á-tǽsan
To tear with a weapon
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Ðæt áhrérede mód, ðonne hit ongiet ðæt him mon birgð, mid ðǽre gesceádlican andsware hit bið átǽsed on ðæt ingeðonc commotas mentes, dum et parci sibi sentiunt, et tamen responsorum ratione in intimis tanguntur, Past. 296, 17
ge-mǽnan
to MEAN, to signify ⬩ sibi velle, significare ⬩ to communicate, announce, pronounce, utter ⬩ communicare, pronuntiare ⬩ to MOAN, to groan ⬩ ingemiscere, plangere ⬩ to consider ⬩ colloqui, considerare ⬩ to make common, contaminate, defile, violate ⬩ communicare, coinquinare, violare ⬩ communicare alicui ⬩ to make known ⬩ dicere, monstrare, judicare
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to MEAN, to signify; sibi velle, significare Hwæt gemǽnaþ ðás lamb quid sibi volunt agnæ istæ? Gen. 21, 29. Ic wéne ðæt ðú nyte hwæt ðis gemǽne I expect that thou wilt not know what this means, Btwk. Scrd. 18, 26. Hwæt gemǽnaþ ða ðreó útfaru?
streówen
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B.) jussit sibi stratum parari, Bd. 2, 6; S. 508, 8. a place where anything rests Hord sceal in streónum bídan . . . hwonne hine guman gedǽlen treasure shall remain in its places of rest. . . until men distribute it, Exon. Th. 337, 22; Gn. Ex. 68
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wan-sǽlig
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Fróde sace sémaþ, sibbe gelǽraþ, ða ǽr wonsǽlge áwegen habbaþ, Exon. Th. 334, 24; Gn. Ex. 21. Werum wansǽligum ( the Jews ), Elen. Kmbl. 1952 ; El. 978
tela
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Add Hé him sylfum geworhte tela unmycel eardung-hús sibi humile habitaculum construxit, Gr. D. 201, 5
hlígan
To allow one a reputation for anything, ⬩ to give one glory
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Willaþ mid ðý gedón ðæt hie mon hlíge wísdómes they desire thereby to make men allow them a reputation for wisdom; doctrinæ sibi opinionem faciunt, Past. 48, 2; Swt. 367, 19
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ofer-méttu (o)
Pride, arrogance, haughtiness
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Pride, arrogance, haughtiness Hine his hyge gespeón and his ofermétto ealra swíðost, Cd. Th. 22, 35; Gen. 351. þurh heora miclan mód, and þurh ofermétto, 22, 7; Gen. 337 : 21, 30; Gen. 332. Hé biþ on oferméttu (-métto, Cott. MSS.) áwended . . . hé ástág
lyffettan
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Mardocheus sæt þǽr úte and nolde álútan ne lyffettan þám Amane cum A man vidisset Mardochaeum sedentem ante fores palatii, et non solum non assurrexisse sibi, sed nec motum qtiidem de loco sessionis suae, Hml. A. 97, 194.
fóre-sceáwian
To foreshew ⬩ foresee ⬩ provide ⬩ præ-ostendĕre ⬩ pōnĕre in conspectu ⬩ prævĭdēre ⬩ provĭdēre
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God fóresceáwaþ him sylf ða offrunge Deus provĭdēbit sĭbi victĭmam, Gen. 22, 8. He him fóresceáwode sumne heretogan he provided them a leader, Jud. 6, 8. Ðæt he fóresceáwode hú he hig gecígde ut vĭdēret quid vŏcāret ea, Gen. 2, 19.
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wirn
A hindrance ⬩ obstacle ⬩ difficulty
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A hindrance, obstacle, difficulty Gif hé geðyldelíce forbyrð ǽgðer ge hosp ge edwít, and on ðære wirne þeáh þurhwunaþ and eádmódlíce bitt, ðæt him man infæres tíðige, sý hé underfangen, si veniens perseveraverit pulsans, et inlatas sibi injurias et difficultatem
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eald-wita
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Mé sǽde sum árwyrðe mæssepreóst, þæt him sǽde sum ealdwita, ꝥ hé wǽre gefullad fram Paulino narravit mihi presbyter quidam retulisse sibi quendam seniorem, baptizatum se fuisse a Paulino, Bd. 2, 16; Sch. 178, 19.
ge-stregdan
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Ox. 3754. to make a bed Hé wolde ꝥ him wǽre þǽr gestréd neáh þǽre byrgenne stratum fieri sibi juxta sepulcrum voluit, Gr. D. 257, 22
orgel-líce
Proudly, arrogantly, haughtily, insolently
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Proudly, arrogantly, haughtily, insolently Hé hine swá orgellíce up áhóf and bodode ðæs ðæt hê úþwita wǽre ne cýðde hé hit mid nánum cræftum ac mid leásum and ofermódlícum gilpe hominem, qui non ad verae virtutis usum, sed ad superbam gloriam falsum sibi
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irfe-land
heritable land
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Hie dydon mín land him selfum tó ierfelonde dederunt terram meam sibi in hereditatem, Past. 50, 2 ; Swt. 387, 30. Gebletsa ðín yrfeland benedic hæreditati tuæ, Ps. Th. 27, 10. Sealde heora eorþan on yrfeland dedit terram eorum hæreditatem, 135. 22
tácnian
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Add Seó eá geáhnode þone ryne þe se Dryhtnes wer mid ðǽra racan tácnode on þǽre eorðan aqua fluminis sibi alveum ubi tracto per terram rastro vir Domini signum fecerat, vindicavit, Gr. D. 193, 4. <b>IV a.
ofer-wist
Excess in eating
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oferwiste ðæt hé húru hine selfne ne þurhstinge mid ðý sweorde unryhthǽmedes, ac ongiete hú micel ofersprǽc cymeþ of ðære oferwiste admonendi sunt gulae dediti, ne in eo, quod escarum delectationi incubant, luxuriae se mucrone transfigant, et quanta sibi
BRÓÐOR
A BROTHER ⬩ frater ⬩ to bear, support, a brother being the natural supporter of sisters who have lost their father
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A BROTHER; frater Úre bróðor noster frater, nom. s; g. úres bróðor nostri fratris; dat. úrum bréðer nostro fratri; acc. úrne bróðor nostrum fratrem; voc. eálá ðú úre bróðor O noster frater! abl. fram úrum bréðer a nostro fratre: pl. nom. úre gebróðra
wilwan
to roll ⬩ fig. ⬩ to join ⬩ compound ⬩ compose
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Sibb áflýmð saca, anda tógædre wilaþ hí pax effugat discordias, inuidia copulat eas, Scint. II, 8. Hé hine sylfne betweox ðises andweardan middangeardes (wǽlum?)
orsorgness
freedom from care or anxiety, tranquillity ⬩ prosperity
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Sibb and orsorhnes pax et securitas, Bd. 4, 25 ; S. 601, 29. prosperity Dysigra monna orsorgness (prosperitas) hí fordéþ. Past. 50, 2 ; Swt. 387, 34. Ða míne sǽlþa and seó orsorgnes prosperitas mea, Bt. 10; Fox 26, 26.
a-wegan
to lift up ⬩ take or carry away ⬩ levare ⬩ auferre ⬩ to weigh out ⬩ weigh to any one ⬩ appendere
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to lift up, take or carry away; levare, auferre Hí á sibbe gelǽraþ, ða ǽr wonsǽlge awegen habbaþ they shall ever advise peace, which the unblest have before taken away, Exon. 89 a ; Th. 334, 25; Gn. Ex. 21: Homl.