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sceatt

(n.)
Grammar
sceatt, es ; m.

property, goods, wealth, treasureprice, gift, bribe, tax, tribute, money, goods a coin

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Teóþa sceatt a tithe :-- Ðæs hereteámes ealles teóþan sceat sealde 'he gave him tithes of all' (Gen. 14, 20), Cd. Th. 128, 5; Gen. 2122. Bringaþ gé on mín beren eówerne teóþan sceat (Malachi 3, 10), Blickl. Homl. 39, 26: 53, 11.

Linked entry: sceat

heáfod

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod, gen. heáfdes; dat. heáfde; pl. heáfdu [v. Ælfc. Gr. 15; Som. 18, 21-25]

HEAD, chief, source, 'the commencing point, or the highest point, of a stream, of a field, hill, etc.

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Cúþ is ðæt se áwyrgda gást is heáfod ealra unrihtwísra dǽda, swylce unrihtwíse syndon deófles leomo it is known that the accursed spirit is the source of all unrighteous deeds, as also unrighteous men are members of the devil, Blickl. Homl. 33, 7.

witan

(v.)
Grammar
witan, prs. ic, hé wát, ðú wást, wǽst, pl.witon; p. wiste; pp. witen.

to witknowhave knowledgebe aware,to knowhave knowledge of, be aware ofto be wisebe in one's sensesto be conscious ofto knowto feelshew

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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.

Linked entries: weotan wietan

fón

(v.)

to takecatchto takearrestapprehendto getgainto getsufferexperienceto beginto beginto taketo set aboutundertaketo attackto begin atto take taketo set to work atdeal withreceiveacceptto taketo taketake possession ofto taketo takeundertaketo taketo take toallow ofto take toto take tojoin battleto join togetherto struggle with

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R. 14, 48. to get, gain, with acc. Rǽd geþencean, fón, Gen. 287. with gen. Wé moniges féngon, Sal. 432. with dat. Hé þám frætwum féng, B. 2989. to get, suffer, experience, with acc.

LEÓF

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
LEÓF, adj.

LIEFdesirablepleasantacceptablelovedbeloveddeara friendloved 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.

Linked entry: leóf

yfel

(n.)
Grammar
yfel, es; n.
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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.

Linked entries: efel eofel

georne

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Th. 51, 6. (10) completely, entirely :-- Him gást weorðeð georne áfyrred, Ps. Th. 103, 27

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

(n.)
Grammar
spell, es; n.

a storynarrativeaccountrelationa historical narrativehistorya false or foolish storya fablean instructive talkdiscoursea philosophical argumenta sermonhomilya sayingremarksentencestatement of a single pointdictuma saying that is to be repeated to anothera messagean announcementspeechlanguage of prosea fable, talefabulatio, parabolasermo, narratio, parabola, fabula, mythusa 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, nú nyþer of ðǽre róde, and wé gelýfað hym ( credimus ei ), Mt. 27, 42.

hád

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Ne genéð þú (a priest) nǽfre ꝥ þú tó þám hálgan híde (cf. ne geneálǽc ðú Godes ðénungum, Hml.

ge-niman

(v.)
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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

on

(prep.)
Grammar
on, an ; prep. adv. A.

expressing local relations, rest upon and contact with an object, ondependence upon an objectextension over a surfacenearnessin or at a place, or with a personrest where one object is contained in another, or is surrounded by others, within, among; and metaphorically inmarking the seat of feeling, thought, etc., in, within, at on, at, in within, in the course of, in, during on, a-fromon, in, at by, with of, consisting of or inin respect to, in the matter of, inin, ofat (a distance), of (the weight of),with, inin accordance withofinmotion, actual or figurative, which is external to the object expressed by the word which on governs, upon, on, on to, tomarking motion from without to the inside, into, among continuously, together, anon, at once expressing temporal relations,on, in, atinto (one's power, etc. )against in accordance withmarking the object of thought, emotion, speech, trust, sightmarking pricein (the name of), by (in adjuration)

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Skt. i. 12, 177, 195. marking the object in relation to which an action takes place Ðæt a woruldsǽlþa on ðé erga te onwenda sint, Bt. 7, 2; Fox 16, 29. marking end or purpose Ic wylle gán on fiscaþ, Jn. Skt. 21, 3.

Linked entries: an un-reordian

tǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
tǽlan, p. de.

to blame, rebuke, reprove, reproach, censure, accuse.to blame a person for what is wrongto blame what is wrong in a personto speak evil of, blaspheme, revile, slander, calumniate, backbiteto treat with contempt, to scorn, despise, insult, mock, deride, jeer at

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Se ðe óðerne tǽlan wille, ðonne gange hé ǽrest on dígle stówe and besceáwige hine sylfne, Wulfst. 233, 20. to blame what is wrong in a person Ne tǽle ic ná micel weorc ne ryhtne onwald ac ic tǽle ðæt hine mon forðý up áhebbe on his móde non potestatem

Linked entries: télan be-tilldon

macian

(v.)
Grammar
macian, <b>. I.</b>
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.), cause a person to experience something :-- Þá bǽdon hig sume þæt Samson móste him macian sum gamen, Jud. 16, 25. (3b) to make peace, to bring about a condition of Nis ná tó forgytane ꝥ góde frið þe hé macode on þisan lande, Chr. 1086; P. 220, 13.

HÁTAN

(v.)
Grammar
HÁTAN, ic háte, ðú hátest, hætsþ, hé háteþ, hát, hǽt, pl. hátaþ; p. héht, hét, pl. héhton, héton; pp. háten.

to bid, order, commandto promise, vowto call, name, give a name toto name, call, bid, commandto call, name, promise, vownominare, 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.

Linked entry: ge-hátan

on-wendan

(v.)

to turn, changeto change one thing for another, to exchangeto turn, change a direction, to avert, divert, turn asideto change the position of a thing, to invert, turn upside down,to subvert, disturb, upsetto cause to change for the worse, to give a wrong direction, pervertTo 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

wénan

(v.)
Grammar
wénan, p. de.

to weensupposethinkimagineopinebelieveto hopeexpectlook 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.

Linked entries: for-wénan wǽnan

wirsa

(adj.)
Grammar
wirsa, (wirra occurs once in the Chronicle); cpve.; wirrest, wirst; spve. adj.

Worseworst

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Ðá gǽð hé and him tó genymð seofun óðre gástas wyrsan (nequiores) ðonne hé . . . and wurðaþ ðæs mannes ýtemestan wyrsan (pejora) ðonne ða ǽrran, Mt. Kmbl. 12, 45; Wrt. Voc. ii. 72, 59. Ðes wyrresta cyning Neron, Homl. Th. i. 384, 3.

mann

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Gif bescoren man stéorleás gange. Ll. Th. i. 38, 12. Habban þá . xii. men heora metscype tógædere, 236, 6: 230, 22. add: of free men Gif mon wille . . . hláford sécan . . . sé þe hine tó men feormie . . . se þe hine tó men onfó, Ll. Th. i. 86, 2-9.