CLIF
A CLIFF, rock, steep descent ⬩ promon ory, clivus, rupes, promontorium
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A CLIFF, rock, steep descent; promon ory, clivus, rupes, promontorium Ða ludéi lǽddon Crist to ánum clife, and woldon hine niðerascúfan the Jews led Christ to a cliff, and would cast him down, Homl. Th. ii. 236, 33.
ENGEL
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Be-heóldon ðæt [MS. ðær] engel Dryhtnes ealle all the angels of the Lord beheld it, Rood Kmbl. 18; Kr. 9. Hér sindon nigon engla werod here are nine hosts of angels, Homl. Th. i. 10, 14: 12, 8 : Elen. Kmbl. 2559; El. 1281.
HEFIG
HEAVY ⬩ weighty ⬩ oppressive ⬩ grievous ⬩ difficult ⬩ serious ⬩ grieved ⬩ important ⬩ gravis ⬩ molestus
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Áhófon hine of ðam hefian wíte they lifted him off that heavy punishment, Rood Kmbl. 121; Kr. 61. Heó is hefegon swæce it is of unpleasant smell, Herb. 151, 1; Lchdm. i. 276, 9:143, 1; Lchdm, i. 264, 20.
Linked entry: hefig-mód
hrýman
To call ⬩ cry out ⬩ to cry out ⬩ boast ⬩ exult ⬩ lament ⬩ murmur
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Gif feorrancumen man oððe fræmde búton wege gange and hé ðonne náwðer ne hrýme ne he horn ne bláwe if a man from a distance or a stranger go off the high road and then neither call out nor blow a horn, L.
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loc
A lock ⬩ bolt ⬩ bar ⬩ enclosure ⬩ fold ⬩ A close ⬩ conclusion ⬩ settlement
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Heó héht ða róde in seolfren fæt locum belúcan, Elen. Kmbl. 2051; El. 1027. Locu mandras, caulas, Hpt. Gl. 476, 30. Loca caulas, Coll. Monast. Th. 20, 17. Godes engel undyde ða locu ðæs cwearternes, Homl.
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be-windan
To wind or bind around or about, entwine, wrap, enwrap, encircle, surround, wind, turn ⬩ amplecti, involvere, cingere, circumdare, volvere
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Wæs bewunden was wound round, Andr. Kmbl. 38; An. 19. Wírum bewunden bound round with wires, Beo. Th. 2066; B. 1031. Iosep bewand hyne mid clǽnre scýtan Ioseph involvit illud in sindone munda, Mt. Bos. 27, 59: Lk. Bos. 2, 7: Bd. 3, 11; S. 536, 9.
GEÁP
Open ⬩ spread out ⬩ extended ⬩ broad ⬩ roomy ⬩ spacious ⬩ wide ⬩ pătens ⬩ pătŭlus ⬩ amplus ⬩ lātus
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Under geápne hróf under the spacious roof, Beo. Th. 1677; B. 836
rǽpling
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Paul) wæs ðyder (to Rome ) rǽpling gelǽded, Blickl. Homl. 173, 7. Rǽplinga damnatorum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 26, 54. Se wæs gebunden mid ðám rǽplingum qui cum seditiosis erat vinctus, Mk. Skt. 15, 7.
BÉTE
BEET ⬩ bēta = σεύτλoν
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BEET, a root from which sugar is often extracted; bēta = σεύτλoν, n Sindon eáþ begeátra béteand mealwe beet and mallow are more easily procured, L. M. 2, 30; Lchdm. ii. 226, 25: iii. 12, 26.
wrǽst
delicate ⬩ elegant ⬩ splendid ⬩ noble ⬩ excellent
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Rose wynlíc weaxeþ; ic eom wrǽstre þonne heó, Exon. Th. 423, 23 ; Rä. 41, 26. noble, excellent Ðú út álǽddest wrǽstne wíngeard. . . . Ðú him his wyrtruman wrǽstne settest, Ps. Th. 79, 8-9. Nolde ic ðíne gewitnesse wrǽste forlǽtan, 118, 157.
leód
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Gé Rómániscan leóda ye men of Rome, Hml. S. 35, 291 : Hml. A. 65, 7 : Lch. iii. 246, 15. Se wer gebirað mágum, and seó cynebót þám leódum, Ll. Th. i. 186, 5. Forwearð se consul mid eallum his folce from Etusci þǽm leódum L.
rinc
A man (a poetical term)
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Rófe rincas ( the fallen angels), Cd. Th. 19, 4 ; Gen. 286 : (those who occupied Shinar ), 99, 24; Gen. 1651
wending
Turning ⬩ a turning round ⬩ revolution ⬩ changing ⬩ mutation
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Turning. a turning round, revolution. Cf. wendan On ánre wendinge, ða hwíle ðe hé (the firmament) ǽne betyrnð, gǽð forð feówor and twéntig tída Hexam. 5; Norm. 8, 30. a turning up or over Gif ðǽr sié ðæs hrifes wendung if the stomach be upset (?)
gyrdan
To GIRD ⬩ bind round ⬩ cingere
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To GIRD, bind round; cingere Ðá ðú gingra wǽre ðú gyrdest ðé ... ðonne ðú ealdast óðer ðé gyrt cum esses junior cingebas to ... cum senueris alms to cinget, Jn. Skt. 21, 18. Se ðe hine man gelome gyrt qua semper præcingitur, Ps. Th. 108, 19.
solor
An upper chamber, a soler ⬩ flat roof of a house ⬩ an upper room ⬩ solarium, coenaculum
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Garytte, hey solere specula 187. ] Wicklif (Jos. 2, 6) uses the word for the flat roof of a house
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pise
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Ðonne sceal man ða langnysse ( of the root ) tóceorfan on pysena gelícnysse, i. 260, 15. On pysena wóse, 260, 25. Pysena seáw, ii. 220, 10. Pysena broþ, 278, 18. Healde hi hinc wið pisan and wid ða þing ðe windigne ǽþm on men wyrcen, 214, 2
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éhtend
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pursuer, assailant (cf. éhtan, <b>I, III</b>) Scipia sǽde þæt hé þára ǽlces éhtend wolde beón, swá swá his feóndes, þe þæs wordes wǽre þæt from þóhte Scipio said he would pursue with relentless hostility every one who voted for leaving Rome
ge-wind
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Voc. ii. 68, 71. what winds round or envelops (as in winding-sheet) Gewynd involucrum, Wrt. Voc. i. 41, 25
on-wealh
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Hit nys álýfed ꝥ man hyre wyrtruman anwealhne geseón móte it is not permitted that its root be seen when entire, 318, 20. add: of non-material objects, physically or morally perfect Cwǽdon hí þæt heó wǽre onwelges mægðhádes and unwemme, Hml.
tellan
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</b> add :-- Wolde hé Róme gesécan, ꝥ in þá tíd wæs micles mægenes teald and gelýfed Romam adire curauit, quod eo tempore magnae uirtutis, aestimabatur, Bd. 4, 23; Sch. 470, 11. <b>III c.