rignan
- Cf.
- Piers P. 14, 62.
to rain, to cause rain to fall ⬩ to rain, to fall (of rain)
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Swá gelíc swá ... sý fýr onǽled and ðín heall gewyrmed and hit ríne and sníwe and styrme úte, Bd. 2, 13; S. 516, 17. Drihten lét rínan hagol pluit Dominus grandinem, Ex. 9, 24. Hé lǽt rínan (regneþ,) and ða unrihtwísan, Mt.
swíge
- Scint. 82, 1
silence, absence of speech ⬩ silence, quiet, absence of noise; also a time of silence ⬩ silence from astonishment, amazement ⬩ stupor ⬩ delay ⬩ a curve, circuit ⬩ to bend, sway ⬩ taciturnitas, silentium
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Sý heálíc swíge æt ðæm gereorde, ðæt nánes mannes stefn gehýred ne sý bútan ðæs rǽderes ánes, R. Ben. 62, 13. Ðá wearð stilnes and swíge geworden innon ðare healle, Ap. Th. 17, 6. Mé náwðer deág secge ne swíge, Exon. Th. 12, 23; Cri. 190.
beó-ceorl
A BEE-CEORL ⬩ bee farmer or keeper ⬩ bocherus ⬩ apum custos
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Beóceorle gebyreþ, gif he gafolheorde healt, ðæt he sylle ðonne lande gerǽd beó. Mid us is gerǽd ðæt he sylle v sustras huniges to gafole concerning those who keep bees.
pund
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Sum hafenleás man sceolde ágyldan healf pund (cf. Gr. D. 157, 33, which makes the debt twelve shillings (duodecim solidi )) . . . wearð gemét þæt feoh and twéntig penega tó eácan (cf. Gr.
giddian
To sing ⬩ recite ⬩ speak
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Gyddedon hæleþ in healle hwæt seó hand write heroes in hall discussed what did the hand write, Cd. 210; Th. 261, 18; Dan. 728
Linked entries: geddian ge-gyddian gyddian
un-wæstm
an evil growth ⬩ a bad plant ⬩ a tare ⬩ weed ⬩ bad growth ⬩ failure of crops
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Gyf hit geweorðe ðæt on þeódscype becume heálíc ungelimp, unwæstm oððon unweder, orfcwealm oþðon mancwealm, 170, 1. Gif hwæt fǽrlíces on þeóde becymð, beón hit miswyderu oððon unwæstmas, 271, 3. Ús unwidera for oft weóldon unwæstma, 129, 5: 159, 13
ǽ-swícung
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On ðám upplican ríce is heálic sib, and ðǽr ne bið nán ǽswicung gemét, Hml. Th. ii. 562, 24. Wá middangearde for ǽswicungum . . Neód is ðæt ǽswicunga cumon, i. 514, 33: 516, 1. Intinga ǽswicunga ( scandalorum ), R. Ben. I. 115, 4.
tó-teón
to pull to pieces ⬩ tear to pieces ⬩ to pull away
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Soul Kmbl. 222) on týn healfe, Exon. Th. 373, 25; Seel. 115. to pull away Tótoghene detracta, Hpt. Gl. 515, 14. Me þe sculde nimen and al tóteón mid horse, O. E. Homl. i. 9, 21. O. H. Ger. zi-ziohan distrahere, detrahere
hund
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Wintra hæfde fíf and hundnigontig ... and eahta hund, Gen. 1179. with ordinals Cuóm feórðe healf hund scipa, Chr. 851; P. 64, 17.
gástlíc
Ghostly ⬩ spiritual ⬩ spīrĭtālis
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Ðæt he healde gástlíce lufe that he hold spiritual love, Frag. Kmbl. 74; Leás. 39. Ðæt gástlíce folc pŏpŭlus spīrĭtālis, Bd. 1, 27; S. 496, 28.
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ceáp-gyld
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Healde se landhláford ꝥ forstolene orf and þæs orfes ceápgyld, 276, 15. ꝥ ceápgild (for)gildan, 200, 16: 208, 22
hord-cófa
A place for treasure, a retired chamber, closet, a place where the thoughts are stored, the breast, heart
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Ðæt hé his ferþlocan fæste binde healde [MS. healdne] his hordcófan that he close fast his mind's coffer and preserve the treasury of his thoughts, Exon. 76 b; Th. 287, 14 [cf. 22]; Wand. 14.
wág
A wall, mostly of a building
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Ǽlc wág( paries) bið gebiéged twiefeald on ðæm heale, Past. 35;Swt. 245, 13. 'Ðurhðyrela ðone wág (wáh, MSS.) Ðá ic ðá ðone wáh ðurhðyreludne hæide ... Ealle ða hearga wǽron átiéfrede on ðæm wǽge' . . . Hwæt is sió ðyrelung ðæs wáges?
hiwung
Forming, ⬩ shaping, ⬩ form, ⬩ figure, ⬩ pretence, ⬩ feigning, ⬩ hypocrisy, ⬩ dissimulation
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Ðæt hluttre mód ðe Gode gelícaþ forsihþ ða hiwunga and healt sóðfæstnysse the pure mind that pleases God despises pretences and holds the truth, Basil admn. 5; Norm. 46, 8. Þurh deófles hiwunga per diaboli figmenta, L. Ecg. C. iii. 14; Th. ii. 202, 5
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séman
to bring to an agreement those who have a dispute ⬩ to satisfy a person in a matter of doubt or difficulty ⬩ to settle a dispute ⬩ to arbitrate ⬩ bring about agreement
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Gif hé healt weorð, ðǽr mótan freónd séman, L. Ethb. 65; Th. i. 18, 14
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súþan
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Healdaþ hine norðan and súðan on twá healfa twá hund wearda, Salm. Kmbl. 520; Sal. 259
of-dæle
A downward slope, descent, incline ⬩ at ibdaljin this fairgunjis ad descensum montis ⬩ downwards.
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Hí síen on ðæt ofdæle ásigen tó yfele and ðider healde, Bt. 24, 4; Fox 84, 28. Sió sunne scýft on ofdæle the sun descends, Met. 13, 58
-hád
- 1070 ;
- Erl. 209, 35
weg
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Ealne weg búton geswícincge iugiter sine intermissione, Angl. xiii. 372, 103. v. æcer-, ceaster-, ciric-, clǽg-, gemǽr-, gird-, grund-, heáfod-, heáh-, healf-, hege-, hrís-, hwæl-, hweól-, Lunden-, mearc-, mylen-, Nor-, port-, sǽ-, sláhþorn-, styfic-,
weall-stellung
The putting a wall in order, repairing of a wall.
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Ðonne gebyreþ tó twéntigan gyrdan on wealstillinge hundeahtig hída, and tó ðam furlange gebyrgeaþ óþer healf hund hída and x hída . . . Tó fíf furlangum gebyreþ ymbeganges eahta hunda hída on wealstyllinge . . .
Linked entry: stellung