niman
to take ⬩ receive ⬩ get ⬩ sumere ⬩ accipere ⬩ to take ⬩ keep ⬩ hold ⬩ tenere ⬩ to take ⬩ catch ⬩ to contain ⬩ to take (with one) ⬩ carry ⬩ bring ⬩ to take (to one) ⬩ give ⬩ to take forcibly ⬩ seize ⬩ take away ⬩ carry off ⬩ tollere ⬩ capessere ⬩ auferre ⬩ rapere
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Ðæt ( food ) hé ǽr tó blisse nam, 57, 7. Ðá nam Petrus and ða óðre apostolas hié ( Mary ), and hié ásetton ofer hire bǽre, 149, 5. Hié náman blówende palmtwigu and bǽron him tógeánes, 69, 30. Nim and telle Israhéla folc, Num. 1, 2.
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dǽl
- Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 79
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Ne mæg weorðan wís wer, ǽr hé áge wintra dǽl (many years) in woruldríce, Wand. 65. Leóðworda dǽl reccan, An. 1490. ¶ sum-dǽl some-what, some (cf.
feor
avoidance ⬩ widely ⬩ widely ⬩ far ⬩ far
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Hit is swíþe feor (swá fyrr, v. l.) of uncrum wege, Bt. 40, 5; F. 240, 18. of time Þæt wæs oft bodod feor ǽr beforan, El. 1142. figuratively of alienation, avoidance, &c. Ðeáh seó godcunde sibb him feorr (fior, v. l.) sié, Past. 363, 19.
ge-logian
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Gefylde ǽr for hláfum hig gelógodon repleti prius pro panibus se locauerunt, Cant. An. 5. Þ hé gelógie (collocet) hine mid ealderum folces his, Ps. L. 112, 8. Gedafenað ꝥ hí heora heortan wyrtruman on ðám líflicum wylle, ðæt is God, gelógian, Hml.
losian
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</b> to be lost to a place, taken from a place :-- Híg . . . þæt bið forwisnad, ǽr hit áfohten foldan losige foenum . . . quod priusquam evellatur arescit, Ps.
wendan
To turn ⬩ To cause to move ⬩ to change ⬩ alter ⬩ convert ⬩ to translate ⬩ interpret ⬩ to move one's self ⬩ take one's way ⬩ go ⬩ proceed ⬩ wend ⬩ To wend ⬩ go ⬩ proceed
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Ǽr hé hionan wende ere he depart Met. 18, 11. Hwí sió wyrd swá wó wendansceolde Met. 4, 40. Wendan of (to depart from) woruldryhte Exon. Th. 105, 24; Gú. 28.
tó-weorpan
To throw in different directions ⬩ throw away ⬩ throw down ⬩ to scatter ⬩ disperse ⬩ destroy ⬩ overthrow ⬩ to scatter ⬩ disperse ⬩ to break in pieces ⬩ scatter the parts of a connected whole ⬩ to overthrow ⬩ to overturn ⬩ to throw down ⬩ destroy a building ⬩ demolish ⬩ to overthrow ⬩ to destroy the power of a person, ⬩ to destroy ⬩ to overthrow an institution, a practice, regulation, law, etc., ⬩ to put down ⬩ put an end to ⬩ destroy ⬩ make void ⬩ break ⬩ dissolve ⬩ to throw out
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Æþelburg tówearp Tántún ðe Ine ǽr timbrede, Chr. 722; Erl. 44, 27. Hí tówurpon ða heargas destructis fanis, Bd. 3, 30; S. 562, 15. Englas ðæt hús tówurpon þurh gástlícne cræft, Homl. Th. ii. 510, 15. Ðý læs eówer hús windas tóweorpan, Exon.
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feoh
cattle ⬩ property ⬩ wealth ⬩ money ⬩ riches ⬩ treasure ⬩ bribe ⬩ gift ⬩ metal ⬩ coin
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Ǽlcere synne ǽrre ys gýtsung and lufu feóna (pecuniarum) Scint. 112, 2. of valuable property, riches, treasure, an article or material of value: Wela, hord, feoh gazofilacium (cf. in Temples feh in corbanan, Mt. R. 27, 6), Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 24.
ge-dǽlan
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Cf. tó-dǽlan; Mín gehát þæt míne weleras ǽr wíse gedǽldan, Ps. Th. 65, 12. <b>VI a.</b> to diffuse, spread :-- Ðerh gedǽlde perfudit. Mt. p. 20, 2
warenian
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Hé wolde warnian on ǽr he would take precautions, Gen. 6, 6, Man sceal wacigean and warnian symle Wulfst. 90, 2. to take heed of, guard against, abstain from (cf.
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wæter
- Homl. 247, 25 ; see also
- Ps. Th. 17, 11
- Ps. Th. 31, 7.
water ⬩ water ⬩ water in the sky, rain ⬩ water of a river, sea, etc. ⬩ water as in Derwentwater, a body of water, a stream, lake, sea ⬩ waters of a great river, of a sea, etc.
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Swá ǽr wæter fleówan, flódas áfýsde, Exon. Th. 61, 16 ; Cri. 985 : Andr. Kmbl. 3105 ; An. 1555. Ðæt lég miclade, and him nǽnig mon mid wætra onweorpnesse wiþstondan meahte, Bd. 2, 7; S. 509, 20.
þætte
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Th. 244, 21; Dan. 451. introducing clauses expressing end or purpose, that, in order that Beforan ðæm temple stód ǽren ceác, ðætte menn meahten hira hondaðweán, Past. 16; Past. 105, 1.
heáfod
HEAD, chief, source, 'the commencing point, or the highest point, of a stream, of a field, hill, etc.
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Hine ðe wæs ǽrur heáfod tó ðam unrǽde the man that had before been the author of that mischief, Chr. 1087; Erl. 225, 10. Heáfod ealra heáhgesceafta the chief of all exalted creatures, Cd. 1; Th. i. 7; Gen. 4: Hy. 7, 62; Hy. Grn. ii. 287, 62.
þrymm
a host ⬩ great body of people ⬩ a force ⬩ multitude ⬩ a great body of water ⬩ force ⬩ power ⬩ might ⬩ glory ⬩ majesty ⬩ magnificence ⬩ greatness ⬩ grandeur
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Ðú ( Christ ) ǽr wǽre eallum geworden worulde þrymmum, 14, 10; Cri. 217. Of ðǽm engelícum þrymmum from the angelic hosts (or glories? ), Blickl. Homl. 5, 13: 21, 15. Weras and wíf, wornum and heápum, ðreátum and þrymmum þrungon and urnon, Judth.
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weorþ
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Behét man him ðæt hé móste wurðe beón ǽlc ðæra þinga ðe hé ǽr áhte, Chr. 1046; Erl. 173, 1.
ealdor-man
ALDERMAN, senator, chief, duke, a nobleman of the highest rank, and holding an office inferior only to that of the king ⬩ mājor nātu, sĕnātor, prŏcer, princeps, prīmas, dux, præfectus, trĭbūnus, quīcunque est aliis grădu aut nātu mājor. ⬩ eorl, Nrs. jarl, being placed over several shires. The Danish kings ruled by their eorlas or jarls, and the ealdormen disappeared from the shires. Gradually the title ceased altogether, except in the cities, where it denoted an inferior judicature, much as it now does among ourselves
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Ðæt is ðonne ǽrest ðæt ic wylle; ðæt man rihte laga upp-arǽre, and ǽghwilce unlaga georne afylle, and ðæt man aweódige and awyrtwalige, ǽghwylc unriht, swá man geornost mǽge, of ðissum earde this is then the first that I will; that right laws be established
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LICGAN
To LIE ⬩ fail ⬩ to lie ⬩ go ⬩ run
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Mid eallon ðám þingon ðe ðǽr tó læg forðam ðe his witan him sǽdon ðæt hit hwílon ǽr læg ðiderin with everything that belonged thereto; for his witan told him that in former times it had belonged to that place, vi. 190, 20.
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friþ
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hé macode on þisan lande, swá ꝥ án man mihte faran ofer his ríce mid his bósum full goldes ungederad, 1086 ; P. 220, 12. peace as opposed to war. agreement settled between two peoples previously at war, peace after war Æt þám hearmum þe gedón wǽre ǽr
ge-hátan
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Þǽre láre þe ðú mé ǽr gehéte, Bt. 40, 5; F. 240, 12: 3, 4; F. 6, 19. Hé gehét Rómánum his freóndscipe, 1; F. 2, 8: Jul. 639. Líf gehéht ( promittit ) éce, Mt. p. 18, 12. ¶ with complementary adjective: Hé him sige tóweardne gehéht, Bl.
ge-sécan
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Hé férde mid swá mycclan here swá nǽfre ǽr þis land ne gesóhte, Chr. 1085; P. 215, 37. Þæt wǽron þá ǽrestan scipu Deniscra monna þe Angelcynnes lond gesóhton, 787 ; P. 54, 7. Nis ꝥ nǽnig mán ꝥ þurfe þone deópan grund þæs hátan léges gesécean, Bl.