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ge-mǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mǽnan, p. de; pp. ed [ge-mǽne communis] .

to MEAN, to signifysibi velle, significareto communicate, announce, pronounce, uttercommunicare, pronuntiareto MOAN, to groaningemiscere, plangereto considercolloqui, considerareto make common, contaminate, defile, violatecommunicare, coinquinare, violarecommunicare alicuito make knowndicere, monstrare, judicare

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. to communicate, announce, pronounce, utter; communicare, pronuntiare Hwílum ic glidan reorde múþe gemǽne sometimes in a kite's voice I utter with my mouth, Exon. 106 b; Th. 406, 24; Rä. 25, 6. to give expression to one's feelings, as, of pain, to MOAN

Linked entries: mǽnan mǽnan

wrecan

Grammar
wrecan, <b>. Ib.</b>
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</b> add :-- Eall his cynn mon ofslóg, þý lǽs hit monn uferan dógore wrǽcce (wrǽce, v.l.) cognati omnes supplicio traditi : ne quis eum ejusdem famliae umquam ulcisci meditaretur, Ors. 4, 5; S. 168, 6.

up-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
up-weard, adj.

turned upwardsmoving upwards.

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Mon on bedde dæges upweard ne licge, L. 26, 19. Álege ðone man upweard, 342, 5. Hé mid bǽm handum upweard (with his face turned upwards? or adverb? he stretched his hands up. v. upweardes) plegade, Elen. Kmbl. 1609; El. 806.

wagian

(v.)
Grammar
wagian, p.ode

To move (intrans.).to wag, wave, shake, move backwards and forwardsto shake, totter

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To move (intrans.). to wag, wave, shake, move backwards and forwards Hé mihte hearpian ðæt se wudu wagode, Bt. 35, 6;Fox 166, 32. Ða wudubeámas wagedon and swegdon, Dóm. L. 7. Wagedan búta, Exon. Th. 436, 25;Rä. 55, 6. Hreád ðæt wagende, Mt. Kmbl.

Linked entry: wagung

grornian

(v.)
Grammar
grornian, p. ode
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To mourn, murmur Grornaþ eal middangeard all the earth shall mourn, Exon. 22 a; Th. 60, 18; Cri. 971. Grornadun murmurabant, Mt. Kmbl. Lind 20, 11

CWYRN

(n.)
Grammar
CWYRN, cweorn, e; f:cweorne , an; f.

A mill, hand-mill, QUERN mola

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A mill, hand-mill, QUERN; mola Twá beóþ æt cwyrne grindende: án byþ genumen, and óðer byþ lǽfed duæ molentes in mola; una assumētur, et una relinquētur, Mt. Bos. 24, 41. Ðæt híg grundon on cwyrne popŭlus illud frangēbat mola, Num. 11, 8.

Linked entries: cwearn cweorn

irfe

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Modo habetur ibi pecunia IX veteres boves . . . et L arietes, Cht. Th. 162, 27-163, 5. Ic sello . . . þás lond mid cwice erfe . . . Feó sió néste hond tó þém londe and tó þém erfe, 480, 29-481, 23

elmestlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
elmestlíc, adj.

Charitable mĭsĕrĭcors

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Charitable; mĭsĕrĭcors Swé hit him bóem rehtlícast and elmestlícast wére as might be most righteous and most charitable for both, Th. Diplm. A. D. 830; 465, 23

ge-beorg

(n.)
Grammar
ge-beorg, es; m.

A mountainmons

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A mountain; mons

Linked entry: ge-berg

weorþ

(n.)
Grammar
weorþ, weorþe, worþ, wurþ, wyrþ, es; n.
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Mon áceorfe ða tungan of, ðæt hié mon ná undeórran weorðe móste lésan ðonne hié mon be ðam were geeahtige, L. Alf. pol. 32 ; Th. i. 82, 2. Syle ðú nig wið wurðe and bring ðæt wurð tó ðære stówe, and bige mid ðam ylcan feó swá hwæt swá ðé lícige.

Ælfred

(n.)
Grammar
Ælfred, Alfriþ, Aldfriþ, Ealdfriþ, es; m. [æl all; aid, eald old: fred = friþ peace; v. Ælfréd]

Alfred the wise, king of Northumbria for twenty years

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Ealdfriþ] æfter Ecgfriþe to ríce, se mon wæs se gelǽredesta on gewrítum, se wæs sæd ðæt his bróðor wǽre Oswies sunu ðæs cyninges Ecgfrith was succeeded in the kingdom by Alfred, who was said to be his brother, and a son of king Oswy, and was a man most

Linked entries: Aldfriþ Alfriþ

cípe-mann

(n.)
Grammar
cípe-mann, (cíp-), es; m.
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Gif ciépe-mon (cépe-, ceáp-, v. ll. ) uppe on folce ceápie, Ll. Th. i. 118, 12. Se iiii nihta móna byð gód þǽm cípemen his cípinge tó anginnane, Lch. iii. 178, 2. Æt cýpmen (ceáp-, v. l. ) befón, Ll. Th. i. 118, 13.

Linked entry: ciépe-mon

gim

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Mon sceal sécan be sǽwaroðe and be eá ófrum æþele gimmas, hwíte and reáde and híwa gehwæs, Met. 19, 22 : Bt. 32, 3; F. 118, 17. Gymmas, Coll. M. 27, 7. used of the heavenly bodies Hálge gimmas, sunne and móna, Cri. 692.

sǽne

(adj.)
Grammar
sǽne, adj.

Slow, dull, sluggish, inactive

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Sǽne mód a sluggish mind, 122, 32; Gú, 314. Næs ðæt sǽne cyning, 322, 23; Wíd. 67. Eálá ðæt ðú woldest ðæs síðfætes sǽne weorðan (slow to undertake the journey), Andr. Kmbl. 408; An. 204: 422; An. 211: Elm.

on-hebban

(v.)
Grammar
on-hebban, p. -hóf (the weak form -hefde also occurs); pp. -hafen.

to lift up, raise (the eyes, voice)to raise (as barm does), to leavento take up, beginto take awaymetaph. to lift up, exalt (generally in a bad sense)

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L. 2, 11. to take away Óþ ðæt onhafen biþ ( auferatur ) se móna, Ps. Spl. 71. 7. metaph. to lift up, exalt (generally in a bad sense) Ǽlc ðæra ðe hine onhefþ, hé sceal beón geeádmét. Homl. Th. i. 202, 33.

Linked entries: an-hebban in-hebban

ícan

(v.)
Grammar
ícan, iécan, ícean, ýcan ; p. íhte, ícte

To EKEincreaseadd toaugment

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Sunne and móna iécaþ eorþwelan sun and moon increase the wealth of earth, 16 b; Th. 38, 23; Cri. 611. Ýcaþ, 119 a ; Th. 457,32; Hy 4, 93. Ðá íhte he eft his synna auxit peccatum, Ex, 9, 34.

Linked entries: écan íht

leóht

(adj.)
Grammar
leóht, léht, líht [from comparison with other dialects the proper spelling would seem to be líht, but leóht (or leoht?), in West-Saxon at least, is the regular form]; adj.

Lightinconsiderablequickreadynimblefickleeasy

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Mid nánum leóhtran þinge gebéte ðonne him mon áceorfe ða tungan of, L. Alf. pol. 32; Th. i. 80, 21. Hý habbaþ ðæs ðe leóhtran gang they shall walk the easier for it, L. Med. ex Quad. 3, 15; Lchdm. i. 342, 12.

beorgan

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.), to spare Þæt mód ongiet ðæt him mon birgð mentes parci sibi sentiunt, Past. 297, 17. Wé beorgað ðínre ylde, Hml.

for-habban

(v.)

To abstainrefrainabstinentcontinentto abstain fromto restrainkeep awayto keep backnot to mentionto restraincheckstop

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Hí ne mihton forhabban merestreámes mód, ac hé manegum gesceód, Ex. 487. Gif mon innan forhæfd sié if a man be costive, Lch. ii. 276, 4

ǽn-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽn-líc, adj. [án one, líc like]

ONLYsingularincomparableexcellentbeautifulelegantunicusegregiuseleganspulcher

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Eal wæs ǽnlícra ðon mæge stefn areccan all was more excellent than voice can tell, Exon. 52 a; Th. 181, 17; Gú. 1294.