smiþ
A smith, a worker in metals or in wood ⬩ faber ⬩ faber, cudo
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Weorc, handweorc smiþa Exon. Th. 408, 18; Rä, 27, 14: 388, 16; Rä. 6, 8: 401, 6: Rä. 21, 7. Ic hæbbe smiþas, ísene smiþas, goldsmiþ, seolforsmiþ, ársmiþ, treówwyrhtan Coll. Monast. Th. 29, 35.
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rǽsan
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Ðæs burhgeréfan sunu wolde rǽsan on hí on ðæm scandhúse and hí bysmrian, Shrn. 56, l1. of precipitate action, to rush (into anything) Oft mon biþ suíðe rempende, and rǽsð suíðe dollíce on ǽlc weorc and hrædlíce, Past. 20; Swt. 149, 12.
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stranglíce
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Hwæt getácnaþ ða ban búton stronglíce geworht weorc quid per ossa nisi fortia acta signantur ? Past. 34, 6; Swt. 235, 16. with violence, fiercely, vehemently He byrnende from gebede swíceþ, stepeþ stronglíce. Exon. Th. 264, 34; Jul. 374.
tól
a tool, ⬩ implement, ⬩ instrument ⬩ tools, ⬩ machinery, ⬩ apparatus
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Sylle man ðam gebúre tól tó his weorce and andláman tó his húse, L. R. S. 4; Th. i. 434, 26. Ða nýdþearfe ... ðæt is mete and drync and cláþas and tól tó swelcum cræfte swelce ðú cunne ðæt ðé is gecynde, Bt. 14, l; Fox 42, 6.
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séfte
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Weorð úrum synnum séfte and milde propitius esto peccatis nostris, 78, 9. of medicine, mild, not strong Ðæt is, for hwí se góda lǽce selle ðam hálum men séftne drenc and swétne, and óðrum hálum biterne and strangne, Bt. 39, 9 ; Fox 226, 11. of rest,
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gebed-rǽden
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Add: prayers þǽr (on gebedhúse) nán þincg elles geworht ne sý bútan þám ánum weorce þe tó Gode belimpð. þæt is gebedrǽden (ꝥ syndon hálige gebedu, v. l.), R.
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ge-cuman
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Æt ðám weorce gecuman, Hml. Th. ii. 166, 16. Hé férde from Antiochian, forþan þe hé wæs apostol and sceolde gehwǽr gecuman, Hml. S. 10, 13. Gecuma uenire, Mt. L. 22, 3. Gecuma tó him adire ad eum, Lk. L. 8, 19.
sceáp
A sheep
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Eówu biþ mid hire giunge sceápe sciłł. weorð óþ ðæt .xiii. niht ofer Eástron, L. In. 55; Th. i. 138, 7. Sceáp mon sceal gildan mid sciłł., L. O. D. 7b;Th. i. 356, 6. Hwylc man ys ðe hæbbe án sceáp (scép, Rush.: scíp, Lind.), Mt. Kmbl. 12, 11.
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hwíl-wende
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Þú wǽre nú oð þis úpáhafen on þisse worulde ǽhtum and hwílwendum weorcum; nú gedafnað þé ꝥ þú beó úpáhafen on gást-licum welum, Hml. S. 30, 118
níten
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Be ǽlces nýtenes weorðe gif hí losiað. Hors mon sceal gyldan mid .XXX. sciłł. . . . myran mid .XX. sciłł. . . . oxan mid .XXX. p̃. cú mid .xxnii. p̃. swýn mid . VIII. p̃, man mid punde, sceáp mid sciłł, gát mid .II. p̃., Ll. Th. i. 356, 1-6.
stæpe
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.); vestigium :-- Ðonne beóð ðá fét gesewene, ðonne mon ongiet mid hwelcum stæpum ðæt náwht wæs ðurhtogen, ac ðeáh ðæt unclǽne mód féhð on ðá ládunga, and mid ðǽre beheleð his fét and ðá stæpas his unnyttan weorces pedes conspiciuntur, quia quibus vestigiis
mild-heort
kind-hearted ⬩ of gentle disposition ⬩ meek ⬩ merciful ⬩ compassionate ⬩ gracious ⬩ clement
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Mid mildheortum weorcum with works of mercy, Blickl. Homl. 37, 19. Cyng ðú mildheortesta rex clementissime (Christ), Hymn. Surt. 86, 29: Ors. 6, 30; Bos. 126, 39 note.
ge-brǽdan
To make broad ⬩ broaden ⬩ extend ⬩ spread ⬩ dilātāre ⬩ ampliāre ⬩ extendĕre ⬩ expandĕre ⬩ sternere
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He his cyricean wundorlícum weorcum gebrǽdde ecclesiam suam mirĭfĭcis ampliāvit opĕrĭbus, Bd. 5, 20; S. 641, 40. Ealle ða telgan ðú æt sǽstreámas sealte gebræddest extendisti palmĭtes ejus usque ad măre. Ps. Th. 79, 11.
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twi-sprǽce
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.), weorðe se sóðsagol (sóðspǽce), Wulfst. 72, 16. Ne sýn wé tó tǽlende ne tó twigsprǽce let us not be too free with calumnies and detractions, 253, 6. Ne beó ðú nó tó tǽlende ne tó tweo-sprǽce ... ac beó leófwende, Exon. Th. 305, 19; Fä. 90.
þeówetling
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Ǽlces mannes þeówetlingas ða ðrý dagas weorces beón gefreóde, Wulfst. 171, 19. Be teóðunge ... þridda dǽl gá þearfum and earman þeówetlingan, L. Eth. ix, 6; Th. i. 342, 9. Þearfena helpan and þeówetlingan beorgan, L. I. P. 11; Th. ii. 318, 26.
ciric-sócn
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Þeówetlingas weorces beón gefreóde wið cyricsócne, 171, 20. Lufian cyricsócne, 112, 17. Þisne dæg wurþian mid ciricsócnum, H. R. 17, 26. Mid cyricsócnum cealdum wederum, Dóm.
fiht-wíte
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Th. i. 66, 7: 106, 1 Gif man ofslægen weorðe . . . on .xxi. nihtan gylde man þá manbóte, þæs on .xxi. nihtan ꝥ fyhtwíte (fyhto-, v. l.), Ll. Th. i. 174, 28. Be fyhtwíte and manbóte. Ic nelle ꝥ ǽnig fyhtewíte oþþe manbót forgifen sý, 248, 20.
ge-staþelfæstan
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Drihten gestaþolfgstige þé on his willan tó eallum gódum weorcum, Angl. xii. 516, 5. III. of non-material objects, to make effectual :-- Geðaeht ðæt hié ne maehtun gesteaðulfestian (-staþolfæston, Spl.) con-silia quae non potuerunt stabilire, Ps.
wælhreówlíce
cruelly ⬩ horribly ⬩ atrociously
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Ðæt hé ne weorðe wælhreó[w]líce (-reówlíce, Cott. MSS.) (crudeliter) gefangen mid ðǽm grinum uncysta, 43; Swt. 313, 12. Wælhreówlíce swingan, Homl. Th. i. 424, 12. Hí áxodon, hwí hí swá wælbreówlíce dydon, ðæt hí freónda ne róhton, Homl.
hlosnian
To listen, ⬩ be silent in expectation of hearing, ⬩ listen for the coming of a person, ⬩ watch, ⬩ await, ⬩ be on the look out
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Æfter ðissum wordum weorud hlosnode swígodon ealle after these words the multitude listened [astonished or expectant], all were silent, Andr. Kmbl. 1522; An. 762. Ðæt folc hlosnende wæs gehérde hine populus suspensus erat audiens ilium, Lk. Skt.
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