mǽtan
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Add: with acc. of person and of dream Tó þǽm sóðum gesǽlðum ic tiohige ðæt ic þé lǽde, þǽr þín mód oft ymb rǽsweð and eác mǽt te ducere aggredimur ad veram felicitatem, quam tuus quoque somniat animus, Bt. 22, 2 ; S. 51, 13. Þá gemunde Iósep þá swefen
munuc-hád
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Add: general or of a man In munucháde in monachico habitu Gr. D. 27, 18. Ne mót man iungum men wíf forgyfan, gif hé hine ǽr tó munucháde ( monachismo ) gemynte, Ll. Th. ii. 142, 9. Oft on lǽwedum háde and on lǽwedum girelan mid gódum weorcum and mid
sǽ-mann
a seaman,
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a seaman, one who journeys by sea Sǽmen æfter fóron flódwege, Cd. Th. 184, 11; Exod. 105, Sǽmanna síð, 208, 4; Exod. 478. Gáras, sǽmanna searo, Beo. Th. 663; B. 329. Hé sǽmannum onsacan mihte, 5900; B. 2954. Sigel sǽinannun. symble byþ on hihte, Runic
up-áhefedness
Elevation ⬩ exaltation ⬩ exultation ⬩ arrogance, pride
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Elevation. literal Exaltatio sancte crucis, ðæt is on Engliscre sprǽce upáhefednyss ðære hálgan róde, for ðan ðe heó wæs áhafen on ðam dæge, Homl. Skt. ii. 27, 140. metaphorical, exaltation Þurh ðás clypunge is gesweotolad, ðæt ǽlc upáhefednes ásprincð
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hálig-rift
A holy garment, veil
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A holy garment, veil. Háligryft theristrum, Hpt. Gl. 525. Hió an hyre betsþ háliryft she gives her best veil, Th. Chart. 538, 7. Heó ðǽr háligryfte onféng accepto velamine sanctimonialis habitus, Bd. 4, 19; S. 587, 42: Shrn. 94, 25: Lchdm. iii. 430,
offrung
the offering of a sacrifice or gift ⬩ an offering, sacrifice
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the offering of a sacrifice or gift Hit wæs gewunelíc on ealdum dagum, ðæt man Gode ðyllíce lác offrode on cucan orfe; ac seó offrung is nú unálýfedlíc. Homl. Th. ii. 456, 35. an offering, sacrifice:- Ic áxige hwǽr seó offrung (victima) sig . . . God
ge-þanc
Mind ⬩ will ⬩ opinion ⬩ thought ⬩ mens ⬩ animus ⬩ cogitatio
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Mind, will, opinion, thought; mens, animus, cogitatio Þincþ on his geþance thinks in his mind, R. Ben. 65. Ðone fǽlan geþanc frine interroga me, Ps. Th. 138, 20. Se Hǽlend geseh hyra heortan geðancas Iesus videns cogitationes cordis illorum, Lk. Bos.
twirǽdness
Discord ⬩ dissension ⬩ disagreement
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Discord, dissension, disagreement Sacu and twirǽdnyss (strife, seditions, Gal. 5, 20), Homl. Skt. i. 17, 26. Ðæt swá hweþer swá hit wǽre swá sibb swá twyrédnys betweónan Saxan and Myrcenum, ðæt ðæt mynster beó ǽfre on sibbe. Cod. Dip. B. i. 156, 16.
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side-ful
honest ⬩ modest ⬩ virtuous ⬩ sober ⬩ sober ⬩ modest ⬩ decorous
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of good behaviour or manners, honest, modest, virtuous, sober Sideful pudicus, Wrt. Voc. i. 51, 33. Se árfæst snoter eádmod sidefull séfre clǽne wæs qui pius, prudens, humilis, pudicus, sobrius, castus fuit, Hymn. Surt. 137, 1. Sidefull mann and mid
gísel
A pledge ⬩ hostage ⬩ obses
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A pledge, hostage; obses Gýsel obses, Wrt. Voc. 72, 63: Byrht. Th. 139, 36; By. 265. Bútan ánum Bryttiscum gísle except one British hostage, Chr. 755; Erl. 50, 8. Ecgferþ wæs to gísle geseald Ecgfrid obses tenebatur, Bd. 3, 24; S. 556, 26. Ðú eádige
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þerscold
A threshold
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A threshold Oferslege oððe þerexwold (þræx-, þreox-, þerx-wold, ðrexold) limen, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 12; Zup. 40, 15. Þrexwold, Wrt. Voc. i. 85, 65. Þerxwald, 290, 16. Þerscwold oððe duru, ii. 52, 5. Wríte on ðínum þerscolde (limine) Deut. 6, 9. On ðam þerxolde
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þing-gemearc
Measuring (time) by events
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Measuring (time) by events (? cf. other compounds of gemearc, e.g. fót-, geár-gemearc, where the first part determines the character of the measurement, measurement by feet, by years; in the case of almost all such compounds it is an (adverbial) genitive
wilige
A basket
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A basket Wilige cophinus Wrt. Voc. i. 25, 3. Wilige vel leáp, 55, 37. Wylige oððe meoxbearwe corbis vel, cofinus 86, 2. Wylige (wilige, v. l.) odðe windel corbis, Ælfq. Gr. 9,28; Zup. 55, 13. Wiligan corbes, wiliga corbis Hpt. Gl. 497, 41. On wylegan
wín-berige
A grape
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A grape Wínberge uva. Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 72. Wínberge te hunige áwylled medus, ii. 59, 34. Híre winberie ys gealla uva eorum uva fellis, Deut. 32, 32. Ne hig wín-berian (uuam) on gorste ne nimaþ, Lk. Skt. 6, 44. Gesoden[e] wínberigan (-en, MS.) fecula
hád
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Add: person ; persona. a character in a drama or the like Þonne se sceop in gebtingð óðre hádas þe wið hine wurdlion, swylce hig him andswarion, Angl. viii. 330, 43. (l a) (one's own) person :-- Swylce ágenum háde ł naman ceu propria persona. An. Ox.
a-drincan
To be immersed ⬩ extinguished ⬩ quenched by water ⬩ to be drowned ⬩ immergi ⬩ exstingui ⬩ aquis suffocari
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To be immersed, extinguished, quenched by water, to be drowned; immergi, exstingui, aquis suffocari Lígfýr adranc the fire-flame was quenched, Cd. 146; Th. 182, 18; Exod. 77. Mycele má moncynnes adranc on ðam wætere many more of mankind were drowned
ÁR
ORE ⬩ brass ⬩ copper ⬩ æs
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ORE, brass, copper; æs; Bræs oððe ár æs, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 4, 59. Israhéla folc is geworden nú me to áre on mínum ofne versa est mihi domus Israel in æs in medio fornacis, Past. 37, 3; Hat. MS. 50 a, 6. Gréne ár green copper, brass; orichalcum, Cot.
feorh-lást
A life-step ⬩ step taken to preserve one's life ⬩ flight ⬩ vītæ vestīgium ⬩ gressus vītæ servandæ causâ lātus ⬩ fŭga
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A life-step, step taken to preserve one's life, flight; vītæ vestīgium, gressus vītæ servandæ causâ lātus, fŭga He onweg ðanon on nicera mere, fǽge and geflýmed, feorhlástas bær he bore his life-steps away thence to the monsters' mere, death-doomed and
for-bod
A forbidding ⬩ prohibition ⬩ countermand ⬩ prohibitio
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A forbidding, prohibition, countermand; prohibitio Ðæt hit ðara manna forbod wǽre that it was forbidden by those men [lit. that it was the forbidding of those men ], L. Alf. pol. 41; Th. i. 88, 19. On Godes forbode with Gad's prohibition, L. N. P. L.
fór-mǽl
An agreement ⬩ a treaty ⬩ fœdus ⬩ pactum
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An agreement, a treaty; fœdus, pactum Wið ðam ðe he eall ðæt lǽste ðæt uncer fórmǽl wæs on condition that he fulfil all that was our agreement, L. O. 1; Th. i. 178, 8. Æfter ðam fórmálum [MS. -málan] according to the treaties, L. Eth. ii. 1; Th. i. 284