streónan
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Hié wǽron ús gelíce on þysse worulde wynsumnesse lifigende and him welena strýndon, Verc. Först. 144, 10. dat. (?) or absolute (?) Wá ðám mannum þe . . . eorðlicum spédum tiliað and strýnað, Verc. Först. 120, 17
on
expressing local relations, rest upon and contact with an object, on ⬩ dependence upon an object ⬩ extension over a surface ⬩ nearness ⬩ in or at a place, or with a person ⬩ rest where one object is contained in another, or is surrounded by others, within, among; and metaphorically in ⬩ marking the seat of feeling, thought, etc., in, within, at ⬩ on, at, in ⬩ within, in the course of, in, during ⬩ on, a- ⬩ from ⬩ on, in, at ⬩ by, with ⬩ of, consisting of or in ⬩ in respect to, in the matter of, in ⬩ in, of ⬩ at (a distance), of (the weight of), ⬩ with, in ⬩ in accordance with ⬩ of ⬩ in ⬩ motion, actual or figurative, which is external to the object expressed by the word which on governs, upon, on, on to, to ⬩ marking motion from without to the inside, into, among ⬩ continuously, together, anon, at once ⬩ expressing temporal relations, ⬩ on, in, at ⬩ into (one's power, etc. ) ⬩ against ⬩ in accordance with ⬩ marking the object of thought, emotion, speech, trust, sight ⬩ marking price ⬩ in (the name of), by (in adjuration)
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Hí hine bebyrgdon on ðære æfteran míle fram ðære ceastre, Shrn. 115, 16: Blickl.
Linked entries: an un-reordian
á-drincan
to drink up, quench thirst ⬩ to be drowned ⬩ to be sunk ⬩ to be drowned ⬩ crapulatus (a vino)
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Hwǽr hié wæteres hæfden þæt hié mehten him þurst of ádrincan, Ors. 2, 5; S. 80, 10. to be drowned; of ships, to be sunk Manega menn ádrincað on ánum dæge tógædere, ðe on mislicum tídum tó middanearde cómon, Hml. S. 5, 275.
eald-feónd
An ancient foe, arch-fiend, Satan ⬩ antīquus inĭmīcus, diăbŏlus
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Ðæt he ne léte him ealdfeónd oncyrran mód from his Meotude that he did not let the ancient fiend turn his mind from his Creator, 37b; Th. 124, 7; Gú. 336: 62a; Th. 229, 2; Ph. 449: 121a; Th. 464, 18; Hö. 89
Linked entries: eald-geníþla eald-gewinna eald-hettende
ge-met
Fit, meet, proper ⬩ aptus, congruus, conveniens
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Kmbl. 2358 ; An. 1180, Swá him gemet þince as to him may seem fit, Beo. Th. 1379; B. 687: 6107; B. 3057. Ðæt hit gemet wǽre that it were fit, Ps. Th. 143, 4: Bt. Met. Fox 29, 86; Met. 29, 42
Linked entry: or-met
hláford-swica
A betrayer of his lord, ⬩ a traitor to his lord
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A betrayer of his lord, a traitor to his lord Se man ðe ðis gefæst ne þearf hé him ná ondrǽdan hellewítan bútan hé beó hláfordswica the man that keeps this fast need not fear the pains of hell, unless he be a traitor to his lord, Lchdm. iii. 228, 24.
hlýdan
To sound, ⬩ make a loud noise, ⬩ to clamour, ⬩ vociferate
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Se ðe wylle drincan and dwæslíce hlýdan drince him æt hám ná on Drihtnes húse he who wants to drink and make a foolish noise let him drink at home, not in the Lord's house, L. Ælfc. C. 35; Th. ii. 357, 40.
ge-hámettan
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Substitute: To domicile, settle in a fixed residence and so bring within reach of the law Wé cwǽdon be þǽm hláfordleásum mannum þe man nán ryht æt begytan ne mæg, ꝥ man beóde þǽre mǽgðe ꝥ hí hine tó folcryhte gehámetten, and him hláford finden, Ll.
fleah
A white spot in the eye ⬩ albūgo
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Se hæfþ eallinga fleah on his módes eágum he has altogether a white speck in the eyes of his mind, 11, 4; Hat. MS. 15b, 1
for-geldan
to pay for ⬩ repay ⬩ return ⬩ give ⬩ render ⬩ reddĕre ⬩ retrĭbuĕre
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Twentig scillinga forgelde let him pay twenty shillings, L. Ethb. 22; Th. i. 8, 6: 7; Th. i. 4, 9: 12; Th. i. 6, 8: 26; Th. i. 8, 12, 13: 32; Th. i. 12, 2. Hine man forgelde let a man pay for him, L. H. E. 4; Th. i: 28, 7: 11; Th. i. 32, 7.
mynster-líf
monastic life ⬩ a place in which the monastic life is lived
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monastic life Gif hláford nylle hire mynsterlífes geunnan, oðða hiá siolf nylle, Chart. Th. 471, 2. Hé mynsterlíf ðam weoruldlífe forbær monasticam saeculari vitam praetulit, Bd. 5, 19; S. 637, 7.
weorc-þeów
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Ðá Abimæleh Abrahame his wíf ágeaf, sealde him gangende feoh and weorcþeós ( = -þeówas; cf. (?) Northumbrian forms under þeów : MS. has feos.
ǽg-þer
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Hé hié ǽgðres benam ge heora cyninges ge heora anwaldes, Ors. 2, 1; S. 64, 9, 12: Ll. Th. i. 346, 5. Hit willnaþ ðára ǽgþres, Bt. 34, 11; F. 152, 9. Ǽgðrum emnneáh, 39, 7; F. 222, 8. Of ǽgðrum his ríca, Ps. Th. 9, 36.
Linked entry: ǽg-hwæþer
húru-þinga
Especially ⬩ at least ⬩ at any rate
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Hú ne scolde hine húruþinga sceamian seofon dagas nonne debuerat saltem septem diebus rubore suffundi? Num. 12, 14. Hyne bǽdon ðæt hig húruþinga his reáfes fnæd æthrinon rogabant eum ut vel fimbriam vestimenti ejus tangerent, Mt. Kmbl. 14, 36.
hæppan
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, to slip Þá slóh sum hǽþen man to þám hálgan were, ac mid þám swenge hæpte ꝥ swurd him of handum (the sword slipped out of his hand), and ne mihte man hit nǽfre syððan findan (cf. þæt wǽpen wand áweg mid þám siege of þæs réðan handum, Hml.
wendan
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Add Went hié sió wamb, Lch. ii. 216, 20. with the idea of hostility, to turn on or against Hé hiene siþþan wende on his þrié gebróðor parricidia in fratres convertit, Ors. 3, 7; 8. 114, 9. l.
for-týnan
To shut in ⬩ stop ⬩ hinder ⬩ interclūdĕre
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To shut in, stop, hinder; interclūdĕre Hí mid gelomlícum oncunningum tiledon ðæt hí him ðone heofonlícan weg fórsetton and fortýndon qui crebris accūsātiōnĭbus ĭter illi cœleste interclūdĕre contendēbant, Bd. 3, 19; S. 548, 4
full-wyrcan
To do fully ⬩ commit ⬩ accomplish ⬩ complete ⬩ perfĭcĕre ⬩ complēre
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To do fully, commit, accomplish, complete; perfĭcĕre, complēre Se godcunda ánweald hí tostencte ǽr hí hit fullwyrcan móston the divine power dispersed them before they could complete it, Bt. 35, 4; Fox 162, 25
ge-byrde
Inborn ⬩ innate ⬩ natural ⬩ innatus ⬩ ingenitus ⬩ naturalis
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Him gebyrde is ðæt he géncwidas gleáwe hæbbe to him it is natural that he should have prudent replies, Elen. Kmbl. 1183; El. 593
Linked entry: ge-bierde
á-weorpan
to throw ⬩ cast ⬩ cause rapid ⬩ violent movement of a body, ⬩ to throw away ⬩ to throw upfood ⬩ to throw off ⬩ free one's self from ⬩ to cast out ⬩ expel ⬩ to reject ⬩ cast away or off ⬩ renounce, ⬩ to cost down ⬩ trouble
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Hié hæfdun hiera cyning áworpenne, Chr. 867; P. 68, 19. to reject, cast away or off,renounce, with person as object Áwerpeð execratur, An. Ox. 56, 89. Gif wíf áwyrpð hire ágenne wer, Hml. Th. ii. 324, 1.