oþ-hrínan
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Ic wearð gelǽd mid þǽre hǽtu þæs geleáfan, and mid þám trúwan oþhrinon (æthrinen, v. l. ), Hml. S. 23 b, 456
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word
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Hié bǽdon þæt hié ðæs gefeohtes geswicen, þæt hié mósten þá deádan bebyrgean . . . þæt is mid Crécum þeáw þæt mid ðǽm worde bið gecýþed hwæðer healf hæfð sige, 3, I; S. 100, 8.
wág-rift
A wall-covering, a curtain, veil (of the temple)
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Hé hæfð ðiderynn gedón . . . .ii. wáhræft, Chart. Th. 429, 29. [An waȝherifft wass spredd fra wah to waȝhe, Orm. 1014.]
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weg-nest
Food for a journey
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Hé bútan hǽlo wegnyste of worulde gewát, 5, 14; S. 634, 33. Hé wæs hine trymmende mid ðý heofonlícum wægneste, 4, 24; S. 599, 2
Linked entry: nest
HELP
HELP ⬩ aid ⬩ succour
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Dǽleþ help and hǽlo hæleþa bearnum distributes help and salvation to the children of men, 226; Th. 301, 15; Sat, 586
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á-feallan
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Him ðá hǽr áfeóllon, Gr. D. 157, 8. Þǽm áfeóllan þá eágan of þǽm heáfde, Shrn. 93, 37. Se hreófla wearð nyðer áfeallen, Hml. A. 192, 320. of the approach of night. Cf. night-fall Mé áfeóll seó ǽfentíd þæs dæges, Gr.
ge-tíþian
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Þisne anweald hé forgeaf Petre ... þone ylcan andweald hæfð se Ælmihtiga getíðod biscopum, i. 370, 4-13. Críst hæfð micel getíþod eów, Hml. S. 36, 167
nacod
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</b> of a surface, bare, without a covering :-- Wæs his seó æþeleste ræst on his hǽran (earan, MS., but cf. on flóre licgende, on stíðre hǽran, Hml. Th. ii. 516, 31 : both passages refer to St. Martin) oþþe elles on nacodre eorðan, Bl.
segl
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Ðes segl hic carbasus, ðás seglu haec carbasa, Ælfc. Gr. 13 ; Zup. 86, 3. Ðá wæs be mæste merehrægla sum, segl sále fæst, Beo. Th. 3816 ; B. 1906. Ðæt scip wæs ealne weg yrnende under segle, Ors. 1. 1 ; Swt. 19, 34. Nefne hé under segle yrne, Exon.
beorþor
child-bearing ⬩ partus ⬩ gestation ⬩ partus ⬩ foetus
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Gif hé mónðe ǽr þám beorþre (ante partum) hǽmð, 24. Ǽr þám beorðre and æfter þǽre ácenned-nysse ante partum et post partum, 190, 20: Bl. H. 155, 33.
cwén
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Ðis weará þus gedón æfter þǽre cwéne hǽse . . . þá men ealle grétton þone cyngc and ðá cwéne . . . Apollonius cwæð: 'Ðú góda cyngc . . . and þú cwén.' Hé cwæð: 'Nimað þás þing þe mé seó cwén forgeaf,' Ap. Th. 17, 16—18, 15. v. port-, rihtæþel-cwén
ge-synto
Health ⬩ welfare ⬩ safety ⬩ prosperity ⬩ success ⬩ advantage ⬩ profit ⬩ benefit ⬩ sānĭtas ⬩ sospĭtas ⬩ sălus ⬩ prospĕrĭtas
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Him wǽre mín gesynto leófre ðonne hiora seolfa hǽlo magis pro mea salute mori paratos, Nar. 30, 17: 8, 6
a-hweorfan
To turn away ⬩ convert ⬩ avertere ⬩ convertere ⬩ To turn away ⬩ turn ⬩ move ⬩ averti ⬩ convert!
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Ðæt he of Sione ahweorfe hæft-néd that he would turn away captivity from Sion, Ps. Th. 125, 1. Ðú eart of ðínre stilnesse ahworfen thou art moved from thy tranquillity, Bt. 7, 1. Fox 16, 24. v. intrans. To turn away, turn, move; averti, convert!
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ge-fremman
To promote ⬩ perfect ⬩ perform ⬩ commit
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Ic hǽla gefremme sanitates perficio, Lk. Bos. 13, 32. Ðás ongunnenan ðing ðurh Godes fultum gefremmaþ perform the things begun with God's help, Homl. Th. ii. 128, 4.
be-hýdan
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Ne mæg hine nán man behýdan wið hire hǽto, Ps. Th. 18, 6. Nis mín bán wið þé behýded (occultatum), 138, 13: Bl. H. 93, 35. Behéd lác munus absconditum, Kent. Gl. 780. Of þám díglum stówum þe hí on behýdde (abditi) wǽron. Bd. I. 16; Sch. 44, 14.
gleáwe
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R. 11, 9. with prudence Guman . . . gleáwe beþuncan hyra hǽlo, Rä. 49, 7. in the metrical psalter the word occurs with a vaguely favourable meaning. Cf. gleáw; 4 Mé þín se góda gást gleáwe lǽdde, þæt ic on rihtne weg férde, Ps. Th. 142, 11.
grund-leás
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Þreá on helle, þæt syndon þýstro and hǽto grimme, grundleáse, Gen. 390. of immaterial things, boundless, insatiable Ne mæg se wéla þá grundleásan gítsunga gefyllan nec opes inexpletam restinguere avaritiam queunt, Bt. 16, 3; F. 56, 2, 16
wearn
a hindrance, obstacle, difficulty, ⬩ a refusal,
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Ðæt mód hæfð fulfremedne willan tó ðære wrǽnnesse bútan ǽlcre steóre and wearne ejus animus voluptate luxuriae sine ullo repugnationis obstaculo delectatur, Past. 11; Swt. 73, 8.
on-beódan
to bid, order ⬩ to announce, tell, proclaim, send word
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to bid, order Ðú onbude hǽlu qui mandas salutem, Ps. Surt. 43, 5: 118, 138. Hé onbeád ipse mandavit, 148, 5. Ðá onbeád Basilla and cwæþ, Shrn. 86, 17. Ðá onbeád heó him ðæt hé hire tó onsænde all ða gesiðwíf, 87, 20.
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Alríca
Alaric ⬩ Alarícus, king of the Visigoths
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Gotena cyning, geworden hæc inruptio, per Alarícum regem Gothorum, facta est, Bd. 1, 11; S. 480, 11.