DÚN
A mountain, hill, DOWN ⬩ mons, collis
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Stópon stíðhycgende on ða dúne up the stout-hearted went aloft upon the hill, Elen. Kmbl. 1430; El. 717: Bt. Met. Fox 19, 20; Met. 19, 10: Cd. 228; Th. 307, 21; Sat. 683. Ðec heá duna hérgen high downs praise thee, Exon. 54 b; Th. 193, 6; Az. 117.
DYRNE
close, hidden, secret, obscure ⬩ occultus, secrētus, latens, obscūrus ⬩ dark, deceitful, evil ⬩ tenebrīcōsus, subdŏlus
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Th. 118, 19: 134, 6. dark, deceitful, evil; tenebrīcōsus, subdŏlus Dyrne deófles boda wearp hine on wyrmes líc the devil's dark messenger changed himself into a worm's body, Cd. 24; Th. 31, 24; Gen. 490.
reáf-lác
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Hé wearð reáfere, and on ðæm reáfláce (in the course of his plundering) hé him geteáh tó micelne monfultum, and monege túnas oferhergeade, Ors. 5, 2; Swt. 216, 8. On reáflác in rapinam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 20. Be reáfláce.
scúr
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Weal sceal wiðstondan storma scúrum, Exon. Th. 281, 25; Jul. 651. <b>I a.</b> metaph. a shower of missiles :-- Flána scúras, Judth. Thw. 24, 34; Jud. 221: Elen. Kmbl. 234; El. 117. Hygegár léteþ, scúrum sceóteþ, Exon.
Linked entries: scýr-mǽlum sceór
wésten
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Wéstennes (on wéstenne, v. l. ) weard, Salm. Kmbl. 167 ; Sal. 83. Woesternes exterminii Rtl. 86, 18. Hig cómon tó ðam wéstene ( in solitudine ), Gen. 21, 14. On wéstenne, Cd. Th. 137, 17; Gen. 2275. Tó Sinai wéstene in solitudinem Sinai Ex. 19, 1.
ágan
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Hé þæt weorð nolde ágán ( would not retain in his possession ), ac hit óþrum monnum sealde, Ors. 4, 10:8. 198, 17. Eall ꝥ him wæs leófost tó ágenne, Bl. H. 111, 26. Tó áganne, Met. 21, 19. <b>la.</b> of a husband's relation to his wife.
duguþ
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Ox. 4041. men who are good for something, the flower of a people Þǽr wearð ofslagen Eádnóð biscop and Wulsige aƀƀ. and Godwine ealdorman ... and eall se dugoð (seó duguð (-að), v. ll. ) on Angelcinne, Chr. 1016; P. 152, 8.
hlutor
Clear, ⬩ pure, ⬩ bright, ⬩ sincere
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Weder hluttor gesihþ ceápes ferþrunge hit getácnaþ if he sees clear weather, it betokens furthering of traffic, 198, 17. Hluttre móde and bylehwite simplici et pura mente, Bd. 4, 24; S. 599, 8: Exon. 12 a; Th. 18, 34; Cri. 293.
Linked entry: hlýttor
CRÆFT
power ⬩ might ⬩ strength as of body or externals ⬩ vis ⬩ robur ⬩ potentia ⬩ an art ⬩ skill ⬩ CRAFT ⬩ trade ⬩ work ⬩ ars ⬩ peritia ⬩ artificium ⬩ occupatio ⬩ opus ⬩ craft of mind, cunning, knowledge, science, talent, ability, faculty, excellence, virtue ⬩ astutia, machinatio, scientia, facultas, præstantia, virtus ⬩ a CRAFT ⬩ any kind of ship ⬩ navis qualiscunque
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Ða cræftas de we ǽr ymbe sprǽcon ne sint to wiðmetanne wið ðære sáwle cræfta ǽnne the faculties which we have before spoken about are not to be compared with any one of the faculties of the soul 32, 1; Fox 116, 1, 2, 4.
healf
Side ⬩ part ⬩ side ⬩ hand ⬩ beside ⬩ dispute ⬩ behalf ⬩ account ⬩ side ⬩ quarter ⬩ direction
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Voc. ii. 1, 8. ꝥ wé sendan on twá healfa tó þám geréfum, Ll. Th. i. 236, 14.
losian
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Se wela and se anweald losiaþ swá swá sceadu oþþe sméc, Bt. 27, 3; F. 98. 31. Hú ne forealldodon ðá gewritu and losodon ?
sáwel
The soul ⬩ the soul, the animal life ⬩ the soul, ⬩ a soul, a human creature
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Seó menigo háligra sáula ðe ǽr gehæftnede wǽron (those who were released when Christ descended to Hell) 87, 7. Heora (the angels ' ) éþel sceolde geseted weorþan mid hálgum sáwlum . . . mid ðære menniscan gecynde, 121, 34.
Linked entry: sáwel-leás
windan
of motion that results from a blow, swing, or other impetus, to fly, leap, start ⬩ to fly, wheel, spring ⬩ of the movement of living things ⬩ of inanimate things ⬩ of abstract subjects ⬩ of twisting ⬩ rolling movement ⬩ of living things ⬩ of inanimate things ⬩ to waver ⬩ to twist ⬩ roll ⬩ to brandish ⬩ wave ⬩ to twist, plait, weave ⬩ to twist, give a curved form to
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Heó wearð mid swurde gewundod, ðæt hire wand se innoð út, 9, 127: Jud. 3, 22. to fly, wheel, spring.
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ge-weorþan
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(l a β) above Nú gewearð ús ꝥ wé þás bóc gedihton, Hml. S. p. 4, 43 : Ll. Th. [1. 414, 22. where two or more persons (things) agree to a course of action, cf.
MID
With ⬩ in conjunction with ⬩ in company with, along with ⬩ among ⬩ apud ⬩ penes ⬩ by ⬩ through ⬩ with ⬩ at ⬩ when ⬩ since ⬩ seeing that ⬩ cum
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Æðelinga bearn, weras mid wífum, 83; Th. 104, 20; Gen. 1738. Grammar MID, with acc. Wes ðú hál mid ðás willgedryht, Andr.
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leásung
fiction ⬩ falsehood ⬩ falseness ⬩ hypocrisy ⬩ deception ⬩ deceitfulness ⬩ artice
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Nelle wé eác mid leásungum þyllíc líccetan, Homl. Skt. pref. 49. Leásingum beswicen ðæt hé wéneþ furþon ðæt hé man ne sý [so] deceived by false notions that he thinks even that he is not man, Blickl. Homl. 179, 5: Elen. Kmbl. 2243; El. 1123.
Linked entry: bisleásung
medume
middling ⬩ moderate ⬩ common ⬩ occupying the middle or mean position as regards ⬩ observing the just mean ⬩ perfect ⬩ meet ⬩ fit ⬩ worthy
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Ne mágon wé nánwuht findan betere (MS. Cott. medemre) ðonne God, Bt. 34, 4; Fox 138, 26. Nis meodumre ne mára ðonne it is not too good nor too great for, Exon. 38 a; Th. 125, 16; Gú. 355. Ðæt medemæste the best, Bt. 24, 4; Fox 86, 10.
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cýþþu
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On þínre cýþþe wé, ræste habbaþ (cf. peace . . . through the knowledge of God, 2 Pet. 1, 2), Bl. H. 141, 10.
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ge-þingian
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Add: to try to get favourable terms for a person, intercede, mediate. absolute Gehwylces mannes dǽda clypiað tó Gode and gewrégað oþþe geþingiað, Scrd. 20, 38. to intercede for a person Gif hwelc monn cymð, and bitt úrne hwelcne ðæt wé hine lǽden tó
open
Open ⬩ not shut, ⬩ allowing ingress or egress ⬩ of a door ⬩ of the eyes ⬩ not closed up ⬩ not covered, not protected ⬩ declared, public ⬩ not secret, not concealed, discovered, brought to light (in reference to things where concealment is desired) ⬩ without attempt at concealment ⬩ manifest, clear, plain, evident
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Ðín carcern open wé gemétton, Blickl. Homl. 239, 27. Gé geseóþ opene heofenas (caelum apertum), Jn.