up-stige
ascension ⬩ mounting ⬩ the ascension ⬩ an ascent ⬩ a way of ascending
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ascension, mounting Nis bútan tweón tó understandenne se upstige and se niþerstige (the ascending and descending on Jacob's ladder) on náne óþere wísan, bútan ðæt heofona ríces upstige mid eádmódnesse geearnod bið and mid oferméttum forwyrht, R.
ge-þræc
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Dele <b>geþrec</b> clangor, and add: a collection of objects pressed together, a throng Synna gehwǽr selfum æt eágan firendéda geþrec (the throng of my misdeeds) beforan standeþ delictum meum coram me est semper, Ps. C. 44.
gleáwlíce
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Swá hleóðrode hálig cempa þeáwum geþancul, An. 427. Paulus eóde þá gleáwlíce and heora godas sceáwode ealle be endebyrdnesse, Hml.
glitnian
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Gliteniend(r)e corusco (immensi luminis splendore ), An. Ox. 4310. <b>I a.</b> of f of objects that reflect light (metal, liquid, gems, plumage, &amp;c.) Ðú ( the phenix ) glitenest swá reád gold, E. S. viii. 476, 46.
ge-wislíce
Certainly ⬩ exactly ⬩ truly ⬩ especially ⬩ besides ⬩ videlicet ⬩ scilicet ⬩ sane ⬩ utique ⬩ porro
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Se wítegode be Criste swíðe gewislíce swilce he godspellere wǽre he prophesied about Christ with great exactness, as if he had been an evangelist, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 69, 414. Gewislíce ic hæbbe certe habeo, Coll. Monast. Th. 30, 7.
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eafora
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Add: gen. pl. eafora (?) Eádmundes eafora, Chr. 973; P. 118, 22: B. 2358. Sethes eafora se yldesta, Gen. 1133. Eafora æfter yldrum, 1129. Of idese bið eafora wæcned, 2392. Is his eafora (-an, MS.) heard hér cumen, B. 375.
ofer-drífan
to cover by drifting ⬩ to overcome, refute, repel, defeat
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Onsage oferdrífan to refute an accusation, 2, 206. Wé syndon fram ðé oferswýðde, ac wé ácsiaþ: Hwæt eart ðú swá wunderlíc on ánes mannes hiwe ús tó oferdrýfenne, Nicod. Thw. 16, 20.
ge-wit
wits ⬩ senses ⬩ [right] mind ⬩ mind ⬩ intellect ⬩ knowledge ⬩ understanding ⬩ consciousness
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Ic wát ðæt ðæt lýf á byþ and ðæt gewit I know that life and mind will always exist, Shrn. 199, 30. 26.
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slítan
To slit, tear, rend ⬩ to tear a garment ⬩ rend ⬩ to tear, split, rend, cleave, divide ⬩ to tear, rend, as an animal does with the teeth or feet, a bird with its beak, ⬩ to tear, bite ⬩ irritate ⬩ to tear ⬩ to destroy, waste, consume ⬩ to carp at, back-bite ⬩ to tear ⬩ attero ⬩ to tear, split ⬩ to tear, break ⬩ scindere, lacerare, laniare, lacessere, saevire, delere ⬩ to slit, tear, break
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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 II., slítung Fótum ic fére, foldan slíte Exon. Th. 393, 17; Rä 13, 1.
cynde
Natural, innate, inborn ⬩ naturalis, innatus, ingenitus
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Natural, innate, inborn; naturalis, innatus, ingenitus Cniht weóx and þág swá him cynde wǽron the boy waxed and thrived as to him was natural, Cd. 132; Th. 167, 26; Gen. 2771
glemm
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Godes cyrice . . . wé sculan nǽfre hyre derian wordes ne weorces, ac griðian hý symle and healdan unwemme and á bútan glemme (bútan womme vel glemme, v. l. ), Wlfst. 67, 18. Add
múþettan
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To chatter, let out a secret Hí ( the guards at Christ's sepulchre ) námon þone sceatt and swá þeáh múþetton and on synderlicum rúnungum ꝥ riht eall rǽddon, Hml. A. 79, 160
þwǽre
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Dele the passage at Shrn. 81, 17, and add Þine freónd þú næfst þé swá gemóde and swá þwére swá swá þú woldest, Solil. H. 34, 3. v. mod-, un-þwǽre
bǽr
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Dele &#39;(?)&#39; and cpds. at end, and add On hnutleáge bǽre eastewearde, C. D. v. 207, 20. v. den-bǽr, pól-bǽr, weald-bǽr, wer-bǽr, wudu-bǽr
sæc
hostile, offensive, hateful ⬩ guilty,
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hostile, offensive, hateful Tó áscamelícum ad detestabilem, ad odiosum, sæcum invisum, exosum, meltestran húse lupanar, Hpt. Gl. 500, 58-62. Similar entries v. next word.(-sæc) guilty, charged with guilt. and
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inne-weard
Inward ⬩ internal ⬩ interior ⬩ intestines ⬩ viscera
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In the neut. sing. and pl. it is used as a noun, intestines, viscera, the inward part Inneweard þeoh femen, Ælfc. Gl. 75 ; Som. 71, 78 ; Wrt. Voc. 44, 60.
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eóh
The Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE = eó, the name of which letters in Anglo-Saxon is eóh = íw a yew-tree ⬩ taxus
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The Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE = eó, the name of which letters in Anglo-Saxon is eóh = íw a yew-tree; taxus, — hence this Rune not only stands for the diphthong eo, but for eoh a yew-tree, as, — RUNE [Eóh] biþ útan unsméðe treów, heard, hrusan fæst yew is
simbel-geféra
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One who continually goes with another, a constant companion Nis hit nó ðæt án ðæt swá eáðe mæg wiðerweard gesceaft wesan ætgædere symbelgeféran, ac hit is sellícre ðæt hiora ǽnigne mæg bútan óðrum bión it is not only that it is so easy for opposites
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un-forbærned
Unburnt ⬩ not burnt up ⬩ not consumed by fire
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Gyf man án bán findeþ unforbærned, hí hit sceolan miclum gebétan, Swt. 21, 12. Tiburtius eode ofer ða byrnendan gléda unforbærnedum fótum, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 380
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wuldor-beáh
A crown
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A crown Wuldorbeáh corona, Ps. Spl. 64, 12. Wulderbeáh, Wrt. Voc. i. 43, 5 : Hpt. Gl. 438, 24. [For] wuldurbeága pro corona, 458, 22. [Tó] wuldurbége ad coronam, 460, 5. Wulderbeáge tropheo, 508, 64. Wuldorbeág coronam, Ps. Lamb. 20, 4.