á-þindan
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Hí áðindað innane on ídlum gilpe, 439, 5. Þá þe áþindað and áswellað þurh þá wilnunge þæs ídlan gylpes, Gr. D. 40, 4. Ðætte hié ne áðinden on heora móde, Past. 319, 17. On oferméttum áðunden, 25, 6: III, l. Hé wæs mid oferhygdes gáste áþunden, Gr.
mirran
to be a stumbling-block to ⬩ to hinder ⬩ obstruct ⬩ to waste ⬩ squander ⬩ To err
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Seó ungesceádwísnes heora eágena hí myrþ (ámerraþ, Cott. MS.), 32, 2; Fox 116, 26. Gyf hí ðé myrraþ and lettaþ, Shrn. 185, 5. Hwí mirraþ git ðis folc fram heora weorcum quare sollicitatis populum ab operibus suis? Ex. 5, 4.
smeálíce
searchingly, carefully, narrowly, closely ⬩ closely, deeply, acutely, with penetration ⬩ clearly, accurately, exactly ⬩ closely
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., searchingly, carefully, narrowly, closely Hí smeálíce sóhtan perquirentes subtilius Bd. 3, 10; S. 5. 34, 37. Hí smeálíce sóhton ðone behíddan mete Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 12.
innor
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Hine seó ýð gegráp and hine fram lande innor áteáh quem unda rapuit et eum a terra introrsus traxit, Gr. D. 114, 32. with reference to position in a room, a place further from the door being a more honourable one. Cf.
torht
Bright, ⬩ splendid ⬩ of the brightness of light, ⬩ of splendid appearance ⬩ bright ⬩ beautiful ⬩ splendid ⬩ splendid, ⬩ glorious, ⬩ noble, ⬩ illustrious, ⬩ having splendid qualities or properties, ⬩ bright, ⬩ clear
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In ðone torhtestan þrýnesse þrym, 140, 29; Gú. 617. of sight or voice, bright, clear Blind sceal his eágna þolian, oftigen biþ him torhtre gesihþe, Exon. Th. 335, 29; Gn. Ex. 40.
uppe
up ⬩ above ⬩ on high ⬩ up
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Th. 90, 4; Cri. 1468: Hy. 3, 30. marking discovery, Similar entries v. yppan, Hé hí gemartirode swá hé dyrnlícost mihte, and hé geðóht hæfde ðæt hí ðǽr nǽfre uppe ne wurdan, ac ðurh Godes mihte hí ðanon gecýdde wurdon, Lchdm. iii. 424, 31. marking effectual
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seófian
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To lament, complain of His sylfes earfoþu hé seófaþ tó Drihtne, Ps. Th. 3, arg. Gilleþ geómorlíce and his gyrn séfaþ, Salm. Kmbl. 536 ; Sal. 267. Hé seófode his ungelimp tó Drihtne, Ps. Th. 7, arg.: 3, arg.
for-niman
to comprehend ⬩ carry off ⬩ do away with ⬩ defraud ⬩ consume
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Voc. ii. 144, 77. of living creatures Hié (the hippopotamuses) þá men mid heora múðe sliton and hié ealle fornámon (assumpserunt), Nar. 11, 5. Hé (Herod) mid wyrmum fornumen gewát of lífe consumptus a vermibus exspiravit (Acts 12, 23), Hml.
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in-cofa
the breast ⬩ heart
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An inner chamber, [metaph.] the breast, heart On his incofan ł on his clyfan in cubili suo, Ps. Lamb. 35, 5. On díglum ł on incofan ł on eówrum clyfum in cubilibus vestris, 4, 5. Eal ðæt hé hæfde on his incofan all that he had in his breast, Bt.
láf
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Ꝥte lǽda bróðer his láf tó wíf þæs ut ducat frater ejus uxorem illius Mt. L. 22, 24
ge-mearc
A boundary, limit ⬩ lŏcus designātus
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A boundary, limit; lŏcus designātus Gewát him se æðeling to ðæs gemearces ðe him Metod tǽhte the man departed to the limit which the Lord had shewn him, Cd. 139; Th. 174, 28; Gen. 2885
twislung
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Forking, branching, partition Se þurh his cildhádes nytenesse ðis ríce tóstencte and his ánnesse tódǽlde ... Æfter his forðsíþe Eádgár ealne Angelcynnes anweald begeat, and ðæs ríces twislunge eft tó ánnesse bróhte, Lchdm. iii. 436, 3
fǽhþ
feyness
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feyness Dol seldon drýmeð sorgful ymbe his forðgesceaft, nefne hé fǽhðe wite a fool in his life of pleasure is seldom anxious about his future, unless he knows that death is at hand, Fä. 56
sófte
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Add Him bið swíðe sófte things will go very easily for him, Hml. Th. i. 164, 2. Þæt ǽlc mann drunce be þám þe hé sylf wolde and him sóftost wǽre, Hml. A. 92, 23
on-líhtan
of places or things, to illumine, make bright, cause to shine, ⬩ to give sight to, make the sight clear ⬩ to clear the mental vision, to enlighten ⬩ to give light (with dat.) ⬩ To shine
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Ne onlíhtaþ hí nánht ðæs módes eágan, Bt. 34, 8; Fox 144, 32. Ðú simle míne sáwle onlíhtest, Homl. Th. i. 74, 31. Hé hié onlýhte mid ðæs Hálgan Gástes gife, Blickl. Homl. 145, 6.
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a-stífian
To stiffen ⬩ grow or wax stiff ⬩ obrigere
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His sine astífode His sinew stiffened. Gen. 32, 32
feá
Joy ⬩ gaudium
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Joy; gaudium Him he gehét écne feán he promised him everlasting joy, Bd. 1, 25; Whelc. 76, 1
eft-ryne
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A running back, return Útgong his and eftyrn his egressio ejus et occursus ejus, Ps. Srt. 18, 7
for-treding
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Múð dysiges fortredincg (contritio) his a fool's mouth is his destruction (Prov. 18, 7), Scint. 95, 10. Add
BRǼW
An eye-lid; ⬩ palpebra
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Ðá gehrán he his eágan, gemétte he hit swá hál mid ðý brǽwe contingens oculum, sanum cum palpebra invenit, 4, 32; S. 612, 7. Brǽwas [brégas, Surt.] his axiaþ oððe befrinaþ bearn manna palpebræ ejus interrogant filios hominum, Ps.