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ge-seón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-seón, -sión, ic -seó, ðú -sihst, he -syhþ; p. -seah, ðú -sáwe, pl. -sáwon, -ségon; imp. -syh, -seoh; subj. pres. ic -sáwe; pp. -sawen

To seevidere, conspicere

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He gesáwe ðæt he wǽre getogen he saw that he was pulled, Blickl Homl. 43, 26: 145, 8. Ic mæg geseón hwǽr he sylf siteþ I can see where he himself sits, Cd. 32; Th. 41, 34; Gen. 666

Linked entry: ge-sión

wǽdla

(n.; adj.)

poorneedyindigentwantingdeficient inpoor inbeggingpoorneedya poor, needy persona poor, needy persona beggar

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Gif eall þises middaneardes wela cóme tó ánum men, hú ne wǽron ðonne ealle óþre men wǽdlan? ...

neáh

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
neáh, néh

nighnearnearnearlyaboutof place

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Hié wéndon ðæt hit neár worulde endunge wǽre ðonne hit wǽre, Past. 32; Swt. 213, 6. of manner Ic dó neáh ðam ðe ðú cwǽde juxta verbum tuum faciam, Ex. 8, 10. Neáh ( juxta ) eallon ðám þingum, ðe Drihten bebeád, Num. 1, 54: 8, 20.

gleáw

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Þurh Júdithe gleáwe láre, Jud. 334. good Þú wǽre mé on geoguðe hyht gleáw Domine, spes mea a juventute mea, Ps. Th. 70, 4. Þæt hí gleáwne hiht tó Gode hæfdan ut ponant in Deo spem suam, 77, 9.

winter

(n.)
Grammar
winter, es; m. (in pl. a neuter form wintru occurs, as well as masculine wintras, winter: the dat. sing. wintra is a trace of earlier u-stem declension).

a season of the yearwinterwintry weathercolda year

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Ðæt hit wǽre wintres tíd, and se winter wǽre grim and ceald and fyrstig and mid íse gebunden, Bd. 3, 19; S. 549, 26. Is ðǽr nú irfæs ðæs ðæs stranga wintær lǽfæd hæfð, Chart. Th. 163, 1. Nys hit swá stearc winter ðæt ic durre lutian æt hám, Coll.

on-cnáwan

(v.)
Grammar
on-cnáwan, p. -cneów; pp. -cnáwen

To knownoscere, cognoscere, agnoscereto know, recognise,to identify an object through being acquainted with its characteristics, to distinguishto recognise a factto know, understand, attain to a knowledge ofto know, learn by observation, observe, perceiveto acknowledgemake acknowledgment of a faultto acknowledge a greetingto acknowledge the power of another

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Ðá cwæþ eal folc ðæt hé Godes sunu wǽre, and ðæt fulfremedlíce oncneówan, Blickl. Homl. 177, 20. Hig oncneówon, ðæt hig nacode wǽron, Gen. 3, 7; Mk. Skt. 12, 12. Oncnáw ðæt míne welan syndon gewitene, Blickl. Homl. 113, 24.

sweostor

(n.)
Grammar
sweostor, swistor, swystor, swustor (-er, -ur); indecl. in sing.; pl. sweostor, sweostra, sweostru (u, y); f.
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Hiera swostur (sweostor, swystor (-er), swustra) wǽrun Cuénburg and Cúþburh, Chr. 718; Th. pp. 70, 71. Neogone wǽran Noðþæs sweoster, Lchdm. iii. 62, 18. Ealle his swustra (suoester, Lind.: swæster, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. 13, 56.

mynster

(n.)
Grammar
mynster, es; n.

a monasterya place where a body of monks or of nuns resideda churchminster

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Mid ðý ðe wǽn ðá com, ðe ða bán on lǽded wæron, in ðæt foresprecene mynster, ðá ne woldan ða híwan ðe on ðam mynstre wǽron him lustlíce onfón, 3, 11; S. 535, 17. Se munuc ðe mynster næbbe, L. Eth. v. 6; Th. i. 306, 6.

dreógan

(v.)
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Ispánie þæt ilce wǽron dreógende, Ors. 5, 1; S. 214, 15

for-niman

to comprehendcarry offdo away withdefraudconsume

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Sume þá wyrta wǽron mid fótum fortredene, sume hý wǽron mid ealle fornumene (direpta), Gr. D. 23, 30.

Linked entry: for-nǽman

CLÚS

(n.; part.)
Grammar
CLÚS, e; f: clúse, an; f.
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Annas and Caiphas wǽron forþgangende to ðære clúsan Annas and Caiaphas were going forth to the prison, Nicod. 14; Thw. 7, 10: 16; Thw. 8, 6, 9

Linked entry: clúse

cwelman

(v.)
Grammar
cwelman, cwylman, cwilman; part. -ende; p. de; pp. ed [cwealm, cwelm death, destruction, torment]

To torture, torment, destroy, killtrucidare, cruciare

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Mæssepreóstas wǽron cwylmde sacerdotes trucidabantur, Bd. 1, 15; S. 484, 1: 4, 13; S. 582, note 29 . Hí hálge cwelmdon they slew the holy, Exon. 66a; Th. 243, 24; Jul. 15 . Ðæt hí cwylmen rihte heortan ut trucident rectos corde, Ps. Spl. 36, 15.

fiscere

(n.)
Grammar
fiscere, es; m.

A FISHERpiscātorthe bird king-fisheralcēdo

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wǽron fisceras ĕrant piscātores, Mt. Bos. 4, 18: Mk. Bos. 1, 16.

lǽðan

(v.)
Grammar
lǽðan, p. de

To speak ill ofaccuseabuseexecratedetesthate

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wǽron ealle ánsprǽce ðonne hý mé leahtrodon and lǽðdon loquebantur simul, Ps. Th. 40, 7

Linked entry: láðian

rǽpling

(n.)
Grammar
rǽpling, rǽping, es; m.
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Ic geseah rǽpingas in ræced fergan . . . ða wǽron genamne nearwum bendum, gefeterade fæsta tógædre ( two buckets of a draw-well ), Exon. Th. 435, 1; Rä. 53, 1

æþelborenness

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Wǽron hí æfter æþelborennysse oferhýdige, Hml. Th. ii. 174, 8. Hé wæs æðelboren, ac hé oferstáh hís æðelborennysse mid hálgum ðeáwum, 118, 10. nobleness, nobility, dignity 'Mycel æðelborennys bið ꝥ man bé Crístes ðeów' ...

bréme

(adj.)
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Hié Rómána brémuste wǽron tó ðǽm cyninge they were most illustrious of the Romans after the king, Ors. 2, 2 ; S. 66, 32. Add

deór-ling

(n.)
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His (Godwin's) sunan wǽron eorlas and þæs cynges dýrlingas, Chr. 1052 ; P. 176, 24. Dýrlingas penates, Germ. 397, 448. Se wela þe hé ( the king ) gifþ his deórlingum, Bt. 29, 1; F. 102, 3.

fracoþ

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Hé cwæð ꝥ hié fracuþe (-coðe, v.l.) and earme wǽron dicens contemnendos esse eos et miseros, Bd. 3, 21; Sch. 288, 11. Fela is fracodra getrýwða ( bad faith ) mid mannum, Wlfst. 243, 15. Fracodum turpibus, Germ. 389, 23.

ge-cneordlǽcan

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Tó þysum twám wífmannum áwrát Hieronimus menigfealde trahtbéc, for ðan ðe hí wǽron swíðe gecneord-lǽcende on bóclicum smeágungum, i. 436, 11