merigen-tíd
Morning-time ⬩ morning
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Morning-time, morning Fram ðære mǽran mergentíde óþ ðæt ǽfen cume a custodia matutina usque ad noctem, Ps. Th. 129, 6
un-réðe
Not fierce ⬩ gentle
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Not fierce, gentle Wé rǽdaþ be ðære culfran gecynde, ðæt heó is unréðe on hire clawum, Homl. Th. ii. 44, 25
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heáfod-stíg
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Tó ðǽre heáfodstíge, ðæt swá in ðá heáhstrǽt, C. D. iii. 167, 23
wær-scipe
Prudence, caution, circumspection, wisdom,in a bad sense, cunning, astuteness
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Ðæt hié geícen ða gód hira ánfealdnesse mid wærscipe, and suá tilige ðære orsorgnesse mid ðære ánfealdnesse ðætte hé ðone ymbeðonc ðæs wærscipes ne forlǽte . . .
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nǽting
Blaming ⬩ upbraiding
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Blaming, upbraiding Ac hú wéne wé hú micel scyld ðæt síe ðæt monn áþreóte ðære nǽtinge yfelra monna and nime sume sibbe wið ða wierrestan pensandum ergo est, quando ab increpatione quiescitur, quanta culpa cum pessimis pax tenetur, Past. 46, 6; Swt.
wer-bǽre
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A weir where fish are caught Se mylenstede and ðæt land ðæt ðe ðǽrtó hýrð . . . and ða werbǽra and seó mǽd be norðan eá, and ða hammas, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 383, 17. Tó Cranemere, and ðǽre gebyraþ tó six wæebǽre, iii. 344, 2
fyðera
Wings ⬩ ālæ ⬩ pennæ
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Wings; ālæ, pennæ Fyðera [Lamb. fyðeras] culfran ofersylfrede pennæ cŏlumbæ deargentātæ, Ps. Spl. 67, 14. Sunu manna on wǽfelse fyðera ðínra hihtaþ fīlii hŏmĭnum in tegmĭne ālārum tuārum spērābunt, Ps. Spl. 35, 8 : 56, 2 : 60, 4 : 62, 8. Under sceade
for-helan
To cover over ⬩ hide ⬩ conceal ⬩ celāre ⬩ occultāre ⬩ abscondĕre
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Ne biþ ðǽr wiht forholen there shall be naught concealed, Exon. 23 b; Th. 65, 14; Cri. 1054. Ðæt he ðæs hálgan hǽse forhǽle his hláforde that he should conceal the saint's command from his Lord, Glostr. Frag. 4, 20.
þǽr-tó
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Kmbl. iii. 351, 25. where movement, lit. or fig., is implied Ðæt hé ús gebringe tó his écan gebeórscipe, se ðe ús ðǽrtó gelaðode, Homl. Th. ii. 378, 6. Ðá dǽlde se cásere ðæt ríce on feówer, and sette ðǽrtó feówer gebróðra, i. 478, 20.
cnyttan
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Ðæt hé ne cnytte ðæt underfongnfe feoh on ðǽm swátlíne, Past. 59, 13. Tó cnyttende annectens, Angl. xiii. 406, 588. Add
ge-þwǽnan
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Sió mildheortnes ðæs láreówes geðwǽnð and gelecð ( rigat ) ðá breóst ðæs gehiérendes, Past. 137, 8.
gilpen
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Ðǽm gielpnan (gilpnan, v. l.) bið leófre ðæt hé secge on hine selfne gif hé hwæt gódes wát eligit arrogans bona de se jactari 217, 14
á-bǽdan
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Hí ðæt scyp gehlæsted hæfdon mid ðám ðingum ðe swá mycles síþfætes nýd ábǽdde quae tanti itineris necessitas poscebat, 5, 9; S. 623, 18. Hí wæron gefédde mid ðæs gecyndes neád;þearfnysse ábǽde (?
ge-licgan
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In ðǽm gelæg menigo micelo, Jn. L. R. 5, 3. to assume a prostrate or recumbent position Benedictus eóde tó ðæs cnapan líce, and ðǽr on uppon gelæg, Hml.
á-bídan
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Nú wolde ic gebétan, gif ic ábídan móste ( if I might continue to live ) . . . ac ic wát ðæt ic ne eom wyrðe ðæs fyrstes, Hml. S. 26, 251. with gen. Hwæs ábítst ðú?, Hml. S. 24, 23. Hé wederes ábád. Chr. 1094; P. 229, 2.
úþ-genge
Fugitive ⬩ transitory ⬩ not to be retained ⬩ passing out of one's possession
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Ðǽr wæs Æschere feorh úðgenge there life fled from Aschere, Beo.Th. 4253; B. 2123.
móna
the moon ⬩ moon as in new, full moon
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Ðæt geár hæfþ twelf níwe mónan, 248, 25-26
clifian
To cleave, adhere ⬩ adhærere
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To ðære lifre clifiaþ adhærent jecori, Lev. 1, 8. Ðæt dust, ðæt of eówre ceastre on úrum fótum clifode, we drígeaþ on eów pulverem, qui adhæsit nobis de civitate vestra, extergimus in vos, Lk. Bos. 10, 11
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láf
remnant ⬩ remains ⬩ relic ⬩ remainder ⬩ rest ⬩ lave ⬩ legacy ⬩ heirloom ⬩ a relict ⬩ widow
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Ne wearþ ðǽr forþon án Bret tó láfe there [at Anderida] was not even one Briton left, Chr. 491; Erl. 14, 7. Ðæs folces ðe ðǽr tóláfe wæs, Blickl. Homl. 79, 20.
ge-tígan
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Hé getígde his hors ðǽr binnon, Hml. Th. ii. 136, 15. Hé getígde ǽnne ormǽtne ryððan innan ðám geate, i. 372, 33. Getígað ǽnne ancran tó his swuran, i. 564, 7. Ðæt esulcweorn tó ðǽm suíran wǽre getíged (-tigged, v. l., suspendatur ), Past. 31, 18.