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brycg-geweorc

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Ðegenes lagu is ꝥ hé þreó ðinc of his land , fyrdfæreld, and burhbóte and brycgeworc. Ll. Th. i. 432, 5. In C. D.

ge-néþan

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I. 10; S. 48, 31. combining and (2b) Hé genédde under ǽnne elpent þæt hé hiene on þone nafelan ofstang, Ors. 4, 1; S. 156, 10. of presumptuous conduct, to presume to do. with acc.

higian

(v.)
Grammar
higian, l. hígian,

in strive aftertotowardsto strive to do

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Bt. ll, 2; F. 34, 8. with dat. infin. to strive to do, Past. 105, 14 (in Dict.). with clause Hié hîgiað ealle mægene ðæt hié ðæt gedwellen ðæt óðre menn ryhtlícé ongieten habbað student summopere ab aliis recte intellecta destruere, Past. 365, 23.

sáwan

(v.)
Grammar
sáwan, seów, séw; sáwen.

to sowto sowimplant

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Six geár ðú scealt sáwan sex annis seres agrum tuum, 25, 3. fig. to sow the seeds of anything, to originate, do an action which produces a result, implant Se eorþlíca anweald ne sǽwþ (inserit ) ða cræftas ac lisþ unþeáwas, Bt. 27, 1; Fox 94, ¨25.

Linked entries: a-sáwan be-sáwan

þæt

(con.)
Grammar
þæt, conj.
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Ǽlc man sylle ðone áð, ðæt hé nelle þeóf beón, L. C. S. 21; Th. i. 388, 7. Ic bebeóde wundor geweorðan, ðæt ðeós onlícnes eorðan séce, Andr.

irre

(n.)
Grammar
irre, es; n.

Angerwrathirerage

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Anger, wrath, ire, rage Ðonne tyht hie ðæt ierre [Cott. MS. irre] ðæt hie wealwiaþ on ða wédenheortnesse ... Ðonne ðæt ierre æfþ anwald ðæs monnes hé self nát hwæt hé on ðæt irre déþ impellente ira in mentis vesaniam devolvuntur ...

Linked entries: ir eorre erre

losian

(v.)
Grammar
losian, p. ode

To perishbe loststrayescape

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Ðonne ðé mon ǽrest secge ðæt ðín ceáp sý losod, Lchdm. iii. 60, 9: L. Eth. ii. 8; Th. i. 288, 15. Mé syndon losode fóta gangas effusi sunt gressus mei, Ps. Th. 72, 1

Linked entry: lorian

siððan

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
siððan, siððon, syððan, seoððan. [From síþ ðam ; cf. Ger. seit*-*dem.]
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Hé biþ ðonne seoððan ðǽm englum gelíc, Blickl. Homl. 49, 7. Siððon, 59, 7. Ða ðe seoððan after Cristes cyme wǽron tó Gode gecyr*-*rede, 81, 15. Ðá æfter ðisse dǽde his noma wæs á seoððan mǽre ge*-*worden, 219, 4.

Linked entries: seoððan syððan

ge-gaderung

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H. 165, 35. a whole formed by joining Hwæþer þé þynce unweorþ seó gegaderung ðára þreóra þinga, ðonne þá þreó biþ tó ánum gedón, Bt. 33, 1; F. 120, 29. what joins, a bond Hí beóð álýsde fram þǽre gegaderunge heora líchaman a carnis suae copula solvantur

hleóþor

(adj.)

a soundnoisevoice

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Ðonne wit song áhófan. . hlúde bi hearpan hleóðor swinsade, Víd. 105. Engla hleóðres (cf. Engla þreátas sigeleóð sungon, 1289), Gú. 1293. voice, note of a bird Ic þurh múð sprece . . . hleóðres ne míðe, Rá. 9, 4.

wǽg

(n.)
Grammar
wǽg, es; m.

movementa wavewaterthe wavesea

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Goth. wégs motus (in mari) Ðú his ýþum miht ána gesteóran, ðonne hí on wǽge wind onhréreþ motum fluctuum ejus tu mitigas, Ps. Th. 88, 8. a wave, water, the wave, sea Fámig winneþ wǽg wið wealle, Exon. Th. 383, 33; Rä. 4, 20. Wídfæðme wǽg, Andr.

ge-scippan

(v.)
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Gif ꝥ sóþ is ꝥ hit him swá gesceapen wæs, ꝥ hí ne móston elles dón, Bt. 41, 2 ; F. 246, 20. Gif ꝥ sóð beón mæg, ꝥ him swá gesceapen wæs, Hml. S. 17, 234.

wanian

(v.; adj.)
Grammar
wanian, p. ode. I. trans.
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Ða wæteru begunnon tó wanigenne aquae coeperunt minui, Gen. 8, 3. (1 a) of the moon's phases :-- Donne se móna wanaþ, Blickl. Homl. 17, 24. Dæghwamlíce ðæs mónan leóht byð weaxende and waniende. Lchdm. iii. 242, 7.

Linked entry: a-wanian

ge-teón

(v.)
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Voc. ii. 121, 33. where the movement is up or down, to heave a sigh Getogene siccetunga ducta suspiria, An.

dǽl

(adv.)
Grammar
dǽl, pl. dǽle (gelimplice daele conpetentes portiunculas,
    Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 79
), dǽlas.
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Th. i. 138, 17. in numeration, time Is ánra gehwylc synderlíce xxx-tigum ðúsendum dǽla lengra ðonne eal middangeard, Salm. K. 150, 13. v. eástsúþ-, middel-, neáh-, twi-dǽl

wita

(n.)
Grammar
wita, an; m.

one who knowsa person of understanding or learninga wise manone able to give counsela counsellorone able to give counsel in affairs of stateone who takes part in the councils of a nation a leading manan eldera chief personseniorone who has knowledgea witnessa wise manone professing supernatural knowledge

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Bǽdon ðæt eft óþer seonaþ wǽre, and hí ðonne woldan mid má heora witena gesécean, Bd. 2, 2; S. 502, 37. Wurdon monega seonoðas háligra biscepa and eác óðerra geþungenra witena, L.

Linked entries: weota wieta wiota

blis

(n.)
Grammar
blis, bliss, blys, blyss, e; f. [contracted from blíþs, q. v. ]

BLISS, joy, gladness, exultation, pleasurelætitia, gaudium, exultatio, beatitasfriendship, kindness, benevolence, gracecomitas, benignitas, benevolentia, gratia

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Gehýrde he of hrófe ðære ylcan cyricean upp astígan ðone ylcan blisse song audivit ascendere de tecto ejusdem oratorii idem lætitiæ canticum, Bd. 4, 3; S. 568, 2: Bt. 24, 4; Fox 86, 32: Andr. Kmbl. 2130; An. 1066. Stefn blisse vox exultationis, Ps.

Linked entry: blíþs

þunor

(n.)
Grammar
þunor, (-ar, -er, -ur), es; m.

thundertonitrusfulmenJupitera thane of king Egbert of Kent

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On ðone Hálgan Ðunres-dæg, L. Alf. 5; Th. i. 64, 24. Tó ðam hálgan Þurres-dæge, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 621. Gang on Þunres-ǽfen (Wednesday evening), Lchdm. ii. 346, 10. It is found also in local names, e.g. Ðunres-feld. Ðunres-leáh, Cod. Dip.

ge-leáfa

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Leóde lǽran ꝥ hí lifgen on geleáfan, Dóm. 49. mental acceptance of a statement or fact Hé wæs þurh þæs mæssepreóstes láre on fullum geleáfan heofonríces de vitae aeternitate securus, Ors. 6, 34; S. 290, 12.

óþer

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Sume fæston swá ꝥ hí forsáwon tó etanne búton on ðone óðerne dæg, Hml. S. 13, 97. Add Sem se yldesta, óðer Cham, þridda Iafeth, Gen. 1241. Wæs se deófol óðere síðe oferswíðed, Hml. Th. i. 170, 31.