fægere
beautifully ⬩ elegantly ⬩ gently ⬩ fair ⬩ plausibly ⬩ speciously ⬩ impurity ⬩ thoroughly ⬩ nobly ⬩ splendidly ⬩ justly
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Se lǽce grápað suíðe fægre ymbútan ðæt ðæt hé sníðan wile, Past. 187, 1. Þǽr mé sófte byð, þǽr ic beó fægere beþeaht fiðerum ðínum, Ps. Th. 60, 3.
slítan
To slit ⬩ tear ⬩ rend ⬩ to tear ⬩ rend ⬩ to tear ⬩ split ⬩ rend ⬩ cleave ⬩ divide ⬩ to tear ⬩ rend ⬩ to tear ⬩ bite ⬩ irritate ⬩ to tear ⬩ to destroy, waste, consume ⬩ to carp at ⬩ back-bite ⬩ to tear
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Hé slát stán interrupit petram, 77, 18. to tear, rend, as an animal does with the teeth or feet, a bird with its beak, etc. Similar entries v. slite slítung Fótum ic fére, foldan slíte, Exon. Th. 393, 17 ; Rü 13, 1.
syndrig
separate, alone, not joined with others ⬩ standing apart, not accessible ⬩ special, set apart for a particular purpose ⬩ special, singular, extraordinary, remarkable for an unusual quality ⬩ for the unusual degree in which some quality exists ⬩ of that which concerns a single person, private, own ⬩ proprius, privatus ⬩ separate, several, sundry, each separately ⬩ one a-piece, one each
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separate, alone, not joined with others Ic mé syndrig eom singulariter sum ego, Ps. Th. 140, 12. Wiþ fefre hylpþ syndrigo marubie tó drincanne to drink marrubium alone, Lchdm. ii. 134, 27. Heáfdehtes porres [croppan] syndrigne sele þicgan, 230, 11.
níd
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Th. ii. 340, 21 (in Dict. ). a matter requiring action to be taken, a piece of necessary business Martinus férde tó þám cásere, wolde for sumere neóde wið hine sprecan, Hml. S. 31, 651. Eóde hé ymbe sume neóde, Vis.
læssa
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Hé hit gehíwað swá þæt lǽst manna wát hú hé him wið þone ðeódfeónd gescyldan sceal, Wlfst. 54, 19.
ge-hýdan
to hide ⬩ conceal ⬩ condĕre ⬩ abscondĕre ⬩ to watch ⬩ guard ⬩ heed ⬩ observāre ⬩ to bring into safety ⬩ make firm ⬩ fasten ⬩ allĭgāre
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Fint he ðǽr ða ryhtwísnesse gehýdde mid ðæs líchoman hæfignesse he will there find the wisdom concealed by the heaviness of the body, Bt. 35, 1; Fox 156, 11.
mirran
to be a stumbling-block to ⬩ to hinder ⬩ obstruct ⬩ to waste ⬩ squander ⬩ To err
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Gif ðú ðín ágen myrre, ne wít ðú hit ná Gode, 51. Se hordere ná mynstres ǽhta ne ýte, ne ná myrre, R. Ben. 85, 4. Grammar mirran, intrans. To err Gié merras ł geduellas erratis, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 22, 29
nytt
Useful ⬩ profitable ⬩ advantageous ⬩ beneficial
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Nǽron Metode wíd lond ne wegas nytte, Cd. Th. 10, 13; Gen. 156 : Beo. Th. 1592; B. 794. Nis nǽnig mǽre mægen, ðisse menniscan tydernesse nyttre, Blickl. Homl. 31, 30. Hé cwæþ, ðæt nyttre wǽre ðæt hié man gesealde, 75, 22.
ge-niðerian
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Simon ne aríseþ nǽfre forðon ðe he is sóðlíce deád and on écum wítum genyðerod Simon will never arise for he is really dead and sunk in eternal punishments, Blickl. Homl. 189, 20; Judth. l0; Thw. 23, 9; Jud. 113.
Linked entries: ge-neoðerian ge-nyðerian
scíma
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Ðá gesundrode Waldend sceade wið scíman, 8, 22; Gen. 128. Se móna gehrán mid his scíman (splendore) ðǽm treówum ufeweardum, Nar. 30, 7. God hira mód onliéht mid ðæm scíman (radio) his giefe, Past. 35, 4; Swt. 243, 21: 48; Swt. 369, 16.
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þeód-scipe
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Wið þeódscipe Assiriæ, 15, 11; Gen. 231. Hí nimaþ úre land and úrne þeódscipe ( gentem ), Jn. Skt. 11, 48: Guthl. 12; Gdwin. 58, 11. Hét se cyng ábannan út ealne þeódscipe, Chr. 1009; Erl. 142, 25.
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ge-mæcca
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</b> in pl. man and wife :-- Gemæccan conjuges, Wrt. Voc. ii. 52, 33. Tú beóð gemæccan, Gn. Ex. 23
ge-edlǽcan
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</b> with dat. :-- Se man ðe wile his synna . . . gebétan, þonne mót hé geornlíce warnian ꝥ hé eft ðám yfelum dǽdum ne geedlǽce, Hml. Th. ii. 602, 24: Hml.
HÁTAN
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to bid, order, command, with acc. and infin Drihten hwæt hǽtst ðú mé dón Lord, what dost thou bid me do? Past. 58; Swt. 443, 24.
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þicce
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Ne drince hé þicce wín (cf. þynne wín, l. 18), 254, 26. Of þiccum lento (defruto), Hpt. Gl. 408, 38. 'Wá ðæm ðe gaderaþ an hine selfne ðæt hefige fenn (densum lutum)' ... Ðæt is ðonne ðæt men gadrige ðæt ðicke (ðicce, Cott.
furþor
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Hwá mæg ǽfre óðrum furðor freóndscipe gecýðan, þonne hé his ágen feorh gesylle and ðurh ðæt his freónd wið deáð áhredde ( majorem hac dilectionem nemo habet ut animam suam quis ponat pro amicis suis, Jn. 15, 13), Wlfst. 111, 4.
ÁR
honour ⬩ glory ⬩ rank ⬩ dignity ⬩ magnificence ⬩ respect ⬩ reverence ⬩ honor ⬩ dignitas ⬩ gloria ⬩ magnificentia ⬩ honestas ⬩ reverentia ⬩ kindness ⬩ favour ⬩ mercy ⬩ pity ⬩ benefit ⬩ use ⬩ help ⬩ gratia ⬩ favor ⬩ misericordia ⬩ beneficium ⬩ auxilium ⬩ property ⬩ possessions ⬩ an estate ⬩ land ⬩ ecclesiastical living ⬩ benefice ⬩ bona ⬩ possessiones ⬩ fundus ⬩ beneficium
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ðe he him ǽr forgeaf, wíc-stede wéligne he remembered then the favour which he before had conferred upon him, the wealthy dwelling place, Beo.
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Róm-feoh
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The penalty, which is not here stated, was a heavy one, as will be seen from the passages given below.
waru
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Scealt ðú for ware úra goda wíta ðrowian for the protection of our gods thou shall suffer punishments, Homl. Th. i. 594, 4. Cyninge gebyraþ ðæt hé sý on ware and on wearde Cristes gespeliga, L. I. P. 2 ; Th. ii. 304, 23.
Linked entry: wer-genga
fæstnung
stability ⬩ fixity ⬩ fortifying ⬩ a fastening ⬩ binding ⬩ an exhortation ⬩ confirmation ⬩ ratification ⬩ a covenant ⬩ assurance
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as if connected with munire), Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 37. a fastening, binding. Similar entries v. fæst; I, 2. Hé þá tungan onlýsde, þá se heáhengel mid þǽre swígunge fæstnunga geband þone fæder, Bl. H. 167, 11. a making steadfast, an exhortation.