hefig-tíme
heavy ⬩ weighty ⬩ of great importance ⬩ serious ⬩ grave ⬩ severe ⬩ serious ⬩ oppressive ⬩ annoying ⬩ troublesome ⬩ hard to bear ⬩ grievous ⬩ tedious
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Cuth. c. 30), ii. 150, 5. used predicatively, where the source of trouble is given, by a noun (or pronoun) Wearð his lif swiðe hefigtýme ðám gebróðrum, ac hí hit forbǽron for his bróðer gódnysse, Hml. Th. i. 534, 5.
neód
Desire ⬩ eagerness ⬩ diligence ⬩ earnest endeavour
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Biþ him neód micel ðæt hé ða yldu móte wendan tó lífe feorg geong onfón it is most eager to turn old age to life, to receive youth, Exon. Th. 210, 22; Ph. 189 : 228, 3; Ph. 432. (Cf. O.
wærlíce
warily, cautiously, circumspectly, ⬩ in a way that guards against surprise ⬩ in a way that guards against an ill result, safely ⬩ carefully, heedfully, prudently
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Wærlícor bið se man geherod æfter lífe ðonne on lífe there is less danger of mistake in praising a man after his death than while he is alive, ii. 560, 14. where there is danger of doing wrong, carefully, heedfully, prudently Hwílum bið gód wærlíce tó
herian
To praise
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Hit is áwriten ne hera ðú nǽnne man on his lífe it is written 'Praise no man during his life,' Homl. Th. ii. 560, 13. Ðá silfne ne hera do not praise thyself, Salm. Kmbl. 262, 21. Here ðú, Sion, swylce ðínne sóþne God lauda Deum tuum, Sion, Ps.
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GEONG
YOUNG, youthful, new, recent, fresh ⬩ jŭvĕnis, adolescens, nŏvellus, rĕcens ⬩ young
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Ymb ðæs geongan feorh about the young man's life, Andr. Kmbl. 2236; An. 1119, On swá geongum feore in so young a life, Beo. Th. 3690; B. 1843. Me eáden wearþ, geongre it was granted to me young, Exon. 10 b; Th. 13, 11; Cri: 201.
hopian
To hope, ⬩ have hope or confidence [in a person], ⬩ expect, ⬩ watch for [with gen.]
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Ðá fíf cyningas hopodon tó lífe the five kings hoped to save their lives, Jos.10, 16. Ne hopige nán man tó ðyssere leásunge, Homl. Th. ii. 572, 21.
ge-býrian
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Him gebyrede ꝥ feorh earfoðlíce hardly was life granted him. Hml. S. 12, 64.
wilnian
of animate objects ⬩ to desire, ask for ⬩ with gen. or uncertain ⬩ with accusative ⬩ with infinitive ⬩ with geniudial infinitive ⬩ with genitive and gerundial infinitive ⬩ with a clause ⬩ absolute or uncertain ⬩ to desire to go ⬩ to tend to an end
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Lind. 6, 22. Tó wilnanne ad concupiscendam, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 28. Án ðære sáwle gecynda is ðæt heó biþ wilnigende, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 132, 4. Wilnigendum flagitante Wrt.
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DEÁF
DEAF ⬩ surdus
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Anlíc nædran seó hí deáfe déþ like an adder which makes herself deaf, Ps. Th. 57, 4. Eálá deáfa and dumba gást surde et mute spīrĭtus, Mk. Bos 9, 25. Deáfe gehýraþ surdi audiunt, Mt. Bos. 11, 5: Mk. Bos. 7, 37: Lk. Bos. 7, 22: Andr.
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þegen-scipe
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áhófon Alexander primam experientiam animi et virtutis suae, compressis celeriter Graecorum motibus, dedit, Swt. 122, 32. in that part of the Genesis which is thought to show Old Saxon influence, the word occurs with the meaning of service to a lord, like
éce
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Hé on feorhgebeorh foldan hæfde eallum eorðcynne éce láfe frumcneów gehwæs túddorteóndra he (Noah) to save life for all that lives on earth had a remnant that should perpetuate it, to wit, the primal generation of everything that has offspring (i. e.
fóre-stihtod
predestine
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Hé forestihte ðá gecorenan tó dám écan lífe . . . Hé nolde forestihtan þá árleásan tó his ríce, i. 112, 28-33. Þá þe God forestihte on frymðe þyssere worulde, Hml. A. 45, 514.
wilm
that which wells ⬩ of fluid ⬩ a fount ⬩ stream ⬩ water that surges or boils ⬩ that moves in waves ⬩ of fire ⬩ surging ⬩ fire ⬩ flames ⬩ heat ⬩ fervent heat ⬩ fiery heat ⬩ boiling ⬩ roasting ⬩ inflammation ⬩ violent movement ⬩ violence ⬩ raging ⬩ tempestuous movement of water ⬩ of mental emotion ⬩ fervour ⬩ ardour ⬩ heat ⬩ fury ⬩ rage ⬩ passion
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Th. 5008; B. 2507. of fire, surging, fire, flames Won fýres wælm, se swearta líg, Exon. Th. 60, 7; Cri. 966. His bán brondes wylm forþylmde, 217, 2l; Ph. 283. In ðæs wylmes grund befæsted, Elen. Kmbl. 2596; El. 1299.
þá
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Ic ðá beheóld ðone ormǽtan líg, 350, 15-21 : 456, 24-26. Eft ðá on ðære þriddan nihte middan hé gewát of ðisum lífe. Þá cómon eft englas and hine gelǽddon, 336, 2-5. Hwæt ðá com sum man, 286, 19. Hwæt ða hǽþenan þá hine bestódon, Homl.
ge-win
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H. 63, 3. cf. (1 b γ) Mannes líf is campdóm . . ., for ðan þe ǽlc ðǽra ðe Gode geþíhð bið on gewinne wið ðone deófol, Hml. Th. ii. 454, 29. cf. (1 b δ) [Mynster]lices gecampes gewin cenobialis militię tyrocinium, An. Ox. 4170.
windan
of motion that results from a blow, swing, or other impetus, to fly, leap, start ⬩ to fly, wheel, spring ⬩ of the movement of living things ⬩ of inanimate things ⬩ of abstract subjects ⬩ of twisting ⬩ rolling movement ⬩ of living things ⬩ of inanimate things ⬩ to waver ⬩ to twist ⬩ roll ⬩ to brandish ⬩ wave ⬩ to twist, plait, weave ⬩ to twist, give a curved form to
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Hé wearp hine ðá on wyrmes líc, and wand him ymbútan ðone deáðes beám he twined round the tree of death, Cd. Th. 31, 27; Gen. 491. of inanimate things Þúfas wundon ofer gárfare the banners fluttered above the battalions Cd. Th. 199, 22 ; Exod. 342.
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be-gán
passage ⬩ to go round ⬩ to reach by going ⬩ come upon ⬩ get at ⬩ to go ⬩ pass by ⬩ to go ⬩ come ⬩ get ⬩ to pass by ⬩ To come by ⬩ get at ⬩ to come ⬩ fall to one's lot ⬩ to fall ⬩ get into debt ⬩ to surround ⬩ to confine ⬩ to occupy ⬩ to go about a business ⬩ to attend to ⬩ to cultivate ⬩ to worship ⬩ to honour ⬩ venerate a place ⬩ to exercise, practise an art, mode of life, &c. ⬩ to practise a religion ⬩ follow the dictates of ⬩ to practise ⬩ carry on ⬩ do (habitually) ⬩ to devote one's self to a practice ⬩ to exercise a person ⬩ to behave ⬩ to exercise in something ⬩ to exercise ⬩ use ⬩ employ ⬩ to profess ⬩ pretend
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Bd. 2, 13 ; Sch. 167, 17. to exercise, practise an art, mode of life, &c. Hú begǽst þú (hunta) cræft þínne quomodo exerces artem tuam ?, Coll. M. 21, II: 19, II. Beóde exercuit (anachoreseos vitam), An. Ox. 3639.
GANG
GANG ⬩ going ⬩ journey ⬩ step ⬩ way ⬩ path ⬩ passage ⬩ course (of time) ⬩ ĭter ⬩ grădus ⬩ gressus ⬩ incessus ⬩ ambŭlātio ⬩ sēmĭta ⬩ a passage ⬩ drain ⬩ privy ⬩ latrīna ⬩ secessus
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Him tǽcean lífes weg and rihtne gang to heofonum to teach them the way of life and the right path to heaven, Blickl. Homl. l09, 18. Ðíne gangas gressus tui, Ps. Th. 67, 23. Fóta gangas pedum gressus, 72, 1. Míne gangas meæ sēmĭtæ, 138, 2.
GÁR
A dart ⬩ javelin ⬩ spear ⬩ shaft ⬩ arrow ⬩ weapon ⬩ arms ⬩ acŭlum ⬩ pīlum ⬩ hasta ⬩ hastæ cuspis ⬩ săgitta ⬩ tēlum ⬩ arma
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Lǽtaþ gáres ord, in gedúfan in fǽges ferþ let the javelin-point plunge into the life of the doomed one, Andr. Kmbl. 2662; An. 1332 : Cd. 75; Th. 92, 2; Gen. 1522. Sende se sǽrinc súþerne gár the sea-chief sent a southern dart, Byrht.
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ides
A woman
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A woman [it is a word little used except in poetry, and it is supposed by Grimm to have been applied, in the earliest times, like the Greek νύμφη, to superhuman beings, occupying a position between goddesses and mere women, v. D.