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ge-dyrstignes

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Þ hé heora oferhýd tóweorpe and gedyrstignesse (-þyrstignesse, v.l.) dréfe ut superbiam eorum dissipet et conturbet audaciam, Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 3628. a bold undertaking Gedyrstignessum ausis Wrt. Voc. ii 9, 32

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hogu

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Þæt hý bútan hoge and care sýn ealra þinga þe tó heora líchoman belimpeð ut neminem illorum cura sui corporis tangat, 137, 18.[Dryhten] hoge hæfð Dominus curam habet mei . Ps. Rdr. 39, 18.

hreówsung

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Swelce hí hí mid ðǽre hreówsunga tó ðǽm áðweán ðæt hí hí mægen eft áfýlan cum idcirco se lacrymis lavant, ut mundi ad sordes redeant, Past. 419, 25.

nídþearf-ness

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Hé cwæð þæt hé ðá sceolde swíðlíce befrínan his nýdþearfnysse (memento ut modo quicquid opus habes me interroges, Vit. Cuth. c. 28), Hml. Th. ii. 152, 8.

of-sittan

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</b> of demoniacal possession Hé út ádráf ðone ealdan feónd of þám ofsetenan men ( de obsesso homine ), Gr. D. 135, 6. Add Seó gegaderung þára áwyrgedra mé ofsǽton consilium malignantium obsedit me, Ps. Th. 21, 14.

on-beódan

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Þá sóna wæs onboden of ðám mynstre þæt hé selfa cóme dum protinus mandatum de monasterio fuisset ut veniret ipse, Gr. D. 130, 24

þolian

(v.)
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to be without what is unpleasant or evil Heora reáfes gyrla swilc beó ꝥ hé þolige ǽlces ýdeles uanitatis occasione careat, Chrd. 65, 13. ꝥ nǽfre þǽr (in hell) ne þoliað þæs wítes þá þe nǽfre in þisum lífe willað þolian þǽre synne and hyre bútan beón ut

wearmian

(v.)
Grammar
wearmian, p. ode

To get warm

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Se ðe nyle ðæt wlæce oferwinnan and wearmian óð hé wealle quisquis nequaquam tepore superato excrescit, ut ferveat, Past. 58; Swt. 447, 7. Se cealda ðencð tó wearmianne, 447, 17

ǽfen-gereord

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen-gereord, e; f. es; n. Substitute: add: Used in pl. for a single meal
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Gif hit beó seó tíd ǽfengereordes, árísen hý sóna swá hý heora mete hæbben, and sitten on ánre stówe si tempus fuerit prandii mox ut surrexerint a cena sedeant omnes in unum, R. Ben. 66, 15.

brid

(n.)
Grammar
brid, bridd, es; m.

The young of any of the feathered tribe; pullus

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Ðæt híg offrunge sealdon twegen culfran briddas ut darent hostiam duos columbæ pullos, Lk. Bos. 2, 24: Lev. 1, 14: Ps. Spl. 83, 3. On swealwan bridda magan in the maw of the young ones of a swallow, L. M. 3, 1; Lchdm. ii. 306, 7.

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ofer-niman

(v.)

to take by violence, to violateto take away, carry offto take away

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Hé eode in tó mé ðæt hé mé ofernáme ingressus est ad me, ut coiret mecum Gen. 39, 14. to take away, carry off Sóna wæs ðæt ǽtter ofer-numen vidimus rasuram totam vim veneni absumisse, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 39. [O. H. Ger. ubar-neman to take away.]

nese

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'Uton . . . spurian tó morgen furður.' 'Nese, lá, nese,' 46, I. 'Næse, lá, nese, ' 49, 12. where a prohibition is assented to 'Þ án ic þé bebeóde, ꝥ þú . . . ne forgite ꝥ ꝥ ic ǽr tǽhte.

Wendel-sǽ

(n.)
Grammar
Wendel-sǽ, (generally masc.)

the Mediterranean.In Alfred's Orosius the word is used to translate several Latin terms denoting the Mediterranean or parts of it

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Italia land belíð Wendelsǽ ymb eall útan búton westannorðan Italia habet ab Africo Tyrrhenum mare, a borea Adriaticum sinum 22, 18. Be súðan Narbonense is se Wendelsæ (mare Gallicum) 22, 29, 20.

hand-leán

(n.)
Grammar
hand-leán, es; n.

A reward, recompense given by the hand, retributionbravium

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A reward, recompense given by the hand, retribution Uton wé geþencean hwylc handleán wé him forþ tó berenne habban let us consider what recompense we have to offer him, Blickl.

bealo

(adj.)
Grammar
bealo, bealu; adj.
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Uton gescyldan ús wið þá bealewan synne, Wlfst. 145, 18. Ic bealuwara weorc gebiden hæbbe, sárra sorga, Kr. 79. Hine sár hafað befongen balwon bendum (cf. bealo-bend), B. 977. Sé inc forgeaf balewe geþóhtas, Sat. 488. Add

wéste

(adj.)
Grammar
wéste, adj.
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Hé ne mihte on ða ceastre gán, ac beón úte on wéstum stówum, Mk. Skt. 1, 45. Of ðissum wídum, wéstum mórum a desertis montibus, Ps.

wirdan

(v.)
Grammar
wirdan, p.de

To injurehurtannoyto injure,do wrong toviolate a lawhinder

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Hwilcan geþance mæg ǽnig man ðæt dón, ðæt hé hine on cirican gebidde, and ǽr oþþon æfter, inne oþþe úte, cirican berýpe, and wyrde oþþe wanige ðæt tó circan gebyrige, L. Eth. vii. 26;Th. i. 334, 31.

lutian

(v.)
Grammar
lutian, p. ode

lurkskulk

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Nys hyt swá stearc winter ðæt ic durre lutian æt hám for ege hláfordes mínes non est tam aspera hyems ut audeam latere domi prae timore domini mei, Coll. Monast. Th. 19, 17.

haga

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Úp on Afene oð ðæt ðe se alda suínhæga út scióteð tó Afene; ðonne be ðǽm hagan, ii. 29, 11. Inn on bróc; of ðám bróke inn on ðone hagan: æfter ðám hagan, iii. 382, 14.

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sparian

(v.)
Grammar
sparian, p. ode.

to spareto show mercy toto refrain from injuring or destroyingto sparepreservenot to useto leave aloneabstain fromparcere, fovereto spare

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MS.) ðæm sacerde ðæt hí ða hýd behelien capilli in capite sacerdotis servantur, ut cutem cooperiant, Past. 18, 7; Swt. 141, 9