sundor
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Kmbl. p. 3, 5. in a way that separates, asunder Sundur gedǽlan líf wið líce to part asunder life from body, Beo. Th. 4836; B. 2422. Seó cwén bebeád cræftum getýde sundor ásécean ða sélestan (to pick out the best workmen), Elen.
folc-lic
public ⬩ national ⬩ common ⬩ general ⬩ public ⬩ plebeian ⬩ common ⬩ common ⬩ populous
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Add: that concerns the whole people, public, national Hí woldon ferian mid folclicum wurðmynte þone hálgan líchaman, and læcgan innan þǽre cyrcan they wanted to give the body a public funeral, Hml. S. 32, 174.
ge-méting
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Hé hié mid þǽm ilcan wrence beswác þe hé æt heora ærran gemétingge dyde, 4, 9; S. 188, 33. an assembly, a body of persons who have come together Ælc gemétinc omnis conventus (plebis), Bl. Gl. Háligra heáh gemétincg consilium sanctorum, Ps.
híw-rǽden
- Ps. L.
a family ⬩ a house ⬩ a house ⬩ family ⬩ tribe ⬩ nation
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Híwrǽdene, Hpt. 31, 18, 504. a house, body of people living together with common interests and occupations, a religious house Þæt heó sién þǽm biscope holde and þǽre heórǽdene æt Weogornaceastre, Cht. Th. 168, 24.
tó-teran
To tear to pieces ⬩ to tear to pieces a material ⬩ to tear to pieces ⬩ to harass ⬩ distract ⬩ destroy
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Our lordes body they totere. Chauc. C. T. Group C. 474. Cf. Goth. dis-tairan
sib
Sib ⬩ related ⬩ one related ⬩ a relation
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Ðonne se deáþ cymeþ ásundraþ ðá sibbe ða ðe ǽr somud wǽron líc and sáwle when death comes, it separates then relations, who before were together, body and soul, Exon. Th. 367, 7; Seel. 4.
BYSGU
Occupation, business, labour, care, toil, difficulty, trouble, affliction ⬩ occupatio, negotium, labor, cura, opus, difficultas, dolor, tribulatio
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For ðǽm manigfealdum bísgum, ðe hine oft ǽgðer ge on móde ge on líchoman bísgodon [bisgodan MS.] on account of the manifold occupations, which often busied him [Alfred] both in mind and in body, Bt. proœm; Fox viii. 5.
fǽr-spel
A sudden message, sudden news, horrible message ⬩ imprōvīsus vel terrĭbĭlis nuncius
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Me ðes ár bodaþ frécne fǽrspell this messenger announces an impious horrible message to me, 69 b; Th. 259, 4; Jul. 277
neáh-west
nearness ⬩ neighbourhood ⬩ the being with another ⬩ presence ⬩ society ⬩ fellowship
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Þincþ his neáwist ( the presence of the dead body ) láþlíco and unfæger, Blickl. Homl. 111, 30. Ne cume he ná on ðæs cyninges neáwiste (ansýne, MS. H.), L. Edm. E. 3; Th. i. 246, 3.
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god-spell
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Add: the body of doctrine taught by Christ and his apostles Þis godspel byð bodod ofer ealle eorðan praedicabitur hoc evangelium regni in universo orbe, Mt. 24, 14: 26, 13. On ealle þeóda ǽrest gebyrað beón ꝥ godspel gebodud, Mk. 13, 10.
hefig-ness
oppressiveness ⬩ burdensomeness ⬩ a trouble ⬩ dullness ⬩ disease ⬩ oppression
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I. 114, 5. oppressed condition of body or senses, want of animation, dullness Þu cwǽde ꝥ ic hæfde forgiten ꝥ gód ꝥ ic oninnan mé hæfde for ðæs lichoman hefignesse quod memoriam corporea contagione pressus amisi, Bt. 35, 2; F. 156, 16.
á-dón
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Voc. ii. 27, 66. up Ðæt hé hine up ádyde that he should take up the body from the tomb, Hml. S. 21, 138. Hædde hét his líchoman up ádón and lǽdon tó Wintonceastre ( translatus in Ventam civitatem Bd. 3, 7; S. 529, 24.
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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Similar entries v. spell-boda I, god-spell Brimmanna boda ábeód eft ongeán, sege ðínum leódum miccle láþre spell give them a much less pleasant message Byrht. Th. 133, 15; By. 50.
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lǽce-cræft
a remedy ⬩ recipe ⬩ medicine
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Wé habbaþ hwæðere ða bysne on hálgum bócum ðæt mót se ðe wile mid sóðum lǽcecræfte his líchaman getemprian we have however the examples in holy books that he who will may cure his body with true leechcraft [cf. wiccecræft 1. 22], Homl.
ge-logian
To place, lodge, dispose, regulate ⬩ ponere, disponere, reponere, collocare
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Ælfeg's holy body on the north side of the altar, Chr. 1023; Erl. 163, 33. He begeat má castelas and ðǽr inne his ríderas gelogode he got more castles and lodged his knights therein, 1090; Erl. 226, 30.
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greát
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</b> of parts of the body :-- Se earm wæs swá swíðe greát and áswollen brachio in tantum grossescente, Bd. 5, 3; Sch. 565, 3. Se greáta líra beneoðan þám þúman, Vis. Lfc. 84. Gif mon þá greátan sinwe forsleá, Ll. Th. i. 100, 3.
tó-berstan
to burst asunder, ⬩ to break (intrans) in two, or in pieces, ⬩ be rent asunder ⬩ to break out in sores, ⬩ to break out
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Skt. 8, 29. to break out in sores, v. tó-borstenness Wið springas and wið tóborsten líc for carbuncles and for a body with breakings out. Lchdm. i. 272, 18.
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sýferness
Sobriety, moderation, temperance, abstinence, purity ⬩ purificatio, purgatio.
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Ðære sýfernysse ( opposed to drunkenness, v. l. 54) gód bodian, Homl. Ass. 146, 60. Mid micelre sýfernysse and gemetfæstnysse, and ná mid nánre oferfylle ne mid oferdrince, 144, 15. Sýfernysse ( opposed to druncenscipe, l. 18), 145, 20: Homl.
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DWELIAN
To be led into error, err ⬩ in errōrem dūci, errāre ⬩ To lead into error, mislead, deceive ⬩ in errōrem dūcĕre, decĭpĕre
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Bod. Me þincþ ðæt ðú me dwelige methinks that thou misleadest me, 35, 5; Fox 164, 12
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for-swelgan
To swallow up ⬩ devour ⬩ absorb ⬩ devŏrāre ⬩ degluttīre ⬩ absorbēre
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Grendel leófes mannes líc forswealg Grendel devoured the beloved man's body, Beo. Th. 4167; B. 2080: Andr. Kmbl. 3179; An. 1592. Ðe ðú forswulge which thou hast swallowed up, Cd. 43; Th. 57, 34; Gen. 938. We forswulgon hine devŏrāvĭmus eum, Ps.
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