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ge-wǽcan

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Ic for yldum gewǽht eom, ꝥ ic delfan ne mæg, Hml. S. 23 b, 782. Nis hǽlo on flǽsce míne. Gewǽht ( afflatus ) ic eom, Ps. Spl. 37, 8. Wið þæt hwá mid cyle gewǽht (-wéht, v. l. ) sý, Lch. i. 114, 23.

glæd

(adj.)
Grammar
glæd, adj.
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R. 1, 14. with clause Him mæg beón þe glædre his heorte þe hé sum þing hér of undergyte, Angl. viii. 317, 39. of things. of thoughts, looks, expressing gladness Hí gesáwon hine habban glædne andwlitan, Hml. Th. i. 72, 27.

hwider

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(l a) with emphatic genitive :-- Hwider mæg ic þínne andlwitan befleón eorðan dǽles? a facie tua quo fugiqm? Ps. Th. 138, 5. to what state ? Hwyder gewiton þá welan and þá ídlan blissa ? hwyder gewiton þá mycclan weorod þe him ymb stódan ?, Bl.

wearg

(adj.)
Grammar
wearg, werg, werig, wyrig; adj.

Evil, vile, malignant, accursed,

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mæg mon earmlícor gebǽron, ðonne mon hine underþeóde his weregan flǽsce voluptariam vitam degas. Sed quis non spernat vilissimae fragilissimaeque rei, corporis, servum? Bt. 32, 1; Fox 114, 20-24: Met. 26, 14.

wífian

(v.)
Grammar
wífian, p. ode

To take a wifeto marryon

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Be ðam man mæg witan, ðæt hit riht nis, ðæt wer wífige oððe wíf ceorlige oftur ðonne ǽne, Wulfst. 304, 28-305, 3. Ne wífiaþ hig, ne hig ne ceorliaþ neque nubent, neque nubentur, Mt. Kmbl. 22, 30. Ne wífiaþ hí, ne ne gyftigeaþ, Mk. Skt. 12, 25.

on-líhtan

(v.)
Grammar
on-líhtan, -leóhtan.

of places or things, to illumine, make bright, cause to shine,to give sight to, make the sight clearto clear the mental vision, to enlightento give light (with dat.)To shine

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Crist mæg ðíne nytennysse onlíhtan, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 200. Manegum wearþ mód onlíhted, Apstls. Kmbl. 104; Ap. 52. Wé wurdon onlíhte þurh geleáfan, Homl. Th. i. 154, 21. Onlýhte, Blickl. Homl. 161, 14. to give light (with dat.)

ge-þingian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þingian, p. ode; pp. od, ad.

to determine

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Geþinga us intercede for us, Exon. 12 b; Th. 21, 29; Cri. 342. to determine Hafaþ nú geþingod to us þeóden mǽra the great prince hath determined [to come] to us, Cd. 226; Th. 302, 12; Sat. 598

georne

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Man áwyrtwalige ǽghwylc unriht swá man geornost mæge, 376, 9: 310, 26.

CÍÞ

(n.)
Grammar
CÍÞ, cýþ, es; m.

a CHIT, sprout, germ, sprig, motegermen, festucaseedcrementum

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Cunna hwæðer ðú mǽge adón ðone cíþ of ðínes bróður eágan try if thou canst remove the mote from thy brother's eye, 33, 6; Hat. MS. 43a, 6. seed; crementum Cýþ crementum, Glos. Brux. Recd. 38, 7; Wrt. Voc. 64, 16.

Linked entries: cýþ corcíþ

sweotole

(adv.)
Grammar
sweotole, adv.
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Hwæðer ðú hit á sweotolor ( any more clearly ) ongiton mǽge, Bt. 34, 4; Fox 138, 16. Swá hé hit sweotolost and andgitfullícost gereccan mihte, Bt. proœm.; Fox viii, 4

Linked entries: swetole swotole

car-ful

Grammar
car-ful, (care-).
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Weorðe sé carfull, hú hé swýþast mæge gecwéman his Drihtne, Wlfst. 72, 10. Wer carfull (studiosus) and wís, Scint. 206, 5. Hweþer hé carful sý tó godcundum weorce si solicitus est ad opus Dei, R. Ben. 97, 16.

ge-brecan

(v.)
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Hé eall þæt mægn þæs áwyrgedan gástes on him gebræc, Guth. 60, 5. intrans. with prep.

hweogol

(n.)
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Wénst þú ꝥ ðú ꝥ hwerfende hweól þonne hit on ryne wyrþ mæge oncyrran ? fortunae e rigendum dedisti. . . Tu vero votventis rotae impetvm retinere conaris? Bt. 7. 2 ; F. 18, 35.

Linked entries: sceard-hweogol hwegl

þanne

(adv.)
Grammar
þanne, þænne, þonne; adv. conj.
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mæg ic yrnan mid eów, þonne ic ne árás of ðysum bedde nú for nigon geárum? Homl. Skt. i. 21, 344.

Linked entries: þænne þonne

nǽnig

(n.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
nǽnig, ( = ne ǽnig).

not anynonenono onenot any one

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Nis nǽnig máre mægen, 31, 30. Eów nǽnig wuht ne deraþ, And. 14, 8. God ðonne ne gýmeþ nǽnges mannes hreówe, Blickl. Homl. 95, 29. Nǽnges þinges máre þearf nǽre, 175, 8. Hé nǽfre nǽnigum woruldrícum men onbúgan nolde, 223, 27.

Linked entry: nán

ge-líc

(adj.)
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Ne mæg nán monn habban gelíc lof on ǽlcum londe, for þon þe on ǽlcum lande ne lícaþ ꝥ on óþrum lícaþ, 18, 2; F. 64, 25. Ðá gelícan habbað heóm gelíc, Solil. H. 65, 24. Ne beóð þá leán gelíc, Mód. 76.

up

(adv.)
Grammar
up, (úp?), upp; adv.

Up.upon high uperectlyupto a high point

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Nime hé upp his mǽg let him take his kinsman up from the grave, L. Eth. iii. 7; Th. i. 296, 10. Ða ancras upp teón, Bd. 3, 15; S. 541, 40. Wið ðon ðe men blód upp wealle þurh his múð, Lchdm. i. 74, 14.

a-teón

(v.)
Grammar
a-teón, ic -teó, ðú -týhst, he -týhþ, -tíhþ, -tíþ, pl. -teóþ; p. -teáh, pl. -tugon; pp. -togen [a from, out; teón to tow, draw] .

to draw out or awaypull outlead outpluckdrawabstrahereextrahereejicereeduceretrahereducereto treatusedispose ofemploytractareutiadhibereto draw to any placebetake oneself anywheregocomemake a journey or expeditionse reciperemeareproficisciirevenireiter facere

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Seó mæg ateón ǽlces cynnes áttor út of men which can draw poison of every kind out of man, Ors. 5, 13; Bos. 113, 33. Mid atogenum swurde evaginato gladio, Num. 22, 22.

EALDOR

(n.)
Grammar
EALDOR, aldor, es, ; n: e;

lifevita

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ealdre always; semper, which are used not only with regard to the duration of life, but also in general for an unlimited period of time, independently or with the addition of á, áwa, ǽfre, æfter, éce as well in positive as in negative sentences Ne mæg

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strengðu

(n.)
Grammar
strengðu, (o); indecl. : strengð, e; f.
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Ne mæg man ǽfre for his strengðe ðysne wyrttrnman syllan þicgean on sundrum, 260, 18. Hé sceal upweard licgean, ðý læs hé ða strengþe ðyssæ lácnunge ongite, 300, 21