ælmes-dǽd
An alms-deed, a charitable action
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Hé on ælmesdǽdum áwunode in eleemosynis permansit, Bd. 5, 19; S. 636, 28. Gif se mon áhefð his handa tó ælmesdǽdum, Bl. H. 37, 24: H. R. 17, 27: Wlfst. 238, 24. Mid ælmesdǽdum and mid óðrum gódum weorcum, 142, 24.
heáh-þungen
Of high rank, distinguished, noble
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Móton wyt ðonne unc on heofonum heáhþungene beón we two may then be exalted in heaven, Soul Kmbl. 315; Seel. 161
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on-tyge
What one takes upon one's self, an undertaking
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What one takes upon one's self, an undertaking Gif hwylc abbod geþafaþ ðæt maæssepreóst oððe diácon in tó mynstre gange tó ðý ðæt hý messan singan ... hý nán þing gedyrstlǽcen ne nǽnne ontige on ðam mynstre bútan ðære mæssan ánre if any abbot permit
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holen
Holly
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Holen sceal in æled holly shall to the fire, Exon. 90 a; Th. 338, 17; Gn. Ex. 80. Se fealwa holen the sere holly, Exon. 114 a; Th. 437, 19; Rä. 56, 10
tow-cræft
Skill in weaving or spinning
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Skill in weaving or spinning Heó (the Virgin Mary) weóx and wearð fulfremed on gódra mægna heányssum, and heó ðá sóna gódum towcræftum onféng, swýðor ðonne ǽnig ðara ðe heora bearn wǽron...
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twisprǽcness
Falseness in speech ⬩ detraction
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Falseness in speech, detraction Bebeorh ðé wið twisprǽcnysse cave tibi a biloquio, L. Ecg. C. proem.; Th. ii. 132, 10.
DROPA
DROP ⬩ stilla, gutta, stillicĭdium
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Yrnþ dropmǽlum swíðe hluttor wæter, ðæt gecígdon ða ðe on ðære stówe wunodon stillam, ðæt is dropa very pure water runs [there] drop by drop, which those who dwelt in the place called stilla, that is drop, Homl. Th. i. 510, 1.
wealh
a foreigner ⬩ properly a Celt ⬩ a Celt of Britain; the word occurs mostly in pl., ⬩ the British ⬩ the Welsh ⬩ Wales ⬩ a Roman ⬩ a slave ⬩ servant ⬩ a shameless person
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Valir; pl. the Celtic people in France.] wealh is found in many proper names. v. Txts. 489. See also the compounds in wealh-. Grammar wealh, Wealas; gen.
treów
a tree ⬩ a material ⬩ wood ⬩ trees ⬩ a wood ⬩ roof-tree ⬩ saddle-tree ⬩ a piece of wood ⬩ a beam ⬩ log ⬩ stake ⬩ staff ⬩ cudgel ⬩ gallows-tree ⬩ tree used of the cross
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M. 156, 5) ðæs hálgan Cristes mǽles spónas nimaþ, 3, 2; S. 524, 30. in a collective sense, trees, a wood Ðá behídde Adam hyne on middan ðam treówe neorxena wanges Adam hid himself among the trees of the garden; in medio ligni paradisi, Gen. 3, 8.
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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Synderlíce on hyhte ðú gesettest mé singulariter in spe constituisti me, Ps. Spl. 4, 10.
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án-geweald
Power ⬩ empire ⬩ dominion ⬩ potestas ⬩ imperium ⬩ dominatio
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Power, empire, dominion; potestas, imperium, dominatio Hyne ðære helle sealde on ángeweald gave him into the power of hell, Nicod. 29; Thw. 17, 1
freóls-bóc
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Ðis is seó freólsbóc tó Cheolcar and ealra ðáre landa ðe intó ðǽ mynechina lífe æt Wiltúne forgifene synt, C.D. iii. 117, 24. Add
habban
To HAVE, possess, hold, keep
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Se hafaþ in hondum heofon and eorþan who hath in his hands heaven and earth, 42 a; Th. 140, 32; Gú. 619. Ðis leóht wé habbaþ wið nýtenu gemǽne this light we have in common with beasts, Blickl. Homl. 21, 13.
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ge-mót
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Th. 39, ii. a judicial assembly, a court Hé eóde in þæt dómern ðǽr ðǽr Caluisianus wæs in miclum gemóte . . . þá yrsode se déma, Shrn. 116, 32. ' Habbað eów gemót, and tómiddes settað Naboð, biddað leáse gewitan ꝥ hí hine forsecgan . . . þá heáfodmenn
hwæþer
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Cri. 1307. in direct questions, whether ... [or (whither)] Hwæðer wæs Jóannes fulluht þe of heofonum þe of mannum? baptismus Johannis unde erat? e caelo an ex hominibis?, Mt. 21, 25: Hml. Th. i. 222, 20 (in Dict.).
libban
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Þás eorþan þe ealle cwice wyhta bí libbað terra hoec in qua vivimus, Ors. 2, l ; S. 20. Sume leofodon be ágenum geswince. Hml. Th. i. 546, 4.
wendan
To turn ⬩ To cause to move ⬩ to change ⬩ alter ⬩ convert ⬩ to translate ⬩ interpret ⬩ to move one's self ⬩ take one's way ⬩ go ⬩ proceed ⬩ wend ⬩ To wend ⬩ go ⬩ proceed
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Ðam ðe slihþ on ðín gewenge, wend óðer ágén qui te percutit in maxillam, praebe et alteram Lk. Skt. 6, 29. Wendaþ mín heáfod ofdúne, Blickl. Homl. 191, 2. Byð his horn wended on wuldur cornu ejus exaltabitur in gloria, Ps. Th. 111, 8.
heord
keeping ⬩ custody ⬩ care ⬩ guard
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Freán and mínes fæder are in apposition, and the insertion of hæfde after fæder completes the else loo short half verse mínes fæder, and at the same time fits in with álǽded, so making the alteration to álǽdde unnecessary.
licgan
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III. in Dict
dǽd-céne
Deed-bold ⬩ agendo fortis, audax
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Deed-bold; agendo fortis, audax Com ingán ealdor þegna, dǽdcéne mon the prince of thanes, the deed-bold man, came entering, Beo. Th. 3294; B. 1645