wíd-gil
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On ðam wídgillan lande, Num. 21, 25: Homl. Th. ii. 222, 29. Geond ðone wídgillan munt, Blickl. Homl. 199, 12 : Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 207. Ða wídgillan sǽ, Hexam. 4; Norm. 6, 24. Ofer ðæt wídgille wésten, Ælfc. T. Grn. 5, 40: Jos. 11, 16.
wit
We two
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Ne forlǽte ic ðé, þenden wit lifiaþ bú, 136, 11; Gen. 2256. I and he (she), Grammar wit, alone Ðá becóme wit tó ðam inneran dǽle ðæs wéstenes ðǽr uncer hlǽfdige wæs, and wit wǽron belocene in carcerne, Shrn. 38, 20: Gen. 41, 12.
deófol-lic
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Hé ne ondréd heora deófellican híw, Hml.
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dreórig
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Þæt mé ne mótan þá dreórgan deófla mínne synna on stǽlan, Angl. xi. 100, 93. of things Seón cyning swylt dreórig (or ) fornam, Ps. Th. 135, 20. In þás dreórgan tíd, Gú. 1058. bloody, gory Wæter under stód dreórig and ge*-*dréfed. . . .
ge-mang
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J 64, 4. of the relation of anything in a local group to the other members of the group, although these do not actually surround it Zosimus hine sylfne tó fulfremednysse áþenede gemang þám emnwyrhtum. Hml. S. 23 b, 97.
ge-nip
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Ne se móna næfð nánre mihte wiht ꝥ hé þǽre nihte genipu mæge fleógan pallida nocturnam nec praestat luna lucernam, Dóm. L. 110.
hár
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Gamele ne móston háre heaðorincas hilde onþeón, Exod. 241. ¶ used substantively, a grey-haired person :-- Hí háres hyrste Higeláce bǽron, B. 2988. Tunge þínre hárra lingua canum (as if canorum?) tuorum, Ps.
greát
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Th. i. 70, 5. non-material things Of gealádle ... cymeþ great yfel; sió biþ ealra ádla rícust, Lch. ii. 106, 19
nigon
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Th. i. 230, 23. uninflected Næs ná má þonne hundtwelftig on þǽm rǽdehere, and nigan on þám féðan, Ors. 3, 9 ; S. 124, 21.] Þus feor sceal beón þæs cinges grið . . . . III. míla, .III. furlang . . . . IX. fóta . . . .IX. berecorna, Ll.
wesan
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Add Nán óþer ne móste gyldenne hring werian, búton hé æþeles cynnes wǽre, Ors. 4, 9 ; S. 190, 10. <b>III b.</b> add :-- Nán man of þǽre wíc þe hí of wǽron, Hml. S. 31, 1016. <b>Ill c.
BRÓÐOR
A BROTHER ⬩ frater ⬩ to bear, support, a brother being the natural supporter of sisters who have lost their father
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Ðe ne onfó bróðru and swustra qui non accipiat fratres et sorores, Mk. Bos. 10, 30. Hyre bróðra deáþ the death of her brothers, Exon. 100 a; Th. 377, 24; Deór. 8. Gemang bróðrum inter fratres, Jn. Bos. 21, 23
CLYPIAN
To make a vocal sound ⬩ speak ⬩ speak aloud ⬩ to cry out ⬩ call ⬩ say ⬩ loqui ⬩ clamare ⬩ vocare ⬩ dicere
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Ne corn ic rihtwíse clypian I came not to call the righteous Lk. Bos. 5, 32: 19, 15. Hlúddre stæfne clypigan to cry with a loud voice Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 12, note. Clypiende dicens R. Ben. 44.
ge-stillan
To rest ⬩ cease ⬩ be still ⬩ quiet ⬩ mute ⬩ quiescĕre ⬩ sĕdāri ⬩ sĭlēre ⬩ obmutescĕre ⬩ rētĭcēre ⬩ To restrain ⬩ still ⬩ stop ⬩ stay ⬩ calm ⬩ keep in ⬩ compescĕre ⬩ cŏhĭbēre ⬩ sĕdāre ⬩ mītĭgāre ⬩ rĕtĭnēre
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To rest, cease, be still, quiet, mute; quiescĕre, sĕdāri, sĭlēre, obmutescĕre, rētĭcēre Hí ne móten ǽfre gestillan they may not ever be still, Bt. Met. Fox 11, 51; Met. 11, 26.
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tilþ
labour which brings gain, by which acquisition is made ⬩ an employment ⬩ tillage ⬩ cultivation ⬩ work on land ⬩ gain from labour ⬩ produce of labour, ⬩ acquisition ⬩ crop ⬩ produce ⬩ fruit
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Gl. 452, 7. with reference to agriculture, crop, produce, fruit Þurh mycele rénas, ðe ealles geáres ne áblunnon, forneáh ǽlc tilð on mersclande forférde, Chr. 1098; Erl. 235, 12. Ðæt land mid ðære tilðe ðe ðár ðænne on sý,> Chart. Th. 329, 12.
scrín
a chest ⬩ coffer ⬩ casket ⬩ box in which precious things are kept ⬩ a receptacle for the relics of a saint ⬩ a shrine ⬩ a cage in which a criminal is confined
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Godes scrín, 7, 6: Num. 14, 10. Ðæt scrín, Jos. 3, 8, 13. Hé (Judas) hæfde scrín (loculos) and baer ða þing ðe man sende, Jn. Skt. 12, 6: 13, 29. Hire scrín mid hiræ háligdómæ, Chart.
seóc
Sick ⬩ ill ⬩ sick at heart ⬩ ill at ease ⬩ sad
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Skt. 16, 18. used as a noun þurh his hrepunge beóþ gestrangode ða unstrangan seócan, Homl. Skt. i. 7, 54. of moral disease Hǽðne wǽron begen, synnum seóce, Exon. Th. 246, 21; Jul. 65.
þignen
a female servant ⬩ female attendant ⬩ handmaid ⬩ a mid-wife
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Þinnenre (-ne?), Ps. Spl. 85, 15. Þinnenne abrâ, Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 49. Seó abbudisse eode mid ánre hire ðígnenne (cum una sanctimonialium feminarum) ... Ðá hét heó hire ðínenne (ministram) gán, Bd. 3, 11; S. 536, 18-27. Þínenne, Judth.
ge-défe
suitable, fitting, seemly ⬩ righteous, good ⬩ staid, sober ⬩ quiet, meek, gentle ⬩ quiet ⬩ In the metrical Psalms it is used as a favourable epithet of indefinite meaning
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Add: suitable, fitting, seemly Hé má lufedon dióra drohtað, swá hit gedéfe ne wæs, Met. 26, 92. Tó forðspównesse gedéfore heánesse ad profectum debiti culminis, Bd. 2, 4; Sch. 127, 5. Gedéfum gafule debita pensione, Wrt. Voc. ii. 25, 22.
á-bǽdan
to force, wring ⬩ to compel ⬩ to demand, require
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D. 250, 22. to compel Gif ðæt nýd ábǽdeþ cum exhiberi mysterium ipsa necessitas compellit, Bd. 1, 27; S. 497, 1. Ne hé on horses hrycg cuman wolde, nemne hwylc nýd máre ábǽdde nisi si major necessitas compulisset, 3, 5; S. 526, 28.
á-breóþan
To degenerate, deteriorate, fall away, fail, ⬩ to fail, come to nought ⬩ To destroy
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God ús gescylde, ðæt wé ne ábreóðon on ðǽre fandunge, Hml. Th. i. 268, 11. Ábroþen degener, ignobilis, An. Ox. 46, 2. Ábroþen (abroten, MS., but see Angl. viii. 450) vel dwǽs vafer vel fatuus vel socors, Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 62.
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