líhtan
to alleviate ⬩ relieve ⬩ assuage ⬩ to light ⬩ alight
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to make light or easy, to alleviate, relieve, assuage Líht ðæt ðone swencendan magan that relieves the labouring stomach, L.
ge-mǽrsian
To magnify, glorify, celebrate ⬩ magnĭfĭcāre, glorĭfĭcāre, celebrāre
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Ðú Sunnan dæg sylf hálgodest and gemǽrsodest hine manegum to helpe thou thyself didst sanctify Sunday and didst glorify it for help to many, Hy. 9, 26; Hy. Grn. ii. 291, 26.
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scipe
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. ¶ -scipe -ship, helps to form many nouns
ge-wemmedness
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Mid þon gewunon þǽre gewemmednesse synna and mána full, Bl. H. 75, 6. <b>II a.</b> of improper sexual intercourse :-- Geheald þás þíne þínena wið ǽlcere gewemmednysse, Hml. Th. ii. 478, 10. <b>II b.
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medumlíce
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Add Ðá ðe medomlíce lǽran magon qui praedicare digne valent, Past. 375, 18. Manige wé sceáwiað nú, and swá þeáh nú gýt wé hí ná full medomlíce (perfecte) oncnáwaþ, Gr. D. 331, 13. Hweln úre mæg áreccan medemlíce úres Sceppendes willan?
wæd
A ford ⬩ shallow water ⬩ water that may be traversed ⬩ a body of water ⬩ sea
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A ford, shallow water, water that may be traversed (cf. wadan, and the forms wade, wath in place-names, e.g. Biggles-wade, Longwathby); poet. a body of water, sea Bí wædes ófre, Exon. Th. 360, 22; Wal. 9.
-hám
the abode of the elves
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Whenever we can assure ourselves that the vowel is long, we may be certain that the name implies such a village or community,' Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. xxviii-ix.
ge-synto
Health ⬩ welfare ⬩ safety ⬩ prosperity ⬩ success ⬩ advantage ⬩ profit ⬩ benefit ⬩ sānĭtas ⬩ sospĭtas ⬩ sălus ⬩ prospĕrĭtas
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Ðe on eallum þingum máron gesynto hæfdon qui măgis prospĕrantur in omnĭbus, 2, 13; S. 516, 8. Geunne me mínra gesynta grant me my health, Judth. 10; Thw. 22, 34; Jud. 90: Exon. 37 a; Th. 122, 9; Gú. 303.
FLOTA
a ship ⬩ vessel ⬩ fleet ⬩ nāvis ⬩ classis ⬩ a sailor ⬩ pirate ⬩ nauta ⬩ pīrāta
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Ða flotan, wícinga fela the pirates, vikings many, Byrht. Th. 133, 25; By. 72
ge-beódan
to command ⬩ order ⬩ summon ⬩ jŭbēre ⬩ mandāre ⬩ to announce ⬩ proclaim ⬩ annuntiāre ⬩ to offer ⬩ propose ⬩ give ⬩ grant ⬩ offerre ⬩ præbēre
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to command, order, summon; jŭbēre, mandāre Hét gebeódan byre Wihstánes hæleða monegum boldágendra, ðæt hie bǽlwudu feorran feredon Wihstan's son bade command many house-owning men, that they should convey pile-wood from afar, Beo.
sundor-sprǽc
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Hý (Hannibal and Scipio) hiera sundorsprǽce (colloquium) tó unsibbe brohton, Ors. 4, 10; Swt. 202, 12. where many speak in private, a private conference, council:?-Hí cómon ealle tósomne tó heora sundersprǽce, Homl. Th. ii. 250, 9
un-gewunelíc
unusual ⬩ unwonted ⬩ unfrequented ⬩ uninhabitable
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Án ðæra ðǽla is ungewunelíc for ðære sunnan neáweste; on ðam ne eardaþ nán eorðlíc mann for ðam unberendlícum bryne, Lchdm. iii. 260, 21 note
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æt-wíndan
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Ðám ( death ) ne ætwint nán eorðlic mann, HmL Th. ii. 232,22. Hé ðám wítum ætwunde, Hml. S. 23, 118. Ðám écum wítum ætwindan, 16, 93: Hml. A. 34, 251. with acc. Þá þe middan-geard oferswíðdon and his yrmða ætwundon, Hml. Th. i. 84, 32. v. oþ-windan
Cásere
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Þíne godas, cásere, synd manna handgeweorc, Hml. S. 14, 20. Féng Tiberius tó ríce se césar æfter Agustuse post mortem Augusti Tiberius Caesar imperium adeptus est, Ors. 6, 2; S. 254, 21. Cáseres reáf tó gefeohte paludamentum, Wrt. Voc. i. 40, 31.
eafor
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de gente Northanhymbrorum ... si uenirent supra nonam horam, tunc dabitur eis noctis pastum, et iterum de mane pergent in uiam suam, C.
ge-þofta
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Cassander sende his fultum tó Lisimache his geþoftan (the Latin is: Cassander Lysimachum cum ingenti manu pro se sociis in auxilium misit), Ors. 3, 11; S. 150, 15.
lǽs
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. ¶ beólǽs pasture where there were many flowers for bees ? Cf. Beó-leáh, C. D. iii. 75, 37 :-- On beólése . . . út þurh beóleáse, C. D. B. iii. 249,31. Add
wearn
a hindrance, obstacle, difficulty, ⬩ a refusal,
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Ben. 97, 7. a refusal, v. wirnan Hý bénan synt ðæt hié wið ðé móton wordum wrixlan, nó dú him wearne geteóh ðínra gegncwida they are petitioners that they may exchange words with thee, give them not a refusal of thy words in reply, Beo.
tó-dǽledness
Division, ⬩ distinction, ⬩ separation ⬩ a division, ⬩ one of the different kinds of parts into which a whole may be divided ⬩ one of the parts into which a whole is divided ⬩ division, ⬩ separation, ⬩ break of connection or of continuity, ⬩ intermission ⬩ interruption ⬩ a division, ⬩ dividing-point, ⬩ break, ⬩ pause
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Voc. ii. 27, 63. a division, one of the different kinds of parts into which a whole may be divided Feówertýne tódǽlednyssa synd on ðam dæge . . .
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tó-sáwan
To sow broadcast, ⬩ scatter seed ⬩ to spread abroad, ⬩ scatter, ⬩ disperse, ⬩ to disseminate opinions ⬩ distribute favours ⬩ sow dissension
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Ass. 69, 94. of abstract objects, to disseminate opinions, distribute favours, sow dissension Se manu ðe tósǽwþ ungeþwǽrnysse betwux cristenum mannum, Homl. Th. i. 492, 14. Swá weorðlíce wíde tósáweþ Dryhten his duguþe, Exon. Th. 299, 31; Crä. 110.