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open

(adj.)
Grammar
open, adj.

Opennot shut,allowing ingress or egressof a doorof the eyesnot closed upnot covered, not protecteddeclared, publicnot secret, not concealed, discovered, brought to light (in reference to things where concealment is desired)without attempt at concealment manifest, clear, plain, evident

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Gl. 975. declared, public Ða béc (of the Old Testament) synd gehátene seó ealde gecýðnyss and seó ealde ǽ, ðæt is, open lagu ðe God gesette Israhéla folce.

scrift

(n.)
Grammar
scrift, es; m.
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what is prescribed as a punishment, a penalty (cf. scrífan. ) Ic ( bishop Werferth) him (Eadnoth) sealde ðæt lond and ða béc . . . and úre ágen rǽdengewrit ðæt wǽre him tó ðam geráde ðæt land tólǽten ðe mon ǽlce gére gesylle fífténe scillingas clǽnes

syndrig

(adj.)
Grammar
syndrig, adj.

separate, alone, not joined with othersstanding apart, not accessiblespecial, set apart for a particular purposespecial, singular, extraordinary, remarkable for an unusual qualityfor the unusual degree in which some quality existsof that which concerns a single person, private, ownproprius, privatusseparate, several, sundry, each separatelyone a-piece, one each

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On septem epistolas canonicas ic sette syndrie béc ( libros singulos ), Bd. 5, 24;S. 648, 13. Dile, mintan and merce, syndrige sceafas geseóð, Lchdm. ii. 188, 24: 228, 26

macian

(v.)
Grammar
macian, <b>. I.</b>
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Lch. iii. 246, 13. to subject to operation, manage, use Iubal wæs fæder herpera and þǽra þe organan macodun Iubal fuit pater canentium cithara et organo, Gen. 4, 21. to cause to be or become something specified, with sb. as complement Superbia geworhte

þǽr

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr, þár, þára; adv.
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Ðá becom hit þǽr se cynincg feóll, Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 208 : Beo. Th. 718; B. 356. Far þǽr ðú freónda wéne, Exon.

Linked entry: þár

ge-faran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-faran, p. fór; pl. -fóron, -fóran; pp. faren.

To goproceedreach by goingarriveireproficiscimeareto departdieto proceedget onfareTo get by goingexperienceoccupyreachobtaingo against

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We nyton hwæt Moises gefaren hafþ we know not what has become of Moses, Exod. Thw. 32, 1, 23. v. trans.

Linked entry: ge-fór

sweltan

(v.)
Grammar
sweltan, swyltan, swiltan; p. swealt, pl. swulton; pp. swollen
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. ¶ to die to anything, become dead to, have no further concern with :-- Ðú scealt sweltan synna and Criste lybban, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 592

Linked entry: a-sweltan

spanan

(v.)
Grammar
spanan, p. spón, speón; pp. spanen

To allureenticeluredecoyattracturgesuggerere, suadere, persuadereto allure

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Hí (the conspirators against William) speónan ða Bryttas heom tó, Chr. 1075; Erl. 213, 14. with a clause Hé hiene spón ðæt hé on Umenis unmyndlenga mid here becóme quem, ut Eumenem de insperato opprimat, perurget, Ors. 3, 11; Swt. 146, 7

wrecca

(n.)
Grammar
wrecca, wræcca, an ; m.

one driven from his own countrya wanderer in foreign landsan exilea strangerpilgrima wretchan evil persona wretched persona miserable, feeble creaturea wretchedunhappymiserablepoor person

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Fundode wrecca, gist of geardum, Bec. Th. 2279; B. 1138. Wineleás wrecca (Cain), Cd. Th. 64, 16 ;Gen. 1051. Ðú ðás werðeóde wræccan láste feorran gesóhtest, 149, 22 ; Gen. 2478 : 171, 3 ;Gen. 2822 : Exon. Th. 306, 30; Seef. 15.

Linked entries: wræcca wrec

lǽne

(adj.)
Grammar
lǽne, adj.

transitorytemporaryfrail

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Ende him on becom ðisses lǽnan lífes there came upon him an end of this life which is but for a moment, Blickl. Homl. 113, 8. Ne biddan wé úrne Drihten ðyses lǽnan welan, ne ðyssa eorþlícra geofa ðe hrædlíce from monnum gewítaþ, 20, 11.

ge-stillan

(v.)
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To be or become still, cease from Ic gestille itel áblinne cessam, desistam, cessavero, Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 4. I. of persons or things. not to be moving Eorðe cwfcede and gestilde (quievii), Ps. Srt. Vos. 75, 9.

HLÁF

(n.)
Grammar
HLÁF, es; m.

Bread, food, a loaf

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Cweþ ðæt ða stánas tó hláfum geweorþan tell the stones to become loaves, Blickl. Homl. 27, 7

self

(pronoun.)
Grammar
self, seolf, silf, sylf; pron. <b>A.</b>
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Ic ðé sǽde ǽr on ðisse selfan béc (cf. on ðisse ilcan béc, Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 25), Met. 25, 54. On ðære sylfan nihte . . . On ðam sylfan mynstre, Bd. 4, 23 ; S. 595, 33, 36. On ðam sylfan leóhte, S. 596, 3.

Linked entries: seolf silf siolf sylf

in-geþanc

(n.)
Grammar
in-geþanc, es ; m. n.

Thoughtthinkingcogitationintentmindheartconscience

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Agustinus worhte twá béc be his eágnum ingeþance Augustine composed two books about his own mind, Shrn. 164, 16. Ðú ongitst ðín ágen ingeþanc ðæt hit biþ micele beorhtre ðonne seó sunne, Bt. 35, 1 ; Fox 154, 28.

Linked entry: inn-geþanc

LÍF

(n.)
Grammar
LÍF, es; n.

LIFE

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On ðære béc Cúþberhtes lífes, 4, 30; S. 609, 32. Ealle hig wǽron háliges lífes menn, Wulfst. 270, 15. Hé geendode his dagas æfter mycclum geswince his lífes, Chr. 1016; Erl. 155, 3. On ðam ýtemestan dæge his lífes, Bd. 3, 17; S. 543, 19, col. 1.

húsel

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Hálige béc beódað þæt man gemencge wæter tó ðám wíne ðe tó húsle sceal, 278, 6. Twégen munecas bǽdon æt Gode sume swutelunge be ðám hálgan húsle, and æfter ðǽre béne gestódon him mæssan.

Æðelbryht

(n.)
Grammar
Æðelbryht, -berht, -briht, es; m. [æðele, bryht bright, excellent. v. beorht] .

Ethelbert king of KentEthelbert the secondÆthelbryhtus

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This Ethelbert, after the lapse of 239 years from the death of Ethelbert the first in 616, became king of Kent, Essex, Surrey, and Sussex, for five years, from 855 to 860; he succeeded to Wessex on his brother&#39;s death, in 860, and reigned five

Linked entry: Berhte

þrowing

(n.)
Grammar
þrowing, þreowing, e; f.

suffering as opposed to doingsuffering which is painfula painful symptomsuffering that is undergone for the sake of religionsuffering of persecution, crosssuffering which ends in death, passion, martyrdomthe anniversary of a martyr's suffering

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Ðæt hé tó ðrowunge becóme ad martyrium pervenire, Bd. 1, 7; S. 478, 12. Be Cristes ðrowunge de passione dominica, 4, 24; S. 598, 13. Drihten ús mid his þrowunga álésde, ðá hé on róde galgan ástág, Blickl. Homl. 97, 10: 35, 7: 81, 31.

flówan

to pass awaybe transitoryto issueto flowto be floodedto flowto abound

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S. 3, 626. to be or become fluid Weax þe fleúwð ł melteþ caera quae fluit, Ps. L. 57, 9. Flýwð, 67, 3. fig.: Þæt deáde flǽsc rotað leahtorlíce, þonne se deádlica líchama ðeówað þǽre flówendan (fluid, and so capable of rotting ?)

heofone

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Godes ríce on rodorlicere heofonan, 330, 27. one of the seven heavens recognized by the Jews: Hé becóm tó ðǽre ðriddan heofonan, Hml. Th. ii. 3. 52, 10. Þá óðre heofenan synd ungesewenlice and mannum unásmeágendlice.