folgoþ
that which follows ⬩ A train ⬩ retinue ⬩ id quod sĕquĭtur ⬩ cŏmĭtātus ⬩ service of a follower ⬩ A service ⬩ office ⬩ official dignity ⬩ cŏmĭtis servĭtus ⬩ ministĕrium ⬩ offĭcium ⬩ præpŏsĭtūra ⬩ condition of life ⬩ condĭtio vltæ
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that which follows, — A train, retinue; id quod sĕquĭtur, cŏmĭtātus Á to his folgoþe and to his þénunge ða æðelestan men cómon the noblest men always came to his retinue and to his service, Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 11.
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lácnian
To heal ⬩ cure ⬩ tend ⬩ take care of ⬩ treat ⬩ dress(a wound)
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To heal, cure, tend, take care of, treat, dress(a wound) Ic lácnige medeor, Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 36, 47. Se lǽce ðonne hé on untíman lácnaþ wunde hió wyrmseþ secta immature vulnera deterius infervescunt, Past. 21, 2; Swt. 153, 3.
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M
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In each case the symbol was sometimes employed, after the runes had been generally supplanted by the Latin letters, to express the word which was its name; thus in the Durham Ritual quis is glossed ǽnsig ᛞ nemo, ne ǽnig ᛞ : the same symbol being also
gram
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Ða graman Gydena ðe folcisce men hátaþ Parcas the fierce goddesses whom common people call Parcæ, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 24. Grame gúþfrecan fierce warriors, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 35; Jud. 224: Andr. Kmbl. 1833; An. 919: Ps. Th. 104, 30.
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sceþþan
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Th. 196, 23; Az. 178. without a case Ic sceþþu nocebo, Ps. Surt. 88, 34. Regnþeóf ne lǽt on sceade sceþþan, Exon. Th. 453, 15; Hy. 4, 15: Beo. Th. 492; B. 243. Sceþþende nocens, Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 12. Seó scæþþende wǽta, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 1.
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for-drífan
to drive away ⬩ off ⬩ out ⬩ to drive away ⬩ cast out ⬩ to drive out ⬩ to banish ⬩ expel ⬩ to drive aside ⬩ to overtask
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., cast out a devil: Gif ic fordrifo (eicio) dióules. Mt. L. 12, 27. Feber fordráf febre depulsa, Mk. p. 2, 12. Forcuóm ł fordráf ungeleáffulnise hiora exprobrauit incredulitatem eorum, Mk. L. R. 16, 14.
ge-sendan
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R. 13, 2. with a stronger sense of motion, to cast, throw Hí gesendon nett in sǽ, Mt. L. 4, 18. Ðá yflo hí út gesendon (áwurpon, W.S.), 13, 48. Ðá ðe gesendon ðingo hiora . . . qui mittebant munera sua in gazophilacium, Lk. L. R. 22, I.
ge-tenge
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Nis þé nán unáberendlic broc getenge nec tibi nimium tempestas incubuit, 10; F. 30, 5. þ ám werigan wearð wiacu getenge vengeance came upon him, Sat. 711.
grípan
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Hié grípað ðone cwide ðæs apostoles Paules hiora gídsunge tó fultome ad usum suae libidinis instrumentum apostolici sermonis arripiunt, Past. 52, 4. the subject a thing (snare), to seize, take, catch Ðet ðú ne sió gripen ne capiaris (Dominus custodiet
willan
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<b>II a</b> I. of a natural operation in the case of an, animal or thing :-- Fleót ꝥ Án cú wearð gebróht tó ðám temple . . . ; ðá wolde heó cealfian . . . ac heó eánode lamb, Hml. Th. ii. 300, 34. <b>II d.
úþ-wita
a philosopher ⬩ scribe ⬩ geo metrician
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Cato wæs openlíce úþwita, Bt. 19; Fox 70, 8: Met. 10, 50. Epicurus se úþwita, Bt. 24, 3; Fox 84, 21, Úre úþwita Plato, 33, 3; Fox 126, 35: 35, 1; Fox 156, 9: Met. 22, 54. Úðwita sophista, Ælfc. Gr. 7; Zup. 24, 8.
geá
etiam, jam
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Geá, ic cann, 25, 23. Gelýfst þú þæs. . . ? Geá, ic hys gelífe, Solil. H. 18, 8: 20, 20. Hweðer þú wille beón blíde? Geá lá geá, 34, 11. where the question is put negatively Ne canst þú huntian búton mid nettum?
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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Th. 97, 9 : 95, 13. rightly, well, in a manner suited to the circumstances of a case, fittingly, properly, duly Rihte ys hé genemned Jacob; nu hé beswác mé, Gen. 27, 36 : Exon. Th. 9, 7; Cri. 139.
hlǽfdige
A lady, ⬩ mistress of a house; ⬩ after Bertric's time it is the title given to the wife of the West-Saxon king,
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Ðá com seó hlǽfdige hider tó lande then came the lady [Ethelred's wife] to this country, Chr. 1002; Erl. 137, 30: 1013; Erl. 149, 29. Æþelflæd Myrcena hlǽfdige, 918; Erl. 103, 1 [cf. Henry of Hunt.
hleóðor
hearing ⬩ what is heard, ⬩ sound, ⬩ noise, ⬩ voice, ⬩ speech, ⬩ song
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Icel. hljóð, e.g. gefa hljóð, biðja hljóðs to give, ask for, a hearing: Goth. hliuþ.] what is heard, sound, noise, voice, speech, song Ðá hleóðor cwom býman stefne ofer burhware when the sound came of the voice of the trumpet over the city-dwellers,
tíþian
To grant, ⬩ concede, ⬩ of that which is granted
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the case is probably determined by the Latin Se him fultum tíþaþ qui eis adjutorium prestitit, Anglia xiii. 391, 366. Wísdóm lǽnende ł tíðiende litlingum sapientiam praestans parvulis, Ps.
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tellan
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Ute nú tellan (let us state the case) beforan swilcum déman swilce ðú wille quovis judice contende, Bt. 7, 3; Fox 20, 6.
þǽr
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Th. 119, 29; Gú. 262. metaph. usages, there, in that case, then Þǽr ðú cýþdest ðæt ðú nystest ... þá ðú sǽdest ðæt ..., Bt. 5, 3; Fox 14, 2. Hú ne is se anweald þonne þǽr náuht is not, then, power in that case nought? 16, 2; Fox 54, 7.
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wyrd
What happens ⬩ fate ⬩ fortune ⬩ chance ⬩ fate ⬩ the otherwise than humanly appointed order of things ⬩ one of the Fates ⬩ fate ⬩ fortune ⬩ an event ⬩ an event ⬩ occurrence ⬩ circumstance ⬩ incident ⬩ fact ⬩ what happens to a person ⬩ fate ⬩ fortune ⬩ lot ⬩ condition ⬩ fate ⬩ death ⬩ chance ⬩ accident
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Hé ðé mæg onwreón wyrda gerýno he can disclose to thee the secrets of events (can tell thee of events which are a secret to most men), 1174; El. 589 : 1623 ; El. 813. Hé ne leág fela wyrda ne worda, Beo.
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lád
a course ⬩ way ⬩ a lode ⬩ watercourse ⬩ carrying ⬩ carriage ⬩ bringing ⬩ Sustenance ⬩ provision
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ǽlc weorc and ǽlce láde ǽgðer ge on wǽne ge on horse ge on byrdene we forbid Sunday traffic and all work and all carrying (of goods, etc.) both by waggon and by horse and by the man himself, L.N.P.L. 55; Th. ii. 298, 22; [The word lád in this passage can