swíþ-feorm
abounding in substanceb ⬩ producing abundant sustenance, very fruitful ⬩ violent
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Th. 106, 12; Gen. 1770. producing abundant sustenance, very fruitful Beóþ góde wíngeardas and swíþfeorme mannum, Lchdm. iii. 162, 31. violent. v. next word Ic ( a storm) wíde fére swift and swíþfeorm, Exon. Th. 386, 35; Rä. 4, 72
ful-lic
Full
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Fullíc ꝥ God behét hé onféhð he will receive what God promised in full, Scint. 60, 2. Similar entries Cf. full; V a Hér wæs geflit and fullíc (wæs geflitfullíc, sæt full, v. ll. ) senoþ, Chr. 785; P. 52, note 2
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gidding
Song ⬩ saying ⬩ discourse
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Mid gieddingum with songs, 292 b; Th. 347, 13; Sch. 12.
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ge-fædere
of the relation between sponsor and parent or between sponsors; commater ⬩ of the relation between sponsor and child, a godmother; ⬩ matrina
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Add: of the relation between sponsor and parent or between sponsors; commater Hé gean Ælf(þ)ríð, ðæs cyninges wífæ, his gefæðeran, Cht. Th. 527, 14. Ne gewífige hé on his gefæderan ( commatrem ), Ll.
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rǽcan
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To reach, extend, stretch forth Ic wíde rǽce ofer engla eard, Exon. Th. 482, 26; Rä. 67, 7. Yldo rǽceþ wíde, Salm. Kmbl. 588; Sal. 294. Heó rǽhte mid handum tó heofoncyninge, Cd. Th. 292, 7; Sat. 437 : Beo. Th. 1499; B. 747.
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ealdian
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</b> to grow old in a pursuit, continue long :-- On weorce beboda þínra ealda in opere mandatorum tuorum veteresce, Scint. 90, 9. to grow feeble with age, or as with age, be worn out with age, decay Se líchoma ealdaþ and his fægernes gewíteþ, Bl
CÉPAN
To observe, keep, regard, await, desire, take, betake oneself to, meditate, bear ⬩ observare, tenere, manere, appetere, captare, se conferre, meditari, portare
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He nolde him nánes fleámes cépan he did not wish to betake himself to flight, Ælfc. T. 36, 18. Ðonne him cælþ, he cépþ him hlywþe when he is cold, he betakes himself to shelter, Hexam. 20; Norm. 28, 22.
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for-ðam
For that ⬩ for that reason which ⬩ for ⬩ because ⬩ nam ⬩ quia
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Næfþ ðys word [willan] nǽnne imperātīvum, forðanðe se willa sceall beón ǽfre frig this verb [to will] has no imperative, for the will must always be free, Ælfc. Gr. 32; Som. 36, 11: Homl. Th. ii. 290, 1, 3, 25.
liss
Mildness ⬩ lenity ⬩ mercy ⬩ kindness ⬩ favour ⬩ grace ⬩ delight ⬩ joy
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Ic ðé biddan wile lífes and lisse I will ask thee for life and favour, Ps. C. 50, 69; Ps. Grn. ii. 278, 69. Hé þancode lífes leóhtfruman lisse and ára, Cd. 90; Th. 113,19; Gen. 1889.
LYSTAN
To LIST
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Wél mé lícode ðæt ðú ǽr sǽdest and ðises mé lyst nú get bet I liked well what you said before, and am still better pleased with this, 35, 4; Fox 162, 3; 34, 6; Fox 142, 12.
á-rísan
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Th. i. 222, 9. to arise with intent to act Hwá áríst tó þǽm þæt hé sylle hǽlo?, Ps. Th. 13, 11. Uton wé árísan and ácwellan þá apostolas, Bl. H. 149, 34. <b>II a.
ge-þreátian
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Th. i. 434, 5. with clause Nǽfre þú geþreátast þínum beótum, ne wíta þæs fela gegearwast, þæt ic þeódscipe þínne lufie, Jul. 176. to repress. the object a person, restrain, correct Þone earman ne magon his iermða geðreátigan and geeáðmédan pauperis
hwón
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Dó on breówende wyrt, hwón, 332, 22. with gen. Dó hwó;n sealtes tó, Lch. ii. 78, 2. Hwón berenes melwes, 322, 27.
HEARM
HARM, hurt, injury, evil, grief, affliction, pain, injurious speech, calumny, insult ⬩ pain, grief ⬩ grief, sorrow, harm ⬩ calamitas, calumnia, contumelia, ærumna, iujuria ⬩ grief, sorrow
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Nó hé mid hearme gæst ne grétte not with insult did he greet the guest, Beo. Th. 3788; B. 1892. Huscworde ongan herme hyspan with words of contumely and insult began to revile him, Andr. Kmbl. 1341; An. 671.
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ge-lǽstan
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</b> with idea of sufficiency :-- Daga gehwylce hí heom ꝥ wín tó bryce hæfdon, and hit heom gelǽste they used the wine every day, and it lasted them (to the end of the journey ), Gr. D. 66, 20.
mann
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Th. 115, 2. ( See also ǽghwilc, ǽlc, ǽnig, gehwilc, hwilc, nǽnig, nán, sum. ) (b α) where there is contrast of human and divine :-- Se munuc trýwsie hine sylfne wið God and wið men, Ll. Th. i. 306, 7.
Élíg
The isle of ELY, Cambridgeshire ⬩ insŭla Eliensis in agro Cantabrigiensi
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a fen and with water, and took its name from the abundance of eels which are caught in the same fen, Bd. 4, 19; S. 590, 3-6.
fyrmest
FOREMOST ⬩ first ⬩ prīmus
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Se fyrmesta is eásterne wind the first is the east wind, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 17, 22; Lchdm. iii. 274, 13. Ðis ys ðæt mǽste and ðæt fyrmeste bebod hoc est maxĭmum et prīmum mandātum, Mt. Bos. 22, 38.
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ge-hæftan
To take ⬩ take captive ⬩ cast into prison ⬩ detain ⬩ bind ⬩ captare ⬩ captivare ⬩ vincire
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Drihten híg gehýrde ðæt híg gehæfton wiþ hine, Josh. 11, 20 [?]
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tengan
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To press, hasten, hurry, proceed with haste or violence Ðá tengde se Pharao æfter mid mycelre fyrde then Pharaoh hastened after with a great army, Homl. Th. i. 312, 3: ii. 194, 16. Hé ðá þearle áblicged áweg tengde, 182, 2.
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