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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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 . . . ?'
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wanian
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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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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.
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.
á-brecan
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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.
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-cumba
oakum ⬩ that which is combed ⬩ the coarse part of hemp,—Hards, flax, tow ⬩ stuppa ⬩ the thing pruned or trimmed, properly of trees ⬩ Prunings ⬩ clippings ⬩ trimmings ⬩ putamen ⬩ reduced to ashes ⬩ Wood ashes
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Nam quicquid ex quacumque re projicitur, putamen appellate Ácumba puta-men, Mone B. 3702.