Q
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reliquias retained its original form
-tig
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O. H. Ger. the two forms are -zug and -zó. In O. Frs. and Icel. the same forms are used throughout. Tig is another form of the root seen in ten (tehan, g for h according to Verner's Law)
HEORD
A HERD ⬩ flock
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Heora heorda wíslíce healdan to keep their flocks wisely, L. Eth. vi. 2; Th. i. 314, 14. Godcunde heorda spiritual flocks, L. C. E. 26; Th. i. 374, 34
munuc-hád
Monk-hood ⬩ the monastic state
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Monk-hood, the monastic state (of women as well as of men) Munuchád and abbudhád syndon on óðre wísan (different from the seven orders previously mentioned), L. Ælfc. C. 18; Th. ii. 348, 31.
lustfullung
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I a. pleasure in something (gen. ) :-- Þæt þú on míne heortan getryme þínra beboda lustfullunga, Angl. xi. 101, 28. in an unfavourable sense On þreó wísan bið deófles costnung ; þæt is on tihtinge, on lustfullunge, on geðafunge.
rǽswa
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They answered and said unto the king,' Dan. 3, 14), wís and wordgleáw, Cd. Th. 242, 11; Dan. 417. one who takes thought (for the public good), a prince, king Se rǽswa ( Nebuchadnezzar ), 256, 14; Dan. 640.
un-eáðe
difficult ⬩ hard ⬩ troublesome ⬩ unpleasant ⬩ grievous
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Seó wíse wæs míne (in mé, v. l.) on twá healfa unéþe quae res dupliciter me torsit, Nar. 9, 23. Him bið unéþe þurst getenge he will be oppressed by troublesome thirst, Lchdm. ii. 174, 23. Wamb ungewealden and unýþe, 242, 5. Unýþe molestus, Wrt.
binnan
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Þá wíse menn ǽgðær ge binnan burh ge búton, Chr. 1052; P. 181, 1. within an enclosure, a fence, &c. with dat. Iéwde hé mé áne duru beinnan ðǽm wealle, Past. 153, 19. Ðá wuhta beinnan ðám wáge, 155, 21.
on-cnáwan
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Ðæt hié oncnáwæn tó hwǽm hiera ágen wíse wirð ut ad cognitionem sui revocentur, Past. 265, 23. Þæt hié oncnéwen hú God þá rícu sette, Ors. 2, 1; S. 63, 35. Add Oncneáwu ł ongæt intelligit, Mt. L. 13, 19. Oncnǽw, 23.
hearga
a grove ⬩ a temple ⬩ fane ⬩ an idol
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[For pl. hearga; f. substitute: a place sacred to a god, with an idol and an altar. a grove Hearga lucum (the word occurs among glosses to Aldhelm between one on Ald. 50, 25 and another on 50, 27: in the text between these lucum does not occur), Wrt.
Basilius
Basil, bishop of Cæsarēa ⬩ Kαιδάρεια
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And he wrote the advice which we now wish to tell in the English language, Basil prm; Norm. 32, 1-14: Sancti Basilii Exameron [ = έξάμεεου] ðæt is, be Godes six daga weorcum the Hexameron of holy Basil, that is, concerning the six days' works of God,
swefen
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Hé ne wisse word swefnes sínes, 223, 27 ; Dan. 126. Com on sefan hwurfan swefnes wóma, 222, 25 ; Dan. 110 : Elen. Kmbl. 142 ; El. 71. Óðer swefen hine mǽtte and hé rehte ðæt his bróðrum: ' Ic geseah on swefne ( per somnium ),' Gen. 37, 9.
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mann-þwǽre
Gentle ⬩ mild ⬩ meek ⬩ not harsh ⬩ courteous
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On óðre wísan sint tó manienne ða monþwǽran on óðre ða grambǽran quomodo admonendi mansueti et iracundi, Past. 40; Swt. 287, 20: Ps. Th. 33, 2: 149, 4. God geriht ða manþwǽran ( mites ) on dómum, 24, 7.
be-standan
To stand by or near, to stand around, surround, to stand on or upon, occupy, detain ⬩ adstare, circumstare, circumdare, detinere
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Abraham híg bestód on ða ealdan wísan Abraham stood by her after the old custom, Gen. 23, 2. Fæderas and móddru bestandaþ heora bearna líc fathers and mothers stand around the corpses of their children, Homl. Th. ii. 124, 17.
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blót-mónaþ
November, the month of sacrifice, so called because at this season the heathen Saxons made a provision for winter, and offered in sacrifice many of the animals they then killed. In an account of the Saxon months, it is thus described
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syllan this month is called Novembris in Latin,, and in our language the month of sacrifice, because our forefathers, when they were heathens, always sacrificed in this month, that is, that they took and devoted to their idols the cattle which they wished
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ǽnig
unicus
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Voc. ii. 118, 60. adjectival On ǽnige óðre wísan aliter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 2, 56. Ic ǽnigra mé weána ne wénde, B. 932. with qualitative force :-- Ne beó ðú ǽnig manslaga Wlfst. 66, 17
Lǽden
Latin ⬩ speech ⬩ language
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Ǽfre se ðe áwent of Lédene on Englisc, ǽfre hé sceal gefadian hit swá ðæt ðæt Englisc hæbbe his ágene wísan, elles hit biþ swíðe gedwolsum tó rǽdenne ðam ðe ðǽs Lédenes wísan ne can, Ælfc. Gen. Thw, 4, 5-11.
be-gitan
To get ⬩ obtain ⬩ take ⬩ acquire ⬩ to seek out ⬩ receive ⬩ gain ⬩ seize ⬩ lay hold of ⬩ catch ⬩ sumere ⬩ obtinere ⬩ assequi ⬩ acquirere ⬩ nancisci ⬩ capere ⬩ comprehendere ⬩ arripere
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To get, obtain, take, acquire, to seek out, receive, gain, seize, lay hold of, catch; sumere, obtinere, assequi, acquirere, nancisci, capere, comprehendere, arripere Ǽlc mód wilnaþ sóþes gódes to begitanne every mind wishes to get the true good Bt. 24
manian
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III. add :-- On óðre wísan sint tó monianne (cf. lǽranne, 21) ðá iungan, Past. 179, 19. Add Mínes sweóres fæder manode rihtes gafoles pater soceri mei exactionem canonis egerat, Gr. D. 305, 36. .
wesan
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Cf. bí-wist. Add Bégen þá consulas wǽron mid firde angeán Hannibal, Ors. 4, 8; S. 186, 30. Mǽst ealle . . . wǽron wið þæs fýres weard . . . Hió wǽron flocmǽlum þiderweard, 4, 10; S. 200, 16-19.