lyft
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Add: I. air as one of the four elements Sié eorþe is drýge and ceald, and ꝥ wæter wǽt and ceald; sié lyft . . . is ǽgðer ge ceald ge wǽt, Bt. 33, 4; F. 128, 35. ꝥ lyft ys wǽt and wearm. . . fýr býð wearm and drigge. . . eorðe ys ceald and drigge . .
of-drǽd
terrified, afraid
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Befrán se sceaþa hwæt hé manna wǽre, oððe wǽre ofdrǽd, Homl. Th. ii. 502, 28. Hé ofdrǽdd wæs for his morþdǽdum, Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 38. Hié beóþ mid ðæm ymbeþonce ofdrǽdde, Past. 35, 2; Swt. 238, 7: Homl. Skt. i. 23, 300
a-ebbian
To ebb away ⬩ recede ⬩ recedere
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To ebb away, recede; recedere Ðæt wæter wæs a-ebbad [a-ebbod MS. C. T; ge-ebbod Cant.] feala furlanga from ðám scipum the water had ebbed many furlongs from the ships, Chr. 897; Ing. 123, 19
eorþ-hele
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Wæs þæt deáw swilce hit hagoles eorðhele wǽre the dew was as if there were a covering of hail upon the ground; ros jacuit. . . in similitudinem pruinae super terram, Ex. 16, 14. Substitute:
hold-lic
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Friendly, kindly [H]wæt hý holdlices quid amicum, fidum An. Ox. 50, 29
godcundlíce
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Add: of action by the Deity, by God, from heaven Þá cóm micel wæl and moncwild godcundlíce ( diuinitus ) sended, Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 357, 22.
Róm
Rome
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Swá mildelíce wæs Rómeburg on fruman gehálgod, Swt. 66, 4. Twám geárum ǽr Rómaburh ábrocen wǽre ... wæs Rómaburh ábrocen fram Gotum, Bd. 1, 11; S, 480, 10-12. On Rómebyrig, Apstls. Kmbl. 22; Ap. 11. Hér Gotan ábrǽcon Rómeburg, Chr. 409; Erl. 10, 7
Linked entry: Róme-burh
níþ-sele
A hall where one is exposed to the hatred of a foe
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A hall where one is exposed to the hatred of a foe [Grein reads niþ-sele a hall low down, beneath the water. ] Hé [in] níþsele náthwylcum wæs, ðǽr him nǽnig wæter wihte ne sceþede, Beo. Th. 3030; B. 1513
Linked entry: niþ
lata
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For the passage substitute Þeáh þe heó þæs bearnes lata wǽre, heó þonne Gode (þæs bearnes MS., but see Latin) nóht lata ne wæs erat tarda soboli, sed non tarda Deo Archiv cxxii. 248, 20-22; Bl. H. 163, 8
rihtlíce
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Add Þá ðe rihtlíce healdað hyra ǽwe, and on álýfedum tíman hǽmed begáð, Hml, Th. i. 148, 21. of direction, directly Ðá áxode ic hwilc se wæg wǽre þe tó Iordane þǽre eá rihtlícost gelǽdde, Hml. S. 23 b, 494
ge-tǽse
Meet ⬩ convenient suitable ⬩ mild ⬩ easy ⬩ accommodus ⬩ placidus ⬩ lenis
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Meet, convenient suitable, mild, easy; accommodus, placidus, lenis Gif him wǽre niht getǽse if he had had an easy night, Beo. Th. 2645; B. 1320. Swá hit getǽsost wæs as was most fitting, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 22; Met. 20, 11
be-bíwan
to rub over
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to rub over Þá wæs sóht, hwǽr se lǽce wǽre, þe cúþe wyrtgemang wyrcan, ꝥ sé mihte hine (the dead man) besmyrwian and bebyrwan (-býwan?) cum medicus atque pigmentorius ad aperiendum eum atque condiendum esset quaesitus, Gr. D. 318, 3. (?)
fágung
a diversity
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Hé áwænde eallre þǽre hýde híw swá ꝥ seó fágung (varietas) wæs tóbrǽded geond eallne his líchaman, ꝥ hé wæs geþúht swylce hé hreóf wǽre .. . sóna swá hine gehrán se hálga wer, hé geflýmde ealle þá fágunge (varietatem) þǽre hýde, Gr.
ge-fullian
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in Dict. and add Sóna ðæs þe hiene mon gefullwade (gefullade, hé gefullwad wǽre, v. ll.) . . . fram Sergio hé gefulwad (gefullad, v. l. ) wæs, Bd. 5, 7; Sch. 583, 15-24. Hé tó gefulliane (-enne, v. l. ) cóm tó Róme, Sch. 582, 14.
swimman
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Add Hú hé þonne swam mid þám ilcan scipe, þonne hit wæs ýþa full qualiter cum carabo undis pleno nataverat, Gr. D. 347, 21. Add Ágeót wæter uppon ðone ele, and se ele ábrecð úp and swimð bufon, Hml. Th ii. 564, 14
ge-brýdian
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To marry Wæs óðres cempan wíf . . . seó wæs án geár gebrýdod and feówer mónað, Shrn. 84, 31. Seó wæs twám werum gebrýdad, and hwæþre heó wæs clǽne fǽmne. Ǽrest heó wæs gebrýdad Tondberhte and æfter þǽm heó wæs seald Ecgferðe tó cwéne, 94, 18-21
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reód
Red
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Red Se ðe ǽror com, se wæs reód( rufus ) and eall rúh, Gen. 25, 25. Ðonne ðú ( the body) wǽre glæd and reód and gódes hiwes, ðonne wæs ic ( the soul) blác and swýðe unrót, Wulfst. 140, 27 : L. E. I. prm.;Th. ii. 398, 14.
hearm-líc
Hurtful, injurious, painful, miserable, grievous
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Ðæt wæs hreówlíc and hearmlíc that was sad and grievous, Chr. 1057; Erl. 192, 21
ge-þyldig
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Ic wolde cweþan ꝥ þú uþwita wǽre, gif þú gefyldig wǽre, Bt. 18, 4; F. 68, 4. Hé wæs swíðe geþyldig and eáðmód, Bl. H. 213, 7: Hml. Th. i. 472, 7. Giðyldig, Rtl. 102, 15. Gehyldig, Ps. Spl. 7, 12.
geára
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Þǽm þa geára ábolgen wæs for manna synnum, Bl. H. 9, 6. Swá swá geára beboden wæs Godes folce, 35, 19 ; 93, 29. Sé him wæs geára . . . geþeóded, Guth. 52, 6.