swinc-leás
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Without labour or toil On ð æm écan lífe wé bútan geswince God heriaþ. Wé sceolon on andwerdum lífe hine herian, ðæt wé móton becuman tó ðære swincleásan herunge, Homl. Th. ii. 364, 9
teóðung-ceáp
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Hé cwæþ: Nú neálǽceþ ðæt wé sceolan úre ǽhta and úre wæstmas gesamnian. Dón wé ðonne Drihtne þancas ðe ús ða wæstmas sealde, and sýn wé gemyndige ðæs ðe ús Crist sylfa bebeád.
weorold-mann
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Wé beóð feor ofdúne gelǽded, þonne wé gemengde beóð tó þysum woruldmannum mid úre gelómlican sprǽce . . . eác ful oft wé gewuniað ꝥ wé þám woruldmannum hwæthugu mid sprecað for gehlæge multum deorsum ducimus, dum locutione continua secularibus admiscemur
hwý
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ne synt wé múðfreó ? hú ne móton wé sprecan þæt wé willað ? hwæt ! ondrǽde wé hwylc hláford mæg ús forbeóden firne willan ?, Ps.
ǽce
Eternal ⬩ æternus
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Eternal; æternus Ðæt we ge-earnian ǽce dreámas that we may obtain eternal delights, Ps. C. 156
wamb
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Wé þis ne róhton; ac wé lufedon micle swíðor úra wamba fylnesse, Verc. Först. 123, 14. Add
be-ebbian
To leave aground by ebbing ⬩ aqua privare
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To leave aground by ebbing; aqua privare Scipu wǽron be-ebbode [be-ebbade] the ships were left aground by the ebb, Chr. 897; Th. 176, 30
bi-weddian
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to espouse, betrothe, wed; desponsare Wæs sió fǽmne wélegum biweddad the woman was betrothed to the rich one, Exon. 66 a; Th. 244, 25; Jul. 33
folc-getæl
A number of people ⬩ pŏpŭli nŭmĕrus
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A number of people; pŏpŭli nŭmĕrus On folc-getæl fíftig cista in the number of people [were] fifty bands, Cd. 154; Th. 192, 9; Exod. 229
ge-streáwian
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To strew Swylc hit eall gestreáwod wǽre mid wynsume blóstmen and wyrtgemangum as if it all were strewed with pleasant flowers and spices, Shrn. 15, 31
ge-súpan
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To sup, sip, suck up, absorb; absorbēre Wén is ðæt hí us woldan wætre gelíce sóna gesúpan forsĭtan vĕlut aqua absorbuissent nos, Ps. Th. 123, 3
be-þweán
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To wet, bedew, wash; rigare Mid mínum teárum strecednysse míne oððe míne beddinge ic beþweá oððe ic gelecce lacrimis nleis stratum meum rigabo, Ps. Lamb. 6, 7
elmestlíc
Charitable ⬩ mĭsĕrĭcors
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Charitable; mĭsĕrĭcors Swé hit him bóem rehtlícast and elmestlícast wére as might be most righteous and most charitable for both, Th. Diplm. A. D. 830; 465, 23
feordian
To be at war ⬩ bellum gĕrĕre
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To be at war; bellum gĕrĕre Hí feordodan wið Ætlan Húna cininge they were at war with Ætla king of the Huns, Chr. 443: Erl. 11, 35
fulwiht-stow
A baptism-place ⬩ baptistery ⬩ baptismătis lŏcus ⬩ baptistērium
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A baptism-place, baptistery; baptismătis lŏcus, baptistērium Ne wǽron cyrican getimbrede, ne fulwihtstowe churches were not built, nor baptism-places [baptistēria], Bd. 2, 14; S. 518, 16
lícend-líce
Pleasingly
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Pleasingly Forðon mín gebed nú gyt bécnum standeþ ðæt him on wísum is wel lýcendlíce quoniam adhuc est oratio mea in beneplacitis eorum, Ps. Th. 140, 8
ofer-libban
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to outlive, survive Wes ðet lond becueden his bróðar, gif hé Cyneþrýðe oferlifde, Chart. Th. 465, 19. Láf oððe oferlibbende superstes, Gr. 9, 26; Som. 11, 7
ge-witfæst
Of sound mind
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Of sound mind Nǽnig deófolseóc ðæt he eft wel gewitfæst nǽre no possessed person that was not in his right mind again, Guthl. 15; Gdwin. 66, 17
Linked entry: -witfæst
snáw-ceald
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Cold as snow Ðæt sió fýrene (ne) mót sunne gesécan snáwcealdes weg monna ( but read (?) mónan. Cf. Bt. 39, 13; Fox 232, 28) gemǽro, Met. 29, 8
hát-heort
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Háthort were viro furioso, Kent. Gl. 845. Add: —