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sócn

(n.)
Grammar
sócn, e; f.

a seeking, search, exploringa seeking, desiring, trying to geta seeking to obtain an enda seeking for information, question, inquirya seeking, visiting of a place, attendance at a place, resorta seeking for protection ora place so sought, refuge, sanctuary, asyluma seeking with hostile intent, an attack inquisitio the right of investigating, necessary to and a part of power of holding plea seekinglevying fines socasoca quaestio inquisitio an attack an action, prosecution an assemblage a parish

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But from a Latin version of a charter it would seem that sócn was the power of seeking or levying fines; the English 'Ic an heom ðæt hý habben saca and sócna' is rendered by 'cedens ut habeant privilegium tenendi curiam ad causas cognoscendas et dirimendas

Linked entry: fird-sócn

tíma

(n.)
Grammar
tíma, an; m.

Timehourtempus horatime when,time at which an event takes place a time when a thing can or ought to be done,a proper time,opportunity in time in good timebe-timesproper timean appointed timea period of time time during which certain events are happening, during which a particular person is living, etc. a season of the yearan age of the world time of pronouncing a syllable, quantity time, condition of things

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or ought to be done, a proper time, opportunity Ðonne ðæs ðinges tíma ne biþ ðæt hit mon sidelíce gebétan mǽge . . . ac ðonne se láreów ieldende sécþ ðone tíman ðe hé his hiéremenn sidelíce on ðreátigean mǽge cum rerum minime opportunitas congruit, ut

Linked entries: týma tíme

wær

(adj.)
Grammar
wær, adj.

wareawarehaving knowledge of something which is to be guarded againstwareprepared foron guard against something that might be hurtfulwarecareful to avoid somethingon guard against doing somethingwareobservant ofattentive to a warning warycautioussagaciousprudentcunning

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Leófan men, utan beón ðe wærran, Wulfst. 90, 10. with gen. Ús is micel þearf, ðæt wé wære beón ðæs egeslícan tíman, ðe nú tówærd is, Wulfst. 191, 25. with preposition Wes ðú giedda wís, wær wið willan, Exon. Th. 302, 26; Fä. 42.

wyrcan

(v.)
Grammar
wyrcan, weorcan ; p. worhte ; pp. worht.

to worklabourto maketo makeformconstructto be the sourcecause of, to produceto makeconstituteto workdoperformto perform a ritekeep a seasonto workeffect a purposeattain an object,

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Ðæt hé ða eorðan worhte ut operaretur terram, Gen. 3, 23. Se ðe wille wyrcan wæstmbǽre lond qui serere ingenuum volet agrum, Met. 12, 1.

sécan

(v.)
Grammar
sécan, sécean; p. sóhte; pp. sóht
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Uton sibbe tó him sécan, Exon. Th. 365, 11; Wal. 87. Seócan, Ps. C. 109. Hwæt elles is tó sécanne wið ðam hungre nymbe andlyfen, Bd. 1, 27; S. 494, 16. Hé gǽþ sécende reste, Mt. Kmbl. 12, 43.

ge-reccan

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Ox. 217. gereccan tó to reckon as, to make to stand for Uton geécan þone anweald and ꝥ geniht, dón þǽr weorþscipe tó, and gereccan þonne þá þreó tó ánum addemus sufficientiae potentiaeque reverentiam, ut haec tria unum esse judicemus, Bt. 33, 1; F. 120

manian

(v.)
Grammar
manian, <b>, manigean, monian;</b> p. ode.

to bring to mind what ought to be doneto urge upon one what ought to be doneto admonishexhortinstigateto bring to mind what, should not be forgottento admonishremindsuggestpromptto tell what ought to be doneto teachinstructadviseto claim of a person (acc.) what is duein jus vocaread malium mannire

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Uton forhradian Godes ansýne on andetnysse, swá swá se wítega ús manaþ, Homl. Th. ii. 124, 24. Monaþ módes lust tó féran, Exon. 82a; Th. 308, 7; Seef. 36. Ealle ða gemoniaþ módes fúsne féran tó síþe . . . swylce geác monaþ, Th. 309, 6; Seef. 53.

wlitig

(adj.)
Grammar
wlitig, adj.

Beautifulcomelyfairbeauteousglorious

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Gelíce hwítum byrgenum, ða þinceaþ mannum útan wlitige (wlittig, Lind.speciosa ), Mt. Kmbl. 23, 27. Ne seleþ ðé wæstmas eorþe wlitige, Cd. Th. 62, 18; Gen. 1016. Ðás wlitegan tungl, Met. 28, 6. Ðe weorð wæstm ðý wlitegra, Cd. Th. 33, 14 ; Gen. 520.

be-healdan

(v.)
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Gen. 40, 8. to hold, keep a law Godes beboda utan wé behealdan, Bl. H. 39, 4. to hold, keep, maintain Hí mé onhwyrfdon of þǽre gecynde þe ic ǽr cwic beheóld, Rä. 72, 4.

efne

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Uton ús gesettan efne nú ( even now, at once ) heretogan, Num. 14, 4. just, only, no other than Wundurlic wíse and efne heofonlic mira res et non nisi caelitus facta, Bd. 4, 11; Sch. 408, 11.

ÁN

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)

ONEunusunaunumaloneonlysoleanothersolusaliussolealone of its kindsingularuniquewithout an equalunicuseximiusa certain onesome onequidamaanaaneachevery oneallunus-quisqueuna-quæqueunum-quodqueOneother

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Ðæt ge forlǽton me ánne, and ie ne eom ána ut me solum relinquatis, et non sum solus, Jn. Bos. 16, 32. God ána wát hú his gecynde biþ, wífhádes ðe weres God alone, knows how its sex is, [the sex of] female or male, Exon. 61 a; Th. 223, 6; Ph. 355.

reccan

(v.)
Grammar
reccan, p. reahte, rehte.
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[Swa sone swa heo mihten ut of scipe heo rehten, Laym. 25646.] to unfold a tale, to narrate, recite, tell, say Recceo alligeo (allego), Txts. 39, 139. Ic recce ( narrabo ) ealle wundra ðíne, Ps. Spl. 9, 1.

strang

(adj.)
Grammar
strang, adj.
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Ðætte úre mód ðý fæstre and ðý strengre beforan Gode sié on ðæm cræftum ut cor robustius in virtute solidetur, 65, 6; Swt. 467, 9.

steóran

(v.; prep.)
Grammar
steóran, stióran, (and with umlaut) stiéran, stéran, stíran, stýran; p. de.
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Se micla cræftiga hiertende tóscýfþ and egesiende stiérþ ofermétta mid ðære tǽlinge his hiéremonnum ðæt hé hié gebringe on lífe magnus regendi artifex favoribus impellit, terroribus retrahit, ut auditores suos et descripto irreprehensibilitatis culmine

under-fón

(v.)
Grammar
under-fón, p. -féng, pl. -féngon; pp. -fangen.

to receiveto have givento getto receivesubmit toa riteto receive a personto receive for the purpose of entertaining, sheltering, harbouringto receive for safe conduct, custodyto receive as a servant or dependentto receive, admit into a societyto receive as a masterto submit toto receiveadmit the claims ofto receive, admit the force of a person's wordsaccept testimonyto receive what is offeredto acceptto receiveserve as a receptacle forto receive or accept an office, a duty, etc.to take upon one's selfto undertake a labour, task, etc.to receive what is burdensomeundergobearto take surreptitiouslyto steal

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Hig underfóð ðis folc mid ðé ut sustentent tecum onus populi, Num, 11, 17.

Linked entry: under-niman

ge-tellan

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Ttó ðám ðæt wé sién geteald and geféged tó ðǽm gefógstánum on ðǽre Godes ceastre ut intus in templum Dei disponamur, 253, 19. Sind getealde deputa[n] tur ( secundo eunuchorum gradui). An.

spéd

(n.)
Grammar
spéd, e; f.

Speedsuccessmeansspeedquicknessspeedilyquicklyspeedsuccessprosperous issue meanssubstanceabundancewealthpowerfacultyopportunitymeans of doing anything progenyceleritas, successus, provectus, prosperitas, substantia

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., 6. opportunity, or means of doing anything Ðæt hé him spéde and lýfnysse sealde ðæt hé ðǽr wunian móste for intingan his gebeda ut sibi facultatem et licentiam ibidem orationis causa demorandi concederet, Bd. 3, 23; S. 554, 29.

wíd

(adj.)
Grammar
wíd, adj.
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Wite ðú hú wíd and síd helheoðo dreórig, and mid hondum ámet, 308, 29; Sat. 699, Is ðár on ðære myclan ciricean geworht emb ða lástas útan, hwéne wíddre ðonne byden, fæt up óþ mannes breóst heáh. Blickl.

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ, m. f.; sǽs, sǽes, , sǽwe, seó; ǽs, ; dat. sǽm, sǽum, sǽwum.

Sea .sea seaseaa seaa sea, lake

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Se uplíca sǽ ... céleþ ðære tungla hǽto, and se rodor ymbféhþ útan eall ðás niðerlícan gesceafte, sǽ and eorþan, Shrn. 63, 5-10. On syx dagum Crist geworhte heofenas and eorþan, sǽs and ealle gesceafta, L.

á-wendan

(v.)

To turn.to give a certain direction toto returnto reducebring into subjectionto turn aside,to remove divertto avertto pervertto changeto turn into something elsetransformto translatereproduce something with other materialto exchangeTo turntake a certain direction

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Uton áwendan úrne willan tó Gode, 28, 174: Ælfc. T. Grn. 6, 29. to return :-- Hé áwende his swurd intó dǽre sceáðe, Hml.

Linked entry: on-wendan