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searu

(n.)
Grammar
searu, searo, [w]e; f. : [w]es; n.
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Gl. 510, 21. in a bad sense, craft, artifice, wile, deceit, stratagem, ambush, treachery, plot Searu factio (cf. fácn factiones, 64; bepǽcunga factione, Hpt. Gl. 474, 26), Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 81. Gleáwnisse and seare (sceare, Wrt. ) astu, Wrt.

Linked entries: searo siru

tela

(adv.)
Grammar
tela, teala, teola, telo, tiolo; adv.

Well.well, rightly, aright, correctlywell, perfectly, completely, thoroughly, certainlywell, prosperously, happilywell, in a beneficial or pleasant mannermarking degree, very, to a great extentas an exclamation, well, good

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Ic his bídan ne dear ... nele ðæt rǽd teale I dare not await him ... good counsel certainly will not require that, 397, 8; Rä. 16, 16. well, prosperously, happily Geþeóh tela, Beo. Th. 2441; B. 1218. Ðú hulpe mín ðæt is teala mihte, Ps. Th. 70, 20.

cépan

(v.)
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Th. i. 580, 28. with clause Sé ðe his feóndum ofer sumne weall ætfleón wile, ðonne cépð hé hwǽr se weall unhéhst sý, Hml. Th. i. 484, 10. Þá hǽðenan cépton hwǽr se godspellere mæssode, Hml. S. 15, 49. <b>I a.

heofon-lic

chaste

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Sé ðe wile brúcan ðára godcundra ðinga and ðára hefonlicra lára, Past. 81, 14. Ðú bescylst mid óþre eágan on þá heofenlican þing, mid óþre þú lócast on þás eorþlican, Bt. 38, 5; F. 206, 18. having the purity that belongs to heaven, chaste.

hwanan

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Gif ðú witan wilt hwonan hý cumaþ, þonne miht þú ongitan ꝥ hí cumaþ of woruldgítsunga, Bt. 7, 1; F. 16, 14.

ge-weald

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Th. ii. 362, 19. (7 a) with clause :-- Ǽlc tiónd áge geweald swá hwæþer hé wille swá wæter swá ísen it depends upon the accuser whether the ordeal be by water or iron, Ll.

be-swícan

to decoyensnarebeguileto betrayto defraudsupplantto circumventto seducemislead

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Ósréd wæs beswicen and of ríce ádréfed, Chr. 790; P- 55. 23. to circumvent, overcome by wiles Beswác Hannibal twégen consulas and hié ofslóg Annibal utrumque consulem insidiis circumventos interfecit, Ors. 4, 10; S. 198, 19.

Linked entry: be-swícende

ge-yppan

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</b> of legal notice, to lay an information of a crime :-- Gif mon on, folces gemóte cyninges geréfan geyppe eofot and his eft geswícan wille, gestǽle on ryhtran hand, gif hé mæge if a man in the folkmoot give to the king's reeve notice of a crime

leógan

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Hú ðæt mód ðætte wilnað for óðre beón líhð him selfum, ðonne hit ðencð fela gódra weorca tó wyrcanne, Past. 55, 14.

húru

(adv.)
Grammar
húru, adv.

At leastat all eventsat any ratein any casehoweverevenyetonlyindeedcertainlyespecially

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Ðæt hé húru þreó þing ðananforþ healdan wille, L. Eth. v. 6; Th. i. 306, 8 : L. C. E. 19; Th. i. 370, 33. Be emnihte oððe húru be ealra hálgena mæssan by the equinox or in any case by Allhallows' mass, L. Eth. ix. 9; Th. i. 342, 22.

Linked entry: híru

notu

(n.)
Grammar
notu, e; f.

useprofitadvantagean officeemploymentthe discharge of an officeconduct of business

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Ðæt se man tó note ( to profit ) wyrcean wille, Btwk. 222, 8. Hit læg wéste and gé his náne note ne hæfdon it lay waste and you got no good from it, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 48, 25. Gif Drihten tó lytele note and nytwyrðnesse on his heorde angyt, R.

wundor-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wundor-líc, adj.

Wonderfulexciting admirationsurprise

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Hit is wundorlíc, ðæt ic secgan wille, Bt. 20; Fox 70, 27. Ðys is fram Drihtne geworden, and hit ys wundorlíc (wundurlíc, Lind.: wunderlíc, Rush. mirabile) on úrum eágum, Mt. Kmbl. 21, 42: Ps. Th. 117, 21.

borh

paymentsuretyshipsecurityloandebt

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Þá þe on festendagum willað hiora borga manian (call in their loans) . . . gé ásécað ealle eówre borgas (loans, not debtors as in Dict. ), Ll. Th. ii. 438, 33-36. Scytte man mína borgas, Cht.

earnian

(v.)
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Wiþ þám þe hé mé healde swá ic earnian wille, Ll.

gearwian

(v.)
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</b> to make ready to do something :-- Huér wiltu ꝥ wé gearuiga (iarwan, R.) ðé til eottanne eástro?, Mt. L. 26, 17.

godcundnys

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Be þám dǽle þe sió mennisce gesceádwísnes mæg ongitan ðá godcundnesse, 39, 10; F. 226, 28. divine service Ic wille ðet ðá híwan á hwílæ ðǽ crístendóm sié fullícæ mid hira godcundnessæ for mé sién uolo ut familia ... quamdiu christianitas permanserit

rihtung

(n.)
Grammar
rihtung, e; f.

direction guidancecorrection setting right correction reproof a direction rule regularis

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Gyf ðú wille witan ðæra rihtinga gesceád ðe geþungene preóstas cweþaþ lunares, 305, 8. The word occurs often in the treatise from which these passages are taken

Linked entry: rihting

ongeagn

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Hé symle ongén cwæð, 'Gewurþe Godes willa,' Hml. S. 33, 33. (4 a) where sound is the result of an act :-- Man lédde tó his breóstum bráde ísene clútas swíðe glówende ꝥ hit sang ongeán, Hml.

fleón

(v.)
Grammar
fleón, [/a the following passages given under I. in Dict. fleón is intransitive
    By.
  • 247
  • :
  • Ps. L. 54, 8
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  • Gen. 2080
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  • Bt. F. 116, 17
  • :
  • Ælfc. Gr. 36
  • :
  • 28, 6
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  • Ps. Th. 103, 17
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  • Ps. L. 113, 3
  • :
  • Met. l, 20
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  • Mt. 8, 33
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  • Ps. L. 30, 12
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  • El. 134
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  • Gú. 228
  • .]

to fleeto fleeto run awayto pass awayto flyto run away fromto avoidto declineto avoideschew

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Ne éht God nánre wuhte, for þý hine nán wuht ne mæg flión, Bt. 42; F. 258, 4. to avoid a person from dislike Se wísdóm wille sóna fleón ðone ðe hine fliéhð (flíhð, v.l.), Past. 247, 18. Þá þe mé gesáwon, hí mé flugon, Ps.

mǽþ

(n.)
Grammar
mǽþ, e; f. (but ofer ðínne mǽð,
  • Prov. Kmbl. 27.
  • )

measuredegreeproportionthe measure or extent of power, ability, capacity, efficacydegreerankstatusconditiondue measurerightdue measure in regard to othershonourrespect

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Ne wilna ðú ofer ðínne mǽd tó witanne ymbe ða heofonlícan þing. Prov. Kmbl. 27. Manna gehwylc mæg be his mǽþe, mid ðám lácum ðe hé hæfþ, Gode eáðe gecwéman, forðam ne gewilnaþ hé ná máran ðonne ðæs mannes mǽþa beóþ.