ge-wénan
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R. 14, 2. to hope for Þá hwíle ðe ðǽr bið gewéned ǽnig behreówsung, Hml. Th. ii. 340, 6
sǽ-beorh
>a sea-hill
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Hú gewearð ðé ðæt ðú sǽbeorgas sécan woldes, merestreáma gemet, ofer cald cleofu ceóles neósan, Andr. Kmbl. 615; An. 308
sárigness
Sadness
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Sadness Hwæt mæg beón wóp oððe sárignys, gyf ðæt næs se mǽsta ǽgðres, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 102. Hé hig funde slǽpende for unrótnesse (later MS. sárignesse) dormientes prae tristitiam, Lk. Skt. 22, 45. Tristicia þet is þissere worlde sarinesse, O. E.
up-weardes
Upwards
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Hé his handa wæs uppweardes brǽdende wið ðæs heofones manus ad coelum tendons, Ors. 4, 5; Swt. 166, 19
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weardere
One who holds a country, an inhabitant
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One who holds a country, an inhabitant Columba com tó Pyhtum; ðæt synd wærteras be norðum mórum Columba came to the Picts; they are the people who hold the country to the north of the hills (cf.
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ge-andwerdian
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Hé . . . hine sylfne beheáfdodne æfter ðon ðridan dæge eft geondweardode (-ne, MS.), 181, 2. Þá þá hé wæs geondweardod and gecýðed Benedicte praesentatus Benedicto, Gr. D. 129, 20 note. Swylce hé tó þám egefullan Godes dóme geandweardod (-werded, R.
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hǽðen-gilda
A heathen worshipper, heathen, an idolater
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Se ofslóh ðæs hǽðengyldan sunú which slew the idolater's son, ii. 294, 19. Se ealdorman wolde ða hǽðengildan forbærnan the general then wanted to turn the idolaters, 484, 8
heáfod-panne
A skull
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Golgotha ðæt is heáfodpannan stów Golgotha quod est calvariæ locus, Mt. Kmbl. 27, 33: Jn. Skt. 19, 17. Heáfodpannena, stów, Mk. Skt. 15, 22. Hundes heáfodpanne a dog's skull, L. M. ex Quad. 13, 3; Lchdm. i. 370, 3: L. M. 2, 55; Lchdm. ii. 342, 4
heals
The neck, the prow of a ship ⬩ collum, amplexatorium ⬩ neck, part of the bow of a ship
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Lét his francan wadan þurh ðæs hysses hals he let his weapon pass through the man's neck, Byrht. Th. 135, 60; By. 141
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of-lícian
to displease, be displeasing
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Ðá oflícode mé þearle ðæt ic eft tó ðam líchaman sceolde, Homl. Th. ii. 354, 10. Gif hwam seó lár oflícige, 216, 23
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sníwan
To snow
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Ðá cwom ðǽr micel snáw and swá miclum sníwde swelce micel flýs feoll Nar. 23, 13. NorÞan sníwde Exon. Th. 307, 30; Seef. 31. Swá swá hit ríne and sníwe and styrme úte Bd. 2, 13; S. 516, 17
ge-þweán
To wash
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Geþuógon ðæt nett lavabant retiam, 5, 2. Búta oftor geþuógon hondo nisi crebro lavarent manus, Mk. Skt. Lind. 7, 3. Búton hí geþwegene beón nisi baptizentur, Mk. Bos. 7, 4. Se ðe geþuǽn is qui lavatus est, Jn. Skt. Lind. 13, 10.
twín
Linen
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Twiðrǽwen twín. . . ðæt geðrǽwene twín, (torta byssus) Past. 14; Swt. 87, 18, 42: Swt. 89, 2. Of twi-spunnenum twíne línenum torta bysso, Swt. 83, 23. Mid geedþráwenum twíne cum bysso retorto, Hpt. Gl. 431, 38: Wrt. Voc. ii. 11, 70: Kent. Gl. 1145.
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for-þrǽstan
to destroy by pressure ⬩ to crush ⬩ break to pieces ⬩ to strangle ⬩ choke
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Woruldcara forsmoriað ðæs módes ðrotan ... swilce hí ðone líflican blǽd forðrǽstne ácwellon, Hml. Th. ii. 92, 12
gódnes
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Ðæs gódan gódnes biþ his ágen gód and his ágen edleán the goodness of the good is his own good and his own reward, Bt. 37, 3; Fox 190, 14: 33, 4; Fox 128, 15
þeód-bealu
Great ill, ⬩ grievous ill
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Andrea þúhte þeódbealo þearlíc tó geþolianne, ðæt hé swá unscyldig ealdre sceolde linnan (cf. O. Sax. thiod-quálu, applied to the crucifixion, and to the agony in the garden ), Andr. Kmbl. 2273; An. 1138
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wín-sele
A wine-hall ⬩ a hall where there is feasting
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In ðæm wínsele, 1394; B. 695. Beóre druncne... hí in wínsele sáwle forlétan, Exon. Th. 271, 25; Jul. 487: 283, 27; Jul. 686. Gesyhð on his suna búre wínsele wéstne, Beo. Th. 4903; B. 2456
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spón
A chip, shaving
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Monige of ðam treówe ðæs hálgan Cristes mǽles spónas and sceafþan nimaþ multi de ipso ligno sacrosanctae crucis astulas excidere solent Bd. 3, 2; S. 524, 31: 3, 17; S. 544, 44. Genim ðone wyrttruman . . . þwít nigon spónas, Lchdm, ii. 292, 2
ge-met
a measure, space, distance ⬩ mensura, spatium, intervallum ⬩ that by which anything is measured, a measure ⬩ mensura, modius, satum ⬩ measure, capacity, ability, power, etc ⬩ mensura, facultas, potestas, vis ⬩ measure, proportion, moderation, bounds, limit, boundary, means, way, manner ⬩ mensura, modus, finis, terminus, limes, ratio ⬩ a rule, order, law ⬩ norma, regula, lex ⬩ a poetical measure, metre ⬩ metrum
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Nis ðæt monnes gemet it is not man's ability, 92 b; Th. 348, 12; Sch. 27. Næs ðá monna gemet, ne mægen engla, ðæt eów mihte helpan there was then no power of men, no angel's might, that could help you, Cd. 224; Th. 295, 22; Sat. 490.
ge-þencan
to think ⬩ conceive ⬩ perceive ⬩ reflect upon ⬩ weigh ⬩ meditari ⬩ considerare ⬩ pensare ⬩ to think about ⬩ remember ⬩ consider maturely ⬩ to take to heart ⬩ recogitare ⬩ iterum cogitare ⬩ reminisci ⬩ to think of ⬩ bear in mind ⬩ remember ⬩ recordari ⬩ cogitare ⬩ memor esse ⬩ to excogitate ⬩ devise ⬩ invent ⬩ conceive ⬩ excogitare ⬩ struere ⬩ invenire ⬩ to resolve ⬩ intend ⬩ wish ⬩ intendere ⬩ velle
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He cwæþ ðæt he nán ryhtre geþencan ne meahte he said he could conceive nothing more right, Th. Ch. 171, 15.