grin
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From girene ðá gesettun mé a laqueo quem statuerunt mihi, Ps. Srt. 140, 9: 24, 15: 90, 3. Of gerene ðisse de laqueo isto, 30, 5: 9, 31. In grin ðissum gegripen in laqueo isto compraehensus, 9, 16.
líc-hama
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Hié heora líchoman leáfum beþeahton, Gen. 845. dead His líchama (corpus) ne mihte on þám ylcan dæge beón bebyrged, for þám þe hé wæs feorr tó berenne, Gr. D. 83, 31. Þǽr his líchoma legerbedde fæst swefeþ, B. 1007.
rýmet
space, extent ⬩ clear space, room ⬩ extension, clearance
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space, extent Seó cyrce mid hire portice mihte fíf hund manna eáðelíce befón on hire rýmette, Homl. Th. i. 508, 14.
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ofer-stígan
to mount, scale, surmount, rise above ⬩ to transcend, surpass, excel, overcome, exceed ⬩ transcendere, transire, exsuperare ⬩ overcome
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Ðæs gebodes micelnes his mihta oferstíhþ, R. Ben. 128, 14. Hé ongeat ðæt hé oferstág hine selfne semetipsum noverat transcendere Past. 16, 2; Swt. 101, 13. Oforstág, Blickl. Homl. 163, 28. Oferstáh, Homl. Th. i. 70, 11.
ofer-swíðan
To prove stronger than or superior to another, to overcome, overpower, conquer, surpass
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Hé þurh Godes mihte ðone cwelmbǽran drenc oferswíðde, Homl. Th. i. 72, 12. Heó þurh martyrdóm ðisne middaneard oferswáð. Homl. Skt. i. 2, 4. Hé ðone feónd oferswáð, Shrn. 13, 30. Ða ðe mid sygefæstum deáþe mid-dangeard oferswíðdon, Homl.
snytro
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O.) ðe ic fram ðam sóþan Gode onféng per sapientiam mihi a Deo vero donatam Bd. 2, 13; S. 517, 3. Paulus ðæt lof Gode betǽhte ðe him snytera (snytra, MS. F.) and wísdóm sealde R. Ben. 4, 6
springan
To spring ⬩ to leap ⬩ bound ⬩ to burst forth, of a fluid to spirt, of sparks, etc., ⬩ to fly ⬩ to grow as a plant ⬩ to rise as the sun ⬩ to move as a spring moves ⬩ to spread ⬩ be diffused ⬩ to spring as blood from a wound ⬩ to spring as water ⬩ to burst ⬩ crack
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Sprungon spearcan of ðam múðe, Shrn. 120, 26. to grow as a plant Swá swá of ánum treówe springaþ manega bogas, swá gáþ of ánre lufe manega óðre mihta, Homl. Th. ii. 314, 22. Hig hrædlíce up sprungon, for ðam ðe hig næfdon ðære eorðan dýpan, Mt.
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á-wiht
alone ⬩ any good ⬩ good for anything
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Náhwǽr næs nǽnigu sméþnes ꝥ man mihte áht tó þan lytelne wyrttún gewyrcan ad quemlibet parvum hortum excolendum nulla patebat planities, Gr. D. 49, 4
swilc
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Be swilcum and swilcum ðú miht ongitan, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 196, 11: Met. 26, 107. Wundorsióna fela secga gehwylcum ðara ðe on swylc staraþ, Beo. Th. 1997; B. 996: 5589; B. 2798: Met. 30, 18.
LUFU
LOVE
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LOVE Te amo ðé ic lufige, ðon befylþ mín lufu on ðé and ðú miht cweþan amor a te ic eom gelufod fram ðé, Ælfc. Gr. 19; Som. 22, 36.
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lǽfan
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</b> to leave after subtraction :-- Dó of ðám feórþan deále eall þæt seó sǽ his ofseten hæfþ . . . ðonne miht ðú ongitan ætte þæs ealles nis monnum máre lǽfed tó búgianne búton swelce án lytel cafertún, Bt. 18, 1; F. 62, 16. to leave, not to take
neód-líce
Diligently ⬩ sedulously ⬩ zealously ⬩ eagerly ⬩ earnestly
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Lustlíce gehyrdon ða ðe him gelǽrde wǽron and eác swylce neódlíce mid dǽdum lǽston ða ðe hí ongitan mihton libenter ea quae dicerentur, audirent; libentius ea quae intelligere poterant, operando sequerentur, Bd. 4, 27; S. 604, 18.
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ge-bletsian
To bless ⬩ consecrate ⬩ benedīcĕre ⬩ consecrāre
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Miltsa us mihtig Drihten, and us on móde eác gebletsa nú Deus misereātur nostri, et benedīcat nōbis, 66, 1. Ðæt ǽnig preóst ne forlǽte ða circan ðe he to gebletsod wæs that no priest forsake the church to which he was consecrated, L. Edg.
mǽre
Great ⬩ excellent ⬩ distinguished ⬩ illustrious ⬩ sublime ⬩ splendid ⬩ celebrated ⬩ famous ⬩ widely known ⬩ notorious ⬩ distinguished by evil deeds ⬩ insignis
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Ðín mægen is swá mǽre, swá ðæt ǽnig ne wát eorþbúende ða deópnesse Drihtnes mihta, Hy. 3, 31; Hy. Grn. ii. 282, 31.
úte
Outside ⬩ without. ⬩ out ⬩ from one's position ⬩ on the outside ⬩ outside ⬩ on the outer side ⬩ out ⬩ out of doors ⬩ in the open air ⬩ out ⬩ away ⬩ at a distance ⬩ out ⬩ away from habitations ⬩ in open country ⬩ out ⬩ from home on service ⬩ out ⬩ not in one's own country ⬩ abroad ⬩ out ⬩ away from land
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Ðæt hé up heonon úte mihte cuman, Cd. Th. 27, 10; Gen. 415.
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ge-lífan
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Nó hwæðere þæt Daniel gedón mihte, þæt hé wolde Metodes mihte gelýfan, Dan. 169. to trust to Þǽr gelýfan sceal Dryhtnes dóme sé þe hine deáð nimeð, B. 440. with acc. to believe Wé gelýfað eall þæt ðæt wé witon, Solil.
drohtaþ
Conversation, manner or way of life, condition, conduct, society ⬩ condĭtio vitæ, stătio, conversātio
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Ðæt hie ðe eáþ mihton ofer ýða geþring drohtaþ adreógan that they might the easier endure their way of life over the clash of waves, Andr. Kmbl. 737; An. 369: 2564; An. 1283: Exon. 103 a; Th. 389, 20; Rä. 7, 10.
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íren
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Him írenna ecge ne mihton helpan æt hilde, 2683. írenum chalibis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 19, 40. <b>II b.</b> a fetter :-- Gehéndun in fótcospum foet his, íren ðorhleórde sáwle his, Ps. Srt. 104, 18. Gebundne in írene, 106, 10. <b>II c.
sceaþan
To scathe, hurt, harm, injure
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Ðý læs scyldhatan sceaþan mihton. Andr.Kmbl. 2296; An. 1149
ofer-winnan
to overcome, conquer, vanquish, subdue ⬩ expugnare, superare, devincere
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Ðæt hí mihton heora fýnd oferwinnan, Bd. 1, 12; S. 480, 28. Seó ylce þeód wæs oferwunnen fram Eald-Seaxum, 5, 11; S. 626, 10, On ðǽm xxv. wintrum ðe hé winnende wæs hé ná oferwunnen ne wearð, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 114, 6.