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blis

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Gá intó þínes hláfordes blisse (gaudium), Mt. 25, 21. Add

be-seón

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<b>III a</b>. to observe, look at :-- Beseóþ gé hine, þonne hé . . . gá, Bd. 2, 2; Sch. 117, 11

for-hwirfedlic

(adj.)
Grammar
for-hwirfedlic, adj.

Perverse

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Perverse Se forhwyrfda gást spræc forhwyrfedlice word, Bl. H. 31, 4

Linked entry: -hwirfedlic

hwæt-hwega

(adv.)
Grammar
hwæt-hwega, -hwigu, -hugu; pron. and adv. [cf. use of something in Shakspere.]

Something ⬩ somewhat ⬩ a little

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Hwæthwega ufor gán, 32, 22. Hwæthwegu tódǽled somewhat separated, Bt. 34, 6; Fox 142, 14. Hwæthwiga aliquantulum, Ps. Th. 89, 15. Hwæthwygu, 93, 8. Hwæthwugu, Bt. Met. Fox 221; Met. 20, 111

Linked entries: æt-hwæga hwæt-hwoegno

wending

(n.)
Grammar
wending, e; f.

Turning ⬩ a turning round ⬩ revolution ⬩ changing ⬩ mutation

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Cf. wendan On ánre wendinge, ða hwíle ðe hé (the firmament) ǽne betyrnð, gǽð forð feówor and twéntig tída Hexam. 5; Norm. 8, 30. a turning up or over Gif ðǽr sié ðæs hrifes wendung if the stomach be upset (?)

glǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
glǽdan, to cause to slip or totter. A compound form, á-glǽdan, seems to be concealed in the gloss
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Sax. biglédda labefactat, Gall. 23

Linked entry: á-glǽdan

fill

(n.)
Grammar
fill, fiell, es; m.

death ⬩ destruction

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Se druncena . . . þurh fyllas bewylewud ebriosus . . . per precipitia deuolutus, Scint. 107, 14. figurative Hé gǽð on ðone weg, ac hé nát on hwæt hé gǽð, ac hé wirð suíðe raðe on fielle (citius corruit), Past. 287, 17. fall in battle, death, destruction

Linked entries: fiell fyll

á-hirstan

(v.)
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to roast, fry Gáte blǽdre, áhyrste, sele etan, Lch. ii. 88, 25

Linked entry: á-hyrstan

þeówen

(n.)
Grammar
þeówen, þíwen, [n]e; þeówene, an; f.
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Swá eágan gáð earmre þeówenan ( ancillae ), ðonne heó on hire hlǽfdigean handa lócaþ, Ps. Th. 122, 3. Heó hié sylfe tó ðeówene genemde, Blickl. Homl. 9, 24. Þeówene, 89, 12. Gif hwá ásleá his þeówe oþþe his þeówenne (-ene, MS. H.) ðæt eáge út, L.

Linked entries: þeów þióen þíwen þýwen

cancer

(n.)
Grammar
cancer, gen. cancres;
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Wið cancre, nim gáte geallanand hunig against cancer, take goat's gall and honey, L. M. 3, 36; Lchdm. ii. 328, 13: Herb. 32, 3; Lchdm. i. 130, 12, MS. O, note 24. Wið cancre for cancer, Med. ex Quadr. 6, 21; Lchdm. i. 354, 25. a crab; cancer, animal

ídel-hende

(adj.)
Grammar
ídel-hende, adj.

Empty-handed ⬩ empty

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Ne lǽt ðú hine gán ídelhende fram ðé nequaquam vacuum abire patieris, Deut. 15, 13. Forleórton hine ídelhende dimiserunt eum inanem, Lk. Skt. Lind. 20, 10, 11. Ðonne gé út faraþ ne fare gé ídelhende cum egrediemini, non exibitis vacui, Ex. 3, 21

mis-faran

(v.)

to go astray ⬩ to err ⬩ transgress ⬩ to fare badly ⬩ have ill success

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If Joseph sag hise breðere misfaren His fader he it gan unhillen and baren, Gen. and Ex. 1911.] to fare badly, have ill success Sume secgaþ ðæt hí (certain animals) þurh bletsunge misfaraþ, and þurh wyrigunge, geþeóþ, Homl.

Linked entry: mis-féran

brún

(adj.)
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Wíf móton under brúnum hrægle ( sub nigro velamine ) tó husle gán, Ll. Th. ii. 162, 7. Brúnne brerd the black rim of the inkhorn , Rä. 27, 9. Swearturn, brúnum beaduwǽþnurn, 18, 8. Brúne helmas, Jud. 318. [For brún applied to metal v. N. E.

for-irþ

(n.)
Grammar
for-irþ, e; f.

A headland

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Trans. 1898, p. 530), vox agrimensorum, apud quos in agrorum distinctionibus pars ea dicitur quae latus suum alterius fini, fronti seu capiti opponit, Migne] Andlanges ðǽre fyrh tó ánum andheáfdum, tó ánre forierðe, and seó forierð gǽð; intó ðám lande

Linked entry: for-yrþ

fót-welm

(n.)
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Mid dríum fótwylmum ofer yða gán, Hml. Th. i. 108, 16. Wǽron his fét niðer áwende ... áwendað míne fótwelmas tó ðan heofonlican wege, 382, 13. Áwendan úre fótwylmas fram deádbǽrum síðfæte, 96, 25. Oþ þá fótwylmas (-mylmas, MS., -welmes, Hpt.

gós

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Grége gós gans, ii. 42, 15. Hwít gós anser, i. 62, 10. Wilde goos cente, ii. 103, 68: gente, 109, 63. Wilde gós gante, 40, 65. Genim góse rysele, Lch. ii. 40, 12, 15. Heorotes smera oþþe gáte oþþe góse, 68, 26.

norþ-west

(adv.)
Grammar
norþ-west, adv.

North-west

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North-west Se þridda [gára líþ] norþwest, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 24. 5

paradís

(n.)
Grammar
paradís, es; m.
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Paradise Ðæt wé inn móton gaan tó ðám upplican paradíse, Hex. 28, 9

and-cwis

(n.)
Grammar
and-cwis, -cwiss, e; f.

An answer ⬩ responsum

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An answer; responsum Andcwis ageaf gave answer, Exon. 47b; Th. 163, 26; Gú. 999

écce-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
écce-líc, adj.

Eternal, perpetual, everlasting ⬩ æternalis

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Eternal, perpetual, everlasting; æternalis Upahebbaþ gatu éccelíce elevāmĭni portæ æternāles, Ps. Spl. 23, 7

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