onettan
to hasten, move rapidly ⬩ to make a quick movement, to anticipate ⬩ to be quick in one's movements or actions, be active, quick or busy
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Sceal onettan se ðe ágan wile líf æt Meotude ðenden him leóht and gǽst somod fæst seón diligent must he be, while light and spirit hold fast together, who life will receive at the hands of the Lord, 96, 24; Cri. 1529.
wyrcan
to work ⬩ labour ⬩ to make ⬩ to make ⬩ form ⬩ construct ⬩ to be the source ⬩ cause of, to produce ⬩ to make ⬩ constitute ⬩ to work ⬩ do ⬩ perform ⬩ to perform a rite ⬩ keep a season ⬩ to work ⬩ effect a purpose ⬩ attain an object,
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Gá and wyrce (wyrc, Rush.: wuirc, Lind. operare) on mínum wíngerde, Mt. Kmbl. 21, 28. Gáð and wircaþ, Ex. 5, 18. Wyrceaþ eów syx dagas, L. Alf. 3; Th. i. 44, 10. Gif þeów mon wyrce on Sunnandæge, L. In. 3 ; Th. i. 104, 2, 4, 6 : L. E.
cwide
the expression of a thought, a sentence, period ⬩ sententia ⬩ a saying, proverb, speech, discourse, sermon, will ⬩ dictum, dictio, sermo, homilia, testamentum ⬩ a legal enactment, decree ⬩ edictum, deretum
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expression of a thought, a sentence, period ; sententia We todǽlaþ ða bóc to cwydurn, and siððan ða cwydas to dǽlum, eft ða dǽlas to stæfgefégum, and siððan ða stæfgefégu to stafum; ðon beóþ ða stafas untodǽledlíce, forðonðe nán stæf ne biþ náht, gif he gǽþ
DEÁD
DEAD ⬩ mortuus
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Mec deádne ofgeáfun fæder and móder father and mother gave me up as dead, 103 a; Th. 391, 7; Rä. 10, 1: Beo.Th. 2623; B. 1309.
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FLÓR
A FLOOR ⬩ păvimentum ⬩ sŏlum ⬩ ārea
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He gang æfter flóre he went along the floor, Beo. Th. 2636; B. 1316. Ðú ðæm wættere foldan to flóre gesettest thou settest the earth for a floor to the water, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 181; Met. 20, 91.
un-wær
not on one's guard ⬩ unaware ⬩ unprepared ⬩ unwary ⬩ heedless ⬩ incautious ⬩ inconsiderate
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Oft ðonne se hirde gǽð on frécne wegas, sió hiord ðe unwærre bið gehríst cum pastor per abrupta graditur, ad praecipitium grex sequitur, Past. 2; Swt. 31, 1.
diht
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Seó sunne gǽð be Godes dihte, Lch. iii. 234, 19. On bócum þe ðurh Godes dihte gesette wǽron, Hml. Th. ii. 444, 19. Þurh Godes diht, 594, 23. the office of a director Scír vel diht dispensatio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 65.
ge-strínan
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</b> to get as advantage or profit, gain :-- Þú gestreónest bróðer ðín lucratus eris fratrem tuum, Mt. R. 18, 15. Hé monncynnes mǽst gestriénde (-strýnde, v.l. ) rodra wearde, Past. 9, ii. Hé gestriónde (gestriónende wæs, L.) óþre féfe, Mt.
on-cnáwan
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Ox. 40, 7 : 23. with clause or pronoun representing a clause Ðá se Hǽlend ꝥ on his gáste oncneów ( quo cognito spiritu suo ) ꝥ hí swá betwux him þóhton, Mis. 2, 8. Þá oncneóu se Godes man ꝥ hé féran ne móste, Bd. 5, 9 ; Sch. 595, 16.
leóht
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Wé sculan gán mid þám leóhte betwux Godes húsum and singan ðone lofsang . . . þeáh ðe sume men singan ne cunnon, hí beron þeáhhwæðere þæt leóht on heora handum, Hml. Th. i. 150, 28-31. used figuratively Se Godes cwide is leóht wincendra, Sal. 77.
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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trymman
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(I a) of non-material objects :-- Se ðe him hálig gǽst wísaþ and his weorc trymaþ. Exon. Th. 124, 2 ; Gú. 333. Dagas syndon trymede dies firmabuntur. Ps.
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weorold
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Ðás woruld þurh gást gedál ofgyfan, Cd. Th. 68, 32; Gen. 1126.
níd
necessity ⬩ inevitableness ⬩ necessity ⬩ need ⬩ urgent requirement ⬩ a necessary business ⬩ duty ⬩ need ⬩ what one wants ⬩ necessity ⬩ need ⬩ difficulty ⬩ hardship ⬩ distress ⬩ force ⬩ compulsion
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Hé wolde gán embe his neóde forþ, Homl. Th. i. 290, 18. Gafele ł nédde (neáde?) debito, necessitate, Hpt. Gl. 440, 29. Neóde debitum, 456, 14. On ðam tóweardan lífe ne beóþ ðás neóda ( the duties of feeding the hungry, etc. ), ne ðás þénunga Homl.
ríce
powerful ⬩ mighty ⬩ great ⬩ possessed of power ⬩ rich ⬩ possessed of wealth ⬩ strong ⬩ powerful ⬩ mighty ⬩ potent
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Hé hér ácwellan ða rícostan witan and ða æðelestan, Met. 9, 25. rich, possessed of wealth Eáðere ys olfende tó farenne þurh nǽdle þyrel ðonne se ríca and se welega on Godes ríce gá facilius est camelum per foramen acus transire quam divitem intrare regnum
geond
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Wæs geond þá werþeóde lǽded morgenspel, El. 969. where there is movement to many places Gá geond þás wegas and hegas exi in uias et sepes, Lk. 14, 23.
Æ
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The short or unaccented æ stands only before a single consonant; as Stæf, hwæl, dæg: a single consonant followed by e in nouns; Stæfes, stæfe, hwæles, dæges, wæter, fæder, æcer: or before st, sc, fn, ft; Gæst, æsc, hræfn, cræft: before pp, bb, tt, cc,
GLÆD
shining ⬩ bright ⬩ glad ⬩ cheerful ⬩ joyous ⬩ bright ⬩ pleasant ⬩ kind ⬩ mild ⬩ courteous
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Beó wið Geátas glæd geofena gemyndig be kind to the Gauts, mindful of gifts, 2350; B. 1173: 1730; B. 863. Mín Drihten hine gedó glædne wiþ eów may my Lord make him kind towards you, Gen. 43. 14.
GEONG
YOUNG, youthful, new, recent, fresh ⬩ jŭvĕnis, adolescens, nŏvellus, rĕcens ⬩ young
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Cýse geongne onfón gestreón getácnaþ to accept new cheese betokens gain, Lchdm. iii. 200, 29. Ðǽr geonge wiste wíc weardian where he knew the young [woman] to be abiding, Exon. 67 a; Th. 248, 6; Jul. 91.
un-eáðe
with difficulty ⬩ grievously ⬩ hardly ⬩ unwillingly ⬩ hardly ⬩ hardly ⬩ scarcely ⬩ only just
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where a thing is not easily done, with difficulty Se weliga uneáþe (-eáðe, Lind.) gǽþ in heofuna ríce dives difficule intrabit in regnum coelorum, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 19, 23. Swíðe uneáðe (-eáða, Lind.) ł hefige, Mk. Skt. Rush. 10, 23: Lk. Skt.