wel
Well ⬩ well ⬩ prosperously ⬩ well ⬩ much ⬩ thoroughly ⬩ freely ⬩ well ⬩ properly ⬩ well ⬩ very ⬩ quite ⬩ thoroughly ⬩ very ⬩ quite ⬩ well ⬩ ah
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Eálá gif hé wolde, ðæt hé wel meahte ðæt unriht him eáðe forbiódan, Met. 9, 53. Hié wel meahton libban on ðam lande, gif hié wolden láre Godes fremman, Cd.
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for-standan
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Gif ðú hine forstenst, wé fordýlegiað þé, Hml. Th. i. 570, 25. Hine God forstód, An. 1337.
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be-cuman
to come ⬩ get, ⬩ to come to power ⬩ get into trouble ⬩ to come to ⬩ by ⬩ to cometo a person ⬩ to befall ⬩ to become ⬩ behove
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Gif þú wǽre wegférende and þú þonne becóme on þeófsceole, Bt. 14, 3; F. 46, 26. Tógædere becuman, Hml.
on-fón
to take ⬩ to take what another appoints or grants, to receive, have given ⬩ to take what another offers, receive favourably, accept ⬩ to receive a person ⬩ to undergo a rite, undertake a duty ⬩ to conceive ⬩ to take to, to begin ⬩ incipere
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Bd. 3, 6; S 528, 5. to take what another offers, receive favourably, accept Gif ðú on God gelýfan wilt, ic ðæs drences onfó, Homl. Th. i. 72, 17. Se yfela déma onféhþ feó, Blickl. Homl. 61, 30.
a-bítan
To bite ⬩ eat ⬩ consume ⬩ devour ⬩ mordere ⬩ arrodere ⬩ mordendo necare ⬩ comedere ⬩ devorare
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To bite, eat, consume, devour; mordere, arrodere, mordendo necare, comedere, devorare Gif hit wíldeór abítaþ, bere forþ ðæt abitene and ne agife si comestum a bestia, deferat ad eum quod occisum est, et non restituet, Ex. 22, 13.
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Arewe
ARROW, the name of a river in several counties ⬩ fluvii nomen
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Herewic, dici posset, Gib. Chr. Explicatio 13, col. 1
cyrran
to turn ⬩ vertere
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Gif ic míne gewǽda on wíte-hrægl cyme cyrde et posui vestimentum meum cilicium, Ps. Th. 68, 11. Cyrred, pp. turned, Exon. 107b; Th. 410, 25; Rä. 29, 4.
feówertig
FORTY; ⬩ quadrāginta
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FORTY; quadrāginta Ne ofsleah ic híg, gif ðǽr beóþ feówertig non percŭtiam propter quadrāginta, Gen. 18, 29. Æfter ðæra feówertigra daga getele after the number of forty days, Num. 14, 34. On feówertigum geárum quadrāginta annis, 14, 34: Jn.
heófan
To lament ⬩ grieve ⬩ wail ⬩ mourn
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Gif hé mid inweardre heortan heófe if he heartily grieve, L. Pen. 8; Th. ii. 280, 10. Heófende spræc lamenting he spoke, Andr. Kmbl. 3113; An. 1559.
í-dæges
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Hí ne móston metes þicgan gif hí igdæges tó mynstre gecyrran mihton they were not allowed to partake of food if they could return to the monastery on the same day, Homl. Th. ii. 166, 32.
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land-begenga
husbandman ⬩ farmer ⬩ a native
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Gif hit on Wódnes dæig þunrige ðæt tácnaþ landbigencgena cwealm and cræftigra if it thunder on Wednesday, that betokens death of husbandmen and craftsmen, Lchdm. iii. 180, 14. Ágæf ða ðǽm londbigencgum [-bigengum, Rush.] locavit eam agricolis, Mk.
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mære
A night-mare ⬩ a monster oppressing men during sleep
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Gif mon mare ríde, L. M. 1, 64; Lchdm. ii. 140, 9. Hi beóþ góde wið nihtgengan and maran, 3, 1; Lchdm. ii. 306, 12
mis-beódan
To do wrong to ⬩ to offend ⬩ abuse ⬩ ill-use
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Gif him ǽnig man heálíce misboden hæbbe (cf. Who hath yow misboden, or offended, Chauc. Kn. T. 51), L. Edg. C. 5; Th. ii. 244, 18
mis-fón
to fail to take ⬩ to mistake
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Gif hwylc bróðor wǽgþ and misféhþ ( makes a mistake ) on boduncge sealma, R. Ben. 71, 4-5. Wín gedéþ, ðæt furþon witan oft misfóþ and fram rihtum geleáfan búgan, 65, 5.
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óþ-sacan
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Borges mon mót óþsacan gif hé wát ðæt hé ryht déþ, L. In. 41; Th. i. 128, 2. Cf. æt-sacan
GNÍDAN
To rub ⬩ break ⬩ rub together ⬩ comminute ⬩ fricare ⬩ comminuere
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Gif ðú gang ofer his æcer brec ða eár and gníd if thou go across his field pluck the ears and rub them, Deut. 23, 25. Nim ǽnne sticcan and gníd to sumum þinge take a stick and rub it against something, Lchdm. iii. 274, 3.
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scír-gemót
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Gif hé æt ðam þriddan cyrre náh riht næbbe, ðonne fare hé feórþan síðe tó scírgemðte, L. C. S. 19; Th. i. 386, 14. Hǽbbe man tuwa on geáre scírgemðt, L. Edg. ii. 5; Th. i. 268, 3. Habbe man twá scírgemót on geáre, L. C. S. 18; Th. .i. 386, 5.
bold-getæl
A dwelling-place, mansion, habitation, house ⬩ domicilium, mansio, vicus, domus
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A dwelling-place, mansion, habitation, house; domicilium, mansio, vicus, domus Gif mon wille of boldgetale [boldgetæle MS.
ge-riht-lǽcan
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Gif we beóþ fram úrum ðwyrnyssum gerihtlǽhte if we be corrected from our perversities, 124, 35
steór-leás
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-Gif bescoren man steórleás (not living under the rule of any religious house) gange him on gestlíðnesse, L. Win. 7; Th. i. 38, 12