fóre-sceáwung
A FORESHEWING ⬩ foreseeing ⬩ foresight ⬩ providence ⬩ provĭdentia
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Com hit mid Godes fóresceáwunge and bletsunge it came with God's providence and blessing. Homl. Th. i. 92, 22: Hexam. 8; Norm. 14, 15. On ðara þinga foresceáwunge in rērum provĭdentia, Bd. 4, 10; S. 578, 7.
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fréfrian
To comfort ⬩ console ⬩ consōlāri
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Fréfra ðíne mæcgas on móde comfort thy young men in mind, Andr. Kmbl. 842; An. 421. He héran ne wolde Fæder fréfergendum [ = fréfrigendum] he would not obey the comforting Father, Cd. 220; Th. 284, 7; Sat. 318
Linked entries: fréfran fróferian ge-fréfrian
geatwe
Arms ⬩ trappings ⬩ garments ⬩ ornaments ⬩ armāmenta ⬩ vestīmenta ornāmenta
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Arms, trappings, garments, ornaments; armāmenta, vestīmenta ornāmenta Twegen englas gesceldode and gesperode and mid heora geatwum gegyrede, efne swá hie to campe féran woldon two angels with shields and spears and with their equipments, just as if they
hentan
To pursue ⬩ follow after ⬩ seize[?]
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Gif hé man tó deáþe gefylle beó he ðonne útlah and his hente mid hearme ǽlc ðara ðe riht wille if he fell a man to death, let him then be an outlaw, and let every one that desires right pursue him with hue and cry [?], L. E. G. 6; Th. i. 170, 10: L.
hetol
Full of hate ⬩ hostile ⬩ malignant ⬩ evil
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Maxentius ða burh geheóld mid hetelum geþance Maxentius held the town with hostile intent, Homl. Th. ii. 304, 21. Hí habbaþ nú ðone hetolan deófol him tó hláforde they have now the malignant devil as their lord, 254, 1: Swt. A. S. Rdr. 66, 327.
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hettend
An enemy
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An enemy Hettend lǽddon út mid ǽhtum abrahames mæg the enemy led forth Abraham's kinsman with his possessions. Cd. 94; Th. 121, 17; Gen. 2011: 154; Th. 191, 4; Exod. 209: Chr. 937; Erl. 12, 10; Æðelst. 10: Andr. Kmbl. 61; An. 31. Hetend, Elen.
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hredding
Saving ⬩ salvation ⬩ liberation
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Heó mid hreáme hyre hræddinge ofclypode the result of her outcry was to save her, Homl. Swt. 2, 219
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hweorfa
a joint ⬩ a whorl
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Nim ðone hweorfan ðe wíf mid spinnaþ bind on his sweoran take the whorl that women spin with, bind it on his neck, L. M. 3, 6; Lchdm. ii. 310, 21
Linked entries: hweorf hweorf-bán hwerfa
in-cuman
To come in ⬩ enter
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Gá hé út mid swilcum reáfe swilce hé incom cum quali veste intraverit, cum tali exeat, Ex. 21, 3. Ðá hié tósamne incóman when they entered together, Blickl. Homl. 173. 5.
lytig-
Cunningly ⬩ artfully ⬩ craftily
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Ða woruldsǽlþa mid swíðe manigre swétnesse swíðe lytelíce óleccaþ ðǽm módum, Bt. 7, 1; Fox 16, 10. Hú lytelíce hý ðonne deófol bepǽhte, Wulfst. 11, 9, 16.
næs-þyrel
A nostril
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Mid hundes lúsum, ða flugon intó heora múðe and heora næsþyrlum, Homl. Th. ii. 192, 22. Hit gǽþ þurh eówre næsþyrlu exeat per nares vestras, Num. 11, 20 : Ps. Spl. 113, 14. Dó on ða næsþyrlu. Lchdm. i. 72, 21
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nirwan
To constrain ⬩ repress ⬩ blame ⬩ threaten
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Hí fýrene tangan him on handa hæfdon and mé nyrwdon and mé tóbeótodan ðæt hí mé mid ðám gegrípon woldon forcipibus igneis quos tenebant in manibus, minitabantur me comprehendere, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 43.
ge-tweógan
To doubt ⬩ hesitate ⬩ dŭbĭtāre
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Ðá gehreów him ðæt hyne ǽfre swá on his geþohte getweóde then he repented that he had ever so doubted in his mind, Shrn. 155, 19
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gleowian
To play on an instrument ⬩ sing ⬩ joke ⬩ jest ⬩ act the gleeman or buffoon ⬩ fidicinare ⬩ jocari ⬩ scurrari ⬩ scurram agere
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He sumu þing ætgædere mid him sprecende and gleowiende wæs ðe ðǽr ǽr inne wǽron cum ibidem positi aliqua, una cum eis qui ibidem ante inerant, loquerentur ac jocarentur, Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 34. Mádena glywiendra juvencularum tympanistriarum, Ps.
gor
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Mid swínenum gore with swine dung, Herb. 9, 3; Lchdm. i. l00, 11. Feares gor bull's dung, Med. ex Quadr. 11, 10, 11, 12; Lchdm. i. 368, 5, 7, 9. Gor sordem, Wrt. Voc. 65, 34
Grécas
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The Greeks; Græci Ðá gefélde he his líchoman healfne dǽl mid ða ádle geslægene beón, ðe Grécas nemnaþ paralysis, we cweðaþ lyft-ádl then felt he that the half of his body was struck with the illness which the Greeks call paralysis, we call lift-ill,
box
A wooden case made of box-wood, a BOX ⬩ buxom, pyxis ⬩ a box
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Seó hæfde box mid deórwyrþre sealfe she had a box of precious ointment, Mt. Bos. 26, 7. Ellenes blósman gedó on box put blossoms of elder into a box, L. M. 2, 59; Lchdm. ii. 288, 3. Hundteontig boxa a hundred [of] boxes, Jn. Bos. 19, 39
ge-líffæstan
To make alive ⬩ quicken ⬩ vivificāre
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Mid gesceádwísre sáwle gelíffæst quickened by a rational soul, 270, 20
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geond-hweorfan
To turn or pass through, go about, traverse ⬩ pertransire, peragrare, perlustrare
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To turn or pass through, go about, traverse; pertransire, peragrare, perlustrare Ðonne maga gemynd mód geondhweorfeþ when remembrance of friends passes through his mind, Exon. 77 a; Th. 289, 21; Wand. 51.
scrift-bóc
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Ða mæssepreóstas sceolan heora scriftbóc mid rihte tǽcan and lǽran, swá swá hié úre fæderas ǽr démdon, Blickl. Homl. 43, 8. a discourse referring to penance Lárspel and scriftbóc ( the title of the homily). Wulfst. 242, 22