wæstm
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Add Hé bæd God geornlíce ꝥ hé þám þegne forgeáfe bearnes wæstm, Hml. S. 33, 18. 6. Add Se cwide hú mon ðæt feoh befæste ðǽm ciépemen ðe hé scolde forð sellan tó wæstme. Past. 379, 8. Add Hé wæs scort on wæstme statura pusillus erat, Hml.
a-fæstnian
To fix ⬩ fasten or make firm ⬩ to strengthen ⬩ fortify ⬩ confirm ⬩ betroth ⬩ espouse ⬩ inscribe ⬩ munire ⬩ firmare ⬩ consignare libris ⬩ infigere
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Hú afæstaod wæs feld-húsa mǽst how that greatest of field-houses was fastened. Cd. 146; Th. 183, 2; Exod. 85: 173; Th. 218, 17; Dan. 40. Ðe he on fíf bócum afæstnode which he inscribed in five books, Hexam. 1; Norm. 2, 18: Deut. 32, 23.
Linked entry: a-festnian
irman
to afflict ⬩ vex
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Hé hæfde him tó gamene hú hé eorþcyningas yrmde and cwelmde he [Nero] made it his sport, how he could vex and torment the kings of this earth, Bt. Met. Fox 9, 94; Met. 9, 47.
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bysmer-specan
blasphemia, specan loqui ⬩ To speak blasphemy, to blaspheme ⬩ blasphemiam loqui, blasphemare
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[ Similar entries bismer, Similar entries bysmer blasphemia, specan loqui] To speak blasphemy, to blaspheme; blasphemiam loqui, blasphemare Ðú bysmerspycst blasphemas, Jn. Bos. 10, 36
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ymb-seón
to behold, look
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to behold, look Ic hine wolde biddan, ðæt hé sweotole ymbsáwe súð, eást and west (cf. behealde hé on feówer healfe his, Bt. 19; Fox 68, 21), hú wídgil sint heofones hwealfe, Met. 10, 5. [For þi oure soile or þou seke umse þe betyme, Alex.
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GILP
Glory ⬩ ostentation ⬩ pride ⬩ boasting ⬩ arrogance ⬩ vain-glory ⬩ haughtiness ⬩ gloria ⬩ ostentatio
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Geþenc be ðám gebyrdum gif hwá ðæs gilpþ hú ídel and hú unnyt se gilp biþ consider birth; if any one boast of that how vain and how useless is the boast, Bt. 30, 1; Fox 108, 20: Cd. 219; Th. 280, 12; Sat. 254: 4; Th. 5, 10; Gen. 69: Blickl.
þrýþ-swíþ
Exceedingly powerful
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Exceedingly powerful Mǽre þeóden unblíðe sæt, þolode ðrýðswýð, þegnsorge dreáh the great prince sat cheerless, he, mighty, suffered, grief for his thanes' loss he endured, Beo. Th. 262; B. 131.
Linked entry: swíþ
hreóh-lic
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Stormy, full of trouble Hú feallendlic and hú lǽnendlic and hú hreóhlic þeós woruld ys, Wlfst. 136, 27. See preceding word
ælmes-full
Liberal with alms, charitable
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Wé gehýrdan secgan be ðám ælmesfullan hú góde sáwle hé hæfð, Hml. A. 166, 61. Ælmysfulle eleemosynis largi, Ll. Th. ii. 224, 27
lof-georn
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Desirous of praise Se ðe wǽre lofgeorn for ídelan weorþscype weorþe se carfull hú hé swýðast mǽge gecwéman his drihtne he that was eager for praise on account of empty honour, let that man be careful how best he may please his Lord, Wulfst. 72, 10.
óþ-healdan
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Ðæt he nǽfre nabbe húsa ðæt he hit (s tolen property) óþhealde. Lch. i. 384, 10
hosp
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Hux, hosp (husp, Hpt. Gl. 524, 30) hironiam, 5201: Wrt. Voc. ii. 116, 80. Hé smeáde hú hé mihte his hosp on þám hálgum gewrecan he considered how he might avenge on the saints the insult he had received, Hml. S. 11, 114.
of-hreósan
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Hé sǽde ꝥ his hús feólle fǽrlíce, swá ꝥ his menn þǽr lágon ofhrorene, 25, 843
smeágan
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Add Sécð ðonne and smeáð hú hé hit áwrecan mæge argumenta ultonis inquirit, Past. 225, 20. with infin. (?) Lác díglum heolstrum smeáde (quamvis auctor inlegritatis virginale) munus clanculis (occultare) latebris deliberaret, An. Ox. 4213
á-spendan
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Hí on heora lustum heora líf áspendað, 17, 240. Áspende hé his feoh on ælmyssum, 14, 14. Hé on swilce weorc áspende his ðing, 31, 68. Þone ofereácan his ǽhta hé áspende on Godes þearfum, Hml. Th. ii. 118, 31.
sirwan
to plan ⬩ devise ⬩ use art in doing something ⬩ To plan ⬩ contrive ⬩ devise ⬩ plot ⬩ attempt with craft ⬩ to lie in wait ⬩ plot ⬩ to lie in wait for ⬩ plot against
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Hí fácen geswipere syredan astute cogitaverunt consilium, 82, 3: Andr. Kmbl. 1220; An. 610. Beó serewede moliretur, machinaretur, Hpt. Gl. 487, 23. with a clause Hé angan sierwan hú hé hiene beswícan mehte.
for-helan
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, Past. 377, 7. with dat. of person from whom something is concealed: Ꝥ hé ðæs hálgan hǽse forhule (-hǽle, v. l.) his hláforde, Hml. S. 21, 81. with clause (and dat. of person) Hé forhæl him ðæt hé hine eft ðreátian wolde, Past. 185, 24
ge-búan
To dwell ⬩ abide ⬩ habĭtāre ⬩ versāri alĭquo lŏco ⬩ To inhabit ⬩ occupy ⬩ inhabĭtāre ⬩ incŏlĕre
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To inhabit, occupy; inhabĭtāre, incŏlĕre Hú hit [ðæt hús] Hring-Dene gebún hæfdon how the Ring-Danes had occupied it [the house], Beo. Th. 235; B. 117.
þider
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Add Ðá hét hé hí bídan on þám eálande, ... and hé ðider heora þearfe forgeaf, Bd. 1. 25; Sch. 53, 2. Hit gebyreð rihtor intó West-Sexan; þyder hý scylan gafol syllan, Ll. Th. i. 356, 19. Add Far nú þider þe (swá hwider swá, v.l. ) þú wille, Gr.
Gota
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Hit gelamp ꝥ him cómon twégen men tó of Gotena þeóde, þá sǽdon ꝥ hí tó Rauennan faran woldon, Gr. D. 66, 3-7. Add