ge-tríwe
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Nú ðuacute; hié æfter þínum willan þé getréwe habban ne miht, Bt. 7, 2; F. 18, 15-19.
hálig-nes
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III</b> Ðonne bið ðæt gold ásueartod, ðonne sió hálignes monnes lífes (cf. hwelc æfter hálgum háde, 25) bið mid eorðlicum weorcum gewemmed aurum obscuratur, cum terrenis actibus sanctitatis vita polluitur, Past. 133, 21. holiness, sanctity of a
hearpe
A harp ⬩ plectrum, chelys, psalterium, cythara
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Psalm æfter hærpan sang canticum: ǽr hærpan sang psalmus, Ælfc. Gl. 34; Som. 62, 57, 58; Wrt. Voc. 28, 37, 38. Ðǽr was hearpan swég there was the sound of the harp, Beo. Th. 179; B. 89: 4908; B. 2458: 6039; B. 3023: 4517; B. 2262: 4221; B. 2107.
hweorfan
To turn ⬩ change ⬩ go ⬩ return ⬩ depart ⬩ go about ⬩ wander ⬩ roam
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On heora ágen dust æfter hweorfaþ in pulverem suum revertentur, 103, 27. Hí tówrecene wíde hweorfaþ ipsi dispergentur, 58, 15. Hweorfaþ æfter heorþe they walk along the floor of the furnace, Exon. 55 b; Th. 196, 18; Az. 176.
Linked entries: hwerfan hworfan hwurfan ge-hweorfan
brýten-walda
A powerful ruler or king ⬩ præpotens rex ⬩ a ruler ⬩ the British aborigines ⬩ to bruise, break, to break into small portions, to disperse ⬩ a ruler, king, ⬩ an extensive or powerful king, a king whose power is widely extended. ⬩ a powerful king ⬩ the wide expanse of earth ⬩ a spacious realm ⬩ the spacious world ⬩ a spacious dwelling ⬩ a war-king
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Se æftera wæs Ceawlin, West-Sexna cing. Se þridda wæs Æðelbriht, Cantwara cing. Se feórþa wæs Rǽdwald.
stefn
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</b> a stem, stock, race. v. leód-, þeód-stefn. prow or stern of a vessel Se æftera stemn puppis, Wrt. Voc, i. 63, 37. Tó lides stefne, Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 34. Of nacan stefne, Andr. Kmbl. 582; An. 291. Beornas on stefn stigon, Beo.
Linked entries: stemn rád-stefn stefn-mǽlum emb-stemn stæfn
Cynewulf
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ᚹ [wén] is geswíþrad, <b>W</b> [hope] is overpowered, gomen æfter gearum, my joy in my old age, geógoþ is gecyrred youth is turned back ald onmedla. my old pride.
ge-winnan
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Æfter þǽm gewunnon Demetrias and Lisimachus Lysimachus adversus Demeírium pugnavit, S. 152, 1. trans.
slege
a stroke, blow ⬩ of a serpent's sting, ⬩ a striking, beating, ⬩ stamping, coining ⬩ clashing, collision ⬩ a crash, clap of thunde ⬩ a fatal stroke, slaying, slaughter, death (by violence ⬩ a defeat, loss inflicted on an army; clades ⬩ a stroke of affliction, punishment, disease ⬩ an instrument for striking ⬩ a slay ⬩ a plectrum ⬩ plectro] ⬩ a stroke, blow ⬩ slaying ⬩ plaga, ictus, tusio, percussio : ⬩ a blow, defeat; ⬩ n. a blow; a defeat, slaughter, loss; a stroke of apoplexy
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Æfter Pendan slæge post occisionem Pendan S. 557, 30. Æfter his slæge (interfectionem) 3, 9; S. 533, 30. On Urias slege (slæge) Hatt. MS. Past. 3; Swt. 34, 23. Be elþiódies monnes slege. Gif mon elþeódigne ofsleá L. In. 23; Th. i. 116, 13.
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wacen
wakefulness ⬩ sleeplessness ⬩ a watch ⬩ vigil ⬩ a watch ⬩ a division of the night ⬩ a watch ⬩ guard ⬩ a rousing ⬩ an incitement
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On ða æfterra wacone (waccane, Lind.) in secunda uigilia, Lk. Skt. Rush. 12, 38. a watch, guard Haldende wacone (wacana, Lind.) næhtes custodientes uigilias noctis, 2, 8. a rousing, an incitement Wacana mægna incitamenta virtutum, Rtl. 63, 36
mǽrsung
a making known ⬩ report ⬩ rumour ⬩ fame ⬩ renown ⬩ celebrity ⬩ celebration ⬩ a making great ⬩ magnifying ⬩ glorification ⬩ Greatness ⬩ magnificence ⬩ excellency ⬩ honour ⬩ favour
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Ðeós is Cristes mǽrsung æfter ðære menniscnysse, Homl. Th. ii. 360, 28. Mid ealre boncunga and mǽrsunga hine herian to praise him with giving thanks and glory to him, Blickl. Homl. 31, 21.
nídan
To force ⬩ compel ⬩ urge
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MS. nédde) hié æfter gafole ( exacted tribute from them ), Bt. 16, 2; Fox 52, 3. Hé nýdde his leorningcnihtas on scyp stígan, Mk. Skt. 6, 45. Ne nýdde hé ná ðæt folc tó his cwale he did not force the people to kill him, Homl. Th. i. 216, 1.
styrung
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Æfter ðæs wæteres styrunge after the troubling of the water (A. V.), Jn. Skt. 5, 4. fig. a disturbance, tumult Ðe læs tó mycel styrung ( tumultus ) wurde on ðam folce, Mt. Kmbl. 26, 5. Blon sié styring cessavit quassatio, Ps. Surt. 105, 30.
synnig
sinful, wicked ⬩ guilty, culpable
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Monige æfter ðæs líchoman scylde hí swá micle fæsðlícor gestaðoliaþ on gódum weorcum swá hí hí selfe synnigran ongietaþ, Past. 52; Swt. 411, 3. in a legal sense, <b>guilty, culpable.</b> v. scyldig Scyldig ł synnig reus, Mk. Skt.
teón
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Thá middungeard moncynnæs uard æfter tiáde (teóde, Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 23) dehinc terram custos humani generis creavit, Txts. 149, 8. Helm worhte wǽpna smið, wundrum teóde, besette swínlícum, ðæt hine bead*-*omécas bítan ne meahton, Beo.
un-lust
absence of desire ⬩ disgust ⬩ disinclination ⬩ want of appetite ⬩ disinclination to action ⬩ listlessness ⬩ want of pleasure ⬩ joylessness ⬩ weariness ⬩ an evil pleasure ⬩ lust
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Ealle hyra unlustas hí sceolon gebétan sylfwylles on ðyssum lífe, oððe unþances æfter ðyssum lífe, Homl. Th. i. 148, 27. Þurh unlustas libidinibus, L. Ecg. C. 5, tit.; Th. ii. 128, 15. Winnan wið leahtras and unlustas forseón, L. Ælfc.
ríht
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</b> what is proper for a thing with regard to use or appreciation :-- Hwílum alwan æfter hire rihte him mon scæl sellan, Lch. ii. 280, 20.
self
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Gif æfter woruld sweltende ꝥ sylfe démde on heortan gegladað si secundum saeculum moriens quod solum decreuit corde delectatur, 216, 8
settan
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S. 16, 151. to proceed in a specified direction, set out Ðá geáxedon ꝥ lið ꝥ on Sandwíc læg embe Godwines fare, setton þá æfter, Chr. 1052; P. 178, 29. Setton súðweardes sigeþeóda twá, Met. 1, 4
costnung
A temptation ⬩ trying ⬩ trial ⬩ tribulation ⬩ tentatio ⬩ probatio ⬩ tribulatio
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Æfter dæge costunge secundum diem tentationis Ps. Spl. 94, 8. Ne gelǽd ðú us on costnunge ne nos inducas in tentationem Mt. Bos. 6, 13; 26, 41; Mk. Bos. 14, 38; Lk. Bos. 11, 4; 22, 40, 46; Homl. Th. ii. 596, 9; 600, 16.