híwung
shaping ⬩ shape ⬩ frame ⬩ make ⬩ constitution ⬩ shape ⬩ form ⬩ species ⬩ kind ⬩ transformation ⬩ an illusory shape ⬩ deceptive appearance ⬩ a pretence ⬩ trick ⬩ simulation ⬩ hypocrisy ⬩ fiction ⬩ irony
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Se deófol gedéð ꝥ se man þurh lícetende híwunge déð, swylce hé andgytful sý, þe lytel can tó geráde, Wlfst. 53, 4.
inne
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Th. i. 94, 7. of the inner man Hreðer inne weóll, B. 2113. Tó úpáhæfen inne on móde, Met. 25, 19. of motion Hý hine þǽr inne gebringan. Ll. Th. i. 198, 26. On ǽghwylcne þe þǽr inne cóm, Jud. 50. Þǽr inne fealh secg, B. 2226. <b>B.
pening
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p̃., man mid punde, sceáp mid sciłł. gát mid . ii. p̃., 356, 2-6. Gif mon óðres wudu bærneð oþþe heáweð unáliéfedne, forgielde ǽlc greát treów mid .v. sciłł., and siþþan ǽghwylc mid .v. pæningum, 70, 6.
a-stígan
to go ⬩ come ⬩ step ⬩ proceed ⬩ climb ⬩ ire ⬩ venire ⬩ gradi ⬩ procedere ⬩ scandere ⬩ to go in any direction ⬩ to rise ⬩ ascend ⬩ descend ⬩ surgere ⬩ ascendere ⬩ descendere
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to go, come, step, proceed, climb; ire, venire, gradi, procedere, scandere Hwider sceal ðæs monnes mód astígan thither shall the mind of man go, Exon. 32 b; Th. 103, 21; Cri. 1691. Egsa astígeþ dread shall come, 102 a; Th. 385, 24; Rä. 4, 49.
HREÓH
ROUGH ⬩ fierce ⬩ savage ⬩ rough ⬩ stormy ⬩ tempestuous ⬩ disturbed
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Wæs him hreóh sefa ege from ðam eorle troubled was his mind, he was in fear of the man, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 142; Met. 1, 71.
læt
Late ⬩ slow ⬩ sluggish ⬩ tardy
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Se mæssepreóst se ðe biþ tó læt ðæt hé ðæt deófol of men ádrífe the priest who is too slow in driving the devil from a man, Blickl. Homl. 43, 22: Exon. 74 a; Th. 276, 29; Jul. 573: 76 a; Th. 285, 11; Jul. 712.
nearu
narrow ⬩ strait ⬩ confined ⬩ not spacious ⬩ narrow ⬩ limited ⬩ poor ⬩ restricted ⬩ strait ⬩ oppressive ⬩ causing anxiety ⬩ oppressed ⬩ not having free action ⬩ strict ⬩ severe
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Th. 58, 11; Gen. 944. strait, oppressive, causing anxiety (of that which restricts free action of body or mind) Nýd byþ nearu on breóste niða bearnum i need straitens the breast of man, Runic pm. Kmbl. 541, 8; Rún. 10.
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þafian
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Swá hwylc swá morþorslege þafaþ and hine man ðonne fremmeþ quicunque ad homicidium consenserit, et id postea factum fuerit, L. Ecg. C. 22; Th. ii. 148, 14. Heó hine monede ðæt hé weoruldhád forlǽte and munucháde onnfénge.
æt-bredan
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Þá blisse ús ne ætbrét nán man, Hml. A. 78, 144. Sé þe ætbrǽt (aufert) gást ealdra, Ps. L. 75, 13. Sé ðe ætbrúde synna, Hml. Th. ii. 40, 9. God mihte heora geswinc him ætbrédan, 162, 5. v. æt-brédendlic in Dict
ge-férscipe
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Th. ii. 242, 18. an association, a guild Scute ǽlc man swá pænig, swá healfne, be þæs geférscipes mænio, Ll. Th. i. 234, 10.
ge-unnan
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Áhte hé .vii. nihta grið, bútan man leng geunnan wolde, Ll. Th. i. 330, 16. with clause Gionn ( praesta ) ꝥte ðerh hine wé giearnigo, Rtl. 2, 19: 3, 7: 16, 11. Cwæð þæt him geúðe God þæt hí ætsomne síðian móston, Hml. Th. ii. 152, 15
ge-wǽcan
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Gif man on huntuþe rán mid fláne gewǽceþ, Lch. i. 166, 25. Ic for yldum gewǽht eom, ꝥ ic delfan ne mæg, Hml. S. 23 b, 782. Nis hǽlo on flǽsce míne. Gewǽht ( afflatus ) ic eom, Ps. Spl. 37, 8.
god-webb
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Sum welig man wæs mid purpuran and godewebbe geglenged ( induebatur purpura et bysso, Lk. 16, 19), Hml. Th. i. 328, 12. Hé wæs gegyred mid baswum godwebbe and hwítum. Gr. D. 310, 1. Þeáh wé ús gescirpen mid þý reádestan godwebbe, Wlfst. 262, 21.
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on-ǽlan
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Þára eágan scínað swá leóhte swá man (is an ; ma, MSS. ) micel blácern onǽle ( this is seems a better reading than that taken under ǽl) on þýstre nihte quorum oculi sicut lucerna lucent, Nar. 37, 18. Fýr wæs onǽld ignis accensus est, Ps.
on-cnáwan
To know ⬩ noscere, cognoscere, agnoscere ⬩ to know, recognise, ⬩ to identify an object through being acquainted with its characteristics, to distinguish ⬩ to recognise a fact ⬩ to know, understand, attain to a knowledge of ⬩ to know, learn by observation, observe, perceive ⬩ to acknowledge ⬩ make acknowledgment of a fault ⬩ to acknowledge a greeting ⬩ to acknowledge the power of another
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Elias eorl ðe ða Mannie of ðam cynge geheóld and oncneów (-cweow, MS.) Chr. 1110; Erl. 243, 11
ge-byrd
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S. 7. 75. rank, position due to birth Se wurðfulla cniht þá brýdlác geforþode, and gefette ꝥ mǽden mid woruldlicum wurðmynte swá swá heora gebyrde wǽron ( in a manner befitting their rank ), Hml. S. 34, 22.
ÁÞ
an OATH ⬩ a swearing ⬩ juramentum
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Nú on worulde hér monnum ne deriaþ máne áþas now here in the world wicked [false] oaths do not inflict injury on men, Bt. Met. Fox 4, 96; Met. 4, 48. Mid unforedan áþe with an unbroken oath; pleno juramento, L. Wil. ii. 3 ; Th. i. 489, 25.
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ge-grípan
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Mið ðý gegripen (-grippen, L.) wæs hond his praehensa manu ejus, Mk. R. 1, 31. Gegripen adprehensum, Kent.
hǽlend
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Add: used of the Deity in reference to pre-Christian times as a noun denoting an agent, a saviour Freá mihtig, hǽlend manna, Ps. C. 137. Drihten is mín hǽlend Dominus salus mea. Ps. Th. 26, l. Þú eart mín hǽlend salutare vultus mei, 42, 6.
inca
Doubt ⬩ question ⬩ offence ⬩ ill-will ⬩ fear
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Ðeáh ðe ic nó [MS. on] ingcan wiste hú ic míne heortan heólde mid sóðe though I did not know any cause of complaint, as to the manner in which I had kept my heart truly; ergo sine causa justificavi cor meum, 72, 11.