wépan
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Ðæt ðætte óðre menn unáliéfedes dót hé sceal wépan suá suá his ágne scylde illicita perpetrata ab aliis ut propria deplorat, Past. 10; Swt. 61, 15. Ðá hé hine ealle wépende geseah when he saw all mourning him, Blickl. Homl. 225, 22.
wrecca
one driven from his own country ⬩ a wanderer in foreign lands ⬩ an exile ⬩ a stranger ⬩ pilgrim ⬩ a wretch ⬩ an evil person ⬩ a wretched person ⬩ a miserable, feeble creature ⬩ a wretched ⬩ unhappy ⬩ miserable ⬩ poor person
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Ða lióð ðe ic wrecca geó lustbǽrlíce song, ic sceal nú heofiende singan. Bt. 2 ; Fox 4, 6 : Met. 2, 3. Ne mæg mon ǽnne wræccan his cræftes beniman, 10, 38. Heó áhredde ða húþe, and tó hám bedrǽf wreccan (the hapless wight?) ofer willan. Exon.
ge-ícan
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Sceal þonne ánra gehwylc . . . leoðum onfón and líchoman, edgeong wesan, 1030-3), Cri. 1040
ge-réfa
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Gescádwís geréfa sceal . . . ( the duties of the reeve are then given ], Angl. ix. 259, 3. þæs biscopes gerefa. Ll. Th. i. 342, 16: 262, 24.
ge-writ
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Th. i. 58, 22. a number of written characters Þis mon sceal wrítan on húsldisce . . . + + + A + C D + . . . In principio . . . sunt.
heord
keeping ⬩ custody ⬩ care ⬩ guard
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Geseah hé þreó heorda sceápa sittende wið þone pitt . . . þǽra hyrda gewuna wæs, þonne hig heora heorda gegaderodon, 29, 2-3. in pl. flocks and herds Hi fórun . . . búton litlingum and heordum (absque parvulis et gregibus atque armentis), Gen. 50, 8.
hring
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Ic sceal þegne mínum hringum hæfted hýran georne, Rä. 5, 2: 87, 4. Wyrc feówer hringas ( circulos ), and áhóh hié on ðá feówer hyrnan ðǽre earce; and hát wyrcean twégen stengas . . . and sting út ðurh ðá hringas, Past. 169, 20-24.
hwanne
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Hé sceal winnan and sorgian hwonne se dæg cume ... búton hé ǽr hwæt for Gode gedyde, Bl. H. 97, 26. after verbs expressing attempt to know, knowing, or causing to know Þá áhsodon hí hine hwænne (huoenne, L., hwenne, R.) Godes ríce cóme, Lk. 17, 20.
tó
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(j) add :-- Ciricsceat mon sceal ágifan tó þám healme and tó þám heorðe þe se mon on bið tó middum wintre, Ll. Th. i. 140, 13. Hí tó Godes híwunga gesceapene wǽron. Bl.
HEARD
HARD, harsh, austere, severe, rigorous, stern, stubborn, firm, hardy, brave ⬩ durus, rigidus, asper, acer
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Hige sceal ðé heardra ðé úre mægen lytlaþ our courage shall be the stouter as our force lessens, Byrht. Th. 140, 62; By. 312. Nó is gefrægn heardran feohtan I have never heard of a harder fight, Beo. Th. 1157; B. 576.
Linked entries: a-heardung heard-mód hnesce
findan
to come across ⬩ to obtain ⬩ find ⬩ to meet with ⬩ experience ⬩ be exposed to ⬩ find difficulty ⬩ procure ⬩ to visit ⬩ learn ⬩ arrange ⬩ settle ⬩ to determine ⬩ to supply ⬩ provide ⬩ furnish
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Sceal wintrum fród on circule cræfte findan hálige dagas, 67.
hláford
a ruler ⬩ sovereign ⬩ governor ⬩ captain ⬩ a master ⬩ a major-domo ⬩ an owner ⬩ a proprietor ⬩ a husband ⬩ the husband ⬩ a ruler ⬩ lord
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Þæt wíf sceal hire ealdore (hláforde, v.l.) hiéran, Ll.
for
before ⬩ in front of ⬩ before ⬩ since ⬩ ago ⬩ for ⬩ from ⬩ through ⬩ on account of ⬩ for ⬩ from ⬩ through ⬩ instead of ⬩ in place of ⬩ in exchange for ⬩ in return for ⬩ in expiation of ⬩ in redemption for ⬩ on behalf of ⬩ in support of ⬩ in respect to ⬩ in relation to ⬩ as regards ⬩ against ⬩ from ⬩ in spite of ⬩ notwithstanding ⬩ in accordance with ⬩ according to ⬩ as representative of ⬩ for ⬩ to take ⬩ in compensation for ⬩ as punishment for ⬩ for the sake of ⬩ on behalf of ⬩ for the benefit of ⬩ As representative of
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Hú mihtú for sceame ǽniges ðinges æt Gode biddan?, Hml. Th. i. 256 5. marking favouring circumstance: On his dagum for his iugoðe Godes wiþærsacan Godes lage brǽcon.
wíte
punishment ⬩ pain that is inflicted as punishment ⬩ torment ⬩ a means ⬩ implement ⬩ a fine. ⬩ torment ⬩ plague ⬩ disease ⬩ evil ⬩ pain
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Ðú ðæs cwealmes scealt wíte winnan, 62, 14; Gen. 1014. Ic wíte þolade, Exon. Th. 89, 5 ; Cri. 1452 : 240, 25 ; Ph. 644: Elen. Kmbl. 1038 ; El. 520. Freá wolde on wǽrlogan wíte settan. Cd. Th. 76, 33; Gen. 1265.
faran
to travel ⬩ journey ⬩ to march ⬩ to go ⬩ to go ⬩ depart ⬩ to go ⬩ move ⬩ to go ⬩ fly ⬩ to come ⬩ to pass away ⬩ depart ⬩ to go on ⬩ practise ⬩ happen ⬩ turn out
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Þú (the serpent) scealt faran féðeleás, Gen. 908. Heaðorófe hleápan léton, on geflit faran, fealwe meáras, B. 865. of things, that move naturally. Similar entries v. 4.
Linked entry: farnian
fela
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Þú scealt fela gewinn habban, Hml. Th. i. 426, 18. plural Fela wítegan bodedon, Hml. Th. i. 358, 6. Wurdon fela cyrcan árǽrede, 562, 24. Fela hundas, ii. 114, 17.
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ge-lǽstan
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Ne þearf ic N. sceatt ne scilling . . . ac eal ic him gelǽste ꝥ ꝥ ic him scolde, 182, 10. Neádwísnesse gelǽste debitum soluit, An. Ox. 2397. Gelǽste exsoluit (mortis uindictam ), 4327: 3818. Þæt hé Godes gerihta gelǽste, Wlfst. 157, 12.
wæstm
Growth, increase ⬩ growth, produce ⬩ plant, fruit ⬩ offspring, progeny ⬩ result ⬩ fruit, that which may be enjoyed ⬩ produce of money, usury. ⬩ growth, growing, ⬩ increase ⬩ growth, thriving ⬩ growth, condition reached by growing, stature, form;
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Similar entries v. wæstm-sceatt Of wæstme ex usuris, Ps.
waru
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Scealt ðú for ware úra goda wíta ðrowian for the protection of our gods thou shall suffer punishments, Homl. Th. i. 594, 4. Cyninge gebyraþ ðæt hé sý on ware and on wearde Cristes gespeliga, L. I. P. 2 ; Th. ii. 304, 23.
Linked entry: wer-genga
HLÁF
Bread, ⬩ food, ⬩ a loaf
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On xii mónþum ðú scealt sillan ðínum þeówan men vii hund hláfa and xx hláfa búton morgenmetum and nónmetum in twelve months thou shalt give thy slave-man seven hundred and twenty loaves, besides meals at morn and noon, Salm. Kmbl. 192, 18.