munuc-líf
the monastic life ⬩ the place in which the monastic life is lived ⬩ a monastery
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Hé in heardnesse munuclífes lifde in monachica districtione vitam duxit, 4, 26; S. 602, 40. Man on munuclífe gelǽred viro monachica vita instituto, 3, 21; S. 551, 40 : (of a woman ), 4, 23; S. 593, l. Hé munuclífe swíðor lifde ðonne lǽwedes mannes.
ge-gangan
to go ⬩ happen ⬩ take place ⬩ befal ⬩ to fall to one's share ⬩ to come in ⬩ ire ⬩ evenire ⬩ accidere ⬩ to exercise ⬩ effect ⬩ accomplish ⬩ exercere ⬩ perficere ⬩ efficere ⬩ to go against with hostile intention ⬩ to pass over ⬩ overcome ⬩ subdue ⬩ conquer ⬩ obtain ⬩ acquire ⬩ aggredi ⬩ transgredi ⬩ superare ⬩ subigere ⬩ oblinere ⬩ adipisci ⬩ possidere
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Ealles ðæs andlyfenes ðe him gegonge of all the livelihood which comes in to them, Bd. 1, 27; S. 489, 6. to exercise, effect, accomplish; exercere, perficere, efficere Ic ðíne bebodu bealde gegange exercebor in mandatis tuis, Ps. Th. 118, 78.
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scír-mann
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In. 8; Th. i. 106, 21
Wóden
Woden
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The name is of rare occurrence in the literature Wóden worhte weós, wuldor alwalda rúme roderas, Exon. Th. 341, 28; Gn. Ex. 133.
ilca
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In bracket for ' only' substitute: ' as a rule, but for strong forms see An. Ox. 5050, Bd. Sch. 450, 15', and add: in weak declension. as adjective Se ilca wiþerwearda þe him ǽr þá synna lǽrde, Bl. H. 61, 17.
sceáwere
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[On þám halgen gewriten se mann hine sylfne mæig sceawigen swa swa on hwylcen sceawere in sanctis scripturis quasi in quodam speculo homo se ipsum considerare potest, Angl. xi. 374, 78.]
swǽman
To trouble, afflict, grieve.
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The verb occurs in this sense in later English Ofte hit timeð þat tat leoueste bearn sorheð and sweameð meast his ealdren, H. M. 35, 5. Þe engles beoð isweamed, þat seoð hare suster swa sorhfulliche afallet, 17, 20.
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týn
To instruct ⬩ educate ⬩ teach
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Hé scole gesette in ðære cneohtas tydde and lǽrde wǽron instituit scholam in qua pueri literis erudirentur, Bd. 3, 18; S. 545, 45
æþelo
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Add: f. and in pl. n. nature, in respect to other than rational beings Nim swá wuda swá wyrt of þǽre stówe þe his eard and æþelo biþ on tó weaxanne, and sette on uncynde stówe him, ðonne ne gegréwþ hit ðǽr náuht, Bt. 34, 10; F. 148, 26.
heofone
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L. 148, 4. used in forms of asseveration or in oaths Sé ðe swereð on heofonan, hé swereð on Godes þrymsetle, Mt. 23, 22
tó-flówan
To flow different ways, ⬩ disperse in flowing, ⬩ flow away ⬩ to flow in different directions, ⬩ be dispersed ⬩ to melt away, ⬩ be destroyed ⬩ to wander, ⬩ be drawn hither and thither, ⬩ be distracted ⬩ to be separated, ⬩ take different directions ⬩ to spread ⬩ to pass away, ⬩ be dissipated, ⬩ scattered, ⬩ rendered useless, ⬩ brought to nothing ⬩ to separate in confusion, ⬩ become disconnected
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To flow different ways, disperse in flowing, flow away Ic tóflówe defluo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5; Zup. 175, 14. Tófleówan ł út urnan defluxerant, Hpt.
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þæt
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Nó þæt ðín aldor wolde Godes goldfatu in gylp beran, Cd. Th. 262, 34; Dan. 754 : 288, 9; Sat. 378 : 304, 24; Sat. 634. in the titles of chapters Caput II.
heofon-heall
A heavenly hall
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A heavenly hall Ne hí swá fúle ne móton intó his fægeran heofonhealle nor may they so foul enter into his fair heavenly hall, L. Ælfc. P. 41; Th. ii. 382, 10
BÉN
A praying ⬩ prayer ⬩ petition ⬩ an entreaty ⬩ a deprecation ⬩ supplication ⬩ demand ⬩ bone ⬩ BOON ⬩ ⬩ deprecatio ⬩ oratio ⬩ preces ⬩ postulatio
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Hence in Chaucer bone and our BOON; precatio, deprecatio, oratio, preces, postulatio Ðeáh ðe ðæs cyninges béne mid hine swíðode and genge wǽren [wæren, MS. T : wære, MSS. Ca.
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cáfer-tún
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Infaraþ on cáfertúnas his on ymnum introite atria [courts] ejus in hymnis, Ps. Spl. 99, 4: Ps. Lamb. 99, 4
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ent
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Dauid eóde to ánwíge ongeán ðone ent Goliam David went in single combat against the giant Goliath, Ælfc. T. 14, 3: Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 33, 29. Entas wǽron ofer eorþan on ðám dagum gĭgantes ĕrant sŭper terram in diēbus illis. Gen. 6, 4 : Homl.
galluc
The plant comfrey ⬩ symphy̆tum officĭnāle,
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fields, and also in meadows, Herb. 60, 1; Lchdm. i. 162, 10-12.
ge-ǽrendian
To go on an errand ⬩ to ask ⬩ tell ⬩ intercede ⬩ mandātum deferre ⬩ nuntiāre ⬩ interpellāre
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In. 33; Th. i. 122, 13. Ðæt he him sceolde Gaiuses miltse geǽrendian that he might ask the mercy of Caius for them, Ors. 6, 3; Bos. 117, 36. He geǽrendaþ [geǽrndaþ MSS. A.
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hreóf
Rough ⬩ rugged ⬩ scabby ⬩ leprous
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In húse simonis ðæs hreófan in domo Simonis leprosi, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 26, 6. Symones hreáfes, Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 3. Lǽcedóm wið hreófum líce a recipe for a scabby body, L. M. 1, 32; Lchdm. ii. 78, 1.
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