a-cennan
To bring forth ⬩ produce ⬩ beget ⬩ renew ⬩ parere ⬩ gignere ⬩ renovare ⬩ renasci
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Ða se Hǽlend acenned wæs cum natus esset Jesus, Mt. Bos. 2, 1. Crist wæs acenned [MS. acennyd] on midne winter Christ was born in mid-winter, Menol. Fox l; Men. 1. Gregorius wæs of æðelborenre mægþe acenned Gregory was born of a noble family, Homl.
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mann-cwealm
Death of men ⬩ pestilence ⬩ mortality ⬩ slaughter
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On ðǽm dagum wæs se mǽsta mancwealm ( pestes plurimas dirosque morbos ), Ors. 1, 6; Swt. 36, 15. Se micla moncwealm ingens pestilentia, 3, 3; Swt. 102, 4. Ðý ilcan geáre wæs micel mancwealm, Chr. 664; Erl. 34, 21.
on-styrian
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Ic wæs swîðe mid hleahtre onstyred magno risu sum dissolutus, Nar. 19, 7.
hladan
to load ⬩ to load ⬩ freight ⬩ cargo ⬩ to load ⬩ to draw ⬩ to draw ⬩ to draw ⬩ to draw ⬩ obtain ⬩ to scoop out
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Tó hladanne dæt wæter, Past. 373, 9. Tó ladanne (hladanne, R.), Jn. L. 4, 7. to draw breath Swá þæs hálgan wæs ondlongne dæg oroð úp hlæden, Gú. 1252. to draw, obtain favour, inspiration, &c. Hé hlet hauriet (salutem), Kent.
cyne-cyn
A royal race, royal lineage, royal offspring or family ⬩ gens regia, proles regia, stirps vel familia regia
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He wæs hiora cynecynnes he was of their royal race, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 83; Met. 26, 42. He wæs cynecynnes he was of royal lineage, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 14: Bd. 3, 18; S. 546, 39, col. 1: L. Wg. 1; Th. i. 186, 18
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fót-spure
A foot-support ⬩ foot-rest ⬩ pĕdum fultūra
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A foot-support, foot-rest; pĕdum fultūra Hí clumben upp to ðe hálge róde, námen ðá ðe kynehelm of úre Drihtnes heáfod, eall of smeáte golde, námen ðá ðet fótspure ðe wæs undernæðen his fóte, ðæt wæs eall of reád golde they climbed up to the holy cross
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holh
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Of ðám ylcan stáne, in þám wæs þæt holg þæs nearwan scræfes ex petra eadem, quae in semetipsa concava angustum specus fecerat Gr. D. 211, 7.
medume
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</b> add :-- Heom ðúhte óðre hwíle þæt hé wǽre swylce hit cild wǽre, óðre hwíle eft swylce hé medemre ylde man wǽre, and óðre hwíle swylce hé eald geðungen man wǽre, Wlfst. 99, 14. <b>II b.
ǽ-fæstnes
Firmness in the law ⬩ religion ⬩ religio
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Firmness in the law, religion; religio He wæs mycelre ǽfæstnesse wer he was a man of much religion, Bd. 4, 31; S. 610, 7: 2, 9; S. 510, 30, 32
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for-legenes
Fornication ⬩ fornĭcātio
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He swylce unalýfeddre forlegnesse and egeslícre wæs besmiten fornĭcātiōne pollūtus est tāli, Bd. 2, 5; S. 506, 39
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fót-ádl
A foot-disease ⬩ the gout ⬩ podagra
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A foot-disease, the gout; podagra Wæs Mellitus mid fótádle swíðe gehefigad ĕrat Mellitus podagra grăvātus, Bd. 2, 7; S. 509, 12. Wið fótádle against gout, Lchdm. i. 376, 1
fyrd-gemaca
A companion in war ⬩ fellow-soldier ⬩ commīlĭto
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A companion in war, fellow-soldier; commīlĭto Tytus asende bodan to hys fyrdgemacan, ðe wæs genemned Uespasianus Titus sent messengers to his fellow-soldier, who was named Vespasian, Nathan. 5
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fyrhþ-loca
The soul-inclosure ⬩ breast ⬩ mentis clausūra ⬩ pectus
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The soul-inclosure, breast; mentis clausūra, pectus; — Wæs Cristes lof on fyrhþlocan fæste bewunden Christ's praise was steadfastly enclosed within his breast, Andr. Kmbl. 115; An. 58: 3138; An. 1572
gang-pyt
A privy ⬩ latrīna
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A privy; latrīna On ðære nyðemestan fléringe wæs heora gangpyt and heora myxen on the lowermost flooring [of the ark] was their privy and their dunghill, Boutr. Scrd. 21, 7
geó-sceaft-gást
A fatal, dire spirit[?] or ancient spirit[?]
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Ðanon wóc fela geósceaftgásta wæs ðæra Grendel sum thence arose many dire spirits, Grendel was one of them, Beo. Th. 2536; B. 1266
sweord-weras
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S. 329) Mid Seaxum ic wæs and mid Sweord*-*werum, Exon. Th. 322, 13; Víd. 62
á-cweccan
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Eall ðæs scipes fæt wæs ácweht (quassatum ), Gr. D. 248, 25. intrans. To quiver Hé hine sylfne hetelíce ðýde, ðæt him on ácwehte, Hml. Th. i. 88, 10
earme
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Judas wæs on ðǽra twelf apostola rím geteald ǽr hé hine sylfne swíðe earme and unlǽdlíce of ðǽre gemánan ealra Godes gecorenra ádwǽscte and ádílgode, Hml. A. 153, 48. Add
fleótig
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Swift wæs on fóre, fuglum frumra (fromra ?), fleótgan lyfte swift was it (a dragon) in its course, outstripping the birds and the nimble air, Rä. 52, 4. For passage substitute
hæftníd-ness
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Wé gehýrdon ꝥ sum man wæs geseted in hæftnédnesse ( in captivitate positum), Gr. 0. 346, 22
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