hyhtan
To hope ⬩ trust ⬩ rejoice
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Ic ellen wylle habban and hlyhhan and mé hyhtan tó I will have courage, and laugh and look forward with hope, Exon. 119 a; Th. 456, 22; Hy. 4, 70: 12 b; Th. 21, 26; Cri. 340. Gód ys on Dryhten tó hyhtanne bonum est confidere in Domino, Ps. Th. 117, 9
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irþling
a husbandman ⬩ farmer ⬩ ploughman ⬩ a cuckoo
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Móna se twentigoþa cild ácenned yrplincg a child born on the twentieth day of the moon will be a husbandman, Lchdm. iii. 194, 6. Hwæt sægest ðú Yrþlingc quid dicis tu, Arator? Coll. Monast. Th. 19, 11.
ísern
Iron
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Se lǽce hýd his ísern wið ðone moon ðe hé sníðan wile the surgeon hides his knife from the man he wants to cut, 26, 3 ; Swt. 185. 25
lyb-lác
Sorcery ⬩ witchcraft
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Gif hí hwilc man niman wile oððe hyra æthríneþ ðonne forbærnaþ hí sona eall his líc ðæt syndon ungefrægelícu lyblác if any man wants to catch them [certain fowls] or touches them, then at once they consume all his body: those are most extraordinary cases
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mancus
A mancus ⬩ the eighth of a pound ⬩ the sum of thirty pence
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Cf. for an instance of the manner in which this might be paid the will of an ealdorman where the heriot included feówer beágas twegen on hundtwelftigum mancosum and twegen on hundeahtatigum, Chart. Th. 500, 3.
gifan
To give ⬩ dare ⬩ impertire
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Gife ic hit ðé I will give it thee, Cd. 32; Th. 42, 26; Gen. 679. Us drincan gifest potum dabis nobis, Ps. Th. 79, 5. Hwæt gifst ðú me quid dabis mihi, Gen. 15, 2. God gifeþ gleáw word godspellendum dominus dabit verbum evangelizantibus, Ps.
ge-hwyrfan
To change ⬩ turn ⬩ convert ⬩ mutare ⬩ convertere
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His word bióþ gehwirfdo to unnyttre ofersprǽce his words will be perverted to useless loquacity, Past. 21; Swt. 164, 18; Cot. MS. Hí wurdon gehwyrfede to deórwurðum gimmum they were turned into precious stones, Homl. Th. i. 64, 5 : Th. An. 28, 35.
ge-leáfa
Belief ⬩ faith ⬩ confidence ⬩ trust ⬩ fĭdes ⬩ fĭdūcia
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Nú we wyllaþ secgan eów ðone geleáfan ðe on ðam crédan stent we will now declare to you the faith which stands in the creed, Homl. Th. i. 274, 23 : 292, 9, 10 : 294, 8. Habbaþ geleáfan habēte fĭdūciam, Mt. Bos. 14, 27.
gelíce
Likewise ⬩ also ⬩ as ⬩ pariter
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Elpendes hýd wyle drincan wætan gelíce án spinge deþ an elephant's hide will imbibe water as a sponge doth, Ors. 5, 7; Bos. 107, 11.
tyslian
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I will say no more about that shameful fashion of dress, but that books tell us, that he is accursed, who holds the customs of heathen men in his life and thereby dishonours his own race, Wanley Cat. pp. 121-122; see also Engl. Stud. viii. 62.
ufera
upper ⬩ higher ⬩ upmost ⬩ highest ⬩ later ⬩ after
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Hé ðé teóþan dæge him ðone Hálgan Gást onsende ... on ðás hálgan tíde ðe nú ðýs uferan Sunnandæge bið he sent them the Holy Ghost on the tenth day ... at the holy time which will be on the Sunday after next, Blickl. Homl. 119, 15.
weald
perhaps ⬩ may be ⬩ in dependent clauses, with indefinite pronouns or adverbs (cf. gif), in case
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hé sig on gáste up áhafen, and onuppan muntum geset; ac uton ða muntas eondfaran; weald þeáh wé hyne gemétan magon, Nicod. 19; Thw. 9, 25, 31. in dependent clauses, with indefinite pronouns or adverbs (cf. gif), in case Bið nú wíslícor ðæt gehwá ðis wile
ofer-stǽlan
to confute, convince, convict
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Hé biþ ðonne oferstǽled ðæt hé Godes feónd is he will then be convicted of being God's foe. Homl. Th. i. 612, 24. Gif hwá mǽne áþ on háligdóme swerige, and hé oferstǽled weorðe if a man commit perjury on a relic, and he be convicted L. C.
be-cweþan
to say ⬩ to urge ⬩ press ⬩ to speak for ⬩ pray for ⬩ to bequeathe ⬩ grant by will
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Th. i. 534, 10. to bequeathe, grant by will (cwide) Hit becwæð sé ðe hit áhte, Ll. Th. i. 184, 1. Bútan þám dǽle þe uncer gehwæþer his bearnum becwæð, Cht. Th. 486, 4. Hé becwæð his ðincg, and ácwealde hine sylfne, Hml. S. 19, 211.
ceorfan
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Gyf þé syxes genyóðige, þonne sníð þú mid þínum fingre ofer þone óþerne swylce þú cyrfan wille if you want a knife make a stroke with one finger on another as if you meant to cut it off, Tech. ii. 123, 4.
ciric-sócn
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Th. i. 104, 12. the territory of a church Ic wille ðat se byrig æt Winintúne and feówer hídan landes ðǽrtó mid ðáre cyrice and mid ðáre cyricsócne . . . and mid ðám lande æt ðǽre leá liggen intó Westmynstre, C. D. iv. 220, 19
dirnan
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On yrre wille hé his milde mód mannum dyrnan numquid continebit in ira sua misericordiam suam?, Ps. Th. 76, 8
for-leósan
to lose ⬩ to destroy
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Hwæt wille ic ðisum forlorenum wiðersacan geandwyrdan, Hml. Th. i. 378, 11
on-wæcnan
to rise, spring, be derived
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Fordytte ðæt eáre mid ðære wulle ðonne ðú slápan wille, and dó eft of ðonne ðú onwæcne, Lchdm. ii. 42, 26. to rise, spring, be derived Ðonne hé ( the Phenix ) of ascan onwæcneþ, Exon. Th. 240, 34; Ph. 648.
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ealdor-man
ALDERMAN, senator, chief, duke, a nobleman of the highest rank, and holding an office inferior only to that of the king ⬩ mājor nātu, sĕnātor, prŏcer, princeps, prīmas, dux, præfectus, trĭbūnus, quīcunque est aliis grădu aut nātu mājor. ⬩ eorl, Nrs. jarl, being placed over several shires. The Danish kings ruled by their eorlas or jarls, and the ealdormen disappeared from the shires. Gradually the title ceased altogether, except in the cities, where it denoted an inferior judicature, much as it now does among ourselves
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land this is then the secular ordinance which I [Cnut], with the counsel of my witan, will, that it be observed over all the land of the English, L.
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