frignan
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Hé frǽn (frægn, v.l. ) hwæðer þá landleóde crístene wǽron, Bd. 2, l; Sch. 109, 19. Huæs sié sunu Críst fregnende (interrogans), Mk. p. 5, 4.
ge-mót
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Wæs sionoðlic gemót on ðǽre mǽran stówe ðe mon háteð Clofeshoas, and ðǽr se cyning ond his biscopas ond his aldormenn ond alle ðá wioton ðisse ðióde ðǽr gesomnade wǽron, Cht. Th. 70, 10.
ge-tácnian
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Ors. 2, 1; S. 62, 25. to mark as witness, set to one's seal Hié tácen secgende wǽron þá þe Drihten sylf getácnode, Bl. H. 161, 21.
ge-fæstnian
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Ꝥte ryhte cynedómas þurh úre folc gefæstnode and getrymede wǽron, Ll. Th. i. 102, 9. to settle, determine, fix a plan, course, &c. Þá gefæstnode hé þisne rǽd wið þæt werod ... Ðá ðá hí ealle hæfdon þisne rǽd betwux him gefæstnod, Hml.
hwæþer
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Hié wǽron orwéne hwæðer ǽfre Rómáne tó heora anwealde becómen, Ors. 4, 9; S. 192, 4. Hé áxode hwæþer (gif ł huoeðer, L. si ) hé áht gesáwe, Mk. 8, 23: Lk. 23, 6. Áfandað God ... hwæðer hé ánrǽde sý, Hml. Th. i. 268, 16: Gen. 1437.
libban
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An hwelcum brocum þá lifdon þe ǽr him wǽron, Ors. 3, 9; S. 136, 20. with adj. or compl. sbst.
mann
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Ic cwæð þæt wǽron ealle menn ungemete leáse (omnis homo mendax), Ps.
sócn
a seeking, search, exploring ⬩ a seeking, desiring, trying to get ⬩ a seeking to obtain an end ⬩ a seeking for information, ⬩ question, inquiry ⬩ a seeking, visiting of a place, attendance at a place, resort ⬩ a seeking for protection ora place so sought, refuge, sanctuary, asylum ⬩ a seeking with hostile intent, an attack ⬩ inquisitio ⬩ the right of investigating, necessary to and a part of power of holding plea ⬩ seeking ⬩ levying fines ⬩ soca ⬩ soca ⬩ quaestio ⬩ inquisitio ⬩ an attack ⬩ an action, prosecution ⬩ an assemblage ⬩ a parish
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Be monigum sócnum and frignyssum ða ðe him nýdþearflíce gesewen wǽron de eis quae necessariae videbantur quaestionibus Bd. 1, 27; S. 488, 33. a seeking, visiting of a place, attendance at a place, resort Similar entries v. cyric-sócn, sécan, II. 2 Wé
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hand
HAND, side, power, control
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Hí wǽron geseald under sweordes hand tradentur in manus gladii, Ps. Th. 62, 8. Alle þinge ðe hí under honde habben all things that they have in their possession, Th. Chart. 582, 1, 19: Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iv. 268, 32. [Cf.
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ELN
the Royal
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Hí wǽron unfeor fram lande, swylce hit wǽre twá hund elna non longe ĕrant a terra, sed quăsi cŭbĭtis dŭcentis [18 in. × 200 ÷ 12 = 300 ft.], Jn. Bos. 21, 8.
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lǽran
To teach ⬩ instruct ⬩ educate ⬩ to preach ⬩ to exhort ⬩ admonish ⬩ advise ⬩ persuade ⬩ suggest
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Cneohtas and geonge men týdde and lǽrde wǽron pueri erudirentur, 3, 18; S. 546, 1: Elen. Kmbl. 345: El. 173
bisceop
a BISHOP, prelate ⬩ episcopus ⬩ a chief priest of the Jews ⬩ pontifex ⬩ a heathen priest of the Romans and Egyptians
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Romans and Egyptians; the chief priest of the Romans was called Pontifex Maximus, which was a title assumed by the Consuls and Emperors, Similar entries v. yldest-bisceop Sǽdon ða Égyptiscan bisceopas, ðæt ða Godes wundor hiora ágnum godum getealde wǽron
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sél
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Twegen wǽron biscopas and twegen mæssepreóstas ealle ða sélestan omnes sacerdotes fuere praeclari, Bd. 3, 23 ; S. 555, 19.
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ge-sceád
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Ágyldan Gode full gesceád for úrum dǽdum, Angl. viii. 336, 37. argument, reasoning Clemens þám hǽðenum leódum gelícode, for ðan ðe hé mid hospe heora godas ne gebysmrode, ac mid bóclicum gesceáde him geswutelode hwæt hí wǽron, Hml. Th. i. 558, 14
ge-tellan
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Þ ás men wǽron getealde for ðá mǽrostan godas, Wlfst. 106, 16. with a clause Gitelede hine gisihðe gesége estimabat se visum videre, Rtl. 58, 15.
FEORH
life ⬩ soul ⬩ spirit ⬩ vīta ⬩ ănĭma ⬩ a living being ⬩ person ⬩ hŏmo ⬩ persōna
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Th. 2616; B. 1306. a living being, person; hŏmo, persōna Ða yldestan Chus and Cham hátene wǽron, fulfreólíce feorh, frumbearn Chames the eldest were called Cush and Canaan, most liberal beings, Ham's firstborn, Cd. 79; Th. 97, 25; Gen. 1618.
MÆGEN
MAIN ⬩ might ⬩ strength ⬩ force ⬩ power ⬩ vigour ⬩ efficacy ⬩ virtue ⬩ faculty ⬩ ability ⬩ an exercise of power ⬩ effort ⬩ a mighty work ⬩ miracle ⬩ a force ⬩ military force
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Monige mægen and hǽlotácen gefremede wǽron innumeræ virtutes sanitatum noscuntur esse patratæ, S. 524, 28. On him synd mægenu geworht, Mk. Skt. 6, 14. Ða burga on ðám wǽrun gedóne manega hys mægena, Mt.
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mǽgþ
A collection of mǽgas ⬩ a family ⬩ stock ⬩ race ⬩ as a technical term in the laws, relatives, kindred, the mǽgas who were living at the same time, and to whom the mǽg-lagu applied ⬩ descendants of a common ancestor living at the same time ⬩ a generation ⬩ a tribe ⬩ subdivision of a people ⬩ a people ⬩ nation ⬩ province ⬩ country
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Woldon ofsleán Claudius for Gaiuses þingum ðæs ǽrran césares and ealle ða de ðære mǽgþe wǽron evertenda penitus Caesarum universa familia decrevissent, Ors. 6, 4; Swt. 258, 25. Rím miclade monna mǽgþe, Cd. 63; Th. 75, 22; Gen. 1244.
sceótan
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Th. 420, 1; Rä. 39, 4. of speech Hé ðæs geanwyrde wes ætforan eallum ðám mannum ðe ðǽr gegaderode wǽron, ðeáh him ðæt word of scute his unnþances though the remark burst from him involuntarily, Chr. 1055; Erl. 189, 6. to run (of a road, etc.)
wundor
a wonder ⬩ a circumstance ⬩ act that excites astonishment ⬩ a circumstance that excites astonishment as being out of the usual course of nature, ⬩ a prodigy ⬩ portent ⬩ a wonder ⬩ miracle ⬩ a miracle ⬩ a wonderful object ⬩ wondrous thing ⬩ wonderful ⬩ miraculous power ⬩ wonder ⬩ admiration
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His (Oswald's) wundor wǽron miclo, Shrn. 114, 5: Elen. Kmbl. 1650; El. 827. Synd ðás wundru (virtutes) gefremede on him, Mt. Kmbl. 14, 2. Wæs ðis ðara wundra ǽrest ðe ðes eádiga wer geworhte, Blickl. Homl. 219, 2.