ge-beórscipe
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Wearð seó þénung in geboren and æfter þám cynelíce gebeórscipe, Ap. Th. 14, 15. Se cyning bebeád þám gebeórum, ꝥ hí blíþe wǽron æt his gebeórscipe, Hml. A. 92, 21. Se þearfa . . . þe mid þé is tó cumenne tó engla gebeórscipe, 142, 107.
hræd-ness
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Rǽdnessum, 15, 26. where litele time is taken Se stán wearð upp áhafen mid swá mycelre hrædnysse (celeritate) swylce hé ǽr náne hefinysse næfde it took as little time to lift the stone as if it had no weight to start with, Gr. D. 123, 13.
tó-drǽfan
To drive asunder, ⬩ drive in different directions, ⬩ drive away, ⬩ expel, ⬩ dispel, ⬩ scatter, ⬩ disperse
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Fela wearð tódrǽfed Godes ðeówa, Chr. 975; Erl. 126, 12. Heora heriges wæs mycel ofslægen and eall tódrǽfed cunctus eorum caesus sive dispersus exercitus, Bd. 3, 18; S. 546, 36. Byþ seó heord tódræfed dispargentur oves gregis, Mt. Kmbl. 26, 31.
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ge-yrsian
to anger ⬩ make angry ⬩ to be angry
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Irtacus ðá wearþ swíðe geyrsod Irtacus then became very angry, Homl. Th. ii. 476, 34. to be angry He nele swá micclum swá we geearniaþ us geyrsian he will not be angry with us so much as we deserve, 126, 6
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hoðma
A covering [?], cloud [?], darkness
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, darkness Ðǽr wísna fela wearþ inlíhted ðe ǽr under hoðman biholen lǽgon there many things were illumined that before lay concealed in darkness, Exon. 8 b; Th. 3, 32; Cri. 45.
súþan
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Healdaþ hine norðan and súðan on twá healfa twá hund wearda, Salm. Kmbl. 520; Sal. 259
Agustus
Augustus ⬩ the month of August ⬩ mensis Augustus
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D. 14 Wearþ Agustus sárig Augustus was grieved, Ors. 5, 15; Bos. 114, 38. Agustuses látteówas the generals of Augustus, 5, 15; Bos. 114, 34.
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sigor
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Sigores ágend, ealdor, freá, fruma, God, weard, Cd. Th. 307, 11 ; Sat. 678 : Hy. 3, 20 : Exon. Th. 25, 21 ; Cri. 404 : 19, 2 ; Cri. 294 : Andr. Kmbl. 1519 ; An. 761 : Exon. Th. 15, 29 ; Cri. 243.
willan
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Swylce hé wolde wið þæs heofenes weard, Wlfst. 100, 4. <b>III b.</b> add :-- Ðeáh úre heorda hwylc án sceáp forgýme, wé willað ꝥ hé hit forgylde, Ll. Th. ii. 326, 24. <b>IV a.
hirde
a keeper ⬩ guardian ⬩ protector ⬩ director ⬩ guide ⬩ pastor ⬩ the keeper ⬩ a keeper ⬩ a guard ⬩ watchman
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Enoch siððan ealdor-dóm áhóf, folces wísa . . . hé hyrde wæs heáfodmága, Gen. 1200. applied to the Deity: Wæs him hyrde gód heofonríces weard, Dan. 11. in phrases: Wuldorcyning . . . ríces hyrde. An. 808. Lífes weard, dugoða hyrde.
Domuc
Dunwich, on the sea coast of Suffolk, the seat of the first East Anglian bishopric, which was subsequently fixed at Norwich ⬩ loci nomen in agri Suffolciensi ora maritĭma
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wearþ gecoren æfter him bishop Alfhun died at Sudbury, and he was buried at Dunwich, and Tidfrith was chosen after him, Chr. 798; Th. 105, 9-13, col. 3.
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éhtend
A persecutor ⬩ persĕcūtor
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A persecutor; persĕcūtor Domicianus wearþ éhtend cristenra manna Domitian was a persecutor of christian men, Ors. 6, 9; Bos. 120, 18. He dreág éhtendra níþ he endured the persecutors' malice, Exon. 40 a; Th. 133, 28; Gú. 496.
mód-leást
Want of courage ⬩ pusillanimity
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Want of courage, pusillanimity Ðá wearþ se wælhreówa wódlice geancsumod, ðæt his mágas ne mihton his módleáste ácuman, ac héton ácwellan ðæt mǽden, Homl. Skt. 9, 125.
ge-wyder
Weather ⬩ the temperature of the air ⬩ tempestas ⬩ cæli tempĕries
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Weather, the temperature of the air; tempestas, cæli tempĕries Bringþ sumor wearme gewyderu summer brings warm weather, Menol. Fox 177; Men. 90.
bed-ryda
A bedridden man ⬩ clinicus
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A bedridden man; clinicus Se bedryda wearþ gehǽled sóna; and eóde him ðá hám, hál on his fótum, se ðe ǽr wæs geboren on bǽre to cyrcan the bedridden man was soon healed; and he then went home, whole on his feet, who before was borne on a bier to church
eádan
To give, concede, grant ⬩ dăre, concēdĕre
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Ac me eáden wearþ but it was granted to me, 10 b; Th. 13, 10; Cri. 200
neósung
A visiting ⬩ visitation
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Johannes wearþ on ðysum dæge tó heofenan ríces myrhþe þurh Godes neósunge genumen, 58, 4. Mid ðý ðá æfter langre tíde com tó him for neósunge intingan ( gratia visitationis ), Bd. 4, 3; S. 569, 41. Búton niósunga absque visitatione, Kent. Gl. 710
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hǽð-stapa
A heath-stepper, an animal which wanders over heaths or uncultivated country
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A heath-stepper, an animal which wanders over heaths or uncultivated country Ðeáh ðe hǽðstapa hundum geswenced heorot holtwudu séce although the heath-wanderer, the hart by the hounds wearied, seek that wood, Beo.Th. 2740; B. 1368.
drif
a fever ⬩ febris
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Rush. 8, 15. but drif, es; m. or n. in the following example Full neáh ǽfre ðe óðer man wearþ on ðam wyrrestan yfele, ðæt [MS. þet] is on ðam drife almost every other man was in the worst evil, that is with fever, Chr. 1087; Th. 353, 38
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eorþ-styrung
An earth-stirring, earthquake ⬩ terræ mótus
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Ðá wearþ mycel eorþstirung there was a great earthquake, Nicod. 15; Thw. 7, 17