ge-líðian
To soothe ⬩ soften ⬩ mitigate ⬩ relieve ⬩ appease ⬩ lēnīre ⬩ mītĭgāre ⬩ plācāre
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Gáte cýse niwe ongelegd ðæt sár gelíðegaþ a new goat's cheese laid on relieveth the sore, Med. ex Quadr. 6, 7; Lchdm. i. 352, 9. Ðú gelíðegodest ealne ðínne graman mītĭgasti omnem īram tuam, Ps. Lamb. 84, 4.
Linked entry: líðigian
stearn
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Some kind of bird. [Starn is a name for the starling in the Shetland Isles; the same bird is called a starnel in Northants. v. E. D. S. Pub., Bird Names, p. 73.
wemman
to spot ⬩ mar ⬩ spoil ⬩ disfigure ⬩ to defile ⬩ pollute ⬩ profane
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Ðec (the body) ðín sáwl sceal oft gesécan, wemman mid wordum (cf. nemnan ðé mid wordum, Soul Kmbl. 127) Exon. Th. 370, 24; Seel. 64. to defile, pollute, profane Gyf rihtwísnys mín hí wemmaþ si justitias meas profanaverint Ps. Spl. 88, 31.
on-bídan
to abide, wait, remain ⬩ to wait for, expect, ⬩ to wait on, attend upon
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Hér sceolon hí onbídan, Soul Kmbl. 121; Seel. 61. to wait for, expect, with gen. Ic uncres gedáles onbád, 75; Seel. 37. Ic ðín onbád, Ps. Th. 118, 116. Gif wífes wer sig on hæftnýde gelǽded, onbýde expectet heo his .vi. winter, L. Ecg.
hól
Vain speech, ⬩ evil speaking without cause, ⬩ calumny, ⬩ slander
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Ðæs deópne áþ Drihten áswór and ðone mid sóðe swylce gefrymede ðæt hé hine for hóle ǽr ne áswóre gehét Dauide swá hé him dyde syððan juravit Dominus David verítatem, et non frustrabitur eam, Ps. Th. 131, 11; cf. Grff. iv. 849, huolian
ge-witan
To understand ⬩ know ⬩ scire
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Gif hwá gewilnigeþ to gewitane hú gedón mann he wæs if any one wants to know what sort of man he was, Chr. 1086; Erl. 221, 10. Ðone woeg giwutun viam scitis, Jn. Skt. Rush. 14, 4. Gewiste sciens, Mt. Kmbl.
þider-inn
Into that place,
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Homl. 207, 36. of other relations Eal seó sócna ðe ðǽrto héreþ and ðæt land þiderinn the land belonging to it, Chart. Th. 547, 2.
hátan
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Éce héht aeterna promittit, Lk. p. 9, 17. to call so and so. where the complement is the proper name used in speaking of a person, people, or place Neáh þǽre byrig ðe mon nú hǽt Babilonia, Bt. 35, 4; F. 162, 20.
EARM
ARM, the limb extending from the shoulder to the hand ⬩ brachium ⬩ ocean, etc ⬩ sĭnus, rāmus
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Gl. 72; Som. 70, 123; Wrt. Voc. 43, 48. anything projecting from a main body, as an inlet of the sea or ocean, etc; sĭnus, rāmus Ðæs sǽs earm an arm of the sea, Ors. 1. 1; Bos. 19, 10, 15, 19, 21. Earmes, 23, 20: 24, 16, 17.
fæsten
a fast, fasting ⬩ jējūnium ⬩ a fastness, fortress, bulwark, place of strength, a castle, wall ⬩ mūnīmentum, arx, castellum ⬩ an inclosed place, cloister ⬩ claustrum
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Gl. 109; Som. 79, 15; Wrt. Voc. 58, 56
hrægel
A garment ⬩ dress ⬩ robe ⬩ rail ⬩ clothing
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Gl. 63; Som. 68, 99-109; Wrt. Voc. 40, 10-19. Hrægl and hringas robe and rings, Beo. Th. 2394; B. 1195. Sæt ðǽr sum þearfa nacod bæd hrægles and ælmessan a beggar sat there naked asked for a garment and an alms, Blickl. Homl. 213, 33.
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hryre
Fall ⬩ downfall ⬩ ruin ⬩ destruction ⬩ perdition ⬩ decay ⬩ decline ⬩ death
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Gr. 11; Som. 15, 10: ruina, Ps. Spl. 105, 28. His hryre wæs micel fuit ruina ejus magna, Mt. Kmbl. 7, 27. Hægles hryre fall of hail, Exon. 56 a; Th. 198, 26; Ph. 16.
molde
mould ⬩ dust ⬩ sand ⬩ earth ⬩ ground ⬩ earth ⬩ land ⬩ earth
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Gr. 8; Som. 7, 53. Of ðære moldan tyrf from the grass of the ground, Exon. 56 b; Th. 202, 8; Ph. 66. God forþ áteáh of ðære moldan ( de humo ) ǽlces cynnes treów, Gen. 2, 9. Þeóda wealdend árás of moldan ( rose from the grave ), Hy. 10, 34; Hy.
mónaþ
A month ⬩ lunar ⬩ calendar
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The names of the months are as follows: Se æftera Geóla January, Sol-mónaþ February, Hréd- or Hlýd-mónaþ March, Eáster-mónaþ April, Þrímilci May, se ǽrra Líða or Sear-mónaþ June, se æftera Líða or Mǽd-mónaþ July, Weód-mónaþ August, Hálig- or Hærfest-mónaþ
geóguþ
YOUTH, the state of being young ⬩ juventus, juvenilis ætas vel status ⬩ the youth, young persons ⬩ juventus, juvenes
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Hyre byre Hréðríc and Hróðmund and hæleða bearn giógoþ ætgædere her sons Hrethric and Hrothmund and children of warriors, the youth together, 2384; B. 1189: Cd. 176; Th. 220, 34; Dan. 81.
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hrepian
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'Ic sette míne hand ofer ðé untrumne' . . . se cyning wearð gehǽled sóna swá hé hine hrepode, 24, 157. Heora handa ástífedon, swá hwá swá hreopode þá róde mid handum, Hml.
leógan
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K. 70. to state what is not correct, make a mistake Se áwergda gást ongan Godes béc trahtian, and þá sóna leáh ( and at once made a mistake); forþon þis næs gecweden be Críste . . . ah be hálgum monnum, Bl.
BRAND
a BRAND, fire-brand, torch; ⬩ titio, torris ⬩ a burning, flame, fire; ⬩ incendium, flamma, ignis ⬩ A sword; ⬩ ensis
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Gl. 30; Som. 61, 76; Wrt. Voc. 27, 6. Brand titio, Wrt. Voc. 82, 55: Glos. Epnl. Recd. 163, 42. Bǽron brandas on bryne blácan fýres they bare fire-brands into the burning of the bright flame, Cd. 186; Th. 231, 12; Dan. 246.
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gé
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Nú gé magan sylfe sóð gecnáwan, An. 1560. Hwí séce gé ymbútan eów þá gesǽlþa ðe gé oninnan eów (iów, v. l.) habbaþ . . . geset ?, Bt. 11, 2 ; F. 34, 4. Þonne gé mannes sunu upp áhebbaþ, þonne gecnáwe gé ꝥ ic hit com, Jn. 8, 28.
tó-lísan
To unloose, ⬩ undo, ⬩ dissolve ⬩ solvere, ⬩ dissolvere, ⬩ exsolvere ⬩ resolvere ⬩ to undo that which is bound ⬩ release from a bond, ⬩ to release from captivity, difficulty, ⬩ to do away with tension, ⬩ relax, ⬩ relieve ⬩ to put an end to the connection between, ⬩ to separate ⬩ to dissolve, ⬩ put an end to, ⬩ dissipate, ⬩ to dissolve, ⬩ relax, ⬩ destroy the force of, ⬩ weaken ⬩ to desolate, ⬩ destroy, ⬩ to undo a bond ⬩ to discharge an obligation, ⬩ to pay ⬩ to break a connection
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Hé wæs gehyhtende ðæt hé sóna ðæs ðe hine mon gefullade his líchoman tólýsed wǽre sperans gula mox baptizatus carne solutus esset, Bd. 5, 7; S. 620, 36. Tólésed wǽran extricaba[n]tur, Wrt.