a-stígan
to go ⬩ come ⬩ step ⬩ proceed ⬩ climb ⬩ ire ⬩ venire ⬩ gradi ⬩ procedere ⬩ scandere ⬩ to go in any direction ⬩ to rise ⬩ ascend ⬩ descend ⬩ surgere ⬩ ascendere ⬩ descendere
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Lamb. 71, 6. but sometimes the direction is indicated in the sentence without a preposition Hire mód astáh her mind rose, Cd. 101; Th. 134, 35; Gen. 2235: 205; Th. 253, 18; Dan. 597.
irmþ
Poverty ⬩ penury ⬩ misery ⬩ wretchedness ⬩ calamity ⬩ distress ⬩ disorder
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Nis ðǽr on ðam londe yldu ne yrmþu in that land there is not age or misery, Exon. 56 b; Th. 201, 6; Ph. 52 : 64 b; Th. 238, 34; Ph. 614.
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læt
Late ⬩ slow ⬩ sluggish ⬩ tardy
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Se mæssepreóst se ðe biþ tó læt ðæt hé ðæt deófol of men ádrífe the priest who is too slow in driving the devil from a man, Blickl. Homl. 43, 22: Exon. 74 a; Th. 276, 29; Jul. 573: 76 a; Th. 285, 11; Jul. 712.
þearfan
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Úre ceaster is þearfende ... wé þoliaþ ðone heardestan hungor, Ap. Th. 9, 7. Ðú, þíne þearfende thou, needing food (? v. þigen, II), Cd. Th. 149, 25; Gen. 2480. Ðæt ðú miltsige mé þearfendum, Exon. Th. 269, 13; Jul. 449.
Linked entries: þearfende ge-þearfan be-þearfende be-þearfaþ
ge-beran
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Sió gifu þæs hálegan gerýnes. . . bútan ǽnigre yldinge is tó berenne (gebeorenne, -anne, v. ll.) sancti mysterii gratia . . . sine ulla dilatione offerenda est, Bd. I. 27 ; Sch. 80, 3. Geboronae exposito, Txts. 58, 359. Geborene, Wrt.
fullíce
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Ꝥ se dæg mid þǽre nihte fullíce gefrætwod sý mid feówer and twéntig tídum the full equipment is twenty-four hours, Angl. viii. 306, 13. Hié heora scriftum fullíce geandettiaþ, Bl. H. 193, 22.
gingra
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Cf. ildra an ancestor Ðis is ꝥ frið ꝥ . . . ealle gecweden habbað . . . for hý sylfe and for heora gingran, ge for geborene ge for ungeborene (ge for hý sylfe ge for heora ofspryng, v. l. ), Ll.
hlinc
ridge
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On clofenan hlinc (cf. oð ðone tóbrocenan beorg ðe ðǽr is tóclofen, ii. 251, 6: æt ðám litlan tóclofenan beorge, iii. 421, 9), v. 179, 27. Ofer dúne on meós-hlinc westeweardne; ðonne ádúne on ðá ýfre, ii. 172, 26.
hræd
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Hræde, 176, 1. (1 a) where the kind of action is given, prompt to do (tó), prompt in (on), ready with (mid) a matter :-- Suiðe hræd (velox ) tó gehieránne and suíðe læt tó sprecenne, Past. 281, 5.
hwider
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(a α) where the place is marked by condition existing in it :-- Tó þencenne . . . hwyder hé gelǽded sý, þe tó wíte, þe tó wuldre, Bl. H. 97, 22. of the operations of the mind ' Hwæðer ðú nú ongite hwider þiós sprǽce wille ?
wǽr
A covenant ⬩ compact ⬩ agreement ⬩ pledge
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A covenant, compact, agreement, pledge Wǽr is ætsomne Godes and monna, gǽsthálig treów, Exon. Th. 36, 29; Cri. 583. [Gewemme]dre wǽre violati foederis (pacti), Hpt. Gl. 496, 3: Cd. Th. 186, 18; Exod. 140. Wǽre gemyndig, 143, 1; Gen. 2372. Wǽre (cf.
of-teón
to withdraw ⬩ to take away what a person has, deprive a person of anything ⬩ to withhold, keep back, deny a person anything ⬩ abstrahere
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Swelce snytro swylce óðrum ieldran gewittum oftogen is negatas senibus dignitates, Bt. 8; Fox 24, 29
CNIHT
A boy ⬩ youth ⬩ attendant ⬩ servant ⬩ KNIGHT: ⬩ puer ⬩ juvenis ⬩ adolescens ⬩ servus
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Ic, Oswold bisceop, landes sumne dǽl sumum cnihte ðæm is Osulf nama, for uncre sybbe, forgeaf I, bishop Oswald, have given a portion of land to a knight named Osulf, for our kinship Cod. Dipl. 557; A. D. 969; Kmbl. iii. 49, 32: 612; A.
sweart
swart, swarthy, black, dark ⬩ of absence of light or brightness, dark, black, gloomy ⬩ of absence of good, black (crime), dark, dismal
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Eów is hám sceapen sweart sinnehte, Exon. Th. 142, 26; Gú. 650. Da þeóstre ðære sweartan nihte. Bt. 4; Fox 6, 34. Ðære sweartan helle grund. Cd. Th. 22, 24; Gen. 345. Se ðe on þýstre færeþ, on sweartre niht. Exon. Th. 54, 23 ; Cri. 873.
sweltan
To die a natural or a violent death ⬩ to die by or of something, where the cause of death is expressed by a case or by a preposition with a noun ⬩ to die to anything, become dead to, have no further concern with ⬩ to die ⬩ to starve ⬩ to starve ⬩ hungry
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Homl. 75, 33. to die by or of something, where the cause of death is expressed by a case or by a preposition with a noun :-- Ne swelte ic mid sáre, Ps. Th. 117, 17. Ðú þurh deóra gripe deáþe sweltest, Exon. Th. 250, 11; Jul. 125.
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scyldig
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</b> guilty against (wið ) a person :-- Ǽlc man ðe yfel déþ mid yfelum willan is scyldig wið God, H. R. 105, 33: Cd. Th. 250, 20; Dan. 549. Menn wǽron deádlíce and wið heora Drihten scyldige, Hexam. 17; Norm. 24, 26: Blickl.
Linked entries: scildig deáþ-scyldig for-scyldigian sceldig
ceáp
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Se cierlisca mon, sé þe oft betygen wǽre þiéfðe, and þonne æt síðestan synnigne man gefó in ceápe (ceáce, v. l.) and at last is caught offending when a pledge has been given for his good conduct (cf. (?)
eall
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Þæt is ungeliéfedlic tó gesecganne hwæt þæs ealles wæs ( how much there was of it all ), Ors. 5, 12; S. 240, 17. Ealle wé witon, Past. 63, 11.
ge-teón
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Voc. ii. 121, 33. where the movement is up or down, to heave a sigh Getogene siccetunga ducta suspiria, An.
hǽlu
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</b> that which produces spiritual health or well-being :-- Is wel gecueden ðætte ðæt flǽsclice líf sié ðǽre heortan hǽlo vita carnium sanitas cordis, Past. 235, 22.