wír
Wire ⬩ metal thread
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Hæleð gierede mec (a book) mid golde, for ðon mé glíwedon wrǽtlíc weorc smiþa wíre bifongen, 408, 19; Rä. 27, 14. Wíre geweorþad, 484, 9; Rä. 70, 5.
gamen
amusement, mirth ⬩ jest, game ⬩ game ⬩ a game, pastime
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cf. sealting), gleódǽda gife for gumþegnum, leóht and leoðu-wác, Crä. 82. Gamena angin ludorum gesticulatio An. Ox. 2871. Sleglicum gamena gamene scenico ludorum joco 2886. Man geswíce freólsdagum hǽðenra leóþa and deófles gamena, Ll. Th. ii. 248, 12
CNÓSL
A race ⬩ progeny ⬩ offspring ⬩ kin ⬩ family; ⬩ proles ⬩ genus ⬩ generatio
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A race, progeny, offspring, kin, family; proles, genus, generatio Gewít ðú nú féran, and ðíne fare lǽdan, ceápas to cnósle begin thow now to depart, and lead thy family, thy cattle for progeny Cd. 83; Th. 105, 2; Gen. 1747.
swíþ-mód
great-souled, magnanimous, stout-hearted ⬩ stern-minded ⬩ of violent mind, arrogant, haughty, high-minded
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Wearð hé swíðmód in sefan for ðære sundorgife ðe him God sealde, 254, 3; Dan. 606
twǽman
To divide ⬩ separate ⬩ part ⬩ to prevent the joining of objevte ⬩ to part what has been joined ⬩ to divide ⬩ cause dissension aminy
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libris praesertim ecclesiasticis ad distinctionem oppositum, Migne) Anglia viii.334, 11. to part what has been joined Man wite, ðæt hý þurh mǽgsibbe tó gelænge ne beón, ðe læs ðe man eft twǽme ðæt man ǽr áwóh tósomne gedydon wǽron siððen tótweamde for
á-secgan
to speak out ⬩ utter a word ⬩ to tell ⬩ narrate ⬩ to offer
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Ox. 3449. absolute, to speak out,utter a word Hí ne meahton ásecgan for þæs leóhtes mycelnesse, Bl. H. 145, 14. to tell,narrate, with acc. Ðæt ic ásecgu (enarrem) all wundur ðín, Ps. Srt. 25, 7. Ðú ásagas (enarras ) rehtwísnisse míne, 49, 16.
á-swindan
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For ðínum feóndum ic áswand (tabescebam) on mínum móde Past. 353, 6. Ásundun, distabuerunt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 106, 44. Áswundon, 25, 52. Áswindende torpentem, i. langwentem, An. Ox. 597. Áswunden reses, 45, 2.
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dón
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Hwý hié hiene swá unweorðne on his ylde dyden why they had such contempt for him in his old age, Ors. 5, 4; S. 224, 26. almost with the force of the later auxiliary. with a verb in apposition Se móna déð ǽgðer ge wycxð ge wanað, Hml.
fæger
FAIR, beautiful, joyous, pleasant, pleasing, sweet ⬩ pulcher, dĕcōrus, lætus, jucundus, dulcis
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Forht ic wæs for ðære fægran gesyhþe I was terrified at the beautiful sight, Rood Kmbl. 41; Kr. 21. Segnas stódon on fægere swég the banners rose at the joyous sound, Cd. 170; Th. 214, 8; Exod. 566.
ge-dréfan
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R. 3, 14. to cause sorrow, anxiety, fear & c. in a person For hwý eart þú unrót, mín sáwl, and hwý gedréfst þú (gedroefes ðú, Ps. Srt.) mé ?, Fs. Th. 41, 13. Hé his geférscipe swíþe gedréfde . . . Hié swíþe forhte cwǽdon, Bl. H. 85, 6.
tíd
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búton tída gemetum (without measurement of hours and days); for ðan ðe tunglan nǽron gesceapene, Homl.
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á-belgan
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Forbe;ád se biscop ðæt hí ne weópon, ðý lǽs [hí] ðá hálgan treów þurh heora wóp and teáras ábulgen monuit sacerdos ut pergeremus fletum ululatumque nostrum sacras arbores dicens offendisse, Nar. 32, 14.
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á-sceacan
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Hé wæs hyne ásceacende eal swá earn þonne hé myd hrædum flyhte wyle forð áfleón, Nic. 14, 35
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eges lic
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Ðæt forme scip þæt egeslice spell gebodade the first ship told the terrible tale, Ors. 4, 5; S. 166, 10. Egeslice truculenta, i. horrida (venena ), An. Ox. 1852. Egeslice dǽda, Wlfst. 161, 9. Mid egislicum cornutis (vultibus ), An. Ox. 163.
ǽfen
evening ⬩ eve, the evening preceding a day (of festival)
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Oð ðæt ǽfen forð fram dæges orde, El. 139. Metod æfter sceáf ǽfen ǽrest, Gen. 138. eve, the evening preceding a day (of festival).
ge-scippan
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Þú hit ne gesceópe, 14, 2 ; F. 42, 35. to shape, give a particular form to.
portic
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His líchoma on ðære cyricean norþportice ( porticu aquilonali ) wæs bebyriged; in ðam eác swylce ealra ðæra æfter-fylgendra ærcebiscopa líchoman syndon bebyrged bútan twegra ; heora líchaman sindon on ðære cyricean sylfre gesette, forðan ðe on ðone fore-cwedenan
ge-swerian
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Fore áðum giswornum (gesuoerenum, L. ) propter iusiurandum, Mk. R. 6, 26. with clause containing statement of that which isconfirmed by oath, to swear that . . . Hé ongann gesuoeria þte ic nát, Mk. 14, 71.
hrínan
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</b> to touch, be sensitive to :-- Scíneð þé leóht fore . . . nú þú his hrínan meahte, Gen. 616. <b>I b.