wénan
to ween ⬩ suppose ⬩ think ⬩ imagine ⬩ opine ⬩ believe ⬩ to hope ⬩ expect ⬩ look for
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num ea mentis integritate homines degunt, ut quos probos improbosve censuerint, eos quoque, uti existimant, esse necesse sit? 39, 9; Fox 226, with gen. and tó Ðonne scencð hé ða scylde ǽlcum ðara ðe him ǽnges yfles tó wénð.
hrycg
a back ⬩ dorsum ⬩ spina ⬩ a ridge ⬩ rigg
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Se cyning hæfde his hrycg him tó hliépan ut ipse acclinis humi regem super adscensurum in equum dorso adtolleret, Ors. 6, 24; Swt. 274, 24.
húru
At least ⬩ at all events ⬩ at any rate ⬩ in any case ⬩ however ⬩ even ⬩ yet ⬩ only ⬩ indeed ⬩ certainly ⬩ especially
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Húru ðæt hig ofer niht ðǽron ne wunigon ita saltem ut non per noctem ibi restent, L. Ecg. C. 39; Th. ii. 164, 2.
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gifu
a gift ⬩ grace ⬩ favour ⬩ donum ⬩ munas ⬩ beneficium ⬩ gratia ⬩ virtus ⬩ facultas ⬩ the Anglo-Saxon Rune ⬩ RUNE = g, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is gifu a gift,-hence, this Rune not only stands for the letter g, but for gifu as a gift,
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Gá hire út to gife bútan feó. let her go out free without money, Ex. 21, 11: Num. 11, 5. To gife gratis, Gen. 29, 15. Gifum gratis, Ps. Spl.
slǽd
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Iulius ferde ut of Doure in to ane muchele slæde & his folc hudde, Laym. 8585. Heó talden whar me heom kepen mihte in ane slade deopen, 26887. Geond slades & geon dunen, 28365. By slente oþer slade, Allit. Pms. 5, 141.
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þyrstan
To thirst
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.), Rush.) ut non sitiam, Jn. Skt. 4, 15. Cume tó mé se ðe hine þyrste (se ðe ðyrsteð, Lind.: gif hwelc ðyrste, Rush.) qui sitit veniat ad me, 7, 37. Ongan ðone oferhýdygan þyrstan on deáþ, Shrn. 130, 1.
borh
payment ⬩ suretyship ⬩ security ⬩ loan ⬩ debt
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Borge mutuo, 56, 5. ꝥ man ǽlcne borh águlde ut quicquid in mutuo ab aliquo acceptum erat restitueretur, Cht. Th. 550, 26.
blíþe
cheerful ⬩ gentle
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Hé feól tó his fótum, and bæd ꝥ hé him blíþe wǽre (ut sibi placatus esset), Bd. 3, 14; Sch. 259, 3, 13.
deófol-gild
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Hé bebeád þæt mon áfielde diófolgielda þá cirican, and þæt mon his ágen deófolgield þǽr tómiddes ásette, þæt wæs his ágen onlícnes sacrarium repleri statuis simulachrisque imperavit, seque ibi ut Deum coli praecepit, Ors. 6, 3; S. 258, 8.
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earnian
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Ne suá wére losad ꝥte ǽrest earnade ut nec sic perderet quod prius meruerat, Mk. p. 2, 1. Oxan hyrde mót earnian mid ðám scós and glófa him sylfum, Ll. Th. i. 438, 15
feówertig
alone
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Wæs hé feówertiga (feówertigra, v. l.) sum viri, ut ferunt, ferme XL, Bd. 1, 25; Sch. 52, 10. Hé wæs wunigende betwux him þás feówertig daga, Hml.
for-cweþan
to reproach ⬩ upbraid ⬩ blame ⬩ reprove ⬩ rebuke ⬩ to reprove ⬩ to refuse ⬩ decline ⬩ to excuse ⬩ to refuse ⬩ to receive ⬩ to reject ⬩ disapprove of
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Ꝥte ne sié forcwedeno (-cuodeno, L.) werc his ut non arguantur opera ejus, Jn. R. 3, 20. to refuse, decline to do Hé forcwið ðæt hé ne féde Godes heorde gregem Dei renuit pascere, Past. 43, 6.
fore-secgan
to foretell ⬩ prophesy ⬩ proclaim ⬩ pronounce ⬩ declare ⬩ to preach
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L. 13, 24, 31. to preach: Foresægdon ꝥ hreáwnise dédon praedicabant ut paenitentiam agerent, Mk. L. 6, 12
ge-hild
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D. 195, 12. te of ðǽra tóweardurn ué hæbbe gihæld ut de futuris malis nostris habeamus custodiam, Rtl. 123, 31. <b>Ill a.
ge-strangian
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Ðæt hié hera mód mid gestæððignesse gestrongien ut mentem gravitate roborent, Past. 307, 20. Sié gestrongod heorte ðín, Ps. Vos. 26, 14. to make powerful, of ability to resist attack Gestrangað þé God ongeán þíne fýnd, Angl. xii. 517, 25.
ge-feón
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Þæt míne fýnd ne gefeón mínes ungelimpes ut non supergaudeant mihi inimici met, Ps. Th. 34, 23. in dat. (inst. ) Seó wamb gefihð dríum mettum . . . gefihð wǽtum mettum, Lch. ii. 220, 18, 21. Hé nihtweorce gefeah, ellenmǽrðum, B. 827.
lystan
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Ðæt hié eác selfe ðæs ilcan lyste ut habere propria concupiscant, Past. 229, 14. Ðé ongan lystan úre, nas ús þín, Bt. 7, 5 ; F. 24, 1. acc. of thing desired ? Hé on ðǽm óðrum hæfde ðæt hine lyste, Past. 459, 3.
lícian
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Þæt ic gearewe Gode lícode ut placeam coram Deo, Ps. Th. 55, 11. Hwí tie sceolde me lícian fæger land?, Bt. 14, l; F. 40, 17. Sió wilnung ðæt hé scyle monnum lícigean (lícian, v. l.) cupido placendi hominibus, Past. 141, 14.
sóþ
Sooth ⬩ very ⬩ true ⬩ the opposite of that which is false, or merely pretends, or has the appearance of, genuine, real ⬩ true ⬩ in conformity with the actual state of things ⬩ true ⬩ righteous ⬩ just
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Sooth, very, true. the opposite of that which is false, or merely pretends, or has the appearance of, genuine, real Ðæt hí oncnáwon ðæt ðú eart án sóþ God ut cognoscant te solum Deum verum, Jn. Skt. 17, 3.
middan-eard
The middle dwelling ⬩ the abode of men ⬩ the earth ⬩ the world ⬩ the world ⬩ mankind
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And nys ðes middaneard búton swylce se seofoþa dǽl ofer ðone mycelan gársecg, se ðe mid his ormǽtnysse ealle ðás eorþan útan emblíþ, Wulfst. 146, 19-24. Middaneardes gewissast ðú ðe getimbrunge mundi regis qui fabricum, Hymn. Surt. 91, 21.
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