mere
the sea ⬩ a mere ⬩ lake ⬩ an artificial pool ⬩ cistern
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Drinc ðæt wæter of ðínum ágenum mere bibe aquam de cisterna tua, Past. 48, 5; Swt. 373, 4, 8
ge-mearcian
To mark, point out, describe, assign, appoint, determine ⬩ nŏtāre, signāre, designāre, assignāre, constĭtuĕre, decernĕre
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Getácnod oððe gemearcod is ofor us leóht andwlitan ðínes signātum est sŭper nos lūmen vultus tui, Ps. Lamb. 4, 7. He is wuldre gemearcad it is marked with glory, Exon. 60 b; Th. 220, 11; Ph. 318.
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weorþ-líce
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Ðú ymb ðínne esne dydest wel weorðlíce bonitatem fecisti cum servo tuo 118, 65. Swíðe mycel cyrice . . . geworht swá fægre and swá weorþlíce swá hit men on eorþan fægrost and weorþlícost geþencean meahton, Blickl.
cweþan
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Se mon bið, þæs þe swá tó cweþanne sié ( so to say ), ǽghwæþer ge gehæfted ge freó, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 98, 17. to call, name Þone tún mon his naman cweðeþ cujus nomine vicus cognominatur, Bd. 2, 20; Sch. 189, 8. Mé eádige cwǽdon ealle cneórisna, Bl.
spor
a trace, track, spoor ⬩ a trace, vestige, mark left by anything (of the marks made by weapons; cf. ⬩ a wound ⬩ tracing, tracking
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a trace, track, spoor Ne biþ ðǽr éþe ðín spor on tó findanne vestigia tua non cognoscentur Ps. Th. 76, 16. Stande ðæt spor for ðone foreáð, L. Ath. iv. 2; Th. i. 222, 16. Wé noldon tó ðæm spore onlútan. Past. pref. ; Swt. 5, 18 : Exon.
ge-mynd
Mind, memory, memorial, memento, remembrance, commemoration ⬩ remembrance
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Swá ic ðín gemynd rihte begange sic memor fui tui, Ps. Th. 62,-6: 108, 16. Us is mid mycelre gemynde to geþencenne we must bear well in mind, Blickl. Homl. 29, 2. Gimynd commemoratio, Rtl. 62, 21.
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mann
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Beó hys mann, næs þín ágen, and beó geðafa ꝥ þú æart hys þeówa noli esse velle quasi proprius et in tua potestate, sed . . . Domini te servum esse profitere, Solil. H. 53, 14. Gif man his mæn an wiófode freóls gefe, Ll. Th. i. 38, 15.
hyht
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Sæle blidse mé, Dryhten, þínre hǽlo heht redde mihi laetitiam salutaris tui, Ps. C. 100. marked by a preposition:-Gú ðlác upp gemunde hám in heofonum. Him wæs hyht tó þám, Gú. 69.
freólíc
Free ⬩ noble ⬩ ingenuous ⬩ comely ⬩ goodly ⬩ līber ⬩ ingĕnuus ⬩ egrĕgius ⬩ dĕcens
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Beam freólícu tú two comely children, 82; Th. 102, 30; Gen. 1708. Mid his twegen suno, freólíco frumbearn with his two sons, comely first-born, Exon. 112b; Th. 431, 31; Rä. 47, 4. Fǽmne freólícast most noble damsel, 9a; Th. 5, 20; Cri. 72
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ge-hnǽgan
To bend down ⬩ humble ⬩ cast down ⬩ subdue ⬩ declīnāre ⬩ hŭmĭliāre ⬩ dejĭcĕre ⬩ subĭgĕre
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To bend down, humble, cast down, subdue; declīnāre, hŭmĭliāre, dejĭcĕre, subĭgĕre Ðú miht oferhydige eáðe mid wuude heáne gehnǽgean tu hŭmĭliasti sīcut vulnĕrātum sŭperbum, Ps. Th. 88, 9.
ge-edníwian
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Þú mé geedníwodest mín ríce tu restituisti mihi haereditatem meam, Ps. Th. 15, 5. Tó þám ǽrrum antimbre geedníw-ude (fragmina) in pristinum statum reformavit (i. innouauit), An. Ox. 1832. Críst ús geedníwode tó his gelícnisse, Ælfc. T. Grn. 3, 34.
hyge
Mind ⬩ heart ⬩ soul
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Wesan ðíne eáran gehýrende mid hige on eall gebedd esnes ðínes fiant aures tuæ intendentes in orationem servi tui, 129, 2. Mid hyge þencan to think with the mind, Exon. 82 b; Th. 311, 23; Seef. 96.
healf
a half
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On þám fíftan dǽle healfum, Bt. 18, 1; F. 62, 23, Ðet land healf and healfne tún, C.
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bletsian
To BLESS, wish happiness, consecrate ⬩ benedicere, consecrare ⬩ merciful, kind ⬩ to have mercy
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Drihten eorþan ðíne benedixisti Domine terram tuam, Ps. Spl. 84, 1. He bletsode hí benedicebat eos, Mk. Bos. 10, 16: Ps. Spl. 106, 38.
ymb-sittan
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</b> as a term of war, to besiege, invest :-- Ðíne fýnd ðé ymbsittaþ mid ymbtrymminge circumdabunt te inimici tui uallo (Lk. 19, 43), Homl. Th. i. 408, 35. Hé ymbsæt ða burh ( circumdedit Eglon ), Jos. 10, 34.
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díc
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S. 27, 39. an earthwork with a trench Gihaðrigað ðec fióndas ðíne mið díce (dícg, L.) circumdabunt te inimici tui uallo, Lk. R. 19, 43.
eallunga
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Hé biþ eallinga swíþe mycel beforan Gode ne timeas, quoniam exaudita est depraecatio tua . . . Erit autem magnus, Bl. H. 165, 7-11. Ðá wearþ se drý eallunga áweht then the sorcerer did indeed get roused, 173, 19.
ge-miclian
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Srt.) þíne weorc quam magnificata opera tua, Bl. Gl. III. to magnify, glorify, extol. the object personal Hé lǽrde in somnungum hiora and gemiclad (gemǽrsod, W.S.) wæs (magnificabatur) from allum, Lk. L. 4, 15.
a-fón
To receive ⬩ take ⬩ take up ⬩ hold up ⬩ support ⬩ seize ⬩ lay hold of ⬩ suscipere ⬩ assumere ⬩ corripere ⬩ occupare ⬩ tradere
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To receive, take, take up, hold up, support, seize, lay hold of; suscipere, assumere, corripere, occupare, tradere We aféngon mildheortnysse ðíne on midle temple suscepimus misericordiam tuam in media templi, Ps. Spl. 47, 8: 118,116.
a-sendan
To send forth ⬩ send out ⬩ send ⬩ emittere ⬩ mittere
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To send forth, send out, send; emittere, mittere Asend gást ðínne and biþ gescapen emitte spiritum tuum et creabuntur, Ps. Spl. 103, 31. Ðonne ðú of líce aldor asendest when thou sendest forth life from thy body, Cd. 134; Th. 168, 29; Gen. 2790.
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