ǽr
early ⬩ expressing readiness, quickness, soon ⬩ earlier, before ⬩ previously, beforehand ⬩ sooner ⬩ before ⬩ sooner ⬩ first
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S. 31, 788. making present perfect and preterite pluperfect :-- Redic ete ǽr, ne mæg ðé nán man áttre áwyrdan if you have eaten radish, nobody can injure yon by poison, Lch. ii. 110, 10.
ge-standan
to stand ⬩ stand still ⬩ remain ⬩ last ⬩ exist ⬩ be ⬩ stāre ⬩ mănēre. existĕre ⬩ esse ⬩ to stand against any one ⬩ oppose ⬩ oppress ⬩ attack ⬩ urge ⬩ seize ⬩ insurgĕre ⬩ ingruĕre ⬩ urgĕre ⬩ corrĭpĕre
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Búton ðú gestande ðone unrihtwísan and him his unrihtwísnysse secge unless thou oppose the unrighteous man and tell him his unrighteousness, Homl. Th. ii. 340, 23: i. 6, 24.
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LEÓHT
LIGHT ⬩ a light
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Se blinda bæd his eágena leóhtes the blind man asked for his eye-sight, Blickl, Homl. 21, 6: Elen. Kmbl. 596; El. 298. Se dæg wæs fruma ðyses lǽnan leóhtes the day was the beginning of this transitory light, Blickl. Homl. 133, 10.
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ge-hýran
To hear ⬩ give ear to ⬩ audīre ⬩ exaudīre ⬩ To hear ⬩ audīre ⬩ to obey ⬩ obĕdire
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Geworden ic eom swá swá man ná gehýrende factus sum sīcut hŏmo non audiens, Ps. Spl. 37, 15 : Mt. Bos. 13, 13. Ic gehýre audio; ðú gehýrst audis; he gehýrþ audit, Ælfc. Gr. 30; Som. 33, 57, 58. Deáfe gehýrdon the deaf heard, Andr.
ufan
from above ⬩ down ⬩ above ⬩ at the top
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Seó cyrice is ufan open ... and þeáh ðe ðæt hús ufan open sý, hweþre hit biþ á þurh Godes gife ufan wiþ ǽghwilc ungewidro gescylded,... and nǽfre nǽnig man ða lǽstas ufan oferwyrcean ne mihte, Blickl. Homl. 125, 24-35: 19, 27: Exon.
wiþ-standan
to withstand ⬩ resist ⬩ to stand against ⬩ succeed in opposing ⬩ be a match for ⬩ refute ⬩ to stand in the way ⬩ be a hindrance ⬩ obstruct ⬩ prevent ⬩ be a preventive ⬩ to stand off ⬩ keep away, ⬩ be absent ⬩ to be hostile
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Him man swíðe fæstlíce wiðstód and heardlíce, Chr. 1001; Erl. 137, 8: Exon. Th. 156, 15; Gú. 875. Hé galdorcræftum wiðstód stranglíce, Andr. Kmbl. 333; An. 167. Wiðstód refragabatur (decalogi sanctionibus, Ald. 12), Hpt. Gl. 426, 40.
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wirgan
to curse ⬩ maledicere ⬩ to do evil
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Se man ðe wirigð Drihtnes naman qui blasphemaverit nomen Domini, Lev. 24, 16. Wergiaþ hig and ðú bletsast, Ps. Lamb. 108, 28. Ða ðe hine wyrgeaþ (ða wirgendan, Ps. Lamb.) maledicentes illum, Ps. Th. 36, 21.
hefig-tíme
heavy ⬩ weighty ⬩ of great importance ⬩ serious ⬩ grave ⬩ severe ⬩ serious ⬩ oppressive ⬩ annoying ⬩ troublesome ⬩ hard to bear ⬩ grievous ⬩ tedious
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.), severe, serious in its effects Hú micel wíte is and hú hefigtýme þæt man on ámánsumunge sié quanta pena sit excommunicationis, R. Ben. 54, 1: 48, 10. Hit byþ swíðe hefigtýme gylt grave delictum est, 138, 26.
on-drǽdan
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Ne geleofað man náht miriges ðá hwíle ðe mon deáð ondrǽt, Prov. K. 16. Hé ná syþþan ǽnige hyre yfelan weorc ondréd (-drǽd, v. l. ), Lch. i. 176, 2.
trúwian
To trust ⬩ confide ⬩ to trust to ⬩ to trust something to a person ⬩ to trust to a person for something ⬩ to trust in ⬩ to be confident about, ⬩ to trust in, on, ⬩ to trust that
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Ne trúwige nán man be ælmesdǽdum oððe on gebedum, bútan ðære foresǽdan lufe, i. 54, 11. Grammar trúwian, with a clause, to trust that Ic trúwige, ðeáh, ðæt sum wurðe ábrird þurh God, L. Ælfc.
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LǼDAN
TO LEAD ⬩ conduct ⬩ take ⬩ carry ⬩ bring ⬩ bring forth ⬩ produce
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Man ða moldan nimeþ and men wíde geond eorþan lǽdaþ tó reliquium the earth is taken, and men carry it far and wide over the world as relics, Blickl. Homl. 127, 16.
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wíte
punishment ⬩ pain that is inflicted as punishment ⬩ torment ⬩ a means ⬩ implement ⬩ a fine. ⬩ torment ⬩ plague ⬩ disease ⬩ evil ⬩ pain
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Heó (Eve ) hæfde hire sylfre geworht ðæt mǽste wíte and eallum hire cynne, ge ðæt wíte wæs tó ðæs strang, ðæt ǽghwylc man sceolde mid sáre on ðás world cuman, and hér on sorhgum beón, and mid sáre of gewítan, Blickl. Homl. 5, 27 : Cd.
for-gifan
to give ⬩ bestow ⬩ grant ⬩ dispense ⬩ to give ⬩ to give ⬩ to give ⬩ to give up ⬩ hand over ⬩ deliver up ⬩ commit ⬩ practice ⬩ to give back ⬩ restore ⬩ to marry ⬩ to grant ⬩ permit ⬩ allow ⬩ to grant ⬩ to give ⬩ cause ⬩ to forgive
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Ꝥ nán man má wífa næbbe búton .i., and seó beó mid rihte beweddod and forgifen, Ll. Th. ii. 300, 14. Æt his médder þe wǽre tó ǽwum wífe forgifen his fæder, i. 90, 29. Forgifen Eádwine tó cwéne, Lch. iii. 422, 9.
hæc
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is, ǽrest of ðáre ealden hæcce æt freoðene felde . . . eft intó ðǽre ealdan hæcce . . . tó ðáre wudehæcche; of ðǽre hæcce . . . wið æffan hecce. . . æt werdhæcce; of werdhacce. . . meó stánweges hacce; of stánweges hacce: In Angrices burne tó ealder-mannes
grǽdig
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Gítsung ontent ðæs mannes mód tó máran ǽhte, and swá hé máre hæfð swá hé grǽdigra bið, Hml. Th. ii. 220, 9. ¶ here probably belongs :-- On grǽdigum cupidineo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 137. 61. <b>III a.
hord
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Hord warian, Rä. 32, 21 : 88, 22. of material valuable for its properties Sege eallum mannum ꝥ sóna swá hí geopeniað míne byrgene, ꝥ hí magon ðǽr findan swá deórwurðne hord ( the miracle-working remains of St.
ENGEL
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Mannes sunu sent his englas mittet fīlius hŏmĭnis angĕlos suos. Mt. Bos. 13, 41: Mk. Bos. 13, 27
BLÓD
BLOOD, gore ⬩ sanguis, cruor
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Swá hwá swá agít mannes blód, his blód biþ agoten quicumque effuderit humanum sanguinem, fundetur sanguis illius, Gen. 9, 6: Ps. Lamb. 13, 3: 49, 13: Andr. Kmbl. 46; An. 23.
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gíme-leás
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Críst sylfa cwæþ ꝥ hé nelle gehýran þæs gímeleásan mannes gebedrǽdene, Bl. H. 57, 4.
tó-twǽman
To divide ⬩ separate ⬩ disjoin ⬩ to divide ⬩ stand between objects ⬩ separate one object from another ⬩ to divide ⬩ part ⬩ dissociate ⬩ break the connection between ⬩ to disperse ⬩ scatter ⬩ to divide with the mind ⬩ distinguish ⬩ discern
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Th. 138, 57; By. 241. where the object is abstract Beó dám hálgan tídan eallum mannum sibb and sóm gemǽne and ǽlc sacu tótwǽmed let every cause of strife be removed, L. Eth. vi. 25; Th. i. 320, 29: L. C.