swæþ
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Rtl. 167, 1, 13. a vestige, trace Hwæt is elles ðiós gewítendlíce sibb búton swelce hit sié sum swæð ðære écean sibbe quod est enim pax transitoria, nisi quoddam vestigium pacis aelernae? Past. 46, 5; Swt. 351, 25. v. bil-, dolh-, fót-swæþ; swaþu
Linked entries: swaþu bil-swæþ ge-swǽþian
weorold-líf
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Nele God wið ende ǽfre tó worulde his milde mód mannum áfyrran on woruldlífe wera cneórissum numquid Deus in finem misericordiam suam abscindet a seculo et generatione? 76, 7.
slápan
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Ia. figurative, to sleep, be inactive, be motionless :-- For hwí slǽpst ðú, Driht-en? Ps. Th. 43, 24. Ðæt mód slǽpþ ðæs ðe hit wacian sceolde, and wacaþ ðæs ðe hit slápan sceolde. Past. 56; Swt. 431, 27.
Linked entry: slápian
weall
a wall that is made, ⬩ wall of a building, of a town, ⬩ side of a cave ⬩ a natural wall ⬩ a steep hill ⬩ a cliff.
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Hwó sie ina fan énumu kliƀe wurpin, oƀar enna berges wal, Hél. 2676. Fan themu walle niðar werpan, 2684. Sie an hóhan wal stigun, stén endi berg, 3117) Munt is hine ymbútan, geáp gylden weal, Salm. Kmbl. 511; Sal. 256.
Linked entries: æt-foran-weall wala weal weall-clif weall-steáp
hogian
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Nú sceole wé hogian mid mycelre gýmene ꝥ úre líf beó swá gelógod ꝥ úre ende endige on God, Hml. S. 16, 5. Wé sceolon carfullíce hogian þæt wé tó ðǽre écan freólstíde becumon, Hml.
út
out ⬩ beyond the bounds within which a thing is enclosed ⬩ out on an expedition ⬩ out ⬩ out ⬩ out ⬩ out ⬩ forth ⬩ to knock out ⬩ pull out ⬩ out ⬩ away from home ⬩ abroad ⬩ out ⬩ away from land ⬩ out ⬩ outside ⬩ not within doors ⬩ not in the house ⬩ abroad ⬩ out ⬩ externally
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Similar entries v. úte, II 1. a of the passage of time, out, with the idea of coming to an end Út gangendum ðam mónþe ðe wé Aprelis hátaþ, Lchdm. iii. 76, 14. with words denoting whence motion proceeds Út áfaren of ðínes fæder éþele, Bt. 5, 1; Fox 8
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ge-bídan
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Ic þæs lífes ne mæg ǽfre tó ealdre ende gebídan, Ph. 562: B. 1386: Gú, 807.
late
Slowly ⬩ late ⬩ at length ⬩ at last
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Gif wit ðæt ealle sculon ásmeágan ðonne cume wit late tó ende ðisse béc oððe nǽfre, 42; Fox, 256, 22. Hú late hí on ðysne middangeard ácennede wurdon and hú raþe hí him eft of gewítan sceolan, Blickl. Homl. 59, 23.
sprǽc
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Z. 18, 15), efen-, ende-, fela-, gaf-, ge-, hearm-, hosp-, samod-, steór-, sundor-, tungol-sprǽc
lange
Long ⬩ a long time ⬩ far
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Hwider mæg ic nú leng fleón quo enim nunc fuciam? Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 27. Swaðer uncer leng wǽre [lifede, 38] which of us two lived the longer, Chart. Th. 485, 29. Ðænne ðú lenge ne móst lífes brúcan, Dóm. L. 32, 61. Lencg, Lk. Skt. 16, 2.
seonu-wealt
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Se móna went his hrigc tó ðære sunnan, ðæt is, se sinewealta ende ðe ðǽr onlýht biþ, Lchdm. iii. 242, 14. Ðæs sinewealtan hringes teretes(-is ?) cycli, Wrt. Voc. ii. 89, 60.
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tyslian
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I will say no more about that shameful fashion of dress, but that books tell us, that he is accursed, who holds the customs of heathen men in his life and thereby dishonours his own race, Wanley Cat. pp. 121-122; see also Engl. Stud. viii. 62.
ge-hweorfan
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Cf. ge-hwearf Hió becwið him hyre goldfágan treów-enan cuppan, þæt hé íce his beáh mid þam golde, oþþe hí mon æt him gehweorfe mid . xvi. mancussum reádes goldes. Cht.
swilce
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End suelce (suilcae, suilce) atqueve, Txts. 37, 75. Ic God herige and on God swylce gelýfe, Ps. Th. 55, 4. Ge swylce, Beo. Th. 4508; B. 2258. Hié hæfdon manige glengas; eác swylce hié hæfdon wíf, Blickl. Homl. 99, 20.
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for-wyrcan
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Th. 508, 20. to bring to an end On worulde geendunge bið seó gálnys forwyrht, and on ðǽre áblinð ǽlc hǽmed, Hml. Th. ii. 70, 2. to ruin Ðá sibbe hé forlét and hine mid ðǽm forworhte, Past. 361, 3.
ídel
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Duguð eal gecrong . . . ýðde þisne eardgeard ælda Scyppend, oð þæt burgwara breahtma leáse eald enta geweorc ídlu stódon, Wand. 79-87. of persons, not having anything, empty-handed, in respect to material things Nán man náh tó Godes cyrican ídel tó cumene
mere
the sea ⬩ a mere ⬩ lake ⬩ an artificial pool ⬩ cistern
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Æt meres ende on the shore, 442; An. 221. Ofer wídne mere, 566; An. 283. Ofer sealtne mere, Menol. Fox 203; Men. 103. Mere sécan, mǽwes éþel, Exon. 123 b; Th. 474, 5; Bo. 25. a mere, lake Meri stagnum, Ep. Gl. 25 b, 16. Mere stagnum, Wrt.
tídlíce
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</b> for time, in this world :-- Se ðe on ðisse worulde wel tídlíce (temporaliter ) wealdt, bútan ende on écnysse ríxaþ, Scint. 182, 1. conveniently, at a suitable time Hé sóhte ðætte tídlíce ðætte mæhte sellan hine (cf. hé sóhte hú hé eáðelícust
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wyrt-wala
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On heáfdbeorh; ðonne on wyrtwalan on ðæs hagan ende . . . ; andlang herpaðes tó ðære efise, ðonon eft on wyrtwalen, v. 300, 8-13
frymþ
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Hé wolde ðǽre ealdan ǽ ende gesettan, and þysse níwan frymð gesettan, Hml. A. 152, 21. the beginning. referring to eternity On frymðe wæs word, Hml. Th. i. 40, 8. Tó ðám éðele becuman ðe him on frymðe se heofonlica Fæder gemynte, ii. 218, 18.