gíme-líst
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Cf. gíman; 6 Bútan hit gelimpe þæt man lator áríse þonne hit gebyrige . . . þæt ne geweorðe, þæt þyllic gýmelést gelimpe . . . gif hit gelimpe, dǽdbéte sé . . . þe hit þurh his gýmeléste (gýmeleástum neglectum R. Ben. I. 42, 7) gelamp, R.
micel
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Is hit swýðe micel cyn ꝥ gehwylc crísten man þone dæg weorðige, Ll. Th. ii. 420, 31. Oft se micla anweald ðára yflena gehríst swíþe fǽrlíce, Bt. 38, 2 ; F. 198, 8.
sceamian
to feel shame, be ashamed ⬩ to cause shame
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Sceomiande man sceal in sceade hweorfan, Exon. Th. 337, 19; Gn. Ex. 67. Ða deóflu wendon sceamigende áweg, Wulfst. 236, 26. Hý ( Beowulf's followers who had failed him in his need ) scamiende scyldas bǽron, ðǽr se gomela læg, Beo.
wá
Woe ⬩ ill ⬩ woe ⬩ alas ⬩ vae, ⬩ well-a-way ⬩ well-a-day ⬩ ah ⬩ vah
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Ðá wæs ðam deófle waa on his móde, ðæt se man sceolde ða myrhðe geearnian, Hexam, 17; Norm. 24, 22. interject. woe, alas; vae, with dat. of person Wá (wǽ, Lind. Rush.) ðam menn uae homini illi, Mk. Skt. 14, 21. Wá eów ðe hlihaþ, Blickl.
hiw
Shape, ⬩ make, ⬩ form, ⬩ fashion, ⬩ species, ⬩ kind, ⬩ appearance, ⬩ symbol, ⬩ hue, ⬩ colour, ⬩ beauty
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Se sunn onféng mennisc hiw the son took the form of a man, Nar. 39, 23: Exon. 18 b; Th. 45, 19; Cri. 721: 46 a; Th. 156, 28; Gú. 881. Heó, Elen. Kmbl. 12; El. 6. Tócnáwan heofones hiw faciem cæli dijudicare, Mt. Kmbl 16, 3.
þúsend
a thousand
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Án þúsend manna, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 46, 34. Ðeáh hé erige his land mid ðúsend sula, Bt. 26, 3; Fox 94, 14. Erigan æcera þúsend, Met. 14, 5. Óð ðæt hé þúsende ðisses lífes wintra gebídeþ postquam vitae jam mille peregerit annos, Exon.
ge-cynd
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Manna gecynd, El. 735. Nán gesceaft (gecynd, v.l. )... búton mon, Bt. 35, 4; F. 160, 24. Nis nænigu gecynd cwiclifigende, ne fugol ne fisc ..., Sal. 419. Þone feónd þisse menniscan gecynd, Bl. H. 31, 32.
weorc
Work ⬩ opus. ⬩ work ⬩ operative action ⬩ operation ⬩ working ⬩ doing ⬩ performance ⬩ work ⬩ doings ⬩ actions ⬩ what a person does ⬩ what happens ⬩ work ⬩ labour ⬩ occupation ⬩ employment ⬩ any form of long-sustained or habitual activity ⬩ a particular act of labour ⬩ workmanship ⬩ a work ⬩ deed ⬩ any action ⬩ of action that gives affect to anything ⬩ a work, ⬩ what is wrought ⬩ a strong building, ⬩ fortress ⬩ work, ⬩ what is done, ⬩ effect produced ⬩ pain, ⬩ travail, ⬩ grief, ⬩ the instrumental or dative is used in the phrase weorce wesan with the dative of the person — to be painful to a person
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Th. 218, 24; Dan. 44. work, what is done, effect produced Ða flǽsclícan willan cumaþ oft þurh deófles sceónessa ǽr tó manna heortan, ǽr Drihtnes weorc ðǽr wunian móte Blickl.
þǽr
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Man mót hine gebiddan, beó þǽr þǽr he beó, Homl. Skt. i. 13, 67. with a demonstrative and relative force, as in modern where, whither Ðæt hí geworhten stǽnene weal ðǽr se cásere hét eorþwall gewyrcan, Bd. 1, 12; S. 481, 8.
Linked entry: þár
losian
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Hé beorna reáf manige méteð, þǽr hit mannum losað invenit spolia multa. Ps. Th. 118, 162. Eall heora ǽhta losodon, Hml. S. 30, 151.
CÉPAN
To observe, keep, regard, await, desire, take, betake oneself to, meditate, bear ⬩ observare, tenere, manere, appetere, captare, se conferre, meditari, portare
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He dysigra manna hérunga cépþ he desires the praises of foolish men, i. 412, 7. Ðæt hí cépaþ ðæs ydelan hlýsan that they desire vain renown, ii. 566, 2. Swá hwilcne swá ic cysse, cépaþ his sóna whomsoever I kiss, take him forthwith, ii. 246, 11.
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ELLEN
Strength, power, vigour, valour, courage, fortitude ⬩ vis, rōbur, vĭgor, virtus, fortĭtūdo
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Ic gefremman sceal eorlíc ellen I shall perform a manly deed of valour, Beo. Th. 1278; B. 637. Ne lǽt ðín ellen gedreosan let not thy strength sink, Wald. 10; Vald. 1, 6: Beo. Th. 1208; B. 602: Exon. 120 b; Th. 463, 7; Hö. 66: Apstls.
færeld
a way, going, motion, journey, course, passage, progress, expedition, company, one who accompanies in the journey of life, a relation ⬩ via, ĭter, cursus, gressus, expĕdītio, cognăta ⬩ The passover of the Jews ⬩ transĭtus, phase, id est transĭtus
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Ne beó gé afyrhte þurh geswince ðæs langsuman færeldes, oððe þurh yfelra manna ymbe-spræce be ye not afraid through the toil of the tedious journey, or through the conversation of evil men, Homl. Th. ii. 128, 2.
irsian
to be angry ⬩ to rage ⬩ to make angry ⬩ to anger ⬩ provoke
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Ðonne ús ðara manna mód yrsade and ús wiðerwearde wǽron cum irasceretur animus eorum adversum nos, 123, 3.
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slǽd
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B. 7 (West Riding) In Levin's Manip. Vocab. -1570- a slade, valley = vallis, and Drayton uses the word in this sense, v. Nares; see also Halliwell's Dict. , low, flat, marshy ground, with a broad bottom, a valley.
Linked entries: sléd wíþig-slǽd wæter-slæd
tácnian
to make a mark upon something, to mark ⬩ to be a token or mark of something, to indicate, mark ⬩ to indicate, point out ⬩ to signify ⬩ to be the figurative expression of, be a figure of something, to symbolize ⬩ to indicate what is future, to portend
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Ðæt sweflene fýr tácnode hwelc gewinn ðá wǽron be ðǽm ðe nú sindon, Ors. 2, 6; Swt. 88, 30. to indicate what is future, to portend Hí ( two stars) wítegan wǽron grimmes wæles ... ðæt hí micel yfel mannum tóward tácnedon (signarent ), Bd. 5, 23; S. 645
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wiþer-rǽde
Adverse ⬩ contrary ⬩ at variance ⬩ hostile ⬩ rebellious ⬩ contumacious ⬩ out of harmony ⬩ repugnant ⬩ offensive ⬩ disagreeable ⬩ adverse ⬩ not fitted to further the good of anything ⬩ unfavourable ⬩ disadvantageous ⬩ contrary ⬩ of an opposite nature
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Nis nán ǽ wiðerrǽde þusgeworhtum mannum, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 60. Ðeós wyrt bið ðam góman stíð and wiðerrǽde for mete geþiged, Lchdm. i. 300, 10. Wulfes tǽsl hafaþ leáf wiþerrǽde (unpleasant, rough?)
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eáca
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Hé ofslóh án hund þúsend manna and hundeahtatig ðúsend and sumne eácan ðǽrtó, Hml. S. 18, 404
hærfest
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II. the part of Autumn in which the fruits of the earth are gathered in, harvest, v. hærfestlic; II. hærfest-mónaþ, hærfest-tíd ; II :-- Agusius síhð tó mannum mid genihtsumum hærfeste and autumnus cymð tó mancynne binnan seofon nihta fyrste, Angl. viii
lícian
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Hí woldon lícian for manna eágum, 449, 10. with dat. of person pleased Ic Gode lície swýðor þonne æðele cealf placebit Deo super vitulum novellum, Ps. Th. 68, 32. Hú eów lícaþ (placet) þeós spǽc ?, Coll. M. 32, 7.