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elnian

(v.)
Grammar
elnian, part. elnende; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [ellen strength] .

to make strong, strengthenconfortāreto strive with zeal after another, endeavour to be equal, emulate æmŭlāre, zēlāre

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Ne elna ðú ne æmŭlēris, Ps. Surt. 36, 8

be-þurfan

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Geleánað hé hit ús, þǽr wé betst beðurfon when it best serves our needs, Wlfst. 41, 2 : 56, 23: 111, 14. þá þe dǽdbóte ne beðurfon (sé ðe (ðá ðe, L. ) nebiðorfeð tó hreównise, R.) qui non indigent poenitentia, Lk. 15, 7.

beorgan

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Gelíce þám dwǽsan þe for heora prýtan léwe nellað beorgan, ǽr hý ne magan, Wlfst. 165, 10

ge-mǽnsumian

(v.)
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Cf. ge-mǽnung :-- Ne hiá biðon gemǽnsumad, i. ne ceorl hæfis wífes gemána, ne wíf hæfis ceorles neque nubentur, Mk. L.

Linked entry: -mǽnsumian

ge-sǽlan

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(l a) a pronoun representing a preceding circumstance :-- Þæt ne geweorðe ꝥ þyllic gýmelést gelimpe. Sý georne bewarnod þæt hit ne gesǽle (proveniat). Gif hit gelimpe (contigerit), R.

syn

(n.)
Grammar
syn, e; f.

misdeed, fault, crime, wrongsin

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Ne synn ne sacu ne sár wracu nec scelus infandum, . . . aut Mars, aut ardens caedis amore furor, Ex. Th. 201, 10; Ph. 54. Ðá wæs synn and sacu Sweóna and Geáta then was there wrongdoing and strife between Swedes and Geats, Beo. Th. 4935; B. 2472.

unc

(pronoun.)
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unc, dat.: unc, uncet (-it), acc.: uncer; gen.

Us twome and theeme and him

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Æfter ðon ðe wit betweoh unc tógongenne beóþ, ne geseó wit unc ofer ðæt in ðysse weorulde, Bd. 4, 19; S. 607, 20. Beforan ungc, 5, 12; S. 628, 15. Mid ðý ic unc wénde ingangende beón, S. 629, 39. Wit unc werian þóhton, Beo. Th. 1085; B. 540.

Linked entries: uncet ungc wit

ge-hál

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Ne bæd hé ðæt hé hine fortýnde mid gehále wáge, ac hé bæd dura tó, Past. 275, 23. Bróhte him se hræfn gehálne hláf, Shrn. 50, 14.

gnornan

(v.)
Grammar
gnornan, gnornian; p. ede, ode; pp. ed, od

To grievemournbe sadbewaillamentmœrere

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Ne scyle nán wís monn forhtigan ne gnornian no wise man ought to fear or lament, Bt. 40, 3; Fox 238, 8: Cd. 219; Th. 281, 19; Sat. 274.

þríste

(adv.)
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þríste, adv.

Boldlyconfidentlywithout apprehension, fear, hesitation, reservewithout sense of shamepresumptuouslyaudaciously

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Ne wæs ǽnig ðæt þus þríste hrínan dorste, Exon. Th. 273, 4; Jul. 511. Heó ne meahte þríste geþencan, hú ymb ðæt sceolde she could not think with confidence of the event, 378, 6; Deór. 12. Ic mundbyrd on ðé þríste hæfde in te confirmatus sum, Ps.

weorold-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
weorold-líc, adj.
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Se ðe Gode sceal þeówigan ne sceal hé hyne ábysgian worldlícra bysgunga qui Deo vult servire, non debet occupari mundanis negotiis, L. Ecg. P. i. 7; Th. ii. 174, 27. Bót æt woroldlícan þingan, L. Eth. v. 20; Th. i. 308, 31

on-sittan

(v.)

to occupy to oppress (cf. colloquial to sit on a person)to fear (taking like ondrǽdan a reflexive dative)

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Ger. int-sizzen metuere: Goth. and-sitan to regard) to fear (taking like ondrǽdan a reflexive dative) ic mé onsitte non vereor, Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 46. Ne ic mé herehlóþe helle þegna swíðe onsitte, Exon. Th. 166, 15; Gú. 1043.

þurst

(n.)
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þurst, es; m.

Thirst

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Ne biþ ðǽr hungor ne þurst, Blickl. Homl. 65, 19: Exon. 101, 20; Cri. 5661. Beóð ðé hungor and þurst hearde gewinnan, 118, 27; Gú. 246. Hungorse háta ne se hearde þurst, 238, 33; Ph. 613. Se háta þurst, 430, 6; Rä. 44, 3.

be-geondan

(prep.; adv.)
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Begeondan lordánen, Mt. 19, l. temporal Ne mæg beón ǽr þám dæge ne begeondan xiii. Kl. Mai . . . ne mæg beón ǽr xi. kl. Aprl., ne begeondan vii. kl. Mai, Angl. viii. 309, 38-40. adv.

ge-métan

(v.)
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Nis þǽr ǽnig sár geméted, ne ádl, ne ece, Bl. H. 25, 30. to discover on inspection or consideration Wé ne gemétað náne geswutelunge on bócum, hw! þes dæg tó geáres anginne geteald sý, Hml. Th. i. 98, 18.

wíteg-dóm

(n.)
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wíteg-dóm, es; m.

prophecydivination

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Lind. 19, 30 margin. divination Ne meahte seó manigeo þurh wítigdóm wihte áþencean, ne áhicgan, Cd. Th. 224, 34; Dan. 146

wudu-treów

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-treów, es; n.

A tree of the woodsa forest tree

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A tree of the woods, a forest tree Nán man ne mót bis ælmessan behátan tó wylle ne to wydetreówe, Wulfst. 303, 18. Wrǽtlíc wudutreów, Exon. Th. 437, 5; Ru. 56, 3. Ðæt man weorðige ǽniges cynnes wudutreówa, L. C. S. 5 ; Th. i. 378, 20.

Linked entry: wyde-treów

hel

(n.)
Grammar
hel, hell, helle, e; f.
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Ne sceal nán man wénan ꝥ æalla þá þe on helle beóð habban gelíc wíte. Solil. H. 65, 21. Tó þǽre sweartan helle, Hml. S. 4, 290. Hylle, Sae. 338: 717. Satan . . . helle forð healdan sceolde, Gen. 348. Þá sweartan helle, grǽdige and gífre, 792.

cépan

(v.)
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Ne cépð nán man ðeórwyrðra reáfa búton for ýdelum gylpe, 328, 28. Ne cépð nán hungrig man nǽfre his gereordes swýðor þonne þá sceoccan dóð þǽre sáwle, Wlfst. 248, 23. Ne cép ðú swá swíðe þises middangeardes stylnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 392, 30.

for-fleón

(v.)

to avoidto avoidabstain from

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Gl. 408. to avoid being reached or overtaken by, escape a pursuer Nán man Godes mihte ne forflíhð on nánum heolstrum heofenan oþþe eorðan, Hml.