under-gitan
To understand ⬩ perceive ⬩ know
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Hig ne undergéton (-geáton, MS. A.) ðæt hé tealde him God tó fæder non cognouerunt quia patrem eis dicebat, Jn. Skt, 8, 27. Ne undergéton (-geáton, MS. A.) ( cognouerunt ) hys leorningcnihtas ðás þing ǽrest, 12, 16.
word-cwide
a saying ⬩ words ⬩ speech ⬩ language
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a saying, words Fyl nú frurnsprǽce, wlitiga ðínne wordcwyde (what thou hast said; ðíne wordcwidas, Exon. Th. 188, 9; Az. 43), Cd. Th. 236, 26 ; Dan. 327. Ne lengde leóda aldor wítegena wordcwyde, 256, 27; Dan. 647.
ofer-cuman
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Ofercuómon (supervenerunt) scioppo of ðǽm londe néh ðǽr stóue. Jn. L. R.6, 23.
sǽmra
Inferior, worse
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Ðú byst se ilca se ðú ǽr ware, ne beóþ ðín winter wiht ðé sǽmran (anni tui non deficient). Ps. Th. 101, 24. Hí dweligende sécaþ ðæt héhste gód on ða sámran (sǽmran, Cote.
ge-métan
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Nis þǽr ǽnig sár geméted, ne ádl, ne ece, Bl. H. 25, 30. to discover on inspection or consideration Wé ne gemétað náne geswutelunge on bócum, hw! þes dæg tó geáres anginne geteald sý, Hml. Th. i. 98, 18.
bútan
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S. 25, 473. if only Ne róhtan hí hú synlíce hit wǽre begytan, búton hit cóme tó heom did it but come to them, Chr. 1086; P. 218, 11. with indic, except, but (that), if ... not Búton þú woldest, ne cóme ðú ni uelles, non uenisses, Ælfc. Gr.
lyt
Few ⬩ little
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Few, little Ðæra is nú tó lyt ðe wile wel tǽcan there are now too few of those that will teach well, Homl. Th. i. 6, 22. Ðæra biþ ealles tó lyt, ðe hé ne beswíce, Wulfst. 97, 7.
Linked entry: lyt-hwón
ge-tríwe
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Þá þing ne sint getréwe tó habbenne ... Nú ðuacute; hié æfter þínum willan þé getréwe habban ne miht, Bt. 7, 2; F. 18, 15-19.
teám
A line; but the word which is used in the related dialects (v. infra) with a physical meaning is used in English figuratively. ⬩ a line of descendants, offspring, progeny, family, children ⬩ bringing forth children, child-bearing ⬩ a line of animals harnessed together, a team
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A line; but the word which is used in the related dialects (v. infra) with a physical meaning is used in English figuratively. a line of descendants, offspring, progeny, family, children Nán wen ne wífaþ, ne wíf ne ceorlaþ, ne teám ne biþ getýmed children
Linked entries: teám-byrst tém wróht-getíme ge-teáma -tíme -tíme
bin
a basket ⬩ cofinus ⬩ a crib ⬩ manger ⬩ a stall
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M. 19, 35. a stall Ne bið nýten on binnum non erit armentum in praesepibus. Cant. Ab. 17
steóran
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add: to prohibit. with acc. of person Sóna swá ꝥ gehýrde Nonnosus, hé stýrde hí, ꝥ. ꝥ swá beón ne mihte quod Nonnosus fieri prohibuit, Gr.
ofer-féran
to pass over or through, to cross, traverse ⬩ to come upon or across, meet with
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Ðet hí ne oferférdan ne transirent, Kent. Gl. 275.
ge-stihtian
To dispose ⬩ order ⬩ determine ⬩ dispōnĕre ⬩ appōnĕre
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To dispose, order, determine; dispōnĕre, appōnĕre Sunu unrihtwísnesse ne geýcþ oððe ne gestihteþ derian hine fīlius inīquitātis non appōnet nŏcēre eum, Ps. Lamb. 88, 23. Ic gestihtode dispŏsui, Ps. Vos. 72, 25.
Linked entry: ge-stitian
ge-cweþan
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Þám ( traitors) hié náne mildheortnesse ne dorston gecweðan (-cwæð-, v.l. ), Ll.
Linked entry: ge-cwidrǽden
cyrnel
KERNEL, grain ⬩ nucleus, granum ⬩ a hard
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a KERNEL, grain; nucleus, granum Men geseóþ oft ðæt of ánum lytlum cyrnele cymþ micel treów; ac we ne mágon geseón on ðam cyrnele náðor ne wyrtruman, ne rinde, ne bogas, ne leáf; ac God forþtíhþ of ðam cyrnele treów, and wæstmas, and leáf men often see
sáwan
to sow ⬩ to sow ⬩ implant
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lit. to sow (seed in a field) Túncersan ðe mon ne sǽwþ, Lchdm. ii. 22, 13. Weard sáweþ on swæð mín, Exon. Th. 403, 11; Rä. 22, 6. Hig ne sáwaþ non seminant, Lk. Skt. 12, 24. Hláford hú ne seów (seówe, MS.
wafian
To look with wonder, be amazed, ⬩ to wonder at, be amazed at
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Hwá is ðæt ne wafige ðæt . . . Met. 28, 18. Hwá is ðæt ne wafige (cf. hwá ne wundraþ ðæs, ðæt . . . Bt. 39, 3;Fox 214, 25)hú . . . 28, 31
ofer-méttu (o)
Pride, arrogance, haughtiness
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Ne gerísaþ heom príta, ne micele ofermétta, L. I. P. 10; Th. ii. 318, 32. Heora eáþmétto ne mihton náuht forstandan, ne húru heora ofermétta, Bt. 29, 2; Fox 106, 1.
þǽr
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A.) náðor óm ne moððe hit ne fornimþ, and þár þeófas hit ne delfaþ ne ne forstelaþ, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 19-20. On wésten þǽr ǽr Adam forwearþ, Blickl. Homl. 29, 18 : 39, 5. On ðære byrig þǽr se cyning ofslægen læg, Chr. 755; Erl. 50, 13.
Linked entry: þár
a-eargian
To become slothful ⬩ segnis fieri
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To become slothful; segnis fieri Hý ondrédan, gif hí hwílum ne wunnon, ðæt hý tó raðe a-eargadon they dreaded, if they did not sometimes wage war, that they should too soon become slothful, Ors. 4, 13; Bos. 100, 20