setl-gang
Setting of the heavenly bodies ⬩ the west
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Ðá se æþela glǽm setlgong sóhte, Exon Th. 178, 32; Gú. 1253. marking place, the west Be ðam wege ðe líþ tó sunnan setlgange by the road that runs to the west, Deut. 11. 30. Fram sunnan upgange óþ hire setl-gang from the east unto the west, Ps.
ge-sóm
Unanimous ⬩ united ⬩ peaceable ⬩ concors ⬩ pācĭfĭcus
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Unanimous, united, peaceable; concors, pācĭfĭcus Wǽron gesóme ða ðe swegl búan those that inhabit the firmament were unanimous, Cd. 5; Th. 6, 1; Gen. 82. Wit wǽron gesóme we two were united, Exon. 129 b; Th. 496, 27; Rä. 85, 21: Gen. 45, 24.
snǽsan
To spit, run through with a pointed implement or weapon ⬩ to spit
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.), gielde ðone wer bútan wíte; gif beforan eágum ásnáse (ásnǽse, MS. H.) gielde ðone wer L. Alf. pol. 36; Th. i. 84, 13. [ Þe deoflen schulen mid helle sweordes al snesien (snesen, MS. C.: sneasin, MS. T.) ham þuruhut A. R. 212, 22.]
óra
Ore, metal in an unreduced state
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Hit is eác berende on wecga órum áres and ísernes leádes and seolfres quae etiam venis metallorum, aeris, ferri, et plumbi et argenti faecunda, Bd. l, l; S. 473, 23. Seó eorþe is cennende wecga óran terra parens metallorum, Nar. 2, 15.
lícend-líc
Pleasing ⬩ pleasant
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Pleasing, pleasant Forðon on his folce is fægere Drihtne wel lícendlíc quia beneplacitum est Domino in populo suo, Ps. Th. 149, 4
Linked entries: lícan líciend-líc
mylen-stíg
A path to a mill
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A path to a mill Æfter ðam grénan wege in tó ðeære mylnstíge; of ðære mylenstíge, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 389, 9
irfa
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An heir Ðet hé ðis wel healde his dei and siððan forð bebeóde his erbum tó healdenne, C. D. i. 297, 5
Scyttisc
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Hé wel cúþe Scyttysc, and Aidan ne mihte gebígan his sprǽce tó Norþhymbriscum gereorde swá hraþe þágít, Hml. S. 26, 67. Add
wǽcan
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Mid miclum sáre wéht (wǽced, v.l.) tanto adfectus dolore, Bd. 4, ll ; Sch. 405, 15. Deáþe wé beóé wǽcede morte afficimur, Ps. Rdr. 43, 22.
mann-cyst
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Manly virtue Healdan wé þæt mid gódum dǽdum and mid æðelum mancystum, þæt wé beón gódum mannum gelíce in ðám mægenum þé wé dón magon, and in ðám dǽdum þe wé þurhteón magon, Verc. Först. 169. Cf. gum-cyst
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lacing
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Ðis sint ða landgemǽra ǽrest of cealcforda on ealdan lacing ... ðon tó smalan wege and on lacing, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 317, 22-26. (?)
be-stýman
To besteam, bedew, make damp, make wet ⬩ humectare, madefacere, circumfundere
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To besteam, bedew, make damp, make wet; humectare, madefacere, circumfundere Drihtsele blóde bestýmed the princely hall besteamed with blood, Beo. Th. 977; B. 486
un-geþwǽrlíce
Ungently ⬩ crossly
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Ungently, crossly Ðá andswarode heó hire ungeþwǽrlíce: 'Ðeáh ðe God ðínne wer æt ðé genáme, hwæt sceal ic ðæs dón?' Homl. Ass. 121, 153
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wundor-gifu
A wondrous gift ⬩ wondrous capacity
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A wondrous gift, wondrous capacity Sumum wundorgiefe þurh goldsmiþe gearwad weorþeþ, ful oft hé gehyrsteþ wel brytencyninges beorn, Exon. Th. 331, 23; Vy. 72
sliht-swín
A swine to be killed ⬩ cattle to be killed
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A swine to be killed Gýme eác swán ðæt hé æfter sticunge his slyhtswýn wel sæncge L. R. S. 6; Th. i. 436, 16
un-gebrocod
Unafflicted ⬩ uninjured
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Unafflicted, uninjured Ðonne wé manna líchaman derigaþ, búton wé ðære sáwle derian magon, ða líchaman þurhwuniaþ on heora áwyrdnysse ... Ðonne hí gelýfaþ ðæt wé godas sind ... wé forlǽtaþ ðone líchaman ungebrocodne, and cépaþ ðære sáwle, Homl.
ge-metlǽcan
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For the passage substitute Ðeáh wé nú ofer úre mǽð ðencen and smeágen, ðæt we dooð for Gode; ðonne wé hit eft gemetlæcað, ðonne dóð wé ðæt for eów sive mente excedimus, Deo; sive sobrii sumus, vobis, Past. 101, 12
hel-líc
Hellish ⬩ infernal
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Wé wǽron mid eallum úrum fæderum on ðære hellícan deópnysse we were with all our fathers in the deep of hell, Nicod. 24; Thw. 12, 19. Ða hellícan fýnd the fiends of hell, Homl. Th. i. 380, 27
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ende-byrdlíce
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Sió godcunde foreteohhung welt ǽlces þinges endebyrdlíce, 39, 6; F. 220, 17. Wé sprecað be ðǽre heofonlican cwéne endebyrdlíce æfter wífháde we are quite in order in speaking of the heavenly queen as if she were woman, Hml. Th. i. 546, 14.
cwic
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On þám tíman ðe Eádwerd cing wes cucu and deád after King Edward's lifetime, C.D. iv. 233, 5: 13. Add