ge-beorgan
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Ðis is seó líhtingc þe ic wylle eallon folce gebeorg*-*an þe hig ǽr þyson mid gedrehte wǽron this is the alleviation by which I will protect all the people from those things with which they were before troubled, Ll. Th. i. 412, 19. [See also Ps.
mearcian
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</b> fig. to plan, design, draw up a table :-- Þǽra geára getæl hæfð seó tabule þe wé mearkian willað, Angl. viii. 327, 41. to march to, border upon, have as a boundary to one's land Ðis sindon ðá landgemǽro . . .andlang bróces tó ðǽre díc ðǽre
on-scunian
to regard with loathing, to abhor, detest, execrate ⬩ to regard with disfavour, to refuse, reject, shun ⬩ to regard with fear ⬩ to irritate
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Se ðe ðis gewrit gehýreþ hé flýhþ ðæt yfel and onscunaþ devitando quod noxium est, Bd. pref.; S. 471, 16. Ðá onscunode hé ðæt and cwæþ qui renuens ait, Gen. 48, 19. Hé onscunede unrihthǽmed ille recusabat stuprum, 39, 10.
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hleóðrian
To sound, ⬩ make a sound [with the voice], ⬩ to speak, ⬩ sing, ⬩ cry, ⬩ exclaim, ⬩ resound
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Ongan ðá hleóðrian helle deófol hwæt is ðis la manna then exclaimed the devil of hell: Lo! what man is this, Elen. Kmbl. 1798; El. 901. Múþ habbaþ and ne mágon wiht hleódrian os habent, et non loquentur, Ps. Th. 113, 13.
reccan
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Ðonne hé eall ðis recþ and sægþ, Blickl. Homl. 91, 14. Hwæt synt ða spǽca ðe gyt recceaþ ( confertis ) inc betwýnan, Lk. Skt. 24, 17. Hé rehte him óðer bigspel aliam parabolam proposuit illis, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 24, 31.
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teóna
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Teónan ðú wyrcst ús mid ðisse sage haec dicens nobis contumiliam facis, Lk. Skt. 11, 45. Ða ðe tǽlnessa teónan wið heora ðam néhstan áhófan detrahentem adversus proximum suum, Ps. Th. 100, 4.
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wirsa
Worse ⬩ worst
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Swá byð ðisse wyrrestan (wyrsesta, Lind., pessimae) cneórysse, Mt. Kmbl. 12, 45. Wirestan, Deut. 1, 35. Ða wyrstan (pessimam) ingewitnesse mé ic geseó, Bd. 5, 13; S. 632, 32. Ða wyrrestan, fá folcsceaðan, Andr. Kmbl. 3183; An. 1594.
earfoðe
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Orsorg ðises andweardan lífes earfoþe (-a, v. l. ), Bt. 39, 7; F. 222, 31. Þæt him Dryhten tó hyra earfeða ende gerýme, Gú. 196. Ic merestrengo máran áhte, earfeðo on ýþum, B. 534. Nele hé þá earfeþu ( or pl.?
wracu
pain ⬩ suffering ⬩ misery ⬩ suffering ⬩ punishment ⬩ vengeance ⬩ retribution ⬩ persecution ⬩ hostility ⬩ active enmity ⬩ vengeance ⬩ revenge
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Ða yfelan bióþ micle gesáligran ðe on ðisse worulde habbaþ micelne weán and manigfeald wíte for hyra yfelum, ðonne ða sién ðe náne wræce nabbaþ, ne nán wíte on ðisse worulde for hiora yfle feliciores esse improbos supplicia luentes, quam si eos nulla
wesan
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On ðæm cniht wesendum ðá ðis hǽlo wundur geworden wæs in quo tunc puero factum erat hoc miraculum sanitatis Bd. 3, 12; S. 537, 17. Umbor wesendum, Beo. Th. 2378 ; B. 1187.
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swencan
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Hwí swencst ðú ðis folc . . . Pharaon swencþ ðín folc cur afflixisti populum istum?. . . Pharao afflixit populum tuum, Ex. 5, 22-23.
wítega
a wise man ⬩ one who has knowledge ⬩ one who has knowledge from a superhuman source ⬩ prophet ⬩ wise man ⬩ diviner ⬩ soothsayer ⬩ a presage
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.), for ðæm hié gereccaþ ðis andwearde líf fleónde and ðæt tówearde gesweotoligeaþ, Past. 15; Swt. 91, 3-7. Wítigan, Cd. Th. 293, 26; Sat. 460: Blickl. Homl. 105, 9. Ðæt in fyrndagum wítegan sǽdon, 293, 32; Sat. 464.
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ge-leornian
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Ne ðis geleornadon ꝥte dyde Dauið nec hoc legistis quod fecit, Dauid?, Lk. L. 6, 3
híd
familia
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Ðis syndon ðǽre halfre híde landgemǽru, C. D. iii. 52, 7. Þára fíf and twéntig hígda, C. D. B. ii. 142, l. Myrcna landes is þrittig þúsend hýda, i. 414, 15 (and often). Hú fela hundred hýda wǽron innon þǽre scíre, Chr. 1085; P. 216, 18.
hefig-tíme
heavy ⬩ weighty ⬩ of great importance ⬩ serious ⬩ grave ⬩ severe ⬩ serious ⬩ oppressive ⬩ annoying ⬩ troublesome ⬩ hard to bear ⬩ grievous ⬩ tedious
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Ðis wæs swíðe hefigtíme geár ǽgðer ge þurh mænigfealde gylda and eác þurh hefigtýmne hunger, Chr. 1096; P. 233, 3.
rest
rest, quiet, freedom from toil ⬩ rest, repose, sleep ⬩ a place of rest, resting-place ⬩ a bed, couch
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Ðis is mín rest ðe ic on worulda woruld wunian þence, Ps. Th. 131, 15. Ðé is éðelstól gerýmed, rest fæger on foldan, Cd. Th. 89, 26; Gen. 1486.
folc-land
the land of the folk or people
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In some wills, the testator bequeaths his land as he pleases, without asking leave of any one [Somner's Gavelkind, 88, 211; Hickes, Pref. xxxii; Diss.
DÚN
A mountain, hill, DOWN ⬩ mons, collis
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Genóh lange ge wunodon on ðisse dúne sufficit vobis, quod in hoc monte mansistis, Deut. 1, 6: Gen. 31, 54: Mt. Bos. 24, 3. Stópon stíðhycgende on ða dúne up the stout-hearted went aloft upon the hill, Elen. Kmbl. 1430; El. 717: Bt. Met.
FLEÓN
To FLEE ⬩ escape ⬩ avoid ⬩ fŭgĕre ⬩ effŭgĕre ⬩ vītāre ⬩ to put to flight ⬩ rout ⬩ conquer ⬩ fŭgāre ⬩ vincĕre ⬩ To fly as with wings ⬩ vŏlāre
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He sceal swīðe flión ðisse worulde wlite he must quickly flee this world's splendour, Bt. Met. Fox 7, 60; Met. 7, 30. Ðú tilast wædle to fliónne thou toilest to avoid poverty, Bt. 14, 2; Fox 44, 7. Fleónde fŭgiens, Ps.
gafol
Tax ⬩ tribute ⬩ rent ⬩ interest ⬩ vectīgal ⬩ trĭbūtum ⬩ census ⬩ ūsūra
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Ðæt gé ðisne gárrǽs mid gafole forgyldon that ye buy off this warfare with tribute, Byrht. Th. 132, 47; By. 32. Freólsdóm gafola freedom from imposts, L. Wih. 1; Th. i. 36, 15
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