þafian
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Ðé sint tú gearu swá líf swá deáð, swá ðé leófre biþ tó geceósanne; cýð hwæt ðú ðæs tó þinge þafian wille say which alternative you mean to accept, Elen. Kmbl. 1213; El. 608.
hwá
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Deo possit placere, Bd. 1, 27 ; Sch. 65, 5. in combination with swá. swá hwá (hwæt) swá.
neb-wlitu
The form of the face ⬩ the face ⬩ countenance
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The form of the face, the face, countenance Heora nebwlitu sceán swá swá sunne, Homl. Th. ii. 426, 10. Ic ne mæg on his nebwlite beseón, Homl. Skt. 7, 104. Hí gesáwon his nebwlite swylce sumes engles ansýne, Homl. Th. i. 46, 5.
gigant
A giant ⬩ gigas
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Swá swá gigant yrnþ on his weg ut gigas ad currendam viam, Ps. Th. 18, 6. Ne se gigant ne wyrþ ná gehǽled nec gigas salvus erit, 32, 14. He ðone gigant ofwearp he struck down the giant, Blickl. Homl. 31, 18
brédan
To cherish ⬩ nourish
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Fugelas ne týmað swá swá óðre nýtenu, ac ǽrest hit bið ǽig, and seó módor siððan brét þæt ǽig tó bridde, Hml. Th. i. 250, 24. Been týmað heora teám mid clǽnnysse, of ðám hunige hí brédað heora bród, ii. 10, 17
endung
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Swá hwæt swá þé on eáge byreð æfter tíde cymð seó endung (fulfilment), Lch. iii. 154, 22. Neár worulde endunge, Past. 213, 6. On endungce in consummatione, Ps. L. 58, 14. On heora endunge þonne hié endiaþ, Bt. 16, 3; F. 56, 26.
hǽþ-feld
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Forheregian swá swá fýres lég déð drígne hǽþfeld, Bt. 16, 1; F. 50, 4. ¶ For the word as local name see C. D. vi. 294
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méd
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Swá hwæt swá hé begit his swinces tó médes, 36, 43. v. mǽþ-, weorold-méd. Add
æf-weard
absens
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Hé ðá word ðára æfweardra swá geara wiste swá ðára andweardra, Guth. 70, 4: Gr. D. 311, 1. Hé sægde ðá æfweardan þing andweardum mannum praesentibus absentia nuntiare coepit, 126, 11: Guth. 86, 9. Add
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ge-mane
Having a mane ⬩ a mane
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Having a mane Ðara hǽfda beóþ gemona swá leóna hǽfdo their heads have manes like lions' heads, Nar. 35, 29
un-forcúþlíce
Nobly ⬩ excellently
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Nobly, excellently Metode geþungon Abraham and Loth unforcúdlíce, swá him from yldrum æðelu wǽron, Cd. Th. 103, 9; Gen. 1715
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eall-rihte
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Quite directly, exactly Ealswá yfel anda lǽt tó helle, ealrihte swá gód anda lǽt tó Gode, R. Ben. 131, 13
un-geþyld
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Ná swá þeáhhwæþre þás brocu Romulan mód gelǽddon tó ǽnigre (ǽnigum, v.l.) ungeþylde (-þyldo, v.l. ), Gr. D. 284, 5. Add
sealm
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Th. 56, 9, 11. the psalms of David David wítegode fela ymbe Crist, swá swá ús cýðaþ ða sealmas ðe hé gesang, Ælfc. T. Grn. 7, 25. On Moyses ǽ, on wítegum and on sealmum, Lk. Skt. 24, 44. On psalmum (salmum, Cott. MSS.)
þoden
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[Swa þode
un-þinged
Uninvited ⬩ sudden ⬩ unexpected
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Uninvited, sudden, unexpected Ðý læs iów geméte se réða and se egeslíca dæg, se cymð ofer ealle eorðwaran unðinged, swǽ swǽ grin et superveniat in vos repentina dies illa.
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fel-tún
An enclosed place ⬩ garden ⬩ privy ⬩ dunghill ⬩ secessus ⬩ latrīna ⬩ sterquĭlīnium
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An enclosed place, garden, privy, dunghill; secessus, latrīna, sterquĭlīnium Se wisdóm and óðre cræftas licgaþ forsewene swá swá meox under feltúne wisdom and other virtues lie despised like dirt on a dunghill, Bt. 36, 1; Fox 172, 11.
fór-oft
Very often ⬩ persæpe
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Swá swá we sylfe fóroft gesáwon as we ourselves have very often seen, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 12, 9; Lchdm. iii. 260, 2: Wrt. popl. science 11, 8; Lchdm. iii. 256, 16
lapian
To lap ⬩ lick
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Gedó ðonne on glæsfæt and ðonne mid hláfe oððe mid swá hwilcum mete swá ðú wille lapa on then put it into a glass vessel, and then, with bread or with whatever food you will, lap it up, L. M. 2, 6; Lchdm. ii. 184, 24.
lobbe
A spider
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A spider Úre gǽr swá swá lobbe oððe rynge beóþ ásmeáde anni nostri sicut aranea meditabuntur [cf. Ps. Th. 89, 10, anlícast geongewefran ðonne hió geornast biþ ðæt heó áfǽre fleógan on nette], Ps. Lamb. 89, 9.