gífer-nes
Greediness ⬩ avarice ⬩ voracity ⬩ gluttony ⬩ aviditas ⬩ gula
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Him wæs metes micel lust ac ðeáh mid nánum ǽtum his gýfernysse gefyllan ne mihte he had great craving for food but yet could he not with any viands satisfy his voracity, i. 86, 6: 168, 12.
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on-gitan
To perceive ⬩ to perceive, see ⬩ to perceive by hearing ⬩ to perceive, feel (pain, etc. ) ⬩ to feel, be of opinion, judge ⬩ to know, hear of, find out ⬩ to perceive, understand ⬩ to recognise, know, ⬩ to take a person or thing to be what it really is ⬩ to recognise a fact or circumstance, ⬩ to know (of sexual intercourse)
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Wið ðæs ðú wilt higian ðon ǽr ðe ðú hine ongitest towards that thou wilt strive as soon as thou dost recognise it, Bt. ll, 2 ; Fox 34, 8. Se man ðe swereþ man and eft his gilt onget, Lev. 5, 4: Met. 22, 16.
fýren
Fiery ⬩ burning ⬩ flaming ⬩ ignītus ⬩ igneus ⬩ flammeus
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Fýrene sweorde with a fiery sword, Cd. 45; Th. 58, 17; Gen. 947: 76; Th. 95, 8; Gen. 1575. Fýrnum clommum with fiery fetters, Andr. Kmbl. 2756; An. 1380: Exon. 18 b; Th. 46, 7; Cri. 733
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rǽd-fæst
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Wise, prudent Se deófol gemacaþ ðæt se man þurh leáse hiwunge déþ swylce hé rǽdfæst sý ðe rǽdes ne gýmeþ the devil causes the man by a false show to act as if he were wise, who cares not for wisdom, Wulfst. 53, 9.
ge-séman
To compose, settle, make peace with, reconcile, satisfy ⬩ compōnĕre, concĭliāre, reconcĭliāre, satisfăcĕre
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To compose, settle, make peace with, reconcile, satisfy; compōnĕre, concĭliāre, reconcĭliāre, satisfăcĕre Ðæt he hý geséman wolde that he would make peace with them, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 60, 33.
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tácn-circul
A circle or cycle which marks the date. ⬩ the indiction, a cycle of fifteen years. ⬩ the lunar cycle of nineteen years; the place which any year occupies in the cycle is marked by the golden number of the year
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v. ge-ban Ðæm gǽre ðe wæs ágán fram Cristes ácennednesse eahta hand wintra and feówer and sixtig, and in ðam tácencircole ðæt twelfte geár ( the year of the indiction is the remainder after dividing 864 + 3 by 15; this remainder is 12, which agrees with
swǽfan
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From comparison of these three passages, it seems that swǽfeþ should mean burns, while the form of the word suggests comparison with O. L. Ger. suévón in berg suévót mons coagulatus, with O. H.
eást-ern
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Th. ii. 446, 15. marking direction of the wind, east, from the east Feówer heáfodwindas synd: se fyrmesta is eásterne wind, Lch. iii. 274, 13: Gen. 315
fore
in front ⬩ at the head ⬩ before
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., and verbs with fore as prefix. In the Northern specimens many Latin verbs with the prefixes prae, pro are glossed by fore and the verb which translates the simple Latin verb, e.g. foregearuiga praeparauero, Jn.
ge-lecgan
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D. iv. 202, 13. with a non-material object, to lay a command, task, &c., upon a person 'Ábeódað míne ǽrende tó ðám gemóte . . . and cýðað hwǽm ic mínes landes geunnen hæbbe' . . .
ǽmetgian
to empty ⬩ to be at leisure. ⬩ to devote one's self to, take time for
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Émtian, 83, 15. with reflex. pron. and tó :-- Mid ymnum hé hine ǽmetegode tó Gode studebat hymnis Deo vacare, Gr. D. 282, 4. Ǽmtigað eów tó rǽdinge vacate lectioni, Ælfc. Gr. 206, 13.
wamm
a spot, mark, blot. stain ⬩ filth, impurity, corruption ⬩ a blot, disgrace, damage, hurt ⬩ moral stain, impurity, uncleanness, defilement ⬩ evil, sin, shameful word or deed:
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Wæs him ful strang wom and wítu(cf. O. Sax. al getholóian wíties endi wammes, Hél. 1536), Th. 278, 24;Sat. 227. Wam maculam (qui arguit impium, sibi maculam generat, Prov. 9, 7), Gl. 292. Hellbendum fæst, wommum gewítnad ( grievously punished), Beo.
BORD
a BOARD, plank ⬩ tabula sectilis, tabula ⬩ what is made of a board, - A table, shield ⬩ mensa, clypeus ⬩ the board, covering or deck of a ship, the ship itself ⬩ tabulatum, stega ⬩ constratum, navis ⬩ at home and abroad ⬩ domi et foris ⬩ a foot-stool
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Ic wille eall acwellan ða be-útan beóþ earce bordum I will destroy all who shall be without the boards of the ark or all who are not in the ark or ship, Cd. 67; Th. 81, 33; Gen. 1354. with the prepositions innan and útan governing the genitive case, at
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helm
a helmet ⬩ a crown ⬩ diadem ⬩ the top ⬩ crown ⬩ cover ⬩ concealment ⬩ a covering
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where she will, B. 1392. a covering: Helme porticulo (cf. porticulus minor porticus seu aedicula quae stpulcris mortuorum superstruebatur, Migne.
CWIC
Alive, QUICK ⬩ vivus, vivax
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Seó wiht bindeþ cwice the creature will bind the quick, Exon. 109b ; Th. 420, 8; Rä. 39, 7. Ðe ðǽr cwice méteþ fýr who shall find there fires alive, 22a ; Th. 59, 27; Cri. 959. Déman ða cucan and deádan judicare vivos et mortuos, Ps.
hund-teóntig
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Lbmn. 415, 21. with a number as multiplier Wintra hæfde twá hundteóntig geteled ríme and fífe eác (cf. Thare leofode twá hund geára and fíf geár, Gen. ii. 32), Gen. 1741. without a genitive.
tíþian
To grant, ⬩ concede, ⬩ of that which is granted
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O þing ich wolde bidde þe, þit þou me woldest tyþe (rimes with bliþe), R. Glouc. 114, 18
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þicce
Thick ⬩ thick ⬩ viscous ⬩ dense ⬩ thick ⬩ dense ⬩ thick, ⬩ dense ⬩ growing thickly, ⬩ abundant ⬩ thick ⬩ stout ⬩ thick
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Ne drince hé þicce wín (cf. þynne wín,) (l. 18), 254, 26. Of þiccum lento (defruto) Hpt. Gl. 408, 38. 'Wá ðæm ðe gaderaþ an hine selfne ðæt hefige fenn (densum lutum)' ... Ðæt is ðonne ðæt men gadrige ðæt ðicke (ðicce,) (Cott.
DOLH
A wound, scar of a wound, cut, gash, sore ⬩ vulnus, cicatrix, ulcus
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Wið ða sweartan dolh, genim ðas ylcan wyrte for black scars, take this same herb, Herb. 10, 3; Lchdm. i. 100, 23: Homl. Blick. 91, 1. Ðám biþ grorne dolg sceáwian it shall be sad to them to behold the scars.
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for-ceorfan
To cut or carve out ⬩ cut down ⬩ cut off or away ⬩ cut through ⬩ divide ⬩ excīdĕre ⬩ concīdĕre ⬩ succīdĕre ⬩ incīdĕre ⬩ intercīdĕre
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Ðú forcyrfst hit thou wilt cut it down, Homl. Th. ii. 408, 8. Drihten se rihtwísa forheáweþ oððe forcyrfþ hnollas synfulra Dŏmĭnus justus concīdet cervīces peccātōrum, Ps. Lamb. 128, 4.