lagu
sea ⬩ water
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Stille þynceþ lyft ofer londe and lagu swíge, Exon. 101 b; Th. 383, 16; Rä. 4, 11. Lagu land gefeól lyft was onhréred sea fell to earth, air was stirred [of the destruction of the Egyptians in the Red Sea], Cd, 167; Th. 208, 12; Exod. 482.
þeóstre
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Ðá hangode swíðe þýstru wæter on ðám wolcnum tenebrosa aqua in nubibus, Ps. Th. 27, 11. Wæs se óðer beám eallengasweart, dim and þýstre, Cd. Th. 30, 36; Gen. 478. Þýstre genip, 9, 9; Gen. 139. Se þeóstra, Wulfst. 186, 4. Niht seó þýstre, Judth.
a-rédian
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Drihten ús geunne þæt wé magan his willan áredian, Wlfst. 50, 8. to find out by experience Gif hé swá áredad bið (cf. the later (Winteney) version: Gyf heó swilc áfunde byð) on þǽre cumlíðnesse þæt hé ne sý wyrðe þǽre scyrunge si non fuerit talis qui
ge-béd
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Seó stemn þǽre heortan bið swíðe gedréfed on þǽm gebede ( in prayer ), Bl. H. 19, 10: 217, 28. On þára apostola gebede when the apostles pray, 141, 3. Þá gebróðor tó gebede hyldon, An. 1029.
ge-sceádwís
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Þ man sí gesceádwís and gemetigian cunne ge his spréce ge his swígan, Prov. K. 2. Hé befrán his geféran rǽdes, and cwæð tó his gesceádwísan bréðer, Hml. S. 25, 398: Angl. ix. 259, l.
ge-wiht
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Ǽghwylc gewihte beó be his dihte gescyft swíðe rihte, Ll. Th. ii. 314, 8. Ne sceall hé geþafian fals gewihte, 312, 18. Hé þóne regol þe hé mid his handum áwrát betǽhte Maure mid him tó hæbbenne, and heora hláfes gewiht and heora wínes gemett. Hml.
wafian
To look with wonder, be amazed, ⬩ to wonder at, be amazed at
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Hí swíðe wundredon and wafiende cwǽdon, Lchdm. iii. 436, 7. with gen. to wonder at, be amazed at ne wafaþ ðæs, ðonne se fulla móna wyrþ ofertogen mid þióstrum ? . . . Ðises hí wundriaþ, Bt. 39, 3;Fox 214, 29.
ofer-méttu (o)
Pride, arrogance, haughtiness
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Mid his ágnum wordum ðone swiran gebiége his ágenra ofermétta suo judicio superbiae cervicem calcat Past. 26, 3; Swt. 185, 15. On heora oferméttum in superbia Ps. Th. 30, 20. On oferméttum áþunden, Past. proem.; Swt. 25, 6.
ge-swencan
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Heó wæs swíðe geswenced (vexatus), Gr. D. 72, 30. Gé bióðun giswenced uapulabitis, Mk. R. 13, 9.
réðe
Fierce, cruel, savage ⬩ severe, stern, austere, zealous ⬩ wild, savage, fierce; ⬩ severe, cruel, fierce, dire;
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Twegen ðe hæfdon deófolseócnesse wǽron swíðe réðe ( ;saevi nimis; ), Mt. Bos. 8, 28. Ealle swíðe erre-wǽron. Ðá wæs heora sum réðra and hátheortra ðonne ðá óðre, Blickl.
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lytel
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Hé sceal of swíðe lytlum hyt onginnan, Solil. H. 45, 16. Þonne wát ic swíðe lytel óðer nánwiht, 66, 17. Ðý lǽs hié fela sellen ðám ðe hié lytel sceoldon, oððe lytel ðǽm ðe hié micel sceoldon, Past. 321, 17. Lytel ágan. Bl. H. 49, 20.
ge-dihtan
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Dǽdbóta sind gedihte on mislice wísan, ii. 282, 3. to order, manage, rule Þæt heáfod gewissað þám óðrum limum, swá swí þæt mód gediht ðá geðóhtas. Hml.
HEFIG
HEAVY ⬩ weighty ⬩ oppressive ⬩ grievous ⬩ difficult ⬩ serious ⬩ grieved ⬩ important ⬩ gravis ⬩ molestus
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Hit swíðe hefegu scyld is it is a very grievous crime, L. E. I. 27; Th. ii. 422, 36. Bútan hefegum gefeohte without heavy fighting; sine ullo prælio, Bd. 1, 3; S. 473, 11.
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leó
A lion ⬩ lioness
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Seó leó ðeáh hió wel tam sé and hire magister swíðe lufige, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 9. Etan león flǽsc ... Nim león gelynde to eat lion's flesh ... take lion's suet, L. Med. ex Quad. 10, 12; Lchdm. i. 364, 22, 24.
reáf-lác
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Ús rýpera reáflác derede swíðe, Wulfst. 159, 11. Gé synt innan fulle reáfláces pleni rapina, Mt. Kmbl. 23, 25. Full reáflace and unrihtwísnesse, Lk. Skt. 11, 39. Nellaþ gé tó reáfláce rǽda þencean in rapinis nolite concupiscere, Ps. Th. 61, 10.
gild
a payment of money ⬩ a tribute ⬩ compensation ⬩ retribution ⬩ substitute ⬩ solutio ⬩ tributum ⬩ compensatio ⬩ remuneratio ⬩ retributio ⬩ GUILD ⬩ society ⬩ club, to which payments were made for mutual protection and support, more extensive than our friendly societies ⬩ societas ⬩ fraternitas ⬩ a payment to God ⬩ worship ⬩ service ⬩ sacrifice ⬩ offering ⬩ cultus ⬩ sacrificium ⬩ a heathen deity ⬩ numen ⬩ a visible object of worship ⬩ an idol ⬩ idolum
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Ðis wæs swíðe hefigtýme geár þurh mænigfealde gylda this was a very grievous year on account of manifold taxes, Chr. 1096; Erl. 233, 25. Menn guldon him gyld men paid him tribute, 1066; Fri. 203, 8.
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scildan
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E. 23; Th. i. 374, 7. to make a defence: — Siððan hé his hyspinge gehéred hæfde ðá scylde hé ongeán swíðe ungeþyldelíce after he had heard his abuse then he made a defence in reply very impatiently, Bt. 18, 4; Fox 66, 35
slǽp
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Ðý swíðan slǽpe, Blickl. Homl. 205, 4. Slápe somno, Eng. Stud. ix. 40, col. 1. Ðæt dust ðysse wyrte ðone slǽp on gelǽdeþ, Lchdm. i. 286, 6: 158, 2. Næfþ hénánne slǽp, ii. 198, 25. Slép, i. 158, 2.
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un-gemet
immensity ⬩ an immense number ⬩ immoderation ⬩ excess ⬩ to excess ⬩ without measure ⬩ excessively ⬩ immensely ⬩ very
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Ungemetum swíðe, 118, 67. Eágan ungemetum wépaþ, Dóm. L. 12, 193
dwelian
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Ox. 347. figurative Nú ic wæs of þám rihtan wege mínes ingeþances, ac betere hit bið ꝥ ic eft fare út of þysum porte, ðy lǽs ic tó swíðe dwelige, Hml. S. 23, 553. Ðá ðe fyligað þǽre gýtsunge, hí dweliað fram Godes geleáfon, Hml. Th. i. 256, 18.