ágen
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S. 2, 144. v. un-ágen
dwelian
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Ox. 347. figurative Nú ic wæs of þám rihtan wege mínes ingeþances, ac betere hit bið ꝥ ic eft fare út of þysum porte, ðy lǽs ic tó swíðe dwelige, Hml. S. 23, 553. Ðá ðe fyligað þǽre gýtsunge, hí dweliað fram Godes geleáfon, Hml. Th. i. 256, 18.
first
time ⬩ respite ⬩ (additional) time ⬩ in time
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Gif hé út oðfleó ǽr þám fierste, Ll. Th. i. 60, 15. Gewurdon fela martyra on x wintra firste, Ors. 6, 30; S. 280, 19. Of fæce, fyrste intercapedine, i. spatio, An. Ox. 2967. Fyrst intercapedinem, 5428.
Linked entry: fyrst
hírsumian
to obey ⬩ to obey ⬩ to obey ⬩ a feeling ⬩ desire ⬩ an impulse ⬩ to serve ⬩ to serve God
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Be ðám ðæt ǽlc óðrum hýrsumige ut obedientes sibi sint invicem fratres, R. Ben. 130, 10, 14.
sleán
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Add Þæt fýr slóh út of ðám ofne, and forswǽlde þá cwelleras, Hml. Th. i. 570, 16. v. mann- (?), þurh-sleán
ǽg-þer
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Hét hé ǽgðer eáge út ádón, 1095; P. 231, 27. conjunction, with two clauses Ǽgðer wið Eást-Engle ge wið Norðhymbre, Chr. 906; P. 94, 22. with more than two Ǽgþer ge eargast, ge wrǽnast, ge ofer-módgast, Ors. 2, 2; S. 66, 28.
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tilian
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Amang ðam feó ðe wé úre neóde mide bicgaþ, 706), Homl. Skt. i. 23, 703. Hé is wyrðe ðæt ðú him tilige he deserves that you exert yourself for him; dignus est ut hoc illi praestes, Lk. Skt. 7, 4.
be-fón
to comprehend ⬩ grasp ⬩ seize ⬩ take hold of ⬩ catch ⬩ comprehendere ⬩ apprehendere ⬩ capere ⬩ to surround ⬩ encompass ⬩ encircle ⬩ envelop ⬩ contain ⬩ clothe ⬩ case ⬩ receive ⬩ conceive ⬩ circumdare ⬩ amplecti ⬩ complecti ⬩ capere ⬩ cingere ⬩ tegere ⬩ operire ⬩ accipere ⬩ concipere
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Ðæt híg woldon ðone Hǽlend on his spræce befón ut caperent eum in sermone, Mt.
DROPA
DROP ⬩ stilla, gutta, stillicĭdium
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Snáw cymþ of ðam þynnum wǽtan, ðe byþ upatogen mid ðære lyfte, and byþ gefroren ǽr ðan ðe he to dropum geurnen sý snow comes of the thin moisture, which is drawn up with the air, and is frozen before it be run into drops, Bd. de nat. rerum ; Wrt. popl
FEOH
cattle ⬩ living animals ⬩ pĕcus ⬩ jūmenta ⬩ Money ⬩ value ⬩ price ⬩ hire ⬩ stipend ⬩ FEE ⬩ reward ⬩ pĕcūnia ⬩ merces ⬩ Goods ⬩ property ⬩ riches ⬩ wealth ⬩ bŏna ⬩ dīvĭtiæ ⬩ ŏpes
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Ðæt he him sealde wið feoh ðæt scræf ut det illi spēluncam pĕcūnia, Gen. 23, 9. Ic ðé ða fǽhþe feó leánige I will recompense thee for the strife with money, Beo.
lácnian
To heal ⬩ cure ⬩ tend ⬩ take care of ⬩ treat ⬩ dress(a wound)
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MS. lácnigean) wille géote wín on necesse est, ut, quisquis sanandis vulneribus praeest, in vino morsum doloris adhibeat, Past. 17, 10; Swt. 124, 11. Se lácnigenda the physician, 21, 2; Swt. 153, 4.
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neowol
prone ⬩ prostrate ⬩ deep down ⬩ low ⬩ profound
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Hít swá niowul ( prostrate ) up árǽrde, Bt. 3, 1; Fox 4, 26. Neowle nihtscúwan the shades of night that had settled down upon earth, Cd. Th. 184, 28; Exod. 114. Ða neowelan cernua, Wrt. Voc. ii. 18, 14 : 78. 59. Neóle cernuas, 83, 3. Nióle, 18, 42.
scolu
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Ðá wearð stearc storms gelác . . . út feor ádráf on Wendelsǽ wígendra scola, Met. 26, 31
Birīnus
Birīnus, the first bishop of Wessex,
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biscopsetl on Dorceceastre, and he ðǽr, se bisceop, Gode lifde and cyricean worhte and hálgode ... and he ðǽr his dagas ge-endode and to Drihtne férde, and in ðære ylcan ceastre bebyriged wæs, and eft æfter monigum geárum Hædde bisceop hét his líchoman up
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tæfl
Properly a board for the playing of a game. But the word seems also used of a game played on such a board: cf. the use of the word tables at a later time ⬩ The word seems to denote also a die used in playing a game. What was the precise nature of the games, to which this word and related forms are applied, does not appear; some of the references below would imply that games of chance are meant, and this would be in keeping with the love of gaming which Tacitus, Germ. c. 24, noticed among the Germans. But games of skill like chess may sometimes be meant. In Icelandic tafl is used of chess or draughts, as well as of dicing, and the Danes in England seem to have played chess ⬩ Among the Welsh, too, was a game something like draughts, called tawlbwrdd
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The word seems to denote also a die used in playing a game.
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þynne
Thin ⬩ thin ⬩ lean ⬩ the opposite of fat or stout ⬩ thin ⬩ the opposite of thick ⬩ thin ⬩ the opposite of broad ⬩ thin ⬩ thin ⬩ thin ⬩ weak ⬩ feeble ⬩ delicate ⬩ fine
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Seó wyrt hafaþ þynne leáf, Lchdm. i. 288, 16. thin, the opposite of broad Ðæt seó ðynneste dolhswaþo ætýwde ut tenuissima cicatricis vestigia parerent, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 19. of density, where the parts of a whole are not close together, thin Oft of
dynt
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Be ðám ðe nán óðrum dynt ne gebeóde ut non presumat aliquis alium cedere, R. Ben. 129, 12. Mistlice þreála gebyriað for synnum, bendas oððe dyntas, Ll. Th. ii. 278, 26. Ðǽr is benda bite and dynta dyne, Wlfst. 209, 17: 114, 23.
ge-gladian
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To be glad, rejoice Gegladade ł glæd uæs gauisus est, Jn. L. 8, 56. Gigladia cirica ðín laetatur aecclesia tua, Rtl. 72, 14. Gigladia ué gaudeamus, 38, 29: letamur, 49, 20. Rihtwíse gegladian on blisse justi delectentur in laetitia, Ps. Spl. 67, 3
ge-rýne
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Iungum cnihtum geopenian ꝥ hig óðrum gecýðon þe his geréna ne cunnon, 306, 17. a mystic meaning Hé (Felix) ealle þá ðeóde æfter þám gerýne (-um, v. l. ) his noman (iuxta sui nominis sacramentum) fram wónesse álýsde, Bd. 2, 15; Sch. 176, 22. in a theological
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ge-sendan
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Ðá yflo hí út gesendon (áwurpon, W.S.), 13, 48. Ðá ðe gesendon ðingo hiora . . . qui mittebant munera sua in gazophilacium, Lk. L. R. 22, I. On sǽ gesended (beworpen, W.S.), Mk. L.