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weorþung

(n.)
Grammar
weorþung, e ; f.
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Him wile God miltsian for heora mægena weorþunga, and for eorþlícra manna gebedum, 47, 8. Næs riht on ðære stówe ǽnigne tó ácwellanne for ðære stówe weorþunge, Nar. 30, 3.

help

Grammar
help, hylp (an i-stem noun? Cf. u-grade forms, hulpa, hulfa in O. L. Ger. and O.H.Ger. But cf. also hylpan = helpan):

helpassistancesuccouran aida thinga placea refugea cureremedy of disease

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Þá eorþlican helpas dón terrena subsidia prebere, Chrd. 66, 22. a place, a refuge: Stán help ílum petra refugium herenacis, Ps.

Linked entry: helpe

meaht

(n.)
Grammar
meaht, <b>, maht, meaht, meht, mieht, miht,</b> e; f. (but mihtes,
  • Ps, Th. 70, 18
).

Mightpowervirtueabilityan exercise of powermighty work

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Might, power, virtue, ability Meaht eorþlíces ríces potestas terreni imperii, Bd. 2, 9; S. 510, 13. Seó godcunde meht, Blickl. Homl. 19, 20.

Linked entries: mæht miht un-gemeaht

in-gehygd

(n.)
Grammar
in-gehygd, -hýd, e; f : es; n.

Thoughtmindintentsenseknowledgeunderstandingconscienceintentionpurpose

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Ða eorþlícan sorga hie forléton and ða ingehýd heora heortan ful fæstlíce on ðone heofonlican hyht gestaþelodon they dismissed earthly cares, and fixed full firmly the intents of their heart on the heavenly hope, 135. 29. Ingehýd conscientias, Hymn.

ÍDEL

(adj.)
Grammar
ÍDEL, adj.

emptydestitutevoiddevoidvainuselessidleidleunemployed

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empty Tó hwan mæg ðis eorþlíce hús gif hit ýdel stent? Hit ne biþ ná hús búton hit beó mid híréde áfylled what purpose can this earthly house serve, if it stand empty? It is not a house unless it be filled with a household, Homl. Th. ii. 502, 12.

Linked entries: a-ýdlig ídel

smeágan

(v.)
Grammar
smeágan, smeán; p. smeáde; ppr. smeágende, smeánde; pp. smeád

to consider, meditate, inquire, deliberateto consider, ponder, examine, inquire into, discuss, searchto seek an opportunityto accept as the result of inquiry, to suppose

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Hé smeáþ on his móde ymb ðis eorþlíce líf Bt. 39, 7;Fox 224, 4. Be ðam gé smeágeaþ de hoc quaeritis Jn. Skt. 16, 19. Ða senatores dæghwamlíce smeádon on ánum sindrian húse embe ealles folces þearfe Thw. p. 161, 33; Nicod. 19; Thw. 9, 10: Homl.

Linked entry: smeán

MǼG

(n.)
Grammar
MǼG, es; m.

A relativekinsman

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His eorþlícan mágas his kinsmen according to the flesh, Chr. 979; Erl. 129, 12. His mágas and his frýnd cognati atque amici, L. Ecg. C. 36; Th. ii. 160, 22. Gif bana of lande gewíteþ his mágas healfne leód forgelden, L. Ethb. 23; Th. i. 8, 7.

Linked entries: még méi ge-mǽg

wela

(n.)
Grammar
wela, weola, weala, an; m.

wealthrichesabundancewealthwealprosperityhappy estate

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Ne biddan wé úrne Drihten ðyses lǽnan welan, ne ðyssa eorþlícra geofa Blickl. Homl. 21, 11. Of ðisse worulde welan (wælom, Lind.) de mamona Lk. Skt. 16, 9. Úre ieldran begeáton welan, and ús lǽfdon Past. pref.; Swt. 5, 15.

Linked entries: wala weala weola

fleón

(v.)
Grammar
fleón, [/a the following passages given under I. in Dict. fleón is intransitive
    By.
  • 247
  • :
  • Ps. L. 54, 8
  • :
  • Gen. 2080
  • :
  • Bt. F. 116, 17
  • :
  • Ælfc. Gr. 36
  • :
  • 28, 6
  • :
  • Ps. Th. 103, 17
  • :
  • Ps. L. 113, 3
  • :
  • Met. l, 20
  • :
  • Mt. 8, 33
  • :
  • Ps. L. 30, 12
  • :
  • El. 134
  • :
  • Gú. 228
  • .]

to fleeto fleeto run awayto pass awayto flyto run away fromto avoidto declineto avoideschew

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Ealle þá þing ðe hér líciaþ on þisum andweardum lífe sint eorþlice, for ðý hí sint fleónde, Bt. 34, 8; F. 144, 36. Fleóndu, Met. 21, 30. Þá fleóndan fugacia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, 42. to fly ( = fleógan) On ðǽre lyfte fleóð fugelas, Hex. 8, 22.

ge-mengan

(v.)
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.) :-- Earðlicum gifremnissum gimengadum terrenis affectibus mitigatis, Rtl. 18, 17. to unite so as to form a whole: — Þú gegæderast ðá hiofonlican sáwla and ðá eorþlican líchoman and hí on ðisse worulde gemengest, Bt. 33, 4; F. 132, 24.

ríce

(adj.)
Grammar
ríce, adj.

powerfulmightygreatpossessed of powerrichpossessed of wealthstrongpowerfulmightypotent

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Ðæt sind ða rícan ða ðe mid módignysse ða eorþlícan welan lufiaþ swíðor ðonne ða heofonlícan. Fela ríccra manna geþeóþ Gode, ðæra ðe swá dóþ. Swá swá hit áwriten is: 'Ðæs rícan mannes welan sind his sáwle álýsednyss,' 204, 3-7.

ge-scippan

(v.)
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Ðás eorþlican wæstmas sint gesceapene nétenum tó andlifene, and þá woruldwelan synt gesceapene tó biswice þám monnum þe beóð neátenum gelíce, 14, i; F. 42, 1-3. where the subject of the verb is a man Hwæþer þú fægerra blóstmæna fægnige swelce þú hié

girnan

(v.)
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Ðú wást ꝥ . . . ic ealles for swíþe ne girnde þisse eorþlican ríces; búton ic wilnode andweorces . . . scis ipsa minimum nobis ambitionem mortalium rerum fuisse dominatam; sed materiam . . . optavimus, Bt. 17; F. 58, 25.

lufian

(v.)
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Ðonne heó lufaþ þás eorþlican þing, Bt. 33, 4; F. 132, 17: Met. 20, 223. Hig lufigeað þá fyrmystan sell on gebeórscypum, Mt. 23, 6. Lufiað, Lk. 11. 43. Snottre men lufiað midwist míne, Rä. 89, 7. Wé lufedon úra wamba fylnesse, Verc. Först. 123, 14.

wís

(adj.)
Grammar
wís, adj.

wisediscreetjudiciouscunningwiselearnedskilledexpertknown

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Se wísa mon eall his líf lǽt on gefeán, ðonne hé forsihþ ðás eorþlícan gód, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 24. Se wísa spræc sunu Healfdenes Beo. Th. 3401; B. 1698. Ðis is wæstm wíses and goodes, ðe his sóðfæst weorc symble lǽste, est fructus justo Ps. Th. 57, 10.

sígan

(v.)
Grammar
sígan, p. sáh, pl. sigon ; pp. sigen.
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Ðú gestaþoladest eorþan swíðe wundorlíce . . . nánwuht eorþlíces hí ne healt, ðæt hió ne síge, and nis hire éðre tó feallanne ofdúne ðonne up, Bt. 33, 4 ; Fox 130, 37. Ne mæg hió hider ne ðider sígan, Met. 20, 165.

Linked entries: sígend sígere

CRÆFT

(n.)
Grammar
CRÆFT, es; m.

powermightstrength as of body or externals visroburpotentiaan artskillCRAFTtradework arsperitiaartificiumoccupatioopuscraft of mind, cunning, knowledge, science, talent, ability, faculty, excellence, virtue astutia, machinatio, scientia, facultas, præstantia, virtusa CRAFTany kind of ship navis qualiscunque

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Se eorþlíca ánweald nǽfre ne sǽwþ ða cræftas earthly power never sows the virtues 27, 1; Fox 94, 25: 30, 1; Fox 110, 5.

ge-gaderian

(v.)
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Add: to join together. to put together Tó gesetedo ł gegeadrad adpositos, Mt. p. 12, 4. to unite the parts which form a whole Ðú gegæderast ðá hiofonlicon sáwla and ðá eorþlicon líchoman, Bt. 33, 4; F. 132, 22.

MAGAN

(v.)
Grammar
MAGAN, (the infin. does not occur in W. S. but mæge glosses posse,
  • Mk. Skt. p. 3, 1
  • ;
and <b>magende</b>
(cf. Icel. megandi) = quiens,
  • Ælfc. Gr. 41
  • ;
  • Som. 44, 21.

to be strongefficaciousto availprevailbe sufficientto be strongbe in good healthto be ablemaymay

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Tó hwan mæg ðis eorþlíce hús, gif hit ýdel stent, Homl. Th. ii. 582, 12: 432, 15: Past. Swt. 7, 12. Him mæg tó sorge ðæt hé nát hwæt him tóweard biþ it causes him anxiety that he knows not what will happen to him, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 32, 12.

Linked entry: mæg

of

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
of, prep. with dat., or adv.

Offromout ofoffas regardsabout

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Ic ne drince of ðysum eorþlícan wíne, 26, 29. Se Peohta þeóde of myclum dǽle ( in great part ) geeode, Bd. 2, 5; S. 506, 20. Swá án of ðydon, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 29. Án eá of ðám hátte Fison, Gen. 2, 11. Ðú ne gesihst ǽnigne of Godes ðám hálgum, St.

Linked entry: ob