ge-swellan
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to swell Biþ gehwæþer geswollen, Lch. ii. 46, 9. Gif se geswollena mon on þǽre lifre swá áswollen gebít, 200, 22. Wiþ geswollenum sáre, 202, 5. [O. H. Ger. ge-swellan tumere, tumefierí.]
ge-fégednes
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Add: (i) figure, shape Figura is gecweden on Englisc híw oððe gefégednyss, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 105, 20. a conjunction Polysindeton ys þæt gebed þe byð mid manegum gefégednyssum gefrætwod, Angl. viii. 332, 28
ge-wemmedlic
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Corruptible His líc wearð ... eft ymbe feówer geár ansund búton gewemmedlicre brosnunge (bútan womme gebrosnunge sine macula corruptionis, Bd. 3, 19; Sch. 284, 3) on óðre stówe bebyriged, Hml. Th. ii. 348, 8
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glíw-cynn
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a kind of music(?) On glywcú in tibiis (tibiis seems to have been taken in the sense of pipes, and to be explained as glýwcyn, a kind of music (?)), Ps. L. 146, 10. (?)
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healre
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On healre dúne; of healre dúne, Cht. Crw. 4, 25. Tó healre mere; of healre mere, C. D. iii. 79, 1. Cf. In loco siluatici ruris usitato nomine hellere lége, i. 63, 9
heáh-altar
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A high altar Þæs heáhalteres ofergeweorc cibborium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 15. On Ses Petrus heáhaltare in his circan, Wlfst. 212, 3. Héhaltare, 214, 11. [Icel. há-altari.] Cf. heáh-wígbed, heáh-weófod
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hnescian
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Add: intrans. To become soft Wylle ealle ðas rinda on háligwætere oð ðæt hý wel hnexian, Lch. Iii. 14, 6. trans. To make soft Sió hnescað que modlit (sermones suos), Kent. Gl. 25
middel-ríce
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A middle kingdom, a kingdom lying between two others Earnulf wunode on þǽm londe be-eástan Rín, and Róþulf féng tó þǽm middelríce, and Oda tó þǽm westdǽle, Chr. 887; P. 80, 24
nirwan
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Add: to confine On díglum dimnessum tó nirewiende latibulis carceralibus artandum, An. Ox. 3145. to rebuke Ná neirwð (nirwed ?) hé non arguet, Ps. Rdr. 93, 10. Þú nyrwdest mann corripuisti hominem, 38, 12
orsorg-leás
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Without security, anxious Ǽghwylc crísten mann smeáge on him sylfum hú nearo se síðfæt bið ðǽre synfullan sáwle. For þan ne sceal nǽfre se crístena man beón orsorhleás (-lic ?), Verc. Först. 138. 16
scír-biscop
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Add: [Ic beode æc ꝥ se scyrbiscop ne seo swa dyrstlece ꝥ he ne hading ne haleging ne do on þis abbotrice buton seo abbot hit him bidde, Chr. 675; P. 36, 12.]
ofer-líðan
to cross
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to cross (water), sail across Ástígende on scipe oferláð transfretavit ðone sǽe. Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 9, 1: Shrn. 88, 28: Cd. Th. 200, 26; Exod. 362. Oferlíðan transire, transfretare, Hpt. Gl. 492, 50
smeá-wrenc
A crafty device, sharp trick
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A crafty device, sharp trick Hé begeat mid his sméhwrencan and mid his golde and seolfre eall dyrnunga, ðæt him gewearð se þridda pænig of ðære tolne on Sandwíc Chart. Th. 339, 8
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tó-liðian
To dismember, ⬩ disjoint
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To dismember, disjoint Ðá tóliðode se engel ðæt cild on ðam disce, Homl. Th. ii. 272, 18. Biþ ðæt heáfod tóhliden, handa tóliðode (-leoþode, Exon. Th. 373, 16), Soul Kmbl. 214; Seel. 109
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syde
A decoction, the water in which anything has been seethed or boiled ⬩ seething ⬩ a decoction ⬩ the broth or water in which meat has been sodden.
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A decoction, the water in which anything has been seethed or boiled Ðysse sylfan wyrte syde ðære tóþa sár gelídigaþ, gyf hyne man swá wearmne on ðam múþe gehealdeþ, Lchdm. i. 280, 3
syn-byrðen
The burden of sin
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The burden of sin Hí synbyrþenne, firenweorc beraþ, Exon. Th. 79, 34; Cri. 1300. Ne þearf ðæs nán man wénan ðæt his líchama móte ða synbyrþenna on eorþscrafe gebétan, Blickl. Homl. 109, 31
nama
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Add: as the individual designation of a single person, animal, place, or thing Mín nama ys Adonai, Ex. 6. 3. Mann wæs fram Gode ásend, þæs nama wæs Ióhannes ( cui nomen erat Johannes ), Jn. 1, 6. Ðæs biscepes tíd and his módor, þǽre noma wæs Sc̃e Anthiæ
niht
night ⬩ night ⬩ darkness ⬩ night
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night (as opposed to day) Niht is gesett mannum tó reste on ðysum middanearde ... Úre eorþlíce niht (nyht, MS. M.) cymþ þurh ðære eorþan sceade... Seó niht hæfþ seofan dǽlas fram ðære sunnan settlunge óþ hire upgang. Án ðæra dǽla is crepusculum, óðer
blis
BLISS, joy, gladness, exultation, pleasure ⬩ lætitia, gaudium, exultatio, beatitas ⬩ friendship, kindness, benevolence, grace ⬩ comitas, benignitas, benevolentia, gratia
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BLISS, joy, gladness, exultation, pleasure; lætitia, gaudium, exultatio, beatitas Ne seó héhste blis nis on ðám flǽsclícum lustum the highest bliss is not in the fleshly lusts, Bt. 33, 1; Fox 120, 5: Ps. Spl. 29, 6. On heofonum is singal blis in heaven
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fúl
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Add: Fedus, deformis, turpis vel fúl, Wrt. Voc. ii. 148,40. Feda vel polluta fúl, 44. Þǽre fúlan obscaene, 63, 11. in a physical sense. offensive to the senses Lazarus . . . on byrgenne wæs fúl wunigende, Bl. H. 75, 5. Fúles hlondes fetentis lotii,