eádig
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Se Hǽlend sægde þurh hwæt seó sául eádegust gewurde, Bl. H. 159, 28. Ꝥ ic sý seó eádgoste fǽmne, 6. Eádgeste, 13, 15. <b>I a.</b> as s Se eádiga Michael, 30. Se eádiga engel Micahel, 201, 32. Se eádga Petrus, 153, 24.
elcor
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. ; gif hit hwæt ælcor (elcor, elles, v. ll.) bið, ic eft hweorfe (sin alias reuertar ), Bd. 4, 28; Sch. 519, 7. Hé ne mihte elcor gewearmigan búton æt fýre, Nar. 18, 15.
ge-hlýd
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Add: sound made by the voice, a cry Gif se sácerd bið ungerád ðæs láreówdórnes, hwæt forstent his gehlýd sacerdos si praedicationis est nescins, quam clamoris vocem daturus est praeco mutus? Past. 91, 25. <b>I a.
leógan
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Ðeáh hé nyte hwæt hé sóðes secge, him is ðeáh leófre ðæt hé leóge ðonne him mon ǽnigra ungerisna tó wéne eligit bona de se vel falsa jactari, ne mala possit vel minima perpeti, Past. 217, 16. Heó wolde hire líf forlǽtan ǽr þan þe heó luge, Hml.
tó-foran
Before. ⬩ in front of, ⬩ in presence of, ⬩ previous to ⬩ above, ⬩ in a greater degree than ⬩ superior to ⬩ over and above, ⬩ beside, ⬩ beyond
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Ic næbbe hwæt ic him tóforan lecge non habeo quod ponam ante ilium, 11, 6. of time, previous to, with dat. Tóforan eallum ðissum big nimaþ eów ante haec omnia inicient uobis manus suas, Lk. Skt. 21, 12. Tóforan ðám Eástron, Chr. 1012; Erl. 146, 8.
bismer
infamy ⬩ shame ⬩ disgrace ⬩ ignominy ⬩ humiliation ⬩ scorn ⬩ contumely ⬩ insult ⬩ blasphemy
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Tóeácan þǽm bismrum þe hé dónde wæs, hé hét onbærnan Rómeburg, Ors. 6, 5; S. 260, 29. disgrace, ignominy, humiliation Hwæþer ... hé hié ácwealde, þe hié libbende tó bismre gerénian héte.
Linked entry: bismer-sprecan
healf
a half ⬩ side, part
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Fox 12, 18; Met. 12, 9. side, part Mid ðæm worde biþ gecýðed hwæþer healf hæfþ ðonne sige with that phrase [asking permission to bury the dead] is declared which side has the victory, Ors. 3, 1; Swt. 100, 9.
wyrcan
to work ⬩ labour ⬩ to make ⬩ to make ⬩ form ⬩ construct ⬩ to be the source ⬩ cause of, to produce ⬩ to make ⬩ constitute ⬩ to work ⬩ do ⬩ perform ⬩ to perform a rite ⬩ keep a season ⬩ to work ⬩ effect a purpose ⬩ attain an object,
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Hé began tó wircenne ðæt land coepit exercere terram, Gen. 9, 20. of the work Hé áxode hwæt hig wyrcean cúðon (quid habetis operis?).
for-gifan
to give ⬩ bestow ⬩ grant ⬩ dispense ⬩ to give ⬩ to give ⬩ to give ⬩ to give up ⬩ hand over ⬩ deliver up ⬩ commit ⬩ practice ⬩ to give back ⬩ restore ⬩ to marry ⬩ to grant ⬩ permit ⬩ allow ⬩ to grant ⬩ to give ⬩ cause ⬩ to forgive
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Gif hwylce þǽr beóð þára þe hwæt ǽbylhða wið óðre habbað, þonne sceolan hig þá forgyfan, Ll. Th. ii. 434, 8
wiht
a wight ⬩ creature ⬩ being ⬩ created thing ⬩ a whit ⬩ thing ⬩ aught ⬩ anything ⬩ without a negative ⬩ aught ⬩ alone ⬩ with a genitive
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Ne mæg ic náne cwica wuht (animalia) ongitan, ðara ðe wite hwæt hit wille, oððe hwæt hit nylle, ðe ungenéd lyste forweorþan, for ðam ǽlc wuht (animal) wolde bión hál and libban, ðara ðe mé cwica ðincð; búte ic nát be swylcum gesceaftum swylce náne sáwle
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irre
Anger ⬩ wrath ⬩ ire ⬩ rage
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Ðonne ðæt ierre æfþ anwald ðæs monnes hé self nát hwæt hé on ðæt irre déþ impellente ira in mentis vesaniam devolvuntur ... Quos cum furor agit in præceps, ignorant quidquid irati faciunt, Past. 40, 1; Swt. 289, 5-10.
lang-sum
Long ⬩ prolix ⬩ long-enduring ⬩ long-suffering
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Hwæt gif ic bíde merigenes se ebréisca cwæþ ne biþ hit swá langsum 'What if I last till morning?' The Jew said 'It will not be so long,' Homl. Skt. 3, 585.
siððan
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Hwæt biþ hit búton flǽsc, seoððan se écea dǽl of biþ ? Blickl. Homl. iii. 31 : Cd. Th. 309, 7 ; Sat. 706
tácnian
to make a mark upon something, to mark ⬩ to be a token or mark of something, to indicate, mark ⬩ to indicate, point out ⬩ to signify ⬩ to be the figurative expression of, be a figure of something, to symbolize ⬩ to indicate what is future, to portend
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Hwæt tácnaþ Ezechhiel búton ða láreówas cujus Ezechiel nisi magistrorum speciem tenet? 21; Swt. 161, 8: Blickl. Homl. 79, 29: 17, 14. Cwæþ se godspellere ðæt leóht cyrde tó ðon blindan.
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tídre
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Hwæt sind ða ðe ús biddaþ? Earme men, and tiddre, and deádlíce, Homl. Th. i. 256, 2. Tyddre, Boutr. Scrd. 22, 37. Nánre wuhte líchoma ne beoþ téderra ðonne ðæs monnes, Bt. 16, 2; Fox 52, 9.
þífþ
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C.) befæste, þeáh hé hwæt stele, L. Edg. S. 2; Th. i. 274, 3
wundor-líc
Wonderful ⬩ exciting admiration ⬩ surprise
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Oft hwæm gebyreþ ðæt hé hwæt mǽrlíces and wundorlíces gedéð, Past. 4; Swt. 39, 6. Hé (Samson) wearð swíðe ofþyrst for ðam wundorlícan slege, Jud. 15, 18. Wundorlícre hrædnysse hé bið álýsed, Lchdm. i. 288, 16. On wundorlícre mycelnesse, Blickl.
beran
to carry ⬩ bring ⬩ to bear ⬩ to suffer ⬩ to carry ⬩ fruit
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Hwylc handleán we him forþ tó berenne habban, 91, 14. used impersonally ; cf. similar use in Icelandic Swá hwæt swá þé on eáge byreð (cf. mart (acc.) berr fyrir augu mér) whatever (the dream) brings to your sight, Lch. iii. 154, 22. without sense of
eáca
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Hwæt se eáca is ðe ic geunnen hæbbe, 51, 23. Nán nis swá welig ꝥ hé sumes eácan ne þurfe, Bt. 33, 1; F. 120, 16. Seó gnornung is mé eald for gewunan, níwe for (þurh, v. l.) eácan (per augmentum ), Gr. D. 4, 9. Eácan au(g)menta, Kent. Gl. 66.
earnian
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Hwæs þú earnodest oððe hwæt þú habban woldest quid scire vis?, Solil. H. 14, 13.