wiþer-weard
contrary ⬩ adverse ⬩ hostile ⬩ adversary ⬩ enemy ⬩ opponent ⬩ fiend ⬩ hostile to rightful authority ⬩ rebel ⬩ opposed to what is right ⬩ arrogant ⬩ perverse ⬩ depraved ⬩ reprobate ⬩ false ⬩ heretic ⬩ apocryphal ⬩ opposed to the good or pleasure of anything ⬩ unfavourable ⬩ adverse ⬩ hurtful ⬩ pernicious ⬩ disagreeable ⬩ contrary ⬩ opposite
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Nú ðonne nú ǽlc gesceaft onscunaþ ðæt, ðæt hire wiþerweard biþ . . . hwelce twá synd wiþerweardran betwux him ðonne gód and yfel? Bt. 16, 3; Fox 54, 35-56, 7.
Linked entries: wiþer-word wiþerweard-líc wiþerweard-ness wiþer-wierde wiþer-word
DEÁÞ
DEATH ⬩ mors
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Eall ðæt gemót sóhte leáse saga ongén ðone Hǽlend, ðæt híg hyne to deáþe sealdon omne consĭlium quærēbat falsum testimōnium contra Iesum, ut eum morti tradĕrent, Mt. Bos. 26, 59: 20, 18: Ps. Th. 114, 8: 117, 18.
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hwerfan
to turn ⬩ revolve ⬩ move about ⬩ go ⬩ return ⬩ depart ⬩ to turn ⬩ change ⬩ to exchange ⬩ barter
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Hægl hwyrft of heofones lyfte hail whirls down from the sky, Runic pm. 9; Kmbl. 341, 5. Hí hám hwyrfaþ domum redeunt, L. Ecg. P. i. 14; Th. ii. 178, 6. Cynna gehwylcum ðara ðe cwice hwyrfaþ for every race that living moves, Beo. Th. 197; B. 98.
ge-hýran
To hear ⬩ give ear to ⬩ audīre ⬩ exaudīre ⬩ To hear ⬩ audīre ⬩ to obey ⬩ obĕdire
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Georne gehýreþ heofoncyninga hýhst hæleða dǽde the highest of heaven's kings will earnestly hear men's deeds, 117 b; Th. 451, 22; Dóm. 107 : 19 b; Th. 50, 9; Cri. 797. Ðænne hí ðæt word gehýraþ qui cum audiĕrint verbum, Mk. Bos. 4, 16, 18, 20.
weorþung
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Skt. ii. 23 b, 350. nobleness, glory, excellence Ðæt wuldres bearn on ðysne middangeard ástág, and seó heofencunde weorþung ðone fǽmnlícan bósm Sancta Marian gefylde, Blickl. Homl. 165, 27.
ge-siht
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Nǽnigum men gié cueðe ðone gesihða, Mt. L. 17, 9. seen in sleep or in ecstasy, a vision Gesihð and wítegunga beóð gefyllede impleatur visio et prophetia. Hml. Th. ii. 14, 15. Wæs S. Michael þǽm bisceope on gesihþe æteówed, Bl. H. 205, 35.
ge-þolian
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Ðonne ðaes sellendan mód ne cann ðá wǽdelnesse geðolian cum dantis mens ferre inopiam nescit, Past. 325, 15. Þý éþ geþolian swá hwæt earfoþnessa swá ús on becóme, Bt. 10; F. 30, 12: 7, 2; F. 18, 25.
hefig-tíme
heavy ⬩ weighty ⬩ of great importance ⬩ serious ⬩ grave ⬩ severe ⬩ serious ⬩ oppressive ⬩ annoying ⬩ troublesome ⬩ hard to bear ⬩ grievous ⬩ tedious
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Add: heavy, weighed down Hefitýme grauidum, Germ. 402, 53. weighty, of great importance, serious Ðence se abbod hú mycele byrðene and hú hefigtýme hé underféncg mid ðám háde abba cogitet quale onus suscepit, R.
rúm
roomy, spacious, ample, extensive ⬩ roomy, open, unencumbered. ⬩ long, extended ⬩ ample, great, liberal ⬩ unrestricted, clear, free from conditions ⬩ lax ⬩ ample, far-reaching ⬩ liberal. ⬩ great, noble, august
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Geseah ic ðone rúmestan (latissimus) feld, Bd, 5, 12; S. 629, 19. roomy, open, unencumbered. :-- Ne fersc ne mersc, ne rúh ne rúm neither uncleared nor cleared (?) land, Lchdm. iii. 286, 24. Þurh ða rúman per patentes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 69,7.
topp
a top, ⬩ summit ⬩ a lock of hair, tuft ⬩ a collection of rays of light ⬩ a top to play with ⬩ the hair at the top of the head ⬩ that which has a similarity with it
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Mid gelǽredre handa hé swang ðone top mid micelre swiftnysse (the passage is obscure, and perhaps the Latin original has been mistranslated.
swencan
To cause a person to labour, to cause trouble to a person ⬩ where no good is implied, to harass, vex, afflict, distress ⬩ where a good result is intended, to mortify, chasten ⬩ verberare
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Perseus wæs ealne ðone geár Rómáne swíþe swencende, Ors. 4, 11; Swt. 208, 13. Forhwon sindun gé swæncende ( molesti ) ðam wífe? Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 26, 10. Fram unclǽnum gáste swenced beón ab immundo spiritu vexari, Bd. 3, 11; S. 536, 11.
ge-cnáwan
to recognize, identify an object ⬩ to acknowledge, ⬩ a claim, to pay by way of acknowledgement, ⬩ to know, be acquainted with ⬩ to know, be conversant with a subject ⬩ to have a clear apprehension of ⬩ to be cognizant of a fact, understand ⬩ to make known, declare
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Gif þú nú sweotole gecnáwan miht ðá anlícnessa þǽre gesǽlþe, ðonne is þearf ꝥ ic þé hí selfe getǽce, Bt. 33, 1; F. 118, 35. Hí hí gecnáwan móston, ꝥ hiacute; gebróðra synd, Hml.
open
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Add: physical. of a door, gate, &c. Mid þǽm þe hié þára dura hwelce opene gesáwon, þonne hié gieredon hié tó wíge, Ors. 3, 5; S. 106, 16.
a-teón
to draw out or away ⬩ pull out ⬩ lead out ⬩ pluck ⬩ draw ⬩ abstrahere ⬩ extrahere ⬩ ejicere ⬩ educere ⬩ trahere ⬩ ducere ⬩ to treat ⬩ use ⬩ dispose of ⬩ employ ⬩ tractare ⬩ uti ⬩ adhibere ⬩ to draw to any place ⬩ betake oneself anywhere ⬩ go ⬩ come ⬩ make a journey or expedition ⬩ se recipere ⬩ meare ⬩ proficisci ⬩ ire ⬩ venire ⬩ iter facere
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Ðonne he atíþ hine, Ps. Surt. 9, 30. Ðonne he fram atíhþ [atýgþ MS. C.] hine dum abstrahet eum, Ps. Spl. second 9, 11. Seó mæg ateón ǽlces cynnes áttor út of men which can draw poison of every kind out of man, Ors. 5, 13; Bos. 113, 33.
ge-wunelic
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Th. i. 60, 26. in accordance with a general practice Ond monnum bið ðonne gewunelic ðæt hí líðað ðonne on sǽs bryme, Shrn. 88, 1. Þæt sý undeóror geseald þonne hit woruldmannum gewunelic sý, R.
scínan
To shine
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Ðonne scínaþ ða rihtwísan. Mt. Kmbl. 13, 43. Se nama se ðe mid him swá lange sceán and bryhte nomen quod apud eos tam diu claruerat, Bd. 1, 12; S. 480, 39: 3, 13; S. 538, 39.
DYRNE
close, hidden, secret, obscure ⬩ occultus, secrētus, latens, obscūrus ⬩ dark, deceitful, evil ⬩ tenebrīcōsus, subdŏlus
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Ne dó ðú ne dyrne ðíne ða deóran bebodu non abscondas a me mandāta tua, Ps.
bóc
a BOOK ⬩ liber ⬩ a charter ⬩ charta ⬩ for the books which a priest ought to possess ⬩ for his canonical hours
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Th. 39, 8; in the hed of the boc it is write of me, that I do thi wil, Wyc. Ic wrát bóc I wrote a book, Bd. 5, 23; S. 648, note 37. Adilga me of ðínre béc dele me de libro tuo, Ex. 32, 32, 33. Swá he ða bóc unfeóld so he unfolded the book, Lk.
georn-full
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H. 109, 9. desirous to do. with dat. infin. Þú sǽdest ꝥ þú swíþe geornfull wǽre hit tó gehýranne, Bt. 22, 2; F. 78, 4.
ge-wilnian
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Sé ðe biscepháde gewilnað, Past. 53, 8. with clause Hé gewilnode tó Gode ꝥ hé hine ne léte lybban náne hwíle æfter his leófan fæder, Chr. 1038; P. 161, 31. to desire to do. with infin.