earnian
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Gyf wé ǽnige bóte gebídan sculan, þonne móte wé þæs tó Gode earnian bet þonne wé ǽr ðison dydon, Wlfst. 157, 3. Wiþ þám þe hé mé healde swá ic earnian wille, Ll.
lof
Praise ⬩ glory ⬩ hymn
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Wé herigaþ hira cræftas and ðeáh nyllaþ hí habban forðæm wé hiera nabbaþ nán lof we praise their arts, and yet do not wish to have them, for we get no credit from them, Past. 34, 2; Swt. 231, 8.
for-settan
to stop up ⬩ block ⬩ obstruct ⬩ to press down ⬩ oppress ⬩ repress
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Hí tiledon ꝥ hí him ðone weg forsetton and fortýndon iter illi intercludere contendebant, Bd. 3, 19; Sch. 278, 9. Sume hí wurpon þá moldan úp and hió wǽron forsettende þǽra wætera rynas, Shrn. 41, 4.
wearte
A wart
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Wearras and weartan on weg tó dónne ... wrið on ða weartan and on ða wearras, 362, 17. Wið scurfedum nægle, nim gecyrnadne sticcan, sete on ðone nægl wið ða wearta (-an ?), ii. 150, 5
for-wyrd
or uncertain
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Weg ðe lǽt tó færwyrde (for-, v. l. ), Past. 133, 20: 457, 11: 463, 6, 8. In écere forwyrde, Wlfst. 188, 8. Fram þǽre écan forwyrde, Gr. D. 348, 19. On éce forwyrde, Bl. H. 101, 13: 159, 20. Tó écum forwyrdum, Hml. Th. i. 516, 3.
ge-myndig
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., is implied Swá wé úrra synna gemyndigran beóð ( memores sumus ), swá hí swíðor God ofergyt, Chrd. 106, 34
un-geféle
Without feeling ⬩ without sensation ⬩ insensible
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Without feeling, without sensation, insensible Ða lǽcedómas ðe wé lǽrdon ðæt mon dyde tó ðære ungefélan heardnesse ongunnenre on ðære lifre, Lchdm. ii. 212, 15
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ge-beterian
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ꝥ wé úre líf and úre þeáwas gebeterian, Hml. A. 149, 136. Þæt hý for ðǽre scame gebeterede sýn (emendentur), R. Ben. 68, 18. Add
gyltend
A debtor ⬩ an offender ⬩ debitor
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Swá swá we forgyfaþ úrum gyltendum sicut nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris, Mt. Bos. 6, 12
ge-cwealmbǽran
to torture to death, kill
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Wé synt gecwylmbérode mortificamur, Ps. L. 43, 22
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tó-cnáwan
To discern, ⬩ distinguish, ⬩ know the difference between, ⬩ understand
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Th. i. 392, 18. with acc. and appositive adjective Wé tócnáwaþ his ríce and úre ríce ðǽr áwritene, ðǽr wé ǽr swilce be óðrum mannum gereccednesse rǽddon we discern his kingdom and our kingdom there described, where before we read the account as if about
fremman
To advance ⬩ get on ⬩ prevail ⬩ to advance ⬩ further ⬩ promote ⬩ to perform ⬩ commit a crime
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Þæt hé gewyrce, ǽr hé on weg scyle, fremman on foldan. wið feónda níð that he succeed by his labours, ere he must depart, in prevailing on earth against the fiends' malice, Seef. 75.
wís-fæst
wise ⬩ discreet ⬩ judicious ⬩ wise ⬩ having knowledge ⬩ skill ⬩ learned ⬩ intelligent ⬩ rational
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Wísfæstne wer, wordes gleáwne, Andr. Kmbl. 3294; An. 1650. Is nú þearf micel, ðæt wé wísfæstra wordum hýran, 2335; An. 1169. of things Ðæt heó his wísfæst word efnan ut faciant mandata ejus, Ps.
sóft-ness
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Gif wé lufiað þá sceortan sóftnysse and þá hwílwendlican lustas tó ðan swíðe þæt hí ús gebringan tó ðám écan pínungum, Hml. Th. i. 164, 10. Add
ge-dafenlicness
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Gesetton ðá hálgan fæderas ꝥ wé fæston mid geráde, and ǽlce dæg eton mid gedafenlicnysse, swá ꝥ úre líchama áléfed ne wurðe, Hml. S. 13, 103. Add
ge-feálíce
Joyously, in joy
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Joyously, in joy Þæt wé ealle mótan on þás hálgan tíde ǽghwæðer ge for Gode and for worolde þý gefeálicor and þe blíþelícor lifian, Wlfst. 284, 16
ge-laðian
To invite ⬩ bid ⬩ call ⬩ summon ⬩ assemble ⬩ congregate ⬩ invītāre ⬩ vŏcāre ⬩ arcessĕre ⬩ ciere ⬩ congrĕgāre
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To invite, bid, call, summon, assemble, congregate; invītāre, vŏcāre, arcessĕre, ciere, congrĕgāre Mágon we Ioseph to us gelaðian can we invite Joseph [to come] to us, Nicod. 20; Thw. 10, 3 : Bd. 4, 1; S. 563, 34.
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lícian
To please
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For ðí sceolde ǽlc mon beón on ðam wel gehealden ðæt hé on his ágenum earde lícode erit igitur pervagata inter suos gloria quisque contentus, Bt. 18, 3; Fox 64, 28. Hí cwǽdon ðæt him ealle ða wel lícedon, 4, 5; S. 572, 24.
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nimþe
Unless ⬩ except
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Nabbaþ wé tó hyhte nymþe cyle and fýr, Cd. Th. 285, 10; Sat. 335. Eaforan syndon deáde nymþe feá áne, 128, 30; Gen. 2134. Similar entries Cf. nefne
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ríman
to count, number ⬩ to enumerate, recount, describe in succession ⬩ to calculate, compute, count up ⬩ to account, esteem as
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Hú nytt rehton wé and rímdon ða cǽga búton wé eác feáwum wordum ætiéwen hwæt hié healden quid utilitatis est, quod cuncta haec collecta numeratione transcurrimus, si non etiam admonitionis modos per singula pandamus? Past. 23 ; Swt. 179, 11.