be-fón
to comprehend ⬩ grasp ⬩ seize ⬩ take hold of ⬩ catch ⬩ comprehendere ⬩ apprehendere ⬩ capere ⬩ to surround ⬩ encompass ⬩ encircle ⬩ envelop ⬩ contain ⬩ clothe ⬩ case ⬩ receive ⬩ conceive ⬩ circumdare ⬩ amplecti ⬩ complecti ⬩ capere ⬩ cingere ⬩ tegere ⬩ operire ⬩ accipere ⬩ concipere
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Ne hét he ná etan ðone líchaman ðe he mid befangen wæs he bade them not eat that body with which he was surrounded, Homl. Pasc. Lisl. 9, 19 : Soul Kmbl. 67; Seel. 34 : Job 19, 26; Thw. 168, 2.
lyðre
Evil ⬩ wicked ⬩ base ⬩ mean ⬩ poor ⬩ sordid ⬩ vile ⬩ lewd ⬩ depraved
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Þurh líchaman leðre geþohtas through the wicked thoughts of the body, Ps. C. 50, 41; Ps. Grn. ii. 277, 41
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following Man byþ on myrgþe Men will be cheerful, his mágan leóf dear to their friends, sceal ðeáh ánra gehwylc shall yet each one óðrum swícan depart from other, forðam dryhten wile for the Lord will dóme sínum by his doom ðæt earme flǽsc the 'vile body
swát
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, ii. 296, 18. used of other moisture that comes from the body, foam Mið swáte cum spuma, Lk. Skt. Rush. 9, 39. blood Saga mé hwæt ðæs lifigendan mannes gleng sý. Ic ðé secge ðæs deádan swát, Salm. Kmbl. 200, 10.
Linked entry: swǽtan
dynt
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Th. i. 16, 17-18, 5. the sound made by a blow, thud of a body striking the ground Swíþe oft se micla anweald ðára yfelena gehríst swíþe fǽrlíce, swá swá greát beám on wyda wyrcþ hlúdne dynt ( strikes the ground with a loud thud ), ðonne men lǽst wénaþ
sǽd
seed, ⬩ seed, ⬩ the ripe fruit, ⬩ fruit, growth ⬩ sowing ⬩ seed, progeny, posterity
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Swylce man wurpe gód sǽd (sementem) on his land, 4, 26. fig. seed, that from which anything springs :-- Ðæt hálige sǽd gewát, ðæt him ǽr of ðæs láreówes múþe bodad wæs, Blickl. Homl. 55, 29.
Linked entries: sǽd-berende sǽd-tíma
wín
Wine
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Wǽre ðú (the body) ðé wiste wlonc and wínes sæd, Exon. Th. 369, 11; Seel. 39. Wínes glæd, 449, 28; Dóm. 78. Wíne temeto, Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 42. Ne gemunde hé ðæt hé ǽr gespræc, wíne druncen Beo. Th. 2938; B. 1467 Wíne gewǽged, Exon.
á-weorpan
to throw ⬩ cast ⬩ cause rapid ⬩ violent movement of a body, ⬩ to throw away ⬩ to throw upfood ⬩ to throw off ⬩ free one's self from ⬩ to cast out ⬩ expel ⬩ to reject ⬩ cast away or off ⬩ renounce, ⬩ to cost down ⬩ trouble
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Add: lit. to throw, cast, cause rapid or violent movement of a body, the agene personal Hé út áwearp þá sceomolas and þá setl, Bl. H. 71, 18. Hé þone ealdan feónd on helle grund áwearp, 87, 20. Bútan man ðá mǽdene áwurpe of þám búre, Hml.
ge-dafenian
To be becoming or fit ⬩ to behove ⬩ decere ⬩ convĕnīre ⬩ it behoves ⬩ it is becoming or fit ⬩ ought ⬩ dĕcet ⬩ oportet
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Me gedafenaþ óðrum ceastrum Godes ríce bodian aliis civitātĭbus oportet me evangelizāre regnum Dei, Lk. Bos. 4, 43 : Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 37, 21. Gedafenode dĕcuit, 33; Som. 37, 21 : Bd. 4, 11; S. 579. 11.
geornlíce
Earnestly, diligently, zealously, strenuously, carefully, willingly ⬩ dīlĭgenter, stŭdiōse, obnixe, sollĭcĭte, lĭbenter
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Ðæt he wolde Paulinus ðone bisceop geornlícor gehýran be ðam Gode sprecende ðe he bodade quia vellet ipsum Paulīnum dīlĭgentius audīre de Deo quem prædĭcābat, verbum făcientem, Bd. 2, 13; S. 516, 26, 30: 4, 9; S. 576, 34.
Linked entry: eornlíce
fægere
beautifully ⬩ elegantly ⬩ gently ⬩ fair ⬩ plausibly ⬩ speciously ⬩ impurity ⬩ thoroughly ⬩ nobly ⬩ splendidly ⬩ justly
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Hé ðám folce fægere bodade with kindly words he warned the people, Hml, Th. ii. 140, 10. Hé hí gefréfrode, ðus fægre tihtende, 328, 3. Mid fæderlicre lufe fægere tihtende, Hml.
ge-trymman
to confirm ⬩ strengthen ⬩ encourage ⬩ establish ⬩ found ⬩ set in order ⬩ arrange ⬩ draw up ⬩ firmāre ⬩ confirmāre ⬩ mūnīre ⬩ confortāre ⬩ hortāri ⬩ fundāre ⬩ instruĕre ⬩ To grow strong ⬩ gain strength ⬩ recover ⬩ convălescĕre
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Bod.] which may encourage thee, Bt. 36, 1; Fox 172, 27. Ic getrymme ofer ðé eágan míne firmābo sŭper te ŏcŭlos meos, Ps. Lamb. 31, 8: Ps. Th. 74, 3. Getrymmeþ rihtwíse Drihten confirmat justos Dŏmĭnus, Ps. Spl. 36, 18.
Linked entries: trymman ge-tremman
hlísa
Sound, ⬩ rumour, ⬩ report, ⬩ reputation, ⬩ renown, ⬩ fame, ⬩ glory
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Sume hí gebycgaþ weorþlícne hlísan ðisses andweardan lífes mid heora ágnum deáþe forþam hí wénaþ ðæt hí næbben nán oðer fioh ðæs hlísan [hliosan, Bod.] wyrðe bútan hiora ágnum fiore nonnulli venerandum sæculi nomen, gloriosæ pretio mortis, emerunt, Bt
liss
Mildness ⬩ lenity ⬩ mercy ⬩ kindness ⬩ favour ⬩ grace ⬩ delight ⬩ joy
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Se rinc on líchoman lisse sóhte Enoch while yet in the body sought [heaven's] joy, Cd. 60; Th. 73, 14; Gen. 1204. Ðé is éðelstól gerýmed, lisse on lande, 73; Th. 89, 25; Gen. 1486.
þeccan
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Líca gehwilc ðara ðe lífes gást þeahte every body that had within it a living spirit, 77, 28; Gen. 1282. On hwelcum hí (Weland's bones) hlǽwa hrúsan þeccen, Met. 10, 43.
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ge-gaderung
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Gegaderunga copulas, 23, 59. a joining together to form a whole Ǽr þon þe hé þǽre gerýnelican gegaderinge menniscre gebyrde onfénge before he received the mysterious joining together and compacting of the body (cf.
ge-wil
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Þá þe nellað þǽra þinga géman þe man heom bodað, ac willað forð on wóh and gewill dráfan those who will not heed what is told them, but will persist in error and do what they wish, Wlfst. 304, 13.
hál
Whole, hale, well, in good health, sound, safe, without fraud, honest; often used in salutation
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Ic geaf hit on mínon hálan lífe intó Cristes cyrcean I gave it while of sound body to Christ's church, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iv. 305, 12.
Linked entry: hǽl
gást
breath ⬩ spirit, ghost, principle of life ⬩ spirit ⬩ the immaterial part of man ⬩ a person ⬩ soul ⬩ an incorporeal thing ⬩ an incorporeal being, a spirit, ⬩ divine spirit ⬩ the soul of a deceased person
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Heó ágeaf hire gást, Shrn. 72, 13. spirit in contrast with body, the immaterial part of man Seoþþan se líchoma and se gást gedǽlde beóþ, Bl. 111, 30. Úre gást biþ swíþe wíde farende úrum unwillum, Bt. 34, II; F. 152, 3.
níwan
Recently ⬩ lately ⬩ newly
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Ða þing ðe ús níwan bodade syndon ea quae nunc nobis nova praedicantur, 2, 13; S. 516, 11. Ðonne man níwan wíf nymþ cum acceperit homo nuper uxorem, Deut. 24, 5. Ðone consul ðe hié ðá níwan geset hæfdon, Ors. 2, 6; Swt. 86, 32.