singan
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Hé wæs ymen singende, Blickl. Homl. 147, 3. On ðære hálgan cyricean biþ sungen ðæt hálige gerýne, 77, 15. Wæs se wítedóm beforan sungen, Elen.
ge-samnian
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Ǽr sió fierd gesamnod wǽre, 894; P. 84, 35. Þǽr wæs gesamnod geþeahtendlic ymcyme, Ll. Th. i. 36, 7. þǽr witena bið worn gesamnod. Sal. 400. used reflexively to assemble, come together, meet. Cf. ge-samnung; Ðá gesomnodon wé ús ymb ꝥ Ll.
ge-wis
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.) :-- Him for án þúhte ꝥ hé þæs gewiss wǽre, ꝥ hé ǽlcne man gecneówe the only thing he seemed certain of was, that he knew everybody, Hml.
open
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v. 19) swá open swá hió ǽr wæs, Ll. Th. i. 30, 16
líg
Flame ⬩ lightning
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Ðá fór se wallenda lég ... ðǽr se lég mǽst wæs, Bd. 2, 7; S. 509, 19-24. Se lég ongan sleán ongeán ðone wind, Blickl. Homl. 221, 12. Wonna lég the pale flame, Beo. Th. 6221; B. 3115. Hlemmeþ háta lég, Exon. 21 b; Th. 58, 9; Cri. 933.
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Þú
Thou
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Þé wæs leófra his hyldo, þonne Þín sylfes bearn, Cd. Th. 176, 34; Gen. 2921. Lufa þínne néhstan swá þé sylfne (ðec seolfne, Lind.), Mt. Kmbl. 19, 19.
þweorh
crooked ⬩ cross ⬩ adverse ⬩ opposed ⬩ cross ⬩ angry ⬩ bitter ⬩ perverse ⬩ wrong ⬩ evil ⬩ depraved ⬩ froward ⬩ wrongly ⬩ evilly
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Hé ongeat ðæt hé hæfde on ðweorh gedón, ðæt seó mǽgþ wæs bútan biscope, Bd. 3, 7; S. 530, 22. Ðonne hig eów tela tǽcean, and him sylf on ðweorh dóð, L. E. I. 21; Th. ii. 418, 7. Hié on þweorh sprecaþ, Cd. Th. 145, 30; Gen. 2413
deáþ
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Iulius wæs wániende ꝥ hé swelce deáðe swealt, Ors. 5, 12; S. 244, 5: Jn. 12, 33. Ceás hé him þone deáþ ꝥ him mon ofléte blódes on þám earme, Bt. 29, 2; F. 104, 23. Hwelc moncwealm wæs mid monigfealdum deáðum, Ors. 2, 5; S. 84, 33.
ge-swinc
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., and add: with respect to action labour of body or mind, toil, hard work: — Ðǽr wæs suíðe suíðlic gesuinc, and ðǽr wæs micel swát ágoten multo labore sudatum est, Past. 269, 12.
ge-wuna
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Voc. i. 54, 68. referring to living creatures. habitual action, wont, custom, habit Hí ǽghwér hergodon and bærndon swá heora gewuna wæs, Chr. 1009; P. 139, 16: 1016; P. 150, 17. Ꝥ mé þincþ wiþerweard þing ǽlces monnes gewunan, Bt. 26, 2; F. 92, 25.
hálig-dóm
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Th. 50, 8. a holy thing, something held sacred. from its connexion with the Deity Beforan ðǽre earce ðe se háligdóm (the two tables of stone) on wæs ðæs temples coram testamenti arca, Past. 103, 5. from its connexion with Christ or a saint, a relic or
uppe
up ⬩ above ⬩ on high ⬩ up
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Óðer ende wæs uppe on hefenum, Past. 16; Swt. 101, 19. Saul hine wolde sécean uppe on ðæm munte, 28; Swt. 197, 13. Wǽron ða lác forbærndu uppe on ðæm altere, 33; Swt. 232, 24. Uppe on ðam eaxlegespanne, Rood Kmbl. 17; Kr. 9.
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fýr
fire ⬩ fire ⬩ fire ⬩ to be on fire ⬩ a fire, fuel in a state of combustion ⬩ a fire on a hearth ⬩ a piece of burning material ⬩ fire ⬩ lightning ⬩ a disease
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H. 125, 2. in fýre wesan to be on fire Gelamp hit ꝥ ꝥ hús eall wæs in fýre contigit culmen domus subitaneis flammis impleri, Bd. 3, 10; Sch. 234, 8 note. a fire, fuel in a state of combustion Fýr haec pira, An. Ox. 18 b, 76.
hyrne
A horn ⬩ corner ⬩ angle
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Ðæt wæter ðe man ða bán mid áþwoh binnan ðære cyrcan wearþ ágoten on ánre hyrnan the water that the bones were washed with in the church was poured away in a corner, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 100, 162. Tó ðæs hegges hyrnan to the corner of the hedge, Cod.
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módig-ness
Pride ⬩ Highmindedness ⬩ magnanimity ⬩ greatness of mind which does not resent injury
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[Þatt wǽre modiȝnesse & idell ȝellp, Orm. 12040: stiȝþ on heh þurh modinesse, O. and N. 1405.]
morþ-dǽd
A deed which causes destruction ⬩ deadly sin ⬩ evil deed
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A deed which causes destruction, of the body Be ðǽm wiccecræftum and be liblácum and be morþdǽdum, gif man ðǽr ácweald wǽre (v. last passage under morþ,II., and morþ-weorc), L.
sealt
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Nim ácorfenes sealtes ( rock salt ) ðæt wæter ðe ðǽrof gǽþ, Lchdm. ii. 246, 18. Hwítes sealtes, iii. 20, 26. Greát sealt rock salt, 40, 20, 10: i. 158, 34. [Goth. salt: O. Sax. O. L. Ger. salt: O. H. Ger. salz: Icel. salt.] See following words, Cod.
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wiþer-tihtle
A counter-charge ⬩ cross-action
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A counter-charge, cross-action Gif énig yfelra manna wǽre ðe wolde óðres yrfe tó borge settan for wiðertihtlan, ðæt hé gecýðe mid áðe, ðæt hé hit for nánum fácne ne dyde, L. Ed. 1; Th. i. 160, 5, and see note.
ciric-weard
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Hé ábæd him ingang fram þám cyricweardum þæt him wǽre ágifen leáf him tó gebidenne ingressus ecclesiam a custodibus pettit, ut sibi licentiam concederetur orandi, Gr. D. 200, 3
on-innan
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Þonne hit hát wǽre, and mon þá earman men oninnan dón wolde, Ors. 1, 12 ; S. 54, 25.