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MACIAN

(v.)
Grammar
MACIAN, p. ode

To MAKEdoact

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Se wísdóm sǽde him hú hé hit macian sceolde gif hé heora þegen beón sceolde, Bt. tit. 7; Fox x, 16

ge-win

(n.)
Grammar
ge-win, -winn, es; n. [winnan to fight] .

a battlecontestwarstrifequarrelhostilitytumultcertāmenpugnabellumtŭmultuslabourtoilsorrowagonylăbortrībŭlātioăgōniafruit of laborersgainprofitfructus lăbōrumlucrumquæstus

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Heora gewinn mid ðam swíðe geiécton their quarrel was thus much strengthened, Ors. 5, 10; Bos. 109, 4: 5, 13; Bos. 112, 43.

Linked entry: winn

seófian

(v.)
Grammar
seófian, séfian, sýfian ; p. ode.
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Hí seófiaþ be heora feóndum, Ps. Th. 10, arg. Be Iudan Scarioth hé seófode tó Drihtne, 3, arg. Seófade, seáfade ł (ge)mǽnde ingemescens , Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 8, 12. Ceare seófedun ymb heortan, Exon. Th. 306, 20; Seef. 10.

Birīnus

(n.)
Grammar
Birīnus, i; m. Latin: Biríne, Byríne, es; m.

Birīnus, the first bishop of Wessex,

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D. 634 Ðære tíde ðá West-Seaxna þeód mid Cynigelse heora cyninge Cristes geleáfan onféng, bodade him and lǽrde Godes word Birīnus biscop, se mid Honorius geþeahte ðæs Papan com on Breotene....

Linked entry: Byríne

sund

(n.)
Grammar
sund, es; n.
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[Heore ( fishes ) sund is awemmed, Laym. 21326.] the act of swimming Hé on holme wæs sundés ðe sǽnra, Beo. Th. 2876; B. 1436. Hé ðé æt sunde oferflát he beat you at swimming, 1039; B. 517. Hé mid sunde (cf.

þigen

(n.)
Grammar
þigen, e; f.
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Heora þigne gehealdan to retain their food, Lchdm. i. 90, 12. Þygne, 8, 6. Ðú ðás werðeóde wræccan láste freónda feásceaft gesóhtest þíne þearfende (þíne for þigne? needing food; or þíne pron. (v. þín, III) thy men being in need ), Cd.

un-sib

(n.)
Grammar
un-sib, un-sibb, e; f.

unfriendlinessunkindlinessenmitystrifehostilitieswardivisionvariancedisagreementdisunion

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Ðæt hí wǽron unsibbe and gefeoht fram heora feóndum onfónde quia bellum ab hostibus forent accepturi, Bd. 2, 2; S. 503, 30. His ii suna ymb ðæt ríce wunnon, and ða unsibbe mid gefeohte dreógende wǽron, Ors. 2, 7; Swt. 90, 17.

wéste

(adj.)
Grammar
wéste, adj.
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Wese wíc heora wéste (woestu, Ps. Surt.) and ídel, Ps. Th. 68, 26. Wéste (wóstu, Ps. Surt.), 108, 7. Hié gedydon on ánre wéstre ceastre, Chr. 894; Erl. 93, 5. Hé gesyhð wínsele wéstne, Beo. Th. 4903; B. 2456. On wéste wíc, Cd.

a-fíndan

(v.)
Grammar
a-fíndan, l. á-findan ; p. -fand, -funde; pl. -fundon; pp. -funden,
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Gif man áfinde ꝥ heora ǽnig on wóhre gewitnesse wǽre, Ll. Th. i. 204, 23. Ǽr hine þá men áfundan before the men became aware of him , Chr. 755 P. 49, 1. Hé wæs deófol áfunden he turned out to be a devil , Hml.

dynt

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Substitute: a blow, stroke Slóh hine án heora mid ánre æxe ýre on þet heáfod, þet hé mid þám dynte niðer ásáh, Chr. 1012; P. 142, 24. Án ðára ðegna salde dynt ( alapam ) ðǽm Hǽlende, Jn. R. L. 18, 22. Ðone dynt ictum (securis ), Past. 339, 15.

for-fleón

(v.)

to avoidto avoidabstain from

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Þæt þá unstrangan heora þeówdóm ne forfleón (refugeant), R. Ben. 121, 24. Uton ǽlc yfel forfleón and gód gefremman, Hml. Th. i. 602, 29: Wlfst. 115, 8

ge-dwild

Grammar
ge-dwild, ge-dwyld.
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Secgað sume þá Denisce men on heora gedwylde þæt sé Iouis wǽre, þe hý Þór hátað, Mercuries sunu, þe hí Oðon namiað, Wlfst. 107, 9: 106, 22.

ge-þwǽrian

(v.)
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Þám eáðmódum þe mid heora lífes ðeáwum Crístes bebodum geþwǽriað, Hml. Th. i. 514, 6. Gif þú þártó geþwǽrudest, Ll. Lbmn. 414, 4. Þá men þe þás stale gefremoden and þe þǽrto geþwǽrdon, 438, 9.

girwan

Grammar
girwan, <b>gierwan, gerwan, gyrwan, gierian, gerian, gyrian</b>
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Ic hié hét ꝥ hié hié mid heora wǽpnum gereden, Angl. iv. 144, 139. to ornament Hié gyredon mé golde and seolfre, Kr. 77. to prepare food, a meal, &amp;c. Geruað ( parant ) ðá ðegnas eóstro, Lk. p. 11, 2.

gífre

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Ic heora eom swíþe gífre ǽgþer ge tó gehérenne ge eác tó gehealdanne remedia . . . audiendi avidus vehementer efflagito Bt. 22, I; F. 76, 20

hord

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Swithin ) ꝥ heora dýre gold ne bið náhte wurð wið þá foresǽdan máðmas, Hml. 8. 21, 54. a valuable article Bið seó móddor hordum gehroden, Rä. 81, 17. of non-material things, that are valued Hýdeþ eów hord in heofonum, Mt. R. 6, 20.

(adj.)
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., something in addition, an additional quantity or amount Ne wilnige ic heora nánes náwyt mycle má ðonne ic néde sceol habban tó mýnes líchaman héle. Solil. H. 37, 11. Ne wé wítegan habbað þæt ús andgytes má ǽfre secgan, Ps.

willan

Grammar
willan, <b>, I.</b>
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</b> add :-- Ðeáh úre heorda hwylc án sceáp forgýme, wé willað ꝥ hé hit forgylde, Ll. Th. ii. 326, 24. <b>IV a.</b> add :-- Ic wille mé segnian, ac ic ne mæg volo me signare, sed non possum, Gr. D. 325, 4, <b>IV b.

wín

(n.)
Grammar
wín, es; n.

Wine

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Hié búton gemetgunge ðæt wín drincende wǽron óð hí heora selfra lytel geweald hæfdon, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 76, 11-19: Homl. Th. i. 352, 6: ii. 298, 18. Wǽre ðú (the body) ðé wiste wlonc and wínes sæd, Exon. Th. 369, 11; Seel. 39.

rihtan

(v.)
Grammar
rihtan, p. te

to right, to restore to a proper position that which is displaced, erect, direct to right a person,replace a person in the rights of which he is wrongfully deprivedto make right that which is faulty, set right, rectify, correct, amend to keep right, direct, rule

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Ða déman beóþ ǽghwǽr ge ðæt hié him selfum heora synna bebeorgaþ ge eác óðre syngiende rihtaþ, Blickl. Homl. 63, 16-25. Wé boetas ł wé hrihð corrigimus, Mt. Kmbl. p. 2, 2. Se wísdóm hine réte and rihte mid his andsworum, Bt. tit. 5; Fox x, 9.