medume
middling ⬩ moderate ⬩ common ⬩ occupying the middle or mean position as regards ⬩ observing the just mean ⬩ perfect ⬩ meet ⬩ fit ⬩ worthy
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middling, moderate, common Medeme mediocer, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 18; Som. 9, 67. Gif hwylc man forstele deórwurþe þing ... Gif hwylc man medeme þing ( rem mediocrem ) stele, L. Ecg. P. ii. 25; Th. ii. 192, 17-20. occupying the middle or mean position as regards
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ge-wyrcan
to work ⬩ make ⬩ build ⬩ form ⬩ dispose ⬩ do ⬩ perform ⬩ celebrate ⬩ commit ⬩ to get by working ⬩ gain ⬩ obtain ⬩ merit
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to work, make, build, form, dispose, do, perform, celebrate, commit Úre Drihten wolde mannan gewyrcan our Lord would make man, Hexam. 10; Norm. 16, 16: 11; Norm. 18,14. Gewyrcean mycelne tor to build a great tower, Blickl. Homl. 187, 12: Beo. Th. 139
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háwian
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Add: absolute, to look. with the eyes Hé eóde út, and háwode and hercnode egressus est, et erectis auribus adstans, Guth. Gr. 136, 8. Hé wæs eft cyrrende tó þǽre spyrtan, and wærlíce and forðonclíce háwode, and geseah ꝥ seó nǽdre þǽr in wæs qui reversus
in-tó
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Add: expressing motion to a position within a space or thing. with vetbs of going, bearing, sending, with dat. Maria eóde intó Zacharias húse Maria intrauit in domum Zachariae, Lk. 1, 40: Hml. S. 23, 754. Gáð eów intó ðǽre cyrcan, Hml. Th. i.508, 1.
seld-
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strange, extraordinary, wonderful Ðis godspel þincþ dysegum mannum sellíc, Homl. Th. ii. 466, 9. Nú þincþ eów ðis syllíc tó gehýrenne, L. Ælfc. C. 6 ; Th. ii. 344, 16 : Wulfst. 269, 26. Is ðæt sellíc þincg, ðæt hí ne wundriaþ hú . . ., Met. 28, 53.
under-niman
to take surreptitiously ⬩ to steal ⬩ to take into the mind ⬩ receive what is said, taught ⬩ to take upon one's self ⬩ to blame ⬩ resent
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to take surreptitiously, to steal. Similar entries v. under-fón, VIII Gif feoh sý undernumen (under numen?), Lchdm. i. 392, 8. in figurative senses, to take into the mind, receive what is said, taught, etc. Gehádede men hit sceolon him ásecgan, undernimð
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bodung
annunciation ⬩ declaration ⬩ testimony ⬩ interpretation ⬩ reciting ⬩ rehearsing ⬩ preaching
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Add: annunciation, declaration, making known (cf. bodian, I), announcement by a messenger (cf. bodung-dæg) Hé (Antecrist) sent his bodan geond ealne middaneard, and his hlisa and bodung bið fram sǽ tó sǽ, Wlfst. 195, 20. declaration by a witness, testimony
be-reáfian
alone
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Add Bereáfað populatur, An. Ox. 139. Bereafiað moliuntur fraudes, Kent. Gl. 3. Bereáuedon abegerant, An. Ox. 7, 263. Bereáfian grassari, 5343. Bereáfed fraudaretur, 1583. with acc. of person (or thing) despoiled, alone Hé bereáfode hine sylfne se expolians
ge-fadian
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Add Ic gefadige dispono, Wrt. Voc. ii. 141, 44. to arrange, set in order material objects Án geteld ( the tabernacle ) mid wunderlicum dihte gefadod, Hml. Th. ii. 198, 23. Hé gefadod hæfde eall his werod swá his þeáw wæs, Hml. S. 30, 305. (1 a) to ornament
hálgian
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Add: to make holy, sanctify Hálgig ł hálga ðú (gehálga, W. S., R.) hiá . . . Fore him ic hálgiga (hálgige, W. S., gihálgo, R.) mec seolfne sanctifica eos . . . pro eis ego sanctifico me ipsum, Jn. L. 17, 17-19. . to consecrate, set apart as sacred to
hírsum-ness
obedience ⬩ obedience ⬩ humility ⬩ service
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Take here hýrsumness in Dict., and add: obedience Hé (Peter) eádmódnysse wiðsóc, and hwæðere for hýrsumnysse geðafode he refused to allow Jesus to humble himself by the washing of feet, and yet in order that he might be obedient he consented, Hml. A.
gnornan
To grieve ⬩ mourn ⬩ be sad ⬩ bewail ⬩ lament ⬩ mœrere
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To grieve, mourn, be sad, bewail, lament; mœrere Ic gnornige mereo, Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 36, 49: Ps. Th. 54, 2. Ic cúþlíce wát for hwon ðú gnornast scio certissime quare mæres, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 42. Gnornaþ he grieves, Exon. 82 b; Th. 311, 14; Seef. 92
scrýdan
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to put clothes on a person, to clothe a person with (mid) a garment, to dress Ic mé scrýde induo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 2 ; Zup. 167, 2. Ic [mé] scrýdde mid hǽran induebar cilicio. Ps. Spl. 34, 15. Heó scrýdde Iacob mid ðam deórwurðustan reáfe vestibus valde
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wiþer-winna
An adversary ⬩ opponent ⬩ enemy
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An adversary, opponent, enemy Emulus, i. contrarius, gewinna, wiþerwinna, Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, 45. Beó ðú onbúgende ðínum wiþerwinnan (adversario tuo ) . . . ðe læs ðe ðín wiðerwinna ðé sylle ðam déman, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 25: Homl. Ass. 4, 95. Ðý læs hé sié
ofer-hírness
Disobedience, disregard, neglect, contempt ⬩ disregard, disobedience
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Disobedience, disregard, neglect, contempt Ungelimp mid oferhýrnysse Godes beboda geearnod, L. Edg. S. 1; Th. i. 270, 12. Gif hwá bútan porte ceápige, ðonne sý hé cyninges oferhýrnesse scyldig, L. Ed. 1; Th. i. 158, 14. Ðæt se wǽre, ðe rihtes wyrnde
strang
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Strong ; fortis, Wrt. Voc. i. 83, 56 : acer, vehemens, 17, 28 : strenuus, ii. 74, 60. of living beings, strong, powerful, mighty Hé wæs strang foreþingere he was a powerful intercessor, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 6. Fugel meahtum strang, Exon. Th. 40, 31 ; Cri
ge-riht
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Add: where direction is marked, a straight line. [The phrase on gerihte (geriht) occurs often in the charters which give the boundaries of land, and corresponds to various Latin phrases, e. g. per rectitudinem uiae, C. D. v. 279, 7 : directe, iii. 374
cwicu
Alive, quick ⬩ vivus
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Alive, quick ; vivus Cwicu alive, nom. m. Ps. Th. 118, 93. Cwico wæs ic I was living, Exon. 125a; Th. 482, 1; Rä. 66, 1: Beo. Th. 6178; B. 3093. Cucu vivas, Wrt. Voc. 85, 56. Samson miccle má on his deáþe acwealde, ðonne he ǽr cucu dyde Samson multo
hwæðer
Whether
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Whether, in direct questions Hwæðer ic móte lybban óþ ðæt ic hine geseó may I live till I see him? Homl. Th. i. 136, 30. Hwæðer gé willen on wuda sécan gold ðæt reáde? Bt. Met. Fox 19, 9, 29; Met. 19, 5, 15. Hwæðer ðe ðín eáge mánful ys forðam ðe ic
scrín
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a chest, coffer, casket, box in which precious things are kept: — Scrín arca vel scrinium, Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 49 : capsella, 33, 62: arca, 80, 79. Ðæt hálige scrín the ark of the covenant. Homl. Th. ii. 214, 35: Jos. 4, 7. Godes scrín, 7, 6: Num. 14, 10