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stæf

(n.)
Grammar
stæf, es; m.

a staff ⬩ stick ⬩ a written character ⬩ a letter ⬩ the old letters having been carved on staves ⬩ a mark in writing ⬩ a letter as representing a minute detail ⬩ a collection of written symbols ⬩ a letter ⬩ writing ⬩ letters ⬩ book-learning ⬩ literature ⬩ an element, a rudiment ⬩ baculus, virga, regula ⬩ a staff, post; a letter ⬩ learning

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Hú meta cann ðes stafas, ðonne hé ne leornode? Jn. Skt. 7, 15. Hé ðá wæs in stafas and on leornunge getogen, Guthl. 2; Gdwin. 18, 6

Linked entries: stafa stæf-cræft

ge-metgian

(v.)
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Gif hé cann gemetgian hwæt hine anhagige tó sellanne, hwæt hé healdan scyle si bene jus possidendi disponatur, Past. 341, 12. Godes gecorenra wuldor is gemetegod be heora geeanmngum, Hml. Th. i. 446, 9

wác

(adj.)
Grammar
wác, adj.

yielding ⬩ not rigid ⬩ pliant ⬩ fluid ⬩ weak ⬩ feeble ⬩ wanting mental or moral strength ⬩ wanting courage ⬩ poor ⬩ mean ⬩ not of great value or in high esteem ⬩ vilis

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Wác bið ðæt geðanc on cristenum men, gif hé ne cann understandan þurh rihtne geleáfan ðone ðe hine gescóp, Wulfst. 20, 9: Cd. Th. 40, 34; Gen. 649. On gewitte tó wác, Andr. Kmbl. 423; An. 212. Ne tó wác wiga, ne tó wanhýdig, Exon.

Linked entries: waac wácian wác-líc wácness

ymb-hwyrft

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-hwyrft, (-hwearft, -hweorft, -hwerft), es; m.
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Gang óð ðæt ðú ðone ymbhwyrft alne canne, Cd. Th. 308, 33; Sat. 702. ¶ On ymbhwyrfte among :-- Se ðe is on ealra ymbhwyrfte tó weorþienne he that is to be honoured among all people Blickl.

lícettan

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</b> to make a false claim :-- Hí lícettaþ ꝥ hí gelǽstan magon they pretend to be able do what they cannot, Bt. 26, l; F. 90, 16

HREÓH

(adj.)
Grammar
HREÓH, adj.

ROUGH ⬩ fierce ⬩ savage ⬩ rough ⬩ stormy ⬩ tempestuous ⬩ disturbed

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Ne mæg wérig mód wyrde wiðstondan ne se hreó hyge helpe gefremman a weary heart cannot withstand fate nor the troubled mind afford help, Exon. 76 b; Th. 287, 18; Wand. 16: 94 b; Th. 354, 9; Reim. 43.

neód

(n.)
Grammar
neód, néd, niéd, nýd, e; f.

Desire ⬩ eagerness ⬩ diligence ⬩ earnest endeavour

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Wundorlíc is geworden ðín wísdóm ne mæg ic him on neóde á neáh cuman ( I cannot with all my endeavours come near it ), Ps. Th. 138, 4.

be-swícan

(v.)
Grammar
be-swícan, bi-swícan; ic -swíce, ðú -swícest, -swícst, he -swíceþ, -swícþ, pl. -swícaþ; p. -swác, pl. -swicon; pp. -swicen; v. a. [be by, swícan to deceive]

To deceive, entice, seduce, delude, betray, offend, supplant, weaken, evade ⬩ decipere, illicere, seducere, illudere, prodere, scandalizare, supplantare, deficere, evadere

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Ne mæg hit wildeór beswícan a wild beast cannot evade it, Salm. Kmbl. 572; Sal. 285. Ðú hafast ðínra feónda handa beswicene hostium manus evasisti, Bd. 2, 12; S. 515, 23

Linked entries: be-swác bi-swícan

leornian

(v.)
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Húmeta cann þes stafas þonne hé ne leornode?, Jn. 7, 15. Ðá þe firwetgeorne weorþaþ and onginnaþ leornian, Bt. 39, 3; F. 216, 5. with prep. Wé leornodon be þám wælhreówan Bisiridem . . . þæs leódhatan gewuna wæs ꝥ . . . Bt. 16, 2; F. 52, 29.

ge-þanc

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Th. 128, 3. thought, faculty or act of thinking, mind Wác bið þ æt geðanc on crístenum men, gyf hé ne cann understandan þurh rihtne geleáfan þæne þe hine gesceóp. Wlfst. 20, 9.

sumer-lida

(n.)
Grammar
sumer-lida, an; m. [Lida, like the equivalent Icel. liði in sumar-liði, elsewhere refers to a single object, man or ship (v. lida, sǽ-, ýð-lida), but in the passage given below from the Chronicle seems to mean a fleet. Later in the same work liþ (q. v.), which seems taken from the Scandinavians, is used in this sense, e. g. ðæt lið ðæt on Sandwíc læg, 1052; Erl. 183, 40, can sumer-lida be intended to represent Norse sumar-lið? In one other place sumer-lida occurs, in company with words relating to the sea, and it there glosses malleolus; but here perhaps sumer-loda should be read, and malleolus be taken in the sense shoot, twig (see spæc); cf. O. H. Ger. sumar-lota, -lata virgultum, palmes. v. Anglia xiii. 330.]
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A summer fleet, one that sets forth in summer and returns in autumn Æfter ðissum gefeohte cuom micel sumorlida (tó Reádingum, MS. E.), Chr. 871; Erl. 74, 35. [Steenstrup takes the word to mean a force moving from its quarters in England, and leaving

lǽce-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
lǽce-dóm, es; m.

Medicine ⬩ a medicine ⬩ remedy ⬩ cure

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Ýdel biþ se lǽcedóm ðe ne mæg ðone untruman gehǽlan vain is the medicine that cannot heal the sick, Homl. Th. i. 60, 34.

Linked entry: lǽce-cræft

BÝSEN

(n.)
Grammar
BÝSEN, bísen, býsn, e; f.
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Ic ðínra býsna ne mæg wuht oncnáwan I cannot understand aught of thy commands, 26; Th. 34, 6; Gen. 533

Linked entries: bísen bigsen bísen

inne

(adv.)
Grammar
inne, adv.

In ⬩ within ⬩ inside ⬩ in-doors

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Ne mæg ðé deófol sceþþan inne ne úte the devil cannot harm thee in-doors nor out, L. M. 3, 58; Lchdm. 342, 15. Síe se drenc ðǽr inne ðǽr se seóca man inne síe let the drink be in the same place that the sick man is in, 3, 64; Lchdm. ii. 352, 15.

Linked entry: innian

láð

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
láð, es; n.

harm ⬩ evil ⬩ injury ⬩ hurt ⬩ trouble ⬩ grief ⬩ pain ⬩ annoyance ⬩ enmity

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Ða ungeþyldegan ne mágon áberan nánwuht ðæs láðes ðe him mon on legþ oððe mid wordum oððe mid dǽdum the impatient cannot bear any annoyance that is put upon them either by word or deed; impatientes ab aliis illata non tolerant, Past. 40, 4; Swt. 293,

ge-trúwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-trúwian, ge-trýgian.
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Gif se hláford þonne wille þone man mid wóh fordón ... gif hé láðleás beó if A receive B's man, C, that B has turned away for his (C's) ill-doing, and to B C cannot clear himself of the charge of ill-doing. ...

ge-sprǽc

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These forms are taken together as they cannot always be distinguished with certainty either by form or by meaning; where the quantity of the vowel is uncertain it is left unmarked.] speech, talking Gearowyrde on gespræce (-sprece, v.l.) loquella promtus

ge-standan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-standan, -stondan; p. -stód, pl. -stódon; pp. -standen.

to stand ⬩ stand still ⬩ remain ⬩ last ⬩ exist ⬩ be ⬩ stāre ⬩ mănēre. existĕre ⬩ esse ⬩ to stand against any one ⬩ oppose ⬩ oppress ⬩ attack ⬩ urge ⬩ seize ⬩ insurgĕre ⬩ ingruĕre ⬩ urgĕre ⬩ corrĭpĕre

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Ne mæg hús náht lange standan on ðam heán múnte, gif hit full ungemetlíc wind gestent a house cannot long stand on the high mountain if a violent wind press on it, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 16: 38, 1; Fox 194, 10.

Linked entry: ge-stondan

ge-séman

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between Wǽron twégen cyningas ymb ꝥ ríce winnende. . . þá sendan hié tó Philippuse and bǽdon þæt hé hié ymb þæt ríce gesémde cum Philippum duo reges de regni terminis ambigentes judicem praeoptavissent, Ors. 3, 7; S. 114, 18. lc inc geséman ne mæg I cannot

wang

(n.)
Grammar
wang, es; m. . I. the word, which is almost confined to poetry, may be rendered by words denoting the surface of the ground taken in their most general sense,
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Ic ða stówe ne can ne ðæs wanges ( the place where the cross was buried) wiht ne ða wísan cann, Elen. Kmbl. 1364; El. 684. On ðam wange, ðǽr hé sorge gefremede on the scene of his wrong-doings, Beo. Th. 4010; B. 2003.

Linked entries: ge-wenge wencge wenge

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