efen-niht
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Þurh þæs lengtenlican emnihtes dæg, for þon se emnihtes dæg ys se feórþa dæg þissere worulde, 310, 14: Lch. iii. 238, 17: 256, 26: 240, 5. Þæs hærfestlican emnihtes ryne, 238, 28. Þæes emnihtes circul, 24: 264, 1.
ge-sǽlignes
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Ox. 2582 : prosperis successibus, i. fortunis, 3995 : 4260. happiness, good fortune, happy estate, v. gesǽlig; II. of persons Ðyncð him ðæt hié wiellen ácuelan for ðǽre medtrymnesse ðæs óðres gesǽlignesse (felicitatis), Past. 231, 21.
Linked entry: sǽligness
ídel-ness
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For passage in l. 18 see <b>IV,</b> and add: emptiness. Cf. ídel; 2 Þá welegan hé forlǽteþ on ídelnesse ( diuites dimisit inanes, Lk. l, 53), Bl. H. 5, 10 : 159, 19. worthlessness; a worthless, useless thing, a vanity.
on-wreón
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Críst onwráh . . . þæt is Euan scyld eal forpynded, Cri. 95. to gain a knowledge of, discover for oneself Ic þæs wuldres treówes oft hæfde ingemynd, ǽr ic þæt wundor onwrigen hæfde ymb þone beorhtan beám, El. 1254.
tíd
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</b> a favourable occasion or period for a person :-- Swá mon on ealdum bigspellum cwyð, ꝥ hwílum beó esnes tíd, hwílum óðres. Prov. K. 31. <b>I c.
up-weard
turned upwards ⬩ moving upwards.
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For ðam gelómlícum ðeáwe his gebeda, swá hwǽr swá hé sæt, ðæt his gewuna wæs ðæt hé his handa upwearde hæfde ofer his cneówa ob crebrum morem orandi, semper ubicumque sedens, supinas super genua sua manus habere solitus sit, Bd. 3, 12; S. 537, 25. moving
BRÉMEL
A BRAMBLE, brier, blackberry bush ⬩ ribulus, vepres, rubus fruticosus,
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Wið útwærce, brémbel ðe síen begen endas on eorþan for dysentery, a bramble of which both ends are in the earth, L. M. 2, 65; Lchdm. ii. 290, 30. Seó eorþe sylþ ðé þornas and brémblas the earth shall give thee thorns and brambles, Homl.
Linked entries: brǽmbel brǽmbel-brǽr brǽmbel-leáf brémbel brémbel-rind brémber brémblas
ge-teorian
To fail ⬩ faint ⬩ be weary ⬩ languish ⬩ cease ⬩ perish ⬩ deficere ⬩ fatigari ⬩ languere ⬩ exterminari
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For swíðlícre hǽtan geteorud wearied by the excessive heat, Herb. 114, 1; Lchdm. i. 226, 23. Beóþ geteorode exterminabuntur, Ps. Spl. 36, 9.
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ge-þreán
To reprove ⬩ rebuke ⬩ afflict ⬩ vex ⬩ constrain ⬩ compel ⬩ corripere ⬩ increpare ⬩ arguere ⬩ cogere ⬩ affligere ⬩ coartare ⬩ urgere ⬩ vexare
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To reprove, rebuke, afflict, vex, constrain, compel; corripere, increpare, arguere, cogere, affligere, coartare, urgere, vexare Se ðe him sylfum leofaþ rihtlíce he is ýdel geþreád he who lives for himself is rightly reproved as idle, Homl.
Linked entry: þreágan
scín-cræft
the art by which deceptive appearances are produced ⬩ magic ⬩ a magic art ⬩ trick
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Wiccan beóþ tó helle bescofene for heora scíncræftum, Homl. Th. ii. 330, 29. Hí mid mislícum scýncræfton ðæt folc dwelodon, 482, 4. Hé wolde ðære fǽmnan mód on his scíncræftum onwendan tó hǽðendóme, Shrn. 135, I.
ge-wilnian
To wish ⬩ desire ⬩ expect ⬩ seek ⬩ strive for ⬩ cŭpĕre ⬩ concŭpiscĕre ⬩ desīdĕrāre ⬩ expĕtĕre ⬩ ambīre
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To wish, desire, expect, seek, strive for; cŭpĕre, concŭpiscĕre, desīdĕrāre, expĕtĕre, ambīre Reáflácum nylle gé gewilnian răpīnas nōlīte concŭpiscĕre, Ps. Spl. 61, 10: Ps. Spl. 118, 20.
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ge-dwola
one who acts wrongly, a wicked person ⬩ one who errs from imperfect knowledge ⬩ one who errs in matters of doctrine, a heretic ⬩ one who wanders in his mind, a frantic person
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Swilc gerihtwísiað þone árleásan for sceattum'. . . Eft cwæð Salomon be swilcum gedwolum : 'Hí (impii) blissiað on yfelnesse, ' Hml.
ge-gán
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For þan ðæs wíte on eówre handa geeóde, Ps.
ge-dón
To do ⬩ make ⬩ put ⬩ cause ⬩ effect ⬩ reach a place ⬩ facere
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Fóron óð ðæt hie gedydon æt Sæferne they went until they reached the Severn, Chr. 894; Erl. 92, 14; 93, 5 : 895; Erl. 94, 2, 15. Fóron ðæt hie gedydon innan Sæferne múðan they went so as to get within the mouth of the Severn, Chr. 918; Erl. 102, 24
on-sendan
to send off, despatch (an emissary) ⬩ to send forth or out, ⬩ to emit (an odour, etc.) ⬩ to send forth (the spirit), to give up (the ghost)
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Seó beorhtnes ðæs onsendan leóhtes, 4, 7; S. 575, 9. to send forth (the spirit), to give up (the ghost) Sóna swá hé ðás word gecwæþ, hé his gást onsende, Blickl. Homl. 191, 29.
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Weogorna-ceaster
Worcester
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Kmbl. iv. 161, 25 and the Latin adjective forms, which shew the same variety, e. g. Weogernensis, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 99, 29 Wiornocensis, iii. 366, 26 Wigorcestrensis, i. 167, 18 Wigorcensis, v. 142, 16
wyrcan
to work ⬩ labour ⬩ to make ⬩ to make ⬩ form ⬩ construct ⬩ to be the source ⬩ cause of, to produce ⬩ to make ⬩ constitute ⬩ to work ⬩ do ⬩ perform ⬩ to perform a rite ⬩ keep a season ⬩ to work ⬩ effect a purpose ⬩ attain an object,
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Se ðe hors nabbe, wyrce ðam hláforde ðe him fore ríde, L. Ath. v. 5 ; Th. i. 232, 20. Hwý sceal ǽnig monn bión ídel, ðæt hé ne weorce (wyrce, v.l.)? Bt. 41, 3; Fox 248, 24. Sió hond sceal wyrcean for ða wambe, Past. 34; Swt. 233, 9.
LÁR
LORE ⬩ teaching ⬩ instruction ⬩ learning ⬩ knowledge ⬩ cunning ⬩ science ⬩ preaching ⬩ doctrine ⬩ dogma ⬩ precept ⬩ exhortation ⬩ admonition ⬩ counsel ⬩ suggestion ⬩ instigation ⬩ persuasion
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Ðín ríce for his lárum gefealleþ thy kingdom will fall because of his counsels, 181, 34
ge-þóht
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For hwý bið se ryhtwísa gecostod mid yfle geðóhte, and ne bið gewemmed, búton for ðý ðe ðǽm ryhtwísan ne deriað his yflan geðóhtas, for ðǽm ðe hé næfd gearone willan ðæt wóh tó fulfremmanne, 423, 23-28.
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wealh
a foreigner ⬩ properly a Celt ⬩ a Celt of Britain; the word occurs mostly in pl., ⬩ the British ⬩ the Welsh ⬩ Wales ⬩ a Roman ⬩ a slave ⬩ servant ⬩ a shameless person
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Ðár man slóh .cc. preósta, ða cómon ðyder ðæt hí scoldon gebiddan for Walena here, 607; Erl. 20, 29. Hí ofslógon .ii. þúsendo Wala (Walana, v. l. ), 614; Erl. 20, 37. Wala (Weala, v. l. ) cyning, 710; Erl. 44, 4.