weder
weather, condition of the atmosphere ⬩ good weather ⬩ wind, storm, breeze, air ⬩ weather (as in weather-bow, -bound), wind.
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Niht bið wedera þeóstrost, Salm. Kmbl. 621; Sal. 310. Ðeóf sceal gangan in ðýstrum wederum, Menol. Fox 544; Gn. C. 42. Hwý hí ne scínen scírum wederum, Met. 28, 45. Holmegum wederum, Cd.
ge-gangan
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, Sal. 362. where movement from a place is the primary notion, to depart Gegangende cesuram, Wrt. Voc. ii. 14, 18.
segl
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Ðá wæs be mæste merehrægla sum, segl sále fæst, Beo. Th. 3816 ; B. 1906. Ðæt scip wæs ealne weg yrnende under segle, Ors. 1. 1 ; Swt. 19, 34. Nefne hé under segle yrne, Exon. Th. 345, 11 ; Gn. Ex. 186 : Andr. Kmbl. 1009 ; An. 505.
slǽpan
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Salm. Kmbl. 188, 12. Slǽpeþ dormitet, Ps. Lamb. 120, 3. Slǽpeþ (slépeþ, Ps. Surt. ) obdormiet, Ps. Th. 120, 4. tó slǽpe ; wulfes heáfod lege under pyle; se unhála slǽpeþ, Lchdm. i. 360, 18. Gif gé slǽpaþ (slépaþ, Ps. Surt. ), Ps. Th. 67, 13.
Linked entry: slépan
ge-weorpan
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Ꝥ salt bið geworpen út mittatur foras, Mt. L. 5, 13. Geworpene iactari (in ardentes thermarum vapores), An. Ox. 4781. where a change of position is caused by force, to cast in or out Gewarpp ðá bibyccenda ejicit vendenles, Mt. p. 18, 17.
ge-synto
Health ⬩ welfare ⬩ safety ⬩ prosperity ⬩ success ⬩ advantage ⬩ profit ⬩ benefit ⬩ sānĭtas ⬩ sospĭtas ⬩ sălus ⬩ prospĕrĭtas
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Health, welfare, safety, prosperity, success, advantage, profit, benefit; sānĭtas, sospĭtas, sălus, prospĕrĭtas Hí ðære gefeán ðære willendan gesynto onfóþ cŭpītæ sospĭtātis gaudia redībunt, Bd. 4, 3; S. 570, 22.
GAMEN
GAME ⬩ joy ⬩ pleasure ⬩ mirth ⬩ sport ⬩ pastime ⬩ jŏcus ⬩ oblectāmentum ⬩ gaudium ⬩ jūbĭlum ⬩ lætĭtia ⬩ lūdus
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Wynsum gamen a pleasant game; săles, Ælfc. Gl. 16; Som. 58, 67; Wrt. Voc. 21, 54. Næs ðæt hérlíc dǽd, ðæt hine swelces gamenes gilpan lyste that was not a glorious deed, that he should wish to boast of such sport, Bt. Met. Fox 9, 37; Met. 9, 19.
Linked entry: gomen
leax
A salmon ⬩ lax
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Lex salmo vel esocius, Ælfc. Gl. 102; Som. 77, 65; Wrt. Voc. 55, 70. Leax ysox, 65, 66: esox, Wrt. Voc. ii. 30, 48. Laex isic, 112, 8. Leax sceal on wǽle mid sceóte scríðan swiftly shall the salmon in the stream's eddy move, Menol. Fox 538; Gn.
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áþ
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Þá salde se here him foregíslas and micle áþas, þæt hié of his rice uuoldon, 878;P. 76, 13. Add
hríðer
ox ⬩ cow ⬩ heifer
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Ðǽr wǽron gecýpe hrýðeru and scép there were for sale oxen and sheep, Homl. Th. i. 406, 18. Hwílum hý him ráredon on swá hrýðro sometimes they bellowed at him like oxen, Shrn. 141, 10. Gif hrýðera steorfan if cattle are dying, Lchdm. iii. 54, 31.
heardlíce
boldly ⬩ hardily ⬩ hardly ⬩ severely ⬩ inflexibly
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Banan heardlíce, grimme ongieldað, Sal. 131. with intensive force with verbs implying pain, injury, &c. Similar entries Cf. hearde; V, 1 Þéh se mennisca deófol synfullum móte heardlíce derian, Wlfst. 273, 22.
hund-twelftig
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And ðæt æreste godweb is háten Aurum caeleste, ðǽm ðióstre ne magon cxxtigum míla neáh gehleonian, Sal. K. 152, 17-20. Mid hundtwelftigan sciłł. . . . mid sixtigan scillinga, Ll. Th. i. 342, 2 ; 410, 9. Be .cxx.
ge-stígan
To mount ⬩ ascend ⬩ descend
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Siððan ðú gestígest steápe dúne after thou dost mount the lofty hills, Cd. 137; Th. 172, 32; Gen. 2853: 227; Th. 303, 14; Sal. 612. Beddreste gestáh mounted the couch, 102; Th. 135, 25; Gen. 2248.
hwettan
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Óðer gást hine tyhteð . . . ýweð him earmra manna misgemynda and þurh þæt his mód hweteð, Sal. 495.
FREMU
Advantage ⬩ profit ⬩ gain ⬩ benefit ⬩ commŏdum ⬩ emŏlŭmentum ⬩ quæstus ⬩ fructus ⬩ benĕfĭcium ⬩ sălus
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Advantage, profit, gain, benefit; commŏdum, emŏlŭmentum, quæstus, fructus, benĕfĭcium, sălus Hwelc fremu is ðé ðæt, ðæt ðú wilnige ðissa gesǽlþa what advantage is it to thee, that thou desirest these goods? Bt. 14, 1; Fox 42, 8: 26, 3; Fox 94, 12.
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L
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So the West Saxon forms, healdan, sealt, healf, are found in the Northumbrian Gospels as halda, salt, half, and in Gothic, O. Sax., Icel., O. H. Ger. the vowel also is a.
cweþan
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Salm ic cweoðu psalmum dicam, Ps. Srt. 17, 50. Se yfela þeów cuið on his móde, Past. 121, 11. Gé cweaðað dicitis, Ps. Srt. 138, 20.
fægernes
ornament ⬩ beauty ⬩ pleasantness
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Þá fægernesse þæs londes, Nar. 26, 25. a beautiful thing, ornament: Beorhtra ðonne ealra heofona tunglu oððe on ealre eorðan sýn goldes and seolfres frætwednissa and fægernissa, Sal.
geap
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, Sal. 256. with convex surface Gim sceal on hringe standan steáp and geáp, Gn. C. 23. crafty, clever, astute Geáp callidus Wrt. Voc. i. 85, 37. Sé þe gehealt þreágincga geáp ( astutus) hé wyrð, Scint. 114, l.
tó-hopa
Hope, ⬩ expectation
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On ðé ys eall úre níél and úre tóhopa Domini est salus, 3, 7. Wâ eów welegum ðe eówer lufu eall and eówer tóhopa is on eówrum worldwelum, Past. 26; Swt. 180, 24.