módig
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Drihten hét ús beón eádmóde ꝥ wé tó heofonum becómon, for ðan þe þá módigan ne magon tó heofonum, Hml. S. 16, 129. <b>III a.
rúm-mód
liberal ⬩ profuse ⬩ benignant, gracious, kind
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Th. 106, 30; Gú. 49. too liberal, profuse :-- Swá ða rúmmódan fæsthafolnesse lǽren swá hí ða uncystegan on yfelre hneáwnesse ne gebrengen sic prodigis praedicetur parcitas, ut tamen tenacibus periturarum rerum custodia non augeatur, Past. 60; Swt. 453
sǽtian
To lie in wait for, waylay
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To lie in wait for, waylay (with gen. ) Forðam hé hine ne meahte mid openlícum gefeohte ofersuíðan sǽtaþ ðonne diógollíce and sécþ hú hé hine mǽge gefón quia enim publico bello perdidit, ad exercendas occulte insidias exardescit, Past. 33, 7; Swt. 227
wǽcan
To weaken ⬩ afflict ⬩ oppress
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Ðý læs his yrre ús yrmþum swence and wǽce ne ejus ira nos damnis affligat, 4, 25; S. 601, 40. Scealt ðú ðínne líchaman þurh forhæfdnysse wǽccan, Guthl. 5; Gdwin. 32, 9.
æg
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Nó ðonne bútan med-mycelne dǽl hláfes and án henne ǽg mid lytle meolc wætere gemengedre hé onféng, Bd. 3, 23; S. 554, 33. Þreó ǽgero, Shrn. 135, 18. Gif hit festendæg sié selle mon fisces and butran and aegera ðaet mon begeotan maege, C.
BRÓGA
A prodigy, monster, trembling, fear, terror, horror, dread ⬩ monstrum, tremor, terror, horror
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Ne con he ðæs brógan dǽl he knoweth not a portion of the terror, Exon. 117 a; Th. 449, 15; Dóm. 71. Ðǽr is brógna [ = brógena] hýhst there is the greatest of terrors, 116 a; Th. 446, 17; Dóm. 23
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hǽðen-gild
Heathen worship, idolatry ⬩ idol
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Tó ðam hǽðengilde bugon they turned to the idol [Baal-peor], Num. 25, 2 : 31, 16.
oflǽte
an oblation, offering ⬩ a sacramental wafer ⬩ a wafer like the sacramental wafer ⬩ a sacramental wafer ⬩ wafer
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Behealde hé ðæt his oflétan ne beón ealdbacene, L. Ælfc. C. 36; Th. ii. 360, 26. Benedictus ásende áne ofelétan, and hét mid ðære mæssian, Homl.
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trymming
strengthening ⬩ confirming ⬩ establishing ⬩ edification ⬩ that which strengthens or supports ⬩ a foundation ⬩ that which edifies
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Nú wylle wé eów secgan sum ðing ðe eów máge tó trymminge that may serve for your edification, Homl. Ass. 26, 50. Tó geleáfan trymminge for the confirmation of belief, 5, 111. Trimminge, Ælfc. T.
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þæcele
A torch ⬩ light
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Ða fýr feóllon on ða eorþan swelce byrnende þecelle vise nubes ardentes de celo tanquam faces decidere, Nar. 23, 26 : 14, 15. Stód se leóma him of swylce fýren ðecelle (þecele, Bd.
átor
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Þú swylst mid átre ácweald morieris veneno, Nar. 31, 28. Wyrtdrenc wið átre theriaca, Wrt. Voc. ii. 77, 4. Áttre, i. 20, 20. Áttre gemǽled lita, ii. 52, 69.
batian
to get better
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Ne mæg him se líchoma batian, 206, 10. Gif hit nelle for þisum lǽcedóme batian, 354, 9.
sprǽc
Speech. ⬩ speech, talking ⬩ speech, the faculty of speaking ⬩ skilful speech, speaking with art, eloquence ⬩ what is said, a speech, saying, collection of words ⬩ speech, language, talk, discourse, words ⬩ a speech, language ⬩ speech, e.g. to have speech of or with a person, conversation, consultation, conference, discussion ⬩ a question, case that requires explanation ⬩ a sentence, decision, agreement, terms ⬩ a case, cause, suit, claim ⬩ talk about a person or thing, report, fame ⬩ words denoting places where there is speaking ⬩ lingua, loquela ⬩ colloquium, eloquium, ratio, judicium, consilium, senatus
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Gesmeád sprǽc sermo commentitius, i. 55, 25. speech, talking Ne sý ðǽr nán óðer spǽc inne, buton ðæt hig biddan God ..., L. Ath. iv. 7;Th. i. 226, 29. Ðæt hí sín gehýrede on hyra menigfealdan spǽce (sprǽce, MS. A.: spréc, Lind.
ETAN
EAT, consume, devour ⬩ ĕdĕre, cŏmĕdĕre, mandūcāre, vescĕre
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Ðæt gé ne ǽton ut non cŏmĕdĕrētis, 3, 1. 3
fundian
To endeavour to find ⬩ tend to ⬩ aspire to ⬩ strive ⬩ go forward ⬩ hasten ⬩ intend ⬩ desire ⬩ nīti ⬩ tendĕre ⬩ intendĕre ⬩ propĕrāre
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Nú ðú móst feran ðider ðú fundadest now thou mayest go whither thou desiredst, Exon. 32 b; Th. 102, 12; Cri. 1671. Fundode wrecca of geardum the stranger hastened from the dwellings, Beo. Th. 2279; B. 1137.
hruse
The earth ⬩ ground
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Ne gelýfdon ðætte líffruma in monnes hiw from hrusan áhafen wurde did not believe that the author of life had been raised from the ground in the form of a man, Exon. 17 b; Th. 41, 19; Cri. 658. Ne hreósaþ hí tó hrusan non est ruina maceriæ, Ps.
leód
A people ⬩ nation ⬩ race ⬩ country
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Úres hláfordes gerǽdnes is ðæt man cristene menn of earde ne sylle ne húru on hǽðene leóde our lord's ordinance is, that Christian men be not sold out of the land, certainly not into a heathen country [or leóde = men, preceding word], L.
senatus
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Ne mehten ða senatus nǽnne consul under him findan, 4, 10; Swt. 196, 7 — 10. Búton his ágnum fultume and búton ðara senatuses, 5, 12; Swt. 242, 1. Hé forneáh nánne ðara senatusa ne lét cucne plurimos senatorum ad mortem coegit, 6, 2 ; Swt. 256, 1.
ge-sceppan
To form, create ⬩ formare, disponere, creare
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Nǽron náwðer ne on Fresisc gescæpene ne on Denisc they were formed neither, on a Frisian nor on a Danish model, Chr. 897; Erl. 95, 15. Ðá ðá híg wǽron gesceopene when they were created, Gen. 2, 4.
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car-ful
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Hé sylf ǽlce tíd getácnige, oðþe swylcum carefullan bréðer þá gýmene betǽce, þe náne tíd ne forgýmeleásige, R. Ben. 72, 12. Undernimað ðǽra apostola word mid carfullum móde, Hml.