costnere
A tempter ⬩ tentator
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A tempter; tentator Swá swá se geleáfa strengra biþ, swá biþ ðæs costneres miht læsse as the faith is stronger, so is the might of the tempter less Homl. Th. ii. 392, 20
efen-eardigende
Dwelling together ⬩ cohăbĭtans
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Dwelling together; cohăbĭtans Ðæt ðú sunu wǽre efen-eardigende mid ðínne éngan Freán that thou his son shouldst be dwelling together with thy sole Lord, Exon. 11 a; Th. 15, 16; Cri. 237
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Ercol
Lat. Hercules ⬩ Hercules
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Hercules; Hercules Hý Ercol ðǽr gebrohte Hercules brought them there, Ors. 3, 9 ; Bos. 68, 6. Erculus wæs Iobes sunu Hercules was the son of Jove, Bt. 39, 4; Fox 216, 23
fǽr-cwealm
A sudden pestilence ⬩ repentīna pestĭlentia
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A sudden pestilence; repentīna pestĭlentia Æt ðæm fǽrcwealme ðe his leódscipe swýðe drehte and wanode in the pestilence which much afflicted and decreased his people, L. Edg. S. 1; Th. i. 270, 8
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færeld-freóls
The passover feast ⬩ transĭtus vel paschæ festum, phase
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The passover feast; transĭtus vel paschæ festum, phase Híg worhton phase, ðæt ys færeld-freóls they kept the passover, that is the passover feast; fēcērunt phase, id est paschæ festum, Jos. 5, 10
ful-georne
Full earnestly ⬩ very diligently ⬩ full well ⬩ diligentissĭme ⬩ optĭme
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Full earnestly, very diligently, full well; diligentissĭme, optĭme He wiste fulgeorne ðæt God hine lufode he knew full well that God loved him; qui optime nōvĕrat Dŏmĭnum esse cum eo, Gen. 39, 3
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ful-wrætlíce
Full wondrously ⬩ very wonderfully ⬩ mirissĭme
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Full wondrously, very wonderfully; mirissĭme Ðæt me on gescyldrum scínan mótan fulwrætlíce wundne loccas that on my shoulders curled locks may shine very wonderfully, Exon. 111 b; Th. 428, 6; Rä. 41, 104
fyrclian
To flash ⬩ flicker ⬩ fulgēre
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To flash, flicker; fulgēre Swilce se beám ongeán weardes wið ðæs steorran ward fyrcliende wǽre as if the beam were flashing towards the star from an opposite direction, Chr. 1106; Erl. 240, 34
Galiléa
Galilee
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Of Galiléam ðæm lande, Blickl. Homl. 123, 21. Witga of Galiléum a prophet from Galilee, 71, 16
ge-frédnes
A feeling ⬩ sense ⬩ perception ⬩ sensus
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A feeling, sense, perception; sensus Gesiht, and gehérnes, and gefrédnes ongitaþ ðone líchoman ðæs monnes sight, and hearing, and feeling perceive the body of the man, Bt. 41, 4; Fox 252, 7, 10
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ge-metsian
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To furnish with provisions Ðæt scip ðe Swegen eorl hæfde him silfum ǽr gegearcod and gemetsod the ship that Earl Sweyn had before prepared and provisioned for himself, Chr. 1052; Erl. 181, 14
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ge-mettan
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Eaters, partakers; comestōres; Ða gemettan ne móston ðæs lambes bán scǽnan the partakers might not break the bones of the lamb, Homl. Th. ii. 282, 7. Ðám gemettum to the partakers, 282, 2
leóhte
Lightly ⬩ easily ⬩ gently
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Ðá wæs heó gesewen þurh twegen dagas ðæt hire leóhtor wǽre videbatur illa per biduum aliquanto levius habere, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 3
mǽting
A dream
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A dream On xxii nihta seó mǽtinga biþ eall costunge full; ne biþ ðæt ná gód swefen, Lchdm. iii. 156, 7. Gé mǽtinge míne ne cunnon, Cd. 179; Th. 224, 24; Dan. 141
rǽg-hár
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Grey like the goat (v. rǽge) Oft ðæs wág gebád rǽghár and reádfáh ríce æfter óðrum oft did its wall, grey and redstained, see change of rule, Exon. Th. 476, 19; Ruin. 10
récels-fæt
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Fýr ofslóh ða óðre ðe offrodon ðone stór ðǽr hig heóldon ða récelsfatu, 16, 35
ge-þeón
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To do, commit, perform; perficere, patrare Ðæt we siððan forþ ða séllan þing symle móten geþeón that henceforth we may ever do those better things, Exon 13 a; Th. 23, 31; Cri. 377
grund-fús
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Ready for hell, hastening to hell Ðæt biþ feóndes bearn hafaþ grundfúsne gǽst that is a child of the devil, hath a spirit hastening hellwards, Exon. 84 a; Th. 316, 15; Mód. 49
sár-ferhþ
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Sore at heart, wounded in spirit Ðæt wíf ( Sarah complaining to Abraham about Hagar ) módes sorge, sárferhþ sægde: 'Ne fremest ðú riht wið mé,' Cd. Th. 135, 17; Gen. 2244. Cf. sárig-ferhþ
self-sceaft
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Self-shaping, spontaneous generation, applied to Adam, who had not father and mother Adam maþelode ðǽr hé on eorþan stód selfsceafte guma a man by spontaneous generation. Cd. Th. 33, 20; Gen. 523