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á-weccan

(v.)

to wake (trans.) from sleepraise from the deadto arouse a person from quiescenceto excite to feeling or actionstir upto arouseexcite passion

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D. 84, 14. to arouse a person from quiescence, to excite to feeling or action, stir up Hé (John) þǽre módor innoþas ongeán þám Godes suna áweahte, Bl. H. 167, 6. Wearþ se drý áweht wiþ ðám apostolum, 173, 18.

bæc

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. ¶ phrases giving direction or position :-- Hí him on bæce filigdon persecuti sunt eos, Jos. 7, 5. Under bæce retrorsum, Ps. Spl. 34, 5. Ðæt mód him on bæc (turned its back on) lét þás gewítendlican þing, Gr. D. 4, 14.

on-findan

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Hé þóhte his sunu tó beswícanne . . . þá hit se sunu anfunde, 6, 30; S. 282, 10: 12. Se cyning ðæt anfunde, þæt him mon geswicen hæfde, 1, 12; 8. 52, 6. with clause Hé anfunde þæt þæt cúþ wæs, Ors. 4, 5 ; S. 166, 30: 6, 33; S. 288, 15.

setlung

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Ox. 1753. add Seó sunne setlunge geneálǽhð on þæs dæges geendunge, Hml. Th. ii. 76, 23: 302, 2. Ne lǽt ðú ðæt yrre licgean on ðínre heortan ofer sunnan setlunge (cf. sol non occidat super iracundiam vestram, Eph. 4, 26), Hex. 46, 14

leng

(n.)
Grammar
leng, e; f.

Lengthheightstature

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Seó sunne stód stille ánes dæges lencge [længce, MS. M.] the sun stood still for the length of one day, Lchdm. iii. 262, 9. Dó ðus ða lange ðe hit beþurfe do thus for the length of time that is necessary, 114, 18.

LEÓF

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
LEÓF, adj.

LIEFdesirablepleasantacceptablelovedbeloveddeara friendloved one

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Mé sealde sunu on leófes stæl ðæs ðe Cain ofslóh he gave me a son in place of the loved one, him whom Cain slew, Cd. 55; Th. 68, 7; Gen. 1113. Leófes and láðes of friend and foe, Beo. Th. 5813; B. 2910.

Linked entry: leóf

hát

(adj.)
Grammar
hát, adj.
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Add: having or communicating heat. of the sun, atmospheric conditions, &c. Seó háte sunne scíneþ, E. S. viii. 478, 82. Scíneð sunne swegle hát, Met. 28, 61. Sceal eft cuman sumor swegle hát, Gn. Ex. 78.

on-tendan

(v.)
Grammar
on-tendan, p. -tende; pp. -tended, -tend.

to kindle, set fire to, to fireto kindle emotion or passion, to excite, inflame

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Ðonne hé ( the moon) of hyre (the sun ) ontend byþ, Lchdm. iii. 242, 12. Ontend succensus, Hpt. Gl. 507, 17. Antend, 471, 22.

þrí

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
þrí, þrý, þrié, þreó; m.: þreó, þrió, þré; f. n. (ðreá, ðriá, ðreó, ðrió in North.); gen. þreóra, þrióra (and ðreána in North.); dat. þrim (þrím? ðriim in North., but cf. Goth. þrim), later þreom.

Three

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Of ðám þrim sunum, Anglia xi. 2, 37. On þýs ylcum þrim dagum, Lchdm. iii. 76, 26. Þreom nihton ǽr Candelmæssan, Chr. 1078; Erl. 215, 28. Hié ða þrié dǽlas on þreó tónenldon, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 8, 3: Swt. 10, 3.

Linked entries: þreó þrió þrý

Elene

(n.)
Grammar
Elene, an; f.

Helena Helĕna = Ἑλένη

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Helena; Helĕna = Ἑλένη: The wife of the Roman emperor Constantius, and mother of Constantine the Great Constantius gesealde his suna ðæt ríce, Constantinuse, ðone he hæfde be Elenan, his wife Constantius gave the empire to his son Constantine whom he

Middel-Engle

(n.)
Grammar
Middel-Engle, a; pl.

The Middle Anglesthe Angles of Leicestershire

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Green's Making of England, pp. 74-80) Of Engle cóman Eást-Engle and Middel-Engle and Myrce and eall Norþhembra cynn de Anglis Orientales Angli, Mediterranei Angli, Merci, tota Nordanhymbrorum progenies ... sunt orti, Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 25.

Linked entry: Engle

grafan

(v.)
Grammar
grafan, ic grafe, græfe, ðú græfest, græfst, he græfeþ, græfþ, pl. grafaþ; p. gróf, pl. grófon; pp. grafen.
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Ðonne hí wóhgodu worhtan and grófun in sculptilibus suis emulati sunt eum, Ps. Th. 77, 58. Ac hý grófon ǽghwylcne stán swá se cásere geþohte they carved each stone as the emperor designed, Shrn. 146, 16

GÓMA

(n.)
Grammar
GÓMA, an; m.
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Me syndan góman háse raucæ factæ sunt fauces meæ, Ps. Th. 68, 3: Soul Kmbl. 216; Seel. 110. Me is on gómum gód and swéte ðín ágen word quam dulcia faucibus meis eloquia tua, Ps. Th. 118, 103: 136, 5: 149, 6.

un-gewit

(n.)
Grammar
un-gewit, un-gewitt, es; n.

madnessinsanityfollystupidity

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Hié sindon suá micle wætlícor tó oferbúgánne suá mon ongiet ðæt hié on máran ungewitte beóð tanto caute declinandi sunt, quanto et insane rapiuntur, Past. 40; Swt. 295, 22. Gif hwylc man of his gewitte feólle ...

wreccan

(v.)
Grammar
wreccan, p. wreahte, wrehte ; pp. wreaht, wreht.

to raiselift upto take upundertaketo rouse

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Th. 145, 7. to take up, undertake Ðæm hé hætde beboden ðæt hé scolde þearfena and earmra monna ǽrendo wreccan cui suscipiendorum inopum erat cura delegata, Bd. 3, 6; M. 166, 4. to rouse Ðúðe ært fæder dæs suna ðe ús áwehte, and gyt wrehð of ðam slépe

be-leán

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Him sí belagen ðæt hí dóð sunt destruenda ea, in quibus nequiter versant, 441, 7. to charge with (? v. be-hlígan) Wídgongel wíf mon wommum bilihð, Gn. Ex. 65

á-drincan

to drink up, quench thirstto be drownedto be sunk to be drownedcrapulatus (a vino)

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Hwǽr hié wæteres hæfden þæt hié mehten him þurst of ádrincan, Ors. 2, 5; S. 80, 10. to be drowned; of ships, to be sunk Manega menn ádrincað on ánum dæge tógædere, ðe on mislicum tídum tó middanearde cómon, Hml. S. 5, 275.

Crist

(n.)
Grammar
Crist, Krist, es; m.

CHRIST Christus

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Hér ys gódspelles angyn Hǽlendes Cristes, Godes suna initium evangelii Iesu Christi, filii Dei Mk. Bos. 1, 1. Beseoh onsýne cristes ðínes behold the face of thine anointed Ps. Th. 83, 9; 88, 32, 44. Feówer Cristes béc the four Gospels Ælfc. T.

Linked entry: Cristes bóc

ge-strangian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-strangian, -strongian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [strangian to strengthen]

To make strongstrengthenconfirmestablishrōbŏrārecorrōbŏrāreconfortāreconflrmāre

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Israéla folc wǽron swýðe gestrangode fīlii Israel sunt rōbŏrāti nĭmis, Ex. 1, 7: Ors. 6, 35; Bos. 131, 1

Linked entries: strangian ge-strongian

neósian

(v.)
Grammar
neósian, p. ode with gen. acc. or clause.

to search outfind out by enquiry or inspectionto inspectto seekvisitto seek with hostile intentto visit with calamity, disease

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Th. 2255; B. 1125. a person Mannes sunu ðe ðú neósast ( visitas ), Ps. Th. 8, 5. Neósode hé min eft me revisens, Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 43. Se hine ǽghwylce daga neósade, Exon. Th. 162, 11; Gú. 974.