Lǽden
Latin ⬩ speech ⬩ language
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Mara ðæt ys on úre lýden biternys, Ex. 15, 23. Ealle hig sprecaþ án lýden est unum labium omnibus, Gen. 11, 6
EFES
Eaves of a house, a brim, brink, edge, side ⬩ margo, lătus
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Eaves of a house, a brim, brink, edge, side; margo, lătus Geworden ic eom swá swá spearwa ánhoga oððe ánwuniende on efese oððe on þecene factus sum sīcut passer solĭtārius in tecto, Ps. Lamb. 101, 8. To ðære efese to the edge, Cod. Dipl. 353; A.
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hópig
In hills and hollows
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Scot. hope a sloping hollow between two hills, or the hollow that is formed between two ridges on one hill] Com ic on sǽs hricg ðǽr mé sealt wæter hreóh and hópig holme besencte veni in allitudinem maris; et tempestas demersit me, Ps. Th. 68, 2
líget
Lightning
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Swá háttra sumor swá mára þunor and líget, Lchdm. iii. 280, 10. [Swá stor þunring and lǽgt wes, swá dæt hit ácwealde manige men, Chr. 1085: Erl. 219, 22.] Æfter ðæm wolcne cymeþ légetu and þunor, Blickl. Homl. 91, 33. Légitu, Ps. Surt. ii. 196, 19.
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ge-segnian
To mark with the sign of the cross, to sign, bless ⬩ crŭcis signo signāre, bĕnĕdīcĕre
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To mark with the sign of the cross, to sign, bless; crŭcis signo signāre, bĕnĕdīcĕre Fæder mancynnes hie gesegnaþ the Father of mankind shall bless them, Cd. 221; Th. 286, 30; Sat. 360: Salm. Kmbl. 807; Sal. 403.
stalian
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Læcedemonie hæfdon máran unstillnessa ðonne hié mægenes hæfden and hlóðum on hié (the Thebans) staledon Lacedaemonii, inquieti magis quam strenui, tentant furta bellorum, Ors. 3, 1; Swt. 100, 2
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weorold-sǽlþa
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Ic wolde ðæt wil máre spræcan ymbe ða woruldsǽlða vellem pauca tecum fortunae ipsius verbis agitare, 7, 3; Fox 20, 1
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caru
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Habban máran care úre sáwle þonne ðǽre scortan gesǽlðe to care more about our soul than about transitory happiness, ii. 460, 16
wearg
a villain, felon, scoundrel, criminal ⬩ of other creatures, a monster, malignant being, evil spirit
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Th. 267, 22; Sat. 42. [ Þe wari of þeos wordes warð wrað, Marh. 4, 12. Ic am unwurð as weri (v. l. wari) þet is anhonged, A. R. 352, 21. Ich wulle hine anhon haxst alre warien, Laym. 28215
fremian
To profit ⬩ do good ⬩ be good or expedient ⬩ avail ⬩ profĭcĕre ⬩ prōdesse ⬩ expĕdīre ⬩ vălēre
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Gyf se wǽta byþ máre ðonne ðæt fýr, ðonne fremaþ hit if the moisture is more than the fire, then it does good, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 19, 23; Lchdm. iii. 280, 9. Eów fremaþ ðæt ic fare expĕdit vōbis ut ĕgo vādam, Jn. Bos. 16, 7: Mt.
midde-weard
Mid-ward ⬩ middle of
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On middeweardre sǽ in medio mari, Cant. Moys. 8. Ymb ða eaxe middewearde hwearfaþ they revolve about the middle of the axis, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 23.
nǽfre
Never
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Nǽfre ic máran geseah eorl ofer eorþan, Beo. Th. 500; B. 247. Nǽfre gé mid blóde beódgereordu eówre þicgeaþ, Cd. Th. 91, 26; Gen. 1518. Eádig biþ se ðe in his éþle geþíhþ; earm se him his frýnd geswícaþ; néfre (?)
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un-sǽlþ
Unhappiness ⬩ misfortune ⬩ misery
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Hwelc mug him máre unsǽlð becuman quid eorum mente infelicius? Past. 45; Swt. 340, 4. Hié wilniaþ óþera manna unsǽlþa and him cymð sylfum ðæt ylce infelicitas in viis eorum, Ps. Th. 13, 7.
earg
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Þone ungemetlíce eargan þe him ondrǽt máre þonne hé þurfe pavidus ac fugax non metuenda formidat, Bt. 37, 4; F. 192, 21. Earge ignavi, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 13: inertes, 92, 36.
flán
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Swá him máre gescot and má flána tó cymð eo crebrioribus sagittis impetuntur, Past. 407, 23. Flánum spiculis, Txts. 96, 937. Ðæt mód ðætte ne mæg gesión ðá fláne ǽr hit sié gewundad cor, quad praevidere vulnera non potest. Past. 431, 3.
móna
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Ðæs mónan ryne is swíðe nearo for þan þe hé yrnð ealra tungla niðemest and þǽre eorðan gehendost . . . þis is þæs mónan geár; ac his mónað is máre, ꝥ is þonne hé gecyrð níwe fram þǽre sunnan oð ꝥ hé eft cume hyre forne ágeán . . . and eft þurh hí beó
ofer-hycgan
to despise, contemn, disdain, scorn ⬩ contemnere, aspernere ⬩ to be puffed up
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Wé hine mid swá micle máran unryhte oferhycgeaþ swá hé læs forhogaþ ðæt hé ús ðonne giet tó him spane, siððan wé hiene oferhycggeaþ tanto graviori improbitate contemnitur, quanto contemtus adhuc vocare non dedignatur, 52, 4; Swt. 407, 17-19.
HREÓH
ROUGH ⬩ fierce ⬩ savage ⬩ rough ⬩ stormy ⬩ tempestuous ⬩ disturbed
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Hit wæs hreóh sǽ mare exsurgebat, Jn. Skt. 6, 18. Flód hreóh under heofonum, Cd. 69; Th. 83, 29; Gen. 1387: Andr. Kmbl. 933; An. 466: 3083; An. 1544. Hreóh wæter, Ps. Th. 68, 1.
gird
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Gif mon geþingað gyrde landes oþþe máre, Ll. Th. i. 146, 1-2;; Hý létan him tó þá twá hída landes æt Áweltúne and áne gyrde, and æt Weattan ígge þreó gyrda, C. D. B. i. 543, 38-544, 1
hand-gift
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[The passage seems based on Mt. i. 20: Noli timere accipere Mariam conjugem tuam; quod enim in ea natum est, de Spiritu Sancto est.