healf-slǽpende
Half asleep
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Half asleep Ætýwde him gamalielus gást healfslǽpendum the spirit of Gamaliel appeared to him when half asleep, Shrn. 113, 5
be-sencan
To plunge ⬩ submerge ⬩ drown
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Hí hine besencton on þá eá æt his cneówa, Bl. H. 43, 29. Besencean oþþe gecwylman mergere aut mortificare, Coll. M. 24, 33. Besencendum submergente, An. Ox. 1739. Besenced of ðǽm yfemestum tó ðæm nieðerhestan, Past. 134, 24. On helle besenct, Hml.
ge-cneordlǽcan
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Tó þysum twám wífmannum áwrát Hieronimus menigfealde trahtbéc, for ðan ðe hí wǽron swíðe gecneord-lǽcende on bóclicum smeágungum, i. 436, 11
dæg-weorc
A day's work ⬩ diei opus
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A day's work; diei opus Him mihtig God ðæs dægweorces deóp leán forgeald the mighty God recompensed to him a high reward for that day's work, Cd. 158; Th. 197, 30; Exod. 315: 167; Th. 209, 28; Exod. 506: Byrht. Th. 136, 8; By. 148.
letting
Letting ⬩ hindering ⬩ obstruction ⬩ delay ⬩ retarding
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On ðære lettinge his færeltes in ejus itineris retardatione, Past, 36, 7; Swt. 254, 20. [Se cyng scipa út on sǽ sende his bróðer tó dære and tó lættinge, Chr. 1101; Erl. 237, 19.]
beorhte
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His geearnunga wǽron beorhte gecýþed, Shrn. 52, II. clearly, of physical or mental vision Hé wearð hál, beorhte lócigende, Hml. S. 22, 182. His andgit bið tó ðon beorhte scínende, ðæt hé mæge ongietan sóðfæstnesse, Past. 69, 24
esne
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Gif cirican-mannes esne tihte folces-mannes esne, his dryhten hine geclénsige, 42, 11. Gif mon sweordes onlǽne óðres esne (þeówe, 11), 120, 12. His ágenne þeówne esne servum suum, 48, 12: 42, 6.
á-lynian
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Hí þæs þeófes fót áhlinode ( solvit ) of þám hege þe hé ǽr fæste on clifode, Gr. D. 25, 10. Hí ðæs scræfes locstán út álynedon, Hml. S. 23, 426. Áhlinnað ł áhebbað gatu attollite portas, Ps. L. 23, 9.
eald-hláford
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Hwelce hláfordhylda hí þóhton tó gecýþanne on hiora ealdhláfordes bearnum, 6, 37; S. 296, 5. Dauid cearf læppan of Saules mentle his ealdhláfordes, Past. 199, 11.
óþ
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Oð nú for twám geárum usque ante biennium, 235, 19: 342, 33. marking stage reached Nú hít eall ágán is oð on (v. á-gán) ðíne hand, ðonne ðú hit becweðe swá gesibre handa swá fremdre swáðer ðé leófre sý, C.
hlǽfdige
A lady, ⬩ mistress of a house; ⬩ after Bertric's time it is the title given to the wife of the West-Saxon king,
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Ðá forlét se cyng ða hlǽfdian seó wæs gehálgod him tó cwéne [of Eward putting away his wife, Godwin's daughter], Chr. 1048; Erl. 180, 20.
ge-lang
Along ⬩ belonging ⬩ depending ⬩ consequent
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Frægn se Scipio hine on hwý hit gelang wǽre Scipio asked him to what it was owing, Ors. 5, 3; Bos. 103, 42. Ðǽr is help gelong help comes from there, Exon. 75 a: Th. 281, 13; Jul. 645 : 83 a; Th. 313, 8; Seef. 121
eafora
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Hire bearn, ángan eaferan, B. 1547. Aferan, Chr. 975; P. 121, 3. His eaforan wócan, bearn from brýde, Gen. 1061. Eaferan, B. 2475. Aforan, Gen. 967. Aferan, Dan. 672. Afaran (eaforan, aforan, eoforan, v. ll. ), Chr. 937; P. 106, 15.
on-égan
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Hí onégdon þǽre ferelan slegas ictus ferulae pertimescebant, Gr. D. 229, 25. Heó náht næs hire onégende nec verita est, 279, 17. Add
þeóstrung
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Darkness, gloom, obscurity Hí on ðære þýstrunge hine swencton, Guthl. 5; Gdwin. 36, 14. Næhtes [ðió]strung noctis caliginem, Rtl. 182, 35
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on-hréran
of actual movement, to stir, agitate, move violently ⬩ to move, disturb, agitate ⬩ of emotions, to stir up, arouse, excite
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Ðonne hine mon drincan welle, onhrére eft, Lchdm. ii. 270, 13. Ne mæg him se flǽschoma hond onhréran, Exon. Th. 311, 22; Seef. 96. Eorþe biþ onhréred of hire stówe, Blickl. Homl. 91, 36. Lyft wæs onhréred, Cd. Th. 208, 13; Exod. 482.
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ge-wǽde
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R. 23, 34. a garment ꝥte fasne gewoede his (fæse giwédum his, R.) gehrinon ut fimbriam uestimenti eius tangerent, Mk. L. 6, 56. On gewedo ald in uestimentum uetus, Lk. L. 5, 36. Giwedu his hwítu gescionum, Lk. R. 9, 29.
dæru
Harm ⬩ damnum
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Harm; damnum His bróðer to ðære and to lættinge to the harm and hindrance of his brother, Chr. 1101; Erl. 237, 18
mis-gemynd
Evil memory or memorial
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Evil memory or memorial Ýweþ him earmra manna misgemynda shews him the evil memories of wretched men, Salm. Kmbl. 987; Sal. 495
ge-cyrred-nes
A turning ⬩ conversion
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A turning, conversion Æfter his gecyrrednysse, Gregorius þénode þearfum after his conversion Gregory ministered to the poor, Homl. Th. ii. 118, 35