ǽmettig
empty, void, vacant ⬩ devoid, void of, free from ⬩ unoccupied, at leisure, exempt from ⬩ free to do ⬩ unmarried
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Ðæt ǽmtige fæc bufon ðǽre lyfte, Lch. iii. 242, 16. Ǽne émptige cytan, Hml. S. 33, 170. Ǽmtige fatu mid wíne áfyllan, Hml. Th. ii. 58, 14. with gen. :-- Byden ǽlces eles ǽmtig, Gr. D. 160, 10. devoid, void of, free from 'Wes ðú hál, geofena ful.'
onettan
to hasten, move rapidly ⬩ to make a quick movement, to anticipate ⬩ to be quick in one's movements or actions, be active, quick or busy
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Sceal onettan se ðe ágan wile líf æt Meotude ðenden him leóht and gǽst somod fæst seón diligent must he be, while light and spirit hold fast together, who life will receive at the hands of the Lord, 96, 24; Cri. 1529.
swefan
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Swefan on slǽpe, 1695; An. 851. of the sleep of death Se fǽge þegn æfter billes bite swefeþ, Beo. Th. 4127 ; B. 2060. Se wyrm ligeþ, swefeþ sáre wund, 5485 ; B. 2746. Swefaþ ða ðe beadogríman býwan sceoldon, 4505 ; B. 2256.
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brýce
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Hé forgeaf fæla ǽhta þám Crístenum him tó gemǽnan brice, Hml. S. 2, 283. <b></b> usufruct :-- Habban hí þone bryce (ðæs landes) healfne, and healfne þá munecas, Cht.
fultum
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Gif þás fultumas ( remedies ) ne sýn helpe, Lch. ii. 262, 15. in a personal sense. of a single person Wæs God heora fǽle fultum ( adjutor ), Ps. Th. 77, 34.
winestra
Left
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Gif ðú færst tó ðære winstran hælfe, ic healde ða swíðran healfe, Gen. 13, 9. On his wynsteran (wynstran, v. l.: on ða winstran healfe, Rush.: of winstrum, Lind., a sinistris) healfe, Mt. Kmbl. 25, 33. On ða winstran hond, Exon.
heofon
firmament ⬩ happiness ⬩ a ceiling
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Firmamentum is þeós roderlice heofen . . . seó firmamentum tyrnð symle onbútan ús. . . ac þǽr is ungerím fæc betweón hyre and þǽre eorðon, 254, 8-13.
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midd
Mid ⬩ middle
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Fæste án lengten foran tó middan wintra ( ante Natale Christi) ... fæste ii lengtenu, án tóforan middan sumera (ante mediam æstatem ), óðer foran tó middan wintra. L. Ecg. P. iv. 22, 23; Th. ii. 210, 25-28. Tó middan (middum, MS. B.) wintre, L.
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féða
a band on foot ⬩ infantry ⬩ a host ⬩ troop ⬩ tribe ⬩ company ⬩ phălanx pĕdestris ⬩ pĕdites ⬩ lĕgio ⬩ ăcies ⬩ trĭbus ⬩ căterva ⬩ a battle ⬩ pugna
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Voc. 18, 26, 31. 34. a battle; pugna He beald in gebéde bídsteal gifeþ, fæste on féðan he bold in prayer maketh a stand, firmly in battle, Exon. 71a; Th. 265, 30; Jul. 389
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niþer
Down ⬩ beneath ⬩ below
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Ðú niþer færst ( descendes ) óþ helle, Mt. Kmbl. 11, 23. Niþer feallaþ procident, Ps. Lamb. 71, 9 : 94, 6. Niþer fylþ decidat, 89,6. Gá nyþer descende Mt. Kmbl. 27, 40. Hé nyþer ne eode, Ex. 32, 1. Gang niþer, Deut. 9, 12.
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ge-samnian
to gather, collect ⬩ congrĕgāre, collĭgĕre ⬩ to unite, join ⬩ consŏciāre, jungĕre ⬩ To collect, come together ⬩ congrĕgāri, convĕnīre
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Bos. 13, 2: 26, 3. to unite, join; consŏciāre, jungĕre Geférscipas fæste gesamnaþ firmly unites societies, Bt. Met. Fox 11, 186; Met. 11, 93: Bt. 21; Fox 74, 38. Se gesamnade sáwle to líce he united the soul to the body, Bt. Met.
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wandrian
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Wandrigende pucan uagantes demonas, Germ. 388, 37. figurative, to leave one's proper work Ðonne gǽð Dine út sceáwian ða elðiódigan wíf, ðonne hwelces monnes mód forlǽt his ǽgne tilunga, and sorgaþ ymb óðerra monna wísan, ðe him náuht tó ne limpð, and færð
wiln
A maid-servant ⬩ a hand-maid
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Þwyrlíce færð æt ðam húse ðǽr seó wyln bið ðære hlǽfdian wissigend, and seó hlæfdige bið ðære wylne underðeódd, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 8. 12. Oft on ánre tíde. ácenð seó cwén and seó wyln... and ðære wylne sunu wunaþ eal his líf on ðeówte, Homl.
CLYPPAN
To embrace ⬩ clasp ⬩ CLIP ⬩ cherish ⬩ complecti ⬩ amplexari
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Hý hí lufan fæste clyppaþ they firmly clasp them with love Exon. 107a; Th. 409, 8; Rä. 27, 26. Heáfodswíma heortan clypte insensibility seized his heart Cd. 76; Th. 94, 30; Gen. 1569.
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HWÍT
WHITE ⬩ bright ⬩ clear ⬩ fair ⬩ splendid
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Fæst ǽlce dæge and forgang hwít jejuna quotidie et abstine te ab alba, L. Ecg. C. prm; Th. ii. 132, 5. Gedó æges hwít tó add white of egg, L. M. 3, 59; Lchdm. ii. 342, 18. Dó æges ðæt hwíte tó, 1, 13; Lchdm. ii. 56, 6: 25; Lchdm. ii. 66, 21: Homl.
gréne
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Þá geseah hé ánre stówe fæc þám óþrum felda grénre ( viridius ), Bd. 3, 10; Sch. 233, 1. of other things Groeni prassus, Hpt. 33, 251, 20. Groeni ár aurocalcum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 101, 36. Gréne ár auricalcos, i. 286, 66.
or-wíge
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Saga hú ðú wurde ðus wígþríst ðæt ðú mec ðus fæste gebunde ǽghwæs orwígne ( without any power of resisting ), Exon.
Æ
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The ǽ is found in the following words, which are represented by English terms of the same signification, having ea sounded as in deal, fear; Dǽl, fǽr, drǽd, lǽdan, brǽdo, hǽto, hwǽte, hǽþ, hǽðen, clǽne, lǽne, sǽ, ǽr, hǽlan, lǽran, tǽcan, tǽsan, tǽsel,
ge-sleán
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Penegas on gefyrndagum geslægene, 588: Gen. 583 (in Dict.). to strike (and break) an object against something Fela henne ǽgru gesleá on án fæt break many hen's eggs into a vessel, Lch. ii. 264, 24.
HÚS
A HOUSE ⬩ a family
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Ðæt fǽge hús the corpse, Elen. Kmbl. 1759; EI. 881. Israhéla hús domus Israel, Ps. Th. 113, 18, 1, 19 : 134, 21.