niht
night ⬩ night ⬩ darkness ⬩ night
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Mid ðon dæge wæs gefylled se dæg ðe is nemned Pentecosten ymb fíftig nihta æfter ðære gecýþdan ǽriste, 133, 14
blis
BLISS, joy, gladness, exultation, pleasure ⬩ lætitia, gaudium, exultatio, beatitas ⬩ friendship, kindness, benevolence, grace ⬩ comitas, benignitas, benevolentia, gratia
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Se burgstede wæs blissum gefylled the city-place was filled with joys, Exon. 52 a; Th. 181, 11; Gú. 1291: 27 b; Th. 82, 31; Cri. 1347. Blissum hrémig exulting in gladness, Elen.
Linked entry: blíþs
ge-trúwian
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But if B wants wrongfully to ruin C ... and if C be innocent. Ll. Th. i. 220, 19-24
grim
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Hé ymbe þá herehúðe hlemmeð tógædre grimme góman, Wal. 62: 76.
helpan
to succour ⬩ to be serviceable ⬩ to profit ⬩ avail
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Wisse hé ꝥ him holtwudu helpan ne meahte, B. 2340: 2684. given in a clause Ic wát ꝥ þé ná ne helpeð (fremað, v.l. expedit) ꝥ þú gá fram mé þus unrótum, Gr. D. 8, i, 13.
lǽfan
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Iulianus ðá dǽlde . . . heora landáre, þe him lǽfed was, Hml. S. 4, 79-82. Þonne þú heonan cyrre . . . lǽf ús écne gefeán, Cri. 159.
tó-flówan
To flow different ways, ⬩ disperse in flowing, ⬩ flow away ⬩ to flow in different directions, ⬩ be dispersed ⬩ to melt away, ⬩ be destroyed ⬩ to wander, ⬩ be drawn hither and thither, ⬩ be distracted ⬩ to be separated, ⬩ take different directions ⬩ to spread ⬩ to pass away, ⬩ be dissipated, ⬩ scattered, ⬩ rendered useless, ⬩ brought to nothing ⬩ to separate in confusion, ⬩ become disconnected
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To flow different ways, disperse in flowing, flow away Ic tóflówe defluo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5; Zup. 175, 14. Tófleówan ł út urnan defluxerant, Hpt.
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án
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Hé wæs þá ána wana .XXX. wintra, Chr. 972; P. 119, 8. Mid ceastrum ánes wana þríttigum, Bd. 1, 1; Sch. 9, 10. helping to form ordinals Se án and twénteogoða uicesimus primus, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 283, 7. Se án and hundnigonteóða, R. Ben. 37, 21.
feoh
cattle ⬩ property ⬩ wealth ⬩ money ⬩ riches ⬩ treasure ⬩ bribe ⬩ gift ⬩ metal ⬩ coin
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Þǽr hé geáscade þæt Geoweorþan goldhord wæs, and þá burgleóde him ágeáfon eall ꝥ licgende feoh ꝥ þær binnan wæs, 5, 7; S. 230, 6.
smeágan
to consider, meditate, inquire, deliberate ⬩ to consider, ponder, examine, inquire into, discuss, search ⬩ to seek an opportunity ⬩ to accept as the result of inquiry, to suppose
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On eallum ðínum weorcum ic wæs smeágende 76, 10. to consider, ponder, examine, inquire into, discuss, search with acc. Ðenden ic Godes bebodu smeáge scrutabor mandata Dei, Ps. Th. 118, 115.
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æðeling
the son of a king ⬩ one of royal blood ⬩ a nobleman ⬩ the king ⬩ God ⬩ Christ ⬩ regia suboles ⬩ vir nobilis ⬩ man ⬩ men ⬩ people ⬩ homo ⬩ homines
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dwelling-place stood after [waiting for] the man-lord, the chieftain, 207; Th. 256, 10; Dan. 638. man generally, in pl. men, people, used in a good and noble sense, as a derivative of æðele noble; homo, homines Ðæs æðelinges ellen dohte the man's courage was
FRETAN
to eat up ⬩ gnaw ⬩ FRET ⬩ devour ⬩ consume ⬩ devŏrāre ⬩ consūmĕre ⬩ comĕdĕre ⬩ to break ⬩ burst ⬩ frangĕre ⬩ rumpĕre
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Wǽron hie mid meteliéste gewǽgde, and hæfdon miclne dǽl ðara horsa freten they were distressed. for want of food, and had eaten a great part of their horses, Chr. 894; Erl. 92, 28.
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lutian
lurk ⬩ skulk
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Cwæþ ðæt hé god wǽre on mannes hiwe lutiende said that he was a god concealed in the form of a man, ii. 474, 22
reáfian
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Wígfrecan wæl reáfedon, 2429; B. 1212. Reáfodon ( diripuerunt ) hine ealle oferfarende wæg, Ps. Spl. 88, 40. Reáfa vastes, Kent. Gl. 936. Gif hwylc man reáfige ( spoliaverit ) óðerne æt his dehter, L. Ecg. P. iv. 13; Th. ii. 208, 7.
ge-wyldan
To exercise power over ⬩ to tame ⬩ subdue ⬩ conquer ⬩ temper ⬩ seize ⬩ take ⬩ dominari ⬩ domare ⬩ subigere ⬩ prehendere ⬩ capere
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Seó burh wearþ gewyld the city was taken, Ælfc. T. Lisle 42, 20: Jud. 16, 7. Ðonne he hine hæfþ gewyldne dum dominabitur pauperi, Ps. Th. 9, 30.
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ge-cnáwan
To know ⬩ perceive ⬩ understand ⬩ recognise ⬩ noscere ⬩ agnoscere ⬩ sentire ⬩ cognoscere
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Ðonne ðæt gecnáweþ fláh feónd gemáh when the deceitful impious fiend knows that, Exon. 97 a; Th. 362, 17; Wal. 38. Heonon-forþ ge hyne gecnáwaþ henceforth ye shall know him, Jn. Bos. 14, 7.
Linked entry: ge-cneów
stenc
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Th. 363, 16; Wal. 54. Swíðe swéte stenc, Blickl. Homl. 145, 29. Mycel swétnysse stencg, Bd. 3, 8; S. 532, 18. Balzamum ðæs bestan stences, Nar. 27, 22. Tó wynsumum stence, Lev. 1, 9. Ða swétan stencas ðara wuduwyrta, Blickl. Homl. 59, 3.
be-reáfian
alone
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Wæs hé lande bereáfod, Chr. 1065 ; P. 194, 4: Hml. S. 23 b, 207 : B. 2746: An. 1316, Wé sind bereáfod úrum gódum aporiamur bonis nostris, Wrt.
hleahtor
a laugh
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Leahter risum Scint. 171, 12. attributed to other than human beings: Wæs engla þreát hleahtre blíðe, Cri. 739.
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hefig-ness
oppressiveness ⬩ burdensomeness ⬩ a trouble ⬩ dullness ⬩ disease ⬩ oppression
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I. 114, 5. oppressed condition of body or senses, want of animation, dullness Þu cwǽde ꝥ ic hæfde forgiten ꝥ gód ꝥ ic oninnan mé hæfde for ðæs lichoman hefignesse quod memoriam corporea contagione pressus amisi, Bt. 35, 2; F. 156, 16.