of-feallan
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. ¶ glossing decidere :-- Ðá steorras heofnes biðon offallende (decidentes), Mk. L. 13, 25. Add
scip-færeld
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A voyage Men wǽron on scipfærelde of Siccilia þám eálande sécende Rómesbyrig aliqui de Siciliae partibus navigio Romam petentes, Gr. D. 273, 18. Hwilc tunge mæg hit ásecgan, þá mándǽda þe on þám scipfærelde wǽron and on þám síþfæte gefremede, Hml.
self-cwala
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Sylfcwalan and hǽðene men ne ðurfon tó þám dóme; ac hié bióð sóna fordémede, Verc. Först. 172. Sylfcwalan biothanatas, An. Ox. 7, 181
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torfian
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Þá geseah hé án scip út on þǽre sǽ, swá swíðe torfigende fram þan wealcendum sǽs ýðum ꝥ ealle þá men wéndon ꝥ heora scip tóbrocen wǽre, Nap. 62
wildan
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Ne lǽte hé nǽfre his hýrmen hyne ofer wealdan, ac wilde (wille, MS.) hé ǽlcne mid hláfordes creafte and mid folcrihte. Sélre him his ǽfre of folgoðe ðonne on, gyf hine magan wyldan ðá ðe hé scolde wealdan, Angl. ix. 260, 26-31. Add
wederian
To be (good or bad) weather
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To be (good or bad) weather Cweðaþ sume men, ðæt se móna hine wende be ðan ðe hit wuderian (wedrian, widrian) sceal on ðam mónðe; ac hine ne went náðor ne weder ne unweder of ðam ðe him gecynde ys, Lchdm. iii. 268, 2
wel-hwilc
Every
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Every Hit (reason) nǽnig hafaþ neát . . . hæfð ða wilnunga welhwilc néten Met. 20, 191. Hine gearwe geman witena welhwylc Beo. Th. 537; B. 266. Welhwylc gecwæð ðæt hé fram Sigemunde secgan hýrde 1753; B. 874.
hæn
A hen
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Seó henn gallina, Mt. Kmbl. 23, 37 : Lind. Rush. henne. Hænne æges geolocan the yolk of a hen's egg, L. M. 1, 2, 23; Lchdmii. 38, 6 : 3, 2; Lchdm. ii. 40, 10
hand-hwíl
A moment ⬩ in a moment of time
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A moment Nis ná eów tó gewitenne ða tíd oððe ða handhwíle ðe mín Fæder gesette þurh his mihte it is not for you to know the hour or the moment that my Father hath appointed through his might, Homl. Th. i. 294, 26
heáh-ealdorman
A chief alderman, ruler, patrician
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A chief alderman, ruler, patrician Ætius mǽre man se wæs iú ǽr heáhealdorman Ætius vir inlustris qui et patricius fuit, Bd. 1, 13; S. 481, 40. Ðe hǽlend cwæþ tó ðæmhéhaldurmenn ihesus ait archesynagogo, Mk. Skt. Rush. 5, 36.
on-wæcnian
To awake, arise, be roused, be raised
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Ðonne ( at the sound of the archangel's trumpet ) of ðisse moldan men onwecniaþ, deáde of duste árísaþ, Cd. Th. 302, 23; Sat. 604
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ge-smeágan
To search ⬩ examine ⬩ consider ⬩ scrutari ⬩ cogitare
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To search, examine, consider; scrutari, cogitare Hia gesmeádon miþ him illi cogitabant secum, Mk. Skt. Lind. 11, 31. Gismeáþ wegas úsra scrutemur vias nostras, Rtl. 20, 21. Gismeága excogitare, 170, 5. Gesmeád sprǽc sermo commentitius, Ælfc.
ge-swiporness
Craft ⬩ cunning ⬩ art: ⬩ versutia
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Se ðe wiste geswipernise [-swiopornisse, Rush.] hiora qui sciens versutiam eorum, Mk. Skt. Lind. 12, 15
HOPA
HOPE
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HOPE Geleáffullum mannum mæg beón micel hopa tó ðam menniscum Gode Criste believing men may have great hope on the human God, Christ, Homl. Th. i. 350, 24. Ne bepǽce Ezechias eów mid leásum hopan let not Hezekiah deceive you with false hope, 568, 8
béd
a prayer ⬩ bed
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a prayer. l. bed, Blinde men hé mid his bedum gehǽlde, Bl. H. 173, 27. Beaddum precibus, Rtl. 91, 31. Sing þú ðǽr þíne bedu, Wlfst. 290, 14. Gibér beodo exaudi preces, Rtl. 97, 14: 103, 38: 90, 20. dele passage from Bede, and add
wæstm
Growth, increase ⬩ growth, produce ⬩ plant, fruit ⬩ offspring, progeny ⬩ result ⬩ fruit, that which may be enjoyed ⬩ produce of money, usury. ⬩ growth, growing, ⬩ increase ⬩ growth, thriving ⬩ growth, condition reached by growing, stature, form;
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Bútan wæstme sine fructu, Mk. Skt. 4, 19. Weastme, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 22. Ða beámas wǽron gewered mid wæstme, Cd. Th. 30, 5; Gen. 462. Treów wæstm (westm, v. 12) wircende lignum faciens fructum, Gen. 1, 11. Seó eorðe wæstm bereþ terra fructificat, Mk.
ge-wislíce
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Sege mé gewislícor þæt ic hit mæge understandan tell me more clearly, that I may understand it, Ap. Th. 15, 24. Wé wyllað nú secgan be ðisum eallum gewislícor, Ælfc. Gr.
irnan
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Tó ðǽm gebanne ðæs tóhopan nán man ne mæg cuman, bútan hé ðider irne (ierne, v. l. ) mid ánmódnesse, Past. 344, 20. of a course of action Ðæt mód iernð on ðá unáliéfedan unðeáwas, and hit swá ðeáh ne onwæcneð tó ðon ðæt hit eft on ierne mid hreówsunga
wíde
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Fox 350 ; Men. 176: Dreám geríst wel wíde gehwǽr, 118 ; Men. 59, Se ðe his wordes geweald wíde hæfde, Beo. Th. 159; B. 79. Hé wíde ( in all his ways, in all things ) bær herewósan hige, Cd. Th. 255, 23 ; Dan. 628.
FREÓLS
freedom ⬩ immunity ⬩ privilege ⬩ lībertas ⬩ immūnĭtas ⬩ privĭlēgium ⬩ a time of freedom ⬩ a holy day ⬩ feast ⬩ festival ⬩ the celebration of a festival ⬩ festum ⬩ festi celebratio
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Sunnan dæges freóls healde man georne let a man diligently keep the festival of Sunday, L. Eth. v. 13; Th. i. 308, 10: vi. 22; Th. i. 320, 11. Freólsa and fæstena healde man rihtlíce let a man rightly keep festivals and fasts, L.