be-seón
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2. Add Hine ofer eaxle besihð se déma tó þám forwyrhtum, Wlfst. 256, 8. Add Þá ðing þe gé beseóð and betst on gelýfað ea quae uera et optima credebatis, Bd. 1, 25; Sch. 55, 6. <b>III a</b>. to observe, look at :-- Beseóþ gé hine, þonne
sceaþian
To hurt, harm, spoil, rob
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To hurt, harm, spoil, rob Ne sceaþa ðú thou shalt not steal, Wulfst. 66, 18. Ðæt deófol tó swýðe ne sceaþige, L. I. P. 7; Th. ii. 312, 26. Gif hwylc þeódsceaþa sceaþian onginneþ, Th. ii. 310, 24: L. C. E. 26; Th. i. 374, 29. Scaðian, Wulfst. 191, 19.
wind-gerest
A windy resting-place (?) ⬩ a hall open to the winds (?)
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A windy resting-place (?), a hall open to the winds (?) Hé gesyhð sorhcearig on his suna búre wínsele wéstne, windgereste (wind gereste, MS. : windge reste, Grein) he sees the hall deserted, the resting-place of men open to the winds (? For the hall
winter-cearig
Sad from age or from the gloom of winter
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Sad from age or from the gloom of winter Ic heán wód wintercearig (sad with the load of years(?), cf. Gemon hé hú hine on geóguðe his goldwine wenede tó wiste, 288, 22; Wand. 35 or depressed by gloomy winter (?), cf. Ic earmcearig íscealdne sǽ winter
ofer-mægen
Superior or overwhelming force ⬩ praevalere ⬩ overwhelming force
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Superior or overwhelming force Wið ofermægenes egsan, Cd. Th. 127, 27; Gen. 2117. Hé hæfde wígena tó lyt wið ofermægene, Elen. Kmbl. 128; El. 64. Hyne Hetware hilde gehnǽgdon mid ofermægene, Beo. Th. 5827; B. 2917. Forst and snáw mid ofermægene eorfan
ge-sibsumnes
Peacefulness ⬩ concord ⬩ reconciliation ⬩ pax ⬩ concordĭa ⬩ rĕconcĭliātio
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Peacefulness, concord, reconciliation; pax, concordĭa, rĕconcĭliātio We mágon gecnáwan on ðara ungesceádwísra niétena gesibsumnesse, hú micel yfel sió gesceádwíslíce gecynd þurh ða ungesibsumnesse gefremeþ we can understand from the peacefulness of irrational
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ge-span
A joining ⬩ fastening together ⬩ nexus
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A joining, fastening together; nexus Wíra gespann joining of wires, Andr. Kmbl. 604; An. 303. Wíra gespon, Elen. Kmbl. 2267; El. 1135. He is on helle hæft mid hringa gesponne he is in hell bound with the clasping of rings, Cd. 35; Th. 47, 17; Gen. 762
hnappung
Slumbering, ⬩ dozing, ⬩ drowsiness
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Slumbering, dozing, drowsiness Ǽresð mon hnappaþ gif hé ðonne ðære hnappunge ne swícþ ðonne hnappaþ hé óþ ðæt hé o wierþ on fæstum slǽpe dormitando vero oculus ad plenissimum somnum ducitur, Past. 28, 4; Swt. 195, 11. Wið hnappunge against drowsiness
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toll-freó
Free from toll, ⬩ exempt from payment of toll
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Free from toll, exempt from payment of toll Tolfreó ofer ealle Engleland, wiðinne burhe and wiðútan, æt gárescépinge and on ǽfrice styde be wætere and be lande per totam Angliam infra ciuitatem et extra, in omni foro et annuis nundinis et in omnibus
tó-þundenness
swollenness ⬩ pride ⬩ arrogance ⬩ contumacy
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physical, swollenness Wiþ ðæra innoþa tóðundennysse, Lchdm. i. 282, 8: 198, 23. metaphorical, pride, arrogance, contumacy Mid ðam áwyrigdan gáste tóþundennesse tóbláwen maligno spiritu superbie inflatus, R. Ben. 124, 5. Gif hé on tóþundennesse þurhwunaþ
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treów-loga
One who fails to keep faith ⬩ one who fails in loyalty to his leader
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One who fails to keep faith, one who fails in loyalty to his leader Ða hildlatan holt ofgeáfon týdre treówlogan ða ne dorston ǽr dareðum lácan on hyra mandryhtnes miclan þearfe those laggards in fight relinquished the wood, pitiful false ones to plighted
for-trúwian
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Ðonne hí hié fortrúwiað on ðǽm cræftum ðe hí hæbbað cum de confidentia virium inordinate securi sunt, Past. 463, 7. Ðá fortrúwdes ðú ðé for ðǽm habeas fiduciam in pulchritudine tua, 463, 25. Ðæt hié ðencen tó him selfum and ne fortrúwigen hié for óðerra
fúl-lic
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Fúllic fedus, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 292, 4. Hit is fúllic þingc and Gode láð, þæt hí . . . befýlað hí selfe . . . þæt hí farað fram wífe tó wífe, eall swá stunte nýtenu dóð, Wlfst. 305, 7. Ic ne mæg for sceame þá sceandlican dǽde, þæt ǽnig man sceole etan on gange
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befer
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For? after ponticus substitute: (ponticus canis = castor, Migne), and add Bebr fiber, Txts. 60, 399. Bebir(-er) castorius, 52, 272. Befer fiber, Wrt. Voc. ii. 35, 33: castor, 129, 34. Befor, i. 66, 3. Beofer fiber, 78, 16. On beueres bróces heáfod, C
ofer
with dat. generally with the idea of rest; ⬩ above, over ⬩ denoting contact with anything, upon, on ⬩ denoting extension over, throughout, in, on ⬩ denoting a higher degree, beyond, more than ⬩ denoting the cause of an emotion, over ⬩ denoting the object over which power is exercised ⬩ with the idea of movement, where the accusative might be expected ⬩ marking time, after, beyond ⬩ denoting motion in a definite direction across, to the other side of an object ⬩ denoting motion which is diffused over a surface ⬩ denoting extension through a space, throughout, among ⬩ denoting motion from below, over, above ⬩ denoting motion from above, upon, on ⬩ denoting the object upon which an action or feeling takes effect ⬩ denoting the object over which power is exercised ⬩ above, more than ⬩ supra, super ⬩ beyond, besides ⬩ ultra ⬩ denoting the passing over moral bounds, in violation of, in opposition to, contrary to, against ⬩ with words implying rest ⬩ (cf. to talk over) ⬩ denoting the cause of an emotion (cf. I. 5) ⬩ without ⬩ with words expressing time, ⬩ after ⬩ through, during
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with dat. generally with the idea of rest; above, over Wæs hálig leáht ofer wéstenne, Cd. Th. 8, 16; Gen. 125. Beheóld ofer leódwerum byrnende beám, 184, 20; Exod. 110. Mæst hlifade ofer Hróþgáres hordgestreónum, Beo. Th. 3802; B. 1899. Wígláf siteþ
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tán
a twig, sprout, shoot, branch ⬩ a stake ⬩ a twig used in casting lots ⬩ a lot; also a share that is determined by lot
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a twig, sprout, shoot, branch Tánas arbusta, Ps. Th. 79, 10: vimina, Germ. 390. 44: antes, Hpt. Gl. 496, 73. Ic on neorxna wonge ásette treów, ðæt ða tánas æpla bǽron, Cd. Th. 295, 7; Sat. 482. Tánum, fingerapplum dactylis, Hpt. Gl. 496, 64. Hé ( the
ge-sweotulian
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Add: to shew a material object to a person Ic ne mæg mé þé geswutelian . . . for þon ic eom wífhádes mann and wǽfelsum bereáfod, Hml. S. 23 b, 205. to manifest, make known, reveal. the object a person Ic geswutelige (manifestabo) him mé sylfne . . .
swegel
in a physical sense, heaven, sky ⬩ heaven ⬩ as the abode of the Deity ⬩ as the abode of the blessed ⬩ the sun ⬩ a sail, ⬩ music
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in a physical sense, heaven, sky Ðætte súð ne norð, be sǽm tweónum, ofer eormengrund, óþer nǽnig, under swegles begong, sélra nǽre. Beo. Th. 1724; B. 860: 3550; B. 1773. Under swegles gang. Andr. Kmbl. 415; An. 208: 910; An. 455. Swefan under swegles
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LǼDAN
TO LEAD ⬩ conduct ⬩ take ⬩ carry ⬩ bring ⬩ bring forth ⬩ produce
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TO LEAD, conduct, take, carry, bring, bring forth, produce [the word translates the Latin verbs ducere, ferre with many of their compounds] Ic naman Drihtnes herige and hine mid lofsange lǽde swylce laudabo nomen Dei mei cum cantico, et magnificabo eum
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hwilc
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Add: in direct questions as adjective qualifying a noun, what Hwylc man is ꝥ mæge áríman ealle þá sár?, Bl. H. 59, 33. Hwelc gesceádwís mon mihte cweþan þæt. . . ? quis putet . . . ?, Bt. 28 ; F. 100, 30. On hwylcre mihte wyrcsð þú þás þing? in qua potestate