mǽrþu
greatness ⬩ honour ⬩ glory ⬩ fame ⬩ a great ⬩ honourable ⬩ glorious action ⬩ a wonderful thing ⬩ mighty work
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Ðǽr syndon ða micclan mǽrþa ðæt syndon ða geweorc ðe Alexander hét gewyrcean ibi sunt illa magna insignia que Alexander operari jusserat, Nar. 33, 20. Mǽrþa georne eager to do great things, Cd. 80; Th. 101, 5; Gen. 1677.
ge-girwan
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Wlite ðú gegeredest, 103, 1. to clothe with armour, arm Hét ic ǽlcne mon hine mid his wǽpnun gegerwan and faran forð jussi ut armati agmen sequerentur, Nar. 9, 26. Wǽpnum hié gegyrwan to arm themselves, 10, 28.
Linked entries: girwan ge-gerwan ge-girwung ge-gyrian
nabban
not to have ⬩ to be without
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Hét mé fremdne god hergan, oððe hí nabban, Exon. Th. 247, 12; Jul. 77. Sint hí ðé pliólícran hæfd ðonne næfd, Bt. 14, 1; Fox 42, note 10
tyge
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Gl. 406, 70. a dragging Valerianus hine hét teón geond ðornas, and hé mid ðam tige his gást ágeaf, Homl.
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þeówen
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Ðá hét hire fæder hí bewyrcean on ánum torre mid twelf ðeówennum, 106, 1. Þeówenna bernas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 95, 59: 12, 17. Ic hæbbe þeówas and þeówena ( servos et ancillas ), Gen. 32, 5
blind
dark ⬩ dim ⬩ blind
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Hé hét hí búgan tó his blindum godum, Hml. S. 25, 217. of passion, &c. Blindre gyrninge caecae cupidatatis, An. Ox. 5288. Þæs blindan lustes. Bt. 7, 2; F. 18, 3. Blindre fyrhto ceca formidine, Wrt.
of-áxian
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Hé hét ácwellan ealle þá crístenan þe hé ofáxian mihte, 29, 201. the object a thing Dó ús gewisse þæs þe þú ofáxie, Hml. S. 23, 467. with a clause Þǽr hé ofáxode ꝥ se cyning wæs, Chr. 1016 ; P. 152, 22.
rignan
- Cf.
- Piers P. 14, 62.
to rain, to cause rain to fall ⬩ to rain, to fall (of rain)
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Hét hé ða wídan duru wolcen ontýnan heá of heofenum and hider rignan manna mandavit nubibus desuper, et januas coeli aperuit; et pluit illis manna manducare, Ps. Th. 77, 25. with the agent not expressed Rínþ pluit, Ælfc. Gr. 22; Som. 24, 6.
hlýdan
To sound, ⬩ make a loud noise, ⬩ to clamour, ⬩ vociferate
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Hét hí mid handum sleán on ðæt hleór ðæt heó hlýdan ne sceolde he bade strike her with their hands on the face that she should not declaim, Homl. Swt. 8, 70
ge-hálgian
To consecrate ⬩ dedicate ⬩ initiate ⬩ ordain ⬩ hallow ⬩ make holy ⬩ sanctify ⬩ consecrāre ⬩ dedĭcāre ⬩ sacrāre ⬩ inĭtĭāre ⬩ ordĭnāre ⬩ sanctĭfĭcāre
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To consecrate, dedicate, initiate, ordain, hallow, make holy, sanctify; consecrāre, dedĭcāre, sacrāre, inĭtĭāre, ordĭnāre, sanctĭfĭcāre Hét se pápa hine to bisceope gehálgian the pope commanded to consecrate him bishop, Bd. 3, 7; S. 529, 9 : 3, 24; S
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þennan
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Hé ða fǽmnan hét nacode þennan and mid sweopum swingan he bade stretch the maiden out naked and scourge her with whips, Exon. Th. 253, 29; Jul. 187. Þenian to stretch on the cross, Rood Kmbl. 103; Kr. 52.
weorold-ríce
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Hé hét ðæt on worldríce wunian éce fundavit eam in secula, Ps. Th. 77, 68. Ne beó nǽnig man hér on worldríce on his geþóhte tó mó;dig, Blickl. Homl. 109, 27. For hwam winneþ ðis wæter geond woruldríce? Salm.
cirran
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Þá hí tó sǽ cóman, þá hét hí man cyrran, Chr. 1094; P. 229, 22. (2 a) with reflex. dat. :-- Hé forlét þá fyrde and cyrde him eft tó Lundene, Chr. 1016; P. 147, 12. of change in conduct, to turn, reform Hí geeácniað heora wíta, gif hí ǽr ende ne cyrrað
óga
the feeling which is excited in a person, terror, dread, horror, great fear ⬩ the exciting cause of such a feeling ⬩ an object which excites fear, a terrible, horrible thing ⬩ to fear ⬩ to terrify ⬩ to frighten ⬩ terrible
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Ben. 19, 17. an object which excites fear, a terrible, horrible thing Hé hét Ðeódolum standan æt ðam múþe (of the fiery furnace) ðæt hé for ðam ógan on account of the terrible spectacle him ábúgan sceolde. Homl. Th. ii. 310, 33. Ógan (egsan, Lk.
or-lege
war, strife, hostility ⬩ a place where hostility is shewn
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Hét wǽpen on ðam orlege formeltan, 2293; An. 1148. Hý hine brégdon, budon orlege, egsan and ondan, Exon. Th. 136, 5; Gú. 536.
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ÁR
A messenger ⬩ legate ⬩ herald ⬩ apostle ⬩ angel ⬩ minister ⬩ servant ⬩ man ⬩ soldier ⬩ nuntius ⬩ legatus ⬩ præco ⬩ apostolus ⬩ angelus ⬩ minister ⬩ vir
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Hie héton lǽdan út hálige áras they commanded him to lead out the holy messengers [angels ], Cd. 112; Th. 148, 14; Gen. 2456: Exon. 15 a; Th. 31, 29; Cri. 503.
car-ful
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Th. i. 236, 4: ii. 284, 25. of things, fraught or attended with anxiety, troublesome Carfull (heti) bíhýdinys scrupulosa (dubitata) sollicitudo, An.
scúfan
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Se cyning wæs yrre wið mé and hét sceófan mé on cweartern me retrudi jussit in carcerem, Gen. 41, 10. Gé (devils) scofene wurdon fore oferhygdum in éce fýr. Exon. Th. 140, 5; Gu. 605.
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wudu
wood ⬩ the substance of growing trees ⬩ a tree ⬩ (hewh) wood ⬩ the material obtained from trees ⬩ wood which forms something ⬩ something made of wood ⬩ wood ⬩ wood ⬩ the wood ⬩ woods ⬩ a wood ⬩ wild
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Hét ic, of ðæm wudo ðe ðǽr gefylled wæs, ðæt mon fýr onǽlde, Nar. 12, 28. Hé hét Isaac beran ðone wudu (ligna ), Gen. 22, 6: Cd. Th. 174, 31 ; Gen. 2886: 231, 10; Dan. 245. Wé heáwaþ ðone wudu ligna succidimus, Past. 21; Swt. 167, 6.