níd-riht
a duty that must be performed ⬩ service ⬩ office ⬩ officium ⬩ debitum ⬩ a due ⬩ what must be paid
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Ac ðeáhhwæðere sindon gesette tíman synderlíce tó ðam ánum, ðæt gif hwá for bisgan oftor ne mǽge, ðæt hé húru ðæt niédriht dæghwamlíce gefylle, Btwk. 194, 3-8. a due, what must be paid Eallum ǽhtemannum gebyreþ midwintres feorm and Eástorfeorm ... tóeácan
ge-hyrtan
To encourage ⬩ animate ⬩ refresh ⬩ confortare ⬩ animare ⬩ refrigerare
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To encourage, animate, refresh; confortare, animare, refrigerare Beó ðú húru gehyrt, and hicg þegenlíce be thou only encouraged, and strive nobly, Jos. 1, 18.
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wíd-cúþ
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Sume beóþ swíðe æþele and wfdcúþe on heora gebyrdum hunc nobilitas notum facit. Bt. 11. 1; Fox 30, 32. Twégen becómon tó ús, wídcúðe ðurh heora yrmðe, Homl.
be-gyrdan
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Gif eáðmódnes bið mid óðrum gódum ðeáwum begyrded si humi-litas ceteris virtutibus cingitur, Past. 47, II. Útan begyrdd (accincta) mid ðám feówer godspellum, 171, 5. Þá lendenu beóð mid sáre be-gyrdedu, Lch. ii. 232, 8
ge-lútan
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To bend the head, place on a couch, recline Sunu mannes ne hæfis huér heáfud gehlútes ł gebéges (reclinet), Mt. L. 8, 20: p. 15, 16. of the day, to decline, approach an end Ofernón oððe geloten dæg suprema (cf. suprema, quando sol suppremit, Corp.
nyt-weorþ
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Alfred's words in the translation of Boethius: Ic wilnode weorþfullíce tó libbanne þá hwíle þe ic lifede, Bt. 17 ; F. 60, 14), ge húru þider tó cumane, Solil. H. 2, 16. Ic lufige ǽlc ðing be ðám dǽle þe ic hyt nytwyrðe ongyte, 43, 1.
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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.
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ge-néþan
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Ꝥ gé ne genédon ꝥ gé þis húsl ðicgon, Ll. Lbmn. 415, 6. (bb) where the clause marks the degree of presumption :-- Ꝥ hé nó genéðde tó þon ꝥ hé áht grétte þone Godes þeówan ne servum Dei contingere auderet, Gr. D. 38, 32. with infin.
ge-tíþian
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Gr. 139, 11. to grant a request. absolute, to consent to a request (with dat. of person asking) Ꝥ hé unc getíðade (-tigðade, v. l. ), and on þæs gesíðes huus ineóde, Bd. 5, 4; Sch. 568, 14. Hié bǽdon ꝥ ...
teón
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</b> add :-- Ðá ridon his men tó and tugon út ðæt spic of Æðelsiges húse, C.D. iii. 291, 16. <b>III 2.</b> add :-- Hé ofslóg Tetricum for þý þe hé hí him teáh tó anwalde, Ors. 6, 26; S. 276, 23. <b>III 3.
mótian
to address one's self ⬩ speak (to a person) ⬩ converse ⬩ to address an assembly ⬩ to discuss ⬩ dispute ⬩ moot a question
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Gif se munuc wyle gán tó wífmanna húsum and wið hý mótian, and gif ðæm mǽdenum líkiaþ hyra luftýman sprǽce, 48, 15. [Cf. Stille beo þu, ne schaltu motin wið me na mare, Marh. 17, 26.] to address an assembly (cf. mótere) Heródes hæfde gemót ...
wærlíce
warily, cautiously, circumspectly, ⬩ in a way that guards against surprise ⬩ in a way that guards against an ill result, safely ⬩ carefully, heedfully, prudently
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where there is danger of receiving hurt, ¨ warily, cautiously, circumspectly, in a way that guards against surprise Faraþ eów wærlíce, ðe læs ðe eów geméton ða ðe eów æfter rídon, Jos. 2, 16. Nimaþ and lǽdaþ hine wærlíce ( caute ), Mk. Skt. 14, 44.
hycgan
take thought ⬩ be mindful ⬩ think ⬩ consider ⬩ meditate ⬩ to intend ⬩ purpose ⬩ determine ⬩ endeavour ⬩ strive ⬩ to hope
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Homl. 43, 1, Hú ðú ymb módlufan mínes freán on hyge hycge how thou mayest think in thy mind of the love of my lord, Exon. 123 a; Th. 473, 5; Bo. 10. Hú gód biþ ðætte bróður on án hicgen how good it is that brothers should be unanimous, Ps. 132, 1.
heáp
a band ⬩ company ⬩ the clergy ⬩ a choir ⬩ an army ⬩ a host ⬩ a troop ⬩ company ⬩ a crew ⬩ a collection ⬩ in company ⬩ together
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Voc. ii. 79, 58. secular, an army, a host Heáp (the host of the Huns) wæs gescyrted, láðra lindwered; lythwón becwóm Húna herges hám eft þanon, El. 141.
hwilc
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L.) onfóeð ðone cnæht, mec onfóeð; and swá hwelc swá (sé ðe suá huá, L.) mec onfóeð . . . Lk. R. 9, 48. (2 a) with genitive :-- Swá hwylcne heora swá ( quemcumque ) him se tán ætýwde, Bd. 5, 10; Sch. 600, 17
FORMA
The first ⬩ earliest ⬩ prīmus
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Hú gesǽlig seó forme eld was ðises middangeardes how happy was the first age of this world, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 2: Bt. Met. Fox 8, 7; Met. 8, 4: Boutr. Scrd. 21, 8. Ðis wæs ðæt forme tácn this was the first miracle, Jn. Bos. 2, 11.
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hwæt
Quick ⬩ active ⬩ vigorous ⬩ stout ⬩ bold ⬩ brave
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Ne scyle se hwata esne ymb ðæt gnornian hú oft hé feohtan scule virum fortem non decet indignari, quoties increpuit bellicus tumultus, Bt. 40, 3; Fox 238, 10: Beo. Th. 6048; B. 3028. Hwatum Heorowearde, 4328; B. 2161.
limpan
To befall ⬩ happen ⬩ pertain ⬩ belong ⬩ affect ⬩ concern
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Hú lomp eów on láde what hap was yours by the way? Beo. Th. 3978; B. 1987. Twegra sceopa ðǽrtó ðe limpende beóþ of two ships that are thereto pertaining, Chart. Th. 28, 26
mis-
wanting in likeness or unity ⬩ unlike ⬩ diverse ⬩ various ⬩ diverging from the usual course ⬩ erratic
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Hú ne sǽdon wé ðæt ðis andweaede líf nǽre nó ðæt héhste gód, forðam hit wǽre mistlíc (MS. Cott. mislíc), Bt. 34, 9; Fox 146, 17. Mistlíc promiscuum, mixtum, Hpt. Gl. 497, 5. Mistlíc bleó discolor, Wrt. Voc. i. 46, 35.
ge-teón
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Hú woruld wǽre wundrum geteód how the world was wondrously framed, Cd. 177; Th. 222, 28; Dan. 111. Se ðe geteód hæfde qui decrēvĕrat, Bd. 3, 24;S. 556, 12: Blickl. Homl. 19, 35. Geteód to ðǽm écan wítum destined to eternal torments, 37, 4: 31, 22.