þunian
to stand out ⬩ be prominent ⬩ be lifted up ⬩ stick up ⬩ to be lifted up ⬩ be proud ⬩ to be stuck up ⬩ to make a noise ⬩ to sound ⬩ resound ⬩ creak
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Hié gesáwon fyrd wegan ... þúfas þunian they saw the host march ... saw the standards lift their tops above the ranks, Cd. Th. 187, 32; Exod, 158. Þindan and þunian, þecene hebban, Exon.
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ge-lǽtan
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. :-- Ælfwíg hæfð gelǽten tó Stígande .xxx. hýda landes wið .x. marcan goldes and wið .xx. pundon seolfres, C. D. iv. 171, 28. to cause to move, bring.
hǽman
To lie with, have intercourse with, to marry ⬩ concumbere, coire, nubere
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To lie with, have intercourse with, to marry; concumbere, coire, nubere Wit wǽron swíðe unróte geworden for ðý hǽmede ðe wé wéndon ðæt wit hǽman sceoldon we became very sad on account of the intercourse that we expected we should be obliged to have,
hryre
Fall ⬩ downfall ⬩ ruin ⬩ destruction ⬩ perdition ⬩ decay ⬩ decline ⬩ death
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On myclum hryre seó heord wearþ on sǽ besceofen magno impetu grex præcipitatus est in mare, Mk. Skt. 5, 13. Ðone hryre ðe se feallenda deófol on engla werode gewanode the loss which the falling devil had caused in the host of angels, Homl.
murnan
To mourn ⬩ be sad ⬩ be anxious ⬩ To mourn ⬩ lament ⬩ to care about ⬩ regard
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Cwom seó murnende Maria, 119 b; Th. 459, 33; Hö. 9: 121 a; Th. 464, 22; Hö. 91. Bonan gnornedon, mǽndon murnende, 38 b; Th. 128, 8; Gú. 401. Murnan on móde to be sad at heart, Cd. 35; Th. 45, 31; Gen. 735: Judth. 11; Thw. 23, 33; Jud. 154.
segn
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Voc. ii. 120, 61. a sign, mark, token Abraham sette friðotácn ( circumcision ) on his selfes sunu, héht ðæt segn wesan (wegan?) heáh gehwilcne, ðe his hína wæs wǽpnedcynnes, Cd.
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blǽd
a blast, blowing, breath, spirit, life, mind ⬩ flamen, flatus, inspiratio? spiritus, vita, animus ⬩ enjoyment, prosperity, abundance, success, blessedness, gift, reward, benefit, glory, honour ⬩ fruitio, prosperitas, abundantia, successus, beatitudo, donum, præmium, beneficium, gloria, dignitas ⬩ flatus
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spiritus, vita, animus Gif máre blǽd windes astág [MS. astahg] if a stronger blast of wind arose; si flatus venti major adsurgeret, Bd. 4, 3; S. 569, 8. Þurh gǽstes blǽd through the spirit's inspiration, Exon. 63 b; Th. 234, 33; Ph. 549.
un-wemme
spotless ⬩ without blemish ⬩ without defect ⬩ uninjured ⬩ uninjured ⬩ inviolate ⬩ undefiled ⬩ pure ⬩ immaculate ⬩ perfect ⬩ pure ⬩ immaculate
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Æt Sancta Maria ðære unwemman fǽmnan, 105, 20. Heó lufode ðone Hǽlend ðe hí heóld unwemme, Homl. Skt. i. 20, 18: Exon. Th. 19, 13; Cri. 300. Uuwemme immunes, incontaminati, Hpt. Gl. 447, 43.
wirs
Worse ⬩ worst
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Hí wyrs geférdan (geférdon máran hearm and yfel v. ll. ), ðonne hí ǽfre wéndan, Chr. 994; Th. i. 241, col. 2. Eów wyrs gelomp, Exon. Th. 142, 1; Gú. 637. Ne wæs hyra ǽnigum ðý wyrs, ne síde ðý sárra, 394, 19; Rä. 14, 5.
wítnian
To punish ⬩ torment ⬩ plague
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Sume wyllaþ wítnian stíðlíce ða læssan gyltas on heora underþeóddum, and nellaþ wítnian mid nánre wrace ða máran synna on him sylfum, Homl. Ass. 7, 182. Ðý læs hit him sié wítnod lest it be punished in him, Past. 9; Swt. 59, 17
for-healdan
withhold ⬩ keep back ⬩ disregard ⬩ neglect
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L. 15, 29. not to keep in good condition. not to keep in safety, not to preserve Eálá eá is ꝥ forweorþfullic wela þe náuþer ne mæg ne hine selfne gehealdan ne his hláford, tó ðon ꝥ hé ne þurfe máran fultumes, oððe hí beóþ bégen forhealden O praeclara
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ge-eácnian
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Maria fǽmne cende, for ðon heó wæs fǽmne geeácnod, Bl. H. 3, 13-17, 18, 22. Heó geeácnod wæs of þǽm Hálgan Gáste, 11, 14. Þæt wíf mid bearne geeácnod wæs, Guth. 8, 12. to conceive a child Geeácnaþ concipit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 22.
fóre-weard
FORWARD ⬩ fore ⬩ former ⬩ early ⬩ prōnus ⬩ antĕrior ⬩ prior
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We sceolon mearcian úre fórewearde heáfod mid Cristes róde tácne we should mark our foreheads with the sign of Christ's cross, Homl. Th. ii. 266, 11. Fóreweard lencten the early spring; ver nŏvum, Ælfc. Gl. 95; Som. 76, 12; Wrt. Voc. 53, 26.
lǽstan
to follow ⬩ attend ⬩ accompany ⬩ to do ⬩ perform ⬩ observe ⬩ carry out ⬩ execute ⬩ discharge ⬩ to continue ⬩ last
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[Ic an six marc silures and ðat schal Godríc míne bróðer lésten (pay ), Chart. Th. 566, 23, 31.] to continue, last Ðonne him dagas lǽstun in their life-time, Exon. 26 b; Th. 79, 12; Cri. 1289. [Ðætt]
git
Still ⬩ yet
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And git hit is máre and eác manigfealdre ðæt dereþ ðisse þeóde and yet there are greater and more manifold things that hurt this people, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 108, 106. Gyf heó gyt lyfaþ if she yet lives, Beo. Th. 1893; B. 944.
un-rótness
Sadness ⬩ sorrow ⬩ trouble ⬩ gloominess
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Ðé is frófre máre ðearf ðonne unrótnesse medicinae tempus est, non querelae, Bt. 3, 3; Fox 6, 15. Hí weorþaþ gerǽfte mid ðære unrótnesse and swá gehæfte moeror captos fatigat, Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 21: Met. 25, 48. Gefeá búton unrótnesse, Blickl.
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á-rísan
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Of manegum landum máre landriht áríst tó cyninges gebanne, 432, 6. Hit áríseþ eówrum sáulum tó hundteóntigfealdre méde it will came to be a hundredfold reward for your souls, Bl. H. 41, 19.
ge-girela
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Hé náht elles næfde búton his ánfealdne gegyrelan ( nothing but the clothes he was wearing ), ah eall ꝥ hé máre hæfde, eal hé ꝥ ǽr . . . for Gode gesealde, 215, 4, 10. a garment, an article of clothing Gegerla vel godweb (cf. goduuebbe toga, 122, 55)
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ge-feón
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.), Mart. H. 84, 3. (On þám ic) gefag (in quo) conplacui, Wrt. Voc. ii. 71, 68. Se his gingra gefeah for þæs feóndes deáþe, Gr. D. 120, 8 note. Gefeáde (Gefiehde, Ps. Rdr.), Ps. L. 15, 9.
niht
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Add Gyf ǽnig mann wǽre áne niht on helle, Wlfst. 146, 26. used to mark an occasion or a point of time Þǽre nihte þe hié ꝥ fæsten gefæst hæfdon, Bl. H. 205, 34. On þǽre æfterfylgendan niht, 215, 15.