æfter-yldo
after-age ⬩ old age ⬩ ætas provecta ⬩ an after-age ⬩ after-time ⬩ posterius ævum
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after-age, old age; ætas provecta Ne mágon ða æfteryld in ðam ǽrestan blǽde geberan they may not produce [show] old age in their first strength [youth ], Exon. 39b; Th. 132, 3; Gú. 467. an after-age, after-time; posterius ævum Swá nǽnig æfteryldo syððan
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æt-fæstan
To fix ⬩ fasten ⬩ drive into ⬩ afflict with ⬩ inflict on ⬩ impingere ⬩ infigere
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Ne mágon we him láþ ætfæstan we cannot afflict him with pain, Andr. Kmbl. 2694; An. 1349
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weaxness
Growth, increase, waxing
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Hé mycle wonunge and ǽwyrdlan wæs wyrcende ðære mærwan cyrican weaxnesse magno tenellis ecclesiae crementis detrimento fuit, 2, 5; S. 506, 38
openlíce
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Sege hwæthwugu swetolor ymb þæt, þæt ic mage openlícor ongytan, 46, 3. Magon wé ðis spel ðe openlícor gereccean quod melius ostendimus, Past. 197, 11. add: without restriction Hwæt þú woldest witan ic ne mæg mid fæáwum weordum gesecgan.
wel-dǽd
a good deed ⬩ a benefit ⬩ favour ⬩ kindness ⬩ an office ⬩ service
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Ús God mǽre weldǽda getíðaþ nobis Deus magna beneficia prestet Scint. 16, 8: Homl. Th. ii. 298, 12; 418, 23. Wé ne magon ásecgean his weldǽda on ús Basil admn. 4; Norm. 42, 3.
a-feorran
To remove ⬩ take away ⬩ expel ⬩ removere ⬩ elongare ⬩ amovere ⬩ auferre
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To remove, take away, expel; removere, elongare, amovere, auferre Ðæs lícho-man fæger and his streón mágon beón afeorred the fairness of the body and its strength may be taken away. Bt. 32, 2; Fox 116, 31.
freom
Firm ⬩ strong ⬩ powerful ⬩ firmus ⬩ strēnuus ⬩ fortis
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Se wæs má on cyriclícum þeódscypum gelǽred, ðonne he freom wǽre in weoroldþingum măgis ecclesiastĭcis discĭplīnis instĭtūtum, quam in sēcŭli rēbus strēnuum, Bd. 4, 2; S. 566, 18
ge-scǽnan
To diminish, break, bruise, shake, shatter ⬩ contĕrĕre, confringĕre, conquassāre
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Ðú ðæs myclan dracan heáfod gescǽndest tu confrēgisti căput dracōnis magni, 73, 14. Ða he sylfa oft gebræc and gescǽnde quas ipse ălĭquando contrīvĕrat, Bd. 5, 12; S. 631, 27. Gesceányþ heáfda conquassabit capita, Ps. Spl. C. 109, 7
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ge-sibsumnes
Peacefulness ⬩ concord ⬩ reconciliation ⬩ pax ⬩ concordĭa ⬩ rĕconcĭliātio
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Peacefulness, concord, reconciliation; pax, concordĭa, rĕconcĭliātio We mágon gecnáwan on ðara ungesceádwísra niétena gesibsumnesse, hú micel yfel sió gesceádwíslíce gecynd þurh ða ungesibsumnesse gefremeþ we can understand from the peacefulness of irrational
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hrace
The throat
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Stinge him on ða hracan ðæt hé máge spíwan, 1, 18; Lchdm. ii. 62, 12. Hire man bestang sweord on ða hracan, Shrn. 56, 14. Fýrene tungan and gyldenne hracan a fiery tongue and a golden throat, Salm. Kmbl. 148, 32. Hracan [bracan, Som.] fauces, Ælfc.
líhtan
to alleviate ⬩ relieve ⬩ assuage ⬩ to light ⬩ alight
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to make light or easy, to alleviate, relieve, assuage Líht ðæt ðone swencendan magan that relieves the labouring stomach, L.
mearh
A horse ⬩ steed
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Hwǽr cwom mearg, hwǽr cwom mago, Exon. 77 b; Th. 291, 34; Wand. 92. Sum biþ meares gleáw one is skilful in the management of a steed, 79 a; Th. 297, 17; Crä. 69. Tomes meares, 91 a; Th. 342, 13; Gn. Ex. 142.
sín-lǽca
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Scínlǽcan magi, Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 11. On helle beóþ ða scínlǽcan, ða ðe galdorcræftas begangaþ, Blickl. Homl. 61, 23. Ða fǽmnan ðe gewuniaþ onfón gealdorcræftigan and scínlǽcan (-lácan, MS. H.) and wiccan, ne lǽt ðú ða libban, L.
þurh-smúgan
to creep through ⬩ move slowly through ⬩ to go carefully through a subject ⬩ go over the details
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gér, ðe man hǽt solaris, þurhsmíhþ Zodiacum ðone circul on þrim hund dagum and fíf and syxtigum, Anglia viii. 303, 22. to go carefully through a subject, go over the details Hé sceal snotorlíce smeágean and georne þurhsmúgan ealle ða ðing ðe hláforde magan
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twi-hynde
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ceorl Twelfhyndes mannes wer is twelf hund scyllinga. Twyhyndes mannes wer is twá hund sciłł. ( the article then deals with the case of the former, and concludes: Eal man sceal æt cyrliscum were be ðære mǽðe dón, ðe him tó gebyreþ, swá wé be twelfhyndum
a-nýdan
to repel ⬩ thrust or beat back ⬩ keep from ⬩ restrain ⬩ constrain ⬩ force ⬩ repellere ⬩ extorquere ⬩ to expel ⬩ to drive out ⬩ expellere ⬩ depellere ⬩ exigere
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to repel, thrust or beat back, keep from, restrain, constrain, force; repellere, extorquere Hí fram his mágum ǽr mid unrihte anýdde wǽron they had formerly been unjustly forced from his kinsmen, Chr. 823; Th. 111, 34. with út to expel, to drive out;
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hell-waru
The body of inhabitants in hell
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The body of inhabitants in hell On ðam mycelan dóme ðǽr heofonwaru and eorþwaru and helwaru beóþ ealle gesomnode in magno judicio ubi cælicolæ et terricolæ et inferi omnes congregabuntur, L. Ecg.
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eahtan
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Þæt wé magon eahtan ( this point we can appreciate ) ... þæt se sáwle weard lífes wísdóm forloren hæbbe, sé þe nú ne giémeð hwæðer his gǽst sié earm þe eádig, 1550
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hrine
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D. 15, 8. the sense of touch Þú þe wé ne magon líchamlíce ongytan . . . ne mid smecce, ne mid hrine quem sensus ignorat, Solil. H. 6, 15
on-tendness
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Læ̂t hine on ûrum anwealde, þæt wê magon ðînne teónan wrecan and ûre ontendnysse, 416, 20. Add Hê oferswŷðde þâ synne, for þâm þe hê swâ onwende þâ ontendnysse (þâ hæ̂te and þone synlust, v. l.) vicit peccatum, quia mutavit incendium, Gr. D. 101, 28