oroþ
Breath, breathing
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Orþ spiraculum (cf. lífes orþung spiraculum vitae, Gen. 2, 7), Kent. Gl. 757. Orþas ł hfæstes ( = orþes ł fnæstes) spiritus, Hpt. Gl. 464, 24: 454, 66. Oreþe aura, flatu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 56: 38, 9. Wið áttorsceaþan (dragon) oreþe. Beo.
spillan
To destroy ⬩ confundo, ⬩ to destroy, spoil
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Eal ðæt God spilde God destroyed it all, Cd. Th. 154, 22; Gen. 2559. Sumne man tó Lundene lǽdde, and ðǽr spilde, Chr. 1096; Erl. 233, 9. Ðætte ne ic losige ł ic ne spillo ut non perdam, Jn. Skt. Lind. 6, 39. Ðætte ðú spilla ut dissipes, Rtl. 55, 22.
swinsian
To make a (pleasing) sound, make melody or music
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Hearpan hlyn, swinsigende swég, Cd. Th. 66, 8; Gen. 1081
þǽr-on
thereon ⬩ therein ⬩ thereinto ⬩ thereof
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Skt. ii. 30, 422. thereof And hé ne cúðe nán þing þáron (cf. næs heora nán ðe þár ǽnig þing on cúðe, 41, 24), Gen. 39, 23
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neód
Desire ⬩ eagerness ⬩ diligence ⬩ earnest endeavour
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(Cf. O. Sax. was im niud mikil that sie selƀon Krist gisehan móstin they desired eagerly to see Christ.) Ús is eallum neód ðæt wé ðín médrencynn mótan cunnan we all desire to know thy descent on the mother's side, 15, 33; Cri. 245.
ealdor-dóm
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Þá gecorenan ðe ... þá lǽssan gebróðru oferstígað mid ealdorscipe, þá habbað heora dǽl betwux ðám heofenlícum ealderdómum ( principalities, Col. 1, 16), Hml.
seón
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Th. 86, 33; Cri. 1417. Morðorleán seón, 98, 24; Cri. 1612. Hé forþ gewát metodsceaft seón he died. Cd. Th. 104, 31; Gen. 1743: B. 2364; B. 1180. with prepositions, to look at, on On ðæt ða folc seóþ, Exon. Th. 80, 2 ; Cri. 1301.
þín
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Þínre sylfre sunu, 21, 23; Cri. 339. Mid þínes ánes geþeahte with the counsel of thee alone, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 19: Met. 20, 40.
hwæt
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Cf. á-wiht Gif hit hwæt elles gesélde if it happened at all differently, Cht. Th. 166, 20. Gif hit hwæt ælcor (elles, v. l.) bið sin alias, Bd. 4, 28; Sch. 519, 7
ár-fæst
Honourable ⬩ honest ⬩ upright ⬩ virtuous ⬩ good ⬩ pious ⬩ dutiful ⬩ gracious ⬩ kind ⬩ merciful ⬩ honestus ⬩ probus ⬩ bonus ⬩ pius ⬩ propitius ⬩ clemens ⬩ misericors
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Honourable, honest, upright, virtuous, good, pious, dutiful, gracious, kind, merciful; honestus, probus, bonus, pius, propitius, clemens, misericors Árfæste rincas honourable chieftains, Cd. 90; Th. 113, 29; Gen. 1894: 136; Th. 171, 9; Gen. 2825.
a-wyrgian
To curse ⬩ execrate ⬩ malign ⬩ execrari ⬩ maledicere ⬩ malignari ⬩ execrable ⬩ wicked ⬩ detestable ⬩ execrabilis ⬩ maledictus ⬩ malignus ⬩ malignans
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The devil is called Se awyrgda the accursed, Cd. 220; Th. 284, 3; Sat. 316. Se awyrgeda gást the accursed spirit, Guthl. 7 ; Gdwin. 44, 12. Se awyrgda wulf the accursed wolf, Exon. 11 b ; Th. 16, 20; Cri. 256
dryht-líc
Lordly, noble, distinguished ⬩ princĭpālis, nōbĭlis, exĭmius
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C. 26. Him drihtlícu mǽg þuhte she seemed a noble damsel to them, Cd. 89; Th. 111, 2; Gen. 1849. Cwæþ drihtlecu mǽg, brýd to beorne his noble mate, his wife, spoke to the chief, 133; Th. 168, 12; Gen. 2781.
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feórþa
The FOURTH ⬩ quartus
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Ðæt feórþe cyn the fourth tribe, Cd. 158; Th. 197, 20; Exod. 310. Feórþan dǽles ríca a ruler of a fourth part, tetrarch; tetrarcha, Lk. Bos. 3, 1. On ðære feórþan mǽgþe generātiŏne quarta, Gen. 15, 16.
FIRAS
Living beings ⬩ the chief of living beings ⬩ men ⬩ mankind ⬩ hŏmĭnes ⬩ vĭri ⬩ gĕnus hūmānum
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Fira bearn children of men, Cd. 21; Th. 26, 17; Gen. 408. Firum uncúþ unknown to men, Bt. Met. Fox 4, 78; Met. 4, 39. Teóde firum foldan freá Ælmihtig terram custos hūmāni gĕnĕris omnĭpŏtens creāvit, Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 23
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for-gýman
To neglect ⬩ pass by ⬩ transgress ⬩ neglĭgĕre ⬩ prætĕrīre ⬩ transgrĕdi
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Hie þegnscipe Godes forgýmdon they neglected the service of God, Cd. 18; Th. 21, 20; Gen. 327. Forgýmdon hig ðæt illi neglexērunt, Mt. Bos. 22, 5. Ne forgým ðú ðínes Drihtnes steóre be not heedless of thy Lord's correction, Homl. Th. ii. 328, 21
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for-rǽdan
to give counsel against ⬩ to condemn ⬩ plot against ⬩ deprive by treachery, wrong ⬩ condemnāre ⬩ insĭdias părāre
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[Cf. Icel. ráða af dögum to kill.] Gif man gehádodne man forrǽde æt feó oððe æt feore if any one wrong a man in holy orders as to money or as to life, L. C. S. 40; Th. i. 400, 5: L. E. G. 12; Th. i. 174, 6
hunta
A hunter
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Ða huntes wǽron swarte and micele and ládlíce, Chr. 1127; Erl. 256, 28
lendenu
The loins ⬩ reins
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[Cf. O. L. Ger. lenda; f. ren: Icel. lend; f: O. H. Ger. lenti: f: Ger. lende; f.]
milisc
Honeyed ⬩ sweet ⬩ mellow ⬩ mulled
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Melsc appla nicolaos (cf. nicolaus = dactulus. Wrt. Voc. ii. 75, 79; nicolatispalmæpla, 60, 67), Hpt. Gl. 496, 65. Genim milsce æppla ( dates? ), L. M. 2, 4; Lchdm. ii. 182, 19. Mylsce æppla, 2, 16; Lchdm. ii. 194, 9
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plóg
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S. it seems to mean land, a plough of land (cf. Cath. Angl. p. 284 a ploghe of land carrucata.