ge-weorþian
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Offa wæs geofum and gúðum wíde geweorðod Offa was for liberality and bravery far and wide held in honour, B. 1959.
hwá
Who ⬩ what. ⬩ any one ⬩ some one ⬩ anything ⬩ something ⬩ whosoever ⬩ whatsoever, ⬩ whatever
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Ic wundrige for hwý se góda God lǽte ǽnig yfel beón I wonder for what reason the good God allows any evil to exist, Bt. 36, 1; Fox 172, 4. For hwig, St. And. 32, 13.
morþ
death ⬩ destruction ⬩ perdition ⬩ that which causes death ⬩ murder ⬩ slaying with an attempt at concealment of the deed ⬩ murder ⬩ homicide
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III and morþ-dǽd) forþ of hire inclifan. Ðá nam man ðæt wíf and ádrencte hí æt Lundenebricge, Chart. Th. 230, 17. murder; as a technical term, slaying with an attempt at concealment of the deed.
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fandian
to try ⬩ to tempt ⬩ to try ⬩ to try ⬩ taste ⬩ feel ⬩ to try ⬩ to visit ⬩ tempt ⬩ provoke ⬩ attempt
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Hé cwæð ꝥ þǽm weorce nánum men ǽr ne gerise bet tó fandianne þonne þǽm wyrhtan þe hit worhte he said that for no one was it more fitting that he should be the first to try the machine (the bull of Phalaris) than for the man who made it, Ors. 1, 12; S.
wyrd
What happens ⬩ fate ⬩ fortune ⬩ chance ⬩ fate ⬩ the otherwise than humanly appointed order of things ⬩ one of the Fates ⬩ fate ⬩ fortune ⬩ an event ⬩ an event ⬩ occurrence ⬩ circumstance ⬩ incident ⬩ fact ⬩ what happens to a person ⬩ fate ⬩ fortune ⬩ lot ⬩ condition ⬩ fate ⬩ death ⬩ chance ⬩ accident
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Fors wyrd, 109, 5 : 83, 43: 37, 14. Fortuna wyrd, 108, 78 : 33, 78. Fortunae wyrde, 33, 77 : 79, 61. Sortem wyrd, 120, 76. Fatu (statu? Similar entries v.
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hyht
Hope ⬩ joyous expectation ⬩ joy
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Ðære hǽlo ðe hé us tó hyhte forgeaf for the salvation which he hath given us to hope for, Exon. 16 b; Th. 38, 28; Cri. 613. Hæbbe ic mé tó hyhte heofonríces weard I have the guardian of the kingdom of heaven as my hope, 68 b; Th. 255, 10; Jul. 212.
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þes
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For þís (þý, Cott. MS.) is se cwide sóþ for this reason is the saying true, Bt. 36, 7; Fox 184, 18. Þiss, Mt. Kmbl. 28, 14. Wé ðiss (ðis, Cott. MSS.) feáwum wordum sǽdon, Past. 3; Swt. 33, 6: 22; Swt. 169, 3.
hálgian
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Fore him ic hálgiga (hálgige, W. S., gihálgo, R.) mec seolfne sanctifica eos . . . pro eis ego sanctifico me ipsum, Jn.
læssa
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Nalæs hí hine lǽssan lácum teódan, þeódgestreónum, þonne þá dydon þe hine æt frumsceafte forð onsendon, B. 43. with respect to importance or interest Ne sceolde hé nán ðing forgýman ðe ǽfre tó note mehte; ne forða ( = furþum) músfellan; ne ꝥ gít lǽsse
Galwalas
Gauls ⬩ Frenchmen ⬩ people of Gaul in a body ⬩ Gaul ⬩ France ⬩ Galli ⬩ Gallia
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He fór in Galwalas he went into Gaul, 380; Erl. 11, 2
earfoþnes
Difficulty, hardship, anxiety, tribulation, misfortune ⬩ diffĭcultas, lăbor, angustiæ, tribŭlātio, infortūnium
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B.] for the difficulties of women, Med. ex Quadr. 2, 7; Lchdm. i. 334, 18.
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hreówsung
Sorrowing ⬩ sorrow ⬩ penitence ⬩ repentance
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Se apostol bebeád ðæt hí þrítig daga be hreówsunge dǽdbétende Gode geoffrodon the apostle ordered that they for thirty days with penitence should offer to God doing penance, Homl. Th. i. 68, 17.
blót-mónaþ
November, the month of sacrifice, so called because at this season the heathen Saxons made a provision for winter, and offered in sacrifice many of the animals they then killed. In an account of the Saxon months, it is thus described
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[blót a sacrifice, mónaþ month] November, the month of sacrifice, so called because at this season the heathen Saxons made a provision for winter, and offered in sacrifice many of the animals they then killed.
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ge-mǽrsian
To magnify, glorify, celebrate ⬩ magnĭfĭcāre, glorĭfĭcāre, celebrāre
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Ðú Sunnan dæg sylf hálgodest and gemǽrsodest hine manegum to helpe thou thyself didst sanctify Sunday and didst glorify it for help to many, Hy. 9, 26; Hy. Grn. ii. 291, 26.
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wynsumlíce
pleasantly ⬩ agreeably ⬩ pleasantly ⬩ graciously ⬩ gladly ⬩ joyously
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Sume tiliaþ wífa, for ðam ðæt hí þurh ðæt mæge mǽst bearna begitan, and eác wynsumlíce libban uxor, ac liberi, qui jucunditatis gratia petuntur, Bt. 24, 3; Fox 82, 27. Engla werod wynsumlíce sungon, Homl. Skt. ii. 29, 297.
wuldor-full
glorious ⬩ vainglorious
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For his wuldorfullan sige oretlofes propter ejus gloriosissimi victoriam triumphi, Anglia xiii. 400, 497. Seó wunung on ðam wuldorfullum dreáme, Homl. Ass. 43, 481. Tó ðare wuldorfullan byrig Hierusalem, H. R. 7, 4. Wuldorfulle on mægðháde, Homl.
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bodig
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For II and III substitute: II. the main portion, of the animal frame (opposed to head or limbs) Bodig truncus, Wrt. Voc. i. 283, 26. Bodeg, bodęi spina, Txts. 99, 1891. Bodig, An. Ox. 18b, 89. Hí næfdon ꝥ heáfod ld þám bodige, Hml. S. 32, 137, 165.
bóc-lic
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Tó þysum wífman*-*num áwrát Hieronimus trahtbéc, for ðan ðe hí wǽron gecneordlǽcende on bóclicum smeágungum, Hml. Th. i. 436, 12. Add
caru
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Hé wiste ferhð guman cearum (grievously; cf. cearum cwíðende, Cri. 892) on clommum, Ger. 2794. care for (v. carian, ) Hyrdelicere care sollertia pastorali, i. sollicitudine, An.
cwén
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For cwéne (wk.) l. cwene, q. v. and add: a woman Cwéna geligr adulterium, Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 33. a queen Ealra fǽmnena cwén, Bl. H. 105, 17. Coen (cwoen, R.) súðdǽles regina austri, Lk. L. 11, 31. Ðió cuoen reginam, p. 7, 8.