morgen-gifu
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Ic gean into Ǽlíg . . þára þreó landa þe wit búta geheótan Gode, ꝥ is æt rettendúne þe wes mín morgangifu . . . C. D. iii. 274, 16. Gewát Eádríc ær Ælféh cwideleás, and Ælféh féng tó his lǽne. Ðá hæfde Eádríc láfe and nán bearn.
wiþ-æftan
Behind.
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Sette syrwa wiðæftan ða burh pone insidias urbi post eam, Jos. 8, 2. Heó stód wiðæftan his fét stans retro secus pedes eius, Lk. Skt. 7, 38. Ðú áwurpe míne word wiðæftan ðé, R. Ben. 12, 3. Grammar wiþ-æftan, adv.
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binnan
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Wulfas bróhton monnes líchoman binnan þá burg, 4, 2; S. 160, 21. Hé binnan þæt templ becom, Hml. Th. i. 456, 11. Þá þá hé his fót nyðer ásette binnon þone wyrttún, Gr. D. 24, 32.
be-swícan
to decoy ⬩ ensnare ⬩ beguile ⬩ to betray ⬩ to defraud ⬩ supplant ⬩ to circumvent ⬩ to seduce ⬩ mislead
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Ðá þá seó cwén þis gehýrde, hyre hláford and sunu bus beswikene, Chr. 1093; P. 228, 13. to seduce, mislead Hí unwære men beswícaþ and ádweliaþ, Bl. H. 61, 24. æt eów nǽfre se deófol beswícan mote, Wlfst. 135, 9.
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fíftig
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S. 18, 250. uncertain Þæs ymbe fíftig daga (but cf. l. 22 v. supra), Hml. Th. i. 312, 10: Bl. H. 133, 14. Án sceolde fíf hund penega and óðer fíftig (fífteih, L.), Lk. 7, 41.
wæcce
wakefulness ⬩ sleeplessness ⬩ watching ⬩ watchfulness ⬩ a watch ⬩ vigil ⬩ a division of the night ⬩ a watch
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Gif hwelc mon fæste oþþe nytte (Cockayne alters to nihte, but this is unnecessary; see beginning of preceding passage) wæccan dó, Shrn. 104, 29. Tó wæccum ad excubias, vigilias, Hpt. Gl. 488, 37.
Wintan-ceaster
Winchester
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But Latinized forms of the English word are used; Wintonia is often found in the charters; the form Wincestria occurs v. 167, 7, and the adjective Wintancestrensis 90, 29.] In ciuitate opinatissima quae Winteceaster nuncupatur, Cod. Dip.
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liss
Mildness ⬩ lenity ⬩ mercy ⬩ kindness ⬩ favour ⬩ grace ⬩ delight ⬩ joy
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Mildness, lenity, mercy, kindness, favour, grace, delight, joy Hé bæd ðæt Lazarus móste his tungan drýpan ac him næs getíðod ðære lytlan lisse he prayed that Lazarus might put a drop of water on his tongue; but that little favour was not granted to him
gifu
a gift ⬩ grace ⬩ favour ⬩ donum ⬩ munas ⬩ beneficium ⬩ gratia ⬩ virtus ⬩ facultas ⬩ the Anglo-Saxon Rune ⬩ RUNE = g, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is gifu a gift,-hence, this Rune not only stands for the letter g, but for gifu as a gift,
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T. 34, 8. the Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE = g, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is gifu a gift,-hence, this Rune not only stands for the letter g, but for gifu as a gift, RUNE [Gifu] gumena byþ gleng and herenys a gift is the honour and praise of men
feówertig
alone
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but cf. Past. 409, 9 below for a number taken as singular ), Ors. 3, 10; S. 138, 14. Bið feórtiges cæmpena ðrowung, Shrn. 61, 27. Ꝥ fæsten þyses feówertiges daga, Bl. H. 35, 5, 30. On þyssum feówertigum (or pl.?) nihta, 35, 17.
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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geornlíce
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that you may be freed (but the Latin is: Da operam liberari), Lk. L. R. 12, 58. Sé þe wile geornlíce þone Godes cwide singan, Sal. 84. Geornlícor propensius (laudari censeo ), An. Ox. 591: Wrt.
gearwe
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Heó gearwe (but see gearo; ) funde mundbyrd æt ðám mǽran þeódne. Jud. 2
ge-wil
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Þá þe nellað þǽra þinga géman þe man heom bodað, ac willað forð on wóh and gewill dráfan those who will not heed what is told them, but will persist in error and do what they wish, Wlfst. 304, 13.
hearga
a grove ⬩ a temple ⬩ fane ⬩ an idol
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Se hálga herigeas þreáde, deófulgild tódráf, An. 1689. the word is also applied to a Christian temple Heargas fana (but Giles gives templa: Nescitis quod templa Dei sint ilia vestra, Ald. 140, 19), Wrt. Voc. ii. 89, 21
ríceter
power ⬩ dominion ⬩ rule ⬩ greatness ⬩ glory ⬩ violence ⬩ force
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ǽnig be líues rícetere, ac ǽlc be his neóde and untrumnesse ancnáwen wǽre we do not understand that in this case there was any acceptance of persons, that is that recognition was made of any one in proportion to the greatness of his position in life, but
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wenian
To accustom ⬩ to accustom ⬩ train ⬩ prepare ⬩ fit ⬩ to draw ⬩ attract ⬩ to draw to ⬩ to draw ⬩ to wean ⬩ ablactare
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.: but cf. Sulík folk laðóian, wennian mid willeon, Hél. 2818) mid wynnum Exon. Th. 288, 10; Wand. 29. to draw from Wene and teóh ðæt blód fram ðære ádeádedan stówe Lchdm. ii. 84, 3.
ymb-sellan
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Hé mid eallum ðyssum ða burh ymbsealde ( circumdedit ), Bd. 3, 16; S. 542, 24: Ps. Th. 114, 3. Fýren wolcen ymbsealde ealle ða ceastre, Blickl. Homl. 245, 31. Se sang in ymbhwyrfte ymbsealde ðæt hús, Bd. 4, 3; S. 567, 45.
wín-burh
a town where wine is drunk, where there is feasting, where a prince feasts his followers, ⬩ a chief town ⬩ a walled vineyard
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Cf. medu-burh, wín-ærn, III. Wínburge cyning (the king of Babylon; cf. Belshazzar's feast) Cd. Th. 255, 11; Dan. 622. Wuna in ðære wínbyrig salu sinchroden, Andr. Kmbl. 3340; An. 1674. Wínburh wera (Jerusalem), 219, 21; Dan. 58.
on-tendan
to kindle, set fire to, to fire ⬩ to kindle emotion or passion, to excite, inflame
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Hí on ða burh feohtende wǽron, and eác hí mid fýre ontendan woldon, Chr. 994; Erl. 133, 12. Ðonne hé ( the moon) of hyre (the sun ) ontend byþ, Lchdm. iii. 242, 12. Ontend succensus, Hpt. Gl. 507, 17. Antend, 471, 22.