þanc-weorþ
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Hé gearcode him gebeótscipe on his húse, ac hé gearcode him micele þancwurðran gereord on his heortan, Homl. Th. ii. 468, 30. Þancwur[ðe]ste gratissimum, acceptissimum, amantissimum, Hpt. Gl. 441, 66
ge-bídan
To abide ⬩ tarry ⬩ remain ⬩ await ⬩ look for ⬩ expect ⬩ meet with ⬩ experience ⬩ endure ⬩ mănēre ⬩ remănēre ⬩ expectāre ⬩ consĕqui ⬩ sustĭnere ⬩ tolĕrāre
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Gebídaþ hér sustĭnēte hic, Mt. Bos. 26, 38. Dreámleás gebád he continued joyless. Beo. Th. 3445; B. 1720. He gebád ðár sylf remansit sōlus Jēsus, Jn. Bos. 8, 9. Ne mæg feónd gebídan foe may not await him, Exon. 30 a; Th. 93, 23; Cri. 153O.
Linked entry: gebýdan
leánian
To reward ⬩ recompense ⬩ requite ⬩ pay
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Ðá cwæþ heó ðæt heó ne dorste him swá leánian swá hé hire tó geearnud hæfde then said she, that she dared not requite him as he had deserved of her, Chart. Th. 202, 21. Ǽghwylcum ánum men gyldan and leánigean æfter his sylfes weorcum, Blickl.
Linked entry: lǽnian
in-cund
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Mid sóðre behreówsunge and mid incundum wópe, 192. ꝥ hí í of the inward parts, of spiritual nature Ðæt hí mægen ðǽm inncundan (in-, v.l.) Déman on hira ágnum inngeðonce lícian ut interno judici in semetipsis placere studeant, Past. 195, 22.
for-sleán
cut through ⬩ to slay ⬩ kill ⬩ to destroy ⬩ lay waste ⬩ finish ⬩ to rout ⬩ overthrow ⬩ to condemn
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Add: to injure by striking, cut through or break with a stroke, wound with a blow Heó slóh tó his hneccan, and mid twám slegum forslóh him þone swuran percussit bis in cervicem ejus et abscidit caput ejus, Hml. A. 111, 305.
framian
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Þæt hit him eal framað sibi expedire, 128, 18. Framað (fremað, v.l. ), Lch. i. 300, 14. Hí framigaþ heora bearnum, R. Ben. 137, 26. Framedon profuerunt, Scint. 153, 10. Framige ( prosit ) ánra gehwylc óþron on cræfte hys, Coll. M. 31, 25.
dýgan
To do good, benefit ⬩ prodesse, vălēre
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To do good, benefit; prodesse, vălēre Ic secge ðæt sió fórespræc nedýge náuðer ne ðam scyldigan, ne ðam ðe him fore þingaþ I say that the defence does no good either to the guilty or to him who pleads for him, Bt. 38; 7; Fox 210, 6.
Linked entry: ge-dígan
ge-andwyrdan
To answer ⬩ respondēre
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To answer; respondēre Ne mihton hig agén ðis him geandwyrdan non pŏtĕrant ad hæc respondēre illi, Lk. Bos. 14, 6 : Bt. 41, 2; Fox. 244, 23. Geandwyrde [geandwerde MS.
Linked entry: and-wyrdan
dæg-wist
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Him syððan sig dægwistes (wegnestes, v. l. ) getíðod, gif hig þæs gewilnion, and swá hám gecyrran, R. Ben. 102, 22. Cf. dæg-mete
wed
a pledge, what is given as security ⬩ a pledge, what is given as security ⬩ a pledge, solemn promise, engagement, covenant, compact
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Ðæt ǽghwelc mon his áð and his wed wærlíce healde, L. Alf. pol. 1; Th. i. 60, 1-3: L. C. E. 19; Th. i. 372, 1 : Wulfst. 113, 1. Hí wið ðone cyning hí getreówsoden, and binnan litlan fæce hit eall álugon, ge wed ge áðas, Chr. 947 ; Th. 118, 14: L.
god-fæder
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Hit wæs mínes godfæder gyfu it was my godfather's gift, Chart. Th. 545, 21.
Wísle
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Ðonne cymeþ Ilfing eástan, and Wísle súðan, and benimð Wísle Ilfing hire naman . . . ; for ðý hit man hǽt Wíslemúða, Ors. l, l; Swt. 20, 6-13
Linked entry: Wísle-múþa
for-cúþlic
infamous ⬩ ignominious ⬩ ignoble ⬩ despicable ⬩ disgraceful ⬩ worthless ⬩ poor ⬩ bad
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infamous, ignominious, ignoble, despicable, disgraceful Forcúðlic hit bið ꝥ cyning beó unrihtwís, Hml. S. 13, 124. Hé cwæþ ꝥ him forcúþlic þúhte, ꝥ se án Iudéisca hine forsáwe, Hml. A. 98, 196. Forcúþlic absurdum, An.
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sweord
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Míne witan habbað ætre[ht] Ecgferðe ealle his áre þurh ꝥ swyrd þe him on hype hangode ðá hé ádranc, Cht. Th. 208, 22.
weorpan
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Þá hét hé mid þǽm palistas . . . þæt hiere mon mid þǽm þwyres on wurpe, Ors. 4, 6 ; S. 174, 10. 2. add Þá forceáw hé his ágene tungan, and wearp hine þǽr mid on ðæt neb foran, Bt. 16, 2 ; F. 52, 25.
un-rihtlíc
Unrighteous ⬩ unjust ⬩ wicked ⬩ wrongful
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Hié him andwyrdon ðæt hit gemálíc wǽre and uuryhtlíc ðæt swá oferwlenced cyning sceolde winnan on swá earm folc responderunt, stolide opulentissimum regem adversus inopes sumsisse bellum, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 44, 11.
lengu
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Þá lengce his lífes hé him eall gerehte longitudinem dierum suorum et finem vitae suae sibi in ordine manifestavit, Guth, Gr. 172, 31. Mihst þú swá manegra tída lencgu oferfaran, Hml. S. 23 b, 522
hryre
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Add: a fall from a height. a dropping from a high position under the force of gravity Hý hófon hine hondum and him hryre burgun, Gú. 702. a descent of rain, hail, &c.
burg-man
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Hí wendon him tó þǽre burge ( Dover ) weard and ofslógon má þanne .xx. manna, and þá burhmen ofslógon .xix. men on óðre healfe, Chr. 1048; P. 173, 4. Lǽde hine sum ealdormann hine geond þás burh and secge þám burhmannum, Hml. A. 99, 235. Add
Elene
Helena ⬩ Helĕna = Ἑλένη
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had by Helena his wife, Ors. 6, 30; Th. 496, 33.