mód-þwǽre
Gentle ⬩ meek ⬩ mild
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Gentle, meek, mild Hé gerehþ módþwǽre on dóme diriget mansuetos in judicio, Ps. Lamb. 24, 9
holing
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Digging, excavation Þá ongunnon hí on þám stán-clife hwylcehugu holinga dón, Gr. D. 113, II
finding
A device ⬩ invention
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A device, invention Nán ágenre findincge dón geþrístlǽce nullus propria adinventione agere presumat, Angl. xiii. 441, 1051
ge-spówan
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God þé gemiclað ꝥ þé forþ gespéwð ꝥ þú dón wilt, H. Z. 21, 189, 13. Add
scering
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Shaving Scerincge þénuncge hǽra hí áweg dón oferfléwednysse rasurę officio pilorum euellant superfluitate, Angl. xiii. 408, 610
bold
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Se biseeop sceal habban þá preóstas on his ágenum bo[l]de ( domo ), Chrd. 44, 35. Add
a-libban
To live ⬩ live after ⬩ survive ⬩ vivere ⬩ superesse
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Hwá unclǽnnisse líf alifde who lived a life of uncleanness, Exon, 116 b; Th. 448, 32; Dóm. 63: Hý. 4, 115. Hy on bilwitnesse hyra líf alyfdon they lived a harmless life, Ors. 1, 2; Bos. 27, 5: Ex. 21, 22
beofian
To tremble ⬩ quake ⬩ be moved ⬩ tremere ⬩ contremere ⬩ commoveri
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To tremble, quake, be moved; tremere, contremere, commoveri Beofaþ eal beorhte gesceaft all the bright creation shall tremble Exon. 116 b Th. 448, 22; Dóm. 58. Seó eorþe beofode the earth trembled 24 b; Th. 70, 27; Cri. 1145.
sigel-beorht
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Bringþ sigelbeorhte dagas sumor tó túne, 175 ; Men. 89. bright as the sun Sitt sigelbeorht swegles brytta on heáhsetle ille sedens solio fulget sublimis in alto, Dóm. L. 117. [Icel. sól-bjartr.] Cf. sigel-torht
winestra
Left
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Th. 449, 22; Dóm. 75
á-hrepian
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Add: to treat Ic hæbbe áhrepod be þám tíd*-*þénungum þe man dón sceall, Btwk. 220, 40
Linked entry: hrepian
wíg-síþ
A warlike expedition
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A warlike expedition Nǽfre mon lytle werede ðon wurðlícor wígsið áteáh, Cd. Th. 126, 13 ; Gen. 2094
BEORCAN
to make a sharp explosive sound ⬩ latratum vel sonum edere ⬩ to BARK ⬩ latrare
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We sceolon beorcan and bodigan ðám lǽwedum dumb dogs cannot bark. We ought to bark and preach to the laymen L. Ælfc. C. 23; Th. ii. 350, 34. Ic hwílum beorce swá húnd I sometimes bark as a dog Exon. 106 b; Th. 406, 16; Rä. 25, 2.
Linked entry: borcian
wituma
A dowry
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A dowry Wituma vel wetma, uuituma dos, Txts. 57, 704. Weotoma dote (the line is: Ne metuas juvenis sortiri dote puellam, Ald. 170), Wrt. Voc. ii. 93, 28: 27, 18.
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láð-líc
Hateful ⬩ loathsome ⬩ disgusting ⬩ unpleasant ⬩ detestable ⬩ abominable ⬩ horrible
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Ðæt is láðlíc líf ðæt hí swá maciaþ it is an abominable life that they do so, L. I. P. 14; Th. ii. 322, 26: Exon. 266; Th. 78, 19; Gri. 1276.
metod-sceaft
Decree of fate ⬩ doom ⬩ fate after death
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Decree of fate, doom, fate after death Ealle Wyrd forsweóp míne mágas tó metodsceafte ( to their doom ), Beo. Th. 5623; B. 2815. Gást onsende Matheus his tó metodsceafte ( to the fate appointed to it ), in écne gefeán, Menol. Fox 342; Men. 172.
ge-leánian
To reward ⬩ repay ⬩ recompense ⬩ reddĕre ⬩ trĭbuĕre ⬩ rependĕre
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Him ðæt geleánaþ lífes Waldend the Lord of life will repay him that, Exon. 117 a; Th. 450, 9; Dóm. 85. Biþ hiora yfel geleánod be heora gewyrhtum their wickedness is recompensed according to their deserts, Bt. 38, 3; Fox 202, 4
Linked entry: leánian
eaxel
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His ealdor*-*dóm ys on eaxle ( super humerum ), Ælfc. T. Grn. 9, 14.Þú mid þínre brádre hand þá nunnan ofer hire eaxle þaccodest, Gr. D. 190, 14. Hine þonne ofer eaxle besihð se déma tó þám forwyrhtum, Wlfst. 256, 8. Eaxla humeri, Wrt.
fúl
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Voc. ii. 44, 53. in a physical sense Ne bið áht geméted bútan líg and cyle and ládlic fúl ( foetor ), Dóm. L. 205. in a figurative sense. Take here passages under <b>fúl,</b> es; m. and add Áð ðæt hé nyste ne fúl ne fácen . . .
gnagan
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Wyrmas heora bán gnagað byrnendum tóðum vermes lacerant ignitis dentibus ossa, Wlfst. 139, 10: Dóm. L. 211. Wé hédað þǽra crumena ðæs hláfes and ðá Iúdéiscan gnagað þá rinde, Hml. Th. ii. 114, 34. Sceal se hund bán gnagan, Lch. ii. 48, 12.