tellan
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Ne mæg heó ús leáse tellan mendacii arguere nos non potest, Gen. 38, 23.
hwilc
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unde istos potent quis saturare ?, Mk. R. L. 8, 4. Gif hwylc gelýfe on God, Bl. H. 153, 19. ꝥ with gen. any one of, some one of Búton hine þǽra þreóra þinga hwylc (cf. ǽnig, 4) forwyrne, Wlfst. 285, 14.
fela
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Má þonne fela manna gelýfan mæge majora quam credi potest, Bd. 3, 24; Sch. 306, 23. Feala, Bl. H. 41, 14. Fela wearð tódræ-acute;fed Godes ðeówa, Chr. 975; P. 120, 14: Gen. 1638. Þæ t eówer fela geseah, Dan. 412.
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willa
will, the faculty of willing ⬩ will, purpose, design, command ⬩ will, determination, resolution ⬩ intention, purpose, desire to act ⬩ will, desire, wish ⬩ pleasure, delight ⬩ will, disposition ⬩ will, accord, consent, pleasure ⬩ Ger. meinetwillen ⬩ will, one's own way
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Ðá cwæþ hé: ‘Mé bið willa gif ðú miht’ mnllnm delector, si potes, 5, 3; S. 616, 30 note. Se yfela willa unrihthǽmedes voluptas Bt. 31, 2; Fox 112, 24: Met. 18, 2.
ge-sellan
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</b> to give meat or drink, a cup containing drink :-- Suá huá drinca geseleð iúh quisquis potum dederit uobis, Mk. L. R. 9, 41. Heó ful gesealde éðelwearde, B. 615. Líchoma his ús gesealla tó eattanne, Jn. L. 6, 52. <b>III b.
fón
to take ⬩ catch ⬩ to take ⬩ arrest ⬩ apprehend ⬩ to get ⬩ gain ⬩ to get ⬩ suffer ⬩ experience ⬩ to begin ⬩ to begin ⬩ to take ⬩ to set about ⬩ undertake ⬩ to attack ⬩ to begin at ⬩ to take ⬩ take ⬩ to set to work at ⬩ deal with ⬩ receive ⬩ accept ⬩ to take ⬩ to take ⬩ take possession of ⬩ to take ⬩ to take ⬩ undertake ⬩ to take ⬩ to take to ⬩ allow of ⬩ to take to ⬩ to take to ⬩ join battle ⬩ to join together ⬩ to struggle with
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Æfter hiere féng tó ðǽm ríce (regno potita est) Pentesilia, Ors. I. 10; S. 48, 2. Sum cyning þe unrihtlíce féng tó ríce tyranaus, Bt. 29, l; F. 102, 26. Féng Constantius tó þǽm onwalde adeptus imperium, Ors. 6, 31; S. 284, 13.
þeów
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Further, slavery was at times entered into voluntarily; such cases seem contemplated in Theodore's Penitential: Homo .xiii. annorum sese potest servum facere, Th. ii. 19, § 29; and that such cases did occur may be seen from the following passage: Geatfleda
ge-niman
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Næfst þú tó ǽnegum andan genumen, Met. 20, 36. to take into or with the mind. to understand Sé ðe mæge genioma geniomis qui potest capere capiat, Mt. L. 19, 12. to learn (cf. Icel. nema to learn) Hé lára wel genóm, C. D.
witan
to wit ⬩ know ⬩ have knowledge ⬩ be aware, ⬩ to know ⬩ have knowledge of, ⬩ be aware of ⬩ to be wise ⬩ be in one's senses ⬩ to be conscious of ⬩ to know ⬩ to feel ⬩ shew
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heora ungemet ofslóg and sige hæfde; be ðæm mon mehte witan, ðá hé and ða consulas hié átellan ne mehton quot millia hominum interfecta, quot capta sint, ipse consul ostendit; qui, cum multitudinem capti populi referre vellet, numerum explicare non potuit