hlíwe
A shelter
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Tó ðǽre strǽt; on ðá streátan hlýwan; of ðǽre hlýwan, C. D. iii. 229, 28. Tó poshlíwan; ðonne of poshlíwan, 82, 2
mangian
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to mix Suá is tó mon[g]ianne (mengenne, v. l.) ðá liéðnesse wið ðá réðnesse miscenda est lenitas cum severitate Past. 125, 13. (?)
bræsian
ærare" ⬩ To cover or furnish with brass, to make of brass
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ærare"; To cover or furnish with brass, to make of brass Ic bræsige [MSS. C. D. brasige] æro, Ælfc. Gr. 36; Som. 38, 39
costigend
A tempter ⬩ tentator
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A tempter; tentator Se costigend eóde to him the tempter went to him Homl. Blick. 27, 4. Se costnigend tentator Mt. Bos. 4, 3
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ge-þerscan
To strike ⬩ beat ⬩ thrash
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To strike, beat, thrash Geþearsca cædere, Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 65. To geþearscanne, 15, 15. Geþurscon cederunt, 12, 3: Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 21, 35
bysmer-specan
blasphemia, specan loqui ⬩ To speak blasphemy, to blaspheme ⬩ blasphemiam loqui, blasphemare
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[ Similar entries bismer, Similar entries bysmer blasphemia, specan loqui] To speak blasphemy, to blaspheme; blasphemiam loqui, blasphemare Ðú bysmerspycst blasphemas, Jn. Bos. 10, 36
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ymb-spannan
to span round
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to span round Swyle tó ðon swíþe áswollen ðæt hine mon ná mid twám handum ymbspannan circumplecti mihte, Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 7
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mód-sefa
The inner man
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The inner man, mind, spirit, soul, heart: — Ðæt ðín módsefa mára wurde and ðín líchoma leóhtra micle that thy mind would be mightier and far fairer thy body, Cd. 25; Th. 32, 10; Gen. 501.
flítan
to strive ⬩ to strive ⬩ to strive ⬩ quarrelsome ⬩ contentious ⬩ to dispute ⬩ argue ⬩ lay blame on
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Th. 68, 13), Bl. Gl.
beód-fers
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Substitute: Grace before meat Be ðám ðe tó late tó beódferse cumað (ad mensam veniunt), R. Ben. 67, 19. Sé þe tó his beódferse ne cume ad mensam qui ante versum ne occurrerit, 69, 9.
ge-beácnian
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L. 18, 3. to give command by signs Búton hé tó ǽlcum men mæge gebeácnian ꝥ hé irne on his willan nisi ad nutum cuncta suppetant, Bt. 11, 1; F. 32, 20
récan
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Add: to expose to smoke or steam, fumigate: — Lege stór on þá gléda and réc hine mid ꝥ hé swǽte, Lch. ii. 348, 5.
scortian
to get short ⬩ shorten ⬩ to make short ⬩ to run short ⬩ fail
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To schorte oure weie, Chauc. Prol. 791). to run short, fail Ðætte ne scortige (sceortiga, Lind.) gileófa ðín ut non deficiat fides tua, Lk. Skt. Rush. 22, 32
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or-mód
Without courage, hopeless, despairing
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Th. 76, 4. Ðý læs hé ormód sý ealra þinga. Exon. Th. 294, 12; Crä. 14. Ne beó ðú tó ormód ðeáh ðé sí on unriht gedémed be not too much discouraged, though judgement be given wrongfully against thee. Prov. Kmbl. 34.
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ge-þencan
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Þá consulas noldon hié selfe swá earge geþencan, 4, 10; S. 194, 15. to employ the mind on a subject, think of or on, consider. with acc.
for-weorþan
to become ill ⬩ to go bad ⬩ to come to a bad end ⬩ to perish
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Add: to become ill Philippus forwearð on móde, Hml. S. 2, 104. of food, to go bad Gif salt forworðes si sal evanuerit, Mt. L. 5, 13. to come to a bad end His geféran ealle forwurdon tó deáðe, Ap.
ge-sib
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(The first three out of the last five glosses refer to Ald. 55, 35, so probably do the last two.) Þá cwæð se cásere ðæt hí wǽron gesibbe, and for ðí heó sprǽce þillice word him fore, Hml. Th. ii. 310, 9. Freóndum swǽsum and gesibbum, Gen. 1612.
weorc
Work ⬩ opus. ⬩ work ⬩ operative action ⬩ operation ⬩ working ⬩ doing ⬩ performance ⬩ work ⬩ doings ⬩ actions ⬩ what a person does ⬩ what happens ⬩ work ⬩ labour ⬩ occupation ⬩ employment ⬩ any form of long-sustained or habitual activity ⬩ a particular act of labour ⬩ workmanship ⬩ a work ⬩ deed ⬩ any action ⬩ of action that gives affect to anything ⬩ a work, ⬩ what is wrought ⬩ a strong building, ⬩ fortress ⬩ work, ⬩ what is done, ⬩ effect produced ⬩ pain, ⬩ travail, ⬩ grief, ⬩ the instrumental or dative is used in the phrase weorce wesan with the dative of the person — to be painful to a person
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God geswác hys weorces (the work of creation) Gen. 2, 3. Weorces(the building of the tower of Babel) wísan, Cd. Th. 101, 28 ; Gen. 1689. Út færð man tó weorce his Ps. Spl. 103, 24. Hí sóhton weras tó weorce (building) Cd.
friþian
to protect ⬩ to protect ⬩ maintain the sanctity ⬩ to protect an operation ⬩ keep from unfavourable conditions ⬩ to grant immunity to a criminal ⬩ to give asylum to
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Lch. iii. 438, 3. to protect, maintain the sanctity of a day Þone heaan dæg ( Sunday ) healdað and friðiað ealle þá ðe cunnon crístene þeáwas, Dóm.
ést
favour ⬩ luxuries
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Se fiscere ðá éstas him beforan legde þe hé him tó beódenne hæfde, Ap. Th. 11, 25