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á-spíwan

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Se hund wille etan ðæt hé ǽr áspáw. Past. 419, 27:Hml. Th. ii. 602, 26. Heó ꝥ réðe áttor út áspáw, Hml. S. 2, 138. (la) used reflexively:-- Hé sceal gán and hyne styrian ǽr ðám ðe hé hyne áspíwe.

Linked entry: spíwan

un-gewiss

(n.)
Grammar
un-gewiss, es; n.

uncertaintyignoranceunconsciousnessin ignoranceunintentionallyunconsciouslyunwittinglywhat is uncertain or unknownincertumignominia

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ǽgðer ge on sǽs fyrhto ge on wéstennum wildeóra ge on þeóda gereordum, ðæt hié hiene æfter friþe sóhton that they ventured upon so much that was hazardous and so much that was unknown in respect to both the terrors of the sea and the deserts with their wild

Linked entries: ge-wis on-gewiss

hlystan

listento listen

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Ic sceal sprecan . . . hliste sé þe wille, Met. Einl. 10. of the regular attention of a learner Ðé gedafenað tó lérenne and mé tó hlistenne, Solil. H. 32, 16. to listen to speech or speaker. with gen.

feormian

(v.)
Grammar
feormian, part. feormende; p. ode, ade; pp. od; v. a. [feorm food] .

to supply with foodfeedsupportsustainentertainreceive as a guestcherishbenefitprofitvictum suppĕdĭtāreepŭlāresuscĭpĕresuscĭpĕre hospĭtiofŏvērecūrārevălēreto feed ondevourconsumevescicomĕdĕreconsūmĕreto cleanse, FARM or cleanse outmundārepurgāreexpiāre

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epŭlāre, suscĭpĕre, suscĭpĕre hospĭtio, fŏvēre, cūrāre, vălēre Ðæt ic [cyning] bebeóde eallum mínan geréfan ðæt hí on mínan ágenan rihtlíce tilian, and me mid ðam feormian; and ðæt him nán man ne þearf to feormfultume nán þingc syllan, bútan he sylf wille

mynster-líf

(n.)
Grammar
mynster-líf, es; n.

monastic lifea place in which the monastic life is lived

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Ic wille ðæt ðǽr ǽfre beó mynstrelíf and samnung ( a monastery and brotherhood ), Chart. Th. 391, 29. Similar entries Cf. Munuc-líf

ge-niht

(n.)
Grammar
ge-niht, -nyht, es; n: e; f.

Abundance, fulness, sufficiencyabundantia, ūbertascopia, abundantia

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Ðú sealdest me wilna geniht thou gavest me the fulness of my desires, Soul Kmbl. 285; Seel. 146: Cd. 90; Th. 113, 21; Gen. 1890: Ps. Th. 4, 8

Linked entry: ge-nyht

hleótan

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Hleótan man mót mid geleáfan swá þeáh on woruld-ðingum bútan wiccecræfte, ꝥ him déme seó tá gif hí hwæt dǽlan willað. Hml. S. 17, 73-86. Hleáte (hleátte, L.) wé sortiamur Jn.

hosu

(n.)
Grammar
hosu, e (an ?); f. (and <b>? hosa,</b> an; m.; but perhaps hosa, Wrt. Voc. i. 81, 48, might be pl., or a mistake for hose (cf. eága for eáge, 70, 42,
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Gyf þú hosa habban wille, þonne stríc þú uppweard on þínum sceancum mid þínum twám handum, Tech. ii. 127, 12. a husk, pod Hose glumulá, An. Ox. 8, 94. Pisan hosa siliqua, Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 58. See hosa in Dict. v. leþer-hosu, scin-hosu; lǽs-hosum

Linked entry: hosa

myntan

Grammar
myntan, <b>. I a.</b>
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</b> add: to mean something for a person :-- Ic hit ágnian wille tó ágenre ǽhte ꝥ ꝥ ic hæbbe, and nǽfre þé myntan plot ne plóh, ne turf ne toft, Ll. Th. i. 184, 6.

nett

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Hwæþer gé nú settan eówer nett on dá héhstan dúne ðonne gé fiscian willað? ic wát ðeáh ꝥ gé hit þǽr ne settað. Hwæþer gé nú eówer hundas and eówer nett út on ðá sǽ lǽdon ðonne gé huntian willaþ ?

á-werian

(v.)

to defend against attackto protect from hurtsecure

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willað áwerian ús, Ll. Th. ii. 364, 13. in the phrase land áwerian, v. werian, Hé mid his scette áwerede ðæt land, C. D. vi. 183, 10. á-werian, Similar entries v. á-wirgan. á-werian, v. next word

Linked entries: werian eald-a-wered

weód

(n.)
Grammar
weód, es; n. f. (?)

A useless or injurious plant,a weed

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Swá hwá swá wille sáwan westmbǽre land, átió ǽrest of ealle ða weód ðe hé gesió, ðæt ðám æcerum derigen Bt. 23; Fox 78, 23 : Met. 12, 4, 28

gód

(n.)
Grammar
gód, es; n.

Goodgood thinggood deedbenefitgoodnesswelfare

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He mid góde gyldan wille uncran eaferan he will repay our offspring with good, Beo. Th. 2372; B. 1184. Alwalda ðec góde forgylde may the Omnipotent reward thee with good, 1916; B. 956.

láð

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
láð, es; n.

harmevilinjuryhurttroublegriefpainannoyanceenmity

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Hit sóna nǽnig láð ne biþ it [the pain] will soon be no annoyance, Herb. 1, 11; Lchdm. i. 74, 10. Hé mé nówiht láðes ætýwde ille mihi nil inimicitiarum intulerit, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 25.

ge-wríþan

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willad þá stafas onsundron gewriðan we will group those letters together separately, Angl. viii. 335, 38.

Linked entry: ge-wriþen

hwæðer

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hwæðer, pron.

eitherboth

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which of two Hwæðer ðara twegra dyde ðæs fæder willan whether of them twain did the will of his father? Mt. Kmbl. 21, 31.

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hálig-dóm

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wille wé eów segcan . . . hwæt se háligdóm is . . . Ǽrost . . . C. D. B. ii. 389, 19-39.

lícian

(v.)
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Gif hé wilnað ðæt hé hire lícige bet ðonne sé ðe hine sende. Past. 143, 4. (ii) to be sufficient :-- Wel lícas ðǽm dæg werignise his sufficit diei malitia sua, Mt.

CWIC

(adj.)
Grammar
CWIC, cwyc, cwuc, cuc; def. se cwica, seó, ðæt cwice; adj.

Alive, QUICK vivus, vivax

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Ic wille mid flóde acwellan cynna gehwilc cucra wuhta with a flood I will destroy every kind of creatures alive, Cd. 65; Th. 78, 23; Gen. 1297 . Be cwicum mannum the men being alive, L. Eth. ix. 4; Th. i. 340, 18: L. C. E. 3; Th. i. 360, 9.

mageþe

(n.)
Grammar
mageþe, an; f.

maythechamomileox-eye

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Wildre magþan wyrttruman ( matricaria chamomilla ) L. M. 2, 22; Lchdm. ii. 206, 15. Magoðe, L. M. 5, 64; Lchdm. ii. 140, 7. Ða reádan magoþan ( anthemis tinctoria ), 140, 4. [ Maiþe camomilla, Wrt. Voc. i. 140, 27. Mathen (maythe) ameroke, 162, 20.

Linked entries: mægeþe mægþa