un-grund
Bottomless ⬩ boundless ⬩ immense
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Bottomless, boundless, immense Ðæs heriges hám eft ne com ealles ungrundes ǽnig of that host, all boundless as it was, not one came home again, Cd. Th. 209, 32; Exod. 508
mór-heald
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Wǽron land heora lyfthelme beþeaht mearchofu mórheald, Cd. 145: Th. 181, 14; Exod. 61. = placed on a mountain slope, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 71, (?)
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hege-hymele
Hedge
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Hedge (or wild) hop plant Cicena mete muronis, hegehymele humblonis, Wrt. Voc. i. 69, 27-28. Þis is seó gréne sealf. . . brócminte and óþre mintan, cicena mete, hegehymele, Lch. iii. 6, 8-15
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riht-wuldriende
orthodox
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Hos sequentes nos pie atque orthodoxe, Bd. 4, 17 ; S. 585, 28-34
mǽr-líc
Great ⬩ magnificent ⬩ glorious ⬩ splendid ⬩ illustrious
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Homl. Th. i. 352, 26. Ðá hæfde ðæt cild swíðe mǽrlíce stemne the boy had a magnificent voice, Wulfst. 152, 11.
frófor-gást
The Spirit of comfort ⬩ the Holy Ghost ⬩ Paraclete ⬩ consōlātiōnis Spīrĭtus ⬩ Spīrĭtus Sanctus ⬩ Paraclētus ⬩ Παράκλητος
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in the Greek tongue Παράκλητος, that is Spirit of comfort, because he comforts the sad, Homl.
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wérigness
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Ex. 17, 12), Homl. Skt. i. 13, 44. Gehwǽr is on úrum lífe áteorung and wérignys, Homl. Th. i. 490, 7. Ðæt hors ðý gewunelícan þeáwe horsa æfter wérinysse ( post lassitudinem ) ongan walwian, Bd. 3, 9; S. 533, 39.
un-strang
Not strong ⬩ weak ⬩ feeble
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Heó ( Judith ) wæs lytel and unstrang, Homl. Ass. 114, 411. Hwæt is se intinga ðæt in þúsend manna ðé ne magon ástyrian, swá unstrang swá ðú eart? Homl. Skt. i. 9, 110. Á sceal man ðam unstrangan men líðelícor déman ðonne ðam strangan, L. C.
ge-wísian
To direct ⬩ teach ⬩ shew
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To direct, teach, shew Bǽdon ðæt him gewísade waldend se góda hú hie libban sceolden prayed the good Ruler to direct them how they were to live, Cd. 40; Th. 52, 27; Gen. 850
fór
a hog
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a hog. Foor, fór porcaster, Txts. 88, 810. Foor, Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 30. Fór, An. Ox. 20, 4: porca (but the passage glossed is the same as in the preceding), 22, 3. Add
ofer-lǽdan
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Th. i. 504, 31 under ofer-hón). to carry across, translate, v. ofer-lád Gewrit oferlǽded Scriptura translata, Mt. p. 2, 13
ge-acsian
To find out by asking ⬩ discover ⬩ learn ⬩ hear ⬩ resciscĕre ⬩ discĕre ⬩ agnoscĕre ⬩ audīre
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Gyf se déma ðis geacsaþ si hoc audītum fuĕrit a præsĭde, Mt. Bos. 28, 14. Ðá se pápa ðæt geacsade when the pope heard it, Bd. 2, 17; S. 520, 15 : 5, 10; S. 625, 20. We geacsodan agnōvĭmus, Bd. pref; S. 472, 16.
leóþ-cræft
poetry ⬩ verse ⬩ a poem
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The art of poetry, poetry, verse, a poem Ðes leóþcræft hoc poema: ðás leóþcræftas hæc poemata [all the other cases are also given], Ælfc. Gr. 9; Som. 8, 16-21.
nese
No
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Nese vis hoc ? Non, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 13. Wylt ðú wé gadriaþ hig? Ðá cwæþ hé, Nese ( non ), Mt. Kmbl. 13, 29. Syllaþ ús of eówrum ele ... Ðá andswarudun ða gleáwan, Nese, 25, 9. Ðá cwæþ hé : Nese (Lind. næsæ) fæder Abraham, Lk. Skt. 16, 30.
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ge-ícan
To eke ⬩ increase ⬩ add ⬩ enlarge ⬩ augere ⬩ extendere
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Ofer eall ðæt geícte adjecit hoc supra omnia, Lk. Bos. 3, 20. Æðelinga rím feorum geícte he increased the number of men with lives, 58; Th. 70, 33; Gen. 1162.
lǽþþ
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Hí mé sǽdon ꝥ sum wer wunne on þǽre hefigestan hatunge his gesacan, þæs lǽþþu (lǽðð, v. l.) and feóndscipe forð weóx tó þon swíðe ꝥ . . . quidam vir gravissima adversarii sui aemulatione laborabat, cujus ad hoc usque odium prorupit, ut . . . Gr.
hefe
Weight
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Weight Hú mihte hé gefrédan ǽniges hefes swǽrnysse ðá ðá hé ðone ferode ðe hine bær how could he feel the heaviness of any weight when he carried one who bore him, Homl. Th. i. 336, 26.
fearm
A freight, cargo, load ⬩ ŏnus nāvis
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A freight, cargo, load; ŏnus nāvis Ofer holmes hrincg hof séleste fór mid fearme the most excellent house [the ark] sailed over the ocean's orb with its freight, Cd. 69; Th. 84, 7; Gen. 1394
ge-dwínan
To dwindle or vanish away ⬩ disappear ⬩ evanescere ⬩ disparere
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To dwindle or vanish away, disappear; evanescere, disparere Ðæt hálige sǽd gedwán and gewát the holy seed has wasted away and departed, Blickl. Homl. 55, 29. His drýcræftas gedwinon his magic vanished, Shrn. 135, 1
hoppe
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The 12th century Latin version of the first passage is: Nola bouis, collarium canis (Anglice dicitur hundes hoppe, quasi canis circularium, quia hóp circulus) . . . unumquodque ualet unum sol. et uniuscuiusque modus computatus melda. Add