starian
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Wé on ðæt bearn foran breóstum stariaþ, Exon. Th. 21, 28; Cri. 341. Ðe gé hér on stariaþ, 33, 6; Cri. 521: 36, 3; Cri. 570. Him ðæt tácen wearð, ðǽr hé tó starude, Cd. Th. 260, 32; Dan. 718. Ðe hire an eágum starede, Beo. Th. 3875; B. 1935.
á-nídan
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Ne ánýd þú ne repellas, 26. with adverb Ic út ánýde elimino, foras ejicio, expello, Wrt. Voc. ii.143, 7. Heó út ánýdeþ þá untrumnysse, Lch. i. 202, 8: 248, 14. Hé fram him lufa áweg ánýt ( repellit ), Scint. 28, 13.
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beorþor
child-bearing ⬩ partus ⬩ gestation ⬩ partus ⬩ foetus
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Add: child-bearing, bringing forth of a child; partus Ǽr þám þe heó cenne, and æfter hire beorðre antequam pariat, et post partum suum, Ll. Th. ii. 154, 3. Gif hé mónðe ǽr þám beorþre (ante partum) hǽmð, 24.
gyte
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Swá mycel yðgiung and regnes gyte (inundatio) forþ cóm, Gr. D. 167, 25. a shedding of tears Hwí ne feormast þú mid teára gyte torne synne? cur tua non purgas lacrymis peccata profusis f, Dóm. L. 79.
lást
A step ⬩ footstep ⬩ track ⬩ trace
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Hé his folme forlét lást weardian, Beo. Th. 1947; B. 971. Hýrde ic ðæt ðám frætwum feówer mearas lást weardode I heard that four steeds followed those trappings, 4335; B. 2164.
Linked entry: lǽst
hider
to this world ⬩ to this life ⬩ in this world ⬩ to this point ⬩ hither and thither ⬩ to and fro
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For þám hírede þe þú hider (Hell) lǽddest, Sat. 423. Cóm seó hlǽfdige hider tó lande, Chr. 1002; P. 134, 10: 1057; P. 188, l. Nú gé þus feor hider on úrne eard in becómon. By. 57.
Linked entry: hider-cyme
wítega
a wise man ⬩ one who has knowledge ⬩ one who has knowledge from a superhuman source ⬩ prophet ⬩ wise man ⬩ diviner ⬩ soothsayer ⬩ a presage
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a wise man, one who has knowledge Hé is wítgan (cf.the epithets applied to Simon, eald ǽwita, 907 ; El. 455, guma gehðum fród, 1059; El. 531, and the whole passage in which these forms occur ) sunu, Elen. Kmbl. 1181; El. 592.
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wíg-bed
An altar
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An altar [from wíg (wíh) and beód; some forms, e.g. wígbeddes, weóbedd, suggest that the word was thought to be derived from bed] Weófod altar vel ara, Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 51.
ge-mǽre
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(For the construction in these passages, cf. : Náðer be-norðan mearce, ne be-súðan, Ll.
Lǽden
Latin ⬩ speech ⬩ language
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is beatus i.e. happy; another Latin word for fatuus is stultus i.e. foolish, Ælfc.
elles
otherwise ⬩ differently ⬩ elsewhere ⬩ else ⬩ else
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For hwám wæs elles . . . búton for ðǽm ðe . . ., 389, 32. Elles ǽlc óþer þing bútan þysum sý gehealden reliqua omnia impleantur, R. Ben. 34, 13, Negehýrde nǽnig man on his múþe óht elles nefne Crístes lof, Bl. H. 223, 36.
ge-freógan
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Þá þe ǽhtborene synt and for þám ánum gefreóde, R. Ben. 138, 21. Hér geswutelað on ðisse Crístes béc ðæt Ælfríc Scot and Ægelríc Scot synt gefreód for Ælfsiges abbodes sáwle tó écan freóte, C. D. vi. 209, 13 : 211, 2.
hálig-dóm
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Hé for his háligdómes ( sanctitatis ) mycelnesse wearð manigra mynstra fæder, Gr. D. 26, 13: 246, 22. of the Deity. Cf. <b>A. II</b> Bespreng mé mid þínum háligdóme, swá swá mid ýsopon, þæt ic beó geclǽnsod, Ps.
hám
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Hié swá sigebeorhte tó hám fóran, Bl. H. 203, 31. On burh rídan hále tó háme, By. 292. hám as adverb; home Hám wegað advehunt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 1, 5. Hié hám férdan abscedunt, 3, 20.
ládung
An excusing ⬩ an apology ⬩ excuse ⬩ a defence ⬩ exculpation ⬩ purgation
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Hí simle séceaþ endeleáse ládunga semper improbas defensiones quærunt, 35, 2; Swt. 239, 8. as a legal term, purgation, the clearing himself on the part of an accused person, by oath or by some form of ordeal, of the charge made against him And stande
Linked entry: be-ládung
sib
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In the passage below, Lk. 14, 12, the form may be taken as a weak noun, cf. Icel. sifi a relation by marriage, guð*-*sifi a god-sib: O. L. Ger. sibbeo: O. H.
ge-hál
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Scearp sweord ðá wunde tósceát, and gǽð gehálre ecgge forð, Past. 453, 17. <b>II a.
ge-nip
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Dagas forð scridun, nihthelma genipu, Gú. 943. Þurh nihta genipu hí neósan cwóman, 321. Ne se móna næfð nánre mihte wiht ꝥ hé þǽre nihte genipu mæge fleógan pallida nocturnam nec praestat luna lucernam, Dóm. L. 110.
ge-endung
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Add: local, an extreme part Seó sunne undergǽd þǽre eorðan geendunge the sun goes below the horizon, Lch. iii. 260, 7. a termination of a word Seó forme declinatio hæfð tres terminationes, þæt synd ðreó geendunga, Ælfc. Gr.
æfterra
latter ⬩ hinder, lower ⬩ latter ⬩ last ⬩ next, following ⬩ second
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Hér endað sió forme bóc and onginð sió æfterre, Ors. 1, 14; S. 58, 12: 1, 7; S. 36, 26. Ðá æðelu ðǽre æfterran ácennesse regenerationis Past. 85, 15. Ðæs æfteran sealmes capitul, Ps. Th. 2, arg. On ðǽre æfteran míle fram Róme, Bl. H. 193, 19