ge-wanian
to lessen ⬩ diminish ⬩ to be wanting
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to lessen, diminish Se láreow ne sceál ða inneran giémenne gewanian for ðære úterran abisgunge the teacher is not to diminish his care of inner things for outer occupations, Past. 18, 1; Swt. 127, 8; Hat. MS.
stefn
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a stem of a tree Hwæt wénst ðú for hwí ǽlc sǽd grówe innon ða eorþan and tó wyrtrumum weorþe on ðære eorþan, búton for ðý ðe hí tiohhiaþ ðæt se stemn and se helm móte ðý fæstor standon ...
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wefl
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Wundene mé (a coat of mail) ne beóð wefle (ueflæ, Txts. 151, 5), ne ic wearp hafu the threads of the woof are not twisted for me, nor have I a warp, Exon. Th. 417, 15 ; Rä. 36, 5.
Eást-Engle
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Fór se here on Eást-Engle and gesæt þæt lond and gedǽlde, 870; P. 76, 26. Sende Ælfréd cyng sciphere of Cænt on Eást-Engle, 885; P. 79, 18. Eást-Englan, 1017; P. 154, 4
ge-gearcian
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Add: to make ready. to prepare a thing for use Ic gegearcode míne gód, Hml. Th. i. 522, 6. Þǽra hálgena síðfæt is gegearcod iter sanctorum preparata est, Hml. S. 2, 62: Hml.
cuman
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Gif seó lád forð cume . . . gif heó forð ne cume, 394, 22, 23. to happen to Hit cymð him sáre, Ps. Th. 7, 14. Cymen mé mildse ðíne veniant mihi miserationes tuae, Ps.
þreodian
to deliberate ⬩ take thought ⬩ to deliberate ⬩ hesitate
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Ne þreodode hé fore þrymme ðeódcyninges ǽniges on eorðan, ac him éce geceás líf he did not hesitate before the glory of any king on earth, but (at once) chose life eternal, Apstls. Kmbl. 35; Ap. 18
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wine-leás
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Láð biþ ǽghwǽr fore his wonsceaftum wineleás hæle, Exon. Th. 329, 11; Vy. 32. Wineleás wonsǽlig mon genimeþ him wulfas tó geféran, 342, 24; Gn. Ex. 147. Earm biþ se ðe sceal ána lifgan, wineleás wunian, 344, 15; Gn. Ex. 174.
mægen-þrymm
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Swilce ic stande æt his wuldorfullan mægenþrymme foran, Hml. S. 23, 830. Seó hálige þrynnys on ánre godcundnysse ǽfre wunigende, on ánum mægenþrymme (v. mægen-þrymnes) and on ánum gecynde, Hml.
Clǽig-hangra
Clay-hanger ⬩ Claybury
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Clay-hanger or Claybury, Essex Eádmund cyning gegaderede fyrde and férde to Lundene, eal be norþan Temese, and swá út þuruh Clǽighangran king Edmund gathered a force and went to London, all north of the Thames, and so out through Clayhanger, Chr. 1016
hand-leán
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A reward, recompense given by the hand, retribution Uton wé geþencean hwylc handleán wé him forþ tó berenne habban let us consider what recompense we have to offer him, Blickl.
of-dæl
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Tending downwards, inclined to anything inferior Hit biþ ámerred mid ðám lǽnum gódum forðam hit biþ ofdælre ðǽrtó it is led astray by the transitory goods, because it is more inclined to them; ad falsa devius error abducit, Bt. 24, 2; Fox 82, 2. v. next
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gúþ-cyst
Warlike excellence ⬩ bravery
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Warlike excellence, bravery Sunu simeones sweótum cómon þridde þeódmægen gúþcyste onþrang the sons of Simeon came in troops, a third great force bravely pressed on [or cyst = troop, band, and gúþcyste onþrang = pressed on in phalanx,Cf. sweótum cómon
be-healden
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(ptcpl.). cautious, reserved Ðonne hé wilnað ðæt hé sciele rícsian, hé bið swíðe forht and swíðe behealden; ðonne hé hæfð ðæt hé habban wolde, hé bið swíðe ðríste, Past. 57, 4. intent, assiduous Hé wæs geornfull and behealden (intentus) in Godes hýrnessum
nǽtan
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Först. 137, ll. Hwí eom ic nǽted? cur affligor? 142, 2. Swá mycle swíðor swá wé nú beóð nǽtte on þyssum lífe, swá mycle má wé feógað on ðám tóweardan lífe, 141, 18
un-gemet
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</b> add: Where un-gemet seems to have the force of an adverb it might be taken as the accusative case used adverbially, v. Sievers' Grammar, 319
Butting-tún
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Earle has the following pertinent note on the locality Two places have hitherto contended for this site, viz. Boddington near Cheltenham, and Buttington in Montgomeryshire, near Welshpool. But Mr. Ormerod [Archæologia, vol.
Cnut
Cnut was the Danish king of England for twenty-one years, from A. D. 1014-1035
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And then all the fleet chose Cnut for king Chr. 1014; Erl. 150, 20-22.
hál-wende
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Se middangeard wæs mannum hálwende the earth was healthful for men, Blickl. Homl. 115, 8: 209, 10.
hróðor
Solace ⬩ comfort ⬩ benefit ⬩ pleasure
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His sunu hangaþ hrefne tó hróðre his son hangs a solace for the raven, Beo. Th. 4887; B. 2448: Apstls. Kmbl. 190; Ap. 95. Ðú ðe cwóme heánum tó hróðre thou (Christ) who hast come for a comfort to the humble, Exon. 13 b; Th. 26, 7; Cri. 414.