helpend-ráp
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A rope used to help or support Helpendráp opiffera, Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 47
Linked entry: helpend-bǽre
ge-fylstan
To help ⬩ give help ⬩ adjuvare
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To help, give help; adjuvare Ðæt heó him gefylste that she might assist them, Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 73, 45. God gefylsteþ me Deus adjuvat me, Ps. Spl. 53, 4. Driht, to gefylstan me efste Domine, ad adjuvandum me festina, 69, 1
BOTM
A BOTTOM ⬩ fundus
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Satan on botme [ðære helle] stód Satan stood at the bottom [of hell], Cd. 229; Th. 310, 5; Sat. 721: 18; Th. 21, 27; Gen. 330: 19; Th. 23, 18; Gen. 361. Heó to [ðæs fennes] botme com she came to the bottom [of the fen], Beo. Th. 3017; B. 1506
Linked entry: bodan
be-hæftan
To betake ⬩ take ⬩ bind ⬩ captare ⬩ vincire
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To betake, take, bind; captare, vincire Be-hæft held Gen. 22, 13.
hæg-steald
One living in the lord's house, not having his own household, an unmarried person, a young person, bachelor, virgin ⬩ mansionarius, cælebs, juvenis, virgo
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One living in the lord's house, not having his own household, an unmarried person, a young person, bachelor, virgin; mansionarius, cælebs, juvenis, virgo Hwæðer hé sig hægsteald ðe hǽmedceorl utrum cælebs sit an uxoratus, L. Ecg. C. 1; Th. ii
Linked entry: Hagustaldes-eá
sweðrian
To retire, withdraw, abate, subside, decrease, fail, come to an end
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To retire, withdraw, abate, subside, decrease, fail, come to an end:?- Sweðraþ facessit, discedit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 30. Gesweðeriaþ fatescunt (fatiscere dissolvi, Migne), 96, 18. Mylt, sweþrede, áswand, áteorade dissolvitur, desinit, discedit, 147,
Linked entries: ge-sweðerian swaðrian sweðerian swiðrian
morþor-hof
A place of torment or extreme misery
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A place of torment or extreme misery (hell), Elen. Kmbl. 2603; El. 1303
morþor-hús
A house of torment
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A house of torment (hell), Exon. 31 b; Th. 99, 15; Cri. 1625
on-spannan
literally, to unfasten, unclasp ⬩ to open the mind, to speak, disclose the thoughts
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literally, to unfasten, unclasp Þegn wine-dryhten his wætere gelafede, and his helm onspeón, Beo. Th. 5440; B. 2723. metaph. to open the mind, to speak, disclose the thoughts Ongan reordigan, wordlocan onspeónn, Andr. Kmbl. 940; An. 471.
Linked entry: un-spannan
ge-fultuman
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Gl. 657. to help Gode gefultumiendum, Chr. 797; P. 57, 31. to help an object (dat. ) Wé gefultumað úrum ondgite, Past. 69, 13. to help to something, help in getting Ne gefultumað hé náwuht tó his hiéremonna niédþearfe subditorum necessitatibus minime
wíte-scræf
A den of torment
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A den of torment, hell Gewít ðú áwyrgda in ðæt wítescræf, Cd. Th. 308, 12 ; Sat. 691
híhþ
altitude ⬩ a summit ⬩ top ⬩ the highest point ⬩ extreme degree ⬩ the heavens
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Take here heáhþu in Dict., and add: distance from the base upwards, altitude, elevation above the ground Þæs stánes héhþé obolisci proceritatem, i. altitudinem, An. Ox. 3525. figurative: Heálic héþ edita (pudicitiae) proceritas, An. Ox. 1699 Swá mycelum
ge-lífan
To believe ⬩ trust ⬩ crēdĕre ⬩ confīdĕre
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Se ðe him to ðam hálgan helpe gelífeþ, he ðǽr gearo findeþ he who trusteth himself to the holy one for help, he findeth it there readily, Wald. 111; Vald. 2, 27.
ful-lǽst
Help ⬩ aid ⬩ support ⬩ auxĭlium ⬩ subsĭdium
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Ðæt we hæfdon æt ðæm fýre leóht and fulláste that we might have light and help from the fire, Nar. 13, 3
Linked entry: lǽst
be-sencan
To sink, immerge ⬩ mergere, demergere
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Ðæt he gesáwe Satanan besencedne on ðám grúndum helle that he saw Satan sunk in the depths of hell, Bd. 5, 14; S. 634, 25
ge-swiðrian
To weaken ⬩ destroy ⬩ imminuere ⬩ debilitare ⬩ conficere
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Ðæt helle fýr wæs siððan geswiðrad that hell-fire was afterwards mitigated, Ors. 2, 6; Bos. 50, 20
sorgung
Sorrowing ⬩ grieving ⬩ sorrow ⬩ grief
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Sorrowing, grieving, sorrow, grief Ðǽr (in hell) is sorgung and sárgung and á singal heóf, Wulfst. 114, 4
hreów-cearig
Troubled ⬩ anxious ⬩ sorrowful
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Hreówcearigum help help to the troubled, Exon. 13 a; Th. 23, 11; Cri. 367
niþer
Down ⬩ beneath ⬩ below
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Ðé wearþ helle seáþ niþer gedolfen beneath was the pit of hell dug for thee, Exon. Th. 267, 30; Jul. 423. Ðá hé nyþer ábeáh cum se inclinasset, Jn. Skt. 20, 5. Ic nyþer álǽte submitto, Ælfc. Gr. 28; Som. 31, 41. Hé nyþer áléde deposuit, Lk.
Linked entry: nieþer
bi-féng
held, seized ⬩ apprehendit
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held, seized; apprehendit, Exod. 415; Grn. i. 88, 415; Similar entries p. of bi-fón