feorh-bold
the dwelling of life ⬩ the body
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the dwelling of life, the body
ferh-cwalu
Life-destruction ⬩ slaughter ⬩ internĕcio
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Life-destruction, slaughter; internĕcio, Cot. 114
feorh-berende
Life-bearing ⬩ living ⬩ vītam fĕrens ⬩ vīvens
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Life-bearing, living; vītam fĕrens, vīvens Heó wile gesécan ǽghwylcne feorhberendra it will seek each of those bearing life, Exon. 110 a; Th. 420, 19; Rä. 40, 6: Cd. 92; Th. 117, 17; Gen. 1955
ge-hirdness
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Keeping guard, watchful care. Take here <b>ge-heordnes, ge-hyrdnes</b> in Dict. and add On hú mycelre Godes gehyrdnysse beóð þá þe cunnon hý sylfe forseón on þysum lífe in quanta custodia sunt qui in hoc vita seipsos despicere noverunt Gr
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a-cwician
To quicken ⬩ revive ⬩ to come to life ⬩ vivificare ⬩ reviviscere
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To quicken, revive, to come to life; vivificare, reviviscere On ðínre mild-heortnesse me scealt acwician in misericordia tua vivifica me, Ps. Th. 118, 159. Ðá acwicode ic hwon then 1 revived a little, Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 29
hwílen
transitory ⬩ brief
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Lasting only for a time, transitory, brief Uton sibbe tó him on ðás hwílnan tíd hǽlu sécan let us seek in this brief season [the present life] peace and salvation from him, Exon. 97 b; Th. 365, 10; Wal. 87
mynster-gang
Going into a monastery ⬩ entering on a monastic life
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Going into a monastery, entering on a monastic life Heó ðonne mót gif heó wile ðæt forlǽtan and hyre mynstergang geceósan tunc, si velit, licebit ei id derelinquere, et vitam monasticam sibi eligere, L. Ecg. C. 20; Th. ii. 146, 23
weorold-irmþ
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Misery of this life Wé nú gehýraþ hwǽr ús hearmstafas onwócan, and woruldyrmoðo. Cd. Th. 58, 3; Gen. 940. Hí héton eft lóhannes gebringan æt his mynstre, fram ðám woruldyrmþum ðe hé hwíle on wæs, Ors. 6, 10; Bos. 120, 36
ealdor-leg
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Substitute: ealdor-legu, e; f. Course of life, life Gé mé sægdon þæt gé cúðon míne aldorlege, swá mé ǽfre wearð oððe ic furðor findan sceolde you told me that you knew the course of my life, whatever has befallen me, or what I was yet to experience,
geógoþ-feorh
youthful life, youth,
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youthful life, youth, Beo. Th. 1078; B. 537
self-willes
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Voluntarily, of one's own accord Selfwilles ultro, Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 74. Sylfwilles sponte, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Zup. 234, 19: ultro, Zup. 237, 2. of persons Drihten ðe on róde Selfwilles þrowode, H. R. 17, 21. Ealle hyra unlustas hí sceolon gebétan sylfwylles
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drohtnian
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Of cyrliscum lífe ... men ... swá micele eáðelícor and sél drohtniaþ ( live as monks ), swá hý stíþlíce áfédde wǽron, R. Ben. 138, 24. Hé cwæð be ðám Hǽlende: 'Mid mannum hé drohtnode,' Hml. Th. ii. 12, 32. Mid sóðre lufe hé drohtnode on ðisum lífe, 44
sáwel-leás
without life ⬩ without soul
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without life Sáwulleás (sáwl-, MS. F.) exanimis, Ælfc. Gl. 9, 28; Zup. 56, 16. Hé feóll geswógen swylce hé sáwlleás wǽre, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 299. Hí þwógon ðone sáwlleásan líchaman, 20, 97. Magoþegna bær ðone sélestan sáwolleásne, Beo. Th. 2817; B. 1406
cwyde-leás
Speechless, intestate ⬩ mutus, intestatus
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Speechless, intestate ; mutus, intestatus He læg cwydeleás, bútan andgite he lay speechless, without sense, Homl. Th. i. 86, 26. Gif hwá cwydeleás of ðyssum lífe gewíte if any one depart this life intestate, L. C. S. 71; Th. i. 412, 27
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swoncen-ferhþ
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Hé (a man who has been hung) sígeþ swoncenferð (swoncerferð life having failed, (?) v. swancor, <b>I;</b> or sworcenf;erð with darkened soul, i. e. dead (?)), sáwle bireáfod, fealleþ on foldan, Exon. Th. 328, 29; Vy. 25. ?
béd-rǽden
Prayers
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and substitute: Prayers Bist ðú on úre bedrǽdene we will pray for you, Wlfst. 290, 17. Wé habbaþ heom geunnen þá bedrǽddene for lífe and for déþe we have promised to pray for them while alive and after death, Cht. Th. 436, 15
un-cwíd
Undisturbed by charges ⬩ in undisputed possession
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Undisturbed by charges, in undisputed possession Se ðe sitte uncwýdd and uncrafod on his áre on lífe, L. Eth. iii. 15; Th. i. 298, 9. Ðǽr se bónda sæt uncwýd (-cwýdd, MS. G.) and unbecrafod (cf. ubi bunda manserit sine calumpnia, L. H. I. 14, 5; Th.
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gistian
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To be a guest, be lodged in another's house On wrigylse fiðra þínra ic gystige ( I will lodge? The Latin is exultabo ), Ps. Cam. 62, 8. Líf mánfull tó gystigenne of húse on hús uita nequam hospitandi de domo in domum (it is a miserable life to go from
á-wendedness
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Hwæt is gódra manna deáð búton áwendednys and færr fram deáðe tó ðám écan lífe?, Hml. Th. ii. 232, 23. Gif hwá rǽde ic bidde ꝥ hé þás áwændednesse (translation) ne tǽle, Ap. Th. 28, 18. On áwændednyssum heora, (commutationibus) Ps. L. 43, 13. Add
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feorh-bona
a life-destroyer ⬩ murderer
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a life-destroyer, murderer, Beo. Th. 4921; B. 2465