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steóran

(v.; prep.)
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steóran, stióran, (and with umlaut) stiéran, stéran, stíran, stýran; p. de.
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Stiéran sceal mon strongum móde, Exon. Th. 312, 13; Seef. 109. Stýran, 336, 18; Gn. Ex. 51.

ge-hwilc

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sceal beón, swá ic ǽr be beócere cwæð (beóceorl sceal geara beón on manegum weorcum, 3), oftrǽde tó gehwilcon weorce, Ll. Th. i. 436, 18. Wǽron hyra tungan getale teónan gehwylcre, Ps. Th. 56, 5.

friþ

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Bisceop sceall saca sehtan and frið wyrcan, Ll. Th. ii. 312, 14. Ne wénaþ gé þe ic cwóme frið ł sibb (pacem) tó sendanne on eorðe ; ne cwóm ic frið tó sendanne ac sweord, Mt. R. L. 10, 34.

byrgen

(n.)
Grammar
byrgen, byrgenn, birgen, byrigen, burgen, e; f. [beorg tumulus]
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[v. sáwel-sceát], was made to the church where the interment took place, and a legacy was also expected.

DEÁÞ

(n.)
Grammar
DEÁÞ, es; m.

DEATH mors

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He sceal deáþe sweltan he shall perish by death, L. Alf. 14, 15; Th. i. 48, 3, 7, 8. Ðæt ðú deáþe sweltest that thou shalt perish by death, Exon. 67 b; Th. 250, 11; Jul. 125. Deáþe cwylman mortificāre, Ps. Spl. 108, 15.

Linked entry: deóþ

FǼMNE

(n.)
Grammar
FǼMNE, fémne, an; f. [fēmĭna a woman]

A virgin, damsel, maid, woman virgo, puella, fēmĭna

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Sceal fémne hire freónd geséccan the damsel shall seek her lover, Menol. Fox 548; Gn. C. 44. Geseah ic líchoman ðære hálgan Godes fǽmnan vīdi corpus sacræ Deo virgĭnis, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 15, 43: 4. 19; S. 588, 36.

Linked entry: fémne

féða

(n.)
Grammar
féða, an; m.

a band on footinfantrya hosttrooptribecompanyphălanx pĕdestrispĕditeslĕgioăciestrĭbuscătervaa battlepugna

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a band on foot, infantry, a host, troop, tribe, company; phălanx pĕdestris, pĕdites, lĕgio, ăcies, trĭbus, căterva Eórod sceal getrume rídan, fæste féða stondan a band of horse [ = cavalry] shall ride in a body, a band of foot [ = infantry] stand fast

Linked entry: féðu

irfe

(n.)
Grammar
irfe, ierfe, yrfe, es; n.

Inheritanceproperty

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Yrfe sceal gedǽled deádes monnes a dead man's property must be divided, Exon. 90 a ; Th. 338, 18; Gen. Ex. 80. Ne wilna ðú ðínes néhstan ierfes mid unrihte covet thou not thy neighbour's goods, L. Alf. 9 ; Th. i. 44, 21.

sél

(adv.)
Grammar
sél, soel ; also sélor ; adv. (cpve.)
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Se getreówa man sceal syllan his gód on ða tíd ðe hine sylfne sélest lyste his brúcan, Blickl. Homl. 101, 20. Hí genáman ðæs folces ðe ðǽr tó láfe wæs and him sélost lícodan, 79, 21

stille

(adj.)
Grammar
stille, adj.
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Th. 114, 10 ; Gú. 170. moving little or gently Se man sceal swíþe stille beón the patient must move about as little as possible, Lchdm. ii. 148, 25. Oft stille wæter staðo brecaþ (cf. still waters run deep ), Prov. Kmbl. 63. not easily moved (?)

swícan

(v.; prep.)
Grammar
swícan, p. swác, pl. swicon; pp. swicen.
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Sceal ánra gehwylc óðrum swícan, forðam Dryhten wile ðæt earme flǽsc eorðan betǽcan each one must depart from other, for the Lord will commit frail flesh to earth, Runic pm. Kmbl. 343, 14; Rún. 20. <b>II. a.

Linked entry: be-swicenness

swencan

(v.)
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swencan, p. te; pp. swenced, swenct (cf. swinkt = wearied, Comus v. 293)
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Ne sceal nán mon siócne monnan gesárgodne swencan, ac hine mon sceolde lǽdan tó ðam lǽce, Bt. 38, 7; Fox 210, 20. Hé ( William I ) lét castelas wyrcean and earme men swíðe swencean, Chr. 1086; Erl. 222, 21.

tyhtan

(v.)
Grammar
tyhtan, p. te.
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Lǽran sceal mon geongne monnan, trymman and tyhtan. Exon. Th. 336, 10; Gn. Ex. 46.

Linked entries: a-tyhtan tihtan

wérig

(adj.)
Grammar
wérig, adj.
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Wérig sceal se wiþ winde róweþ, Exon. Th. 345, 12; Gn. Ex. 187: 307, 26; Seef. 29. Ne forlǽt ðú ðæs blódes tó fela on ǽnne síþ, ðý les se seóca man tó wérig ( exhausted ) weorðe oððe swylte, Lchdm. ii. 208, 19. Wǽgdeóra gehwylc wérig swelteþ, Exon.

feallan

to runto be overcometo stumblesnareto failfall awaydecaycrumble away

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Add: of a body that can move freely Sum sceal on holte of heán beáme fiðerleás feallan, . . . hé fealleð on foldan, Vy. 21-26. Se feónd mid his geférum feóllon of heofonum on helle, Gen. 306. Teáras feóllon, El. 1134.

ge-gangan

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H. 209, 6. of passive movement (lit. or fig.). to be allotted to a person Him tó móse sceal gegangan geára gehwylce þriá þreóténo þúsend gerímes, Sal. 288. to happen to a person (dat.), befall Gegangeð þám mannum . . . þæt heó ealle forbeornað, Wlfst

ge-siht

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Blind sceal his eágna þolian, oftigen bið him torhtre gesihðe, Gn. Ex. 40. Blindum gesihðo caecis uisum, Lk. L. 4, 18. <b>I a.</b> the exercising of the faculty, a seeing :-- 'Hié God geseóð.' On þǽre gesihðe wesað ealle geleáffulle, Bl.

ge-dál

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Ðæt sceal geþencan sé þe bið manna sáwla lǽce . . . ꝥ gedál and ꝥ gesceád, hú hé mannum heora dǽla gescrífe, and hí þeáhhwæðere ne fordéme ne hig ormóde ne gedó he must consider the difference between suitable shrift and one that condemns the penitent

ge-weaxan

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Gúð sceal in eorle geweaxan, and wíf geþeón mid hyre leódum, Gn. Ex. 85. Heofenlicere cystinesse dugeþgyfe gewexen cnæplingc supernae liberalitatis munificentia mactus puer, An. Ox. 2578. <b>IV a.

híwian

(v.)

to formfabricateto feignto dissemble

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Ne sceal hé híwian, swilce hit him uncúð sý non dissimulet, R. Ben. 13, 16. with clause: ꝥ hí híwion ꝥ hí ingehýd habban, Angl. xi. 109, 56. to dissemble Ne híwige synna neque dissimulet peccata, R. Ben.