mǽr-líc
Great ⬩ magnificent ⬩ glorious ⬩ splendid ⬩ illustrious
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Hwæðer ðé ðonne þynce unweorþ and unmǽrlíc seó gegaderung ðara þreóra þinga . . oððe hwæðer hit ðé þince eallra þinga weorþlícost and mǽrlícost obscurumne hoc, atque ignobile censes esse, an omni celebritate clarissimum? Bt. 33, 1; Fox 120, 31
mæssian
To say mass
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To say mass Be ðam sacerde ðonne hé mæssaþ hwæt hé on him hæbbe de iis quibus indutus esse debet sacerdos, cum missarn celebrat, L. Edg. C. tit. ix.; Th. ii. 128, 19. Mæssode se apostol ðam folce. Homl. Th. ii. 478, 14.
mearcian
to make a mark on anything ⬩ to mark out ⬩ design
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Lind. 27, 66. to mark out, design Ǽlc cræftega þencþ and mearcaþ his weorc on his móde ǽr hé it wyrce every artificer considers and marks out his work in his mind before he does it, Bt. 39, 6; Fox 220, 4.
ge-rísan
To behove, become, befit, suit ⬩ dĕcēre, convĕnīre
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Ðæt ðæm weorce nánum men ne geríse bét to fandienne, ðonne ðam wyrhtan ðe hit worhte that it became no man better to prove the work than the workman who made it, Ors. 1, 12; Bos. 36, 37
sticca
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</b> the pointer of a dial :-- Se sticca on ðæm dægmǽle, Anglia viii. 317, 20. a spoon (cf. spón) Lǽt yrnan ðæt blód on grénne sticcan hæslenne, weorp ðonne ofer weg áweg, Lchdm. ii. 142, 20: 144, 7: 104, 7.
á-hón
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Voc. ii. 30, 33. to hang on a gallows or cross Ðonne hine man on gealgan áhéhð quando appensus fuerit in patibulo, Deut. 21, 22. Áhéngon infurcarunt, áhongen infurcatus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 40, 41. Hé hié ðǽr áhón hét, Chr. 897; P. 91, 17.
cáfer-tún
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On þám cafertúne (outside the door of the temple), Hml. S. 23b, 410. Ic sæt binnan mínan cafertúne, 30, 372: 5, 324. Cauertúne, Hml. Th. ii. 248, 27. In cæfertún (atrium) ðæs aldorsácerdas, Mt. L. R. 26, 3. Ceafertún (cæfer-, R.), 58: Lk. L.
ege-full
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Tó þám egefullan Godes dóme tremendo judicio Dei, R. Ben. 31, 10. Þone egefullan cwide terribilem sententiam, 49, 19. fearful, timorous. feeling fear, cf. ege-leás Egefulle tremebundos, Hpt.
ge-sǽlþ
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Ðonne hié gesióð ðára óðerra gesǽlðo (-a, v. l.) eáciende dum augmenta auenae prosperitatis aspiciunt, Past. 230, 19. Sume bióð tó ungemetlíce blíðe for sumum gesǽlðum, 455, 8. happiness, blessedness.
hatung
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Bið rihtwísnys on dóme forhwyrfed for ege and for gýtsunge and for hatunga and for lufe, Hml. A. 148, 108: 113. Ǽlce yrsunge and andan and hatunge áworpan fram úrum heortum, 142, 112. hatred that finds expression in acts.
leóf
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Ðé is leófre on ðisum wácum scræfum ðonne ðú on healle heálic biscop sitte, Hml. Th. ii. 146, 27. Biþ hit swá him leófost bið, Lch. ii. 144, 23: By. 23.
wealwian
To wallow, roll
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Ðonne tyht hié ðæt ierre ðæt hié wealwiaþ on ða wédenheortnesse impellente ira in mentis vesaniam devolvuntur, Past. 40; Swt. 289, 6. Hé wealwode on ðæm gedrófum wætere in lutosa aqua semetipsum volvit, 54; Swt. 421, 8.
ǽr
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Hit long first wæs ǽr hé út wolde faran tó gefeohte, ǽr him mon sǽde ðæt hié wolden faran tó Italiam, Ors. 5, 8; S. 232, 4. with subjunctive Hé hét átimbran ðá burg, ǽr hé ðonan fóre, Chr. 919; S. 100, 14.
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heáh-setl
A high seat, throne, seat of honour [at table], seat of justice ⬩ throne ⬩ thronus, solium, triclinium ⬩ a high seat (at table)
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Ðonne crist siteþ on his cynestóle on heáhsetle when Christ sitteth on his royal seat, on his throne, Exon. 25 b; Th. 75, 7; Cri. 1218: Lchdnt. iii. 426, 6.
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ord-fruma
source, origin ⬩ author, source, ⬩ applied to the Deity ⬩ chief, head, prince
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Ðonne beóþ ða synfullan genyðerade mid heora ordfruman, swá hé genyðerad wearþ, Blickl. Homl. 33, 1
swígan
to be silent ⬩ to become silent from astonishment ⬩ stupere ⬩ silere, reticere
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Þú ána hí swígende tǽlst thou alone by thy silence dost blame her, Ap. Th. 16, 21. Hé oft ána sæt swígende múðe saepe solus residens ore tacito, Bd. 2, 9; S. 512, 13. Ðæt ánra manna gehwylc sceáwige hine sylfne swígende móde, Blickl.
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freólíce
without constraint or reluctance ⬩ willingly ⬩ without restraint or reserve ⬩ in regard to speech ⬩ without restriction upon action ⬩ without let or hindrance ⬩ with impunity ⬩ with freedom from control, rule, ⬩ nobly ⬩ splendidly
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Th. ii. 128, 28. with impunity On mægenfæstum eardum man mæg fæstan freólícor ðonne hér, Hml. S. 13, 109. with freedom from control, rule, c.
scrincan
to wither away ⬩ dry up ⬩ shrivel ⬩ to pine away ⬩ become weak ⬩ to contract ⬩ shrink
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of a plant, to wither away, dry up, shrivel Mid ðam mǽstan bleó hy (the male and female pennyroyal) blówaþ ðonne neálíce óðre wyrta scrincaþ and weorniaþ, Lchdm. i. 204, 13. Scrincan marcescere, Hpt.
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grafan
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Ðonne hí wóhgodu worhtan and grófun in sculptilibus suis emulati sunt eum, Ps. Th. 77, 58. Ac hý grófon ǽghwylcne stán swá se cásere geþohte they carved each stone as the emperor designed, Shrn. 146, 16
gripe
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Staþole strengra ðonne ealra stána gripe stronger in position than the hold of all stones, Salm. Kmbl. 154; Sal. 76
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