feld
plain ⬩ field
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Se Godes stranga wiga Sanctus Paulus nolde beón gehæfd binnan þǽre byrig Damasco, ac sóhte þone feld þæs campes, Gr. D. 110, 16. used figuratively Mon on þám feldum þára háligra gewryta þá wǽpnu métan mæg mid þám mon þá uncysta ofercuman mæg, Ll.
ge-lícnes
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Tó Godes gelícnesse ad similitudinem Dei, 1. Tó gilícnesse Goddes ad imaginem Dei, Rtl. 109, 11. Mid forewittigere gelícnysse presago (vituli) simulacro, An. Ox. 1969. Wolcen on fýres gelícnysse, Chr. 979; P. 122, 25.
wilisc
foreign, not English ⬩ servile
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Kmbl. i. 203, 9. .xxx. ómbra gódes Uuelesces aloð ðæt limpeð to . xv. mittum, 293, 13. Wælsces, ii. 46, 27. Geworht of Wiliscum ealað, Lchdm. ii. 78, 23.
Linked entries: Wælisc wealh-more Welisc
hwǽr
Where ⬩ anywhere ⬩ somewhere ⬩ wheresoever ⬩ wherever
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Hwǽr cwom mearg hwǽr cwom mago hwǽr cwom máððumgyfa where is the steed gone, where the rider, where the giver of treasure?
swelgan
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Grundas swelgaþ Godes andsacan. Exon. Th. 97, 21; Cri. 1594. Nymþe líges fæðm swulge, Beo. Th. 1568; B. 782
Linked entry: swylfende
twelf
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[Goth. twalif: O. Sax. twelif: O. Frs. twelef, twilif, tolef: O. H. Ger. zwelif: Icel. tólf..]
Linked entry: endleofan
un-rím
A countless number ⬩ an incalculable number or amount
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Ðǽr wæs wunden gold on wán hladen, ǽghwæs unrím, Beo. Th. 6261; B. 3135. Sió hálige cirice unrím folces beféhð mid ánfealde geleáfan innumeros sanctae ecclesiae populos unitas,fidei contegit, Past. 15; Swt. 95, 7: Exon. Th. 36, 1; Cri. 569.
be-seón
To look ⬩ attention ⬩ expectation ⬩ To see about ⬩ care for ⬩ attend to ⬩ provide for
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Beseoh þi mé on fultun. respice in auxilium meum, 70, 11, Beseoh tó ús, Gen. 47, 25. þéh Godes bydel misdó, ne beseó man ná þǽrtó ealles tó swýðe, Wlfst. 178, 11. reflexive, absolute þá hé hyne beseah, þá geseah hé olfendas cum elevasset oculos, vidit
fisc-noþ
fishing ⬩ a fishing-ground ⬩ a catch
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Se bisceop . . . ábæd æt Gode ꝥ hé worhte þone wæterscipe tó yrþlande, and ꝥ wæter gewænde of þám fixnoðe, and wæs se mere áwend tó felda, swá ꝥ man erode ealne þone fixnoþ, Nap. 22, 21-28.
ge-wilnung
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Se feónd ðæs ǽrestan monnes mód ontýnde on ðæs æples gewilnunge hostis primi hominis sensum in concupiscentia pomi aperuit, Past. 309, 17. of sexual lust For ðǽre sceamleáslecan gewilnunge his wífes in appetitu foeminae, 35, 24. desire to act. in a good
on-scunian
to regard with loathing, to abhor, detest, execrate ⬩ to regard with disfavour, to refuse, reject, shun ⬩ to regard with fear ⬩ to irritate
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Godes willan onscunian Dei voluntate resistere, Gen. 50, 19. Heora ealde þeáwas onscunian and forlǽtan priscis abdicare moribus, Bd. 2, 2; S. 502, 35. Nis ná tó onsceonienne seó sóðe gecyrrednys non est rejicienda vera conversio L. Ecg.
Linked entries: an-scúnian on-scynian a-scúnian
smæl
Small ⬩ small, little, not great ⬩ narrow, not broad ⬩ slender, thin, not thick ⬩ fine ⬩ not coarse ⬩ not loud ⬩ gracilis, exilis, subtilis, minutus, strictus ⬩ a sheep, small cattle
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Gníd swíðe ðæt hit sý ðæt smælste iii. 18, 15. of the voice, not loud Similar entries v. smale, II. [ Goth. smals: O. Sax. smal: O. Frs. smel: O. H.
tól
a tool, ⬩ implement, ⬩ instrument ⬩ tools, ⬩ machinery, ⬩ apparatus
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Goth. taujan to make, do), a tool, implement, instrument literal Tól ferramentum, Wrt. Voc. i. 84, 60. Tool instrumentum, 21, 37. Tohl. ii. 49, 23. Mid. tóle instrumento, materia, Hpt. Gl. 443, 47.
Linked entry: tohl
síþ
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Geseah Iohannes sigebearn cuman tó helle, ongeat Godes sylfes síþ, Exon. Th. 462, 15 ; Hö. 52 : Beo. Th. 1007 ; B. 501 : 3946 ; B. 1971. Sorgian for his síþe, Cd.
þeóf
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To let a thief go, when caught, was a crime, L. In. 36; Th. i. 124, 14; so, also, to allow him, when discovered, to escape without raising hue and cry, L. C.
Linked entry: þeáf
ELN
the Royal
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Ger. elina, elna, elle, f: Goth. aleina, f: Dan. alen, f: Swed. aln, f: Icel. alin, f: Lat. ulna. f: Grk. ὠλένη, f. Eln the ell is found in A. Sax. eln-boga, el-boga the elbow: Dut. elle-boog: Ger. ellen-boge.]
Linked entry: eln-gemet
læssa
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Hé forlǽt ðá máran gód and went hine tó ðǽm lǽssum relictis amplioribus bonis ad minima retorquetur 403, 5. Nó þæt lǽsest wæs hondgemóta, B. 2354. <b>IV a.
sceótan
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Se engel andwyrde: Uton sceótan tó Godes dóme, Homl. Th. ii. 338, 33. to advance money, contribute, pay (cf. scot) Hé forgeaf Middel-Sexon ðæt feoh ðæt hé heom fore sceát, Chart. Th. 551, 12.
licgan
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Hit wæs Godes gifu þæt ealle þá lǽgon þe hit dón sceoldon, Ors. 5, 2 ; S. 218, 7. to be in one's bed or sleeping place for the purpose of sleeping or resting Se engel him gramlíce tó cwæð, ' Líst ðú and rest þé, and Godes þeówa líþ æt þínum gatum, '
swǽr
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.), oppressive Swǽr is seó byrðen ðe Godes bydel beran sceall, gif hé nele georne unriht forbeódan, L. I. P. 5; Th. ii. 308, 35: Wulfst. 178, 8. Hé bið deófles tempel, and byrð swíðe swǽre byrðene on his bæce, Homl. Th. i. 212, 4.
Linked entry: swár