weorod
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Th. i. 318, 14. l. Add Án út ásceát of Latina weorode, and ánwíges bæd, Ors. 3, 6 ; S. 108, 10. v. bisceop-, camp-, elen-, cored-, hám-, in-, síþ-weorod
sceón
To fall to a person's lot
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To fall to a person's lot Gif unc bán fordsíð scéet on Rómeweȝe if death be the lot of both of us on the journey to Rome, Chart. Th. 583, 29.
wilsumlíce
willingly ⬩ voluntarily ⬩ spontaneously ⬩ devoutly ⬩ devotedly
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Se ðe ne wyle cyricean duru wilsumlíce (sponte) geeádmóded in*-*gangan, se sceal nýde on helle duru unwilsumlíce geniþerad gelǽded beón, 5, 14; S. 634, 19. Wilsumlíce (voluntarie) ic onsecg[e] ðé, Ps.
stoppa
A stop, a bucket, pail
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Voc. i. 25, 10: bona (?), 288, 2: botholicula, ii. 126, 55: bothonicla, 11, 20: bothonicula, Txts. 42, 122
Linked entry: stappa
ge-segnian
To mark with the sign of the cross, to sign, bless ⬩ crŭcis signo signāre, bĕnĕdīcĕre
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His wuduwan ic wordum bletsige and gesegnade vĭdŭam ejus bĕnĕdīcens bĕnĕdīcam, Ps. Th. 131, 16. Gesénige hine let him sign himself, L. E. I. 29; Th. ii. 426, 9, 16. Gif heó gesegnod biþ if it hath been blessed, Salm. Kmbl. 812; Sal. 405.
bóc-lic
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Th. i. 436, 12. Add
Dryhten-lic
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Th. i. 132, 29. Ꝥ húsel ... þone drihtenlican hláf, Ll. Th. ii. 392, 6. Þa drihtenlican þénunge the Lord's supper, Hml. A. 151, 11
ge-libban
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K. 16. to get by living, to live to do Hé cyng beón sceolde, gif hé hit gelifode he should have been king, if he had lived to do it, Chr. 1093; P. 228, 11. Fulne ende þínes lífes þú hæfst gelifd plenam etatis finem habes, Nar. 30, 11
Linked entries: ge-leofian ge-lifian
wæd
A ford ⬩ shallow water ⬩ water that may be traversed ⬩ a body of water ⬩ sea
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Ðonne ic (a swan) wado dréfe when I trouble the waters (i.e. swim), Exon. Th. 389, 24; Rä. 8, 2
hálig
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<b>I a</b>. where the person to whom a thing is dedicated, in respect to whom a thing is holy, is given :-- Ǽlc wǽpned byð Drihtne hálig (sanctum ) genemned, Lk. 2, 23: El. 1195.
ríce
power ⬩ authority ⬩ dominion ⬩ rule ⬩ empire ⬩ reign ⬩ bishops ⬩ consuls ⬩ a kingdom ⬩ realm ⬩ a diocese ⬩ a nation
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Voc. ii. 44, 42. Wihtrǽde ríxigendum ðé fíftan wintra his ríces, L. Wih. prm.; Th. i. 36, 5. Under fíftiga cyninga ríce, Ors. 1, 8; Swt. 42, 4.
ge-wanian
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Voc. ii. 27, 55. the object non-material. to lessen in extent, degree Hié sint tó manianne ðæt hié nó hiera fæsten ne gewanigen admonendi sunt, ut abstinentiam suam sine imminutione custodiant, Past. 315, 9.
ge-líc
Like ⬩ alike ⬩ similar ⬩ equal ⬩ sĭmĭlis ⬩ æquālis
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Ís byþ gimmum gelícust ice is most like gems, Runic pm. 11; Hick. Thes. i, 135, 21; Kmbl. 341, 17. Didimus ðæt ys Gelýcost on ure geðeóde Didimus, that is in our language twin, Jn. 20, 24 : 21, 2
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CAMP
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A contest, war, battle; certamen, pugna, bellum Ic ne gýme ðæs compes I care not for the contest, Exon. 105b; Th. 402, 26; Rä. 21, 35.
scot
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See also the cognate words.] a rapid movement (v. sceótan, <b>IV, III,</b> ge-sceót (read -sceot), ), a rush, dart Leax sceal on wǽle mid sceote scríðan, Menol. Fox 539 ; Gn.
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rím-cræft
The science of numbers ⬩ arithmetic
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Voc. ii. 81, 58 : 3, 7. Uton witan hwæt saltus lunae sý tó sóðe ... oððe hwá hine ðæs wurðscipes cúðe ðæt hé sceolde gestandan on ðam rímcræfte that he should have a place in the science of computation, Anglia viii. 308, 22.
sceandlíce
disgracefully, shamefully, infamously ⬩ opprobriously, reproachfully, insultingly
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Gif man mannan bismærwordum scandlíce gréte if one man insult another by abusive words, L. H. E. 11 ; Th. i. 32, 5. Ne sceolon æt mé ǽnige habban sceame sceandlíce ðe ðínes síðes biddaþ (bídaþ ?) non erubescant in me, qui expectant te, Ps. Th. 68, 7
hafen-leást
Lack of means, indigence ⬩ inopia
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There are also other poor, not from want of wealth, but in spirit, 550, 3-5, 11, 12, 17. Úre sáule hafenleáste the indigence of our souls, ii. 88, 26.
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wrítere
a draughtsman ⬩ painter ⬩ a writer ⬩ scribe ⬩ copyist ⬩ a writer ⬩ author ⬩ a scribe
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a draughtsman, painter, Similar entries v. wrítan, II Lóca hú wlitigne monnan ic hæbbe átǽfred, swá unwlitig wrítere swá swá ic eom pulchrum depinxi hominem pictor foedus, Past. 65 ; Swt. 467, 19. a writer, scribe, copyist Wrítere scriptor, gewrit scriptura
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glæd
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Th. i. 72, 27.