mid hálegum gáste áfylled and hé wítegode (prophetauit), Lk. Skt. 1, 67: Num. 23, 8. Hú ne wítegode wé on ðínum naman? Mt. Kmbl. 7, 22. Ealle wítegan wítegudun (wítgadun, Rush.) óð Ióhannes, 11, 13.
Linked entry: wítgian