ge-staþelian
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For mínra yldrena sáwlan ðe ðone bisceopstól gestaþeloden (statuerunt), iv. 197, 14. Nǽfre syðþan heó (London) gestaþeled (-stabeled, MS.) wæs, Chr. 1077; P. 213, II. <b>III a.
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ge-wendan
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Gewoende ðona secessit, 22: 4, 12. Gewend tógeánes Amalek, Hml. S. 13, 7. Gif hwá of fyrde gewende, Ll. Th. i. 310, 28. Þæt hé gewende wið Iulianes. Hml. Th. i. 450, 32. Beád mann ꝥ ǽlc mann þe feor wǽre forð gewende, Chr. 1016; P. 147, 6.
hider
to this world ⬩ to this life ⬩ in this world ⬩ to this point ⬩ hither and thither ⬩ to and fro
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C. 64. motion implied: Hafað him geþinged hider þeóden úser on þám mǽstan dæge, Dóm. 5. in this world.
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wann
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Da wonnan lividas, 53, 1. blue-black, livid Ðonne se dǽl ðæs líchoman, sié gewended blæc oþþe won oþþe swilces hwæt, Lchdm. ii. 82, 12. Gif ðæt blód swíðe reád sié oþþe won, 254, 10.
wyn-sum
winsome ⬩ agreeable ⬩ pleasant ⬩ pleasant ⬩ joyous
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Eal innanweard wæs ǽnlícra and wynsumra, ðonne hit mæge stefn áreccan, se stenc and se swég, 181, 18; Gú. 1295. 'Is ðis winsum spell ðæt ðú nú segst.' Ðá cwæþ hé: 'Nis nán wuht winsumre ðonne ðæt þing ðæt ðis spell ymbe is,' Bt. 34, 5; Fox 140, 11.
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ge-swencan
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H. 233, 26. (1 a) where the distress is disciplinary :-- Ðonne ðæt flǽsc bið gesuenced ðurh færhæfdnesse cum per abstinentiam caro fatigatur, Past. 87, 24.
swilce
in like manner, also, as well, too ⬩ so, in such manner, in a manner already described ⬩ as, like ⬩ as if ⬩ with words denoting measure, about
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Th. 6, 7; Cri. 80. as, like Ðonne ic wæs mid ludéum ic wæs swelce hié, Past. 16; Swt. 100, 7. Ne beó gé swylce líceteras non eritis sicut hypocritae, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 5.
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meaht
- Ps, Th. 70, 18
Might ⬩ power ⬩ virtue ⬩ ability ⬩ an exercise of power ⬩ mighty work
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Gif hǽto oððe meht ne wyrne lǽt him blód if heat, or his ability to bear it do not forbid, let him blood, L. M. 2, 42; Lchdm. ii. 254, 4. Miht is Drihtnes potestas Dei est, Ps. Th. 61, 12. Meahte opis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 26: potentatus, 77, 78.
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færeld
going ⬩ walking ⬩ a going ⬩ course ⬩ journey ⬩ a way ⬩ road ⬩ the run ⬩ carriage ⬩ vehicle ⬩ a train ⬩ retinue ⬩ course ⬩ proceeding
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Hé bebeád þæt nán crísten mon ne cóme on his hiérede ne on his færelte omnes Christianos e palatio suo jussit expelli, 6, 30; S. 282, 29. of conduct, course, way of life, proceeding Ic ǽlcum sylle æfter his færelde do unicuique juxta viam suam (Jer.
ENGEL
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Máran cýððe habbaþ englas to Gode ðonne men angels are more like God than men. Homl. Th. i. 10, 3. Englas bláwaþ býman angels shall blow the trumpet, Exon. 20b; Th. 55, 9; Cri. 881: 14a; Th. 28, 17; Cri. 448.
for-gildan
To pay for ⬩ make good ⬩ repay ⬩ requite ⬩ recompense ⬩ reward ⬩ reddĕre ⬩ exsolvĕre ⬩ compensāre ⬩ retrĭbuĕre
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Gif ðú gód dést, hit biþ ðé mid góde forgolden; gif ðú ðonne yfel dést, hit biþ ðé mid yfele forgolden if thou doest good, it shall be repaid thee with good; but if thou doest evil, it shall be repaid thee with evil, Gen. 4, 7: Cd. 35; Th. 47, 6; Gen.
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hrýman
To call ⬩ cry out ⬩ to cry out ⬩ boast ⬩ exult ⬩ lament ⬩ murmur
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Gif feorrancumen man oððe fræmde búton wege gange and hé ðonne náwðer ne hrýme ne he horn ne bláwe if a man from a distance or a stranger go off the high road and then neither call out nor blow a horn, L.
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ídel-ness
Idleness ⬩ vanity ⬩ frivolity ⬩ uselessness ⬩ futility ⬩ emptiness ⬩ falseness
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Ðonne hí mid fulle gesceáde ongietaþ ðæt ðæt wæs leás and ídelnes ðæt hí ǽr heóldon cum certo judicio deprehenderint falsa se vacue tenuisse, Past. 58, 1; Swt. 441, 19. Sebastianus cwæþ ðis is swutol gedwyld and leás ýdelnyss, Homl. Skt. 5, 274.
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sirwan
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in a good sense, to plan, devise, use art in doing something Hé ( the Creator ) serede and sette eorþan dǽlas, Cd. Th. 265, 29 ; Sat. 15. in a bad sense, trans.
streón
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Geþencaþ hwelc ðǽs flǽsclícan gód sién and ða gesǽlþa ðe géungemetlíce wilniaþ ðonne mágon gé ongeotan ðæt ð æs líchoman fæger and his streón mágon (strengo mæg Cott.
þeówet
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Of þeówetes húse de domo servitutis, Deut. 6, 12. Þeówettes, 13, 10. Se synfulla ðeówaþ ðam wyrstan ðeówte the sinner is a slave to the worst slavery, Homl. Th. ii. 228, 10. Of þeówete út álǽdan de servitute eruere, Ex. 6, 6. Þeówette, Deut. 5, 6.
ge-ortríwan
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D. 261, 18-22. not to trust in something Sý þú nǽfre swá synful þæt þú ǽfre geortrýwe on Godes mildheortnysse, Angl. xii. 517, 26. not to trust to a person (dat.) for doing something (clause) Ne geortriéwe (-trúwige, Bos. 48, 45) ic ná Gode þæt hé ús
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samnian
to collect, assemble, bring together, gather ⬩ to draw together, join, unite ⬩ to get materials together for a poem to compose ⬩ to collect, assemble, come together ⬩ to draw together, join, unite ⬩ to glean
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Th. 191, 19 ; Exod. 217. to draw together, join, unite Ðonne samnaþ hió ða wunde and hǽlþ, Lchdm. ii. 22, 11. to get materials together for a poem to compose Ic ðysne sang fand samnode wíde I was author of this poem, gathered its matter far and wide
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wǽt
wet, moist, damp, consisting of moisture ⬩ wet, moist, having moisture ⬩ wet, rainy
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Eal ða wǽtan þing and ða smerewigan sint tó forbeódanne, 210, 27: 246, 3. referring to the humours or juices of bodies –Ðonne sió wamb swíðe wǽtre gecyndo biþ, ne þrowaþ seó þurst ne hefignesse metta, and gefihð wǽtum mettum Lchdm. ii. 220, 19-21.
hladan
to heap, ⬩ pile up, ⬩ build, ⬩ place, ⬩ lade, ⬩ load, ⬩ freight ⬩ to lade, ⬩ draw [water]; ⬩ haurire
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Hlade ðonne mid ðære ylcan hand ðæs wæteres múþ fulne let him then take up with the same hand a mouthful of the water, Lchdm. iii. 68, 15; 74, 16. Wæter tó hladanne ad hauriendam aquam, Ex. 2, 16.