flǽsc
flesh ⬩ animals ⬩ human beings
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For ðé sceal ǽlc flǽsc forð síðian. Ps. Th. 64, 2. Hé seleð mele ylcum flésce, Ps.
ge-féra
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Se man þe ætfleó fram his hláforde oþþe fram his geféran for his yrhðe, sý hit on scypfyrde, sý hit on landfyrde. Ll. Th. i. 420, 8.
hrǽw
a corpse ⬩ carcase ⬩ trunk ⬩ carrion
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Sang se wanna fugel hrǽs on wénan the dusky fowl sang hoping for carrion, Cd. 93; Th. 119, 25; Gen. 1985. Furseus ðá beseah tó his líchaman swilce tó uncúþum hreáwe. Homl. Th. ii. 346, 7.
LEÓÞ
A song ⬩ poem ⬩ ode ⬩ lay ⬩ verses
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Ðis leóþ him andswaraþ for gewitnysse and ðæt leóþ ne ádiligaþ nán man of ðínes ofspringes múþe respondebit ei canticum istud pro testimonio, quod nulla delebit oblivio ex ore seminis tui, Deut. 31, 21.
neowol
prone ⬩ prostrate ⬩ deep down ⬩ low ⬩ profound
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Drihten for ðé of ðæm heán heofone on ðás neowlan gesceaft niðer ástáh for thee the Lord descended from the high heaven to this lower world, L. E. I. prm.; Th. ii. 396, 2.
þigen
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Ðú ðás werðeóde wræccan láste freónda feásceaft gesóhtest þíne þearfende (þíne for þigne? needing food; or þíne pron. (v. þín, III) thy men being in need ), Cd. Th. 149, 25; Gen. 2480.
feáwa
a few
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Sprecan áne feáwa worda, Nic. 5, 40. adjectival Þá frýnd . . . þe hine for þám welan lufiaþ . . . þá feáwan þe hine for lufum lufedon, Bt. 29, 2; F. 106, 11. Feám wordum, Past. 73, 19. Feám (feáum, v. l.), 75, 16. Feáum, 395, 12: Bt. 19; F. 70, 11.
gífre
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Ex. 70. in a good sense, eagerly desirous for (gen. ) Ic wolde ymbe þone lǽcedóm þára ðínra lára hwéne máre gehýran . .
hearm
evil ⬩ an evil ⬩ injury ⬩ a calamity ⬩ grief ⬩ affliction ⬩ calumny ⬩ a calumny
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Þá cýdde man mé ꝥ ús mára hearm tó fundode þonne ús wel lícode, and þá fór ic . . . into Denmearcon þe eów mǽst hearm of cóm . . . wé ne þurfon þanon nénes hearmes ús ásittan, Cht. E. 230, 1-10. Him eallum tó hearme, Hml. S. 13, 127.
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hord
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Hord warian, Rä. 32, 21 : 88, 22. of material valuable for its properties Sege eallum mannum ꝥ sóna swá hí geopeniað míne byrgene, ꝥ hí magon ðǽr findan swá deórwurðne hord ( the miracle-working remains of St.
má
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. :-- For þǽm hé ne úþe þæt ǽnig má folca for his þingum forwurde þonne hé self mid his ágenre þeóde, Ors. 2, 5; S. 80, 33. Ge londum ge on má ðára þinga ðe heó on forhaldne wéran, C. D. v. 140, 15.
sægen
a saying, statement, assertion ⬩ tradition, report, story ⬩ a narration, relation
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Hé ðá Alexander áhleóp, and hiene for ðære sægene ofslóg, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 130, 30. Heora biscopas from hiora godum sǽden ðæt hié ðæt gefeoht forbuden. Ac Papirius ða biscepas for ðære sægene swíðe bismrade, 3, 10; Swt. 140, 2.
úþ-wita
a philosopher ⬩ scribe ⬩ geo metrician
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Án swíþe wís mon ongan fandigan ánes úþwitan and hine bismerode, for ðam hé hine swá orgellíce up áhóf and bodode ðæs ðe hé úðwita (philosophus) wǽre; ne cýððe hé hit mid nánum cræftum ...
wær-scipe
Prudence, caution, circumspection, wisdom,in a bad sense, cunning, astuteness
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For wísdóme and wærscipe consilio, Past. 20; Swt. 149, 16. Búton wærscipe unadvisedly, Homl. Skt. i. 11, 361. Mid máran fultume and mid máran wærscipe circumspectiore cura ac magis instructo adparatu, Ors. 3, 8; Swt. 120, 25.
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cristen
Christian ⬩ christianus
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Godes þeówas for eall cristen folc þingian let the servants of God intercede for all Christian people L. Eth. v. 4; Th. i. 304, 25: vi. 2; Th. i. 314, 18:;L. C. E. 6; Th. i. 364, 7.
ge-þeón
To grow ⬩ grow up ⬩ increase ⬩ thrive ⬩ flourish ⬩ prosper ⬩ crescĕre ⬩ profĭcĕre ⬩ vĭgēre
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Se ðe for wísdóme wende to Scottum ðæt he ælþeódig on láre geþuge who for the sake of wisdom had gone to Scotland that in a foreign land he might increase in learning, Homl. Th. ii. 148, 19. Ðá ðá he geþogen wæs when he was grown up, 38, 9: L. Ælf.
synder-líc
Separate, special, private ⬩ that is apart, separate, remote ⬩ private, that is done apart, not public ⬩ private, without distinction, ordinary ⬩ special, peculiar, proper ⬩ separated by superiority, singular, excellent, specially good
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Ðonne wé for synderlecum synnum synderleca hreówsunga dóþ, Past. 53;Swt. 413, 28. Sume naman syndon (specialia,) ðæt synd synderlíce, ða ðe beóþ tódǽlede fram ðam gemǽnelícum, Ælfc.
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a-streccan
To stretch out ⬩ to extend ⬩ prostrate ⬩ lay low ⬩ to prostrate oneself ⬩ bow down ⬩ extendere ⬩ expandere ⬩ prosternere ⬩ se prosternere ⬩ adorare
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To stretch out, to extend, prostrate, or lay low, to prostrate oneself, bow down; extendere, expandere, prosternere, se prosternere, adorare Ðe leas he astrecce his hand ne forte mittat manum suam, Gen. 3, 22 : 22, 12.
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CEALD
Cool, COLD ⬩ frigidus, gelidus
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Forst se biþ fyrnum ceald frost which is intensely cold, Cd. 38; Th. 50, 16; Gen. 809. Ðú ðæm wætere wǽtum and cealdum foldan fæste gesettest thou firmly settest the earth to the water wet and cold, Bt. Met.
hettend
An enemy
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An enemy Hettend lǽddon út mid ǽhtum abrahames mæg the enemy led forth Abraham's kinsman with his possessions. Cd. 94; Th. 121, 17; Gen. 2011: 154; Th. 191, 4; Exod. 209: Chr. 937; Erl. 12, 10; Æðelst. 10: Andr. Kmbl. 61; An. 31. Hetend, Elen.
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