gód
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Seó góde cwén Margarita, 1093; P. 228, 11. of qualities or attributes, good (courage) Ðá bæd ic þá fyrde ꝥ hié hæfdon gód ellen þára þinga þe ús on becwómon orabam Macedones ne aduersis casibus cederent neue deficerent, Nar. 14, 22.
GÝMAN
To care for ⬩ take care of ⬩ take heed to ⬩ heed ⬩ observe ⬩ regard ⬩ keep
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Moises and Aaron and hira bærn gímdon ðæs temples Moses and Aaron and their children took charge of the temple, Num. 3, 38. Rihtes ne gýmdon cared not for right, Andr.
wind
wind ⬩ air in motion ⬩ wind ⬩ flatulence ⬩ wind ⬩ breath
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Bærn eal tósomne on ða healfe ðe se wind sý. Lchdm. iii. 56, 7. Se wind strongra geswinca ... se wind ðara earfoþa, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 18, 28. Wæs mycel ýst windes geworden, Mk. Skt. 4, 37.
lust
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. ¶) with pleasure, gladly. with prep, on luste, on lust Wíf bæd hine blíðne æt þǽre beórþege . . . Hé on lust geþeah seleful, B. 618: Vy. 76: Rä. 71, 7. Sceal lof Drihtnes on lust sprecan mín múð, Ps. Th. 144, 21. dat.
spell
a story ⬩ narrative ⬩ account ⬩ relation ⬩ a historical narrative ⬩ history ⬩ a false or foolish story ⬩ a fable ⬩ an instructive talk ⬩ discourse ⬩ a philosophical argument ⬩ a sermon ⬩ homily ⬩ a saying ⬩ remark ⬩ sentence ⬩ statement of a single point ⬩ dictum ⬩ a saying that is to be repeated to another ⬩ a message ⬩ an announcement ⬩ speech ⬩ language of prose ⬩ a fable, tale ⬩ fabulatio, parabola ⬩ sermo, narratio, parabola, fabula, mythus ⬩ a saying
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Bæd ðæt [hé] him on spellum gecýðde, onwrige worda gongum, hú . . . Exon. Th. 171, 28; Gú. 1133: Cd. Th. 33, 7; Gen. 516.
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ofer
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Man bær þone ele hire. Þá wæs se ele wexende ofer ealne þone weg (all the while they were carrying it ), Hml. S. 31, 1123.
un-scyldig
innocent ⬩ guiltless ⬩ innocent of a crime, charge ⬩ guiltless in relation to (wið) a person ⬩ innocent ⬩ not accountable for an ill result ⬩ not responsible
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Ðǽm wǽre máre þearf ðe ða óþre unscyldige yfelaþ, ðæt mon bǽde ðæt him mon dyde swá micel wíte swá hí ðám óþrum unscyldegum dydon, Bt. 38, 7; Fox 208, 30: Met. 4, 36. Hí unscyldige scotian þenceaþ ut sagittent immaculatum, Ps. Th. 63, 3.
ge-wítan
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Ðá wendon mé þá woruldsǽlþa heora bæc tó and mé mid ealle from gewitan, Bt. 2; F. 4, 13. to pass away, come to an end, perish; v. ge-wítendlic Ǽr þám þe gewíte ( transeat; gewíteþ, Wrt.
fón
to take ⬩ catch ⬩ to take ⬩ arrest ⬩ apprehend ⬩ to get ⬩ gain ⬩ to get ⬩ suffer ⬩ experience ⬩ to begin ⬩ to begin ⬩ to take ⬩ to set about ⬩ undertake ⬩ to attack ⬩ to begin at ⬩ to take ⬩ take ⬩ to set to work at ⬩ deal with ⬩ receive ⬩ accept ⬩ to take ⬩ to take ⬩ take possession of ⬩ to take ⬩ to take ⬩ undertake ⬩ to take ⬩ to take to ⬩ allow of ⬩ to take to ⬩ to take to ⬩ join battle ⬩ to join together ⬩ to struggle with
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Æfter his deáþe his cwén féngc ǽgþer ge tó bǽm gewinne ge tó þǽm ríce, i. 2; S. 30, 14.
wǽta
wet, moisture ⬩ a liquid ⬩ a liquid that may be drunkor used in cookery, medicine,etc., liquor, drink ⬩ moisture in an animal body, humour ⬩ water, urine ⬩ moisture of plants, juice, sap
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Hé bær ða wǽtan ðære uncystan in ðam telgan ðone hé getýhþ ǽr of ðam wyrtruman portat in ramo humorem vitii, quem traxit ex radice, Bd. 1, 27; S. 495, 26
líc
A body
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Bæþ wið ðam miclan líce a bath for elephantiasis, L. M. 1, 32; Lchdm. ii. 78, 18. Mynte ðæt hé gedǽlde ánra gehwylces líf wið líce meant to part the life of each one from the body, Beo. Th. 1470; B. 733.
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wíde
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Hé wíde ( in all his ways, in all things ) bær herewósan hige, Cd. Th. 255, 23 ; Dan. 628. Swá hit beorna má uncre wordcwidas wíddor ne mǽnden, Exon.
for-gildan
to pay back ⬩ restore ⬩ pay damages ⬩ to pay for ⬩ buy off ⬩ to repay ⬩ pay out ⬩ requite ⬩ to pay ⬩ perform
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For ðon ic cweþe ꝥ hí hit gyldan, for þon hý fóð tó mínum þe ic syllan mót, 491, 23. where the rate or manner of payment is given: Bæd Ælfsige ǽgiftes his mannes (a woman who had been stolen), and Æðelstán hine ágef, and forgeald him mid twám pundum,
helm
a helmet ⬩ a crown ⬩ diadem ⬩ the top ⬩ crown ⬩ cover ⬩ concealment ⬩ a covering
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Similar entries v. helm-bǽre, helmiht Geþúf fícbeám vel helm frondea ficus, Wrt. Voc ii. 151, 16. Coppe helmes (sub) cono (sublimi) verticis. l. capitis (arboris), An. Ox. 1564 Mid wexendum helme florenti fronde, 1132.
hwíl
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Heora nǽnig þá bǽre þá hwíle ( the while, meanwhile ) áhóf, Bl. H. 153, 3. Ic nát hú nyt ic þá hwíle beó þe ic þás word sprece, Ors. 4, 13: S. 212, 26. His ríce hé heard-líce werode þá hwíle (hwíla, v. l. ) þe his tíma wæs, Chr. 1016 ; P. 149, 2.
wundrian
to wonder at ⬩ to regard with surprise ⬩ admiration ⬩ to make wonderful ⬩ magnify
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Ðá wundrade se ðeng for hwon hé ðæs bǽde, Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 31. Gif hwá wundrie, hú hit gewurðan mihte, Jud. 15, 19. with gen. and clause Hwá ne wundraþ ðæs, ðæt sume steorran gewítaþ under ða sǽ? Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 26.
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á-hebban
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</b> as a strong verb. literal, to raise from a lower to a higher position Heora nǽnig þá bǽre ne áhóf. Bl. H. 153. 3. Þá áhóf Drihten hié up, 157, 21. Áhóf Paulus up his heáfod, 187, 35.
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ge-irnan
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Brydegume cymende giiorne ( occurrere ), Rtl. 106, 10. (1 b) with the idea of attack :-- Gelamp sume síðe, ðǽr hé sum gild bræc, ꝥ þǽr gearn mycel menigeo tó him . . . and ealle swíðe erre wǽron (cf.. to run to a place Georn xvi-wintre mǽden tó ðǽre bǽre
ge-writ
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Þú bǽde mé oft Engliscra gewritena, Ælfc. T. Grn. 1, 16. Gewrita litterarum, An. Ox. 2008.
swéte
Sweet ⬩ of food, sweet in sweet-meat, delicate ⬩ of smell, sweet, fragrant ⬩ of freedom from unpleasant taste or smell, sweet, pure, untainted ⬩ of sound, sweet, harmonious ⬩ in reference to the feelings, sweet, agreeable, pleasant
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Bæþ of swétum ferscum wæterum, 194, 10. of sound, sweet, harmonious:?- Swég ðæs swétan sanges, Bd. 5, 12; S. 630, 23. Swég eallum songcræftum swétra, Exon. Th. 206, 26; Ph. 132.