ge-bǽru
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H. 203, 1. movement, gesture, action Gif þú þone mon lácnian wille, þænc his gebǽra, and wite hwilces hádes hé sié; gif hit biþ wǽpnedman and lócað úp ... gif hit biþ wíf and lócað niþer ..., Lch. ii. 348, 13-18.
hangian
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On ðǽm clife hangodon on ðǽm ísgean bearwum manige sáula be heora handum gebundne . . . and þonne ðá twigo forburston þonne gewitan þá sáula niþer þá þe on ðǽm twigum hangodan, Bl. H. 209, 34-211, 4.
á-stígan
downward ⬩ upward ⬩ downward ⬩ upward ⬩ to descend ⬩ go down into ⬩ to ascend ⬩ mount
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Þám bróþrum wæs aneáðe niþer tó ástígenne tó þám wæterseáðe, Gr. D. 112, 17. Of dúne ástiggende (-stígende,v. l.) condescendendo, Past. 101, 14. upward Ástíh up tó mé, Hml. Th. ii. 196, 29. Ástíg up, Bl. H. 87, 22.
leóht
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Add: of little weight Hwílum ꝥ leóhte fýr úp gewít and sió hefige eorþe sit þǽr niþere, Bt. 39, 13; F. 234, 12.
ǽder
a channel for fluids ⬩ a sinew ⬩ a rein, kidney
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Blód lǽtan of ðám swíðran earme on ðǽre niþeran ǽdre, Lch. ii. 210, 10: 82, 16. Lege on ðá ǽdre, 148, 18. Swá swá ǽddran licgeað on ðæs mannes líchaman, iii. 254, 22.
Linked entry: héþir
treów
truth to a promise or engagement, ⬩ faith ⬩ good or bad faith ⬩ to keep faith with a person ⬩ troth ⬩ truth to a person, ⬩ fidelity ⬩ fealty ⬩ loyalty ⬩ the truth of the stronger to the weaker, ⬩ grace ⬩ favour ⬩ help ⬩ an assurance of faith or truth ⬩ word (in to give or pledge one's word) ⬩ a promise ⬩ an engagement ⬩ a covenant ⬩ league ⬩ faith in something ⬩ belief ⬩ trust ⬩ confidence
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Hé his treówa sceal, and his módgeþonc, má up ðonne niþer habban tó heofonum, Met. 31, 18
sittan
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(Often in the Chronicle. ) of things Sió hefige eorþe sit ðaelig-acute;er niþere be ðæs cyninges gebode, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 13. Flód mycel on sæt there was a great flood in the river. Bd. 3, 24; S. 556, 35.
Linked entries: a-sittan blód-setenn
god
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God tó ús niþer ástáhg, Bl. H. 17, 29.
hefig
ponderous ⬩ dense ⬩ weighty ⬩ important ⬩ grave ⬩ severe ⬩ serious ⬩ deep ⬩ profound ⬩ mist ⬩ fog ⬩ cloud ⬩ slow ⬩ dull ⬩ troublesome ⬩ oppressive ⬩ onerous ⬩ burdensome ⬩ oppressive ⬩ grievous ⬩ difficult ⬩ laborious ⬩ toilsome ⬩ overpowering ⬩ weariness
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L. 23, 4. of great specific gravity, dense ꝥ leóhte fýr úp gewít, and sió hefige eorþe sit þǽr niþere ut pendulus ignis surgat in altum terraegue graves pondere sidant, Bt. 39, 13; F. 234, 12: Met. 29, 53.
Linked entry: hefe-lic
dǽl
- Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 79
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On þás niþeran dǽlas þisse ceastre, Bl. H. 239, 6. Worolde dǽlas, síde ríce, B. 1732. On Indéa óþre dǽlas, Ap. 51. On þone wyrsan dǽl to the left hand, Cri. 1226. Of þǽre ylcan stówe dǽlum (sumum dǽle, v. l.) de ejusdem loci partibus, Gr.
heofon
firmament ⬩ happiness ⬩ a ceiling
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Mon geseah swelce hit wǽre án gylden bring on heofonum brǽdre þonne sunne; and wæs from þǽm heofone brádiende niþer oþ þá eorþan, and wæs eft farende wið þæs heofones, 5, 10; S. 234, 8-11.
Linked entries: heofone heofon-lic