máþum
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'On Godes ðearfum ic hí áspende, and hí sind ðá écan mádmas ðe nǽfre ne beóð gewanode,' i. 422, 11-34. Hé hí hét gán intó his mádmum iussit eam introire ubi repositi erant thesauri eius, Hml. A. 110, 266. Add
þicgan
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and þiged. to take, receive, accept Hé him brád syleþ load tó leáne, hé hit on lust þigeþ, Exon. Th. 331, 31; Vy. 76. Hié ða lác þégon tó þance, Andr. Kmbl. 2225; An. 1114. Ðeáh hé máðmas þége, Elen. Kmbl. 2516; El. 1259. Ðæt hý beágas þégon, Exon.
Linked entry: ge-þicgan
late
Slowly ⬩ late ⬩ at length ⬩ at last
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Hú late hí on ðysne middangeard ácennede wurdon and hú raþe hí him eft of gewítan sceolan, Blickl. Homl. 59, 23. Late on geáre late in the year, Chr. 867; Erl. 72, 11. Late mylt gǽten flǽsc goat's flesh digests slowly, L.
on-ǽlan
to set fire to, to ignite, kindle ⬩ to burn (cf. anneal), consume by burning ⬩ to make hot with fire ⬩ to make hot (in a metaphorical sense), to inflame, to excite intense feeling, to kindle passions
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Skt. i. 4, 260. to make hot with fire Hé hét onǽlan ðone ofen swíðe þearle, Homl.
un-wynsum
Unpleasant
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Hé hine gegyrede mid hǽrenum hrægle swíþe heardum and unwinsumum, Blickl. Homl. 221, 24
feolan
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Nú mé fealh on móde it has come into my mind, Gr. D. 17, 32. Hé hét rǽdan oð ðæt hé fulge on slǽpe he bade them read till he could get to sleep, Hml. A. 98, 211.
lóc
look ⬩ see ⬩ however
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Þreá hig lóca hú ðú wylle punish her, look you, as you will, Gen. 16, 6. Ðú hæfst ðæt feoh mid ðé, gefada embe, lóca, hú ðú wylle, Homl. Skt. 3, 285 : 4, 262. Hí férdon lóc [MSS.
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ymb-trymian
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Add Ne sceal hé his ágene weorc mid deádum fellum ymbtrymman, Hml. Th. ii. 532, 32
be-reccan
to relate ⬩ recount ⬩ explain ⬩ narrare ⬩ exponere ⬩ to explain one's conduct ⬩ justify one's self ⬩ se excusare ⬩ se purgare ⬩ accusatorum criminibus respondere
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C. bereccean] mǽgen they always seek endless excuses, how they may justify themselves, Past. 35, 2; Hat. MS. 45 a, 19. Him wæs lýfnesse seald ðæt he him móste scyldan and besecgan [MS.
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ge-þýdan
To join ⬩ associate ⬩ sŏciāre
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He wæs Gúþláce neáh geþýded he was nearly associated to Guthlac, 47 a; Th. 162, 6; Gú. 971
Linked entry: ge-þeódan
be-rǽdan
to dispossess ⬩ betray
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Ðá Iudéiscan syrwiað and rúniað hú hí þé (Jesus) berǽdan magon, Hml. S. 24, 100. Hú hé mihte þæt manncynn berǽdan quo aditu possit obtinere eos (the people of besieged Bethulia), Hml. A. 109, 239. to consult about (v. N. E.
wundrung
wondering ⬩ wonder ⬩ admiration ⬩ astonishment ⬩ a wonderful sight ⬩ a spectacle
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Eall hé wæs ful wundrunge and wafunge; and eác ða byrig hé geseah eall on óþre wísan gewend, on óþre heó ǽr wæs, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 509. Heó mid wundrunge wearð befangen, 2, 251.
lufian
To love
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Hé ágsode hý, hwá wolde on ðære geférrǽdenne beón ðe hé wǽre, and ðæt lufian ðæt hé lufode, L. Edg. 4; Th. i. 162, 6. Hé mé mid syndrige lufan lufode, Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 33. Hú ús wuldres weard wordum and dǽdum lufode in lífe, Andr.
fægere
beautifully ⬩ elegantly ⬩ gently ⬩ fair ⬩ plausibly ⬩ speciously ⬩ impurity ⬩ thoroughly ⬩ nobly ⬩ splendidly ⬩ justly
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Hé swǽslíce sibbe geháteð, fréfreð hí fægre (speaks words of kind comfort), Crl. 1341. Hé ðám folce fægere bodade with kindly words he warned the people, Hml, Th. ii. 140, 10. Hé hí gefréfrode, ðus fægre tihtende, 328, 3.
be-warenian
avoid ⬩ to watch ⬩ guard
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Sýn hý eáþmóde, bewarnian hý wiþ módignesse, R. Ben. 140, 8. with negative clause Hí bewarniaþ hí, ꝥ hi hira mód ne besmítaþ mentem inquinare devitant, Gr.
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ríceter
power ⬩ dominion ⬩ rule ⬩ greatness ⬩ glory ⬩ violence ⬩ force
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Ðam láreówe gedafenaþ ðæt hé hogie hú manegra manna sáwle hé mǽge Gode gestrýnan ... ná hú micel hé mǽge mid his rícetere him tó geteón it behoves the teacher to strive how many men's souls he can gain for God, not how much he can draw to himself by his
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leger-bedd
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Marcellus sǽde ꝥ heó lǽge on paralisin. Þá áxode Títus þone apostol hwí hé geþafode ꝥ heó swá láge on þám legerbedde, þonne hé óðre áléfede ealle gehǽlde, and heó ána læg swá, Hml. S. 10, 237. Add
eal-teaw
Entirely good ⬩ omnīno bŏnus
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Entirely good; omnīno bŏnus Gif he ealteawne ende gedreógeþ if he enjoys a very good end, Cd. Jun. 110, 16; Hy. 2, 13; Hy. Grn. ii. 281, 13
Linked entry: æl-tæw
git
Still ⬩ yet
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He abád ðá git óðre seofon dagas he waited then yet other seven days, Gen. 8, 10. Abraham cwæþ ðá git Abraham said further, 18, 29. He sende to eallum ðám cynegum ðe cuce ðá git wǽron he sent to all the kings that were still alive, Jos. 11, 1: Homl.
hraðe
Quickly ⬩ immediately ⬩ at once ⬩ soon ⬩ forthwith ⬩ straightway
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He wæs Godes bearn swá hraðe swá he mannes bearn wearþ he was the Son of God so soon as he became the Son of man, Homl. Th. ii. 526, 1. Swíðe hræðe repente, Past. 21, 7; Swt. 166, 14.
Linked entry: hræde