ge-dwimor
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Feor áweg gewítan swefna and nihta gedwymeru (faniasmata), Hy. S. II, 31. Tunglera gedwimeru Chaldeorum fantasmata, An. Ox. 3269. delusion, deception Sume swefna beóð of deófle tó sumum swicdóme . . . ac his gedwimor ne mæg derian þám gódum, Hml.
glædnes
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On xxvii and on xxviii nihta ꝥ tácnað ealne gefeán, and ealle angnysse and uneáðnysse smyltnysse and glædnesse gehátað, Lch. iii. 156, 14. alacrity, cheerful readiness. Cf. glædlíce; Gode man sceal dón mid glædnysse ǽfre þá betstan behát, Hml.
swefen
sleep ⬩ a dream ⬩ a dream ⬩ sleep: a dream ⬩ sleep ⬩ sleep
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Feor áweg gewítan swefna and nihta gedwymeru procul recedant somnia et noctium fantasmata, Hymn. Surt. 11, 29. Ic swefna cyst secgan wylle, Rood Kmbl. 1; Kr. 1. Hí áféngon andsware on swefnum, Mt. Kmbl. 2, 12. On swefnum (soefnum.
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wreón
To cover ⬩ to put a covering on ⬩ to cover with clothes ⬩ to clothe ⬩ to cover ⬩ to bind ⬩ to conceal ⬩ hide ⬩ to serve as a covering ⬩ be spread over
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Niht lagustreámas wreáh, 147, 34; Gen. 2449. Mec (an oyster) ýþa wrugon, Exon. Th. 488, 5 ; Rä, 76, 2, Sió tilmen biþ þeccende and wreónde ða wambe. Lchdm. ii. 240, 17. of clothing Woede tó wriánne vestem ad operiendam, Rtl. 103, 42.
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nearwe
straitly ⬩ strictly ⬩ closely ⬩ narrowly ⬩ strictly ⬩ exactly ⬩ oppressively ⬩ forcibly ⬩ anxiously ⬩ in a manner causing trouble
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Th. 292, 26; Sat. 446. anxiously, in a manner causing trouble Hyge gnornende nihtes nearwe the mind mourning in anguish at night, Exon. Th. 174, 25; Gú. 1183. Ferþ gebysgad, nearwe genǽged, 162, 35; Gú. 986.
simbel
Continual ⬩ perpetual ⬩ ever ⬩ always ⬩ continually
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Ðǽr se ríca hyne reste on symbel nihtes where the ruler ever rested at night, Judth. Thw. 22, 2; Jud. 44
nátes-hwón
Not at all ⬩ by no means
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Ne mæg ic náteshwón búton mynstre nihtes wunian, ii. 182, 33: 80, 16. Sume teolunga sind ðe man earfoþlíce mæg oððe náteshwón ( hardly or not at all ) búton synnum begán, 288, 22 : Homl. Skt. 7, 104.
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ge-dwelian
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Nom in utroque nihil fallor, Solil. H. 21, 11. trans.
hádor
Clear [applied both to light and to sound], bright, serene ⬩ clarus, splendidus, serenus, micans ⬩ bright (of the sky, stars)
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Hádrum nihtum in clear nights, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 463; Met. 20, 232. Se ðe heofen þeceþ hádrum wolcnum qui operit cælum nubibus, Ps. Th. 146, 8. Singaþ hǽdrum stefnum they sing with clear voices, Elen. Kmbl. 1492; El. 748
mǽg
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Beó hé feówertig nihta on carcerne . . . and his mǽgas (mágas, v. l. ) hine féden gif hé self mete næbbe, 60, 10: 120, 6: 124, 7: 148, 18: 164, 11: 202, 15: 206, 5: 228, 26 : 238, 31 : 286, 32.
DÆG
DAY ⬩ dies ⬩ the time of a man's life ⬩ tempus vitæ humanæ ⬩ the Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE = the letter d, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is dæg a day; hence this Rune not only stands for the letter d, but for dæg a day, as,- RUNE byþ Drihtnes sond, deóre mannum day is the Lord's messenger, dear to men
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church is recorded, referring to the example of the Psalmist, thus,-Dauid cwæþ seofon síðon on dæg ic sang ðé, Drihten, to lofe,-Ðæt is Ǽrst on ǽrne morgen; — Eft on undern-tíde; and 3 on midne dæg, — and 4 on nón, — and 5 on ǽfen, — and 6 on fóran niht
ge-beódan
to command ⬩ order ⬩ summon ⬩ jŭbēre ⬩ mandāre ⬩ to announce ⬩ proclaim ⬩ annuntiāre ⬩ to offer ⬩ propose ⬩ give ⬩ grant ⬩ offerre ⬩ præbēre
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Kmbl. 551; El. 276. to announce, proclaim; annuntiāre Hit beó seofon nihtum geboden ǽr let it be announced seven days before, L.
and-wyrdan
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Add: (-weard-, -ward-, -word- in North Gospels) Ne andwyrtst (-wyrdest, R. ) þu nán þing ongén þá nihil respondes ad ea f , Mt. 26, 62. Ondueardest (-wordes, R. ), Mk. L. 14, 60. Se smiþ andwyrt (respondit), Coll. M. 31, 15.
ge-néðan
To venture, attempt, strive
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Sió sunne uncúðne weg nihtes genéðeþ the sun ventures on an unknown way by night, Bt. Met. Fox 13, 117; Met. 13, 59: Exon. 100 a; Th. 374, 1; Seel. 119. He genéðde under ánne elpend he ventured under an elephant, Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 77, 20: 8; 90, 8.
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eglan
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Hé cwæð ꝥ him ꝥ nánuht ne eglode dixit quod ei nihil noceret, Ll. Th. ii. 164, 10. Ðá ðe hira hláfordas diégellíce tǽlað, and ðeáh suá suá hit him nó ne derige, ne ne egle dum praelatae dignitati saltem innoxie et latenter derogant, Past. 199, 13.
ge-rímcræft
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Wé cweðaþ on gerímcræfte Cathedra Sancti Petri seofon nihton ǽr þám mónðe þe wé Martius hátað, Hml. S. 10, I. Wé é manega þing ymbe gerímcræft, Angi. viii. 321, 34
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ge-treówlíce
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Gitrowalíce, 24, 15. faithfully, loyally. v. ge-treów; Leóf cynehláford, ne cóm him nán þing tó þance ꝥ hé swá getreówlíce ꝥ þé geopenode pro hac fide nihil mercedis accepit, Hml. A. 98, 221.
fremian
To profit ⬩ do good ⬩ be good or expedient ⬩ avail ⬩ profĭcĕre ⬩ prōdesse ⬩ expĕdīre ⬩ vălēre
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Ðæt hyt náht ne fremode quia nihil profĭcĕret, Mt. Bos. 27, 24: Mk. Bos. 5, 26. Ðonne biþ gesýne, hwæt him his swefn fremion tunc appārēbit, quid illi prōsint somnia tua, Gen. 37, 20
bí-leofa
subsistence ⬩ maintenance ⬩ provision ⬩ victuals
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Ꝥ man ne sceolde ǽnigne bigleofan hire dón binnon seofon nihton, 10, 282. Bíleofan stipem .i. alimoniam, An. Ox. 2193. Bíwiste, bileofan stipendia, 4833. Hé Godes cyrcan gegódode mid landum and bigleofum, Hml. S. 27, 135.
úht-sang
One of the services of the church ⬩ nocturns or matins
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Ðæt ðære nihte tó láfe sié æfter ðam úhtsange quod restat post vigilias, R. Ben. 32, 17.