riht
erect, direct ⬩ right, straight ⬩ agreeable to the spirit of law, human or divine, just, equitable ⬩ the requirements of a law ⬩ regulation, legitimate, lawful, regular ⬩ satisfying the demands of conduct, right, proper, fitting ⬩ satisfying the requirements of a standard, right, correct, true, orthodox
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Hé ðan rihtestan wege ðyder tó geférde, Guthl. 3; Gdwin. 20, 12. metaphorically right, straight Ða men ðe bearn habban, tǽcean him lífes weg and rihtne gang tó heofonum, Blickl. Homl. 109, 18.
witan
to wit ⬩ know ⬩ have knowledge ⬩ be aware, ⬩ to know ⬩ have knowledge of, ⬩ be aware of ⬩ to be wise ⬩ be in one's senses ⬩ to be conscious of ⬩ to know ⬩ to feel ⬩ shew
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Ða gáð libbende and witende on helle ad infernum viventes sentientesque descendunt, Past. 55; Swt, 429, 27. Hié æt níhstan witende mid deófolcræftum sóhton hú hí hit gestillan mehte, Ors. 3, 10; Swt. 140, 7.
LEÓF
LIEF ⬩ desirable ⬩ pleasant ⬩ acceptable ⬩ loved ⬩ beloved ⬩ dear ⬩ a friend ⬩ loved one
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Mé sealde sunu on leófes stæl ðæs ðe Cain ofslóh he gave me a son in place of the loved one, him whom Cain slew, Cd. 55; Th. 68, 7; Gen. 1113. Leófes and láðes of friend and foe, Beo. Th. 5813; B. 2910.
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yfel
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Se Hálga Gást hié ǽghwylc gód lǽrde and him ǽghwylc yfel bewerede, 131, 30. Ðurh ða gesceádwísnesse wé tócnáwaþ good and yfel, and geceósaþ ðæt gód and áweorpaþ ðæt yfel, Past. 11; Swt. 65, 22.
georne
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Th. 51, 6. (10) completely, entirely :-- Him gást weorðeð georne áfyrred, Ps. Th. 103, 27
ge-þeón
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Th. ii. 380, 27. where that in relation to which growth takes place is stated Is se man betera, gif hé Gode geðíhð ( if he advances spiritually so as to gain the favour of God ), þonne ealle ðá nýtenu sindon, Hml. Th. i. 16, 14.
ge-byrd
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Heó wearð beloren bearnum and bróðrum; hié on gebyrd hruron ( they fell one after the other ) gáre wunde, B. 1074
spell
a story ⬩ narrative ⬩ account ⬩ relation ⬩ a historical narrative ⬩ history ⬩ a false or foolish story ⬩ a fable ⬩ an instructive talk ⬩ discourse ⬩ a philosophical argument ⬩ a sermon ⬩ homily ⬩ a saying ⬩ remark ⬩ sentence ⬩ statement of a single point ⬩ dictum ⬩ a saying that is to be repeated to another ⬩ a message ⬩ an announcement ⬩ speech ⬩ language of prose ⬩ a fable, tale ⬩ fabulatio, parabola ⬩ sermo, narratio, parabola, fabula, mythus ⬩ a saying
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Drihten dóm forgeaf ðám ðe his spel beraþ the Lord gave glory to those that bear his messages, Cd.
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ge-lífan
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H. 18, 6. with dat. to believe a person when making a statement Gyf hé Israhéla cyning sý, gá nú nyþer of ðǽre róde, and wé gelýfað hym ( credimus ei ), Mt. 27, 42.
gíman
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Ðú sláwa, gá ðé tó ǽmetthylle, and giém hú hié dóð ( considera vias ejus), Past. 193, l. Ðæt hié geornlíce giémen (ut sollicite consi-derent ) hwæðer him ðæt geðóht cume of fǽrlicum luste, ðe of gewilnunga, 417, 4, 32.
hád
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Ne genéð þú (a priest) nǽfre ꝥ þú gá tó þám hálgan híde (cf. ne geneálǽc ðú Godes ðénungum, Hml.
hé
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S.) cuoeðende, 'Lá, mægden, árís,' Lk. 8. 54. where the pronoun represents a masculine or feminine noun. masc. a living creature Gif se oxa spyrnð ongeán ðá gáde, hit dereð him sylfum, Hml.
ge-niman
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[Goth. ga-niman to take, take with one; receive; conceive; learn: O. Sate. gi-mman: O. H. Ger. ge-neman auferre, rapere, recipere.? v. æt-genumen; ge-nǽman
HÁTAN
to bid, order, command ⬩ to promise, vow ⬩ to call, name, give a name to ⬩ to name, call, bid, command ⬩ to call, name, promise, vow ⬩ nominare, appellare, jubere, præcipere
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Rómáne hý tictatóres héton the Romans gave them the name of dictators, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 42, 28. Sum consul Boetius wæs háten a certain consul whose name was Boethius, Bt. 1; Fox 2, 13: Cd. 79; Th. 99, 13; Gen. 1645.
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on-wendan
to turn, change ⬩ to change one thing for another, to exchange ⬩ to turn, change a direction, to avert, divert, turn aside ⬩ to change the position of a thing, to invert, turn upside down, ⬩ to subvert, disturb, upset ⬩ to cause to change for the worse, to give a wrong direction, pervert ⬩ To return
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To return Heora gást gangeþ onwendeþ on ða eorþan ðe hí of cómon exiet spiritus ejus, et revertetur in terram suam, 145, 3
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wénan
to ween ⬩ suppose ⬩ think ⬩ imagine ⬩ opine ⬩ believe ⬩ to hope ⬩ expect ⬩ look for
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Hé sæcce ne wéneþ tó Gár-Denum 1205; B. 600. Ne wéndon hig nánes fleámes tó unc Shrn. 40, 29. Nǽnig wihta wénan þorfte beorhtre bóte tó banan folmum Beo. Th. 317; B. 157. where c. and d. are combined Wéne ic mé wraðe tó ðé ego in te sperabo, Ps.
ge-neálǽcan
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Þá hé geneálǽhte (ge-neolécte, L.) þǽre ceastre gate. Lk. 7, 12. with prep. Hí ge-neálǽcton oþ tó gatum deáþes, Ps.
ge-tácnian
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H. 71, 25: Past. 83, 25. (2 a) to express the character of an object by transferring a significant name :-- Galað is on Englisc gewitnesse heáp . . Ðý is swíðe ryhte getácnod ( non incongrue exprímitur) ðurh Galates naman sió hálige gesomnung.
þencan
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Ða Iudéas ðá árison, and hié ongunnon mid sweordum ðyder gán; þóhton ðæt hié woldan ofsleán ða apostolas, Blickl.
lǽran
To teach ⬩ instruct ⬩ educate ⬩ to preach ⬩ to exhort ⬩ admonish ⬩ advise ⬩ persuade ⬩ suggest
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Se Hálga Gást hié ǽghwylc gód lǽrde, 131, 30. Lǽrde Paulinus Godes word prædicabat Paulinus verbum, Bd. 2, 16; S. 519, 18. Ðæt Agustinus Brytta biscopas lǽrde and monade ut Augustinus Brittonum episcopos monuerit, 2, 2; S. 502, 2.