hefig
ponderous ⬩ dense ⬩ weighty ⬩ important ⬩ grave ⬩ severe ⬩ serious ⬩ deep ⬩ profound ⬩ mist ⬩ fog ⬩ cloud ⬩ slow ⬩ dull ⬩ troublesome ⬩ oppressive ⬩ onerous ⬩ burdensome ⬩ oppressive ⬩ grievous ⬩ difficult ⬩ laborious ⬩ toilsome ⬩ overpowering ⬩ weariness
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Beóð þý hefigran heortan benne, Wand. 49. hard to perform, difficult, requiring exertion, laborious, toilsome Hefig ł uneáðe difficile, Lk. L. 18, 24: Mt. L. 19, 23.
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heofon
firmament ⬩ happiness ⬩ a ceiling
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Mon geseah swelce hit wǽre án gylden bring on heofonum brǽdre þonne sunne; and wæs from þǽm heofone brádiende niþer oþ þá eorþan, and wæs eft farende wið þæs heofones, 5, 10; S. 234, 8-11.
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niht
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</b> a time dark as night: — Hit wæs niht oð midne dæg nox usque ad plurimam diei partem tendi visa est, Ors. 3, 5; S. 104, 19; 4, 7; S. 184, 23.
ǽmettig
empty, void, vacant ⬩ devoid, void of, free from ⬩ unoccupied, at leisure, exempt from ⬩ free to do ⬩ unmarried
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Heó wæs ful cweden, næs ǽmetugu, Bl. H. 5, 5. with gen. :-- Ǽmetig gástlicra mægena, Bl. H. 37, 9. Hí wiðinnan ǽmtige wǽron ðæs gódan ingehýdes, Hml. Th. ii. 570, 7. with fram :-- Hé wæs ǽmtig fram ðám incundan andgite, Hml. Th. ii. 556, 1.
HÚ
How
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was not our agreement for a penny? Th. An. 74, 20. Hú gód is éce God quam bonus Deus, Ps. Th. 72, 1. Eálá gǽsta god hú ðú mid noman ryhte nemned wǽre emmanuhel oh! God of spirits, how rightly wast thou named by the name of Emmanuel!
ge-seón
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. visible to Þonne biþ ús gesawen (-sewen, v.l. ) þæt ús ǽr gesǽd wæs.
wérig
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Th. 287, 16; Wand. 15. On wérigum sefan, 74, 18; Cri. 1208. Sendan wérigne sefan, 289, 33; Wand. 57. Hé hafaþ wilde mód, wérige heortan, Salm. Kmbl. 756; Sal. 377. Woldan wérigu wíf wópe bimǽnan æþelinges deáð, Exon. Th. 459, 23; Hö. 4.
lang
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Wås seó hwíl þæs lang, Gen. 584. ¶ in adverbial phrases :-- Tó langre hwíle, Gen. 489. Hí swá langne fyrst hafað leáf yfel tó dónne, Bt. 38, 4; F. 204,13. Hé lange hwíle on þǽm gebede wæs, Bl. H. 217, 28.
BE
BY ⬩ near to ⬩ to ⬩ at ⬩ in ⬩ on ⬩ upon ⬩ about ⬩ with ⬩ juxta ⬩ prope ⬩ ad ⬩ secus ⬩ in ⬩ cum ⬩ of ⬩ from ⬩ about ⬩ touching ⬩ concerning ⬩ de ⬩ quoad ⬩ for ⬩ because of ⬩ after ⬩ by ⬩ through ⬩ according to ⬩ pro ⬩ propter ⬩ er ⬩ secundum ⬩ beside ⬩ out of ⬩ e ⬩ ex
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Cott.] wege I should lead thee out of the way, Bt. 40, 5; Fox 240, 23. Genam hine æt eowde úte be sceápum tulit eum de gregibus ovium, Ps.
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segn
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His segen se wæs mid golde and mid godewæbbe gefrætewod and ofer his byrigenne geseted vexillum ejus super tumbam auro et purpura compositum adposuerunt, Bd. 3, 11 ; S. 535. 31. Segn, Beo. Th. 5909 ; B. 2958.
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ge-yppan
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Gesǽd, geypped wæs prolatum, i. narratum est An.
sóþfæstness
truth ⬩ faithfulness ⬩ good faith ⬩ sincerity ⬩ truth ⬩ righteousness ⬩ justice ⬩ truth of speech or thought
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Ǽ wæs geseald þurh Moysen, and gyfu and sóþfæstnes is geworden þurh Hǽlend Crist, Jn. 1, 17. Cwæþ Pilatus: 'Nys nán sóþfæstnys on eorþan.'
ge-cweþan
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In þǽre stówe þe is gecueden Deórham, Chr. 577; P. 18, 31. a name His tónama wæs Cambises gecweden, Hml. A. 103, 25. His nama wæs gereht 'Godes strengo.' Wel þæt wæs gecweden, Bl.
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scír
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Ðá gemunde se ealdorman (Pilate) ðæt Herodes wæs on ðære scíre, Homl. Th. ii. 250, 31.
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LÆS
Less ⬩ lest
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Forðon hit næs þeáw on ðǽm tídum ðæt mon ǽnig wæl on ða healfe rímde ðe ðonne wieldre wæs búton ðær ðý læs ofslagen wǽre quia scriptorum veterum mos est, ex ea parte quæ vicerit occisorum non commemorare numerum: nisi forte cum adeo pauci cadunt, Ors.
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gafol
tribute. ⬩ payment exacted by a stronger from a weaker people, by the conqueror from the conquered ⬩ payment exacted by the state, a tax ⬩ payment exacted by the church ⬩ payment exacted by a lord, e.g. rent by a landlord ⬩ a contribution exacted in aid ⬩ a rate ⬩ interest ⬩ a debt ⬩ due, obligation
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Voc. ii. 25, 23. payment exacted by a stronger from a weaker people, by the conqueror from the conquered On þisum geáre wæs ꝥ gafol gelǽst ofer eall Angelcynn; ꝥ wæs ealles .lxxii þúsend punda, Chr. 1018; P. 155, 10.
lár
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Marcus wæs mid Petre on láre, Ælfc. T. Grn. 12, 33. Hé wæs lange on láre on Mediolana byrig, Hml. S. 5, 2 : 3, 10. Befæst tó woruldlicre láre, 4, 185. Smeágunge, láre studium An.
micel
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Lch. i. 76, 4. with reference to coarseness of material, v. greát Hé féng tó þǽre teala myclan andleofone, þæt wæs tó þám berenan hláfe, Guth.
á-wrítan
to write out or down ⬩ write words ⬩ to transcribe ⬩ copy in writing ⬩ to state in writing ⬩ to write a book, letter, ⬩ to write of or about something ⬩ to write to ⬩ to write an account of ⬩ describe ⬩ to inscribe the name of a person ⬩ to write on material ⬩ cover with writing ⬩ to make a symbol other than a letter
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Wæs áwriten (-uritten,L.) on Crécisc, 20. Hira naman hér sint áwritene, Num. 13, 5.
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hwilc
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Wé nyllað geþencan hwelc hit þá wæs, Ors. 3, II; S. 152, 33. Ús gedyde tó witanne Alexander hwelce þá hǽðnan godas sindon tó weorþianne, 3, 9; S. 126, 31. Ne nóm náne ware húlice (hwilce, v. l. ) hié wǽron, 5, 4 ; S. 224, 22.