láf
remnant ⬩ remains ⬩ relic ⬩ remainder ⬩ rest ⬩ lave ⬩ legacy ⬩ heirloom ⬩ a relict ⬩ widow
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Ðǽr wæs ungemetlíc wæl geslægen and sió láf wið ðone here friþ nam there was immense slaughter, and those who were left made peace with the Danes, Chr. 867; Erl. 72, 17: 894; Erl. 93, 1.
eorþe
the ground ⬩ soil ⬩ land ⬩ earth ⬩ the earth ⬩ a land ⬩ country ⬩ soil ⬩ mould ⬩ dust
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H. 243, 35. one of the four elements Ðeáh þú ealle gesceafta áne naman genemde, ealle þú nemdest tógædere and héte woruld; and þeáh ðone ánne noman ðú tódǽldest on feówer gesceafta; án þǽra is eorþe, oþer wæter, þridde lyft, feówrþe fýr, Bt. 33, 4; F
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ídel
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, 111, 35. idle, doing nothing Hwý sceal ǽnig monn bión ídel ꝥ hé ne weorce ?, Bt. 41, 3; F. 248, 24
ge-féra
a companion, associate ⬩ an associate in work, partner, assistant ⬩ an associate in office, a colleague :-- ⬩ an associate in the execution of a plan, a confederate ⬩ one of a society or profession ⬩ one of the clergy :-- ⬩ a comrade, brother in arms:-- ⬩ a fellow-servant :-- ⬩ an associate from local connexion, a fellow-citizen, neighbour ⬩ one that has the same condition or experience as another, a companion in, sharer ⬩ a consort ⬩ a follower, adherent, one of a retinue
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Sé þe freóndleásan and feorrancumenan wyrsan dóm démeð þonne his geféran, hé dereð him sylfum, 398, I. Þ hé sié his geférum his geférena weorþost reverendi civibus suis esse nituntur. Bt. 24, 2 ; F. 82, 6. Gif hwá nylle rídan mid his geférum, Ll.
ge-myndig
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Gemyndig ymb þæt mǽre treó, El. 213. absolute Rincas rǽdfæste . . . á fricgende . . . á gemyndge mǽst monna wiston, Sch. 16. mindful of and doing what is fit Se hálga ongan ára gemyndig sprecan fægre, Gen. 1899.
wíd
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Wite ðú hú wíd and síd helheoðo dreórig, and mid hondum ámet, 308, 29; Sat. 699, Is ðár on ðære myclan ciricean geworht emb ða lástas útan, hwéne wíddre ðonne byden, fæt up óþ mannes breóst heáh. Blickl.
wist
subsistence ⬩ sustenance ⬩ food ⬩ provisions ⬩ dainty food ⬩ a feast ⬩ eating ⬩ feasting
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Ðonne ðú dést wist oððe feorme cum facis prandium aut caenam, Lk. Skt. 14, 12. Æt hám findaþ witode him wiste and blisse, Exon. Th. 430, 14; Rä. 44, 8. Wista dapes, Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 63. Hwǽr beóþ ðonne his welan and his wista? Blickl. Homl. 111, 33.
fundian
to go with the object of reaching a person or place ⬩ direct one's course to ⬩ giving purpose ⬩ to move so as to reach a point ⬩ to strive to attain an end or object
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Hí woldon cuman tó sumere þára stówa ðe hí ðonne tó fundiaþ, Bt. 34, 7; F. 144, 10. Férde sum ridda . . . and hit lǽdde forð mid him þǽr hé fundode tó, Hml. S. 26, 224.
L
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This change does not occur to the same extent in the earlier specimens, and seems not to occur at all in the Northumbrian dialect, or in the kindred languages.
milts
mildness ⬩ kindness ⬩ favour ⬩ mercy ⬩ meekness ⬩ humility ⬩ joy
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Ðonne wurþe ús eallum Godes milts ðé gearuwre, L. C. E. 19; Th. i. 372, 5: L. C. S. 85; Th. i. 424, 23: Past. 44; Swt. 325, 13. Biþ ðǽr seó miccle milts áfyrred ... ðæs Ælmihtigan, Exon. 28 a; Th. 84, 10; Cri. 1371.
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teón
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Nalæs hí hine læssan lácum teódan ðonne ða dydon ðe hine æt frumsceafte forð onsendon, Beo. Th. 86; B. 43
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bismer
infamy ⬩ shame ⬩ disgrace ⬩ ignominy ⬩ humiliation ⬩ scorn ⬩ contumely ⬩ insult ⬩ blasphemy
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Tóeácan þǽm bismrum þe hé dónde wæs, hé hét onbærnan Rómeburg, Ors. 6, 5; S. 260, 29. disgrace, ignominy, humiliation Hwæþer ... hé hié ácwealde, þe hié libbende tó bismre gerénian héte.
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ge-tácnung
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Th. ii. 290, 11. þæt getel ðǽra fixa hæfð máran getácnunge ðonne gé understandan magon the number of the fishes represents figuratively more than you can understand, 292, 3. þú ú Getácnunge typum, i. figuram, An. Ox. 213: 5136.
gremian
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Ðonne hié mon gremeð cum gravantur, Past. 218, 14. Gif gé nellað forgyfan þám ðe eów gremiað ( si non dimiseritis hominibus peccata eorum, Mt. 6, 15), Hml. Th. i. 266, 32
ælmesse
alms, what is given in charity ⬩ a charitable action ⬩ an offering
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And wé lǽrað ðæt preóstas sealmas singan ðonne hí ðá ælmessan dǽlan, Ll. Th. ii. 256, 7-11. Ic ðás elmessan gesette ob mínem erfelande, Cht. Th. 475, 26. Hwæt sceoldon ðé úre ælmessan? Wlfst. 240, 15. 'Forgyfað, and eów bið forgyfen.
costnung
A temptation ⬩ trying ⬩ trial ⬩ tribulation ⬩ tentatio ⬩ probatio ⬩ tribulatio
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Hí on costunge cleopedan to Drihtne clamaverunt ad Dominum cum tribularentur 106, 12, 18, 27; 117, 5; 142, 12 Ðonne me costunge cnysedon in die tribulationis meæ Ps. Th. 58, 17; 65, 13 Me costunga cnysdan tribulatio et angustia invenerunt me Ps.
síþ
Late ⬩ after some time ⬩ later ⬩ afterwards ⬩ postmodum ⬩ After ⬩ After
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Th. 199, 10; Exod. 336. later, afterwards; postmodum Ǽrest hí sculon ongietan ðæt hí fleón ðæt ðæt hí lufiaþ ðonne mágon hí síþ iéðelíce ongietan ðæt ðæt is tó lufianne ðæt hí ǽr flugon prius videant fugienda, quae amant, et sine difficultate postmodum
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ende
a region ⬩ quarter ⬩ side ⬩ quarter ⬩ part ⬩ proportion ⬩ death ⬩ end ⬩ finished ⬩ issue ⬩ event ⬩ goal ⬩ ultimately ⬩ always ⬩ ultimately ⬩ continuously ⬩ consecutively ⬩ kind ⬩ sort
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Þus þá æðelingas ende gesealdon thus those noble ones made end, Ap. 85. issue, event Hé in eóde þæt hé gesáwe ðone ende, Mt. 26, 58.
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on
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Th. i. 388, 23. (15) :-- Sélre him is ǽfre of folgoðe ðonne on, Angl. ix. 260, 30. <b>B. I.</b> 3 (both acc. and dat..
swilc
where the word points to what has been already described ⬩ such ⬩ the like, the same ⬩ such . . . as ⬩ such as ⬩ so (as) much, so (as) many
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Th. 6309; B. 3165. containing both antecedent and relative, such as Ðonne ic wæs mid ludéum, ic wæs swelc hié, Past. 16; Swt. 101, 6. Gestreón swilc ðǽr funden wæs, Cd. Th. 220, 5; Dan. 66.