gésne
Lacking ⬩ wanting ⬩ destitute ⬩ lifeless ⬩ expers ⬩ egenus ⬩ destitutus ⬩ exanimis
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Lacking, wanting, destitute, lifeless; expers, egenus, destitutus, exanimis Læg se fúla leáp gésne the foul corpse lay lifeless, Judth. 10; Thw. 23, 8; Jud. 112.
á-cwelan
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Ðý lǽs hié selfe ácwelen ne ipsi moriantur, Past. 371, 11. Ðæt hé þurh hungres scearpnesse ácwǽle, Hml. Th. i. 58, 32. Ðæs hearperes wíf sceolde ácwelan, Bt. 35, 6; F. 168, 4. Ðý lǽs hié selfe ácwelen, ðǽr ðǽr hié ðá óðre lácniað, Past. 371, 11.
lǽþþ
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Lǽðu odium 35, 3. Hé beseah eádmódlíce þá lǽþþe (lǽððo, v. l.) and feóndscipe þæs æfstigan mæssepreóstes ejus odia humiliter declinavit Gr. D. 119, 23. Ꝥ wé hí lufian and lǽððe tó nabban, Hml. S. 16, 265. Add
wuldor-gifu
A glorious gift ⬩ a gift of heaven
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Ðý læs hé for wlence, wuldorgeofona ful, mon móde swíð, of gemete hweorfe, Exon. Th. 294, 33; Crä. 24. Dé beorht Fæder geweorðaþ wuldorgifum, cræfte and mihte, Andr. Kmbl. 1875; An. 940. Gástes mihtum, wuldorgifum, Elen. Kmbl. 2141; An. 1072
un-geandet
Unconfessed
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Unconfessed Ðæt gé nǽfre ne lǽton ǽnige synne ungeandet ... ðæt gé lǽton ǽnig ðing ungeandett ... ðæt se deófol eów náge náht on tó bestelenne ungeandettes, Wulfst. 135, 9-32
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tunge
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Chr. 797 ; Erl. 58, 13. tongue, as representing the person who speaks with the tongue Sió tunge bið gescinded on ðám láriówdóme, ðonne hió óðer lǽrð óðer hió liornode, Past. 1; Swt. 27, 11.
tealtrian
To shake, totter, stagger, be unsteady, to be in an uncertain or a precarious condition
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Ðý læs ðe ðæt eásterlíce gesceád tealtrige lest the calculation of Easter be untrustworthy, Anglia viii. 308, 4. Tealtrian mid fótum to stagger, Dial. 1, 4 (Lye). Ðý læs se steall cyricean tealtrian (taltrigan, Bd.
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blíðe
joyfully, gladly ⬩ læte ⬩ kindly, mildly ⬩ benigne, clementer
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joyfully, gladly; læte Bletsa, míne sáwle, blíðe, Drihten bless the Lord joyfully, O my soul, Ps. Th. 102, 1: Exon. 44 a; Th. 149, 9; Gú. 759. kindly, mildly; benigne, clementer Ðú me, milde and blíðe, þurh ysopon ahluttra asperges me hyssopo, Ps.
swǽr
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heavy as a burden, of great weight (lit. or fig.), oppressive Swǽr is seó byrðen ðe Godes bydel beran sceall, gif hé nele georne unriht forbeódan, L. I. P. 5; Th. ii. 308, 35: Wulfst. 178, 8. Hé bið deófles tempel, and byrð swíðe swǽre byrðene on his
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méðian
to grow weary
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to grow weary Wið miclum gonge ofer land ... mucgwyrt nime him on hand oððe dó on his scó ðý læs hé méðige for much walking over the country ... let him take mugwort into his hand, or put it into his shoe, lest he grow weary, L.
for-þylman
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Ðí lǽs strengð þǽre wyrte þá góman bærne and forðylme, 316, 20
ofer-flówan
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., where the contents flow over the side or brim Ðý lǽs mon má geóte on ðæt undiópe mód ðonne hit behabban mæge, ðæt hit ðonne oferflówe, Past. 459, 15
ofer-módigian
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Ðý lǽs hí dyrren ofermódgian (superbire) for ðǽm æðelestum weorcum, Past. 467, 16. Hí ofermódgiende his gebod forhogdon, 405, 31. Add
wulf
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Læg se grǽga wulf þe bewiste ꝥ heáfod, and mid his twám fótum hæfde ꝥ heáfod beclypped, grǽdig and hungrig, and for Gode ne dorste þæs heáfdes ábyrian, Hml. S. 32, 145-155. Add
treówleásness
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Ðonne lærþ ús Godes engel smeáunge ymbe Godes beboda. . . . ðonne lǽrþ ús se deófol treówleásnesse Godes beboda (unfaithfulness to God's commands), Wulfst. 233, 19
a-getan
To seize ⬩ take away ⬩ destroy ⬩ corripere ⬩ eripere ⬩ delere
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Ðǽr læg secg mænig gárum ageted there lay many a warrior destroyed by javelins, Chr. 937; Th. 202, 21, col. 1; Æðelst, 18
éðung
Breath, a breathing, inspiration ⬩ hālĭtus, spīrātio, inspīrătio
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Breath, a breathing, inspiration; hālĭtus, spīrātio, inspīrătio He læg swá swá deád mon, nemne bynre éðunge ætýwde quăsi mortuus jăcēbat, hālĭtu tantum pertĕnui quia vīvĕret demonstrans, Bd. 5, 19; S. 640, 24. Éðung spīrātio, Ælfc.
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freoðo-beácen
A sign of peace ⬩ sign granting safety ⬩ pācis signum ⬩ signum incolumĭtātem præbens
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A sign of peace, sign granting safety; pācis signum, signum incolumĭtātem præbens Hine Waldend on tácen sette, freoðobeácen, ðý-læs hine feónda hwilc mid gúþ-þræce grétan dorste the Lord set a token, a sign of peace, upon him [Cain], lest some enemy
hræd-hýdigness
Precipitancy ⬩ hastiness
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Precipitancy, hastiness Ðý læs hie unnytlíce forweorpen ðæt ðæt hie sellen for hira hrædhýdignesse ne præcipitatione hoc quod tribuunt inutiliter spargant, Past. 44, 2; Swt. 321, 18.
missan
to miss ⬩ fail to hit ⬩ to escape the notice of a person
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.): Beó se canon him ætforan eágum, beseó tó gif hé wille, ðý læs ðe him misse (lest any part be omitted by him), L. Edg. C. 32; Th. ii. 250, 25