ge-wealden
Subject ⬩ under the power ⬩ control of any one ⬩ inconsiderable ⬩ small
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Drincan gewealden wínes for eówres magan mettrymnesse modico vino utere propter stomachum, Past. 43, 9; Swt. 319, 6; Hat. MS. Ðá næfdon hí nán wín búton on ánum gewealdenum butruce in uno parvissimo vasculo, Lchdm. iii. 362, col. 1.
Linked entries: ge-walden ge-wealden-mód
be-cirran
to turn round ⬩ about ⬩ to go round ⬩ pass by ⬩ avoid ⬩ to turn ⬩ pervert ⬩ seduce ⬩ to beguile ⬩ deceive ⬩ to get round a person
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round, about Ðonne bið sió cweorn becierred (-cirred, v. l.) ðonne se monn BIð geendod; ðonne bið sió micle cweorn becierred (-cirred, v. l.) ðonne ðeós weorld bið geendod, Past. 31, 21. to go round, pass by, avoid Sume unðeáwas ðæt mód ǽr gesihð and útan
gelíce
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</b> with ellipsis of verb in the clause :-- Deáð hit lufade þǽr gelíce swilce lífes ingang mortem videlicet ut ingressum vitae amabat, Gr. D. 4, 27. Dropeteð blód swá þon gelícost þe tóbrocen fæt, Lch. ii. 230, 25. <b>III b.
ge-wildan
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Hé hý gewyldan meahte, nǽre ꝥ hí on neht út ne ætburston of þǽre byrig, Chr. 943; P. 111, 16.
riht
erect, direct ⬩ right, straight ⬩ agreeable to the spirit of law, human or divine, just, equitable ⬩ the requirements of a law ⬩ regulation, legitimate, lawful, regular ⬩ satisfying the demands of conduct, right, proper, fitting ⬩ satisfying the requirements of a standard, right, correct, true, orthodox
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Hí ne woldan rihte Eástran healdan on heora tíd coepit eis suadere ut pace Catholica secum habita . . . Non Paschae Dominicum diem suo tempore observabant, Bd. 2, 2; S. 502, 8-11 : 5, 19; S. 638, 33.
þá
Then ⬩ when ⬩ then ⬩ at that time ⬩ marking sequence ⬩ then ⬩ after that ⬩ thereupon ⬩ of time ⬩ when ⬩ of cause or reason ⬩ when ⬩ since ⬩ as ⬩ marking time ⬩ when ⬩ when ⬩ since ⬩ as ⬩ when ⬩ if ⬩ then ... when ⬩ when ... then
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Grammar þá, as adverbial connective, of time, when Þá hé út eode embe underntíde, hé geseah óðre ídele standan, Mt. Kmbl. 20, 3 : 3, 7. Hwæt hé dyde, þá hine seó menego þreáde, Blickl.
windan
of motion that results from a blow, swing, or other impetus, to fly, leap, start ⬩ to fly, wheel, spring ⬩ of the movement of living things ⬩ of inanimate things ⬩ of abstract subjects ⬩ of twisting ⬩ rolling movement ⬩ of living things ⬩ of inanimate things ⬩ to waver ⬩ to twist ⬩ roll ⬩ to brandish ⬩ wave ⬩ to twist, plait, weave ⬩ to twist, give a curved form to
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Bærst sum sagol intó ánes beáteres eágan swá ðæt his eáge wand út mid ðæm slæge, Homl. Skt. i. 4, 144. Heó wearð mid swurde gewundod, ðæt hire wand se innoð út, 9, 127: Jud. 3, 22. to fly, wheel, spring.
Linked entry: winde
ealdor-man
ALDERMAN, senator, chief, duke, a nobleman of the highest rank, and holding an office inferior only to that of the king ⬩ mājor nātu, sĕnātor, prŏcer, princeps, prīmas, dux, præfectus, trĭbūnus, quīcunque est aliis grădu aut nātu mājor. ⬩ eorl, Nrs. jarl, being placed over several shires. The Danish kings ruled by their eorlas or jarls, and the ealdormen disappeared from the shires. Gradually the title ceased altogether, except in the cities, where it denoted an inferior judicature, much as it now does among ourselves
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Ðæt he his ealdormen lǽrde ut erŭdīret princĭpes suos, Ps. Th. 104, 18. Án ealdormann unus de princĭpĭbus, 81, 7. Ealdormenn Iudan princĭpes Juda, 67, 25: 82, 9: Mt. Bos. 20, 25: Mk. Bos. 6, 21.
Linked entries: aldor-mon ealdermen ealdor-mon ealdur-man eldor-man
þencan
To think ⬩ to meditate, ⬩ cogitate, ⬩ consider ⬩ to think, ⬩ have in the mind ⬩ to think, ⬩ suppose ⬩ hold as an opinion or belief ⬩ to think of ⬩ consider, ⬩ employ the mind on a subject ⬩ to think about, of, on a subject ⬩ to direct the thoughts to an object, ⬩ to look to with attention, ⬩ turn the thoughts to ⬩ to look to with trust, ⬩ expectation ⬩ expect of. ⬩ to turn the thoughts to action, ⬩ to be bent upon something, ⬩ have an intention to do something ⬩ to determine, ⬩ devise ⬩ mean, ⬩ purpose ⬩ intend, ⬩ to think of doing something, ⬩ intend to do ⬩ to desire, ⬩ seek ⬩ to think, ⬩ call to mind, ⬩ originate in the mind
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'Uton árísan and ácwellan ða apostolas'... Ða Iudéas ðá árison, and hié ongunnon mid sweordum ðyder gán; þóhton ðæt hié woldan ofsleán ða apostolas, Blickl.
weorþan
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Ðæt hí forwordene weorðen ut intereant, Ps. Th. 91, 6
fæsten
firmament ⬩ citadel ⬩ fort ⬩ a fortification ⬩ entrenchments ⬩ fastness ⬩ stronghold ⬩ a prison ⬩ a sepulchre ⬩ Hell ⬩ claustrum
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Gelǽdan of leoðobendum fram þám fæstenne, An. 1036: 1070. a sepulchre Út eóde engla Drihten of þám fæstenne, Sat. 521.
ymb-hwyrft
a ring, circle ⬩ a circular course, an orbit ⬩ circuit, surrounding space ⬩ around, round about ⬩ surrounded space, extent ⬩ the earth, world, globe ⬩ orbis terrarum ⬩ a district, region, world ( = part of the world occupied by a particular people) ⬩ among ⬩ a bend, turn ⬩ turn, regular course ⬩ attention, cultivation
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Ðæt eall ymbhwyrft (-hyrft, Lind.) wǽre tómearcod ut describeretur universus orbis, Lk. Skt. 2, 1: Homl. Th. i. 30, 2.
DEÓR
An animal, any sort of wild animal, a wild beast, DEER ⬩ fĕra, bestia
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Uton wircean man to andlícnisse, and to úre gelícnisse, and he sig ofer ða deór faciāmus homĭnem ad imagĭnem, et similitudĭnem nostram, et præsit bestiis, 1, 26.
freoðo
Peace ⬩ security ⬩ protection ⬩ a refuge ⬩ pax ⬩ secūrĭtas ⬩ tūtēla ⬩ asȳlum
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Utan us to Fæder freoða wilnian let us desire peace from our Father, Exon. 19 a; Th. 48, 18; Cri. 773
BÍDAN
To BIDE, abide, continue, remain, tarry, wait, await, expect, endure ⬩ manere, remanere, morari, habitare in aliquo loco, expectare, consequi, sustinere
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Utan we well ðære tíde bídan bene expectemus horam illam, Bd. 4, 24; S. 599, 5. Bídaþ Dryhtnes dómes they await the Lord's doom, Exon. 23 a; Th. 63, 17; Cri. 1021. Bád sóþra geháta he awaited the faithful promises, Cd. 71; Th. 86, 2; Gen. 1424.
ge-þwǽrian
to cause to agree ⬩ to make accordant ⬩ mild ⬩ to be or become in accord ⬩ to agree ⬩ consent ⬩ be agreeable ⬩ consentire ⬩ concordare ⬩ congruere ⬩ convenire
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Uton geþwǽrian mid ðam yrþlinge conveniamus apud aratorem, Coll. Monast. Th. 31, 27. Gif twegen of eów geþwǽriaþ be ǽlcum þinge si duo ex vobis consenserint de omni re, Mt. Bos. 18, 19.
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trymness
firmness ⬩ that which makes a firm ⬩ a support ⬩ prop ⬩ a firm place ⬩ fastness ⬩ a strengthening ⬩ a confirmation ⬩ of a statement ⬩ agreement ⬩ of or in a purpose ⬩ belief ⬩ a strengthening by words ⬩ an exhortation
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Hiora trymnisse liomana suorum firmitate membrorum, Rtl. 32, 15. that which makes a firm, a support, prop, literal Man ða ilcan studu útan tó gesette tó trymnesse (wræðe, col. l) ðæs wáges (in munimentum parietis) . . . tó trymnesse (fultume, col. l)
á-standan
to stand ⬩ to stand up ⬩ arise, ⬩ to stand ⬩ continue, ⬩ not to be overturned, destroyed ⬩ to persist ⬩ continue to act ⬩ to stand ⬩ support ⬩ endure ⬩ to stand ⬩ stop
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Uton ástandan exsurgamus, R. Ben. 2, 4. Up ástandan emersisse, An. Ox. 4784. implying intention to act Ðá ástódon sume and woldon his láre oferswíðan, Hml.
herian
To praise
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To praise Ðé ic hérige swá swá wisne man te laudo ut sapientem, Ælfc. Gr. 15; Som. 17, 64: Ps. Th. 55, 4, 9. Ic herge, Exon. 41b; Th. 138, 28; Gú. 583. Ðæt ðæt mon hereþ hoc ipsum quod laudatur, Past. 48, 5; Swt. 373, 2.
Linked entry: hergan
hreðer
Breast ⬩ bosom
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Blód út ne com of hreðre blood came not from my breast, Exon. 130 a; Th. 499, 9; Rä. 88, 13. Mé on hreðre heáfod sticade in her bosom she stuck my head, 124 b;; Th. 479, 9; Rä. 62, 5.