ge-faran
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S. 23, 19. to save by going Gif hé þissa ǽnig áleóge, náhwár hé eft his feorh gefare ( he shall not again save his life by going to any asylum ), Ll.
tó-weorpan
To throw in different directions ⬩ throw away ⬩ throw down ⬩ to scatter ⬩ disperse ⬩ destroy ⬩ overthrow ⬩ to scatter ⬩ disperse ⬩ to break in pieces ⬩ scatter the parts of a connected whole ⬩ to overthrow ⬩ to overturn ⬩ to throw down ⬩ destroy a building ⬩ demolish ⬩ to overthrow ⬩ to destroy the power of a person, ⬩ to destroy ⬩ to overthrow an institution, a practice, regulation, law, etc., ⬩ to put down ⬩ put an end to ⬩ destroy ⬩ make void ⬩ break ⬩ dissolve ⬩ to throw out
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Th. 106, 13. in a literal sense, to overthrow to overturn what is standing Hé ágeát ðara mynetera feoh, and tówearp hyrá mýsan (mensas subvertit), Jn.
Linked entries: te-weorpan tó-torfian tó-wurpan tó-wyrpan
swincan
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Ðe læs ðe unmihtig man feorr for his ágenon swince, L. Ff. ; Th. i. 226, 1. Ic wundrige hwí swá manige wíse men swá swíþe swuncen mid ðære sprǽce, Bt. 41, 4; Fox 250, 20. Ðú swíþor swincst on ðam sporé, ðonne hí dón, 38, 5 ; Fox 206, 13.
sunne
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</b> forms used of the sun's course :-- Seó sunne gǽþ be Godes dihte betweox heofenan and eorðan, on dæg bufon eorðan and on niht under ðysse eorðan, eall swá feorr ádúne on nihtlícre tíde under ðære eorþan swá heó on dæg bufon up ástíhþ, Lchdm.
manian
to bring to mind what ought to be done ⬩ to urge upon one what ought to be done ⬩ to admonish ⬩ exhort ⬩ instigate ⬩ to bring to mind what, should not be forgotten ⬩ to admonish ⬩ remind ⬩ suggest ⬩ prompt ⬩ to tell what ought to be done ⬩ to teach ⬩ instruct ⬩ advise ⬩ to claim of a person (acc.) what is due ⬩ in jus vocare ⬩ ad malium mannire
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Ðá cwæþ se ðe ðæs feós manode, Shrn. 127, 30. Mana ðone ðæs ángyldes, L. In. 22; Th. i. 116, 11. [O. Sax. manón: O. Frs. monia to admonish; to claim (with gen.): O. H. Ger. manón, manén monere, suggerere with acc. of person (and gen. of thing)]
scrift
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what is prescribed as a punishment, a penalty (cf. scrífan. ) Ic ( bishop Werferth) him (Eadnoth) sealde ðæt lond and ða béc . . . and úre ágen rǽdengewrit ðæt wǽre him tó ðam geráde ðæt land tólǽten ðe mon ǽlce gére gesylle fífténe scillingas clǽnes feós
þeóden
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Eorl Beówulfes wolde freádrihtnes feorh ealgian, mǽres þeódnes, Beo. Th. 1598; B. 797: 3259; B. 1627. Seó ecg geswác þeódne ( Beowulf, not yet a king ) æt þearfe, 3054; B. 1525. Hé læg ðegenlíce ðeódne ( Byrhtnoth ) gebende, Byrht.
un-þanc
disfavour ⬩ displeasure ⬩ anger ⬩ ill-will ⬩ an unpleasing act ⬩ a displeasure ⬩ an offence ⬩ annoyance ⬩ not thanks ⬩ displeasure expressed in words ⬩ unwillingly ⬩ without consent ⬩ on compulsion ⬩ ingratis ⬩ without (a person's) consent ⬩ not of (one's own) accord ⬩ against (one's) will
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Grammar un-þanc, ¶ The word occurs most frequently in the genitive, with adverbial force, where something is done without a person's consent or good-will, not thanks, displeasure expressed in words Ðá ágeaf hé ðæt feoh tó unðances (he gave back the money
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bót
mending ⬩ repair ⬩ remedy ⬩ improvement ⬩ help ⬩ amendment ⬩ amends ⬩ reparation ⬩ repentance ⬩ penance
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Hé sealde him tó bóte, þæs þe hé his brýd genam, gangende feoh and seolfor, Gen. 2718. ꝥ hire frýnd móton beón bóte nýhst (i. e. bót was to be claimed from the guilty woman's relatives), Ll.
ge-streón
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Ne mage gé Gode ðeówian and eóweres feós gestreóne, Hml. Th. ii. 460, 31. (l a) of getting by violence, rapine, robbery :-- Wæs hé hogiende tó gestreóne (reáfláce, v.l.) manna æhta in rapinam rerun inhians, Gr.
mǽg
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His mǽgum and his frióndum, 90, 8. of conditions when a kinsman was injured Ne gebyreð nánum mǽge ꝥ feoh búte þám þe sý binnan cneówe, Ll Th. i. 174, 25.
múþ
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V. the opening of anything having a containing capacity, by which it is filed or emptied :-- Hé þæt feoh geseah on þæs sacces múðe (in ore sacculf ), Gen. 42, 28. the outfall of a river His líc ligð æt Tínan múþe, Chr. 792 ; P. 55, 30
wela
wealth ⬩ riches ⬩ abundance ⬩ wealth ⬩ weal ⬩ prosperity ⬩ happy estate
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wealth, riches Wela, hord, feoh gazofilacium Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 24. Wuldur and wela gloria et divitiae Ps. Th. 111, 3. Geðenc nú hwæt ðínes ágnes seó ealra ðissa woruldǽhta and welena . . . hwæt hæfst ðú . . . æt ðám welum ?
ÉCE
Eternal, perpetual, everlasting ⬩ sempĭternus, æternus
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Onwód éce feónd folcdriht wera the eternal foe pervaded the nation of men. Cd. 64; Th. 76, 23; Gen. 1261. Ðé síe éce hérenis eternal praise be to thee, Exon. 13 b; Th. 26, 10; Cri. 415. Ðæt is écu rest that is eternal rest, Bt. Met.
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neowol
prone ⬩ prostrate ⬩ deep down ⬩ low ⬩ profound
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Hé feóll niwel on ða eorþan, Gen. 33, 3. Niwol, Bt. 1; Fox 4, 3. Neowol, Met. 1, 80. Ðǽrrihte férde eall seó heord myclum onrǽse niwel on sǽ ecce impetu abiit totus grex per praeceps in mare, Mt. Kmbl. 8, 32. Neól ic fére, Exon.
á-hreddan
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S. 25, 409. ꝥ hé ús áhredde wið þone feónd, 26, 20. Ic wylle áhreddan míne eówde wið eów, Hml. Th. i. 242, 13. Wið þysne cyning tó áhredenne (-dd-, v. l. ) úre leóde, Hml. S. 26, 23. Hí áhredde wurdon wið Pharao, Hml. Th. ii. 266, 20
eorl
a hero
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Cnut cyng eall Englalandes ríce tódǽlde on feówer; him seolfan West-Sexan, and Þúrkylle Eást-Englan . . . 1017; P. 154, 4), Chr. 1020; P. 154, 24. Ðá cóm Godwine eorl and Swegen eorl and Harold eorl . . .
girwan
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Ðonne ðú feorme gierwe, Past. 323, 22. to prepare, make ready for a purpose by some process Se háta sumor hæleða bearnum giereð and drígeð sǽd and bléda, Met. 29, 59.
óþ
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Heó wæs wunigende on wudewan háde oð feówer and hundeahtatig geára, Hml. Th. i. 146, 32. with a pronoun Hé wæs winnende oð ðe him se mǽsta dǽl wearð underþeóded, Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 32, 14. Gýt oð ðis on wundrum scínende, Hml. Th. ii. 188, 13.
wær-scipe
Prudence, caution, circumspection, wisdom,in a bad sense, cunning, astuteness
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Wísdóm is se héhsta cræft, and hæfþ on him feówer óþre cræftas; ðara is án wærscipe, Bt. 27, 2; Fox 96, 34: 34, 6; Fox 140, 35: Shrn. 175, 27. Á geríst bisceopum wísdóm and wærscype, L. I. P. 9; Th. ii. 314, 28.
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