ge-earnian
To earn ⬩ deserve ⬩ enjoy ⬩ mereri ⬩ promereri ⬩ frui
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Ðæt heó ðý éþ meahte ðæt éce ríce in heofonum geearnian quo facilius perpetuam in cælis patriam posset mereri, Bd. 4, 23; S. 593, 12. Ðæt se man sceolde ða myrhþe ge-earnian that man should enjoy the pleasure [gaudium], Hexam. 17; Norm. 24, 23.
Linked entries: ge-ærnian ge-arnian ge-gearnian
á-streccan
to stretch out ⬩ hold oat ⬩ to extend:-- ⬩ to prostrate,
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Leóht ofer þ geteld ástreht (columna lucis ad caelum usque porrecta,) stód up tó heofonum Bd. 3, 11,Hml. S. 26, 183. Ástrehtne hneccan erectam cervicem, Scint. 83, 18. of time to extend:-- Seó fífte yld stód ástreht oð þæt Críst sylf com, Ælfc. T.
niþer
Down ⬩ beneath ⬩ below
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Se ðe nyþer com of heofonum qui descendit de caelo, Jn. Skt. 3, 13. Ðú niþer færst ( descendes ) óþ helle, Mt. Kmbl. 11, 23. Niþer feallaþ procident, Ps. Lamb. 71, 9 : 94, 6. Niþer fylþ decidat, 89,6. Gá nyþer descende Mt. Kmbl. 27, 40.
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ge-wurþan
to be ⬩ become ⬩ fiĕri ⬩ To happen ⬩ come to pass ⬩ come together ⬩ agree ⬩ evĕnīre ⬩ convĕnīre
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Hit gewurþ him of mínum fæder, ðe on heofonum ys fiet illis a patre mea, qui in cælis est, Mt. Bos. 18, 19.
hleówþ
Shelter, ⬩ protection, ⬩ warmth
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Ðonne him cælþ hé cépþ him hlýwðe when he gets cold he looks out for warmth, Hexam. 20; Norm. 28, 23. Tó neste bǽron heora briddum tó hleówþe bore it to their nest to shelter their young, Homl. Th. ii. 144, 23.
óga
the feeling which is excited in a person, terror, dread, horror, great fear ⬩ the exciting cause of such a feeling ⬩ an object which excites fear, a terrible, horrible thing ⬩ to fear ⬩ to terrify ⬩ to frighten ⬩ terrible
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Skt. 21, 11) of heofenum and micele tácna terrores de caelo et signa magna, 538, 32. Ógana terribilium, Blickl. Gl. God him sende swíðlíce ógan (the ten plagues) Ælfc. T. Grn. 5, 18. [Cf.
hádor
Clear [applied both to light and to sound], bright, serene ⬩ clarus, splendidus, serenus, micans ⬩ bright (of the sky, stars)
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Se ðe heofen þeceþ hádrum wolcnum qui operit cælum nubibus, Ps. Th. 146, 8. Singaþ hǽdrum stefnum they sing with clear voices, Elen. Kmbl. 1492; El. 748
HRÓF
A ROOF ⬩ the top ⬩ summit
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Of hé[um] heofnes hrófe ex summa cæli arce, Rtl. 101, 24. Hé gescóp eorþan bearnum heofon tó [h]rófe qui filiis hominum cælum pro culmine tecti creavit, Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 22.
ge-styrian
To move ⬩ remove ⬩ excite ⬩ agitate ⬩ amovere ⬩ agitare
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Mægna ða ðe sint in heofnum gestyred bíþon virtutes quæ sunt in cælis movebuntur, Mk. Skt. Lind. 13, 25. Forhuon arogie gestyred quid turbamini, 5, 39: Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 24, 6: Jn. Skt. Lind. 12, 27.
a-hebban
To heave up ⬩ lift up ⬩ raise ⬩ elevate ⬩ exalt ⬩ ferment ⬩ levare ⬩ tollere ⬩ elevare ⬩ erigere ⬩ exaltare ⬩ extollere ⬩ fer-mentare
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To heave up, lift up, raise, elevate, exalt, ferment; levare, tollere, elevare, erigere, exaltare, extollere, fer-mentare Nolde his eágan ahebban up to ðam heofone nolebat oculos ad cælum levare, Lk. Bos. 18, 13. To ahebbanne levare, Gen. 48, 17.
cúþ-líce
certainly, manifestly ⬩ certo, aperte ⬩ for, indeed, therefore ⬩ nempe, igitur ⬩ familiarly, courteously, kindly ⬩ familiariter, civiliter, comiter
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Grn. ii. 293, 20. familiarly, courteously, kindly; familiariter, civiliter, comiter Ðæt he ðe cúþlícor from ðám hálgum ge-earnode in heofonum onfongen beón quo familiarius a sanctis recipi mereretur in cælis, Bd. 5, 7; S. 621, 12: Cd. 111; Th. 146, 32
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sceótan
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</b> add :-- Seó culfre fleáh þǽr út, and þá bróðra hire lócodon on, oþ ꝥ heó sceát in þone heofon (penetravit caelum), Gr. D. 275, 18. <b>IV c.
lyft
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In lyft ástág cirm, Gú. 363. the upper region of the air, sky, heaven Tó morgen hyt byð smylte weder ; þes heofon (caelum) ys reád . . . Tó dæg hyt byð hreóh weder; þeós lyft (caelum) scínð unwederlíce, Mt. 16, 3.
ge-fyllan
To fill ⬩ fulfil ⬩ make a total ⬩ complete ⬩ finish ⬩ accomplish ⬩ satisfy ⬩ implere ⬩ saturare
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Hí heofon-hláfe hálige gefylde pane cæli saturavit eos, Ps. Th, 104, 35. Dú gefyldest foldan and rodoras wuldres ðínes thou hast filled earth and skies with thy glory, Exon. 13 b; Th. 25, 29; Cri. 408.
fæst-nes
Firmament, firmness, stability, fastness, fortification ⬩ firmāmentum, firmĭtūdo, mūnīmen, propugnācŭlum
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Vŏcāvitque Deus firmāmentum, cælum, Gen. 1, 6-8. Behealdaþ nú ða wídgilnesse, and ða fæstnesse heofenes behold now the immensity, and the firmness of heaven, Bt. 32, 2; Fox 116, 5. Ymbtrymming oððe fæstnyss mūnīmen, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 12; Som. 9, 32
þunor-rád
Thunder ⬩ a peal of thunder
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Hé worhte þunorráda on heofonum intonuit de caelum Dominus, Ps. Th. 17, 13: Ex. 9, 23
openian
to open, to become open ⬩ to become manifest ⬩ to open, unclose ⬩ to disclose, manifest
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Openiendum heofonum caelis patentibus, Bd. 4, 9 ; S. 576, 37. Opniendum, Hpt.
settan
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Add Fuglas heofnes ne settas ł sáwas volatilia caeli non serunt, Mt. L. 6, 26. On længtene wíngeard settan, Angl. ix. 262, 8. <b>III a.
for-niman
To take away ⬩ deform ⬩ plunder ⬩ destroy ⬩ ransack ⬩ waste ⬩ consume ⬩ devour ⬩ rapĕre ⬩ perdĕre ⬩ extermĭnāre ⬩ vastāre ⬩ consūmĕre ⬩ devŏrāre
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Wylt ðú we secgaþ ðæt fýr cume of heofone, and fornime hig vis dīcĭmus ut ignis descendat de cælo, et consūmat illos? Lk. Bos. 9, 54.
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líc-hama
The body ⬩ the corporeal
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Ðæt ðín líchama sí eallum fugelum tó mete sit cadaver tuum in escam cunctis volatilibus cæli, Deut. 28, 26. Ðis is mín líchaman [líchama, MS. A.] hoc est corpus meum, Mt. Kmbl. 26, 26.