wundor
a wonder ⬩ a circumstance ⬩ act that excites astonishment ⬩ a circumstance that excites astonishment as being out of the usual course of nature, ⬩ a prodigy ⬩ portent ⬩ a wonder ⬩ miracle ⬩ a miracle ⬩ a wonderful object ⬩ wondrous thing ⬩ wonderful ⬩ miraculous power ⬩ wonder ⬩ admiration
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Mycel ys his wundur ofer manna bearn, 106, 20. Eal ðis wæs geworden tó ðon ðæt wé sceoldan úres Drihtnes wundor oncnáwan, Blickl. Homl. 71, 23. wonder, admiration Þeóda wlítaþ, wundrum wafiaþ, hú seó wilgedryht wildne weorþiaþ, Exon.
a-weorpan
To throw or cast from or down ⬩ to cast away or off ⬩ cast out ⬩ to degrade ⬩ reject ⬩ divorce ⬩ abjicere ⬩ dejicere ⬩ projicere ⬩ ejicere ⬩ propellere ⬩ repellere ⬩ reprobare ⬩ repudiare
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Mannes sunu gebyreþ beón aworpen oportet filium hominis reprobari, Mk. Bos. 8, 31. Aworpen wíf a divorced wife, L. Æ1f. C. 7 ; Th. ii. 346, 6. Aworpen man biþ á unnyt homo apostata, vir inutilis, Past. 47, 1; Hat. MS. 68 a, 23.
ge-werian
to defend ⬩ protect ⬩ take care of ⬩ make [land] free from claims ⬩ defendĕre ⬩ procurare ⬩ to associate with for the cause of defence ⬩ to make a treaty with ⬩ assŏciāre defensiōnis causa ⬩ jungere fœdĕre
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Gange [ðæt land] into ðære stówe swá gewered swá hit stande mid mete and mid mannum and mid ǽlcum þingan let the land go afterwards to that place so provided as it may then be, with meat and with men and with everything, 519, 3: Cod. Dipl.
swecc
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a taste, flavour, savour Ðæs ( the manna's) swæc (gustus ) wæs swilce smedema mid hunige, Ex. 16, 31: Bt. 34, 11 ; Fox 152, 1. Swæcces nectaris, saporis, Hpt. Gl. 488, 26. Búton swæcce ( sapore ) sealtes. Coll. Monast. Th. 28, 15.
un-meahtig
not mighty ⬩ weak ⬩ impotent ⬩ of little power or means ⬩ impossible
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Mannes fultum is unmihtig and ídel vana salus hominis, Ælfc. T. Grn. 11, 41. Ðé læs ðe unmihtig man feorr for his ágenon swince, L. Ff.; Th. i. 224, 27. Tó ánum mǽdene unmihtigum tó wíge, Homl. Skt. i. 10, 257.
fore-weard
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On ǽlces mannes tungan Crístes nama is ǽfre on foreweardan, 536. On forwerdum in fronte, i. in facie, An. Ox. 772. in the Northern specimens the prefix for- is used: Onginneð forwueard incipit capitula, Mt. p. 13, 13. Foruard initium, Rtl. 174, 31.
ge-bletsian
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</b> to make the sign of the cross upon an object :-- Eallum Cristenum mannum is beboden ꝥ hí ealne heora líchoman seofon síþum gebletsian mid Crístes róde tácne, Bl. H. 47, 15, 12. Hí ne cunnon ðone geleáfan, ne eác hí gebletsian, Hml.
ge-camp
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Th. ii. 86, 22. non-physical Hú micel wǽre ꝥ gecamp ( certamen ) þe wann on þæs rihtwísan mannes breóstum, Gr. D. 18, 4. Hé ábád mid his gebróðrum tihtende hí tó ðám tówerdan gecampe ( the coming persecution ), Hml. S. 4, 103.
ge-coren
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Heó wǽron þá sélestan and þá gecorenestan witan ǽgðer ge Gode ge mannum, 214, 4. beloved; dilectus Eálá ðú mín gecorena dilecte mi, Kent. Gl. 1125. honourable; probus Gecorenum probo (proco ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 95, 20.
réðe
Fierce, cruel, savage ⬩ severe, stern, austere, zealous ⬩ wild, savage, fierce; ⬩ severe, cruel, fierce, dire;
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God sylfa ðonne ne gýmeþ nǽnges mannes hreowe . . . ac biþ ðonne réðra and þearlwísra ðonne ǽnig wilde deór, oððe ǽfre ǽnig mód gewurde, Blickl. Homl. 95, 30.
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sleán
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Th. i. 570, 16. v. mann- (?), þurh-sleán
ge
And ⬩ also ⬩ et
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Ge eác swá same and in like manner, Bt. Met. Fox 11, 19; Met. 11, 10. Ge swylce and also, Beo. Th. 4508; B. 2258. Ǽghwæðer ge ... ge either ... or; vel ... vel, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 14, 15.
Linked entries: irfeweardian ge-stirian
lufian
To love
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Hé wæs fram eallum mannum lufad, Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 11: 5; 19; S. 637, 19
mancus
A mancus ⬩ the eighth of a pound ⬩ the sum of thirty pence
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Cf. for an instance of the manner in which this might be paid the will of an ealdorman where the heriot included feówer beágas twegen on hundtwelftigum mancosum and twegen on hundeahtatigum, Chart. Th. 500, 3.
raðe
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Ðonne mágon wé hí swá raðosð ( in the quickest manner possible ) tó ryhte gecierran, Past. 32; Swt. 209, 21
ge-grípan
To gripe ⬩ grasp ⬩ seize ⬩ capere ⬩ rapere ⬩ prehendere ⬩ apprehendere ⬩ comprehendere ⬩ arripere ⬩ corripere ⬩ eripere
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Ðá gegripon ða únclǽnan gástas ǽnne of ðám mannum then the unclean spirits seized one of the men, Bd. 3,19; S. 548, 47 : Ps. Spl. 39, 16 : Cant. Moys. Ex. 15, 17. Gegríp wǽpn and scyld apprehende arma et scutum, Ps.
æt-íwness
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shewing, display of what may be seen or noted Seó æteównes þára wíta ne byþ ná gelíce nyt eallum mannum, Gr. D. 317, 23. In þǽre ætýwnesse (-eáw-, v. l. ) wundorlices foretácnes, 19, 4. In æteównysse (-eáwnesse, v. l.) þæs ídlan gylpes, 77, 3.
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fremian
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Hit him náwiht tó hǽlo ne fremede, Guth. 96, 16. (2 b) where means or manner of benefit is given :-- Þæt hé oðrum fremige on worde and on weorce, Hml. Th. ii. 556, 15.
ge-limplíce
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Z. 241, 9. in a becoming manner Hí gelimplíce heora yldran wǽron gehýrsume. Hml.
ge-metlíce
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Ben. 1. 81, 18. in a fitting manner, meetly, suitably Ðonne ðá láreówas ongietað ðæt hí gemetlíce and medomlíce ( modis congruetitibus) lǽrað, Past. 461, 30. moderately, in moderation, temperately, of a person's action Wrec ðé gemetlíce, Prov.