BǼL
fire ⬩ flame ⬩ ignis ⬩ flamma ⬩ the fire of a funeral pile, in which dead bodies were burned ⬩ a funeral pile ⬩ rogus ⬩ pyra
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Bǽl biþ onæled the pile is kindled, Exon. 59a; Th. 212, 26; Ph. 216
earming
A wretched or miserable being ⬩ mĭser
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Ða ðe ðæs wélan gitsiaþ, hí biþ symle wædlan and earmingas on hyra móde they who covet wealth are always poor and miserable beings in their mind, Prov. Kmbl. 50
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eorþ-wéla
Earth-wealth, fertility ⬩ terrestres dīvĭtiæ, fertĭlĭtas
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Biþ him eorþwéla ofer ðæt éce líf earthly wealth to them is above the eternal life. Exon. 33 a; Th. 105, 34; Gú. 33. Ne ic me eorþwélan ówiht sinne I care naught for earth's wealth. Exon. 37 a; Th. 121, 17; Gú. 290.
for-ealdian
To grow or wax old ⬩ become old ⬩ senescĕre ⬩ veterascĕre ⬩ inveterascĕre
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Ǽlc ánweald biþ sóna forealdod every power soon becomes old, Bt. 17; Fox 60, 10: 39, 8; Fox 224, ii. Ðe forealdode wǽron who were grown old, Homl. Th. ii. 500, 4
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leóþ-cræft
poetry ⬩ verse ⬩ a poem
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Hé biþ swá ðeáh on leópcræfte ǽgðer ge lang ge sceort it [i of the genitive in certain words] is however in poetry both long and short, 18; Som. 21, 51. Ða gemetu gebyriaþ tó lédenum leóþcræfte metres pertain to Latin poetry, 50; Som. 51, 66.
líhting
Lightening ⬩ alleviation ⬩ relief ⬩ mitigation ⬩ release
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Ðonne biþ him geseald his synna líhtingc then shall a release from his sins be given him, L. Pen. 18; Th. ii. 286, 3. Gif ðæt riht tó hefig sý séce siððan ða líhtinge tó ðam cynge, L. Edg, ii. 2; Th. i. 266, 12
lybb
Medicine ⬩ drug ⬩ simple ⬩ poison
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Ðæt biþ lyb wið eágena dimnesse that is a medicine for dimness of eyes, L. M. 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 30, 14. Oxna lyb green or black hellebore, Lchdm. ii. 34, 28. Ðis ðé lib be cyrneles this may be a medicine for thee for churnel, iii. 62, 21
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ge-sibsum
Peaceable, peaceful, loving peace ⬩ pacatus, pācĭfĭcus
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Peaceable, peaceful, loving peace; pacatus, pācĭfĭcus Se ðe of Gode cymþ he biþ gódes willan and gesibsum that which comes from God is of good will and peaceful, Past. 46, 3; Swt. 349, 1; Hat. MS. 66 b, 5, 7.
scrudnian
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Míne gebroðra, scrutniaþ mid hú wáclícum wurðe Godes ríce biþ geboht, Homl. Th. i. 582, 25. Twá þing sind ðe wé sceolon carfullíce scrutnian, ii. 82, 25. Scrutniende scrutando, investigando. Hpt. Gl. 410, 12.
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un-getǽse
Inconvenient ⬩ disagreeable ⬩ troublesome ⬩ obnoxious
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Oððe hit ðé deraþ oððe hit ðé unwynsum biþ, oððe ungetése (-getǽse, Cott. MS.) oððe frécenlíc aut injucundum, aut noxium, Bt. 14, 1; Fox 42, 13. Gilpes ðú girnest?
ýce
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Ðæt ilce biþ nyttol íces slite oþþe hundes, Lchdm. ii. 86, 2 (see note). Ðære wyrte wyrttruma on wætere geðyged wiðrǽð íceom and næddrum, i. 144, 15. Ýcan ł froggan ranas, Ps. Lamb. 104, 30. ¶ Yce parruca, Wrt.
ge-hweled
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Siþþan ꝥ geswel biþ gehweled and tóbyrst, Lch. ii. 208, 4. Hit ðæt gehwelede on ðǽm óðrum geopenað and út forlǽt, ðæt hé wierð ðonon gehǽled doloris fervor vulnere aperto temperatur Past. 275, 5
up-heáh
tall ⬩ lofty ⬩ lofty ⬩ noble ⬩ upright
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Ðám treówum ðe him gecynde biþ upheáh tó standanne, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 22
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hám-fæst
Resident, dwelling at home
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Resident, dwelling at home Hú mæg ðǽr ðonne ánes ríces monnes nama cuman ðonne ðǽr mon furðum ðære burge naman ne geheórþ ne ðære þeóde ðe he on hámfæst biþ how can one great man's name come there, when the name of the town even and of the people among
ofer-drincan
to overdrink (one's self)
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Ðæt mód, ða hwíle ðe hit biþ oferdruncen ðæs ierres, Past. 40; Swt. 295, 3. Swá hwá swá óðerne drencþ, hé wirþ self oferdruncen, 49; Swt. 381, 4. Swá swá mihti oferdruncon crapulatus fram wíne, Ps. Spl. 77, 71.
smǽte
Refined, pure
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Smǽte gold ðæt in wylme biþ þurh ofnes fýr eall geclǽnsod Elen. Kmbl. 2616;El. 1309. Beág on ðam siex hund wæs smǽtes goldes gescyred sceatta Exon. Th. 324, 8; Víd. 91: Salm. Kmbl. 29; Sal. 15. On smǽtum in obrizum Hpt. Gl. 449, 10.
tó-geótan
to diffuse ⬩ spread ⬩ to pour away, ⬩ to exhaust
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Ǽr ðon sió yfele wǽte, se de on wintra gesomnad biþ, hié tógeóte geond óþera lima, Lchdm. ii. 228, 9. Tógoten is geofu in weolerum ðínum diffusa est gratia in labiis tuis. Ps. Surt. 44, 3.
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tó-teón
to pull to pieces ⬩ tear to pieces ⬩ to pull away
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Biþ seó tunge tótogen (beóþ hira tungan tótogenne. Soul Kmbl. 222) on týn healfe, Exon. Th. 373, 25; Seel. 115. to pull away Tótoghene detracta, Hpt. Gl. 515, 14. Me þe sculde nimen and al tóteón mid horse, O. E. Homl. i. 9, 21. O. H.
sorh
care ⬩ anxiety ⬩ sorrow ⬩ grief ⬩ affliction ⬩ trouble ⬩ sorrow, care ⬩ cura, solicitudo, angor, moeror, labor ⬩ care, sorrow
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Th. 132, 18; Gen. 2195. sorrow, grief, affliction, trouble Ne biþ ðǽr sorg ne wóp, Blickl. Homl. 103, 36. Wát se ðe cunnaþ, hú slíþen biþ sorg tó geféran, Exon. Th. 288, 13; Wand. 30: 288, 30; Wand. 39.
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swæþ
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Mé (the plough) biþ gongendre mín swæð sweotol, Exon. Th. 403, 19; Rä. 22, 10. Ðonne fylge wé Drihtnes swæþe. Blickl. Homl. 75, 14: Rtl. 26, 5.
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