nép
Lacking ⬩ scanty
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Mægen wæs on cwealme fæste gefeterod forþganges nép the force of the Egyptians was fast fettered in death, they could make no advance (when they were overwhelmed in the Red Sea), Cd. Th. 207, 20; Exod. 469. v. next word
mynster-stede
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A monastic edifice, monastery (as a building) Eall his mynsterstede full fæste gestód, búton þám gebedhúse ánum in þám hé læg seóc; eall hit ábifode dum ejus omnis domus in sua soliditate persisteret, cubiculum in quo jacebat aeger contremuit Gr.
sam-rád
Harmonious, united
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Harmonious, united Se cræftga geférscipas fæste gesamnaþ ðæt hí hiora freóndscipe forþ on symbel untweófealde treówa gehealdaþ sibbe samráde the mighty one unites societies firmly, so that for ever they continue to maintain their friendship, faith sincere
wirman
To warm ⬩ make warm
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For ðý hé cwæð be ðam cólan wætere, ðæt nán man ne ðorfte hine beládian, ðæt hé fæt næfde, on hwý hé hit wyrman mihte, Homl. Ass. 141, 84. Tó wyrmanne ðone cealdan magan, Lchdm. ii. 188, 22.
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hálsigendlic
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Heó mid áðsware him tó cwæð: 'Ne færst þú heonon búton þú mínne sunu mé cukenne ágife'. Hé áforhtode for hire hálsiendlican (geornfullan, v. l.) béne (expavit petitionis illius juramentum ), Gr. D. 17, 23
mæsse-hrægel
A surplice
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A surplice Se sacerd scolde beón fæste bewǽfed on bǽm sculdrum mid ðæm mæssehrægle in utroque humero sacerdos velamine superhumeralis adstringitur, Past. 14, 3; Swt. 83, 9.
campung
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Ic mid þín wǽpnum getrymed on þínum féþan fæste stande and for þínre campunga ( a better reading is: for ðé campige. v. Bl. N. 5, 40), Bl. H. 225, 34
ge-sundfullíce
Safely ⬩ securely ⬩ successfully ⬩ prosperously ⬩ tūte ⬩ prospĕre
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Hió færþ gesundfullícost it goes most securely, Bt. 39, 7; Fox 222, 22
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abbadisse
An abbess ⬩ abbatissa
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An abbess; abbatissa Riht is ðæt abbadissan fæste on mynstrum wunian it is right that abbesses dwell closely in their nunneries, L. I. P. 13; Th. ii. 320, 30: L. Const.
beó
I am or shall be ⬩ be thou ⬩ sum ⬩ ero ⬩ sis
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I am or shall be, be thou; sum, ero, sis Gefultuma me fæste, ðonne beó ic fægere hál adjuva me, et salvus ero Ps. Th. 118, 117. Ic beó ero Ælfc. Gr. 32; Som. 36, 29. Beó ðú sis: Beó he sit 32; Som. 36, 30 : Beo. Th. 777; B. 386
ge-neódian
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Ðonne þé martirlogium geneódie, 121, l. that something be done Gyf ꝥ geneódige (gif gebyrige ꝥ for neóde, v.l. ) ꝥ úre ǽnig tó óðrum fǽce mid yrfe, Ll. Th. i. 156, 10
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weard-mann
A guard, watchman, keeper
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Hé geseah ðæra sceaþena fær and to ðám weardmannum becom. Ðá gelæhton ða weardmen his wealdleðer, ðæt hé mid fleáme ne burste, Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 15. Wylsce menn geslógan mycelne dǽl Englisces folces ðæra weardmanna, Chr. 1053; Erl. 188, 10.
of-settan
to beset, press hard, oppress
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Fearras fǽtt ofsetton ł ymbsǽton obsederunt mé, Ps. Lamb. 21, 13. Feónd úrne ofsete comprime Hymn. Surt. 11, 33. Mid untrumnesse oððe bysegum ofset, R. Ben. 58, 15: 59, 3. Mid weorces geswince ofsette, 63, 17: Homl. Th. ii. 120, 8.
þwǽnan
To soften by moisture, ointment ⬩ to soften
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Ðá hé ðam feaxe onféng ðæs hálgan heáfdes ðá wæs hé monad ðæt hé tó gesette and sum fæc ðone swyle mid ðýgde and ðwénde (ðwǽnde, MSS. B.
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BLÉGEN
A BLAIN, blister, bile or ulcer ⬩ pustula, ulcus
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A BLAIN, blister, bile or ulcer; pustula, ulcus Wið ða blégene, genim nigon ægra and seóþ híg fæste for blains, take nine eggs and boil them hard, Lchdm. i. 380, 1. Wið ða blacan blégene against black blains, L. M. 1, 58; Lchdm. ii. 128, 21
eln
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Cubitum fæðm betwux elboga[n] and handwyrste, palmus span vel handbred, ulna eln vel spanning betwux þúman and scitefingre, 43, 51-53. Hé geseah hí úp áhefene swá swá mannes elne fram þǽre eorðan, Hml. S. 23 b, 274. Add
wic-þegnung
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Service which lasts for a week Se ðe ða ǽrran wicþénunga geendod hæbbe, þonne hé út of ðære wicþénunge fære, cweþe ðis fers . . . and swá mid bledsunge of ðære wicþénunge fare.
breóst-gewǽdu
the breast ⬩ a garment, clothing ⬩ A covering for the breast, corselet ⬩ pectoris vestimentum, lorica
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[breóst the breast, gewǽde a garment, clothing] A covering for the breast, corselet; pectoris vestimentum, lorica Gehwearf in Francna fæðm feorh cyninges, breóstgewǽdu, and se beáh somod the king's life fell into the power of the Franks, his corselet
be-bindan
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Dó on cláþ, bebind fæste, Lch. ii. 34, 25. Bebinde genóh wearme, 270, 9. Þæt Iudéisce cyn is yfele bebunden mid þám ðe hí cwǽdon be Crístes blóde, Hml. Th. ii. 252, 31. Add
be-streðan
To bestrew ⬩ scatter over ⬩ cover
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Þas geweorc stondað stíðlíce, bestryþed fæste miclum meahtlocum, Sch. 87. Substitute: