leás
loose ⬩ destitute ⬩ void of ⬩ without ⬩ vain ⬩ false ⬩ lying ⬩ deceitful ⬩ deceptive ⬩ faulty
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Hit is swíðe leás tóhopa falsus equus ad salutem, Ps. Th. 32, 15. Hwæðer hit sig ðe sóð ðe s ðe gé secgaþ utrum vera an falsa sint, quæ dixistis, Gen. 42, 16. Se leása gewita the false witness, Deut. 19, 19. Se leása gylp vainglory, Blickl.
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GLÆD
shining ⬩ bright ⬩ glad ⬩ cheerful ⬩ joyous ⬩ bright ⬩ pleasant ⬩ kind ⬩ mild ⬩ courteous
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Gimma gladost brightest of jewels, Exon. 60 a; Th. 218, 3; Ph. 289. glad, cheerful, joyous, bright Ðá wærþ he swíðe glæd then he was very glad, Chr. 656; Erl. 30, 20. Glæd wæs gavisus est, Jn. Skt. Lind. 8, 56. Wosaþ glæd exultate, Lk. Skt.
gód
Good ⬩ good thing ⬩ good deed ⬩ benefit ⬩ goodness ⬩ welfare
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His gód wæs swíðe gecýðed his goodness was very famous, Blickl. Homl. 217, 3: Bt. Met. Fox 20, 57; Met. 20, 29. Ðæt héhste gód the supreme good, 90; Met. 20, 46: Bt. 32, 1; Fox 114, 5. Swá hwæt swá we to góde dóþ whatever good we do, Blickl.
þus
Thus ⬩ in this manner, degree
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Grammar þus, with adverbs Nó wé ðé þus swíðe swencan þorftan, Exon. Th. 129, 58; Gú. 423: 268, 16; Jul. 433: Judth. Thw. 22, 36; Jud. 93.
weorþ-líc
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Hé wurðlíc lác geoffrode; ðæt wæs án gylden calic on fif marcon swíðe wundorlices geworces, Chr. 1058 ; Erl. 193, 21. Cumaþ wæstm on wangas weorðlíc on hwǽtum convalles abundabunt frumento, Ps. Th. 64, 14.
beótian
to threaten ⬩ to threaten ⬩ to threaten with ⬩ a weapon ⬩ a penalty, ⬩ to promise
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wítum tó synfullum mannum Deus pec-cantibus aeternam poenam minatus est, 334, 12. with clause of evil threatened: Hié mé tó beótedan, ꝥ hié mé gegrípan woldon mini-tabantur me comprehendere, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 621, 14. with acc. of evil threatened Se swile
cniht
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Swíðe góde cnihtas, Eustatius þe iunga, and Rógeres eorles þreó sunan, and ealle þá betstboren men þe wǽron innan þisan lande, 1087; P. 224, 28. v. búr-, ceáp-, cípe-, hel-, heorþ-, híréd-, hors-cniht
eáþe
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Add: of action, easily. as being well within one's power Ðæt wé gedón, swǽ wé swíðe eáðe magon mid Godes fultume, ðætte . . ., Past. 7, 9. Þet hí mann eáðe befaran mihte, Chr. 1009; P. 138, 20.
éhtan
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</b> of animals :--- to assail, attack, with weapons Hié his wǽran swíðe éhtende ge mid scotum ge mid stána torfungum, Ors. 3, 9; S. 134, 14. (1 a) of an animal :-- Gyf his nǽdre éhte, Lch. iii. 168, 19. with words, abuse, reproaches Tó hwon éhtest
fægnian
to rejoice ⬩ exult ⬩ welcome
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Cómon ealle . . . swíðe fægengende, Chr. 1069; P. 204, 17. with cause of joy, in gen. Hé fægnode (fægenode, v. l.) ðæs miclan weorces dum magna se fecisse gauderet, Past. 39, 14. Hé fægnode Godes fultumes, Ps. Th. 4, arg.
for-niman
to comprehend ⬩ carry off ⬩ do away with ⬩ defraud ⬩ consume
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Úre hors wǽron swíðe mid þurste fornumene, Nar. 12, 14. of the passage of time On sáre and on geómrunga mín líf and míne geár syndon fornumene, Bl. H. 89, 15
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ge-stígan
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Met. 29, 12. to reach, attain a lofty position Nsénig þæs swíðe in þeóde brym þisses Kfes forð gestígeit none amongst men attains such a pitch of earthly glory, CRä 20
ge-wunelic
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A. 157, 129. of a class Hit is swíðe gewunelic ðætte dómeras and ríce menn on setelum sitten cathedra judicis esse vel praesidentis solet, Past. 435, 20.
módor
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Wyrd seó swíðe ealra firena fruma, fǽhðo módor, Sal. 443. Ǽlc ðyssera heáfodleahtra hæfð micelne teám, ac gif wé ðá módru ácwellað, þonne beóð heora bearn ealle ádýdde, Hml.
ge-þencan
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Hé forgitt swíðe hræðe ðæt hé ǽr ǽfæstlices geðóhte obliviscitur libenter quidquid religiose cogitavit, Past. 57, 8. Rómáne hæfdon swíþor fleám geþóht þonne gefeoht, Ors. 4, 1; S. 158, 24. with infin.
HREÓH
ROUGH ⬩ fierce ⬩ savage ⬩ rough ⬩ stormy ⬩ tempestuous ⬩ disturbed
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Heom on becom swíðe hreóh weder, Chr. 1075; Erl. 212, 23. Hit wæs hreóh sǽ mare exsurgebat, Jn. Skt. 6, 18. Flód hreóh under heofonum, Cd. 69; Th. 83, 29; Gen. 1387: Andr. Kmbl. 933; An. 466: 3083; An. 1544. Hreóh wæter, Ps. Th. 68, 1.
læt
Late ⬩ slow ⬩ sluggish ⬩ tardy
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Ðæt hí ne beón ne wordes ne weorces, ne ealles tó hræde ne tó swíðe læte, L. I. P. 10; Th. ii. 318, 36. Nalæs late wǽron eorre æscberend tó ðam orlege, Andr. Kmbl. 92; An. 46.
níde
of necessity ⬩ as a natural ⬩ inevitable consequence ⬩ from force of circumstances ⬩ of necessity ⬩ because a law, natural, moral or human, is to be satisfied ⬩ from force ⬩ under compulsion ⬩ without free-will
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Hit is on worulde swá leng swá wyrse, and swá hit sceal nýde ǽr Antecristes tócyme yfelian swíðe, Wulfst. 156, 4 : 157, 8. of necessity, because a law, natural, moral or human, is to be satisfied Ðis sceal se mæssepreóst néde bebeódan the priest is bound
yfele
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Hé ða gehát swíðe yfele gelǽste, Bt. 1; Fox 2, 9. Gif ic yfele sprǽce si male locutus sum, Jn. Skt. 18, 23. Gif se esne his hláforde hýreþ yfle, Exon.
ge-wǽcan
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Hé wæs swíðe gewǽced ǽgðer ge mid fæstene ge on þám langan geswince, Hml. S. 23 b, 769. Gif wé lange standað, wé beóð gewǽhte, Hml. Th. i. 488, 35. of the effect of disease, age, wounds, famine, &c. Hungre ic gewǽce fame conficiam, An.