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hálwende

(v.; adj.)
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Ox. 374. conducive to well-being Scildend þára hálwendra (þǽre hǽlo, Ps. Th.) Crístes his pretector salutarium xp̃i sui, Ps. Vos. Srt. 27, 8. Hálwende prosperos (successus ), An.

in-gehygd

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Godes Gást hæfð ingehýd ǽlces gereordes, Hml. Th. i. 280, 12. meaning, import Onfangenum rǽdelse hé smeáde ymbe ꝥ ingehýd, and hit gewan mid wísdóme, Ap.

ge-rýman

(v.)
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Hé hæfð us gerymed rihtne weg tó écan life. Wlfst. 18, 6. Hé hæfð gerýmed rihtwísum mannum infser tó his rice. Hml. Th. i. 28, 12.

leornian

(v.)
Grammar
leornian, p. ode

To learn ⬩ study ⬩ read

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Ic hit for ðære hǽlo ðe hit leornige oððe gehýre áwrát ob salutem legendum, sive audientium narrandam esse putavi, Bd. 5, 13; S. 634, 2. Lange sceal leornian se ðe lǽran sceal long must he learn who has to teach, L. Ælfc. P. 46; Th. ii. 384, 15: L.

Linked entry: leornend

rǽsan

(v.)
Grammar
rǽsan, p. de
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Voc. ii. 111, 56. of actual movement Seó hǽtu rǽsde on ða ðe ðæt fýr ǽlde, Bd. 3, 16; S. 543, 9. Hé, getogene ðý wǽpne, rǽsde on ðone cyning, 2, 9; S. 511, 22. Hé út rǽsde on ðone æþeling, Chr. 755; Erl. 48, 34.

Linked entry: on-rǽsan

senatus

(n.)
Grammar
senatus, the senate, senators. The treatment of this word in the translation of Orosius is somewhat exceptional. The Latin form senatus occurs in the nom. and acc. , but in the former senatas, senatum, and in the latter senatum, senatos are also used; in the gen. senatuses, senatusa are found, and in the dat. senatum; in every case but one (?) the word is plural. The Latin senator is also used, though the word
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Ðéh hé hit wið ða senatus hǽle, 4, 10 ; Swt. 196, 16. Hé sette senatus, 5, 12; Swt. 242, 28. Ðæt hé sprǽce wið ða senatos (-us other MSS. ), 4, 11; Swt. 206, , 29: 4, 13; Swt. 210, 16: 5, 5; Swt. 226, 16

ge-metgian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-metgian, -metegian, -metigian; p. ode; pp. od.

To measure, moderate, temper, regulate, order, govern, restrain ⬩ mensurare, temperare, moderare, regere ⬩ to measure in the mind, to deliberate, meditate on ⬩ deliberare, meditari ⬩ To become moderate, to moderate one's self ⬩ moderari, temperari

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Gif ðú ne gemetgodest céle and hǽto if thou didst not moderate cold and heat, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 224; Met. 20, 112: fSalm. Kmbl. 879; Sal. 439. Beorhte steorran móna gemetgaþ the moon tempers the bright stars, Bt. Met. Fox 4, 17; Met. 4, 9.

Linked entries: metgian ge-metegian

sumer

(n.)
Grammar
sumer, (-or, -ur), es; dat. a, e; m.
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Wiþ ðære sunnan hǽto on sumere, Bt. 34, 10; Fox 150, 9. Ðý sumera fór Ælfréd cyning út on sǽ, Chr. 875; Erl. 78, 5. Ðæs on sumera, 896; Erl. 94, 1. Ðý ilcan sumera, 897; Ed. 96, 14. Sumere, 885; Erl. 82, 25. Ofer ðone midne sumor (midne-sumor?

Linked entries: sumor sumur

wer

(n.)
Grammar
wer, es; m.
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aquam, caput est jurgiorum, Past. 38; Swt. 279, 16. often the wer is connected with fishing, and the word seems sometimes to be used of the water that is kept in by the dam Captura (captura locus piscosus, ubi capiuntur pisces, Migne), detentio, captio hæft

car-ful

Grammar
car-ful, (care-).
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Drusiana árás, and carfull be ðæs apostoles hǽse hám gewende, Hml. Th. i. 60, 19. Hé sylf ǽlce tíd getácnige, oðþe swylcum carefullan bréðer þá gýmene betǽce, þe náne tíd ne forgýmeleásige, R. Ben. 72, 12.

ge-þwǽre

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Ox. 231. of a single person For ðám singalan ege ne mæg hé nó weorþan geþwǽre on him selfum, Bt. 39, 12; F. 232, 3. of things Heó hæfð twá ðing, clǽnnysse and módignysse, þe ne magon beón geþwǽre on háligre þeáwfæstnysse, Hml.

ge-freógan

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Leáfa gebohte . . . ðis land mið ðý friádðme ðe hit hǽr gefriád wæs, C. D. B. ii. 154, 18. to free from evil, trouble, & c. Gefrig úsich from ýfle, Mt. L. 6, 13.

ge-fyllan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fyllan, to fill with (gen. dat. (inst.) or with preps.). v. ge-fellan, ge-fillan
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Ealle þás dǽda and mǽrsunga þá tówearde wǽron gebýcnunga wé oncnáwaþ wesan gefyllede omnia haec facta et caelebrationes quae futura erant indicia cognoscimus esse completa, An.

stíg

(n.)
Grammar
stíg, e; f.
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Ðú ná forfleó [weg] hǽle se ðe nis búton mid stíge tó onginnenne non refugias viam salutis que non est nisi angusto initio incipienda, R. Ben. Interl. 6, 8. Be westan róde óó sticelan stíg; ðonne be ðære stíge óð ða ealdan díc, Cod. Dip.

Linked entries: stíga gát-ánstíg

tácnung

(n.)
Grammar
tácnung, e; f.

Signification ⬩ an indication, sign, characteristic mark, symptom ⬩ an indication, evidence, proof ⬩ an indication of what is future, a presage, prognostic ⬩ figurative representation, an emblem ⬩ direction, ordering

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Gewuniaþ tó tácnuncge his mægenes gelómlíce wundor hǽlo geworden beón ad indicium virtutis illius solent crebra sanitatum miracula operari, 4, 3; S. 570, 9. an indication of what is future, a presage, prognostic Is seó stów nemned Heofenfeld wæs heó

Linked entry: tǽcning

ýþian

(v.)
Grammar
ýþian, ýþgian; p. ode.
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Hé ða yþig-endan sǽ mid ánre hǽse gestilde, Homl.

Linked entries: ýþan ýþgian

bláwan

(v.)

to blow ⬩ breathe ⬩ snort ⬩ pant ⬩ to blow ⬩ to flame ⬩ blaze ⬩ inflate

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Dele first passage, and add : intrans. of the wind Se wind hæfð mistlice naman on bócum; ðanon þe hé blǽwð him byð nama gesett, Lch. iii. 274, 12.

bryne

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Hí woldon mid wætre dwǽscan ðone byrne ... ðá ne gemitton hi nǽnigne bryne, Shrn. 73, 37. burning heat Hǽto ł byrn aestus, Mt. L. 20, 12. Beswǽled for þám micclan byrne (of the sun), Hml. S. 23 b, 574. <b>II a.

for-licgan

(v.)

fornicari

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Gif mon hǽme mid twelfhyndes monnes wífe, Ll. Th. i. 68, 8. forlegen beón, wesan, weorþan fornicari: Thamar ys forlegen fornicata est Thamar, Gen. 38, 24. Se bið forlegen fornicatur, Past. 465, 2.

ge-hreósan

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</b> of inconsiderate action :-- Ðonne ðaelig;t ierre hæfð anwald ðaelig;s monnes, ðonne gehrísð (-hriésð v. l. ) hé on sume scylde, Past. 288, 9

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