nearwe
straitly ⬩ strictly ⬩ closely ⬩ narrowly ⬩ strictly ⬩ exactly ⬩ oppressively ⬩ forcibly ⬩ anxiously ⬩ in a manner causing trouble
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Ðá heó nearwe beswác yldran ússe when the serpent deceived our first parents to their hurt, 226, 30; Ph. 413 : Frag. Kmbl. 51.; Leás. 27
fætels
a vessel ⬩ a bag
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Twá hund mittan meluwes on fǽtelsum (on saccum in saccis, Gr. D. 145, 27), Hml. Th. ii. 172, 4
folc-gefeoht
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Æt þrím folcgefeohtum forwurdon nigon x hund þusenda of Persa ánra anwealde de uisceribvs unius regni decies novies centena millia virorum tria bella rapnerunt, Ors. 2, 5; S. 84, 28. a battle fought in such a war Hié gecwǽdon folcgefeoht him betweónum
oþ-hrínan
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Gif man mid unclǽnum handum hwylces metes onhríne, oððe him hund oððe catt oððe mús oðhríne se quis immundis manibus cibum aliquem tetigerit, vel canis, vel felis, vel mus tetigerit, Ll. Th. ii. 164, 9.
Linked entry: hrínan
ge-tellan
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On eallum geáre sind getealde ðreó hund daga and fíf and sixtig daga, Hml. Th. i. 178, 19-21.
for-gán
To FOR-GO ⬩ abstain from ⬩ pass over ⬩ neglect ⬩ abstĭnēre ⬩ transcendĕre ⬩ prætĕrire
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He forgǽþ ðæs huses dúru, transcendet ostium dŏmus, Ex. 12, 23. Se ðe ðis forgǽþ [MS. forgæiþ], his sáwul losaþ he who neglects this, his soul shall perish, Homl. Th. i. 92, 2: pricle ne forgǽs iota non præteribit, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 18
huntnaþ
Hunting
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I will that every man have the right to hunt in wood and in open country on his own property. And let every man leave my hunting alone where I wish to have it preserved, L. C. S. 81; Th. i. 420, 23-6.
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be-scúfan
To shove, thrust, cast, hurl or throw, to precipitate ⬩ intrudere, immittere, detrudere, præcipitare
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To shove, thrust, cast, hurl or throw, to precipitate; intrudere, immittere, detrudere, præcipitare Hét hine ðá niman, and ðǽr on bescúfan then ordered to take him, and to shove him in there, Ors. 1, 12; Bos. 36, 38.
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tam
Tame, the opposite of wild
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Hé hæfde tamra deóra ( reindeer ) syx hund, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 18, 10. Tame (wudufuglas), Bt. 25; Fox 88, 18: Met. 13, 44
eahta
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Eahta (ehta, v. l. ) hund míla lang, Bd. 1, 1; Sch. 8, 2. Ehta (æhto, L., æhtowe, R.) dagas, Lk. 2, 21. Æfter eahta (æhtuo. L., dæge æhtowum, R.) dagum, Jn. 20, 26. Æfter dagum æhtuu, p. 8, 6. Æhtu óra seulfres, p. 188, 9.
þider-inn
Into that place,
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Into that place, where motion is expressed or implied Þeáh hwá his ágen spere sette tó óðres mannes húses dura, and hé þiderinn (-in,) (MS. B.) ǽrende hæbbe, L. C. S. 76; Th. i. 418, 5. Ic mé þyderinn eode, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 500.
þing-gemearc
Measuring (time) by events
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compounds of gemearc, e.g. fót-, geár-gemearc, where the first part determines the character of the measurement, measurement by feet, by years; in the case of almost all such compounds it is an (adverbial) genitive that is found) Ðá wæs ágangen tú hund
beón
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. ¶ beón ymbe to be about a business :-- Deófol byð á ymbe þæt án, hú hé on manna sáulum mǽst gesceaðian mæge, Ll. Th. i. 374, 25. Hí beóð ymbe þæt án, hú . . . Hml. Th. i. 12, II. Tó beónne ymbe ðeófas, An.
ge-bycgan
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Hú woldest þú gebycgan, þá þú gesǽlgost wǽre ... mid hú micelan feó woldest þú þá habban geboht ꝥ þú swutole mihtest tócnáwan þíne frínd and þine fýnd?
mótan
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</b> add: the subject a person Eálá hú yfele mé dóþ manege woruldmenn mid ðám ꝥ ic ne mót wealdan mínra ágenra þeówa an ego sola meum jus exercere prohibebor ? Bt. 7, 3; F. 20, 20.
þicce
Thick ⬩ thick ⬩ viscous ⬩ dense ⬩ thick ⬩ dense ⬩ thick, ⬩ dense ⬩ growing thickly, ⬩ abundant ⬩ thick ⬩ stout ⬩ thick
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Lege on þone þiccestan cláð oþðe on fel, ii. 200, 11. of more exact measurement, thick Hí woldon witon hú heáh hit wǽre tó ðæm hefone, and hú ðicke (þicce,) (Cott. MS.) se hefon wǽre, oððe hwæt ðær ofer wǽre, Bt. 35, 4; Fox 162, 22.
sceamu
modesty, bashfulness ⬩ shame, confusion ⬩ what causes a feeling of shame, disgrace, shame ⬩ the private part
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Sume mǽgon habban ælles woruld*-*welan genóg ac hí habbaþ ðeáh sceame ðæs welan gif hí ne beóþ swá æðele on gebyrdum swá hí woldon huic census exuberat, sed est pudori degener sanguis Bt. 11, 1; Fox 30, 31.
Linked entries: a-swǽrnung sceam-lim
fæst
constant ⬩ firm ⬩ steadfast ⬩ fixed ⬩ unchangeable ⬩ firm ⬩ secure ⬩ stubborn ⬩ unyielding ⬩ firm ⬩ solid ⬩ compact ⬩ strong ⬩ firm ⬩ strong ⬩ fortified ⬩ unbroken ⬩ undisturbed ⬩ standard
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Þá gód sindon fæste on þám héhstan góde; swá swá ǽlces húses wáh biþ fæst ǽgðer ge on ðǽre flóre ge on þǽm hrófe, swá biþ ǽlc gód on Gode fæst, 36, 7; F. 184, 10-13.
hweorfan
To turn ⬩ change ⬩ go ⬩ return ⬩ depart ⬩ go about ⬩ wander ⬩ roam
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Ðá wæs Maria eft hweorfende tó hire húse, 139, 3. Hie ymb ðæt fuhton on hweorfendum sigum Samniticum bellum ancipiti statu gestum, Ors. 3, 5; Swt. 106, 3.
Linked entries: hwerfan hworfan hwurfan ge-hweorfan
hyge
Mind ⬩ heart ⬩ soul
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Icel. hug-blauðr timid; hug-bleyði cowardice], Andr. Kmbl. 462; An. 231. Ðá wæs hyge onhyrded then was his heart confirmed, Elen. Kmbl. 1678; El. 841. Se hearda hyge wunade the stout heart continued, Exon. 40 b; Th. 134, 31; Gú. 517.