botl
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For þám þá æftran cyningas him botl (uillam) worhton on þám lande þe Loidis is háten, Bd. 2, 14; Sch. 173, 13-21. Þæs cynges botl, Hml. Th. i. 244, 19: ii. 480, 6. Tó Melantian (cf. wíf wæligon ǽhtum, Melantia gecýged, 133) botle, Hml. S. 2, 262.
feónd
an enemy ⬩ foe ⬩ fiend ⬩ devil
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Se feónd swá þeáh his diórlingas duguðum stépte, Met. 15, 7. Se feónd (the raven; cf. hrefen . . . wælfel, El. 53) gespearn fleótende hreáw, Gen. 1447. Nelle ic þyssum fýnd leng árian, Bl.
ge-hefigian
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Srt. 31, 4. to make oppressed, weigh down, burden, afflict Ðæt is ðonne ðæt mon gadrige ðæt ðicke fenn on hine and hine mid ðý gehefegige avaro contra se densum lutum aggravare est . . . Past. 329, 20.
ge-cnǽwe
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Se cing cwæð ꝥ Leófsige and mænige men ðǽre, spǽce gecnǽwe wǽron, 540, 12. of things, acknowledged, recognized as valid Hit wæs gecnǽwe on Súð-Seaxan and on West-Seaxan, Cht, Th. 273, 19
sceanca
a shank, shin, ⬩ the upper part of the leg
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Skt. 19, 31, 32, 33. Se sceocca gewráð his sceancan, Homl. Skt. i. 11, 223. Sconcan, Salm. Kmbl. 203; Sal. 101. the upper part of the leg (= þeóhsceanca) Ic wille ðæt gé fédaþ án earm Engliscmon . . .
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fylstan
to help ⬩ (tó) ⬩ to help
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S. 11, 311. Se heáhengel him fylstende stód, Hml. Th. i. 506, 16. to help a person (dat.) to (tó) something, to help to the attainment of an end Hwílon þes middaneard teáh menn fram Gode . . . nú hé fylst ús tó Gode, ml.
be-æftan
behind, ⬩ after
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Hé beæftan gebád, 3, 10; S. 140, 20. Þæt hié sume hié beæftan wereden, and sume þurh ealle þá truman út áfuhten, 5, 7; S. 230, 21. Læg se leáp beæftan, gǽst ellor hwearf, Jud. 112.
leóht
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þú eart leóhtes swer, Bl.
feran
To go ⬩ make a journey ⬩ set out ⬩ travel ⬩ march ⬩ sail ⬩ īre ⬩ ĭter făcĕre ⬩ proficisci ⬩ transīre ⬩ migrāre ⬩ nāvĭgāre
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Ðá hí swá mycelne síþfæt feran sceoldan when they must go so great a journey, Bd. 3, 15; S. 541, 30: 1, 23; S. 485, 38. He on morne feran wolde he wished to set out in the morning, Bd. 2, 6; S. 508, 7.
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sige-bróðor
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A victorious brother, used in speaking to St. Andrew of St. Matthew, who was not daunted by his heathen captors, Andr. Kmbl. 366 ; An. 183
on-wendan
to turn, change ⬩ to change one thing for another, to exchange ⬩ to turn, change a direction, to avert, divert, turn aside ⬩ to change the position of a thing, to invert, turn upside down, ⬩ to subvert, disturb, upset ⬩ to cause to change for the worse, to give a wrong direction, pervert ⬩ To return
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Gif ðú wénst ðæt hit on ðé gelong sé ðæt ða woruldsǽlþa on ðé swá onwenda sint ðonne eart dú on gedwolan tu, fortunam putas erga te esse mutatam?
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mid-niht
Mid-night
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Hwæt getácnaþ seó midniht búton seó deópe nytennys, Homl. Th. ii. 568, 4
líne
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III. a continuous extent of length without breadth or thickness :-- On ðone munt þe sý in ðǽre lengoðe seó líne ðe wile .xxxiii. síða ealne eoiðan ymbehwyrft útan ymblicgan, Sal. K. 152, 5.
húru
At least ⬩ at all events ⬩ at any rate ⬩ in any case ⬩ however ⬩ even ⬩ yet ⬩ only ⬩ indeed ⬩ certainly ⬩ especially
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Húru hit wyrþ ðonne egeslíc, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 104, 5. Gif hit on ǽnegum men ǽnige hwíle fæstlíce wunaþ se deáþ hit húru áfirreþ, Bt. 8; Fox 26, 4. Ðæt deáh tó ǽlcum and húru tó deópun dolgum it is good for all, and especially for deep wounds, L.
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losian
To perish ⬩ be lost ⬩ stray ⬩ escape
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Swá swá seó beó sceal losian, ðonne heó hwæt yrringa stingþ, Bt. 31, 2; Fox 112, 26. Ðætte nú foraldod is ðæt is forneáh losad quod enim antiquatur, prope interitum est, Past. 30; Swt. 205, 9.
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blíþe
cheerful ⬩ gentle
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Se cásere hét sendan hine of bendum, and him þá blíðe wæs, Hml, S. 3, 197. Ꝥ þú þám godum offrige, ꝥ hí þé blýðe beón, 4, 131. Wosas gé blíðo ł mildo (simplices) suǽ culfre, Mt. L. 10, 16. Blíþe word delenifica, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 61.
godcundnys
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Be þám dǽle þe sió mennisce gesceádwísnes mæg ongitan ðá godcundnesse, 39, 10; F. 226, 28. divine service Ic wille ðet ðá híwan á hwílæ ðǽ crístendóm sié fullícæ mid hira godcundnessæ for mé sién uolo ut familia ... quamdiu christianitas permanserit
stræc
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strict, severe, rigorous, stern, hard Hú se reccere sceal bión wið ðara yfelena unðeáwas stræc for ryhtwíslícum andan ut sit rector contra delinquentium vitia per zelum justitiae erectus, Past. 17 ; Swt. 107, 6. Stræc (strec, Cott.
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ge-bróþor
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I. those who have one or both parents the same :-- On Tracia wǽron twégen cyningas; þá wǽron gebróþor (-bróðra, v. l.)fratres duo, Thraciae reges, Ors. 3, 7; S. 114, 16: 4, 9; S. 192, 18. þá þe wǽron gebróðor of fæder and of méder, 3, 11; S. 152, 35.
on-findan
to find out, discover, detect ⬩ to find out from experience, become aware of, perceive, be sensible of ⬩ to meet with, experience, suffer
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Hé ðæt ðonne onfindeþ, ðonne se fǽr cymeþ he will find it out, when the peril comes, Exon. Th. 449, 18; Dóm. 73. Ðá se gist onfand ðæt se beadoleóma bítan nolde, Beo. Th. 3049; B. 1522.
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