ge-mǽnan
to MEAN, to signify ⬩ sibi velle, significare ⬩ to communicate, announce, pronounce, utter ⬩ communicare, pronuntiare ⬩ to MOAN, to groan ⬩ ingemiscere, plangere ⬩ to consider ⬩ colloqui, considerare ⬩ to make common, contaminate, defile, violate ⬩ communicare, coinquinare, violare ⬩ communicare alicui ⬩ to make known ⬩ dicere, monstrare, judicare
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Ic wéne ðæt ðú nyte hwæt ðis gemǽne I expect that thou wilt not know what this means, Btwk. Scrd. 18, 26. Hwæt gemǽnaþ ða ðreó útfaru? Ðæt getácnaþ . . . what do the three outgoings mean?
wirp
A change for the better ⬩ recovery ⬩ improvement
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Se mon ne þearf tó ðisse worulde wyrpe gehycgan man need not look to this life to mend his lot, 105, 5; Gú. 18. Is ðæt bearn cymen tó wyrpe weorcum Ebréa the child is come to alleviate the afflictions of the Hebrews, 5, 9; Cri. 67.
denn
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Þis synt þá denbǽra on wealda . . . be súþan eá stánihtan hyrst . . . be norþan eá . . . ceorla den, C. D. ii. 216, 6.
ende-néhst
last ⬩ last ⬩ lowest ⬩ last ⬩ final ⬩ latest
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Onfóh þás endenéhstan lác þínes láreówes, Hml. S. 6, 76. latest, most recent Oð ꝥ hit becóm tó ús endenéxtum mannum, Hml. A. 5, 117
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ge-sǽlignes
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Ðá sceáwede ic míne gesǽlinesse ( felicitatem ) and mín wuldor and þá . . . gesǽlignisse mínes lífes, Nar. 7, 21. of things, favourable condition, richness of soil Þá gesǽlignesse þǽre eorðan fertilissimarum regionum felicitatem, Nar. 5, 23. blessedness
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grénnes
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Ox. 1581. of other things Blǽhǽwenre híwes grénnysse glauco coloris uirore, i. uiriditate, An. Ox. 530. flourishing growth, v. grene; 2. lit. Se wæstem ys tó nymenne tó þám tíman þonne hé æfter his grénnysse fealwað, Lch. i. 324, 7. fig.
ídel-ness
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Nú is se tíma ꝥ ðú forlǽte þíne ýdelnesse and lác ðám godum geoffrige, Hml. S. 22, 213. lack of result, ineffectiveness. Cf. <b>II, II</b> a α Hí ealne dæg mid ídelnesse ( frustra ) wunnon, Gr. D. 250, 21.
of-gifan
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</b> to give up this present life :-- Ofgiefeð seó sáwl þás eorðan wynne, forlǽteð þás lǽnan dreámas, Cri. 1667. Hé þás worold ofgeaf, B. 1681. Hé gumdreám ofgeaf, 2469. Þás woruld ofgyfan, Gen. 1127.
hæft
a band, fetter ⬩ vinculum ⬩ captivity, bondage, imprisonment, keeping ⬩ captivitas, custodia ⬩ a bond, chain ⬩ clasp, rivet ⬩ imprisonment
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Of hæftum lǽdan to bring out of captivity, 224; Th. 296, 20; Sat. 505 : 225; Th. 299, 21; Sat. 553. captivity, bondage, imprisonment, keeping; captivitas, custodia Is ðes hæft tó ðan strang this imprisonment is so severe, Elen.
BRÉMEL
A BRAMBLE, brier, blackberry bush ⬩ ribulus, vepres, rubus fruticosus,
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H.] nemneþ take this herb which a man calls bramble, Herb. 89, 1; Lchdm. i. 192, 9. Brémelas vepres, Wrt. Voc. 80, 23. Brémlas vepres, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Som. 16, 15 : Gl. 48; Som. 65, 52; Wrt. Voc. 33, 48.
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á-stellan
To set up, ⬩ to set an example ⬩ to do something first ⬩ to found a place ⬩ institute an office ⬩ to establish a practice ⬩ doctrine, ⬩ to establish ⬩ confirm
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Þis fæsten wæs ásteald, ii. 100, 1. Cumlíðnys wæs ásteald ðurh hálgum heáhfæderum, 386, 16. to establish, confirm Hé á his bodunga mid gebysnungum ástealde and eác mid wundrum geglengde, Hml. Th. ii. 148, 27
ranclíce
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C. 35; Th. ii. 358, 6. boldly (v. ranc, III) Ymbe ða feówer tíman wé wyllaþ cýðan iungum preóstum má þinga ðæt hig mágon ðé ranclícor ðás þing heora clericum geswutelian, Anglia viii. 312, 18
be-hydig
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Behýdigne and sorhfulne be þisse wísan, Guth. 84, 24. v. big-hýdig in Dict
fácen-lic
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Warnien hí þæt hí nán þing fácenlices ne dón videant ne aliquam fraudem presumant inferre, R. Ben. 95, 12, 15. Fácenlicu dolore (misread dolosa ? ), Ps. L. 106, 39. For 'R. Ben. . . . Lye' substitute
munuc-reáf
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Eála swustor . . . álege þíne woruldlican gegyrlan, and gegyre þé mid munucreáfe, Hml. S. 33. 82. Þám preóste is ungedafenlic ꝥ hé munucreáf ( uestem monachicam ) werige, Chrd. 63, 32
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sticca
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Add Gyf þú sticcan behófige, þonne wege þú þíne hand swilce þú mid sticcan etan wile, Tech. ii. 123, 5. v. fiter-, mete-, teld-sticca
sǽ-rima
The sea-shore, coast
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[Bi þisse særirne, Laym. 6216.]
gamel
of great age ⬩ ancient, of a time long past
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II. of things Sweord, gomele láfe, B. 2563. ancient, of a time long past Gomele gefyrn ealra cyninga cyning sægdon tóweard, Cri. 135
tweó
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Kmbl. p. 4, 4. a doubtful state of things, state of indecision On ðæm tweón ðe hié swá ungeorne his willan fulleodon ðá becom him Antigonus mid firde on in this state of indecision, in which they carried out his will so reluctantly, Antigonus fell upon
HEARD
HARD, harsh, austere, severe, rigorous, stern, stubborn, firm, hardy, brave ⬩ durus, rigidus, asper, acer
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Beóp ðé hungor and þurst hearde gewinnan hunger and thirst will be hard adversaries to thee, Exon. 36 b; Th. 118, 28; Gú. 246. Ða heardan heortan the hard hearts, Past. 21, 3; Swt. 154, 2.
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