ge-rúme
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Without the pressure of care. v. rume; III Is min mod gehǽled, hyge ymb heortan gerflnie (thought has free play round my heart), Gen. 759
ge-smyltan
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Add: to calm Þeós wyrt áwendeþ hagoles hreóhnysse, and gyf þú hý on scyp áhéhst, tó þám wundorlic heó is, ꝥ heó ǽlce hreóhnysse gesmylteþ, Lch. i. 308, 17
heort-scræf
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The heart-cavern, the heart with its dark recesses Ne þǽr ówiht inne ne belífe on heortscræfe heánna gylta nec lateat quidquam culparum cordis in antro, Dóm. L. 39
hof
a temple
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On háligum hofe þínum in sanctuario tuo Ang. .xi. 118, 50. Hofa edes, i. templum Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, 32. Add:
swǽsende
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In l. 11 insert a comma after ælmessum, and add: cf. tó ælmessum ad agapem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 86, 57: tó feorme ad agapem i. deliciem, An. Ox. 4834
ǽr-hwílum
In earlier times, formerly
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In earlier times, formerly Ðá micclan welan ðe hig ǽrhwílon áhton, Guth. 14, 23. Oft ic nú miscyrre cúðe sprǽce, and þeáh uncúðre ǽrhwílum quondam fond, Met. 2, 9
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heáh-þegen
A great, high or chief minister or servant
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A great, high or chief minister or servant On ðam wǽron gecorene twelf heáhþegenas in that were chosen twelve chief ministers [the twelve apostles], Homl. Th. ii. 520, 24
ofer-firr
Too great distance
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Too great distance Hit is feáwum mannum cúð for ðære oferfyrre insula Thule, quae per infinitum a ceteris separata, vix paucis nota habetur, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 24, 21
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cneówian
To bow the knee ⬩ to kneel; ⬩ genuflectere
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To bow the knee, to kneel; genuflectere Benedictus on his gebédum cneówode Benedict knelt down in prayer Homl. Th. ii. 154, 20: 178, 33. Cneówigende genuflectens Proæm. R. Conc
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mór
a moor ⬩ waste and damp land ⬩ high waste ground ⬩ a mountain
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Swá unefne is eorþe þicce, syndon ðás móras myclum ásprotene, Ps. Th. 140, 9. Ungeféredra móra inaccessorum montium, Bd. 4, 26; S. 602, 20. In heágum mórum and in hréðum in arduis asperisque montibus, 4, 27; S. 604, 27: 3, 23; S. 554, 20.
ge-flít
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Voc. ii. 81, 25: 18, 27. in a legal sense, a dispute that is to be settled by a judge, a contested case Higa eóde of ðám geflite (cf. Higa wolde him oðflítan ðæt lond, 169, 23), Cht. Th. 174, 2.
syngian
To sin
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To sin Ic syngige committo, admitto, Ælfc. Gr. 37; Zup. 221, 8. Ic eom se lyðra man, se syngige swíðe genehhe, Hy. 3, 42. Ic singie nitende peccavi nesciens, Num. 22, 34. Gyf ðín bróðor syngaþ wið ðé si peccaverit in te frater tuus, Mt.
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geóc
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<b>I a.</b> the divine help asked in prayer :-- Ic ðé georne gebide géce and miltse, Txts. 174, 1. Hú sceal mín cuman gǽst tó geóce, nemne ic Gode sylle hýrsume hige, Gú. 338. Hé geóce fricle, Hpt. 33, 71, 10.
hlísa
fame ⬩ reputation ⬩ repute ⬩ glory ⬩ reputation ⬩ report ⬩ fame ⬩ approbation ⬩ applause
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I. 53. Þone eádegan hlísan faustam famam (Ald. 161, 12), Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 16: 37, 31. report of those who no longer exist Hwæt is hiora here búton se hlísán ?
bedding
BEDDING ⬩ covering of a bed ⬩ stramentum ⬩ stratum ⬩ a bed ⬩ lectus
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Gl. 111; Som. 79, 60 Mid mínum teárum míne beddinge ic beþweá lacrimis meis stratum meum rigabo, Ps. Lamb. 6, 7. a bed; lectus Gyf ic astíge on bedinge strǽte mínre si ascendero in lectum strati mei, Ps. Spl. 131, 3
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ísen-smiþ
An iron-smith ⬩ blacksmith
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Ic hæbbe smiþas ísen[e]smiþas goldsmiþ seolforsmiþ ársmiþ habeo fabros, ferrarios, aurificem, argentarium, ærarium, Coll. Monast. Th. 29, 35
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land-lagu
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Law or regulation prevailing in a district Ðeós landlagu stænt on suman lande hæc consuetudo stat in quibusdam locis, L. R. S. 4; Th. i. 434, 29.
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mealmiht
Sandy ⬩ chalky
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Tó mealmehtan leáhe ( the land lay in Surrey ), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 394, 13. [E. D. S. Ellis' Farming Words, 'The chalk and mould were so mixed together, that in Hertfordshire we call it a maumy (malmey) earth.' 'A chalk or a maume.'
gold-fæt
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A thin plate of gold; bractea, lamina aurea Stáne gelícast gladum gimme ðonne in goldfate smiþa orþoncum biseted weorþeþ to a stone most like to a bright jewel when by the smiths' art it has been set in a bracelet, Exon. 60 a; Th. 219, 7; Ph. 303
wer-beám
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Cf. the epithets derived from words denoting trees which are applied to men in Icelandic poetry. v. Corpus Poeticum Boreale, ii. 476