westan
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Gesáwon wé westan ðone leóman sunnan, and se leóma gehrán ðǽm treówum ufonweardum, Nar. 28, 23. marking the direction of measurement Is seó stów ǽghwanon mid sǽ ymbseald bútan westan est locus ille undique mari circumdatus praeter ab occidente Bd. 4,
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á-feorsian
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Th. ii. 238, 15. ꝥ Eardbegengnes mín áfeorsod (printed aforfeorsode) is incolatus meus prolongatus est , Ps. Spl. 119, 5. Wyrð deófol þanon áfyrsad (-firsod v. l. ), Wlfst. 36, 4. intrans.
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capitol
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Sý ánes capitules rǽding gecweden lectio recitanda est, 11. Feówer capitulas (capitula), þæt is feówer tódála angin þæs cxviii-an sealmes, 42, 1. an anthem Þrý capitulas (capitula) sýn gesungene, R. Ben. 42, 4.
eahtian
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Þæs biscéopes líf swá swíðe swá mannum riht is tó eahtienne (eht-, æht-, v. ll.) uitam illius quantum hominibus aestimare fas est, Bd. 5, 6; Sch. 573, 21
ge-þræc
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Dele <b>geþrec</b> clangor, and add: a collection of objects pressed together, a throng Synna gehwǽr selfum æt eágan firendéda geþrec (the throng of my misdeeds) beforan standeþ delictum meum coram me est semper, Ps. C. 44.
lád
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Aeclesiastici census, id est duos modios de mundo grano, ii. 386, 30.
hwónlíce
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Hodie quidem minus est, sed die crastina abundantes habebitis Gr. D. c. 21), Hml. Th. ii. 172, 2
mennisc
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Nelle ic þis mennisc gehealdan tó þám écum wítum, for þám þe hí synd týddre fragilis est in hominibus conditio, non ad aeternos servabo cruciatus, Angl. vii. 48, 467. a race, people Hé áxode hwæt ꝥ mennisc wǽre on þám muntum wunigende quis sit populus
on-tendan
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His môd swîðe wearð ontend on hîre gewilnunge tô his gâlnesse cor Holofornis concussum est: erat ardens in concupiscentia ejus, Hml. A. 111, 289. Antend succenditur (livoris zelo ). An. Ox. 2772. Antende inflammantur (superni ardoris facula ), 977
sǽ-flód
an incoming tide, flood ⬩ the sea,
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Wæs án burg sió wæs néh ðæm sǽ óþ án sǽflód com and hié áwéste civitas repentino maris impetu abscissa, atque desolata est, Ors. 2,7 ; Swt. 90, 20.
scearpness
Sharpness ⬩ roughness ⬩ acidity, pungency ⬩ efficacy
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Seó scearpnes mínra eágena nis nú mid mé lumen oculorum meorum non est mecum, Ps. Th. 37, 10. Heó (betony ) gegódaþ ðæra eágena scearpnesse, Lchdm. i. 72, 16.
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wearn
A multitude, a great number or quantity, a great deal
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Þeán ðe ða ealle ðe mé áfeódon wordum wyrigen and wearn sprecan si is, qui oderat me, super me magna locutus est, 54, 12.
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willian
to will ⬩ to desire, ⬩ with a genitive ⬩ with infinitive ⬩ with gerundial infin. ⬩ with a clause ⬩ absolute
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quis est homo qui vult vitam et cupit videre dies bonos? Ps. Surt. 33, 13. Gé wylladon (wilniaþ, v. l.) ús ða ðing gemǽnsuman ea nobis communicare desiderastis, Bd. 1, 25; S. 487, 13. with gerundial infin.
slipor
slippery, not easy to hold, moving easily ⬩ slipping easily, easily moved ⬩ foul ⬩ lubricum
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slippery, not easy to hold, moving easily Deófol næddre ys slipor ðæs gif heáfde ná byþ wiðstanden eall on innemystum heortan ðænne ná byþ ongyten byþ ásliden diabolus serpens est lubricus, cuius si capiti non resistitur, totus in interna cordis, dum
ge-swígian
to be silent ⬩ to pass over in silence; with the genitive ⬩ to silence
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Eác ic wille geswígian Tontolis and Philopes ðara scondlicestena spella nec mihi nunc enumerare opus est Tantali et Pelopis facta turpia, fabulas turpiores, Ors. 1, 8; Bos. 31, 24. to silence Fugol biþ geswíged the bird is hushed, Exon. 58 a; Th. 207
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LEÓF
LIEF ⬩ desirable ⬩ pleasant ⬩ acceptable ⬩ loved ⬩ beloved ⬩ dear ⬩ a friend ⬩ loved one
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Hér is mín leófa sunu hic est filius meus dilectus, Mt. Kmbl. 17, 5. Matheus mín se leófa, beheald on mé, Blickl. Homl. 229, 30. Forþférde Gode se leófa fæder Agustinus defunctus est Deo dilectus pater Augustinus, Bd. 2, 3; S. 504, 30.
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norþ-healf
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Hí gelógodon Sc̃e Ælfeáges líchaman on norðhealfe Xp̃e es weófodes, 1023; P. 156, 23. Add
scip-gefére
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Substitute: <b>scip-gefær,</b> es; n. A going by ship Hé him mid fare gehwearf (in scipgefære hwearf, on his scypgefere hwearf, v. ll.) eft tó Centlande rediit Cantiam nauigio, Bd. 2, 20; Sch. 186, 24. (?)
weax-georn
Eager to grow (?), eating much with the desire of growing (?)
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Swíþe waxgeorn eart ðú (the boy) ðonne ðú ealle þingc etst ðe ðé tóforan gesette synd valde edax es, cum omnia manducas quae tibi apponuntur, Coll. Monast. Th. 34, 31
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ge-scildend
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Add: a defender, saviour Þú eart mín friðiend and mín gefultumend and mín gescyldend adjutor meus et liberator meus es tu, Ps. Th. 39, 21. Gescyldend ultorem, Ps. Spl. 8, 3: defensorem, Ps. Rdr. 8, 3. Gescyldendas protectores, p. 291, 38