or-wéna
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Hopeless, despairing Ðá wearþ his agen sunu yfele geuntrumed, and orwéna lífes læg æt /orþsíðe, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 301: Beo. Th. 2008 ; B. 1002 : 3134; 6. 1565: Exon. Th. 329, 27; Vy. 40. Friþes orwéna, 261, 25 ; Jul. 320. Ic eom orwéna, ðæt. . .Cd.
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ge-bodian
To tell ⬩ make known ⬩ announce ⬩ proclaim ⬩ nuntiāre ⬩ annuntiāre
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Ðæt ðǽr nán to láfe ne wearþ ðæt hit to Róme gebodade so that there was none left to tell it at Rome, Ors. 4, ii; Bos. 97, 30: Exon. 10 b; Th. 13, 14; Cri. 202
ofer-geótan
to cover by pouring, to suffuse
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Ðæt scyp wearþ ofergoten operiretur mid ýðum, Mt. Kmbl. 8, 24. Mid swáte ofergoten, Glostr. Frag. 104, 17. Mid wópe ofergoten, Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 2
hnipian
To bow the head
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Ðá wearþ Cain suíðe hrædlíce irre and hnipode of dúne iratusque est Cain vehementer, et concidit vultus ejus, Past. 34, 5; Swt. 235, 6
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freórig
freezing ⬩ chilled ⬩ frigid ⬩ frozen ⬩ frīgens ⬩ frīgŏre rīgens ⬩ frīgĭdus ⬩ gĕlĭdus ⬩ chilled with fear or sorrow ⬩ trembling ⬩ sad ⬩ trĕmens ⬩ tristis
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Ongon hygegeómor, freórig and ferþwérig, fúsne grétan he, sad in mind, trembling and weary of soul, resolved to greet the departing [man ], Exon. 49 b; Th. 171, 21; Gú. 1130. Ferþloca freórig a trembling body, 76 b; Th. 288, 18; Wand. 33
belle
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Se deófol wearp ǽnne stán tó ðǽre bellan, þæt heó tósprang, Hml. Th. ii. 156, 4-10. Hos-tiarius. . . sceal mid bellan bícnigan þá tída. Ll. Th. ii. 346, 29. Bellan gehíran. Lch. iii. 174, 9. Bellan teón, ringan, Tech. ii. 118, 18, 20.
cwén
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Ðis weará þus gedón æfter þǽre cwéne hǽse . . . þá men ealle grétton þone cyngc and ðá cwéne . . . Apollonius cwæð: 'Ðú góda cyngc . . . and þú cwén.' Hé cwæð: 'Nimað þás þing þe mé seó cwén forgeaf,' Ap. Th. 17, 16—18, 15. v. port-, rihtæþel-cwén
deór-mód
Bold of mind, brave ⬩ fortis anĭmi
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Bold of mind, brave; fortis anĭmi Wearþ adrǽfeddeórmód hæleþ the brave hero was driven away, Chr, 975; Erl. 126, 18; Edg. 44: Exon. 46 b; Th. 159, 11; Gú. 925: 79 b; Th. 298, 22; Crä. 89: Andr. Kmbl. 1251; An. 626: Fins. Th. 46 ; Fin. 23.
ge-beran
To bear ⬩ bring forth ⬩ ferre ⬩ părĕre
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Ðá wearþ Abrahame Ismael geboren then Ishmael was born to Abraham, 105; Th. 138, 26; Gen. 2297 : Andr. Kmbl. 1379; An. 690
ge-blódegian
To make bloody ⬩ cover with blood ⬩ cruentāre
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To make bloody, cover with blood; cruentāre He ge-blódegod wearþ sáwuldrióre he was made bloody with life-gore, Beo. Th. 5378; B. 2692.
ge-blót
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Hú heán, hé wearþ his geblóta and his diófolgilda þe hé on gelífde, 6, 37; S. 296, 13-23. Hé hét dón tó geblóte ealle þá cuman þe hiene gesóhtan, Ors. 1, 8 tit. ; S. 1. 20. Add: —
á-sceacan
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Hé of þám slǽpe ásceacen wearð, Hml. 8. 31, 891. to shake (trans.) Hé wæs hyne ásceacende eal swá earn þonne hé myd hrædum flyhte wyle forð áfleón, Nic. 14, 35
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cist
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Heó wearð bebyrged on treówenre cyste, Hml. S. 20, 69. Hé hrán ꝥ ceiste ( loculum ), Lk. L. 7, 14. a basket or ark of rushes. [v. N. E. D. chest, 4] Cistula, sporta vel cyst, Wrt. Voc. 131, 19. a horn as a receptacle (?) Ceste cornu, Wrt.
eád
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Þǽr ( in Paradise ) him nǽnges wæs eádes onsýn ... him bitter wearð yrmðu æfter ǽte, Ph. 398. Næs his frymð ǽfre, eádes ongyn, 638. Wæs hyra tíres æt ende, eádes and ellendǽda, Jud. 273.
eorþ-búend
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Þú hæleðum eart, eallum eorðbúendum, weard and wísa, Dan. 565. Ꝥ hé rénas forgeáfe eorðbúgiendum (-búgigendum, v. l.), Hml. S. 18, 144. Ofer ealle eorðbúende super omnem terram, Ps. Th. 82, 14.
full-fremed
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Perfect. fully trained or conversant Heó weóx and wearð fulfremed on gódra mægna heányssum, Hml. A. 126, 337: 122, 187: Bl. H. 73, 16.
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gim
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Sum bið searocræftig goldes and gimma, þonne him gumena weard háteð tó mǽrðum máððum rénian, Crä. 59. Hé hit gihrínade mið golde and mið gimmum, Jn. p. 188, 5. Wíntreówa blóstman beóð gimman gelíce, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 295, 12.
sand
a sending, mission, message ⬩ a dish of food, victuals
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Seó wurðfulle sand wearð on ðisum dæge gefylled, Homl. Th. i. 194, 17. Gregorius is rihtlíce Engliscre þeóde apostol, forðan ðe hé þurh his rǽd and sande ús fram deófles biggengum ætbrǽd, ii. 116, 28.
tin-tregian
To torment, ⬩ torture, ⬩ afflict
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Ðǽr hé tintregad wearð; ǽrest hiene mon swong, ða sticode him mon ða eágan út, and siþþan him mon slóg ða handa of, ðá ðæt heáfod, Ors. 4, 5; Swt. 168, 3, Heo eow tintraȝed and heow iswenchet, O. E. Homl. i. 13, 30
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tíþe
to obtain one's request, ⬩ to have granted the request for something
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Hé ongann tó Gode wísdómes wylnian, and hé eác ðæs tíða wearð, Wulfst. 277, 19. Ðú (Lot) scealt ðære béne tíða weorðan, Cd. Th. 152, 28; Gen. 2527. Þeáh ðú (Esther) biddan wille healfne ðone anweald . . . ðú scealt beón tíþu ðæs, Anglia ix. 33, 185.