wunung
dwelling ⬩ living ⬩ a dwelling ⬩ habitation ⬩ place to live in ⬩ being ⬩ existence ⬩ living
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Cons Eustachius mid his here tó ðam túne ðe heó ðá on wæs. Wæs seó wunung ðǽr swýþe wynsum on tó wícenne, and his geteld wǽron gehende hire wununge geslagene, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 315.
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ed-wít
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, Sat. 681. an expression of disapproval Edwít apostropha de muliere nequam, Scint. 223, 1. of scorn, contempt, opprobrious term Cweþað him þæt edwít feóndas þíne quod exprobraverunt inimici tui, Ps. Th. 88, 44.
hwider
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a facie tua quo fugiqm? Ps. Th. 138, 5. to what state ? Hwyder gewiton þá welan and þá ídlan blissa ? hwyder gewiton þá mycclan weorod þe him ymb stódan ?, Bl.
CNIHT
A boy ⬩ youth ⬩ attendant ⬩ servant ⬩ KNIGHT: ⬩ puer ⬩ juvenis ⬩ adolescens ⬩ servus
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Fram ðínum cnihte a puero tuo Ps. Th. 68, 17. Heó cwæþ to ðam cnihte ait ad puerum Gen. 24, 65. Cwicne abregd cniht of áde take the boy alive from the pile Cd. 141; Th. 176, 20; Gen. 2914: 162; Th. 203, 20; Exod. 406.
ge-þingian
to determine
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Geþinge wið ðínum bróðer reconciliare fratri tuo, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 5, 24. Swá beóþ þeóda geþwǽre ðonne hý geþingad habbaþ so are peoples in concord when they have made a treaty, Exon. 89 b; Th. 336, 29; Gn. Ex. 57.
EARM
poor, miserable, helpless, pitiful, wretched ⬩ pauper, mĭser ⬩ the poor and destitute for whom the church made a provision ⬩ paupĕres
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Nú eart tú earm sceaða now art thou a miserable wretch, Cd. 214; Th. 268, 19; Sat. 57: 226; Th. 301, 9; Sat. 579: Ps. Th. 136, 8. Earm biþ se him his frýnd geswícaþ miserable is he whom his friends betray, Exon. 89 a; Th. 335, 22; Gn. Ex. 37.
fýren
Fiery ⬩ burning ⬩ flaming ⬩ ignītus ⬩ igneus ⬩ flammeus
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Fiery, burning, flaming; ignītus, igneus, flammeus Is ðín ágen spræc innan fýren, sylf swíðe hát ignītum elŏquium tuum vehementer, Ps. Th. 118, 140. Sió fýrene sunne the fiery sun, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 232, 27.
Linked entries: féren fýran fýren cylle
Boéties
The ancient constellation, the chief star of which is the bright Arcturus, ⬩ the bear; Ursa Major. The modern representation of Boötes is a man with a club in his right hand, and in his left a leash, which holds two dogs
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Therefore they have so short a course, because they are so near the north end of the axis, on which all the sky turns, as now Boötes does, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 17-24. Boótes beorhte scíneþ Boötes shines brightly, Bt. Met. Fox 28, 53; Met. 28, 27
meaht
- Ps, Th. 70, 18
Might ⬩ power ⬩ virtue ⬩ ability ⬩ an exercise of power ⬩ mighty work
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Ðínes mihtes þrym potentiam tuam, Ps. Th. 70, 18. Meahte nutu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 60, 78: 91, 31. Ungelǽredne fiscere, náwðer ne on worde ne on gebyrdum mid nǽnigre mihte ( ability ) gewelgode, Blickl. Homl. 179, 15.
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hweogol
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Tu vero votventis rotae impetvm retinere conaris? Bt. 7. 2 ; F. 18, 35. II. a circular band :-- Hé sǽde ꝥ þá Drihtnes fótlástas wǽron beworht mid ǽrne hweóle and þæs heánes wǽre oð monnes swýran, and ꝥ þǽr wǽre ðyrel on middum þǽm hweóle (cf.
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scild
a shield ⬩ a piece of defensive armour ⬩ a shield ⬩ protection
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Th. 656; B. 325. fig. a shield, protection Scild mín beo ðú refugium meum es tu, Ps. Spl. T. 70, 4. Ðam biþ Dryhten scyld, Exon. Th. 229, 31; Ph. 463. scyld in the following passage is used of a bird's back (as being shield-shaped ?
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furþum
Take here ⬩ in Dict., and add: ⬩ even, ⬩ just
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Hwár mæg ic wísran findan, oððe furðon þínne gelícan numquid sapientiorem et consimilem tui invenire potero?
syngian
To sin
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Gyf ðín bróðor syngaþ wið ðé si peccaverit in te frater tuus, Mt. Kmbl. 18, 15, 21. Ic ánum ðé syngode tibi soli peccavi, Ps. C. 47. Ðá sǽde him Plenius ðæt hé wóh bude, and miclum on ðǽm syngade, Ors. 6, 10; Swt. 264, 28.
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swín
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Æðelsige forstæl Æðelwines swín ... ðá ridon his men tó and tugon út ðæt spic of Æðelsiges húse, and he oðbærst tó wuda, C.D. iii. 291, 15.
ofer-seón
to observe, survey, see ⬩ respicere, superspicere ⬩ to overlook, neglect, despise
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Ðú ealle míne fýnd eágum ofersáwe super inimicos meos respexit oculus tuus, Ps. Th. 53, 7. Ðæt hié heora sylfra eágon oforségon and heora eáron gehýrdon what they had seen with their own eyes and heard with their ears, Blickl. Homl. 121, 1.
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á-slacian
to slacken ⬩ become slack ⬩ to make slack
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Th. i. 614, 13. figurative Ásleacað his tunge tó ðǽre godcundan bodunge. Hml. Th. ii. 442, 25. Gif wé ásleaciað fram gódum weorcum, 98, 15. Gif wé áslaciað þæs friðes and þæs weddes þe wé seald habbað, Ll. Th. i. 238, 21.
weorþan
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Th. 21, 11. where a character or function is taken by anything, to become, turn, turn to Mé tó aldorbanan weorðeþ wráðra sum some fell one will become the destroyer of my life, Cd. Th. 63, 18; Gen. 1034.
ár-wurþian
To give honour to ⬩ to honour ⬩ reverence ⬩ worship ⬩ honorare ⬩ honorificare ⬩ venerari
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Árwurþa ðínne fæder and ðíne módur honora patrem tuum et matrem, Deut. 5, 16
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CYRTEL
KIRTLE, vest, garment, frock; coat ⬩ palla, tunica
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Lind.] lǽt him tó ðínne wǽfels ei qui vult tecum judicio contendere et tunicam tuam tollere, dimitte ei et pallium, Mt. Bos. 5, 40; to hym that wole stryue with thee in dome, and take awey thi coote, leeue thou to hym and thin ouer clothe, Wyc.
ge-líþewǽcan
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</b> to refresh, revive :-- Geliþewǽc ús þínum bénum releva nos tuis precibus, Hy.