máge
A kinswoman
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B.) cognata tua, Lk. Skt. 1, 36. Seó cwén his máge regina propinqua illius, Bd. 3, 24; S. 557, 24. Ða landes ðe hire máge hire geúþe, Chart. Th. 338, 14: 337, 27. From bearme ánre mágan, Exon. 112 b; Th. 430, 25; Rä. 44, 14.
Linked entry: mǽge
níhsta
A neighbour ⬩ proximus
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Ne girn ðú ðínes neáhstan wífes ( uxorem proximi tui ), Deut. 5, 21. Gif ðú wed nime æt ðínum nǽhstan, Ex. 22, 26. Gif hwá ofslihþ his néhstan, 21, 14. Lufa ðínne néhstan (Lind. nésta), Mt. Kmbl. 19, 19. Hwylc is mín néhsta (neestæ, Lind.)? Lk.
Linked entry: neáhsta
ge-neálǽcan
To approach, draw near, adhere
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Nú geneálǽceþ mínum gebedum ðæt ic bidde on ðínre gesíhþe appropiet oratio mea in conspectu tuo, Ps. Th. 118, 169. Geneálǽcþ adhæret, Ps. Spl. C. 93, 20. He him geneálǽhte he drew near to him, Blickl. Homl. 15, 24: 67, 2. Geneáhlǽhte adhæsit, Ps.
swancor
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Ger. swankel: Ger. schwank flexible, slim: Swed. swank a bend; swank; adj. pliable, flexible; swank-rem girth-leather,] without firmness, feeble, weak Mín sául gewearð swancur on móde ðǽr ic on ðínre hǽlu hogode defecit in salutari tuo anima mea, Ps.
túnes-mann
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A man living on a manor (tún, q. v. ) Gif hwilc túnesman ænigne pænig forhæbbe, gilde se landríca ðone pænig and nime ǽnne oxan æt ðam men (cf. L. Edg. i. 4; Th. i. 264, 9: L.
Linked entry: tún-mann
bóc-land
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Ic geseah englas ferigan gesǽlige sáwle of ðínum (the abbess Ælflæd's) bóclande (de tuo monasterio), Hml. Th. ii. 150, 26. An ic (King Eadred) mínre méder ealra mínra bóclanda þe ic on Súð-Seaxum hæbbe, C. D. B. iii. 75, 25.
ge-þofta
A companion ⬩ comrade ⬩ sŏdālis ⬩ contŭbernālis
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Ðæt ðú sí gemyndig ðínes getreówan geþoftan tui mĕmor sis fīdissimi sŏdālis, Bd. 4, 29; S. 607, 25. Gemétte he ðone his geþoftan slǽpendne invēnit sŏdālem dormientem, 3, 27; S. 559, 14.
Linked entry: þyften
ÆLMESSE
ALMS ⬩ almsgiving ⬩ eleemosyna
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Ðæt ðín ælmesse sý on díglum ut sit eleemosyna tua in abscondito, Mt. Bos. 6, 4. Sóþlíce ælmessan dó sic facias eleemosynam, 6, 3. Ðonne he ælmessan dǽleþ when he deals alms, Exon. 62 a; Th. 229, 10; Ph. 453.
and-wlita
The face ⬩ countenance ⬩ personal appearance ⬩ forehead ⬩ form ⬩ surface ⬩ facies ⬩ vultus ⬩ aspectus ⬩ frons ⬩ forma ⬩ superficies
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Leóht andwlitan ðínes lamen vultas tui, Ps. Spl. 4, 7: Ps. Th. 89, 8. Ealle gesceafta onfóþ æt Gode andwlitan all creatures receive form from God, Bt. 39, 5; Fox 218, 15. On andwlitan wídre eorþan on the face of the wide earth.
bégan
to bow ⬩ bend ⬩ turn ⬩ flectere ⬩ inflectere ⬩ deprimere ⬩ to bow to ⬩ to settle ⬩ inflectere ⬩ insistere
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to bow, bend, turn; flectere inflectere, deprimere Ðeáh ðú teó hwelcne bóh of dúne to ðære eorþan, swelce ðú bégan mǽge though thou pull any bough down to the earth, such as thou mayest bend Bt. 25; Fox 88, 23.
ge-týan
To instruct ⬩ teach ⬩ imbue ⬩ instruere ⬩ imbuere ⬩ docere
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Ðín lát getýde me disciplina tua ipsa edocuit me, Ps. Th. 17, 34: Bt. 8; Fox 24, 25: Ors. 5, 13; Bos. 112, 33. Gregorius wæs fram cildháde on bóclícum lárum getýd Gregorius was from childhood instructed in book learning, Homl.
Linked entry: ge-týd
ge-sibsumian
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Add: to become gesibsum, come to an agreement, be reconciled Gang ǽr and gesybsuma wið þínne bróðer vade prius reconciliari fratri tuo, Mt. 5, 24.
riht-wís
Righteous ⬩ just
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Dómas ðíne rihtwíse aequitas judicia tua, Ps. Th. 118, 75, 172. Rihtwíse non errantes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 52. Fíftig rihtwísra manna quinquaginta justi, Gen. 18, 24. Heó is rihtwísre ( justior ) ðonne ic 38, 26.
Linked entry: wrenc-wís
on-hweorfan
To change, reverse ⬩ To change, turn, revert
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To change, turn, revert Manegum cyninge onhwearf se anweald and se wela óþ ðæt hé eft wearþ wædla qui reges felicitatem calamitate mutaverint, Bt. 29, 1; Fox 102, 13. Hé ( Nebuchadnezzar ) eft onhwearf wódan gewittes, Cd. Th. 255, 21; Dan. 627
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embe-fær
A going round, circuit ⬩ circuĭtus
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A going round, circuit; circuĭtus embefær túna circuĭtus villārum, Proœm. R. Conc
ge-swícan
To leave off ⬩ desist ⬩ stop ⬩ cease ⬩ rest from ⬩ turn from ⬩ withdraw ⬩ relinquish ⬩ fail ⬩ deceive ⬩ betray ⬩ intermittere ⬩ desistere ⬩ cessare ⬩ quiescere ⬩ requiescere ⬩ deserere ⬩ discedere ⬩ relinquere ⬩ deficere ⬩ fallere ⬩ prodere ⬩ with the genitive ⬩ with the dative
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Gé hellfirena sweartra geswícaþ ye turn from black hell-crimes. Exon. 98 a; Th. 366, 4; Reb. 7. Geswícaþ ðære synne turn from that sin, Cd. 113; Th. 149, 1; Gen. 2468.
bíme
a trumpet ⬩ a tablet ⬩ billet
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Hlúdstefne býme grandisona tuba, 42, 41. Býman salpicis, An. Ox. 5246: classica, 742: bucina, 4, 82. Mid býman (béman, R., beám, L. tuba ), Mt. 24, 31. Ne bláu þú béman (nelle ðú béma ł stocc singa, L.) noli tuba canere, Mt. R. 6, 2.
neód-weorþung
Great honouring
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Great honouring For naman ðínes neódweorþunge propter nomen tuum. Ps. Th. 142, 11
GE-DÉFE
Becoming ⬩ fit ⬩ proper ⬩ seemly ⬩ convenient ⬩ agreeable ⬩ decent ⬩ quiet ⬩ mild ⬩ meek ⬩ gentle ⬩ kind ⬩ benevolent ⬩ congruus ⬩ convĕniens ⬩ dĕcens ⬩ opportūnus ⬩ hŏnestus ⬩ quiētus ⬩ mansuētus ⬩ bĕnignus
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Gedéfe is ðín milde mód bĕnigna est misĕrĭcordia tua, Ps. Th. 68, 16. Gedéfe sacerd sacerdos quietus, Nar. 37, 25. Eart ðú on lifigendra lande se gedéfa dǽl tu es portio mea in terra vīventium, 141, 5. On tíde gedéfre in tempŏre opportūno, Ps. Spl.
Linked entry: deáf-líc
sparian
to spare ⬩ to show mercy to ⬩ to refrain from injuring or destroying ⬩ to spare ⬩ preserve ⬩ not to use ⬩ to leave alone ⬩ abstain from ⬩ parcere, fovere ⬩ to spare
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Spara mé ðínne ðeów parce servo tuo, Ps. Th. 18, 11. with dat. [Ne spareþ se fæder ðan sune ne nán mann óðren; ac ǽlc man winþ ongeán óðren,] [Shrn. 17, 27.]