rodor-líc
of the firmament ⬩ celestial ⬩ heavenly
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Hí faraþ tó heofonum and rodorlíce wununga underfóþ, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 83
ge-scyndan
to hasten ⬩ to cause to hasten, to drive
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to hasten Heofon-torht swegl gescyndeþ the heaven-bright sun hastens, Exon. 93 b; Th. 351, 2; Sch. 74. to cause to hasten, to drive Ða twegen drýmen wurdon gescynde of ðam earde the two wizards were driven from the land, Homl. Th. ii. 476, 8
a-metan
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Seó heofon is mid steorrum ámétt (-mét, v. l. ), Lch. iii. 232, 21: Angl. viii. 310, 1. Hí beóð ámétte and ámearcode mid gildenum stafum, Wlfst. 302, 27
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be-hwylfan
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and substitute Ne behwylfan mæg heofon and eorðe his wuldres word wíddra and síddra þonne befæðman mæge . . . eorðan ymbhwyrft and uprodor heaven and earth cannot form a vault that shall cover his glory's word, too wide and too ample for the globe and
brádiende
broad, spread out ⬩ Stretching out, extending, reaching ⬩ amplificans, extendens, tendens
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Stretching out, extending, reaching; amplificans, extendens, tendens Fram ðam heofone brádiende niðer óþ ða eorþan reaching from the heavens down to the earth, Ors. 5, 10;Bos. 108, 25
under-bæc
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add: — Ðás seofon tunglan gáð ǽfre eástweard ongeán þá heofenan, ac seó heofon is strengra and ábrét hí ealle under-bæc westward mid hire ryne, Angl. vii. 14, 137. add: — Hit is áwriten ðæt him wǽre betere ðæt hí nó sóðfæstnesse weg ne ongeáten, ðonne
holm-þracu
The violence of the sea, ⬩ the tossing of the waves, the ocean,
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Ðú geworhtest heofon and eorþan and holmþræce thou didst make heaven and earth and the sea with its tossing waves. Elen. Kmbl. 1453; El. 728; Exon. 17b; Th. 42, 25; Cri. 678: 57b; Th. 205, 19; Ph. 115
droppetian
To drop, fall by drops, distil ⬩ distillāre
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To drop, fall by drops, distil; distillāre Heofonas droppetodon fram ansýne Godes cæli distillāvērunt a facie Dei, Ps. Lamb. 67, 9. Fór ansýne Drihtnes heofonas droppetaþ the heavens drop before the face of the Lord, Ps. Th. 67, 9
ymb-swífan
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To revolve round Þeáh þe wé þonne gýt þá sunnan sylfe geseón ne magon, for ðan seó sunne hafað þonne mid þý heofone þás eorían útan ymbswifen and ymbcerred, Nap. 88
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cyning
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Ðæs cyninges tácen is þæt þú wende þíne hande ádúne, and befóh þín heófod ufeweard eallum fingrum on cynehelmes tácne. Cyninges wífes tácen is þæt þú strece onbútan heófod, and sete syððan þíne hand bufon þín heófod, Tech. ii. 128, 23-27.
stræcness
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Hí mid ánrǽdnesse and mid strecnesse geearnodon heofona ríce, L. Ælfc. P. 13 ; Th. ii. 368, 29
ágend-freá
The owning lord ⬩ possessor ⬩ dominus ⬩ possessor
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The owning lord, possessor; dominus, possessor He heofona is and ðisse eorþan ágend-freá he is the owning Lord of heaven and of this earth, Cd. 98; Th. 129, 10; Gen. 2141: Beo. Th. 3770; B. 1883
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heáh-seld
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Add: [seld = setl, Sievers, Gram. 196, 2] a throne Satanus wolde on heofonum héhseld wyrcan (cf. hú hé him stólgeworhte on heofonum, Gen. 273), Sat. 372. Stondað hæleð ymb héhseld, 47. an elevated platform For heáhseldum pro rostris, An. Ox. 2322.
þrym-setl
A throne
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A throne Heofon ys Godes þrymsetl ( thronus ), Mt. Kmbl. 5, 34. On Godes þrymsetle, 23, 22. Se cásere feóll of his ðrymsetle, Shrn. 76, 31. Beforan þrymsetle Cristes ante tribunal Christi, Anglia xiii. 387, 311: Blickl. Homl. l01, 29.
Eáster-sunnandæg
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Easter Sunday Ic an heofonas ástáh an þone hálgan Eástorsunnandæg, Wlfst. 222, 21
un-áspringendlic
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In heofona ríce is éce líf and unáspringenlic gefeá, Nap. 64
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fægernes
FAIRNESS, beauty ⬩ pulchrĭtūdo
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FAIRNESS, beauty; pulchrĭtūdo On heofona wuldres fægernesse with the beauty of heaven's glory, Homl. Blick. 159, 16. Mid ðínum hiwe oððe wlite and fægernysse ðínre begém spĕcie tua et pulchritūdĭne tua intende, Ps. Lamb. 44, 5
æ-týnan
To open ⬩ aperire
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To open; aperire Dura heofones he ætýnde januas cœli aperuit, Ps. Spl. 77, 27
mete-láf
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Add:: — For hwí ne mót se ðearfa onfón þínes metes, þe mid ðé is tó onfónne heofona ríce ? . . . Hwí nis sé wyrþe ꝥ hé onfó þínra meteláfe, þe mid þé is tó cumenne tó engla gebeótscipe?, Hml. A. 142, 102-107
geán-cyr
A turning against ⬩ coming against ⬩ meeting ⬩ occursus
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A turning against, coming against, meeting; occursus Fram heán heofone is útgang his, and geáncyr his óþ to heáhnesse his a summo cœlo est egressio ejus, et occursus ejus usque ad summum ejus, Ps. Spl. 18, 7