á-lífan
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ii. 136, 9. to permit a person (dat. ) to do something Þæt hié him ǽlce geáre gesealden swá fela talentena swá hié him þonne áliéfden that they should pay them each year as many talents as they might be pleased to fix for them to pay when the time came
sæc
Strife, contest, conflict
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Se ðe sæcce genæs he who came safe from conflict (Beowulf), 3959; 1977. Sæcce sécean, 3982; B. 1989. Nó hé him ðam sæcce ondréd, ne him ðæs wyrmes wíg for wiht dyde, 4684; B. 2347. Sæcce fremman to fight, 4991; B. 2499 : Exon.
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Wendel-sǽ
the Mediterranean. ⬩ In Alfred's Orosius the word is used to translate several Latin terms denoting the Mediterranean or parts of it
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Féng Carl tó allum ðam westríce behienan Wendelsǽ and begeondan ðisse sǽ Chr. 885; Erl. 84, 11. On án íglond út on ðære Wendelsǽ Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 11. Æt Wendelsǽ on stæðe (the Italian shore) Elen. Kmbl. 462; El. 231.
lǽn
a loan ⬩ grant ⬩ gift ⬩ lease ⬩ fee ⬩ fief
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. = lǽn, or can it be the adj. lǽne transitory, as the opposite of which ǽce occurs afterwards, with the noun that it qualifies omitted?]
fæder
a parent ⬩ a step-father ⬩ forefather ⬩ fathers ⬩ ancestors ⬩ father ⬩ a god-father ⬩ a patron
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Féng Carl tó þám westríce . . . swá hit his þridda fæder (his great-grandfather) hæfde, Chr. 885; P. 78, 32. Félix wæs his (Gregory's) fífta fæder Felix ejus fuit atavus (Bd. 2, 1), Hml. Th. ii. 118, 9.
ge-munan
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Seldon hié willað gemunan hú micel hié nimað, 343, 16. where and are combined ꝥ is ꝥ ic gefyrnost gemunan mæg, ꝥ mín fæder wæs cempena ealdorman the earliest thing that I can remember is that my father was a captain, Hml. S. 30, 322. <b>I a.
scrífan
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I. 36; Th. ii. 432, 37-434, 4. to care for, regard [cf. O. Sax. bi-skríban (with gen. or prep.) to care about] , with gen. Deáþ ðæs ne scrífeþ (cf. se deáþ swelces ne récþ mors spernit altam gloriam, Bt. 19; Fox 68, 32), Met. 10, 29.
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ceaster
a fortress ⬩ A city, fort, castle, town ⬩ urbs, civitas, castellum ⬩ the city ⬩ hæc civitas
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Ðá cómon ða weardas on ða ceastre then the keepers came into the city, Mt. Bos. 28, 11. Ðú in ða ceastre gong go thou into the city, Andr. Kmbl. 1878; An. 941. Ælla and Cissa ymbsǽton ceaster Ella and Cissa besieged the city, Chr. 491; Erl. 15, 6.
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lama
Lame ⬩ maimed ⬩ crippled ⬩ weak ⬩ paralysed ⬩ palsied ⬩ paralytic
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Oft him feorran tó laman liomseóce cwómon healte hreófe and blinde oft to him from far cane the lame, the crippled, the halt, the leprous, and the blind, Elen. Kmbl. 2425; El. 1214. Lamena [lamana, MS.
Gota
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Ða Gotan coman of ðám hwatestan mannan Germania the Goths came from the bravest men of Germany, Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 34, 5, 11. OSTROGOTHS, or East Goths, under Ermanric, Þeódric, q. v. A.
cweþan
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Se mon bið, þæs þe swá tó cweþanne sié ( so to say ), ǽghwæþer ge gehæfted ge freó, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 98, 17. to call, name Þone tún mon his naman cweðeþ cujus nomine vicus cognominatur, Bd. 2, 20; Sch. 189, 8. Mé eádige cwǽdon ealle cneórisna, Bl.
hycgan
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Th. 120, 3. to call to mind, remember Uton wé hycgan hwǽr wé hám ágen, and þonne geþencan hú wé þider cumen Seef. 117
rúme
widely, far and wide, ⬩ liberally, extensively, amply, abundantly, in a high degree ⬩ plainly, clearly ⬩ without contraction, in full
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) móte on ðisse folcsceare frætwa dǽlan, 171, 15; Gen. 2828. without restriction or encumbrance, without the pressure of care. v. rúm-heort, Ðá (after Judith's prayer was answered ) wearþ hyre rúme (cf.
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ǽfre
ever ⬩ semper, ⬩ at all times, on every occasion ⬩ ever, at any time, in any case ⬩ unquam ⬩ whatever, (as) ever, &c.
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S. 23, 424. ever, at any time, in any case; unquam Ne wearð wæl máre ǽfer (ǽfre, v. 1.) gieta Chr. 937; P. 109, 24. Ne him líg sceðeð ǽfre tó ealdre, Ph. 40. Gé wyllað sweltan ǽr ðan ðe gé ǽfre his geleáfan wiðsacon, Hml. Th. ii. 308, 9.
DREÁM
joy, pleasure, gladness, mirth, rejoicing, rapture, ecstasy, frenzy ⬩ jubĭlum, lætĭtia, gaudium, delīrium ⬩ An instrument of music, music, rapturous music, harmony, melody, ⬩ orgănum = όργανoν, musĭca, concentus, harmŏnia = άρμoνία, modulātio, modus, melōdia = μελωδία, cantus
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musĭca, concentus, harmŏnia = άρμoνία, modulātio, modus, melōdia = μελωδία, cantus Ne mágon ðam breahtme býman ne hornas, ne hearpan hlyn, ne organan swég, ne ǽnig ðara dreáma ðe Dryhten gescóp gumum to gliwe in ðas geómran woruld trumpets nor horns can
ge-rád
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Th. ii. 318,39. condition, order of things, mode Ic ne can hwilcere ændebyrdnesse and on hwylcre (hwylc, v.l.) gerád ꝥ beón mæg, ꝥ eall middaneard sý gesewen fram ánum mæn non conjicere scio quonam ordine fieri potest, ut mundus omnis ab homine uno videatur
hogian
To employ the mind, ⬩ to think, ⬩ mind, ⬩ consider, ⬩ know, ⬩ understand, ⬩ care, ⬩ be solicitous or anxious, ⬩ to purpose, ⬩ strive, ⬩ intend, ⬩ be intent on, ⬩ resolve
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To employ the mind, to think, mind, consider, know, understand, care, be solicitous or anxious, to purpose, strive, intend, be intent on, resolve Ymbe míne mágas ic hogige erga propinquos curo, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 47, 29.
fón
to take ⬩ catch ⬩ to take ⬩ arrest ⬩ apprehend ⬩ to get ⬩ gain ⬩ to get ⬩ suffer ⬩ experience ⬩ to begin ⬩ to begin ⬩ to take ⬩ to set about ⬩ undertake ⬩ to attack ⬩ to begin at ⬩ to take ⬩ take ⬩ to set to work at ⬩ deal with ⬩ receive ⬩ accept ⬩ to take ⬩ to take ⬩ take possession of ⬩ to take ⬩ to take ⬩ undertake ⬩ to take ⬩ to take to ⬩ allow of ⬩ to take to ⬩ to take to ⬩ join battle ⬩ to join together ⬩ to struggle with
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S. 3, 344. without a case Englisce men féngon tó þám cynge heora hláforde on fultume English men set to work to help their lord the king, Chr. 1087; P. 223, 34.
word
a word ⬩ a single part of speech ⬩ words ⬩ a written word ⬩ a word ⬩ a group of words ⬩ a saying ⬩ sentence ⬩ words ⬩ a saying ⬩ maxim ⬩ a tale ⬩ story ⬩ a report ⬩ tidings ⬩ fame ⬩ name ⬩ (good) word, ⬩ (good) report ⬩ a command ⬩ an order ⬩ ordinance ⬩ a message ⬩ an announcement ⬩ word ⬩ solemn statement ⬩ promise ⬩ oath ⬩ an (expressed) intention ⬩ opinion ⬩ speech ⬩ language ⬩ words ⬩ language ⬩ style ⬩ word ⬩ word of God
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Hé wrát ða týn word, ðe Drihten him bebeád, Ex. 34, 28 : Deut. 10, 4. a message, an announcement Hé word ábeád: 'Eów hét secgan sigedrihten mín, ðæt hé eówer æþelu can, Beo.