ge-samnung
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assembling :-- Þæt wé sendan and wilnian fultum be swá manegum mannum swá ús cinelic þince . . . ꝥ þám forworhtum mannum beó þe mára ege for úre gesomnunge (or under ), Ll. Th.
gleng
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Ne cépð nán man deórwyrðra reáfa búton for ýdelum gylpe þæt hé sý tóforan óðrum mannum þurh his glencge geteald, Hml. Th. i. 328, 30. Ic andette . . . ídel word . . . and ǽlcne glængc þe tó mínes líchaman unrǽde ǽfre belimpe, Ll. Th. ii. 262, 28.
grin
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.: <b>grin,</b> es; n. and add: a snare for taking game, &c. (lit. and metaph.) Hé cymð suá suá grin ofer ealle ðá ðe eardiað ofer eorðan, Past. 129, 22. Úre sáwl is áhred of grine (girene, Ps.
hreám
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Þæt folc fleáh áfirht for heora hreáme omnis Israel fugit ad clamorem pereuntium, Num. 16, 34: Hml. S. 13, 229. Se sceocca sóna fordwán mid swíðlicum reáme, swá ꝥ ðá munecas micclum áfyrhte wurdon áwrehte, 6, 316.
wafian
To look with wonder, be amazed, ⬩ to wonder at, be amazed at
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Ðæt ðú gange wafiende for hira þinge and ege sis stupens ad terrorem eorum, Deut. 28, 34. Ðæt folc wafigende him sáh onbútan, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 650. Wafiendre wæferséne theatrali (visibili) spectaculo, Hpt. Gl. 411, 77.
ǽder
a channel for fluids ⬩ a sinew ⬩ a rein, kidney
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a channel for fluids Ðín édra thy fountain (vena), Kent. Gl. 107: 330. Ealle eorðan ǽddre onsprungon ongeán ðám heofonlican flóde, Wlfst. 206, 18. Ǽþro botre (cf. botrus fossa, via imbribus excavata, Migne), Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 28.
Linked entry: héþir
ofer-gán
to overspread ⬩ to overrun (a country, as a victorious army does), to conquer ⬩ to pass a point or limit ⬩ to pass a moral limit, to transgress ⬩ to pass across, traverse, cross ⬩ to pass, pass off or away, be over, come to an end ⬩ To be over ⬩ to come upon, attack
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to overspread Seó lyft ofer*-*gǽþ ealne middaneard, Lchdm. iii. 272, 17. to overrun (a country, as a victorious army does), to conquer Se here fór tó Sandwíc, and swá ðanon tó Gipeswíc, and ðæt eall ofereode, Chr. 993; Erl. 132, 4.
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ofer-méttu (o)
Pride, arrogance, haughtiness
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Lét befeallan on ðæt éce fýr ðe him gegearcod wæs for heora oferméttum, Homl. Th. i. 12, 4: Met. 5, 32 : Bt. 16, 1; Fox 50, 9-11. Mid ofermétum superbia Past. 42, 2; Swt. 307, 7. Ne mæg hé wið ofermétta, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 10.
wíglung
Divination ⬩ soothsaying ⬩ sorcery ⬩ augury
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Hleótan man mót bútan wiccecrætte . . . gif hí hwæt dǽlan willaþ; ðis nis nán wíglung, ac bið wissung for oft. Homl. Skt. i. 17, 87. Wígelunge divinatione Hpt. Gl. 467, 69. Deófles bígencg, ne on wíglunge ne on wiccedóme, Homl. Ass. 143, 122.
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á-wiht
alone ⬩ any good ⬩ good for anything
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Óht (áht, ǽnig þing, v. ll.) wundorlices wyrcan, 45, 5. predicate subst. or adj. any good, good for anything :-- Deófol mót ǽlces mannes áfandigan, hwæðer hé áht sý oððe náht, Hml. Th. i. 268, 12. Hwæðer heora geþanc áht sý, Wlfst, 11, 13.
LÍF
LIFE
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Nis mé tíd mín líf tó onwendenne there is no time for me to change my life, 5, 14; S. 634, 32: Past. 17, 4; Swt. 111, 23. Seó Cúþburh ðæt lýf [monastery] æt Winburnan árǽrde, Chr. 718; Erl. 45, 19
unnan
to grant a person (dat.) something ⬩ to give ⬩ allow ⬩ to wish something (gen.) to a person (dat. ) ⬩ to wish something (gen.) for a person (dat.) ⬩ to like a person to have something ⬩ to like a condition of things ⬩ to be pleased
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Gewearð ðætte Perse gebudan frið eallum Créca folce, næs ná for ðæm ðe hié him ǽnigra góda úþen ( non quod misericorditer fessis consuleret ), Ors. 3, 1; Swt. 98, 31. [Gledieð alle wið me, ðæt me god unuen, Marh. 21, 22.
dǽlan
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Se ríca berð máre þonne hé behófige . . .; for ðí sceal se ríca dǽlan his byrðene wið þone ðearfan, Hml. Th. i. 254, 31.
heá-lic
lofty ⬩ tall ⬩ high up ⬩ precious ⬩ elevated ⬩ raised ⬩ loud ⬩ profound ⬩ intense ⬩ extreme ⬩ noble ⬩ excellent
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Th. i. 330, 15. of excellent quality, precious (stone) For heálicum gymstánum, Hml. S. 20, 60. Se heofon is betera and heálicra and fægerra ðonne eall his innung.
hraþe
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(all none) the more for this reason, on this account Þeáh hí eówre sín, ne þincþ eów nó þý hraþor (raþor, v. l. ) heora genóh, Bt. 13: F. 38, 31: 30, 1; F. 108, 9, 11: 32, 2; F. 116, 25: 33, 2; F. 124, 24. Hræþor (hraþor, v. l. ), 41, 4; F. 252, 3.
lange
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</b> of time, for or during a long time. of continued action Gif se láreów hié gemyndgað ðára weligera ðe lange striéndon and lytle hwíle brucon si eorum ad medium memoria deducatur, qui et ditari in hoc mundo diu conati sunt, et tamen in adeptis
ríce
power ⬩ authority ⬩ dominion ⬩ rule ⬩ empire ⬩ reign ⬩ bishops ⬩ consuls ⬩ a kingdom ⬩ realm ⬩ a diocese ⬩ a nation
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Nán man for his ríce ne cymþ tó cræftunt ac for his cræftum he cymþ tó ríce and tó anwealde, 16, 1; Fox 50, 20-22. Hwi ðú (Boethius) swá manigfeald yfel hæfdest on ðam ríce ðe hwíle ðe ðú hit hæfdest, 27, 2; Fox 96, 13.
hogian
To employ the mind, ⬩ to think, ⬩ mind, ⬩ consider, ⬩ know, ⬩ understand, ⬩ care, ⬩ be solicitous or anxious, ⬩ to purpose, ⬩ strive, ⬩ intend, ⬩ be intent on, ⬩ resolve
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For ðám mannum ðe mid máran gewilnunge ðæs áteorigendlícan lífes hogiaþ ðonne ðæs écan for those men whose minds are busied with a greater desire of the life that perishes than of the life eternal, Homl. Th. ii. 368, 4: 342, 28.
synderlíce
apart, away from all others, in private ⬩ separately, severally, apart ⬩ specially, in particular ⬩ only, exclusively, solely, to or by one's self ⬩ specially, exceedingly, to a greater extent than in any other case, singularly
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Ná synderlíce for ðære ðeóde non tantum pro gente, Jn. Skt. 11, 52. Synderlíce on hyhte ðú gesettest mé singulariter in spe constituisti me, Ps. Spl. 4, 10.
Linked entry: sundorlíce
of
Of ⬩ from ⬩ out of ⬩ off ⬩ as regards ⬩ about
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Of ðyssan forþ áwa tó worulde, Ps. Th. 112, 2. Of cildháde, Elen. Kmbl. 1826; El. 915. Grammar of, adverbially denoting separation, removal, privation Ic ðé ðíne téþ of ábeáte I knock out your teeth for you, Lchdm. i. 326, 15.
Linked entry: ob