lang
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Sume habbað swíðe langne weg, Solil. H. 44, 7 : Gen. 554. Werod Waldend sende on langne síð, 68. of a material object Hafað tungan lange, Rä. 59, 8. Gyrde lange, Sal. 90. Habbað leóht speru, lange sceaftas, 120.
ÁR
honour ⬩ glory ⬩ rank ⬩ dignity ⬩ magnificence ⬩ respect ⬩ reverence ⬩ honor ⬩ dignitas ⬩ gloria ⬩ magnificentia ⬩ honestas ⬩ reverentia ⬩ kindness ⬩ favour ⬩ mercy ⬩ pity ⬩ benefit ⬩ use ⬩ help ⬩ gratia ⬩ favor ⬩ misericordia ⬩ beneficium ⬩ auxilium ⬩ property ⬩ possessions ⬩ an estate ⬩ land ⬩ ecclesiastical living ⬩ benefice ⬩ bona ⬩ possessiones ⬩ fundus ⬩ beneficium
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Eallum to áre ylda bearnum for the benefit of all the sons of men, Jul. A. 2. (Vid. Price's Walton, ci. note 34.) Leáf and gærs gróweþ eldum to áre leaves and grass grow for the benefit of men, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 199; Met. 20, 100.
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be-witan
watch over
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Hé hié (his sons) betáhte twǽm ealdormonnum tó bewitanne singulis potissimis infantum cura commissa erat, Ors. 6, 37; S. 296, 2. places, institutions, &c. Se ealdor þe þæt mynster bewát qui monasterio praeest, Cht. Th. 333, 37.
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brecan
to shatter ⬩ demolish ⬩ to subdue ⬩ tame ⬩ reflex ⬩ to struggle ⬩ strive
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Brecan proteri, 118, 12. trans. to separate into parts, to break a solid body into pieces Brec ðǽm hyngriendum ðínne hláf, Past. 315, 13 : Bl. H. 37, 20. with idea of destruction, to shatter, demolish Hé sum deófolgild bræc and fylde, Bl.
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fæstnung
stability ⬩ fixity ⬩ fortifying ⬩ a fastening ⬩ binding ⬩ an exhortation ⬩ confirmation ⬩ ratification ⬩ a covenant ⬩ assurance
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Næfde hé (Lucifer) náne fæstnunge, ac feóll sóna ádún, Hex. 18, 2. the condition of being closed.
ge-wrecan
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Seó fǽhð gewearð gewrecen wráðlíce, B. 3062. (3 a) to avenge a wrong on some one :-- Hié ondrédon . . . þæt hié on him gewrǽcen þá teónan timentes ne exsules ultionem meditarentur, Ors. 3, 11; S. 144, 17.
under-fón
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Hé hæfde mid him sume underfangene (some who had been baptized) þe synfulle wǽron and æfter heora fulluhte fela tó yfele dydon, Hml. S. 31, 730. <b>II a.</b> to submit to punishment :-- Underfón hí beheafdunge, Hml. Th. i. 420, 7.
wilisc
foreign, not English ⬩ servile
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. ¶ the word is used of some kind of ale :-- .xii. ámbra Wilisces ealaþ, .xxx. hlúlttres, L. In. 70; Th. i. 146, 17. Twá tunnan fulle hlútres aloð and cumb fulne líðes aloð and cumb fulne Welisces aloð, Cod. Dip.
Linked entries: Wælisc wealh-more Welisc
Sunnan-dæg
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The time that had to be so observed was according to Wihtræd's Laws from sunset on Saturday to sunset on Sunday Gif esne wyrce an Sunnanǽfen efter hire setlgange óð Mónanǽfenes setlgang, 9; Th. i. 38, 19; but later the time seems to have been extended
ge-openian
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., so as to admit of passage Gatu heofonan hé geopnode ( aperuit ), Ps. L. 77, 23. Se preóst nolde undón þá duru mid cǽge, ac se bisceop hí geopenade mid his worde, Hml. S. 3, 485. Geopena ongeán mé lífes geat, Hml.
ge-samnian
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I. 45. to join one thing to another, join things together so as to form a whole Wel þé geríseð, þæt þú heáfod sió healle mǽrre and gesomnige síde weallas fæste gefóge, Cri. 5.
sendan
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Wé iii hæfdon cniehtas gebunden in fýres leóman, nú ic ðǽr iiii men sende tó síðe (cf. geseó tó sóðe in the version given. Cd. Th. 242, 8; Dan. 416), Exon. Th. 196, 16 ; Az. 175. Ðara ðe hé of hleó sende, Cd. Th. 7, 7 ; Gen. 102.
weorþan
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Hié sume inne wurdon some of them got inside, Chr. 867; Erl. 72, 14. Móste ic áne tíd úte weorðan, Cd.
ge-cynd
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Þǽre eorðan gecynde (-cynd, v.l.) natura soli illius Bd. 4, 28; Sch. 521, 13. Þæt híw úre týddran gecynde, Bl. H. 29, 4. Ðeáh hí ðæt gód hira gecynde gehál nolden gehealdan si accepta naturae bona integra servare noluerunt Past. 403, 19.
ge-dón
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Sé gedyde blindum men gesihðe, 85, 24. to bring some affecting quality or condition to a person, the object a noun (pronoun), to do a person good, harm, & c. Þ þú sý gemyndig hwæt mín fæder þá gedyde, Bl. H. 151, 24.
ge-eáþmédan
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Gif ǽnig man geeáðméde hine tó sunnan and tó mónan adoret solem et lunam, Deut. 17, 3. where submission is made Geeádmédaþ eów sylfe tó Godes willan, Hml. A. 165, 23, Þ folc ne sceal forhycggan ꝥ hí tó him ( the clergy) hí geeáþ-médon, Bl.
hǽl
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Add: sound physical condition of a person Him sió hæl losað solus carports amissa, Fast. 249, 6. Þeáh ðe him ( the old man ) ádl on ne sitte, þeáh oft his hǽl him bið ádl, Hml. Th. i. 614, 16. Hyt tó hǽle gelǽdeð, Lch. i. 114, 21.
hlutor
clear ⬩ bright ⬩ shining ⬩ splendid ⬩ bright ⬩ untroubled ⬩ peace ⬩ clear ⬩ splendid ⬩ glorious ⬩ illustrious ⬩ brilliant ⬩ guilt ⬩ deceit ⬩ pure ⬩ sincere
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Gl. 418, 18) luculentus, i. splendidus (limpidissimi soils splendor), An. Ox. 494. Hlúttor heofones gim scíneð, beóð wolcen tówegen, Ph. 183. Hé scíneð of his heáhsetle hlútran lége, Cri. 1336.
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óleccan
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Hí þá sóna ólǽcende (óliciende, v. l.) ymb ꝥ seofiende adulando questi sunt, Gr. D. 34, 33. Add Hí God forsáwon and þám wiðersacan ólehtan (ólǽhtan, v. l.), Wlfst. 202, 3.
ǽr
early ⬩ expressing readiness, quickness, soon ⬩ earlier, before ⬩ previously, beforehand ⬩ sooner ⬩ before ⬩ sooner ⬩ first
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Th. 45, 5. expressing readiness, quickness, soon Sweord ǽr gebrǽd gúðcyning, B. 2562. Hé wel ǽr árás . . . Se apostol cwæð tó him: 'For hwon árise ðú swá hraðe?', Gr. D. 227, 4. Nýtenu etað swá ǽr swá hí hit habbað, Hml. S. 16, 317.