ge-bisnung
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Hé gecneord-lǽhte æfter wísra láreówa gebisnungum in study he followed the example set by wise teachers, Hml. Th. ii. 118, 19. Gif hine hwá mid tihtinge and gebisnungum gódra weorca getrymð, i. 306, 12.
ga-máhlic
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Ors. 10; S. 44, of supplication, importunate. in a good sense, persistent, pertinacious Se mildheorta God wile þæt wé mid gemáglicum bénum his mildheortnesse ofgán, Hml.
háte
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Gewrec nú, Dryhten, þæt mé ys þus torne on móde háte on hreðre mínum, Jud. 94. with violent exertion, furiously Stánhofu stódan, streám háte wearp wídan wylme there stood the stone courts, the stream furiously flung its broad boiling waters, Ruin. 39
stíþ
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Stíð wíte ðolian, Wlfst. 39, 3. Hé gemét swíðe stíðne dóm on ðám tóweardan lífe, Hml. Th. ii. 96, 15, Godes byrðene . . . beóð leóhte þám þe hí lufiað. . . þeáh hí stíðe beón þám stuntum mannum, Hml. A. 11, 273. Stíþra wala asperę inuectionis, An.
wæl-cyrge
A chooser of the slain.
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But elsewhere it is used apparently with the sense of witch or sorceress Wyccan and wælcyrian and unlybwyrhtan, Wulfst. 298, 18. Wiccan and wælcerian, 165, 34. Wiccean and wælcyrian, Chart. Erl. 231, 10
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wæterian
To water, supply with water, ⬩ give drink to living creatures ⬩ to water plants ⬩ to irrigate
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To water, supply with water, to water animals, give drink to living creatures Hé wæterode hig adaquavit eos, Ps. Spl. 77, 18. Hé wæterode hire heorde adaquavit gregem, Gen. 29, 10. Hí heora orf wæterodon refectis gregibus, 29, 3.
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brosnian
To corrupt, decay, rot, perish ⬩ corrumpi, deficere, dissolvi, perire
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Cristene Róma besprycþ, ðæt hyre weallas for ealdunge brosnian Christian Rome complains, that her walls decay with age, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 44, 45. Ðes brosnienda wéla this perishing wealth, Bt. 16, 1; Fox 50, 33.
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hátheort-nes
Wrath, anger, fury, rage, fervour, zeal
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Ðonne wyrþ ðæt mód beswungen mid ðam welme ðære hátheortnesse then is the mind scourged with the heat of anger, Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 21.
hea-líce
Highly, on high, excellently
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Ðonne fremaþ hit heálíce it will do very great good, Herb. 4, 2; Lchdm. i. 90, 7. Hé wolde ðæt his lof ðé heálícor weóxe he desired that his praise should grow the greater, Blickl. Homl. 33, 30.
ge-styrian
To move ⬩ remove ⬩ excite ⬩ agitate ⬩ amovere ⬩ agitare
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Biþ gestyred hiora orsorgnes [MS. orsorgnesse] their prosperity will be removed, Bt. 38, 2; Fox 196, 23. Ðú wǽre stronge gestyred thou wast strongly excited, Exon. 98 a; Th. 369, 22; Seel. 45.
six
six
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Wirc six dagas, Ex. 20, 9. On six dagum God geworhte ealle þing, 20, 11. Æfter six (sex, Lind., Rush.) dagum, Mt. Kmbl. 17, I. Betweox ðara sex fífa ǽlcum, Lchdm. ii. 148, 2.¨ Sex bis terna, Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 10. On siex dagum, Exon.
ge-wrixl
A change ⬩ interchange ⬩ vicissitude ⬩ turn ⬩ course
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Ne wæs ðæt gewrixle til ðæt hie on bá healfa bicgan scoldon freónda feorum nor was the exchange good, that they on both sides must buy with the lives of friends, Beo. Th. 2613; B. 1304.
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gleáwnes
Prudence ⬩ skill ⬩ wisdom ⬩ ability ⬩ sagacity ⬩ acuteness
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Mid gleáwnesse feónd oferfeohtaþ with prudence they overcome the fiend, Exon. 44 a; Th. 150, 6; Gú. 774: Elen. Kmbl. 1920; El. 962
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cyn-ren
A family course, family, generation, kind, nation, posterity ⬩ generatio, genus, natio, progenies, propago
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On ðam fiftan dæge úre Drihten gesceóp ða mycelan hwalas on heora cynrynum on the fifth day our Lord created the great whales with their kinds, Hexam. 8; Norm. 14, 8.
cúþ-líce
certainly, manifestly ⬩ certo, aperte ⬩ for, indeed, therefore ⬩ nempe, igitur ⬩ familiarly, courteously, kindly ⬩ familiariter, civiliter, comiter
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Ðæt he eáþmédum ellorfúsne oncnáwe cúþlíce that he should with affability kindly treat the ready to depart, Andr. Kmbl. 643 ; An. 322: Ps. Th. 118, 146, 154: 54, 16: 90, 15
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Cwichelmes hlǽw
CUCKHAMSLEY hill or Cuchinslow, Berkshire, a large barrow on a wide plain overlooking White Horse Vale ⬩ Cwichelmi agger in agro Berchensi
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CUCKHAMSLEY hill or Cuchinslow, Berkshire, a large barrow on a wide plain overlooking White Horse Vale ; Cwichelmi agger in agro Berchensi Wendon to Wealingæforda, and ðæt eall forswǽlldon; and wǽron him ðá áne niht æt Ceóles ége, and wendon him ðá andlang
ele-beám
An olive-tree ⬩ ŏlea, ŏlīva
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Unwæstmbǽre elebeám an unfruitful or wild olive-tree; ŏleaster, Ælfc. Gl. 47; Som. 65, 19; Wrt. Voc. 33, 19: Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 7, 15
FORD
A FORD ⬩ vădum
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Ða Walas adrifon sumre eá ford ealne mid scearpum pílum greátum the Welsh staked the ford of a river all with great sharp piles, Chr. Erl. 5, 9, 12. Ofer ðone ford trans vădum, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 47, 38: Byrht. Th. 134, 22; By. 88: Beo.
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heófian
To lament ⬩ mourn ⬩ wail ⬩ bewail
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Mid heófigendum stemnum with lamenting voices, ii. 420, 16
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hwæl
A whale
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Wilt ðú fón sumne hwæl? Nic. For hwi? Forðam plyhtlíc þingc hit ys gefón hwæl vis capere aliquem cetum? Nolo. Quare? Quia periculosa res est capere cetum, Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 15-22. Hé gesceóp ða micclan hwalas, Lchdm. iii. 234, 12