strengþu
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D. 48, 5. (1 a) power to resist strain :-- For ðon þe se ráp gehrán þǽre racenteáge þæs Godes weres þe hé hæfde on him swá myccle strengðe (strenge, v. l.) tó ádreóganne þá byrde quia enim catenam viri Dei funis contigit, ipse quoque ad tolerandam aquam
sunu
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Th. 426, 11; Rä. 41, 72
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feówer
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Hé him wegas tǽcneð feówer eallum, Rä. 52, 7. Wyl ealle feówer on buteran, Lch. ii. 128, 8. with a multiple of ten Weaxeð ꝥ flód ðæs sǽs feówer and twéntigum síða, Shrn. 63, 29
ge-hǽlan
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Lǽcecynn þe mid wyrtum wunde gehǽlde, Rä. 6, 12. Monige ádle þurh ꝥ beóð gehǽlde, Bl. H. 127, 13: 209, 14. of mental distress, to relieve, remove anxiety, &c. Hé mé sára gehwylc gehǽlde, hygesorge, Gú. 1219.
ge-lícnes
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R. L. 16, 12. the representation of an object, an image, a copy Hwæs gelícnis his þæt cujus est imago haec?, Mt. R. L. 22, 20: Mk. L. R. 12, 16. Gelícnes iconisma (regale compto stemmate depictum ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 45: 47, 14.
gilpan
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Ðá hé ongeat ðæt hié gulpun hiera fæstenes dum de abstinentiae virtute gloriantium praecepta perstringeret Past. 313, l. to glory in (inst. ) Lífe ne gielpeð, hláfordes gifum, Rä. 59, 12.
sang
song, singing ⬩ a singing, chanting ⬩ song, poetry, ⬩ a song ⬩ a poem
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Mǽwes song, 406, 25; Rä. 25, 6. Earn sang áhóf, Elen. Kmbl. 58; El. 39. Wulf sang áhóf, 224; El. 112. of sound caused by inanimate things; v.
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þeón
To thrive, ⬩ grow, ⬩ flourish, ⬩ prosper
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Th. 485, 2; Rä, 71, 7. Se síð ne þáh ðam ðe unrihte inne gehýdde wræote the journey did not turn to the profit of him who unrighteously had hidden treasure within, Beo. Th. 6109; B. 3058: 5665; B. 2836. Hine (him?) se cwealm ne þeáh, Exon.
spyrian
to track ⬩ go in a track ⬩ follow ⬩ make a journey in search of something ⬩ to make a track ⬩ go ⬩ to enquire ⬩ investigate ⬩ examine ⬩ to enquire after or into ⬩ seek to know about ⬩ to search after ⬩ seek to attain ⬩ to ask ⬩ investigare, indagare, sciscitari ⬩ to track; to investigate; to ask
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Th. 408, 7; Rä. 27, 8. Syndan onhrérede anlícast hú druncen hwylc spyrige as any drunken man makes his way, Ps. Th. 106, 26. to enquire, investigate, examine Ðá cwæþ se wísdóm: 'Hwí . . . ?'
Linked entries: æfter-spyrian spirian
ge-samnian
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Ic (rain) eom . . . wedre gesomnad, Rá. 31, 2. (aa) to collect what is growing, gather fruit, corn, & c. :-- Gesomnas (gisoronigað, R. ) uæstem congregat fructum, jn. L. 4, 36: colligent, 15, 6. Ne of ðornum gesomnað (colligunt) fícbeám. Lk.
wanian
To make less ⬩ lessen ⬩ diminish ⬩ curtail ⬩ to bring within narrower limits ⬩ to abate ⬩ check ⬩ reduce ⬩ to cause to cease or fail ⬩ to bring to nought ⬩ destroy ⬩ frustrate ⬩ to put in an inferior position ⬩ To wane ⬩ become less ⬩ decrease ⬩ diminish ⬩ to wane ⬩ become inferior ⬩ decline ⬩ decay
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Th. 402, 21; Rä. 21, 33. Mon scel ðone unþeáw of mynstre wanian and mid ealle áwyrtwalian hoc vitium radicitus amputandum est de monasterio, R. Ben. 56, 16. to put in an inferior position Ðú wanodest (minuisti) hine lytle læs fram ænglum, Ps.
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reccan
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receþ (cf. hærfest bryngþ rípa bléda, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 15), Met. 29, 63.
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LUFU
LOVE
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Homl. 29, l0: Exon. 107 a; Th. 409, 7; Rä. 27, 25. Mid bróðorlíce lufan hí lǽran ðæt hí rihte sibbe and lufan betwih him hæfdon, Bd. 2, 2; S. 502, 8. For Godes lufon pro Domino, 3, 19; S. 547, 16. For úre lufan for love of us, Blickl. Homl. 23, 35.
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un-rím
A countless number ⬩ an incalculable number or amount
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Grammar un-rím, with a sing. gen. of word implying multitude Unrím heriges, Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 31. Cnósles unrím, Exon. Th. 430, 15 Rä. 44, 9. Ðæt his ( of that race ) unrím á in wintra worn wurðan sceolde, Cd. Th. 236, 21; Dan. 324.
æþelo
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Ic þæs beámes mæg æðelu secgan, Rä. 56, 8. in respect to rational beings Him ides æfter æðelum ( in the natural course ) eaforan fédde, Gen. 1054. condition determined by birth or descent Þæt is cúð hwanon þám ordfruman æðelu onwócon; hé wæs áféded
hangian
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R. 22, 40
rýman
to make roomy, extend, spread, enlarge,amplify ⬩ to clear a way ⬩ yield, give place
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Rým ðysum men setl da huic locum, Lk. Skt. 14,9 . Rýmaþ him ( cease to oppose him ) ðæt hé mé leng ne swence, Homl. Th. i. 534, 17
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wág
A wall, mostly of a building
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R. 104, 5. Wiðinnen þe uour woawes, 172, 21. Fra wah to waȝhe, Orm. 1015. Tweȝȝenn waȝhess, 6825. Wowes, O. and N. 1528. Woȝ, Ayenb. 72. Woughe, Wyck. Ps. 61, 4, Wowes, Piers P. 3, 61
smæl
Small ⬩ small, little, not great ⬩ narrow, not broad ⬩ slender, thin, not thick ⬩ fine ⬩ not coarse ⬩ not loud ⬩ gracilis, exilis, subtilis, minutus, strictus ⬩ a sheep, small cattle
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Th. 486, 15; Rä. 72, 15. Him ne hangaþ nacod sweord ofer ðam heáfde be smalan þrǽde Bt. 29, 1; Fox 102, 28.
á-brecan
to break up, break to pieces, destroy the connexion between the parts of an object ⬩ to break down a wall ⬩ to break off, separate forcibly ⬩ to destroy a person ⬩ to break, violate ⬩ to take by storm, to storm a place ⬩ To break out, forth, away, &c.
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Ǽr hé helwara burg ábrǽce, Rä. 56, 7. Ábrecan expugnare, Ors. 3, 9; S. 132, 12: capere, Bd. 3, 16; S. 542, 20: Chr. 921; P. 101, 8.