smicerness
Elegance, neatness
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Elegance, neatness þurh smicernesse and hiwunge hironiam (= per ironiam; irony is explained as combining elegance and dissimulation) Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 53
DARU
Hurt, harm, damage ⬩ damnum, noxa
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Gemétte he his earm and his hand swá hále and swá gesúnde swá him nǽfre bryce ne daro gedón wǽre he found his arm and his hand so hale and so sound, as if breach or hurt had never been done to them, Bd. 3, 2; S. 525, 17.
lid
A vessel ⬩ ship
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A vessel, ship On lides [the ark] bósme, Cd. 67; Th. 80, 21; Gen. 1332: 71; Th. 85, 6; Gen. 1410: Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 27; Aðelst. 27. Tó lides stefne, Erl. 112, 34;. Aðelst. 34: Andr. Kmbl. 806; An. 403: 3411; An. 1709.
ge-freólsian
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Add: to free. to free from obligation, labour, & c. Gefreólsod feriatus, An. Ox. 1012. to free from (secular) claims, to consecrate Gefreólsod consecratur, An.
slege
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Add Slegum alapis. An. Ox. 61, 59. Hí ondrédon þǽre ferelan slegas of þæs hálgan mannes handa ex ejus manu ictus ferulae pertimescebant, Gr. D. 229, 25. Add Sle[gum] tunsionibus, An. Ox. 4114. Add Sleges, forwyrdes internitionis, i. mortis, An.
eald
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Add: of great age. of living creatures Ald senex, Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 47. Hú mæg man beón eft ácenned þonne hé bið eald (ald, L. R.)?, Jn. 3, 4. Ic eom eald tó híwigenne I am (too) old to pretend, Hml. S. 25, 94.
gehðo
Care ⬩ anxiety ⬩ cura ⬩ solicitudo
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Geohðo mǽnaþ they lament their grief, Andr. Kmbl. 3329; An. 1667. Ic þurh geohða sceal dǽda fremman I must do deeds with sorrow, Andr. Kmbl. 132; An. 66.
Linked entry: gihþu
ge-flýtan
To strive ⬩ fight ⬩ contendĕre ⬩ certāre
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To strive, fight; contendĕre, certāre Cynewulf and Offa geflyton ymb Benesingtún Cynewulf and Offa fought at Benson, Chr. 777; Erl. 55, 1
CIRM
A noise, shout, clamour, uproar ⬩ strepitus, clamor, fragor, clangor
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Wæs on eorþan cyrm a noise was on the earth, Byrht. Th. 134, 61; By. 107: Andr. Kmbl. 2252; An. 1127. Hlúd herges cyrm loud was the shout of the host, Cd. 148; Th. 184, 14; Exod. 107.
ele-beám
An olive-tree ⬩ ŏlea, ŏlīva
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Heó brohte elebeámes twíg she brought a twig of olive-tree, Cd. 72; Th. 88, 30; Gen. 1473. Heó brohte án twíg of ánum elebeáme illa portāvit rāmum ŏlīvæ, Gen. 8, 11.
leóma
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Ox. 88. a ray, portion of brilliant light. of the light of a heavenly body Swá under ánum leóman þǽre sunnan (ánum sunnan leóman, v. l.) sub uno solis radio, Gr. D. 171, 12. Under ánum leóman (sunnan leóman, v. l. ), 172, 22: An. Ox. 2970.
geár
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Annus Solaris hæfð . . . twelf mónðas, and ꝥ gér hæfð nigon þúsend tída and seofon hund tída and syx and syxtig, Angl. viii. 320, 19.
ge-cirran
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., and add: A. trans. of actual movement. to turn, turn back, change the direction of motion of, a living creature Isaias wæs áwæg farende, ac God hine gecyrde, Hml. S. 18, 422.
ge-þeówan
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., and add: physical, to press. to put pressure on an object at rest Se scamull him wæs geworden eall swá geþýwed weax scamnum illud factum est tanquam cera, Angl. xvii. 114, 7. (1 a) to press into a particular shape :-- Gǽten smeoro geþýd tó poslum,
swylt
Death, destruction. ⬩ of the death of the body ⬩ of the second death, the perdition of the soul ⬩ lying at the point of death ⬩ hunger, famine
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Kmbl. 2695; An. 1350. Swilt þrowian, Apstls. Kmbl. 142; Ap. 71. The word often occurs with somewhat of a personal sense as the subject of ofniman, forniman Ǽr ðec swylt nime, deáð for duguðe, Exon. Th. 257, 31; Jul. 255: Elen. Kmbl. 892; El. 447.
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díglian
To hide ⬩ ocŭlĕre, occultāre
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To hide; ocŭlĕre, occultāre Hí on wudum and on wéstenum and on scræfum hí hýddon and dígledon se silvis, ac desertis abdĭtisve speluncis occŭlĕrant, Bd. 1, 8; S. 479, 22
Linked entry: dígelan
éce
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Dele bracket, and add: perpetual, to all time Oð ðone fyrst þe hé bócland and ǽce yrfe geearnige, Solil. H. 2, 12.
ge-feoht
A fight ⬩ battle ⬩ contest ⬩ war ⬩ preparation for war ⬩ prælium ⬩ pugna ⬩ congressio ⬩ bellum ⬩ procinctus
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Ðú here fýsest to gefeohte thou incitest a host to battle, Andr. Kmbl. 2377; An. 1190 : 2393; An. 1198 : Elen. Kmbl. 2365; El. 1184. To gefeohte in procinctu, Ælfc. Gl. 101; Som. 77, 35; Wrt. Voc. 55, 40.
ESNE
A man of the servile class, a servant, retainer, man, youth ⬩ mercēnārius, servus, vir, jŭvĕnis
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He was a poor mercenary, serving for hire, or for his land, but was not of so low a rank as the þeów or wealh Ánan esne gebýreþ to metsunge xii púnd gódes cornes, and ii scípæteras and i gód mete-cú, wudurǽden be landsíde ūni æsno, id est, inŏpi, contingent
wana
wanting ⬩ lacking ⬩ absent ⬩ to be wanting ⬩ wanting for the completion of a number
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As appears especially in the first of the following passages, the word and the numerals which precede and follow it as much form a compound as do the words which give the number they express in modern English :-- Hé wæs áne-wana-xxx-wintre (xxix wintra