wær-scipe
Prudence, caution, circumspection, wisdom,in a bad sense, cunning, astuteness
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Ðæt hié geícen ða gód hira ánfealdnesse mid wærscipe, and suá tilige ðære orsorgnesse mid ðære ánfealdnesse ðætte hé ðone ymbeðonc ðæs wærscipes ne forlǽte . . .
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wiga
one who fights ⬩ a (fighting) man ⬩ a warrior ⬩ a noble, strenuous man
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Wiga ( a dog? fire? ) is on eorþan wundrum ácenned, 433, 23; Rä. 51, 1. a noble, strenuous man Se ðe mid wætere oferwearp wuldres cynebearn, wiga weorþlíce, Menol. Fox 317; Men. 160. Wigan unsláwne ( St. Andrew ), Andr. Kmbl. 3419; An. 1713.
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cristen
Christian ⬩ christianus
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Se cristena dóm christianity Bt. 1; Fox 2, 15. Bǽdon [MS. bædan] hí ða cristenan men they asked the christian men Ors. 6, 13; Bos. 121, 41; 6, 30; Bos. 127, 14.
swát
- Lchdm. iii. 98, 17,
- ii. 296, 18,
- iii. 72, 28,
- v. ii. 56, 15.
sweat, perspiration ⬩ that which exudes like sweat ⬩ that which lies on anything as sweat lies on the skin(?) ⬩ used of other moisture that comes from the body, ⬩ foam ⬩ blood ⬩ sweat that comes from labour, hence labour, toil ⬩ sweat; blood
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Th. 88, 33; Cri. 1449. sweat that comes from labour, hence labour, toil Ðǽr wæs suíðe suíðlíc and ðǽr wæs micel swát ágoten and ðeáh ne meahte monn him of ániman ðone miclan rust multo labore sudatum est, et non exivit de ea nimia rubigo ejus, Past.
á-weorpan
to throw ⬩ cast ⬩ cause rapid ⬩ violent movement of a body, ⬩ to throw away ⬩ to throw upfood ⬩ to throw off ⬩ free one's self from ⬩ to cast out ⬩ expel ⬩ to reject ⬩ cast away or off ⬩ renounce, ⬩ to cost down ⬩ trouble
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Ox. 40, 6. to cost down, trouble Mágos áweorpð propinquos abjicit (troubleth his own flesh,A. V.), Kent. Gl. 368. Bið áworpen dejicitur (spiritus), 518. Áworpenra dejectior, Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 3
leód
A man ⬩ poet ⬩ a prince ⬩ men ⬩ people ⬩ country
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Ða leóde ðá flugon ðá hié ðone here tóweardne wiston the people fled when they knew the army was coming, Blickl. Homl. 79, 12. Ðá flugon ða hǽðnan leóde, 203, 16. Lifigende leóde, Cd. 205; Th. 255, 3; Dan. 618.
hyldu
Kindness ⬩ favour ⬩ affection ⬩ friendship ⬩ grace ⬩ fidelity ⬩ loyalty
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His hyldo is unc betere tó gewinnanne ðonne his wiðermédo his favour is better for us to gain than his hostility, Cd. 30; Th. 41, 20; Gen. 659.
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ÍSEN
Iron ⬩ steel
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Ácele ðú wealhát ísen ðonne hit furþum síe of fýre átogen cool very hot iron when it is just drawn from the fire, L. M. 2, 45 ; Lchdm. ii. 256, 15
á-breóþan
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Sume menn . . . ðonne seó hǽte cymð, ðæt is seó costung, ðonne ábreóðað hí ( these in time of temptation fall away, Lk. 8, 13), ii. 90, 34. Ðæt teóðe werod ábreáð and áwende on yfel, i. 10, 18.
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hálig-nes
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III</b> Ðonne bið ðæt gold ásueartod, ðonne sió hálignes monnes lífes (cf. hwelc æfter hálgum háde, 25) bið mid eorðlicum weorcum gewemmed aurum obscuratur, cum terrenis actibus sanctitatis vita polluitur, Past. 133, 21. holiness, sanctity of a
FINGER
A FINGER ⬩ digĭtus
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Ne gelýfe ic, búton ic dó mínne finger on ðæra nægla stede nisi mittam digĭtum meum in lŏcum clāvōrum non crēdam, Jn. Bos. 20, 25, 27: Lev. 4, 17.
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ge-hát
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Th. 65, 13. a promise to do something required, a stipulation Gehát stipulatio, Wrt. Voc. i. 20, 55
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ge-nyhtsum
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Þæt hé dó his ðeówan ríce for worulde, genihtsume on welan, Hml. Th. i. 64, 17. Mid þǽm genihtsumestan opimis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 64, 60. giving or providing in abundance Bloedsunga ginyhtsum ondǽlend benedictionum largus infusor, Rtl. 103, 38.
ge-mynd
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On þá gerád þe man [his] gemynd æfter his dege tó þǽre hálgan stówe dó in Wintanceastre, 158, 15. Tó tídsongum mín gemund dón, 159, 9. annual commemoration of a saint On ðone fíf and twéntegðan dæg ðæs mónðes bið Sce Urbanes gemynd, Shrn. 86, 9.
ge-streón
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Nǽnig man on worlde tó ðæs mycelne welan nafað, ne tó ðon módelico gestreón, Bl. H. 111, 24. Æðelinga gestreón, frætwe and fǽt gold, B. 1920: 3167. Gestrión, Met. i. 23. Þás lǽnan gestreón, ídle ǽhtwelan, Ap. 83. Gestrióna thesauros, Mt. L. 6, 19.
DEÓRE
DEAR, beloved ⬩ cārus, dilectus, familiāris ⬩ dear of price, precious, of great value, desirable, excellent, glorious, magnificent, noble, illustrious ⬩ pretiōsus, magni æstimandus, desiderabĭlis, exĭmius, gloriōsus, magnifĭcus, nobĭlis, illustris
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Aldorþegn ðone deórestan the dearest chief, Beo.
ge-síþ
A companion ⬩ fellow ⬩ companion or follower of a chief or king ⬩ socius ⬩ comes
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To hám his gesíþes in dŏmo cŏmĭtis, Bd. 3, 14; S. 539, 43. He on ðæs gesíþes hús ineóde dŏmum cŏmĭtis intrāvit, 5, 4; S. 617, 16.
GRUND
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Ðone deápan grund the deep abyss, Blickl. Homl. 103, 15. Hátne grund, Cd. 224; Th. 295.13; Sat. 485. Grimne grund, Exon. 30 a; Th. 93, 16; Cri. 1527. Súsla grund, Elen. Kmbl. 1885; El. 944.
ge-weorþian
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Monige siendum mid miclum giefum monegra cræfta and mægene geweorðode sunt nonnulli, qui eximia virtulum dona percipiunt, Past. 41, 12.
a-secgan
To speak out ⬩ declare ⬩ express ⬩ tell ⬩ say ⬩ relate ⬩ explain ⬩ announce ⬩ proclaim ⬩ edicere ⬩ effari ⬩ exprimere ⬩ referre ⬩ enarrare ⬩ annunciare
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Óþ ðæt ic asecge donec annunciem, Ps. Th. 70, 17