sófte
Softly, gently ⬩ softly, quietly, without disturbance ⬩ calmly, at ease, without trouble ⬩ gently, not harshly ⬩ without discord ⬩ easily, without opposition ⬩ facile
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Hí willniaþ manifeald earfoþe tó þrowianne, for ðam ðe hí willniaþ mǽran áre mid Gode tó habbanne, ðonne ða habbaþ ðe sóftor libbaþ Bt. 39, 10; Fox 228, 17: Shrn. 163, 20.
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ǽlc
all ⬩ any
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On ǽlcum ánum hí sint ealle, Bt. 33, 3; F. 126, 15. with óþer, where there is reciprocal action :-- Bere eówer ǽlc óðres byrðenne, Past. 219, 12. Þurh ðæt ðe hí him sylfe ǽlc óþerne forfóre, Chr. 1052; P. 181, 22.
ǽht
possessions ⬩ property ⬩ lands ⬩ goods ⬩ riches ⬩ cattle ⬩ opes ⬩ substantia ⬩ possessio ⬩ greges ⬩ possession ⬩ power ⬩ possessio ⬩ potestas
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Th. 108, 11. possession, power; possessio, potestas His miht and his ǽht ofer middangeard gebledsod his might and power is blessed throughout the earth. Andr. Kmbl. 3432; An. 1720.
wiþer-tíme
Troublesome ⬩ grievous
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Troublesome, grievous Apozeus ys ðam foresprecenan híwe genóh wyðertýme, Anglia viii. 331, 14. Ða ðá mé wiðertýme ł hefigtýme hí wǽrun cum mihi molesti essent, Ps. Lamb. 34, 13
on-forwyrd
Destruction
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Destruction Fornam hine eofor (onforwyrd, MS. T.) of wuda exterminavit earn aper de sylva. Ps. Spl. 79, 14. God gelǽdeþ hí on pitt onforwyrdes in puteum interitus, 54, 26
wissung
guidance ⬩ direction ⬩ direction ⬩ instruction ⬩ teaching ⬩ rule ⬩ government ⬩ direction
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Hí (the apostles ) ða láre on bócum áwriton be Godes ágenre wissunge, L. Ælfc. P. 20; Th. ii. 370, 29: Homl. Ass. 20, 156. Hí heóldon Godes ǽ æfter Móyses wissunge, 101, 319. Hí ðurhwunedon swá þurh his wissunge, 30, 149.
breóst
the chest ⬩ thorax ⬩ the stomach ⬩ womb ⬩ a breast ⬩ mamma ⬩ mamilla
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Add: the front of the chest Mid gildenum girdle his breóst wæs befangen . . . hé silf wæs begird æt his hálgum breóste (praecinctus ad mamillas zona aurea, Rev. l, 13), Ll. Th. ii. 370, 4-7. Oþ mannes breóst (cf. swyran, Shrn. 81, 13) heah, Bl.
ge-feón
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Hí gefégon burhweardes cyme, An. 659. with prep. Fore ðissum gefiht (exultavit) tunge mín, Ps. Srt. 15, 9. Ðǽt mód gefihð on his yfelum, Past. 417, 2. Gefehð (gefyhð, v.l.), Mart. H. 84, 3. (On þám ic) gefag (in quo) conplacui, Wrt.
weorod
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Hé sægde him wereda gesceafte, 225, 27; Dan. 160.
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GÝMAN
To care for ⬩ take care of ⬩ take heed to ⬩ heed ⬩ observe ⬩ regard ⬩ keep
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Se ðe ne giémeþ hwæðer his gǽst síe earm ðe eádig who heeds not whether his spirit be miserable or blessed, Th. 95, 6; Cri. 1553.
a-hreddan
To rid ⬩ liberate ⬩ set free ⬩ deliver ⬩ rescue ⬩ liberare ⬩ eripere ⬩ eruere
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To rid, liberate, set free, deliver, rescue; liberare, eripere, eruere Ðæt he sceolde his folc ahreddan that he should deliver his people, Jud. 6, 14. Ðæt ðú us ahredde that thou deliver us, Exon. 13 a; Th. 23, 25; Cri. 374.
inwit-full
Deceitful ⬩ guileful ⬩ malicious ⬩ evil
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Hé áfylleþ ða inwitfullan word of his tungan he causes deceitful words to fall away from his tongue [cf. Ps.Th. 14, 3, non egit dolum in lingua sua], Blickl. Homl. 55, 16.
lengu
Length
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Ðæs lengo ne his heánesse ǽnig ende gesewen wæs cujus neque longitudini neque altitudini ullus esse terminus videretur, 5, 12; S. 629, 13. Tó lengo his ad staturam suam, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. Rush. 6, 27. Lengu dæga longitudine dierum, Ps. Surt. 90, 16.
forþ-ferednes
A going forth ⬩ departure ⬩ death ⬩ ŏbĭtus ⬩ transmigrātio
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A going forth, departure, death; ŏbĭtus,transmigrātio Ongeáton hí on ðon, ðæt heó to ðon ðider com, ðæt heó hire sǽde ða neáh-tíde hire forþferednesse ex quo intellexēre quod ipsa ei tempus suæ transmigrātiōnis in proxĭmum nunciāre vēnisset, Bd. 4, 9
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Franc-land
Frank-land ⬩ the country of the Franks ⬩ Francōrum terra ⬩ Francia
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Frank-land, the country of the Franks; Francōrum terra, Francia Námon [MS. noman] hí him wealhstódas of Franclande mid accēpērunt de gente Francōrum interprĕtes, Bd. 1, 25; S. 486, 24.
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sellend
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Hihton hí on God, ðæra góda syllend. Homl. Th. ii. 328, Hé lufaþ ðone glædan syllend, 212, 9. a betrayer Se sellend his traditor ejus, Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 14, 44
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stihtan
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Stapas on his heortan hé stihte ascensiones in corde suo disposuit, 83, 6.
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þyrnen
Of thorns
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Hí mid þyrnenum helme his heáfod beféngon, Homl. Th. ii. 252, 26. Þyrnenne helm (ðyrnenne bég, Lind., Rush.) spineam coronam, Mk. Skt. 5, 17: Jn. Skt. 19, 5. Þyrnenne cynehelm (sigbég of ðornum, Lind., Rush.) coronant de spinis, 2.
un-gemyndig
Unmindful ⬩ forgetful
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Hí wurdon ðæs treówes ungemyndige, ac God wæs his gemyndig, Homl. Th. ii. 146, 2
dæges
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Ymb his ǽ smeágende dæges and nihtes, Ps. Th. 1, 2: Bl. H. 47, 11. Hí fóron ánstrecces dæges and nihtes they marched day and night without stopping, Chr. 894; P. 88, 5: 1066; P. 196, 30. Ægðer ge dæges ge nihtes, Bt. 35, 6; F. 168, 7