tilung
striving, ⬩ endeavour, ⬩ effort, ⬩ labour ⬩ a pursuit ⬩ occupation ⬩ employment ⬩ business ⬩ care ⬩ attention ⬩ treatment ⬩ cure ⬩ gain that comes from labour ⬩ acquisition ⬩ fruit got by tilling the earth
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Petrus hæfde unpleólíce teolunge ǽr his gecyrrednysse, and hé for ðí eft búton pleó tó his fixnoðe gecyrde, 288, 20-26. Se ríca man geswícþ his gebeórscipes, gif ða ðeówan geswícaþ ðæra teolunga, i. 274, 1.
ge-þreátian
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Swelce sió geðyld hæbbe ðæt mód geðreátod and gecafstrod quando animum patientia intra se frenare compellit, 218, 22. the object a thing Swá se lég wearð geðreátod þurh Sanctes Martines gebedu ꝥ hé nǽnigum óðrum ærne sceþþan ne mihte, Bl.
scír
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Gif man wille of boldgetale in óðer boldgetæl hláford sécan, dó ðæt mid ðæs ealdormannes gewitnesse ðe hé ǽr in his scíre folgode, L. Alf. pol. 37; Th. i. 86, 4.
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þingian
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Búton hiora hwæðer ǽr þingode ðæt hé hit ángylde healdan ne þorfte, L. Alf. pol. 19; Th. i. 74, 11. to settle with (wið) a person, to come to terms, be reconciled. v. 6.
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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Ðæt ðú wiðsæcest ðone cyning, ðam ðú hýrdest ǽr, Elen. Kmbl. 1863; El. 933. Læsse ys wiðsacan (abnegare) ðæt hé hæfð, swýþe micel ys wiðsacan ðæt hit ys (abnegare quod est ), Scint. 60, 13.
forþ
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. ¶ and swá forþ and so on :-- Ðá cwæð se Hǽlend, 'Dóð þæt þæt folc sitte,' and swá forð on swá wé eów ǽr rehton, Hml. Th. i. 184, 16. forth, as in henceforth Á fordh (forthe, forht) in dies crudesceret, Txts. 70, 529. Á forð, Wrt.
ge-standan
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L. 2, 9. non-material, to have place Æfter þǽre menigeo mínra sára þe mé ǽr on ferðe fæste gestódan secundum multitudinem dolorum meorum in corde meo, Ps.
ymb
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(b 2) of recurring periods Saturnus ne cymþ ðǽr ǽr ymb þrittig wintra ðǽr hé ǽr wæs, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 25. Ǽlce geáre ymbe twelf mónaþ, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 46, 9. Ǽfre ymbe ðæt feórðe geár, Lchdm. iii. 246, 13. Simble ymb þrítig nihtgerímes, Andr.
ESNE
A man of the servile class, a servant, retainer, man, youth ⬩ mercēnārius, servus, vir, jŭvĕnis
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Ic Dauide, dýrum esne, on áþsware ǽr benemde jūrāvi David servo meo, Ps. Th. 88, 3. He him Dauid geceás, deórne esne ēlēgit David servum suum, 77, 69.
HRING
A RING ⬩ circle ⬩ circuit ⬩ cycle ⬩ orb ⬩ globe ⬩ festoon
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Ǽr sunne twelf mónþa hringc útan ymbgán hæbbe, Guthl. 21; Gdwin. 96, 5. Ofer holmes hrincg over the ocean's circuit, Cd. 69; Th. 84, 5; Gen. 1393. Hrincg ðæs heán landes, 137; Th. 172, 34; Gen. 2854. Wíngearda hringa[s] corimbi, Ælfc.
innan
In ⬩ into ⬩ within ⬩ from within
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Gif hé ǽr on ðæs ofermódan engles wísan innan his geþance of Godes gesiehþe ne áfeólle nisi more superbientis angeli a conspectu conditoris prius intus aversione mentis caderet, Past. 47, 1; Swt. 359, 1.
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leger
a lying ⬩ dead ⬩ sickness ⬩ death ⬩ a couch ⬩ a lair ⬩ a grave
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Be ðære róde ðe ǽr in legere wæs lange bedyrned [of the cross that had been buried ], Elen. Kmbl. 1200; E1. 602: 1442; El. 723. Líc legere fæst, 1762; El. 883.
ge-writ
Something written ⬩ writing ⬩ scripture ⬩ inscription ⬩ a writing ⬩ letter ⬩ treatise ⬩ writ ⬩ charter ⬩ book
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Ic hæfde ǽr on óðre wísan awriten ymbe mín yrfe and hæfde monegum mannum ða gewritu óðfæst I had previously written in another way about my inheritance and had entrusted the writings to many men, Chart. Th. 490, 29: 541, 22
þearle
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Se ðe his þeóden ǽr þearfe gerǽhte ( severely wounded ), Byrht. Th. 136, 29; By. 158. Hí fuhton ðearle they fought hard, Judth. Thw. 25, 16; Jud. 262: Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 23. Hí hungre wǽron þearle geþreátod, Andr. Kmbl. 2231; An. 1117: Beo.
þicce
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Ǽr se þicca mist þinra weorðe, Met. 5, 6. Sió þicce ǽrlyft gravis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 74. Þiccre crassae, densae (noctis), Hpt. Gl. 446, 25. Tódríf ðone þiccan mist, Met. 20, 264. Anlíce swá ðú bærne þornas þyre Þicce fýre, Ps. Th. 117, 12.
fæstlíce
fast ⬩ firmly ⬩ constantly ⬩ persistence ⬩ fast ⬩ strictly ⬩ speedily ⬩ at once
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Hí nǽfre fæstlíce ne þurhwuniaþ swelca swelce hí ǽr tó cóman, 11, 1; F. 30, 28: Bl. H. 171, 27. Hé fæstlíce (pertinaciter) wiðsóc, Gr. D. 190, 15. Hí fæstlíce (constanter) gehéndon hine, Lk. L. R. 23, 10. fast (in hold fast).
ge-sund
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Gif sweordhwíta wǽpn tó feormunge onfó, oððe smið monnes andweorc, hié hit gesund bégen ágifan swá hit hwæðer hiora ǽr onfénge, Ll. Th. i. 74, 10. non-material Þæt ic þín sóðfæst word gesund móte healdan, Ps. Th. 118, 20.
hwíl
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Ic hwíle wæs Heodeninga scop, Deór. 36. with an adverb Þá þe hwíle ǽr edwít þoledon, Jud. 214. Þá wítu ðe ic nú hwíle ( now for a time, already ) þolode, Solil. H. 12, 4. with a qualifying word pronominal (demonst. or indef.)
leornian
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<b>I a</b>. to learn a book, read with the intention of gaining knowledge :-- Hú ne sǽde ic þé ǽr þæt þu hyt scealt sécan on þǽre béc þe wit þá ymbsprǽcon ? Leorna þá bóc, þonne findst þú hyt þǽr, Solil. H. 65, 8.
mid
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</b> where there is combination to complete or form a whole :-- Sumne dǽl landes, ðæt synd twá hída mid ðám ðe hé ǽr hæfde, and mid ðám hrófleásan lande a portion of land, that is two hides with what he had before and with the roofless land, i.