HORS
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Nis horses flǽsc forboden caro equina non est prohibita, L. Ecg. C. 38; Th. ii. 162, 16. Wið horses hreófle . . . dó on ðæt hors swá hit hátost mǽge for a horse's leprosy . . . apply it to the horse as hot as possible, L.
hycgan
take thought ⬩ be mindful ⬩ think ⬩ consider ⬩ meditate ⬩ to intend ⬩ purpose ⬩ determine ⬩ endeavour ⬩ strive ⬩ to hope
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Wé cunnon hycgan and hyhtan ðæt ... we can hope that .... Frag. Kmbl. 83; Leas. 44
fird
an expedition ⬩ campaign ⬩ an army ⬩ a camp
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¶ a case of assessment for the fird, that of Abingdon, is given in the following: Expeditionem cum xii. uassallis et cum tantis scutis exerceaut, C. D. i. 272, 2
ge-myndig
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Add: I. having remembrance of. without construction Hé gecostad wearð in gemyndigra monna tídum (in the times of men who can remember the events; cf. míne dihteras . . . mihton gemunan . . . þá wundru þisses eádigan weres (Guthlac), Guth.
ge-hwá
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(ca) where the phrase governs a genitive :-- Bióð ánra gehwæs monnamódsefan áwegede, Met. 7, 23, Ánra gehwǽm eorðbúendra, 12, 18. On ánra gehwám æðeles cynnes, Exod. 227. Gumena gehwæne þyssa burhleóda. Jud. 186.
FEALLAN
FALL, fall down, fail ⬩ defĭcĕre
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Ic fealle cădo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 7; Som. 32, 54. Se rén fealleþ the rain falls, Ps. Th. 71, 6: Exon. 56 b; Th. 201, 25; Ph. 61: Salm. Kmbl. 603; Sal. 301. Se hagol fealþ the hail falls, Ex. 9, 19: Bt. 6 ; Fox 14, 29: Boutr. Scrd. 18, 25.
Linked entries: feallend-lic ge-feallan
irmþ
Poverty ⬩ penury ⬩ misery ⬩ wretchedness ⬩ calamity ⬩ distress ⬩ disorder
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Him gewearþ yrmþu tó ealdre upon them [Adam and Eve] came misery for ever, 73 a; Th. 272, 24; Jul. 504; 119 a; Th. 457, 15 ; Hy. 4, 84.
Linked entry: earmþu
bodian
to tell, announce, proclaim, preach ⬩ nuntiare, annuntiare, enuntiare, narrare, prædicare, evangelizare ⬩ to foretell, predict, prophesy, promise ⬩ prædicere, promittere ⬩ to announce
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Bodedon heofonas rihtwísnysse his annuntiaverunt cali justitiam ejus, Ps. Spl. 96, 6: Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 6; Jud. 244. Hý bodudon annuntiaverunt, Ps. Spl. 43, 1.
Linked entries: bodiend-lic bodigean
sweltan
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. ¶ to die by or of something, where the cause of death is expressed by a case or by a preposition with a noun :-- Ne swelte ic mid sáre, Ps. Th. 117, 17. Ðú þurh deóra gripe deáþe sweltest, Exon. Th. 250, 11; Jul. 125. Gé sweltaþ deáðe, Cd.
Linked entry: a-sweltan
sweotol
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Is on mé sweotul ðæt. . . it is plain from my case that . . ., Exon. Th. 275, 17; Jul. 551. Biþ hit sweotol (swutul, Hatt. MS.), Past. 14; Swt. 83, 20. Swutol, 21; Swt. 153, 4. Ðæt wæs tácen sweotol it was a token that was an evident proof, Beo.
swégan
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(b 1) with a personal subject Drihten swégþ Dominus tonabit, Cant. An. 10. God swégde Deus intonuit, Ps. Spl. 28, 3: Ps. Lamb. 17, 14. of regulated, modulated sound, of speech, tone, music Swégþ eádmódnys on his stemne, Homl. Th. ii. 374. 11.
ge-beran
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Blindum giborenum (caeca nato) égo untýndist. Rtl. 101, 38
wærlíce
warily, cautiously, circumspectly, ⬩ in a way that guards against surprise ⬩ in a way that guards against an ill result, safely ⬩ carefully, heedfully, prudently
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Hú hý ðam deófle wærlícast magan wiðstandan, Wulfst. 80, 3. in a way that guards against an ill result, safely Námon hí tó rǽde, ðæt him wærlícor wǽre, ðæt hí sumne dǽl heora londes wurðes æthæfdon they came to the conclusion, that it would be safer
hleów
A shelter, ⬩ protection, ⬩ covering, ⬩ refuge;
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Ðæt hé ðonne stán nime wið hungres hleó hláfes ne gýme that he should take a stone then as a protection against hunger, and care not for the bread, Elen. Kmbl. 1228; El. 616
gíman
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., and add: to take care of (gen. ) to treat so as not to injure Hit is fúllic þingc . . . þæt hí ne gýmað heora sylfra æt þám unþeáwe. . . þæt hí ne gýmað heora sylfra, swá hí beþorfton, ac befýlað hí selfe, Wlfst. 305, 7-11. to treat so as to restore
þanc
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Sche ... can hem therfore as moche thank as me, Chauc. Kn.
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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Ðú ne wénst ðæt heó mǽge swá mycel mægen habban you will not expect that the plant can have so great efficacy. Herb. 12, 4; Lchdm. i. 104, 12. Hé moncynnes mǽste hæfde mægen and strengo, Cd. 79; Th. 98, 19; Gen. 1632.
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sceótan
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to shoot, cast a missile, with acc. of missile Ðæt yrre scýt his spere ongeán ðæt geþyld ira lanceam suam jacit contra patientiam, Gl. Prud. 20 b. Ða wǽpna ðe ðæt yrre scét (miserat ), 21 b.
Agustin
St. Augustine ⬩ Augustinus
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Augustine and his companions came to England, Chr. 597; Th. 35, 41, col. 2. Gregorius sende Agustíne pallium Gregorius misit Augustino pallium, Bd. 1, 29; S. 498, 12. Æfter Agustíne after Augustine, 2, 4; S. 505, 9.
hrínan
To touch ⬩ reach ⬩ strike
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Swá hit him on innan com hrán æt heortan so it came within him, touched him at his heart, Cd. 33; Th. 45, 9; Gen. 724. Óþ ðæt deáþes folm hrán æt heortan until the hand of death touched him at his heart, Beo. Th. 4532; B. 2270