cyst
choice, election ⬩ optio, electio ⬩ æstimatio ⬩ excellence, virtue, munificence, goodness ⬩ præstantia, virtus, largitas, bonitas
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Hí héton heom seggan ðæs landes cysta they bade them be told of the excellencies of the land, Chr. 449; Erl. 12, 6. Fród fæder freóbearn lǽrde cystum eald a wise father, old in excellencies, taught his dear son, Exon. 80a; Th. 300, 7; Fä. 2.
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trum
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Th. 104, 4. in reference to moral qualities, strong, steadfast, firm Ne biþ nán man tram ðurh God, baton se ðe hine undergyt untrumne þurh hine sylfne, Homl. Th. ii. 392, 5. Iacobus trum in breóstum. Menol. Fox 266; Men. 134.
á-biddan
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Lucius bæd hine Crístenne beón and eác ábæd, Bd. 1, 4; S. 475, 25. where the person from whom the object (acc. or clause) is obtained is given Ðá ábǽdon hié æt Gode, ðæt hit rínde ad invocationem nominis Christi vis pluviae effecta est Ors. 6, 13; S.
heáp
a band ⬩ company ⬩ the clergy ⬩ a choir ⬩ an army ⬩ a host ⬩ a troop ⬩ company ⬩ a crew ⬩ a collection ⬩ in company ⬩ together
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Add: of persons. in a general sense, a band, company: Se eádmóda heáp (the apostles), Hml. Th. i. 318, 13. Þǽr wæs preósta heáp, micel muneca ðreát, Chr. 973; P. 118, 12. Hí mid þý heápe helle sécað, fleógað mid þám feóndum, Dóm. 17.
ge
and ⬩ even ⬩ even ⬩ both . . . and . . . ⬩ and
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Hé geleornade ge hwæs hé God bæd and tó him wilnade, and ꝥ þe his béne gehýrede wǽron didicerat et quid ille petisset, et quia petita inpetrasset Bd. 3, 27; Sch. 321, 13
scír
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. , bright, lustrous, glittering, brilliant Sceán scír werod (the band with glittering armour), Cd. Th. 185, 19; Exod. 125. Hringíren scír, Beo. Th. 650; B. 322. Scíran goldes, 3393 ; B. 1694. Hé gewyrceþ scírne méce, Exon. Th. 297, 8 ; Crä. 65.
beón
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Lucius bæd hine crístenne beón (christianum se fieri), Bd. 1, 4; Sch. 16, 4. oblique case of noun ꝥ hí ne mihtan him sylfum nǽnige góde beón, Bl. H. 45, 16: Ors. 6, 30; S. 282, 18. gerundial infin.
ge-séman
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H. 183, 13. (2 a) of legal decision :-- Se cyning bæd and hét ꝥ hí scioldon Wynflǽde and Leófwine swá rihtlíce geséman swá him ǽfre rihtlícost þúhte ( the case between Wynflæd and Leofwine was to be settled with absolute justice), Cht.
restan
To rest ⬩ to cease from toil, be at rest ⬩ to rest on a couch, to sleep ⬩ to rest in death, lie dead, lie in the grave ⬩ to remain unmoved; or; undisturbed, be still ⬩ To rest one's self ⬩ of cessation from toil
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Ðá bæd hé his þeng on ǽfenne ... ðæt hé him stówe gegearwode, ðæt hé restan mihte, Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 31. Ðá hé gesette his leomu tó restenne ;cum ad quiescendum membra sua posuisset,; 2, 6; S. 508, 11.
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stæf
a staff ⬩ stick ⬩ a written character ⬩ a letter ⬩ the old letters having been carved on staves ⬩ a mark in writing ⬩ a letter as representing a minute detail ⬩ a collection of written symbols ⬩ a letter ⬩ writing ⬩ letters ⬩ book-learning ⬩ literature ⬩ an element, a rudiment ⬩ baculus, virga, regula ⬩ a staff, post; a letter ⬩ learning
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Bæd hé ðone Abbud ðæt hé him sende trymmendlíce stafas and gewrito (exhortatorias litteras), 5, 21; S. 642, 38: Chr. 167; Erl. 8, 15. Nim ðíne stafas and wrít hundeahtatig, Lk.
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weorod
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a host, troop, band, multitude, crowd Weorod agmen, Wrt. Voc. ii. 99, 58. Werod, 6, 42. Werud cetus, i. congregatio, conventus, multitudo, 130, 79. Ðæt æfterfylgende weorod the multitudes (turbae, Mt. 21, 9) which followed, Blickl. Homl. 81, 14.
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wiþ-sacan
To deny ⬩ refuse ⬩ reject ⬩ to say no ⬩ to refuse permission ⬩ refuse ⬩ reject ⬩ decline ⬩ to deny ⬩ reject ⬩ refuse assent ⬩ to renounce ⬩ reject ⬩ give up ⬩ refuse ⬩ withhold ⬩ not to give ⬩ to declare hostility
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Ðá wiþsóc (negavit) se biscop, Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 1. where an offer or command is expressed or implied or choice is possible, to refuse, reject, decline, Grammar wiþ-sacan, absolute Bæd se gesíþ hine, ðæt hé eode on his hús; wiþsóc (renuit) se biscop,
ge-wítan
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Ðá wendon mé þá woruldsǽlþa heora bæc tó and mé mid ealle from gewitan, Bt. 2; F. 4, 13. to pass away, come to an end, perish; v. ge-wítendlic Ǽr þám þe gewíte ( transeat; gewíteþ, Wrt.
wiht
a wight ⬩ creature ⬩ being ⬩ created thing ⬩ a whit ⬩ thing ⬩ aught ⬩ anything ⬩ without a negative ⬩ aught ⬩ alone ⬩ with a genitive
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Ic ðé bæd ðæt ðú ðone wælgæst wihte ne ( in no wise ) grétte, Beo. Th. 3995 ; B. 1995 : Andr. Kmbl. 3320; An. 1663. Næs wordlatu wihte ( at all ) ðon máre, 3043; An. 1524. Wuhte, Met. 14, 10 : 16, 14.
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sunne
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Th. 184, 19; Exod. 109. used in phrases expressing exposure to the sun's heat or light, e. g. in or out of the sun Gelicge upweard wið hátre sunnan let him lie on his back with his face turned towards a hot sun, Lchdm. iii. 2, 10.
cýþþu
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Th. i. 414, 17. native country, home Hé hine bæd ꝥ hé sǽde hwæt hé on his cýðþe wǽre ( quid in terra sua fuisset ), nalæs hwæt hé þǽr wǽre, Gr. D. 181, 30.
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ge-þingian
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Th. i. 198, 19. to arrange a matter for a person with another Goda gesóhte þone kynincg, and bæd ꝥ hé him geþingude wiþ Eádgife his bóca edgift regem requisivit Godo, ut pro eo me (Eadgiua) rogaret quatinus ei redderem libros terrarum suarum, Cht.
ge-weorc
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Oþ þaes temples geweorc, 9, 17. doing of operations Sé þe Drihtne hýreð and hys willan wyrceð: wel him bæs geweorkes, Hy. 2, 11.
sceaft
A smooth, round, straight stick or pole, a shaft ⬩ the shaft of a spear ⬩ a spear ⬩ the shaft of an arrow ⬩ a pole ⬩ a taper
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His sceaft ætstód ætforan him, and ðæt hors hine bær forþ, swá ðæt ðæt spere him eode þurh út, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 53. Hé sceáf, mid his scylde, ðæt se sceaft tóbærst, and ðæt spere sprengde, Byrht. Th. 135, 52; By. 136.
wær
ware ⬩ aware ⬩ having knowledge of something which is to be guarded against ⬩ ware ⬩ prepared for ⬩ on guard against something that might be hurtful ⬩ ware ⬩ careful to avoid something ⬩ on guard against doing something ⬩ ware ⬩ observant of ⬩ attentive to a warning ⬩ wary ⬩ cautious ⬩ sagacious ⬩ prudent ⬩ cunning
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ware, aware, having knowledge of something which is to be guarded against Ðá wurdon ða landleóde his (a band of Danes) ware and him wiþ gefuhton, Chr. 917; Erl. 102, 17.
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