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niman

(v.)
Grammar
niman, p. nam, pl. námon; pp. numen (kept in the slang word nim = steal. Cf. Shakspere's Corporal Nym).

to takereceivegetsumereaccipereto takekeepholdtenereto takecatchto containto take (with one)carrybringto take (to one)giveto take forciblyseizetake awaycarry offtollerecapessereauferrerapere

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Ðæt ðú nǽfre ne nyme wíf mínum suna of ðisum mennisce. Gen, 24, 3. Nán man ne sceal sceattas niman for Godes cyrcan, Homl. Th. ii. 592, 21.

Linked entry: bi-nom

wendan

(v.)
Grammar
wendan, p. -de

To turnTo cause to moveto change alterconvertto translateinterpretto move one's self take one's waygoproceedwendTo wendgoproceed

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Hig wendon tó Hierusalem regressi sunt in Hierusalem Lk. Skt. 24, 33. Hí wendon ðá tó horsum . . . Hí wendon him fram, and heora wǽpna áwurpon Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 425, 435. His feónda wǽmna wendon on hí sylfe Jud. Thw. 162, 9.

sumer

(n.)
Grammar
sumer, (-or, -ur), es; dat. a, e; m.
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Ðonne on sumeres tíd sunne hátost scíneþ, 212, 12; Ph. 209. Ðú ðe ðám winterdagum selest scorte tída, and ðæs sumeres dahum langran, Bt. 4; Fox 8, 5. Swá hé in swoloþan middes sumeres wǽre quasi in mediae aestatis caumate, Bd. 3, 19; S. 549, 30.

Linked entries: sumor sumur

ge-þwǽre

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Habbað æðele tungol emne gedǽled dæg and nihte, sunne and móna swíðe geþwǽre, Met. 29, 37.

líg

(n.)
Grammar
líg, lég, es; generally masc. but ðæt lég occurs.

Flamelightning

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Hí wǽron on ǽnne unmǽtne lég gesomnade in immensam adunati sunt flammam, Bd. 3, 19; S. 548, 21. Ðǽr [hell] hé hæfþ weallendene lég, and hwílum cýle ðone grimmestan, Blickl. Homl. 61, 35. On ðæt líg tó ðé hweorfan, Cd. 35; Th. 46, 33; Gen. 753.

Linked entry: lég

LÓCIAN

(v.)
Grammar
LÓCIAN, p. ode

To LOOKseegazeobserveregardtake heedlook (to)belongpertain

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Búton Raab ána libbe and ða ðe lóciaþ tó hire sola Rahab vivat cum universis, qui cum ea in domo sunt, Jos. 6, 17 : 8, 1.

Linked entries: lóc

mǽrþu

(n.)
Grammar
mǽrþu, mǽrþo; indecl.: mǽrþ, e; f.

greatnesshonourgloryfamea greathonourableglorious actiona wonderful thingmighty work

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Ðǽr syndon ða micclan mǽrþa ðæt syndon ða geweorc ðe Alexander hét gewyrcean ibi sunt illa magna insignia que Alexander operari jusserat, Nar. 33, 20. Mǽrþa georne eager to do great things, Cd. 80; Th. 101, 5; Gen. 1677.

þreátian

(v.)
Grammar
þreátian, p. ode.

to urgepressto oppressafflictvextroubleexerciseharassto urge a person to somethingpress for somethingforce to do somethingto reproverebuketo threaten

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Ða fǽmnan Simfronius ongan þreátian his suna tó wífe that virgin (St. Agnes) Simfronius attempted to force to be wife to his son, 56, 7. Geneáded ł þreátod coacta, Hpt.

Linked entries: þreátnian þreátung

etan

to devourconsumedestroy

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Ðíne suna and ðíne dohtra ǽton and druncon mid heora yldestan bréðer, Hml. Th. ii. 450, 16. Hí ǽton ǽne on dæg, Bt. 15; F. 48, 8. Éton manducaverunt, Ps. Srt. 21, 30. Et (comede) and drinc and gewista, Lk. 12, 19.

feorm

provisionsstoresa feastan entertainmententertainment

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D. i. 312, 5-18. dead stock in contrast with live stock: Þú sweltan scealt mid feó and mid feorme morte morieris tu et omnia quae tua sunt (Gen. 20, 7), Gen. 2659.

flíma

(n.)

a run-awaydeserteran apostatean outlawexilean outcastwretch

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Hec sunt jura que rex Anglie solus super omnes habet in terra sua . . . hamsocna . . . flemenfyrme, 519, 2), Ll.

Linked entry: flýma

ge-girwan

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Sunu þǽm fæder tó mete gegierwan, 1, 12; S. 52, 24. to dress Gegeruuid preatextatus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 117, 78. Gegirwed, 68, 34. to clothe with or in a garment (lit. or fig.) Gegereð hine áwergednisse induit se maledictions, Ps. Srt. 108, 18.

ge-dihtan

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Th. i. 340, 4. to construct, mate Se Fæder gedihte ealle gesceafta þurh his Wísdóm, and se Wísdóm is his Sunu, Hml. Th. ii. 206, 16.

ge-eáþmédan

(v.)
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Hig wurdon geeádmétte under heora handum (humiliati sunt sub manibus eorum. Ps. Th. 105, ii), Ælfc. T. Grn. II. 35. the object a high place, to lower Ælc dún bið geeádmét, Hml.

ge-freógan

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(l a) figuratively :-- Gif sunu iów gefrióð (-friáð, L.), sóðlíce frió gé bióðon. Jn. R. 8, 36.

hálig-dóm

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III, V</b> Háligdóm is fullneáh ásprungen and sóðfæstnes swýðe gelytlod defecit sanctum, diminutae sunt veritates, Ps. Th. II, l. Háligdómes sanctimonie (Christus, zelotypus sanctimoniae informator, Ald. 6, 35), Wrt. Voc. ii. 75, 58.

tó-slúpan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-slúpan, p. -sleáp, pl. -slupon; pp. -slopen

To slip apart or awaybe relaxeddissolvedto have the connection between several objectsthat between the parts of the same object relaxedto be dissipated,destroyedto be loosedundoneto get relaxed,to be relaxed,get remissto get paralysed,get powerless,

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Mótan sǽs tóslúpan, iii. 36, 27. of that which binds, to be loosed, undone Ðonne tóslupan ða bendas and tólýsede wǽron sunt vincula soluta, Bd. 4, 22; S. 591, 13, 22; 592, 7.

Linked entry: tó-swífan

self

(pronoun.)
Grammar
self, seolf, silf, sylf; pron. <b>A.</b>
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Ðínre sylfre sunu. Exon. Th. 21, 23; Cri. 339. Wé sceoldon úrra selfra waldan, Past. 33; Swt. 220, 5. <b>II a.

Linked entries: seolf silf siolf sylf

folc-gemót

(n.)
Grammar
folc-gemót, -mót, folces gemót, es; n.

A folk-meetingpŏpŭli consessus

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Sunnan dæges we forbeódaþ ǽlc folcgemót, búton hit for mycelre neódþearfe sí we forbid every Sunday folk-moot, unless it be for great necessity, L. C. E. 15; Th. i. 368, 16: L. N. P. L. 55; Th. ii. 298, 22.

Linked entry: folc-mót

wéna

(n.)
Grammar
wéna, an; m.

suppositionopinionthoughtideaimaginationhopeexpectation

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Swá sume wénaþ, ðæt sió sunne dó, ac se wéna nis wuhte ðe sóþra Met. 28, 35. Gewyrd nis nán ðing búton leás wéna. . . . Gé habbaþ nú gehýred be ðan leásan wénan, ðe ýdele men gewyrd hátaþ Homl. Th. i. 114, 13-34.

Linked entry: wén