rǽding
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Ben. 43, 2. what is read, reading, a passage in a book, a lesson Ðis Englise ǽtýwþ hwæt seó foresette rǽding ( passage ) mǽnþ, Anglia viii. 298, 9. Seó rǽding cwyþ ðæt ðǽr ys gyt on ǽlcum tácne healftíd, 298, 31 : 300, 32 : 309, 1.
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wól
Pest ⬩ pestilence ⬩ plague ⬩ murrain
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Ǽr ðæm ðe seó wól geendod wǽre cessatum a mortibus non est, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 70, 12. Seó monigfealdeste wól pestilentia gravis, praecipue mulieres pecudesque corripiens, 4, i; Swt. 158, 17.
hreód
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Wæs seó burh mid þý hreóde . . . þe wé ǽr sægdon geworht oppidum ex his arundinibus quas ante descripsimus erat edificatum, 10, 13.
ǽht
- 194, 16 .
what is owned, a possession ⬩ possession
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Selle hé his wǽpn and his ǽhta his freóndum tó gehealdenne, 60, 8. of landed property :-- Ðæt seó ǽht hereditas úre sý, Lk. 20, 14. Náht elles hire ne sealde búton .vi. yntsan ánre ǽhte possesiunculae Gr. D. 222, 26.
ag-lǽca
A miserable being ⬩ wretch ⬩ miscreant ⬩ monster ⬩ fierce combatant ⬩ miser ⬩ perditus ⬩ monstrum ⬩ bellator immanis
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A miserable being, wretch, miscreant, monster, fierce combatant; miser, perditus, monstrum, bellator immanis Ne ðæt se aglǽca yldan þohte nor did the wretch [Grendel] mean to delay that, Beo. Th. 1482; B. 739.
BEORMA
Barm ⬩ leaven ⬩ yeast ⬩ froth ⬩ fermentum
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Barm, leaven, yeast, froth; fermentum Se beorma awent ða gesceafta of heora gecynde barm changes creatures from their nature Homl. Th. ii. 278, 21. Wistfullian on yfelnysse beorman to feast on the barm of evil ii. 278, 25.
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carian
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Se morgenlíca dæg caraþ ymb hyne sylfne crastinus dies sollicitus erit sibi ipsi, Mt. Bos. 6, 34: Homl. Th. i. 66, 9. Carian to take heed, care, L. I. P. 14; Th. ii. 322, 5. Ða cariaþ mid wacelum móde they care with watchful mind, Homl. Th. ii. 78, 2
cýðere
a witness ⬩ testis ⬩ a witness
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Bos. 14, 63. a martyr, one who bears witness by his death; martyr = μάρτυς a witness Stephănus is se forma cýðere Stephen is the early martyr, Homl. Th. ii. 34, 13. Þurh ðæs hálgan cýðeres þingunge through the pleading of the holy martyr, 28, 33.
for-speca
One who speaks for another ⬩ a defender ⬩ advocate ⬩ advŏcātus ⬩ patrōnus
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Slaga sceal his forspecan on hand syllan, and se forspeca mágum the slayer shall give pledge to his advocate, and the advocate to the kinsmen, L. Edm. S. 7; Th. i. 250, 14, 15, 16. Ðe hire forsprecan [-specan MS. B.] synd who are her advocates, L.
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full-gán
To fulfil ⬩ perform ⬩ go after ⬩ follow ⬩ aid ⬩ perfĭcĕre ⬩ perăgĕre ⬩ sĕqui ⬩ adjŭvāre
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Se lyðra man fullgǽþ deófles willan the wicked man fulfils the devil's will, Homl. Th. i. 172, 18. Sceaft fláne fulleóde the shaft went after the arrow, Beo. Th. 6230, note; B. 3119.
geán
Against ⬩ over against ⬩ on the opposite side ⬩ contra
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Against, over against, on the opposite side; contra Mónaþ is ðonne se móna gecyrþ niwe fram ðære sunnan, óþ-ðæt he eft cume hyre fórne geán a month is when the moon returns new from the sun, until it [the moon] again comes opposite it [the sun], Bd.
lepeþ
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Sum sceal wildne fugel átemian ... fédep on feterum ... lepeþ lyftswiftne lytlum gieflum óþ ðæt se wælisca his ǽtgiefan eáþmód weorþeþ, Exon. 88 b; Th. 332, 14-27; Vy. 85-91. Grein compares with M. H.
Lyge
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Se foresprecena here worhte geweorc be Lygan, 896; Erl. 93, 35. Lygean, 913; Erl. 102, 2
mǽgþ-hád
Kinship ⬩ relationship
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Kinship, relationship 'Se ðe his brðdor ne lufaþ hé wunaþ on deáþe.' Ealle wé sind gebróðra ðe on God gelýfaþ and we ealle cweþaþ 'Úre Fæder þe eart on heofonum.'
mæsten
Mast-pasture ⬩ pasture for swine ⬩ consisting of the fruit of forest trees
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Ðonne hé [se inswán] his heorde tó mæstene drífe, L. R. S. 4; Th. i. 434, 21. [Ðis geár wæs gǽsne on mæstene, Chr. 1116; Erl. 245, 36.]
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páwa
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Se fugel ( the phenix ) is onlícost peán, Exon. Th. 219, 25; Ph. 312
prýte
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Se ðe for his prýdan Gode nele hýran ... hé sceal misfaran, 178, 19. Sume men for heora prýtan forhogiaþ ðæt hí hýran godcundan ealdran, L. Eth. vii. 21 ; Th. i. 332. 33
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be-swícian
To go from, evade, escape, be without, be free from ⬩ evadere, carere
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Ðæt heó ðære langan untrumnesse beswícede se infirmitate longa carere, Bd. 5, 4; S. 617, 24. Torhtgyþ ðære tungan onstyrenesse be-swícade Torctgyd linguæ motu caruit, 4, 9; S. 577, 17
bisceop-hád
BISHOPHOOD, the office or state of a bishop, the episcopate, a bishopric ⬩ munus episcopale, flaminium, episcopatus, episcopi provincia
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[bisceop a bishop; hád hood, condition, state] BISHOPHOOD, the office or state of a bishop, the episcopate, a bishopric; munus episcopale, flaminium, episcopatus, episcopi provincia Wæs se bisceophád befæsted the bishopric was established, Elen.
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steorfa
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-Se ðe steorfan ete qui morticinam ederit, L. Ecg. P. iv. 27; Th. i. 212, 3. a place where death has taken place(?) Andlang móres tó síferþingcsteorfan, Cod. Dip. B. i. 296, 34