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on-cnáwan

(v.)
Grammar
on-cnáwan, p. -cneów; pp. -cnáwen

To knownoscere, cognoscere, agnoscereto know, recognise,to identify an object through being acquainted with its characteristics, to distinguishto recognise a factto know, understand, attain to a knowledge ofto know, learn by observation, observe, perceiveto acknowledgemake acknowledgment of a faultto acknowledge a greetingto acknowledge the power of another

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Hié ðæt ongeotan ne cúðan, ðæt hié gehýrdon, ne ðæt oncnáwan ne mihton ðæt hié gesáwon, Blickl. Homl. 105, 29 : 95, 10. Ðú meaht sóða gesǽlþa sóna oncnáwan, Met. 12, 30: Elen. Kmbl. 790; El. 395. Oncnáwan hwǽr wé sǽlan sceolon sundhengestas, Exon.

ende-mes

Grammar
ende-mes, emdenes, emdemes.

togethercoincidence straightwayat once

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E. 299, 1. marking combination, coincidence Þá hié swá monega gewin hæfdon emdenes underfongen eo tempore quo tria bella fuerunt suscepta, Ors. 4, 9; S. 192, 29. Þá Israhéla bearn endemes hrímdon, Num. 13, 31.

á-wrítan

to write out or downwrite wordsto transcribecopy in writingto state in writingto write a book, letter,to write of or about somethingto write toto write an account ofdescribeto inscribe the name of a personto write on materialcover with writingto make a symbol other than a letter

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Th. i. 8, 10. to state in writing Swá holde ꝥ hié on monegum templum áwriten, ꝥ ǽlc crísten mon hæfde frið . . . and Antonius hét forbærnan ꝥ gewrit þe hit on áwriten wæs hwæt mon on geáre ágiefan sceolde, Ors. 6, 13;S. 268, 18-23.

Linked entry: wrítan

lǽran

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Hé ús lǽrð nytwyrðlicu ðing, Past. 255, 12. with clause Sint hié tó lǽranne hú hié scilen dǽlan, Past. 341, 16. to instruct a person in a subject Lǽre mon furður on Lǽdengeðióde ðá ðe mon furður lǽran wille, Past. 7, 13. to teach something to a person

ge-bindan

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Hí hine sendon on þæt carcern, and hié gebunden his handa behindan, 241, 28. Gif mon cierliscne mon gebinde unsynnigne. Ll. Th. i. 84, 2. Gif man æt unlagum man gebinde, forgilde be healfan were, 408, 19.

nunne

(n.)
Grammar
nunne, an ; f.

A nuna vestal

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Gif heó leng libbe ðonne se ðe hié út álǽdde, náge hió his ierfes ówiht. Gif hió bearn gestriéne, næbbe ðæt ðæs ierfes, L. Alf. pol. 8; Th. i. 66, 14-20. Be nunnena onfenge.

Linked entry: non

ríp

(n.)
Grammar
ríp, es; n.
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On hærfeste wícode se cyng on neáweste ðare byrig, ða hwíle ðe hié hira corn gerypon, ðæt ða Deniscan him ne mehton ðæs rípes forwiernan, Chr. 896; Erl. 94, 7. Ǽr wintres cyme on rýpes tíman, Exon. Th. 214, 28; Ph. 246.

Linked entry: ripa

be-tweonum

(prep.)
Grammar
be-tweonum, be-tweonan, be-twinum, be-twinan, be-twynan, bi-tweon, bi-tweonum; prep. I. dat. II. acc. [be, bi by, with, tweo two; dat. tweonum, twinum, tweon, twin, twyn]

BETWEEN, betwixt, among, amid, in the midstinter, in medio

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Ðá seó cwén ongan lǽran ðæt hie sybbe swá same sylfra betweonum freóndrǽdenne gelǽston then the queen began to teach that they should hold peace also amid their friendly band, Elen.

gelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
gelíce, adv.

Likewisealsoaspariter

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Gelíce sé lég hie cwylmde gelíce ða Cristenan him mid heora wǽpnum hýndon they were killed alike by the lightning and laid low by the weapons of the Christians, 203, 16 : Nar. 14, 10.

strǽt

(n.)
Grammar
strǽt, e (but uninflected forms occur) ; f.
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Ceastre and torras and stréta and brycge geworhte wǽron civitates, farus, pontes, et stratae factae, Bd. 1, 11 ; S. 480, 16. a road in a town, a street, a paved road Strǽt wæs stánfáh . . . hié tó sele gangan cwómon, Beo. Th. 645 ; B. 320.

Linked entry: strét

þríste

(adv.)
Grammar
þríste, adv.

Boldlyconfidentlywithout apprehension, fear, hesitation, reservewithout sense of shamepresumptuouslyaudaciously

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Hé þríste bebeád, ðæt hié his láre, lǽston, Andr. Kmbl. 3303; An. 1654: Elen. Kmbl. 818; El. 409. Ne wæs ǽnig ðæt né þus þríste hrínan dorste, Exon. Th. 273, 4; Jul. 511.

á-rǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
á-rǽdan, p. -réd and -rǽdde; pp. -rǽden and -rǽd(ed).
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Under dele last passage, under dele last two passages; and add: to determine, fix Hié þæt fæstnodon mid áþum swá swá hé hit áréd, Chr. 921 ; P. 103, 20. Aethelnóth and his wíf árǽddan hiora erfe, C. D. i. 234, 26.

fægernes

ornamentbeautypleasantness

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Þá hié emb þá fægernesse þæs temples sprǽcan . . . hé cwæþ: 'Hwæt gé geseóþ ealle þá fægernessa þissa getimbra, 77, 31.

ge-limplíce

(adv.)
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Th. i. 216, 34. rightly, properly (of arrangement or order) Þæt hié oncnéwen hú gelimplíce úre God on þǽm ǽrran tídum þá rícu sette ut iníelligant unum Deum disposuisse tempora, Ors. 2, I; S. 64, I.

ge-metlíce

(adv.)
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Ne gémdon hié nánes fyrenlustes, búton swíþe gemetlíce þá gecynd beeódan ; ealne weg hí ǽton ǽne on dæg Bt. 15 ; F. 48, 7. Ne ic máran getilige tó haldænne, þonne ic gemetlíce bí been mage (nec aliud quidquam praeter necessarium victum), Solil.

ge-warenian

(v.)
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Ac hié þá landleóde wið ꝥ gewarnedon, and him mid firde angeán fóran, Ors. 3, 7; S. 116, 21. to ward off something Fultum tó gewearnienne and tó wiðscúfanne swá réþre hergunge praesidium ad euitandas uel repellendas tam feras inruptiones, Bd. 1, 14;

glídan

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Hwonne úp cyme eástan glídan swegles leóma, Ph. 102. to pass from one state to another, slip, fall Oft ðæt hefige mód glít niðor and niðor stæpmǽlum, oð hit mid ealle áfielð, Past. 279, 2. of movement along a surface Þonne hié mon slóg oþþe sceát, þonne

úte-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
úte-weard, adj.

Outwardextremeon the outside ofat the extremity ofthe outward partextremity

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Ðá geféngon hié ðara þreóra tú æt ðæm múðan úteweardum, 897; Erl. 95, 26. Hé sý onfangen on úteweardre endebyrdnesse in ultimo gradu recipiatur, R. Ben. 53, 11. Hé ðencð on ðam oferbrǽdelse his módes ...

Linked entry: útan-weard

on-sund

(adj.)
Grammar
on-sund, adj.

of persons, sound, whole, uninjuredof things, sound, entire, perfect, without flaw or injury

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Ábeád ðæt hié hine ealles onsundne eft gebrohten of ðære folcsceare the king ordered that Abraham should be brought again out of Egypt safe and sound, Cd. Th. 112, 15; Gen. 1871. Hé áléde his tunecan uppon ðám deádum, and hí ansunde árison, Homl.

Linked entry: án-súnd

hleahtor

(n.)
Grammar
hleahtor, hlehter, es; m.

Laughter

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Hie habbaþ suá micle méde óðerra monna gódra weorca suá wé habbaþ ðæs hleahtres ðonne wé hliehaþ gligmonna unnyttes cræftes sic eis virtutum sanctitas, sicut stultis spectatoribus ludicrarum artium valutas placet, Past. 34, 2; Swt. 231, 6.

Linked entries: leahter hlehter