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inne

(adv.)
Grammar
inne, adv.

Inwithininsidein-doors

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all the while that the body lies inside, there has to be drinking and playing, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 20, 20-6 : Bd. 5, 4; S. 617, 7.

Linked entry: innian

LUFU

(n.)
Grammar
LUFU, e and an [v. Anglia vi. 176]; f.

LOVE

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LOVE Te amo ðé ic lufige, ðon befylþ mín lufu on ðé and ðú miht cweþan amor a te ic eom gelufod fram ðé, Ælfc. Gr. 19; Som. 22, 36.

Linked entry: lufe

niht

(n.)
Grammar
niht, næht, næct, neaht, neht, nyht, e; f.: but also with gen. es.

nightnightdarknessnight

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Kmbl. 675; Sal. 337. night (as in se'n-night, fort-night; cf. Tacitus' Germania, c. xi : 'Instead of reckoning by days as we do, they reckon by nights') Be ánre nihtes (MS. B. nihte) þiéfþe, L. In. 73; Th. i. 148, 11.

BLIND

(adj.)
Grammar
BLIND, def. se blinda, seó, ðæt blinde; adj.

BLIND, deprived of sightcæcusa blind or inward wounda bite, the wound of which does not appear because of the swelling of the part affectedmorsus, cujus vulnus non apparet præ tumore partis affectæ,

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BLIND, deprived of sight; cæcus Ðá wæs him broht án deófolseóc man, se wæs blind and dumb tunc oblatus est ei dæmonium habens, cæcus et mutus, Mt. Bos. 12, 22: Mk. Bos. 10, 46: Cd. 115; Th. 150, 13; Gen. 2491.

þunor

(n.)
Grammar
þunor, (-ar, -er, -ur), es; m.

thundertonitrusfulmenJupitera thane of king Egbert of Kent

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thunder (implying not only sound but also striking); tonitrus, fulmen Þunor tonitruum vel tonitrus, Wrt. Voc, i. 52, 45: 76, 34: Blickl. Homl. 91, 34. Ðuner (ðunor, Rush.), Jn. Skt. Lind. 12, 29. Ðunar byð hlúdast, Menol. Fox 467; Gn. C. 4.

á-brecan

(v.)
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Gotan ábrǽcon Rómeburg, 409; P. 10, 12 : Bt. 1; F. 2, 3. Ǽr helwara burg ábrǽce, . 56, 7. Ábrecan expugnare, Ors. 3, 9; S. 132, 12 : capere, Bd. 3, 16; S. 542, 20: Chr. 921; P. 101, 8.

be-seón

(v.)

To lookattentionexpectationTo see aboutcare forattend toprovide for

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Th. 52, 3. þæt folc beseah on Faraones here, Ex. 14, 10. beseah heofenum, Hml. Th. i. 62, 9: Ap. Th. 11, 18. underbæc beseah wið þæs wælfylles, Gen. 2562. þonne hié besáwon on þá burg, Ors. 2, 8 ; S. 92, 32.

cúþ-líce

(adv.)
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Cúðlíce witon ( witon, ús eallum cúþ is, v. l.) mihi luce clarius constat, Gr. D. 8, 29. Ic hæbbe cúðlíce (gearolíce, v. l. ) ongiten, 1, 3. Þis folc oncnáwe cúðlíce þú eart Dryhten, Hml. S. 18, 130.

freó-dóm

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Add: freedom from spiritual bondage, v. freó, (1 b) Ðǽr se Dryhtnes gást is, ðǽr is freódoom, Past. 265, 1. Se freódóm þæs unáræfnedlican þeówdómes, is ðæs deófollican onwaldes, Bl. H. 137, 12.

ge-biddan

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Add: to ask. to ask for something (gen.) Ær man hæbbe þriwa his rihtes gebeden, Ll. Th. i. 386, 13. to ask, make request to a person Ne sceal nán faran . . . búton gebeden , Ll. Th. ii. 386, 6.

ge-rihtan

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Voc. ii. 29, 26. Geriæahte (gerihte ?, gereahte (? cf. An. Ox. 2026 where the gloss is elimauit, manifestauit gerehte)), 78, 64.

ge-wilnung

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Th. i. 136, 9. (1 b) where the desire is expressed in a clause þæt gewinn swíþost dyde for þǽre gewilnunge þe wolde him on fultum geteón, Ors. 3, 7; S. 112, 2. in an unfavourable sense bið hoferede, ðe sió byrðen ofðrycð ðisse eorðlican

hearh

(n.)
Grammar
hearh, hearch, herh, es; m: pl. hearga, f.

A temple, an idollucus, nemus, fanum, delubrum, ara

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A temple, an idol Se ylca hearh quod fanum, Bd. 2, 15; S. 518, 35.

Linked entries: hearh-eard hearh-lic

á-stígan

(v.)

downwardupwarddownward upwardto descendgo down intoto ascendmount

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Add: A. intrans. without adv. or prep. that marks upward or downward, of motion lit. or fig. downward Heó stihð þæs heófenes heánesse, and þanon ástihð, Ps. Th. 18, 6. Críst on þínne innoþ ástígeþ, Bl. H. 5, 14.

be-fæstan

to fix,to place in securityto fix in the mindimplantto fix by promise or agreementto pledgeto committo commit to a person's chargeto commit to a placeto setbetake to an occupationto commendrecommend,to make acceptableto trust

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befæstenne committenda, 23, 76. to commit to a person's charge Hym ic befæste, Shrn. 189, 33. An þíne handa ic befæste (commendo) míne sáwle, Ps. Th. 30, 5. Þás sceáp þú befæsttest, Bl. H. 191, 25.

HERE

(n.)
Grammar
HERE, gen. heres, heriges, herges; m.

An army a hostmultitudea large predatory band

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Þeófas hátaþ óð vii men from vii. hlóþ óð xxxv siððan biþ here up to seven men we call thieves, from seven to thirty-five a gang, after that it is an army, L. In. 13; Th. i. 110, 14. [Cf. L. In. 15; Th. i. 112, 1, be herige; and L.

Linked entries: flot-herge hors-here

lǽne

(adj.)
Grammar
lǽne, adj.

transitorytemporaryfrail

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Granted as a lǽn [q. v.], granted for a time only, not permanent, transitory, temporary, frail [generally used as an epithet of things of this world when they are contrasted with those of the next] Ac ic wolde witan hweðer ðé þuhte be ðam ðe ðú hæfst

LUST

(n.)
Grammar
LUST, es; m.

LUSTdesirepleasurevoluptuousness

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Wedres on luste glad on account of fair weather or[?] desirous of fair weather, Exon. 97 a; Th. 361, 28; Wal. 26. Of luste flǽsces ex voluntate carnis, Jn. Skt. Rush. 1, 13. In lust in luxum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 3: Hpt. Gl. 514, 5.

Linked entry: lustume

waru

(n.)
Grammar
waru, e (but acc. waru, Ps. Th. 118, 17) ; f.
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Antiochus giémde hwæt hæfde monna gerímes, and ne nom náne ware húlíce hié wǽron, Ors. 5, 4; Swt. 224, 22. care for the safety of others Se hýra ne bið náðor ne mid ware ne mid lufe ástyred, Homl. Th. i. 240, 28.

Linked entry: wer-genga

be-gitan

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begeat æt þám cásere ácwellan móste þá menn, Hml. S. 37, 24. Beget, Guth. 54, 5. Þéh þe Benedictus begeáte férde þurh þone gást, Gr. D. 150, 16. Begitan impetrare, Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 51. Be-geatta, Jn. p. 7, II.