gung
Young, youthful ⬩ jŭvĕnis, adolescens
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Young, youthful; jŭvĕnis, adolescens Ic eom gungre yldo adolescentior sum, Bd. 4, 25; S. 600, 3. Hí ofslógon ǽnne gungne Brytiscne man they slew a young Briton, Chr. 501; Erl. 15, 16
riht-hǽmed
Legitimate matrimony
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geþeóded postea in matrimonio jungatur, L. Ecg. C. 19; Th. ii. 146, 2
óhsta
The arm-pit, oxter
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The arm-pit, oxter (in northern dialects, e. g. Yorkshire, Cumberland, Scotland) Óhsta ascella, Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 5. Ócusta, Ep. Gl. 2 b, 19. Óxtan ascilla, Wrt. Voc. - i. 283, 9
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Lǽden
Latin ⬩ speech ⬩ language
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is beatus i.e. happy; another Latin word for fatuus is stultus i.e. foolish, Ælfc.
lange
Long ⬩ a long time ⬩ far
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Hwæt mæg ic leng dón ultra quid faciam? Gen. 27, 37. Hwider mæg ic nú leng fleón quo enim nunc fuciam? Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 27. Swaðer uncer leng wǽre [lifede, 38] which of us two lived the longer, Chart. Th. 485, 29.
ge-brúcan
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Gebro[cen] fretus, i. functus, An. Ox. 2042. [Swá ibrúce ic mine rice, ne scule gié mine mete ibite, O. E. Hml. i. 233, 3. O. H. Ger. ge-brúhan uti, fungi
ofer-hírness
Disobedience, disregard, neglect, contempt ⬩ disregard, disobedience
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Ne quis pecuniam puram et recte appendentem sonet, monetetur in quocunque portu monetetur, in regno meo, super overhyrnessam meam, L. Eth. iv. 6; Th. i. 302, 15.
be-fón
to seize ⬩ catch ⬩ take, ⬩ to seize ⬩ take forcible possession of ⬩ to seize a criminal ⬩ lost property ⬩ to catch ⬩ get to see a person ⬩ to get ⬩ attain to ⬩ to surround ⬩ encompass ⬩ to enclose, ⬩ to serve as a covering for ⬩ contain ⬩ to put into a covering ⬩ to encircle, ⬩ to lie round ⬩ to place round ⬩ to include ⬩ contain ⬩ comprise ⬩ to surround with words ⬩ furnish with a commentary ⬩ to have to do with an object ⬩ to engage in an occupation ⬩ get involved in an action
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Th. i. 118, 13. Sé geypte déman þæt Tiburtius wæs crísten, and hé wæs befangen, Shrn. 116, 24. ¶ to take in the act:-- In dernelegerscip befóen in adulterio deprehensam, Jn.
blis
BLISS, joy, gladness, exultation, pleasure ⬩ lætitia, gaudium, exultatio, beatitas ⬩ friendship, kindness, benevolence, grace ⬩ comitas, benignitas, benevolentia, gratia
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On heofonum is singal blis in heaven is eternal bliss, Rood Kmbl. 280; Kr. 141: Exon. 18 b; Th. 47, 5; Cri. 750: 48 b; Th. 167, 5; Gú. 1055.
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dæftan
To make conveniant or ready, put in order ⬩ apparare, sternere
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To make conveniant or ready, put in order; apparare, sternere Ðæt he sceolde gearcian anddæftan his weg [MS. weig] that he might prepare and make ready his way, Homl. Th. i. 362, 8. Menn dæftaþ heora hús men put their houses in order, ii. 316, 7.
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seám-penig
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Cf. statio sive inoneratio plaustrorum mentioned in connection with salis coctiones, 125, 31. v. Kemble's Saxons in England, ii. 329
á-holian
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Add: to hollow out ꝥ stánclif hwæthwega áholiað rupem in modico cavae, Gr. D. 113, 5. Áholad anaglifa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 68. Ágrafene oððe áholede, 4, 55. Áholad exesum, 144, 76.
brord
a point
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Voc. i. 288, 74: pun(c)tus, ii. 68, 53. a spire of grass or corn þý lǽs þá ofþinenan corn in brord gehwyrfden (should sprout), Hml. A. 204, 320. Brordas clumula (spicarum glumula, Ald. 23, 10), Wrt. Voc. ii. 77,51
horig
Foul, dirty, defiled ⬩ unclean ⬩ lutulentus, cenosus
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Foul, dirty, defiled Swá hit gedafenlíc is ðæt his reáf ne beó horig so is it proper that his vestment be not foul, L. Ælfc. C. 22 : Th. i. 350, 21. Næs his reáf horig, Homl. Th. i. 456, 20. Mid horium reáfe, 528, 24. Mid horhgum scicelse, Th.
án-rǽdnes
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Fortitudo, ꝥ is strængð oððe ánrédnyss, Hml. S. 1, 165. Instantia boni operis, ꝥ is ánrǽdnyss gódes weorces, 16, 357. Óþer is módignyss, óþer is ánrǽdnyss pride is one thing, constancy another, 34, 325.
ceorl
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</b> where ceorl is in contrast with eorl :-- Eóde ánrǽd eorl tó þám ceorle, By. 132. Cuð þeódum gewelhwǽr, ceorlum and eorlum, Men. 31. <b>II b.
ge-wegan
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Add to bear, have a feeling, v. wegan; 3 Hé wynne gewigeð, Reim. 76. to weigh. to weigh in a balance, measure by weight In swá hwelce giwége giwegen gí bióðon eft giwegen bið iów in qua mensura mensi fueritis remetietur uobis, Mk.
ge-hýdan
to hide ⬩ conceal ⬩ condĕre ⬩ abscondĕre ⬩ to watch ⬩ guard ⬩ heed ⬩ observāre ⬩ to bring into safety ⬩ make firm ⬩ fasten ⬩ allĭgāre
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to hide, conceal; condĕre, abscondĕre He hit gehýt and gehelt it hides and preserves it, Bt. 39, 8; Fox 224, 11 : 39, 13; Fox 234, 19.
wesan
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Ic hine cúðe cniht wesende, 750; B. 372. with a predicative adjective or participle Hé edgeong weseþ, Exon. Th. 224, 10 ; Ph. 373. Ðú ðé wǽre reód, and ic mé wæs blác; ðú wǽre glæd, and ic mé wæs unrót, L. E. I. proem. ; Th. ii. 398, 14.
Linked entries: cniht-wesende æt-eom a-weosung eom weosan fóre-wesan
ge-tácnian
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Voc. ii. 131, 58. On þǽre stówe wæs getácnod swilce fordrúwod burna in the place were marks as of a dried-up burn, Hml.