Ælfréd
Alfred ⬩ Alfrédus ⬩ Alfred the Great
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They then took two of the ships, and slew the men ... In the same summer, no less than twenty ships, with men and everything [of the Danes], perished on the south coast, Chr. 897; Th. 177, 5, col. 2 — 179, 3, col. 2.
tellan
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On bócum ðe ungelǽrede men þurh heora bilewitnysse tó micclum wísdóme tealdon in books which unlearned men in their simplicity have considered as great wisdom, 2, 22.
ge-biddan
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Menn gebiddaþ him tó þyssum beácne ( the Cross ), Kr. 83. ꝥ hí í to pray for, a person 'Gebide for míne sunu'. . . Se hálga gebæd for þæt seóce cyld, Hml. S. 3, 307-11. Gebide for me, 23 b, 718. ꝥ hé for hine gebidde, Bt. proem.
ge-bígan
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Englisce menn ꝥ land gebégdan þan kyninge tó handan, Chr. 1074; P. 209, 20. þæt hí mé gebýgen oð eorðan, Ps.
fúl
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Mid fúlustre gewilnunge turpissimo desiderio, Angl. xi. 117, 29. (1 a) guilty of a charge :-- Be þisum þeófum þe man on hrædinge fúle geáxian ne mæg, and man eft geáxað þe hé fúl bið and scildig, . . . þá menn þe æt ordále fúle weorðað, Ll.
grim
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Twégen menn deófulseóka hæbbende grimme ( saeui ) swíðe, swá þætte nǽnig mæhte faran þurh wæge þǽm, Mt. R. 8, 28. of personal actions, character, feelings, or utterances Wearð seó feohte tó grim, Mód. 66. Wæs æt þám geongum grim andswaru, B. 2860.
tǽcan
To shew. ⬩ to offer to view, present ⬩ to shew an object to a person so that the object may be attained by the person, to shew a way, a place, etc. ⬩ without an object, to shew the way, direct ⬩ without an object, to direct ⬩ to shew a person (dat. or acc.) the direction that must be taken, to direct, to cause a certain direction to be taken, the direction being marked, by a preposition. ⬩ to shew the course that must be followed, what should be observed, to direct, appoint, prescribe, enjoin. ⬩ to shew, indicate, signify
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Ðæs embe twá niht ðætte tǽhte God Elenan eádigre æþelust beáma, Menol. Fox 164; Men. 84: Elen.
for-fang
a seizing or rescuing of stolen or lost property ⬩ apprehensio ⬩ the reward for rescuing such property ⬩ merces, quæ bŏnōrum surreptōrum restĭtūtōri dătur
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Embe forfang, witan habbaþ gerǽdd, ðæt man ofer eall Engle-land gelícne dóm healde; ðæt is æt men fíftene peningas, and æt horse eal [MS. heal] swá ...
infangeneþeóf
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In the preceding chapter, 'descripcio libertatum diversarum,' it is said the lords 'haberent eos [their men who had committed crime ] ad rectum in curia sua, si haberent sacham et socham, tol et theam, et infangene thef.'
segl
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Hæfde God sunnan síðfæt swegle ofertolden, swá ða mæstrápas men ne cúðon, ne ða seglróde geseón meahton, 182, 26 ; Exod. 81. Fyrd geseah, hú ðǽr hlifedon hálige seglas, 183, 10 ; Exod. 89. a veil, curtain Ðæs temples segl, Exon.
un-strang
Not strong ⬩ weak ⬩ feeble
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Á sceal man ðam unstrangan men líðelícor déman ðonne ðam strangan, L. C. S. 69; Th. i. 412, 4. Hyra handa wǽron unstrange hine tó ácwellanne, Shrn. 117, 31. Hé ( Peter ) mid his gange getácnode ǽgðer ge ða strangan ge ða unstrangan on Godes folce.
wynsumness
pleasantness ⬩ agreeableness ⬩ delight ⬩ pleasantness ⬩ fairness ⬩ beauty ⬩ pleasantness ⬩ joyousness ⬩ exultation ⬩ devotion
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Se middangeard wæs blówende on swýþe manigfealdre wynsumnesse ... and teáh men tó him þurh his wlite and þurh his fægernesse and wynsumnesse, 115, 7-12. Ic ða wynsumnesse and fægernesse ðæs londes wundrade, Nar. 26, 25.
ge-sceádwísness
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Ðá men habbaþ eall ꝥ wé ǽr ymbe sprǽcon, and eác tó eácon ðǽm micle gife gesceádwísnesse, 41, 5 ; F. 252, 29: 18, 4 ; F. 66, 24.
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ge-fremian
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Hine God ofer ealle men forð gefremede, B. 1718. Gifremid, -fraemid provecta, Txts. 84, 759. Gefremed, Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 39. to effect, accomplish, commit a crime Ic þonne gefremme þæs monnes neádþearf-nesse, Shrn. 77, 8.
hlæder
a ladder ⬩ flight of steps ⬩ stairs
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Bið hé þám men gelíc þe árǽrþ sume heáge hlǽddre, and stíhð be þǽre hlǽddre stapum oð ꝥ hé tó ðǽm ænde becume, and wylle þonne git stígan ufor, Hml. S. 1, 22. Sum heora mid hlǽddre (hlǽdre, v. l.) wolde unlúcan ꝥ ǽgðyrl, 32, 205, 212.
herigend-lic
praiseworthy ⬩ approbation ⬩ excellent
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Swá swá sume men gewuniaþ ꝥ hí singað mid hergendlicum cræfte ǽr há etan (the translator has misunderstood the Latin, which is: Sicut quidam ludendi (laudandi seems to have been read) arte victum solent quaerere), Gr. D. 62, 13
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be-gangan
to go about ⬩ to go by ⬩ to go about a business ⬩ to attend to ⬩ see after a person ⬩ to worship ⬩ to honour ⬩ celebrate a day ⬩ to exercise ⬩ practise an art ⬩ to practise a religion ⬩ to practise ⬩ do (habitually) ⬩ commit sin ⬩ to exercise ⬩ use
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Þæt ánra gehwylc cræft his geornlíce begange, 31, 33. to practise a religion Þá þe swelc deófolgild lufiað and bigongað, Ors. 4, 12; S. 210, 6. to practise, do (habitually), commit sin Men þe beforan óþrum mannum hwæthuga gód begangaþ, Bl.
freónd
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Hwæt forstód seó mengu þára freónda ... þá friénd cumaþ mid ðám welan, Bt. 29, 2; F. 106, 8. His freónd him ætfeallað, oððe his feoh him ætbyrst. Wlfst. 142, 6. Ǽghwylcum men biþ leófre swá hé hæbbe holdra freónda má. Bl. H. 123, 1.
BEGEN
Both ⬩ ambo ⬩ both ⬩ ambo ⬩ ambæ ⬩ ambo ⬩ both ⬩ ⬩ ambo et ambæ vel ambæ et ambo ⬩ of both ⬩ amborum ⬩ ambarum ⬩ amborum ⬩ to both ⬩ ambobus ⬩ ambabus ⬩ ambobus ⬩ both ⬩ ambos ⬩ ambas ⬩ ambo ⬩ both ⬩ ambos et ambas vel ⬩ ambas et amb ⬩ with ⬩ by both ⬩ ambobus ⬩ ambabus ⬩ ambobus
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Grammar BEGEN, Acc. m. f. n. bá, bú both; ambos, ambas, ambo Bysmeredon uncit [Inscription Bismærede ungket] men, bá ætgædre they [men] reviled us two, both together Runic Inscrip. Kmbl. 354, 30.
HÁTAN
to bid, order, command ⬩ to promise, vow ⬩ to call, name, give a name to ⬩ to name, call, bid, command ⬩ to call, name, promise, vow ⬩ nominare, appellare, jubere, præcipere
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Mid ðam gemete wé hátaþ óðre men dón sum þingc with that mood [the imperative] we command other men to do something, Ælfc. Gr. 21; Som. 23, 23. Hé héht englas him tó cuman and hie cóman he bade angels come to him and they came, 181, 5: Andr.
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