ge-þwǽrian
to cause to agree ⬩ to make accordant ⬩ mild ⬩ to be or become in accord ⬩ to agree ⬩ consent ⬩ be agreeable ⬩ consentire ⬩ concordare ⬩ congruere ⬩ convenire
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God gemetgaþ ealla gesceafta and geþwǽraþ ðá hé betwuh him wuniaþ God regulates all creatures and makes them agree when they exist together, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 10: 8; Fox 224, 9, Cot. MS. Geþwéraþ [geþweraþ?] Bt. Met. Fox 29, 94; Met. 29, 47.
Linked entry: ge-þwǽran
un-eáðe
with difficulty ⬩ grievously ⬩ hardly ⬩ unwillingly ⬩ hardly ⬩ hardly ⬩ scarcely ⬩ only just
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MS.), Bt. 35, 3; Fox 158, 28
HEFIG
HEAVY ⬩ weighty ⬩ oppressive ⬩ grievous ⬩ difficult ⬩ serious ⬩ grieved ⬩ important ⬩ gravis ⬩ molestus
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Fox 20, 265; Met. 20, 133. Wé mágon geþencean ðæt ðæt hefigre is ðæt man mid synnum him sylfum geearnige edwít we may consider, what is more important, that with sins a man may get disgrace for himself, Blickl. Homl. 101, 24.
Linked entry: hefig-mód
K
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Words beginning with k are to be looked for under c
un-geþwǽrness
discord ⬩ dissension ⬩ disagreement ⬩ division ⬩ quarrel ⬩ trouble ⬩ disquiet
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Similar entries v. ungeþwǽre, III On hú grundleásum seáðe ðæt mód þringþ, ðonne hit bestyrmaþ ðisse worulde ungeþwǽrnessa ( terrenis flatibus aucta crescit in immensum noxia cura ), Bt. 3, 2; Fox 6, 9
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mearc
a limit ⬩ bound ⬩ term ⬩ a limit ⬩ boundary ⬩ a boundary ( = gemǽre) of a particular estate ⬩ a boundary ⬩ confine of a district ⬩ border ⬩ the territory within the boundaries ⬩ fines
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Fox 11, 129, 139, 146; Met. 11, 65, 70, 73: 20, 177; Met. 20, 89. Swá ðæt heora nán óðres mearce ne ofereode, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 32. a boundary ( = gemǽre) of a particular estate Ðis is eástmærc tó stánmere ... swá tó Rithmærce, Cod. Dip.
hreósan
To fall ⬩ fall down ⬩ ruere ⬩ corruere
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Fox 7, 44; Met. 7, 22. Hió is má hreósende for ealddóme ðonne of ǽniges cyninges niéde magis imbecillitate propriæ senectutis quam alienis concussæ viribus contremiscunt, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 76, 2.
MÆGEN
MAIN ⬩ might ⬩ strength ⬩ force ⬩ power ⬩ vigour ⬩ efficacy ⬩ virtue ⬩ faculty ⬩ ability ⬩ an exercise of power ⬩ effort ⬩ a mighty work ⬩ miracle ⬩ a force ⬩ military force
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MAIN, might, strength, force, power, vigour, efficacy, virtue, faculty, ability Úrum líchoman cymþ eall his mægen of ðam mete ðe wé þicgaþ all its strength comes to our body from the food that we take, Bt. 34, 11; Fox 150, 34.
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weder
weather, condition of the atmosphere ⬩ good weather ⬩ wind, storm, breeze, air ⬩ weather (as in weather-bow, -bound), wind.
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Wintregum wederum cum saevis aquilonibus stridens campus inhorruit, Bt. 5, 2 ; Fox 10, 31.
wrǽt-líc
wondrous ⬩ curious ⬩ of wondrous excellence ⬩ beautiful ⬩ noble ⬩ excellent ⬩ elegant
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Fox 465 ; Gn. C. 3: Exon. Th. 476, l; Ruin. l. Wrǽtlíc is see womb neoþan, wundrum fæger, scír and scýne, 219, 14; Ph. 307: 356, 29; Pa. 19. Heofoncyninges stefn wrǽtlíc, Andr. Kmbl. 185 ; An. 93.
springan
To spring ⬩ to leap ⬩ bound ⬩ to burst forth, of a fluid to spirt, of sparks, etc., ⬩ to fly ⬩ to grow as a plant ⬩ to rise as the sun ⬩ to move as a spring moves ⬩ to spread ⬩ be diffused ⬩ to spring as blood from a wound ⬩ to spring as water ⬩ to burst ⬩ crack
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Hig hrædlíce up sprungon, for ðam ðe hig næfdon ðære eorðan dýpan, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 5. to rise as the sun, cf. spring II:-- Up sprungenre sunnan sole orto, Mt.
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-waru
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Hierosolyma, Mt. Kmbl. 3, 5 ; Sychem-ware Sicinorum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 73, 66
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synder-líc
Separate, special, private ⬩ that is apart, separate, remote ⬩ private, that is done apart, not public ⬩ private, without distinction, ordinary ⬩ special, peculiar, proper ⬩ separated by superiority, singular, excellent, specially good
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Ðonne wé for synderlecum synnum synderleca hreówsunga dóþ, Past. 53;Swt. 413, 28. Sume naman syndon (specialia,) ðæt synd synderlíce, ða ðe beóþ tódǽlede fram ðam gemǽnelícum, Ælfc.
Linked entries: sundor-líc syndrig
til
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Th. 104, 26. til is found in proper names, see for examples Txts. 497
swelgan
To swallow. ⬩ of taking food, etc., by living creatures ⬩ of absorption or reception by inanimate things, to swallow, take in, drink, absorb ⬩ to take in to the mind, accept, imbibe (wisdom) ⬩ with the idea of violence or destruction, to devour (lit. or fig.), to consume, engulf ⬩ absorbere ⬩ glutire ⬩ to swallow.
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Voc. i. 20, 22. of absorption or reception by inanimate things, to swallow, take in, drink, absorb Swá sond rén swylgþ, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 13. Seó eorþe ðæt wæter swilgþ, 33, 4; Fox 130, 6. Swelgeþ, Exon. Th. 439, 27; Rä. 59, 10.
Linked entry: swylfende
þeáw
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Gif ðé heora þeáwas líciaþ, Bt. 7, 2; Fox 18, 5-7. referring to all created things God gesette unáwendendlícne sido and þeáwas eallum his gesceaftum, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 1: Met. 11, 12. a practice of religion, method of belief, way of thinking, legal usage
æft
AFT ⬩ behind ⬩ Afterwards ⬩ again ⬩ postea ⬩ iterum
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Fox 1,130; Met. 1, 65
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áþ-fultum
The support to an oath ⬩ the supporters of an oath ⬩ those who support one's oath, who will swear for another as witnesses ⬩ sacramentales
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The support to an oath, i. e. the supporters of an oath, those who support one's oath, who will swear for another as witnesses; sacramentales Freónd-leás weofod-þén, ðe áþfultum næbbe a friendless servant of the altar, who has no support to his oath,
an-líc
Like ⬩ similar ⬩ equal ⬩ similis ⬩ æqualis
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Ðæt he bióþ swíðe anlíc that he is very like, Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 11. Nis under wolcnum Drihtne ǽnig anlíc? quis in nubibus æquabitur Domino? Ps. Th. 88, 5: 57, 4: 72, 18: 112, 5
burna
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Fox 5, 37; Met. 5, 19. He hine bibaðaþ in ðam burnan he bathes himself in the stream, Exon. 57b; Th. 205, 3; Ph. 107. Burna latex, Wrt. Voc. 54, 21