lúcan
To close ⬩ conclude ⬩ fasten ⬩ lock
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Ðǽr com flówende flód æfter ebban lucon lagustreámas there came flowing flood after ebb, the streams intertwined or closed up [the surface of the water shewing a network of lines from the varying currents, as the tide flowed up the river], Byrht.
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ne
Not ⬩ non ⬩ ne ⬩ no ⬩ nay ⬩ Nor ⬩ neither ⬩ ne ⬩ neque ⬩ nec
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Warna ðæt ðú ðæt ne dó cave ne hoc facias, 40, 9. Hwí forbeád God eów, ðæt gé ne ǽton of ǽlcum treówe? Gen. 3, 1. Hí nyllaþ geswícan ðæt hí óðre men ne reáfigen, Past. 45, tit; Swt. 335, 4. Ne gǽst ðú ðanone non exies inde, Lk. Skt. 12, 59.
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scrín
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[Hí námen ðære ( in the minster) twá gildene scrínes and .lx. seolferne, Chr. 1070; Erl. 209, 11.] a cage in which a criminal is confined Hig Pilatum on ánum ýsenum scrýne gebrohton on ðære byrig Damascum, and hyne myd scrýne myd eallum on feastum cwearterne
ge-cweðan
To say ⬩ speak ⬩ call ⬩ pronounce ⬩ agree ⬩ resolve ⬩ order ⬩ dīcĕre ⬩ lŏqui ⬩ profāri ⬩ pronunciāre ⬩ pangĕre ⬩ stătuĕre
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To say, speak, call, pronounce, agree, resolve, order; dīcĕre, lŏqui, profāri, pronunciāre, pangĕre, stătuĕre Se nǽfre nǽnig word gecweðan mihte qui ne ūnum quĭdem sermōnum unquam profāri pŏtĕrat, Bd. 5, 2 S. 614, 43.
þorp
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In the end the meaning came to be hamlet, village, in which sense it remained for some time in English, e.g.: Ic Ædgar gife freodom Sce Petres mynstre Medeshamstede of kyng and of biscop, and ealle þa þorpes þe ðærto lin: ðæt is, Æstfeld and Dodesthorp
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warian
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Wara cave, Germ. 393, 136. Warige (warnige, v. l. ) hé ðæt hit ná forealdige, L. Edg. C. 38; Th. ii. 252, 6. trans. To make ware, to warn Mid ðǽm wordum hé ús warode and lǽrde quibus verbis pastoribus praecavetur, Past. 18; Swt. 137, 21.
for-þencan
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Hé lǽrde þæt þá ðearfan hý ne forðóhton ne ne wénden þæt God heora ne róhte he taught that the needy should not despair, or suppose that God did not care for them. Ps. Th. 48 arg.
ge-hwæþer
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Wearþ micel wælsliht on gehwæþere bond Chr. 871; P. 72, 2 : By. 112. adverbial, in each case. Cf.
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ge-myntan
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(l a) with case :-- Þá gemunde hé hwæt hé ǽr be ðan cilde gemynte he remembered what his intentions about the child had been, Hml. Th. i. 80, 12.
ná-wiht
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Ne frign ðú unc nóhtes má ne ne áxa caue ne no; ulterins scisciíeris, Nar. 32, 6. Ne byþ ꝥ tó náhte that will be good for nothing, Lch. i. 344, 25. Oð hit mid ealle afielð, and tó náuhte wirð, Past. 279, 4. Tó náwuihte, Solil. H. 62, 28.
gár
a weapon with a pointed head ⬩ an arrow ⬩ the head ⬩ a wedge-shaped piece of land.
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Cf. spere Habbað heó on ǽfyn fýr edneówe; þonne cymðon úhtan forst fyrnum cald, symble fýr oððe gár, Gen. 316. a wedge-shaped piece of land. v. gára Tó ðes góres súðende, C. D. v. 40, 13
tó-glídan
To glide in different directions, ⬩ glide away ⬩ to be dissipated, ⬩ dispersed, ⬩ dispelled, ⬩ to disappear, ⬩ vanish, ⬩ pass away ⬩ to fall to pieces, ⬩ collapse ⬩ to slip away
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Kmbl. 156; El. 78. metaph. of pain, care, or the like Sele drincan, sóna ðæt sár tóglít. Lchdm. ii. 356, 21. Ðenden him hyra torn tóglíde. Exon. Th. 345, 3; Gn. Ex. 182.
CWEÐAN
To say, speak, call, proclaim ⬩ dicere, loqui, vocare, indicere
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To say, speak, call, proclaim ; dicere, loqui, vocare, indicere . v. trans Ic ðé wolde lofsang cweðan laudem dixi tibi, Ps. Th. 118, 164: Rood Kmbl. 230; Kr. 116 .
hróf
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Beorges hróf the roof which the hill makes for the cave in its side, 2755.
hwá
Who ⬩ what. ⬩ any one ⬩ some one ⬩ anything ⬩ something ⬩ whosoever ⬩ whatsoever, ⬩ whatever
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Ic ne can for hwam se streám ne mót stillan nihtes I know not why the stream cannot rest at night, Salm. Kmbl. 795; Sal. 397.
ge-hátan
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Tó gereordum wéron geháten ad nuptias invitatis, Mt. p. 19, 4. to call. to apply an epithet to a person or thing, call so and so Ðæccile líchomas égo gehéht lucernam corporis oculum appellans, Mt. p. 15, 2.
BEORHT
BRIGHT ⬩ light ⬩ clear ⬩ lucid ⬩ splendid ⬩ excellent ⬩ splendidus ⬩ lucidus ⬩ coruscus ⬩ clarus ⬩ formosus ⬩ bright ⬩ brilliant ⬩ magnificent ⬩ noble ⬩ glorious ⬩ sublime ⬩ divine ⬩ holy ⬩ clarus ⬩ præclarus ⬩ eximius ⬩ augustus ⬩ divus ⬩ sanctus
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Ðá cwom sunnan beorhtra líg then came a fire, brighter than the sun Elen. Kmbl. 2218; El. 1110. Hí módes eágan beorhtran gedón they make the mind's eye clearer Bt. Met. Fox 21, 54; Met. 21, 27.
EARN
An eagle ⬩ aquĭla
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Cómon earnas on flyhte eagles came in flight, Andr. Kmbl. 1725, An. 865. He sende blódige earnas he sent bloody eagles, Salm. Kmbl. 943; Sal. 471
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fore
for ⬩ on account of ⬩ for the sake of ⬩ pro ⬩ propter ⬩ per ⬩ for ⬩ on account of ⬩ for the sake of ⬩ pro ⬩ propter ⬩ per
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. = for, Similar entries q.v. for, on account of, for the sake of; pro, propter, per; with the accusative; cum accusātīvo Gehálgode fore hine Damiánum consecrāvit pro eo Damiānum, Bd. 3, 20; S. 550, 33. sometimes fore is separated from its case, v.
wiþerian
to be against ⬩ be hostile ⬩ to strive ⬩ struggle ⬩ dispute ⬩ to resist ⬩ oppose ⬩ to make hostile ⬩ provoke ⬩ to become provoked
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Th. ii. 122, 23. to make hostile, to provoke Se ðe gecyrredne búton líðnysse lǽrð, wiðerian (exasperare) má ðænne þreágean cann, Scint. 61, 12, to become provoked Gebíg fram unwitan, and ðú ná wiþerast (exacerbaberis) on stuntnysse his, Scint. 188,