þeáwfæstness
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Þeningmen ðe þeáwfæstnysse him gebeódon (cf. þénas ðe his willan gefyllaþ, 65), Homl. Skt. i. pref., 62. Regoles gehýrsumnesse and þeáwfæstnesse regule oboedientiam et disciplinam, R. Ben. Interl. 103, 16.
un-rótsian
to be sad ⬩ to be sorrowful ⬩ to make sad or sorrowful
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Hiá ongunnon unrótsia (-rótsiga, Rush.) illi coeperunt contristari, Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 19. Unrótsande wæs contristatus est, Mt. Kmbl.
be-lǽfan
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Næs nán ele belǽfed tó his gebróðra bricum, 178, 20. intrans. To remain [for intrans. use in later English v. N. E. D. s. v. bielieve] Án of him ne beláf (-lǽfde, MS. C), Ps. Spl. 105, II. Hé hét t
fóre-gleáw
fore-seeing ⬩ fore*-*knowing ⬩ prophetic ⬩ provident ⬩ prudent
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I. 108, 16) on his gebodum sit in imperiis suis providus, R. Ben. 121, 15. Tó ǽfengereordunga lambes foregleáwes (providi), Hy. S. 82, 3
ge-lómlíce
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Add: of action, frequently, constantly Wé mynegiað ǽlcne getreówfulne man, ꝥ hé gelómlíce lufige cumlíðnysse and nánum cuman ne forbeóde ꝥ hé ne móte on his húse gerestan, Hml. A. 147, 82.
ge-feormian
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D. 215, 25. to entertain as an obligation, v. feormian; Hé þére cirican láforde geselle éghwelce gére ðrittig scillinga and hine áne niht gefeormige, Cht.
heals
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Add: as part of a person Dyde him of healse hring gyldenne þeóden, B. 2809: 3017. Cyning þegn be healse genam, 1872. Hire wið halse grápode, 1565.
mæsse-sang
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Hé him swíðlíce ondréd in þám mæssesange ( in illa missarum celebritate), Gr. D. 309, 4.
miþian
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openly Se ealda feónd ne mihte ádreógan þás wísan swígiende ne deógollíce þurh swefn miðgian (the old enemy could not suffer these things in silence nor keep them from being generally known by entrusting them to the secrecy of a dream), swá swá is ǽfre his
snǽd
'A piece of land within defined limits, but without enclosures, a limited circumscribed woodland or pasturage,' ⬩ a clearing in a wood.
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Ic hire léte tó ðæt ceorla gráf tósundran . . . and se alhmunding snǽd hére intó preosda byrig Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 100, 16. Be ðam gráue ðæt hit cymþ intó ðam snǽde; and of ðam snǽde iii. 399, 34.
leóma
Light ⬩ radiance ⬩ sheen ⬩ splendour ⬩ lightning ⬩ ray
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Leómum inlýhted illumined with his rays, 42 a; Th. 141, 14; Gú. 627. Seó sunne behýdde hire hátan leóman the sun hid its hot beams, Homl. Th. ii. 256, 34
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Constantīnus
Constantine the Great, Roman Emperor
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In 330 he removed the seat of empire to Byzantium, which he called after his own name Κωνσταντίνου πόλις, the city of Constantin, Constantinople Férde Constantius forþ on Breotone, and Constantínus his sunu, ðam gódan Cásere, his ríce forlét.Wríteþ Eutropius
fóre-setnes
a thing proposed ⬩ proposition ⬩ purpose ⬩ intention ⬩ propŏsĭtio ⬩ propŏsĭtum ⬩ that which is placed before ⬩ a preposition ⬩ præpŏsĭtio
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Héredodon hí his gemynd and his fóresetnesse laudāvērunt ejus prōpŏsĭtum, 5, 19; S. 637, 26: 4, 23; S. 593, 15. Ic ontýne on sealmlofe ingehygdnessa oððe fóresetnysse míne ăpĕriam in psaltērio propŏsĭtiōnem meam, Ps. Lamb. 48, 5.
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ge-hwǽr
On every side ⬩ everywhere ⬩ undique ⬩ ubique
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His gebyrd and goodnys sind gehwǽr cúþe his birth and goodness are known everywhere, Homl. Th. i. 2, 16. Nemnaþ men ðæne mónaþ gehwǽr Iulius men name that month everywhere July, Chr. 975; Erl. 124, 33; Edg 25 : Elen.
híhþ
altitude ⬩ a summit ⬩ top ⬩ the highest point ⬩ extreme degree ⬩ the heavens
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Hé his þone hálgan líchaman áhóf úp in heofene hýhðo, Först. Verc. 129, 5. On heáhðum, Cri. 867: GC. 768: 1061.
síþ
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Sorgian for his síþe, Cd. Th. 49, 30 ; Gen. 800. a proceeding, course of action, way of doing, conduct Hí deófle offredon, swá him ǽfre se síþ hreówan mihte, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 64 : Beo. Th. 6109 ; B. 3058.
ge-weaxan
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Him ( a tree ) on æðele bið þæt hit on holte hýhst geweaxe, Met. 13, 52. Gewæxe crescere, Mt. L. 13, 30: Mk. p. 3, 5. Geweaxen adultus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 90, 39: 3, 21: 6, 29. Hé lǽtt hí ( children ) habban ágenne cyre, þonne hí geweaxene beóð, Hml.
ge-regnian
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Add: to put in order, garnish, trim Hí gehríndon ( ornauerunt ) léhtfato hiora, Mt. L. 25, 7.
gealg-mód
Sad in mind ⬩ gloomy ⬩ furious ⬩ tristis anĭmo ⬩ furiōsus
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Hie eágena gesihþ aguton gealgmóde gára ordum they, furious, thrust out the eyesight with javelins' points, Andr. Kmbl. 63; An. 32 : 1125; An. 563
Íra-land
Land of the Irish ⬩ Ireland
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Land of the Irish, Ireland Gewitan him ðá Norþmenn Dyflen sécean eft Íraland [Yraland, hira land], Chr. 937 ; Th. 206, col. 2, 1. 15; Æðelst. 56. In Ors. 1, 1 ; Swt. 19, 15, 16 Íraland is doubtful.