CNEÓ
a KNEE ⬩ genu ⬩ a generation, ⬩ relationship ⬩ generatio, ⬩ propinquitatis gradus
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In ðam þriddan cneówe mid Crécum mót man wif niman, in fiftan mid Rómánum in tertio propinquitatis gradu apud Græcos viro licet uxorem ducere, in quinto apud Romanos, L. Ecg. C. 28; Th. ii. 152, note h.
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lyb-lác
Sorcery ⬩ witchcraft
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Gif hí hwilc man niman wile oððe hyra æthríneþ ðonne forbærnaþ hí sona eall his líc ðæt syndon ungefrægelícu lyblác if any man wants to catch them [certain fowls] or touches them, then at once they consume all his body: those are most extraordinary cases
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ge-rídan
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Hi sǽdon þám kinge ꝥ hé hæfde swýde ágylt wið Críst ꝥ hé ǽfre sceolde niman ǽnig þing of xpes cyre . . . sǽdon þám kinge embe Sandwíc hit wæs him to handa geriden . . .
sceafoþa
A shaving, chip, what is shaved, scraped, or rubbed of
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Monige spónas and sceafþan (astulas) nimaþ, 3, 2; S. 524, 31: 3, 17; S. 544, 44, col. 2. Genim heorotes sceafoþan of ðam horne, Lchdm. ii. 72, 13. Genim heorotes sceafoþan of felle áscafen mid pumice, 100, 14
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gorst
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Ne wínberian on gorste ne nimaþ neque de rubo vindemiant uvam, Lk. Skt. 6, 44.
nefne
Unless ⬩ except ⬩ Except
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Hí sǽdon, nemne ( nisi ) hí him máran andlyfne sealdon, ðæt hí woldan him sylfe niman, Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 37.
greát
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Lǽt niman ǽnne greátne cwurnstán, Lch. iii. 38, 15. Hé ( Stephen ) orsorh betwux ðám greátum hagolstánum þurhwunode, Hml. Th. i. 52, 18. Swingan mid greátum gyrdum, Hml.
geoc
a YOKE ⬩ jugum ⬩ a yoke of oxen ⬩ boum jugum, boves jugo juncti ⬩ conjux
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a YOKE; jugum Nimaþ mín geoc ofer eów tollite jugum meum super vos, Mt. Bos. 11, 29. Mín geoc ys wynsum jugum meum suave est, 11, 30. We weorpan fram us geoc heora projiciamus a nobis jugum ipsorum, Ps. Spl. 2, 3.
sige
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Sige niman, onfón to obtain the victory, Chr. 800 ; Erl. 60, 9 : 845 ; Erl. 66, 24 : Bd. l, 16 ; S. 484, 21. Hié ðæt an missenlícum sigum dreógende wǽron, Ors. 4, 7 ; Swt. 182, 3.
wín-berige
A grape
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Ne hig wín-berian (uuam) on gorste ne nimaþ, Lk. Skt. 6, 44. Gesoden[e] wínberigan (-en, MS.) fecula, Wrt. Voc. i. 27, 63.
hergian
To harry ⬩ pillage ⬩ plunder ⬩ ravage ⬩ waste ⬩ devastate ⬩ make an incursion or a raid ⬩ make war
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Sǽdon ðæt hí woldan him sylfe niman and hergian ðǽr hí hit findan mihton protestantur se cuncta insulæ loca vastaturos, Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 38. Hí sceoldan ealle ætgædere faran and hergian they should go all together and harry.
bísen
an exemplar ⬩ a model ⬩ pattern ⬩ example ⬩ precedent ⬩ a rule ⬩ prescript ⬩ precept ⬩ parable ⬩ similitude ⬩ type
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Nimað eów bysne be ðam, Hml. S. 24, 79, 66. Ne sceal hé yfele bysne niman æt forðfarenum mannum, Hml. Th. ii. 532, 31. Ué bisen ginime imitemur, Rtl. 57, 15. Biseno, 62, 23. Hé wolde ús bisene ástellan, Past. 33, 18. Góde bisene, 191, 5.
rúm
local, room, space ⬩ temporal, space of time ⬩ opportunity
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Þerh alle tído rúmo per omnium horarum spatia, 171, 41. time which allows unhindered or unhurried action, opportunity Rúm wæs tó nimanne londbúendum on hyra ealdfeóndum herereáf the men of the land had ample opportunity of taking the spoil from their
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æfter
among, through, along ⬩ (pursuit, search, inquiry, &c.)
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Niman geðyld æfter Iobe, Hml. Th. ii. 328, 28. Æfter æþelborennysse oferhýdige haughty after the manner of noble birth, 174, 7. Æfter ðon accordingly, Bl. H. 81, 27.
ge-mæcca
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Hí him tó nimað mægeð tó gemæccum mínra feónda, Gen. 1259. <b>III a.</b> in pl. man and wife :-- Gemæccan conjuges, Wrt. Voc. ii. 52, 33. Tú beóð gemæccan, Gn. Ex. 23
earfoþe
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Uton niman þone earfoðran weg, þæt wé hér sume hwíle swincon, tó ðý þæt wé écelíce beón bútan geswince, Hml. Th. i. 164, 12. grievous Micel éhtnys wæs þá þá hí wǽron gemartyrode, ac git cymð earfoðre éhtnys on Anticrístes tó*-*cyme, Hml. S. 35, 347
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rihte
right, due, directly, straight ⬩ directly, straightway ⬩ ⬩ rightly, well, in a manner suited to the circumstances of a case, fittingly, properly, duly ⬩ correctly, in the proper manner, exactly, accurately, truly
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Scylan eard niman on ðínre ansýne ða mid rǽde hér rihte lifigeaþ habitabunt recti cum vultu tuo, Ps.
gódnes
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</b> that which is good in any- thing, the good part of anything :-- Ðás þing wé habbað be him gewritene, ǽgðer ge góde ge yfele, ꝥ þá gódan men niman æfter þeóra gódnesse (may imitate the good part of his actions ), Chr. 1086; P. 221, 24
sníðan
to cut, make an incision in anything ⬩ to cut as a surgeon does, to lance ⬩ to amputate ⬩ to cut up or to pieces ⬩ to cut so as to kill, to slay an animal ⬩ to cut stone, to hew ⬩ to cut hair ⬩ to cut corn, to reap ⬩ to reap ⬩ to cut ⬩ secare, resecare, caedere, putare, dolere, attondere ⬩ to cut, prune
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God hét niman ánes geáres lamb and sníðan on Eástertíde 40, 11: 262, 29. to cut stone, to hew Ðæra wyrhtena ðe ðæne stán snidon and fégdon Anglia xi. 4, 12. to cut hair Wið heáfodece, hundes heáfod gebærn tó absan and sníð ðæt heáfod; lege on Lchdm.
deófol-lic
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Ðæne deófollican unðeáw . . . gedón ꝥ óðre men nimaí máre ðonne hit gemet sý, Hml. A. 145, 22. Tó deóflicum weorcum, Angl. xi. 112, 19. Wíð þás egeslican and þás deófollican coðe, þæt is wið þás hellican unþeáwas, Wlfst. 245, 21: Angl. viii. 337, 7.
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