neósian
to search out ⬩ find out by enquiry or inspection ⬩ to inspect ⬩ to seek ⬩ visit ⬩ to seek with hostile intent ⬩ to 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.
snell
Quick, active, strong ⬩ of rapid movement, quick, rapid, swift ⬩ active, prompt, ready, quick in action, bold ⬩ keen, severe; sharp ⬩ acute ⬩ firm, determined ⬩ bold, active ⬩ alacer, acer, agilis, strenuus, robustus, pernix ⬩ valiant, brave; ready of speech, eloquent
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Also in Cumberland it is used of the wind] Se snella sunu Wonrédes Beo. Th. 5934; B. 2971. Mé sendon tó ðé sǽmen snelle Byrht. Th. 132, 41; By. 29: Cd. Th. 191, 26; Exod. 220: Exon. Th. 296, 25; Crä. 56.
tirgan
To vex, ⬩ irritate, ⬩ provoke ⬩ exasperate
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Ðæt wíf cwæð, ðæt heó wolde ðone sunu ðe hí tirigde awyrian, Homl. Th. ii. 30, 9. Hý tyrgdon(tyrigdon, Ps. Spl. 104, 26) exacerbaverunt, Blickl. Gl. Mé weras wordum tyrgdon, Andr. Kmbl. 1926; An. 965. Hí tyrgdon God mid gramlícum weorcum, Homl.
sib
Sib ⬩ related ⬩ one related ⬩ a relation
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Hé biþ his móder on twám wísum tó sibbum getǽht, ðæt hé biþ ǽgðer ge sunu ge bróðer, Wulfst. 193, 7. Hát in gán seón sibbe gedriht samod ætgædere, Beo. Th. 779; B. 387: 1462; B. 729.
Elene
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
The Middle Angles ⬩ the 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
un-gewit
madness ⬩ insanity ⬩ folly ⬩ stupidity
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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
to raise ⬩ lift up ⬩ to take up ⬩ undertake ⬩ to 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
Linked entries: a-wreccan ge-wreccan wræccan wrehtend
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 thirst ⬩ to be drowned ⬩ to be sunk ⬩ to be drowned ⬩ crapulatus (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
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
To make strong ⬩ strengthen ⬩ confirm ⬩ establish ⬩ rōbŏrāre ⬩ corrōbŏrāre ⬩ confortāre ⬩ conflrmāre
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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: ge-strongian strangian
GÓMA
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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.
grafan
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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
ranc
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Proud, haughty, arrogant, insolent; the word remains with a somewhat different meaning in rank, used of coarse but fertile growth Gif ǽnig man hæbbe módigne sunu and rancne ( protervum ) ðe nelle híran his fæder and his méder, Deut. 21, 18.
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ge-witan
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Gewutta, p. 11, 1. with clause Ꝥ gié gewitte for ðon sunu monnes hæfes mæht ut sciatis quoniam filius hominis habet potestatem, Mt. L. 9, 6. Ꝥ hé ásende sumne mann and gewiste ( agnosceret ) and him eft gecýðde hwæt wǽre geworden be Germane, Gr.
scínan
To shine
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His ansýn sceán (resplenduit) swá swá sunne, Mt. Kmbl. 17, 2: Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 13: Cd. Th. 185, 19; Exod. 125. Seó ród sceán swá heofenes tungol, Shrn. 149, 11. His ansýn eal sceán swá swá sunne, and his gewǽda scinon on snáwes hwítnysse, Homl.
sweorcan
in a physical sense, to become dark, be obscured ⬩ figuratively of mental gloom, ⬩ of that which feels sadness, to become troubled, gloomy, sad ⬩ of that which causes sadness, to become grievous, troublesome, saddening
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in a physical sense, to become dark, be obscured Wedercandel swearc windas weóxon the sun was darkened, the winds rose, Andr. Kmbl. 744; An. 372. Swearc norðrodor won under wolcnum, woruld miste oferteáh, Exon.
sígan
to pass from a higher to a lower position ⬩ to sink ⬩ descend ⬩ decline ⬩ fall down ⬩ to sink as the sun to its setting ⬩ to move towards a point ⬩ of the movement of time ⬩ to ooze ⬩ run as matter ⬩ to strain ⬩ filter ⬩ act as a filter
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Sió æþele gesceaft (the sun) sáh tó setle, Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 17. [The sunne arist anes a dai and eft sigeð, O. E.
ge-wendan
To turn ⬩ change ⬩ translate ⬩ incline ⬩ bring about ⬩ To turn [one's self] ⬩ change ⬩ go ⬩ return
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Ðonne weorþeþ sunne sweart gewended then shall the sun be turned black, Exon. 21 b; Th. 58, 14; Cri. 935. v. intrans.