reáf
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Heó cwæþ sóðlíce : Ic beó hál gyf ic hys reáfes æthríne, Mt. Kmbl. 9, 20-21. Tó hwí sint gé ymbhýdige be reáfe ? 6, 28. Twegen weras on hwítum reáfe in veste fulgenti, Lk. Skt. 24, 4.
tó-licgan
to lie or run in different directions ⬩ To lie between, ⬩ to lie and part, ⬩ to divide, ⬩ separate
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Nú hæbbe wé gesǽd ymbe ealle Europe landgemǽro hú hí tólicgaþ. Nú wille wé ymbe Affrica secgan hú ða landgemǽro tólicgaþ we have now told in respect to all the boundaries of the countries in Europe the several directions they take.
ÆLMESSE
ALMS ⬩ almsgiving ⬩ eleemosyna
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Hwæt is us to sprecanne hú hí heora ælmessan dǽle de faciendis portionibus et adimplenda misericordia nobis quid erit loquendum, 1, 27; S. 489, 25. Ðæt ðín ælmesse sý on díglum ut sit eleemosyna tua in abscondito, Mt. Bos. 6, 4.
á-delfan
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Dict. to dig up the ground Hí ádulfon gehwylcne dǽl þæs wyrtgeardes þæs þe þǽr ǽr undolfen wæs cuncta horti illius spatia quae inculta fuerant coluerunt, Gr. D. 202, 3. Seó eorðe wæs swíðe heard and hé ne mihte heó ádelfan, Hml.
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delfan
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Add: absolute, to dig 'Ic nát mid hwí íc delfe . . . ' ongan þá þǽrmid delfan, Hml. S. 23 b, 765. Þá dulfon hí in þǽre ylcan stówe, Shrn. 113, 13. to dig the ground Genam hé áne spada and dealf þá eorþan, H. R. 13, 13.
rétan
To cheer, gladden, comfort
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; To cheer, gladden, comfort; Geseóþ hú blíþe ða earman beóþ, ðonne hí mon mid mete and mid hrægle rétaþ, Blickl. Homl. 41, 29. Ealle ða óðru gód óleccaþ ðam móde and hit rétaþ, Bt. 24, 3; Fox 84, 24 note.
wearmian
To get warm
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Hí (the clothes which he wore while standing in the river ) on his líchaman wearmodon, Homl. Th. ii. 354, 20. Se ðe nyle ðæt wlæce oferwinnan and wearmian óð hé wealle quisquis nequaquam tepore superato excrescit, ut ferveat, Past. 58; Swt. 447, 7.
ádlig
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Mín ádlige cneów is yfele gehæfd, Hml. Th. ii. 134, 32. Tácn ádlies magan, Lch. ii. 174, 20. Hé ðonehis ádligum mǽge on ðone múð begeát, Hml. Th. ii. 150, 10. Gesáwon hí hine ádligne, 24, 28. Middaneard ádligne mundum languidum, Hy. S. 34, 24.
hám-weard
Homeward, in the direction of home ⬩ domum versus, retro
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Homeward, in the direction of home; domum versus, retro Ðá heó hámwerd wæs when it was on its way home, H. R. 103, 24.
innan
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Ðæt hí innan ne áfeallen ðonon ðe hí wénað ðæt hí útan stonden ne, ubi se stare extrinsecus aestimant, ibi intrinsecus cadant, 439, 9. Ne þúhte hé him nó innon swá fæger swá hé útan þúhte, Bt. 32, 2; F. 116, 24.
eorþ-reced
An earth-house, a cave ⬩ subterrānea dŏmus, antrum
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An earth-house, a cave ; subterrānea dŏmus, antrum Hú ða stánbogan éce eorþreced healde how the stone arches held the eternal earth-house, Beo. Th. 5431; B. 2719
ge-efesian
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Seó fǽmne cwæð ꝥ heó wolde hí sylfe bedíglian ... and for ðý underfǽnge þá gyrlan wærlices hádes and wurde geefsod (geefesod, v. l. ), Hml. S. 2, 232. Add
ge-healdan
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Gehealde hé his gefán .vii. niht inne, Ll. Th. i. 90, 5, 7. Gif hé self his wǽpno his gefán út rǽcan wille, gehealden hí hine .xxx. nihta, 64, 18.
ge-metgian
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Temperantia, ꝥ is gemetgung, mid þǽre sceall seó sáwul ealle þing gemætgian, ꝥ hit tó swíþe ne sý, ne tó hwónlíce, Hml. S. 1. 161. Ꝥ man sí gesceádwís and gemetigian cunne ge his spréce ge his swígan, Prov. K. 2.
ofer-wist
Excess in eating
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Excess in eating Sint tó manianne ða ofergífran ðeáh hié ne mǽgen ðone unþeáw forlǽtan ðære gífernesse and ðære oferwiste ðæt hé húru hine selfne ne þurhstinge mid ðý sweorde unryhthǽmedes, ac ongiete hú micel ofersprǽc cymeþ of ðære oferwiste admonendi
rihte
right, due, directly, straight ⬩ directly, straightway ⬩ ⬩ rightly, well, in a manner suited to the circumstances of a case, fittingly, properly, duly ⬩ correctly, in the proper manner, exactly, accurately, truly
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Swylce hý wǽron rihte ... swilce hí nú sindon they were exactly such then as they are now, Bt. 7, 2; Fox 18, 1. Heó is swíðe ryhte feówerscýte it (Babylon) is very accurately quadrangular, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 74, 13.
hæft-níd
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Fram hæftnýde hellewítes, Hy. 6, 36. ¶ pl. with force of sing. :-- Wæs sum wyln gehæft tó swinglum, and læg on hæftnédum, Hml. S. 21, 167. Hé ús áhredde fram deófles hæftnýdum, Hml. Th. i. 338, 4
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under-hnígan
to descend beneath ⬩ go lower than a place ⬩ to submit to what is laborious or painful ⬩ be subjected to evil ⬩ undergo punishment
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Nyste heora nán on hwæs tíman hé ðrowunge underhnige, Homl. Th. ii. 506, 31
ge-tíðian
To grant ⬩ allow
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Gif he eów ðises ne getíðode if he has not granted you this, Homl. Th. ii, 144, 17. Hý him ðære béne getigðedon they granted him the request, Ors. 2, 5; Bos. 47, 43; Cd. 131; Th. 166, 23; Gen. 2752. Getíða me grant me, Hy. 3, 2: 55.
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ǽrend
An ERRAND ⬩ a message ⬩ an embassy ⬩ news ⬩ tidings ⬩ an answer ⬩ business ⬩ care ⬩ nuntium ⬩ mandatum ⬩ negotium ⬩ cura
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He sent on his ǽrenda he sends on his errands, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 25. Híg lægdon ǽrende they imposed an errand, Chr. 1065; Th. 332, 25, col. 2.
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