DEÁÞ
DEATH ⬩ mors
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Fram deáþe to lífe a morte in vitam, Jn. Bos. 5, 24. Deáþ he ðǽr býrigde he there tasted death, Rood Kmbl. 199; Kr. 101: Cd. 228; Th. 306, 17; Sat. 665: Exon. 119 b; Th. 459, 25; Hö, 5. Þurh fǽrlícne deáþ through sudden death, L. C.
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FǼMNE
A virgin, damsel, maid, woman ⬩ virgo, puella, fēmĭna
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Hæfde Nérgend fægere fóstorleán fǽmnan forgolden, éce to ealdre the Saviour had repaid the fair reward of fostering to the virgin, in eternal life, Menol. Fox 302; Men. 152.
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swǽr
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and gyt mycele swǽrran ealle ða ungelimp ðe on ðysum lífe becumaþ, Hexam. 20; Norm. 28, 26. heavy, sad, feeling or expressing grief Ðæt swǽre triste Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 49. Mé is swǽre stefn, hefig, gnorniende vox gemitus mei Ps.
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witod
appointed ⬩ ordained ⬩ assured ⬩ certain ⬩ certain ⬩ certainly ⬩ assuredly
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Wé ús nytan witod líf óð ǽfen we are not sure of life until the evening, Wulfst. 241, 16: 240, 18: 151, 17. Nú hæbbe ic ðíne hyldo mé witode geworhte, Cd. Th. 45, 15; Gen. 727. Weotude, Andr. Kmbl. 2149; An. 1076.
swá
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lífe swá ungeendodon wíte accipere sive vitam aeternam, sine mortem aeternam, prout antea fecisti; sive vitam aeternam, sive infinitum supplicium, L.
wendan
To turn ⬩ To cause to move ⬩ to change ⬩ alter ⬩ convert ⬩ to translate ⬩ interpret ⬩ to move one's self ⬩ take one's way ⬩ go ⬩ proceed ⬩ wend ⬩ To wend ⬩ go ⬩ proceed
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Ða yldu wendan tó lífe Exon. Th. 211, 2; Ph. 191. Ða gewitnesse wendan to pervert the testimony 147, 21; Gú. 730. Ðær hé hit wendan (-en, MS.) meahte if he could have changed it, 276, 23; Jul. 570: Elen. Kmbl. 1955; El. 979.
ge
and ⬩ even ⬩ even ⬩ both . . . and . . . ⬩ and
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Hé ge his þeóde, ge eác þám cynnum Scotta and Pehta, ge mid his lífes bysene, ge mid láre, ge mid ealdorlicnessa ðreá, ge mid árfæstnesse his sylena swíðe brícsade, Bd. 3, 27; Sch. 322, 8-16. ge . . . ge eác Ge hér on worlde, ge eác on þǽre tóweardan
middan-geard
the middle dwelling ⬩ the earth ⬩ world ⬩ the world and they that dwell therein ⬩ mankind
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Líf ðysses middangeardes this present life, 59, 27. Gé synt middaneardes (-geardes, MS. A.) leóht vos estis lux mundi, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 14. Ða hwatestan men ealles ðises middangeardes, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 48, 6.
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síþ-fæt
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Síþfæt sægde ðe hé mid wilddeórum áteáh told of his life with the wild beasts, Cd. Th. 256, 31 ; Dan. 649. Nú ðú ædre const síþfæt mínne. Ic sceal sárigferþ hweorfan . . . now thou shalt speedily know my course. Mournful must I wander . . . , Exon.
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þweorh
crooked ⬩ cross ⬩ adverse ⬩ opposed ⬩ cross ⬩ angry ⬩ bitter ⬩ perverse ⬩ wrong ⬩ evil ⬩ depraved ⬩ froward ⬩ wrongly ⬩ evilly
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Hé eall ðurh his unrihtdǽde mid ðweorum lífe áþýstrade universa prave agenda obnubilavit, Bd. 5, 13; S. 633, 33. On þwerre sprǽce in locutione perversa, Confess. Peccat. Ðweran perverso, Kent. Gl. 242.
an-gin
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Gif hwylc man úre angin (writing Gulhlac's life) and weorc tǽle, Guth. 4, l. persistent effort, enterprise, endeavour, pertinacity þára þegna angin . . . ꝥ hié noldon þæs weallgebreces geswícan the pertinacity of the thanes in not desisting from breaking
feran
to go on ⬩ proceed ⬩ to fare ⬩ go on ⬩ succeed ⬩ to come ⬩ be derived
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H. 21, 17. of going from this world, to depart this life Ǽr hé of worulde férde, Bl. H. 225, 9. Férdon forð Tatwine and Biéda, Chr. 734; P. 44, 14. Gif ceorl and his wíf bearn hæbben gemǽne, and fére se ceorl forð, Ll.
ge-wissian
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Sé ús gewissige á on ðysse worulde, and tó þám écan lífe gelǽde, Hml. S. 17, 268. with acc. Mód hé begéme and hé gewissige mentem gubernet et regat, Hy. S. 16, 9. to direct to an end Hé his híwrǽdene tó ðám ylcan gewissode, Hml. Th. ii. 348, 17.
weg
- Kent. Gl. 207 :
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a road (lit. or fig.) made for passengers, a path commonly used ⬩ space to be traversed, a journey ⬩ manner, mode, method, plan ⬩ way, ⬩ way,
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Hé leóde lǽrde on lífes weg, Andr. Kmbl. 340; An. 170: 3357; An. 1682. Sume feóllon wið weg (æt strǽt ł woeg, Lind.: bi wæge, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. 13, 4. Wegas, enta ǽrge*-*weorc, strǽte stánfáge, Andr.
EAL
sometimes used indecl ⬩ without substantive, and sometimes governing the genitive ⬩ are sometimes used, almost adverbially
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He lífes gesteald in ðam écan hám eal sceáwode he saw all the dwelling-place of life in the eternal home, Exon. 12 a; Th. 19, 24; Cd. 305. Ðæs we ealles sculon secgan þonc for all that we ought to give thanks, 16 b; Th. 38, 24; Cri. 611.
hé
He, she, it
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Sume hit ne gedýgdan mid ðam lífe some did not come out of it with life, Chr. 978; Erl. 127, 12.
beón
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Voc. ii. 34, 61. absolute, to exist, (of life) to last Ðú eart éce and á byst, Shrn. 199, 21. Þá hwíle þe mín líf byð, Cht. E. 230, 7. Gif ic lengc beó þonne heó, Shrn. 159, 27. ꝥ Án is þú woldest beón; óðer ꝥ þú woldest lybban, 193, 27.
god-spell
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A. 16, 75. the record of Christ's life and teaching. contained in the books written by the four evangelists Drihten selfa swá on his godspelle be him ( John the Baptist ) cwæþ, Bl. H. 165, 2: 213, 21.
hǽte
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Him cóm on swá micel hǽte and swá micel þurst ꝥ hié him heora feores ne wéndun they got into such a state of heat and thirst that they gave up hope of life, 6, 13; S. 268, 12. <b>IV a.
wís-dóm
wisdom ⬩ discretion ⬩ knowledge ⬩ cognizance ⬩ wisdom ⬩ knowledge ⬩ learning ⬩ philosophy
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Ðæt se sáwle weard lífes wísdóm forloren hæbbe, se ðe nú ne giémeþ hwæþer his gǽst sié earm þe eádig, Exon. Th. 95, 4; Cri. 1552.