ceorl
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add: — Fram þám dysigum ceorla folce wæs weorþod se hǽþena god, Gr. D. 121, 19
ælf-siden
to charm ⬩ a charm
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Þeós sealf is gód wiþ ǽlcre feóndes costunga and ælfsidenne, Lch. ii. 334, 18. Add
scip-steall
A place for a ship
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A place for a ship Andlang streámes on scypsteal, God. Dip. B. iii. 316, 16
racian
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Ne biþ ná gebeorhlíc, ðam ðe wið God hæfþ forworht hine sylfne, ðæt hé tó hrædlíce intó Godes húse æfter ðam racige, ac stande ðǽr úte, Wulfst. 155, 21
ge-twǽfan
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Cf. ge-twǽman Ic þæt unsófte ealdre gedígde ... ætrihte wæs gúð getwǽfde nymðe mec God scylde I hardly escaped it with life ... almost was battle ended, unless God had protected me, 6. 1658
bile-witness
Mildness, simplicity, innocence ⬩ simplicitas
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Mildness, simplicity, innocence; simplicitas Se God wunaþ simle on ðære heán ceastre his ánfealdnesse and bilewitnesse God dwells always in the high city of his unity and simplicity, Bt. 39, 5; Fox 218, 19.
Linked entries: bil-wetnes bil-witness
birn-sweord
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A flaming sword God his byrnsweord getýhþ and þás world ealle þurhslyhþ, Bl. H. 109, 34
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hǽlan
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to castrate Móna se syofoða, blód lǽtan . . . temian, hǽlan (castrare) gód ys, Lch. iii. 186, 22
-ing
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L. 67, 28. v. god-ing, wǽdl-ing(?), Wóden-ing. . Add
lah-brecende
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Sacrilegious Wið God múðe mid lah*-*brecendum woffigende erga Deum ore sacrilego blasphemantem Scint. 9. 9
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fylstend
A helper
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A helper God mín fylstend mín Deus meus adiutor meus, Ps. L. 17, 3: 61, 9
ge-wrixl
A change ⬩ interchange ⬩ vicissitude ⬩ turn ⬩ course
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Nú hæfþ God swíðe gesceádwíslíce geset ðæt gewrixle eallum his gesceaftum God hath very wisely appointed change to all his creatures, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 21: Bt. Met. Fox 11, 111; Met. 11, 56: Shrn. 168, 11.
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be-mancian
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To maim, mutilate Gif þú gesihst [h]earmas þíne bemancude gód getácnað, Lch. iii. 214, 20
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freá-meaht
Lordly power
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Lordly power God mín and freámiht mín Deus meus et fortitudo meus, Ps. Rdr. 42, 2
dærstan
Dregs, lees ⬩ fæx
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Ða derstan beóþ góde the dregs will be good, L. M. 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 38, 18, 19. Wið ecedes derstan with lees of vinegar, 1, 39; Lchdm. ii. 98, 24
gearwe
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., and add: gear, goods (?) Ealle Rómáne woldon ymb xii mónað bringan tógædere þone sélestan dǽl hiora gódra geara (gearwa, v. l.) (heora góda gegearod tó heora geblóte, v. l. ), and hiora siþþan feta wucena ætgædere brúcan, Ors. 6, 21; S. 272, 25
FRÁSIAN
To ask ⬩ inquire ⬩ tempt ⬩ interrŏgāre ⬩ conquīrĕre ⬩ sciscĭtāri ⬩ tentāre
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Wæs mǽst Babilón burga, óþ-ðæt Baldazar, þurh gylp, grome Godes freásade [MS. frea sæde] Babylon was greatest of cities, until Belshazzar, through vain glory, fiercely tempted God, Cd. 209; Th. 259, 22; Dan. 695
sib-lufu
Kindly affection ⬩ kindness ⬩ love such as exists between kinsmen
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Kindly affection, kindness, love such as exists between kinsmen Ic (God) tó eów mid siblufan gecyrre þurh milde mód, Exon. Th. 366, 6; Reb. 8: 40, 7; Cri. 635. Hié (the fallen angels) of siblufan Godes áhwurfon, Cd. Th. 2, 25; Gen. 24.
smǽte
Refined, pure
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Refined, pure (of gold) Smaete gold obrizum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 115, 11. Smǽte obrizum 75, 72. Hié wurdan sóna tó ðam golde ðe man háteþ obritsum ðæt is smǽte gold Shrn. 32, 21. Smǽte gold ðæt in wylme biþ þurh ofnes fýr eall geclǽnsod Elen.
be-lífan
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Þá þe on God belýfað. Hml. Th. i. 114, 8. Þone dracan þe wé on belýfdon, 570, 25. Hí on God belýfdon, 92, 33: 244, 4: ii. 20, 7: Hml. S. 23, 22. [Cf. ge-lífan, which is the earlier form.]