be-sorg
Anxious ⬩ careful
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Ne sý nán ðing swá besorh þæt hé his tídsang fore forlǽte let him not care about anything so much, that he neglects his service for it, R. Ben. 68, 5.
bet
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Hwæt bið þǽm gítsere on his móde þe bet (cf. hwelc fremu byþ þám gítsere, Bt. 26, 3; F. 94, 12) þeáh hé micel áge, Met. 14, 2. with other verbs Búton hé hine geládige ꝥ hé ná bet ne cúðe, Ll.
fót-swæþ
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Hé ástrehte hine tó Ióhannes fótswaðum, Hml. Th. i. 68, 14. Ic sceolde his fótswaðum fylian, 382, 18. Ǽghwylce yfele fótswaðu him ongeán cumende hé forbúgeþ, ge for ðon se yfela man hyne forcyrreþ oððe him onbúgeþ, Lch. i. 318, 22. fem.
ge-offrian
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Ox. 40, 30. to devote to the service of a divinity. the object a thing Hé wurðlic lác geoffrode tó úres Drihtenes byrgene, ꝥ wæs án gylden calic, Chr. 1058; P. 189, 19. Hé geoffrode his lác þám almihtigan Gode, Hml.
sárgian
to make sad (sárig), to grieve (trans.),afflict, wound ⬩ to be or become sad, to grieve (intrans.), languish
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.), languish Hé sárgaþ ðæs he is grieved at it, Past. 33; Swt. 227, 21. Se bisceop hefiglíce sárgode be ðam fylle and mínre forwyrde episcopus gravissime de casu et interitu meo dolebat, Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 32.
ádl
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Hé læg on ádle, Cht. E. 255, 2. Hé gehǽlde ðone cnapan fram ðǽre mycelan ádle (hreófan ádle, l. 7) morbo elephantino, Gr. D. 157, 1. Ádle and wóle luem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 3. Hé ðæt ádl gestilde, Hml. Th. ii. 150, 11. Ádla clades, Wrt.
æfstigian
to envy, be envious of ⬩ to took with envy or ill will on, have envy towards
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D. 99, 7. with prep. to took with envy or ill will on, have envy towards Ðes iunga man ne æfestigað on nánum ðingum ðe hé hór gesihð, Ap. Th. 14, 25. Se áwyrgda gást æfestgaþ on ðá ðe hé gesyhþ tó Gode higian, Bl. H. 29, 21.
heard-heort
Hard-hearted, stiff-necked
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Hard-hearted, stiff-necked Heardheort biþ se mann ðe nele þurh lufe óðrum fremigan ðǽr ðǽr hé mæg that man is hard of heart who will not from love benefit others when he can, Homl. Th. i. 252, 19.
hord-gestreón
Hoarded, accumulated wealth, that which has been acquired and now forms a 'hord'
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Ne mót hé hionane lǽdan of ðisse worulde wuhte ðon máre hordgestreóna ðonne hé hider brohte, Bt. Met. Fox 14, 21; Met. 14, 11: Beo. Th. 6175; B. 3092.
ofer-wyrcan
to cover by working, to work a covering over something, to overlay
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Hé wæs bebyrged and oferworht syððan ( a tomb was erected Homl. Skt. i. 21, 19
ge-acsian
To find out by asking ⬩ discover ⬩ learn ⬩ hear ⬩ resciscĕre ⬩ discĕre ⬩ agnoscĕre ⬩ audīre
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Gif hine mon geacsige if he be discovered, L. In. 39; Th. i. 126, 9, MS. B
niþer-líc
low ⬩ low ⬩ humble ⬩ inferior
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Gé sécaþ ðære heán gecynde gesǽlþa tó ðám niþerlícum and tó ðám hreósendlícum þingum, Bt. 14, 2; Fox 44, 30 : Homl. Th. ii. 522, 30
firlen
at a distance
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On fyrlenum at a distance: Onðǽre hwíle þe hé on fyrlenum wæs, Hml. S. 6, 47. On fyrlenum wunigende, 35, 26
æfter-weard
later, latter ⬩ being behind (?), absent ⬩ After
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, absent Ðeáh ðe hé lícumlíce ðǽr æfterweard (æfweard, v. l.) wǽre quamvis corporaliter absens, Bd. 3, 15; Sch. 264, 6. adv. prep. After Hí urnon ealle him æfterweard, Hml. S. 31, 995.
wer
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Gif wylisc mon hæbbe híde londes, his wer bið. cxx. sciłł.; gif hé hæbbe healfe, .lxxx. sciłł.; gif hé nǽnig hæbbe, .lx. scillinga, L. In. 32; Th. i. 122, 9 (cf. Wealh, gif hé hafaþ fíf hýda, hé bið syxhynde, 24; Th. i. 118, 10.
se
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Nis nán tó ðæs lytel ǽwelm, ðæt hé ða sǽ ne geséce, Bt. 24, 1; Fox 80, 24. Hé him ðæs leán forgeald tó ðæs ðe hé in ræste geseah Grendel lícgan he gave him reward for that so, or to such a degree, that he saw Grendel lie dead, Beo.
folgoþ
that which follows ⬩ A train ⬩ retinue ⬩ id quod sĕquĭtur ⬩ cŏmĭtātus ⬩ service of a follower ⬩ A service ⬩ office ⬩ official dignity ⬩ cŏmĭtis servĭtus ⬩ ministĕrium ⬩ offĭcium ⬩ præpŏsĭtūra ⬩ condition of life ⬩ condĭtio vltæ
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He folgode Iuliane, and he on ðam folgoþe ealle fúlnysse forbeáh, lybbende swá swá munuc he followed Julian, and in that service he avoided all foulness, living as a monk, Homl. Th. ii. 500, 12.
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hálsian
To beseech, entreat, implore, adjure, conjure, exorcise ⬩ augurari ⬩ to salute, greet
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Hé ðone unlybban on Godes naman hálsode he exorcised the poison, Homl. Th. i. 72, 24. For ðam ðe hé hálsode Israhéla bearn for he had strictly sworn the children of Israel, Ex. 13, 19. Hé hie heálsade he entreated them, Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 178, 14: Beo.
ge-þeón
To grow ⬩ grow up ⬩ increase ⬩ thrive ⬩ flourish ⬩ prosper ⬩ crescĕre ⬩ profĭcĕre ⬩ vĭgēre
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Se ðe for wísdóme wende to Scottum ðæt he ælþeódig on láre geþuge who for the sake of wisdom had gone to Scotland that in a foreign land he might increase in learning, Homl. Th. ii. 148, 19. Ðá ðá he geþogen wæs when he was grown up, 38, 9: L. Ælf.
wed
a pledge, what is given as security ⬩ a pledge, what is given as security ⬩ a pledge, solemn promise, engagement, covenant, compact
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Hé mé ða bóc ágeaf swá hé mé on ðon wedde ǽr geseald hæfde then I said that I would help him on condition that he would make a grant of the land to me, awd he engaged to do that . .