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níþ

(n.)
Grammar
níþ, es; m.

envyhatredenmityrancorspiteill-willjealousyaction which arises from hatredstrifewarhostilitythe effect of hatredpersecutiontroublevexationannoyanceafflictiontribulationgriefevilwickednessmalice

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Gif him þince ðæt hé næddran geseó ðæt biþ yfeles wífes níþ if he fancies he sees a snake, that means a bad woman's spite, Lchdm. iii. 174, 17. Blátende níþ livid envy, Cd. Th. 60, 14; Gen. 981 : Andr. Kmbl. 1536; An. 769.

ge-met

(adj.)
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Máran þinges þonne ǽnges mannes gemet t Nis mín gemet swilcum cilde tó onfónne, Hml. A. 132, 520. Lufian wé úrne Sceppend æfter úrum gemete, Bl. H. 5, 35: 73, 28. Ofer mín gemet, An. 1482.

hád

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Ll. 1246. an order of beings or things, a kind, race Swá þæt ǽnig ne wát eorðbúendra . . . ne þset ǽnig ne wát engla hádes, Hy. 3, 34. Wuldres áras. . . þára on háde sint syx genemned, EI. 740. Þú fremest eorðwelan þurh monigne hád, Az. 98.

here

(n.)

an armyan armya hosta division of an armyarmy corpslegioncohorttroopinfantrycavalryan armyan armymultitudehostcrowdmultitudeharryingdevastationplunderingravaging

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Eádmund gegaderode fyrde and þone here áflymde, l. 5), Chr. 1016; P. 150, 2. used of things that can injure Mid herige hrímes and snáwes, Men. 204. a large number of people, multitude, host. of persons engaged in acts of violence, Similar entries v.

líf

(adv.)
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. :-- Se þeóden mec þíne lífe heálsode, B. 2131. the cause or source of living; the vivifying or animating principle þæs líchoman líf is seó sáwl, and þǽre sáwle lif is God, Hml. Th. i. 160, 7. Sáwelleásne, lífe belidenes lie, El. 878.

feor

(adv.)
Grammar
feor, adv.

avoidancewidelywidelyfarfar

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Wiþ eágna miste monige men lóciað on ceald wæter, and þonne magon fyr geseón, Lch. ii. 26, 14. figuratively Ne þú mé fram þínum bebodum feor ádrífe ne repellas me a mandatis tuis, Ps. Th. 118, 10.

Linked entries: fier firr fyr

ge-métan

(v.)
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Hié cwǽdon: 'Þin carcern open wé gemétton, and nǽnige wé þǽr gemétton, Bl. H. 239, 24-28. a phrase Gemétte hé ealle þá apostolas embe þǽre eádigan Marian ræste, Bl.

wegan

(v.)
Grammar
wegan, p. , pl. ; pp.

to move, bear, carry, bring, transport to bring, cause to bear, support to bear, carry, to have bearwearto haveto be under the influence of havebear to bear, submit toto weigh,to put something in a balance to be equal to To move

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Gyf him þince ðæt hé wǽpen wege, ðæt byð orsorh, Lchdm. iii. 174, 13: Beo. Th. 4497; B. 2252. Ne wæs álýfed, ðæt hé móste wǽpen wegan (arma ferre) Bd. 2, 13 ; S. 517, 7. On fyrd wegan fealwe linde, Cd. Th. 123, 13; Gen. 2044.

Linked entry: æt-wegan

findan

to come acrossto obtainfindto meet withexperiencebe exposed tofind difficultyprocureto visitlearnarrangesettleto determineto supplyprovidefurnish

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Add: to come upon by chance or in the course of events. to come across, meet with a person or thing Ðú findst (fintst, v. l.) wið hwone ðú meant flítan contra quos valeatis vos extendere, semper invenitis, Past. 331, 5.

on

(prep.)
Grammar
on, an ; prep. adv. A.

expressing local relations, rest upon and contact with an object, ondependence upon an objectextension over a surfacenearnessin or at a place, or with a personrest where one object is contained in another, or is surrounded by others, within, among; and metaphorically inmarking the seat of feeling, thought, etc., in, within, at on, at, in within, in the course of, in, during on, a-fromon, in, at by, with of, consisting of or inin respect to, in the matter of, inin, ofat (a distance), of (the weight of),with, inin accordance withofinmotion, actual or figurative, which is external to the object expressed by the word which on governs, upon, on, on to, tomarking motion from without to the inside, into, among continuously, together, anon, at once expressing temporal relations,on, in, atinto (one's power, etc. )against in accordance withmarking the object of thought, emotion, speech, trust, sightmarking pricein (the name of), by (in adjuration)

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Ne ic ðǽr nán þing on ne cann. St. And. 28, 24: 40, 3. Ðǽr wæs on Leo (at the synod), Chr. 1046; Erl. 171, 12. Ealles ðæs ðe ðǽr ðenne on biþ, Chart. Th. 534, 5. Swá swá Drihten cwæþ on ǽr, Jos. 11. 23: Gen. 6, 6.

Linked entries: an un-reordian

teám

(n.)
Grammar
teám, es; m.

A line; but the word which is used in the related dialects (v. infra) with a physical meaning is used in English figuratively.a line of descendants, offspring, progeny, family, childrenbringing forth children, child-bearinga line of animals harnessed together, a team

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Caines ofspring forwearð ádrenced on ðam deópan flóde ... and of ðam yfelan teáme ne com nán þing siððan, Ælfc. T. Grn. 3, 27. Séd ł teám semen, Mk. Skt. Lind. 12, 21, 22. Ðæt folc týmde micelne teám on ðam wéstene, Homl. Th. ii. 212, 17.

wiþ-sacan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-sacan, p. -sóc, pl. -sócon; pp. -sacen

To denyrefuserejectto say noto refuse permissionrefuserejectdeclineto denyreject refuse assentto renouncerejectgive uprefusewithholdnot to giveto declare hostility

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Ǽlc of eów ðe ne wiðsæcð (renuntiat ) eallum þingum ðe hé áh, Lk. Skt. 14, 33. Ðú wiðsóce sóþum criste tu repulisti christum tuum, Ps. Th. 88, 32. Hé wiðsóc (repulit ) snytru húse, wæs his ágen hús, 77, 60, 67. Hé ðínum wiðsóc aldordóme, Elen.

forþ

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Hig sceoldan habban Sandwíc swá full and swá forð swá hig hit ǽfre hæfdon on ǽnies kinges dæge ... on eallon þám þingan þe hit ǽfre ænig king fyrmest hæfde, 57, 24. Anweald habban swá forþ ꝥ hé ná máran ne þorfte, Bt. 33, 1; F. 120, 33.

git

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
git, yet. l. gít. [The word is often accented in the MSS., and only in such cases is the accent given in the following passages.]
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Ic sóhte þíne ansýne, ic séce gyt symle (requiram), Ps. Th. 26, 9. <b>III a.</b> in negative sentences, (not) any longer, henceforth :-- Ne þearft þú þé ondrǽdan nú giet, Gen. 1038. <b>III b.

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hé, m: heó; f: hit; n.

He, she, it

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Pilatus hymsylf áwrát ealle ða þyng Pilate himself wrote all the things, Nicod. 34; Thw. 19, 33. On himselfum in semetipso, Past. 16, 2; Swt. 101, 1. Hú ne becýpaþ hig twegen spearwan tó peninge are not two sparrows sold for a penny, Mt.

Linked entries: heó hie hig hió

Brunan burh

(n.)
Grammar
Brunan burh, gen. Brunan burge; dat. Brunan byrig; f.

Brunanburh, about five miles south-west of Durham, or on the plain between the river Tyne and the Browney,

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I think it was on the west of Durham. I am led to this conclusion by these facts relating to the battle, and by the Feodarium Prioratus Dunelmensis, published by the Surtees Society, vol. lviii, in 1872.

sculan

(v.)
Grammar
sculan, &nbsp;sceolan; ic, hé sceal, scal, ðú scealt, pl. wé sculon, sceolon ; p. sceolde, scolde, scealde, scalde; subj.
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&#39; Dá andswarede him Sanctus Paulus: &#39; Wénstú ðæt ic sceole sprecan to ðissum treówleásan men&#39; do you think it likely that I shall speak to this false man ? Blickl.

Linked entries: ge-scola sceal

winnan

(v.)
Grammar
winnan, p. wann , pl. wunnon; pp. wunnen.

intransto labourtoilworkto labour, endeavour, strive afterto labour, struggle, be troubledto labour under, suffer fromto strive, contend, fightof hostile action towards a personof competitionof opposition to things of the action of inanimate objectsto make warfightof the action of inanimate objectswith cognate accusativeto winmake one's waytransto labour atbestow labour uponto labour undersufferundergoto wingetattain

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Th. 1017; B. 506. of opposition to things Ðú winsð wiþ ðam hláfordscipe ðe ðú self gecure, Bt. 7, 2 ; Fox 18, 29. Is micel ðearf, ðonne him mon hwæðer ondrǽtt suíðar ðonne óðer, and wið ðæt wienð (winð, Cott.

Linked entry: on-winnende

þæt

(con.)
Grammar
þæt, conj.
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Ic áhebbe míne hand . . . þæt is ne underfó ánne þwang I lift my hand (in testimony of this) that I will not take a thing, Gen. 14, 23. Ðonne hió geornast biþ þæt heó áfǽre fleógan, Ps. Th. 89, 10 : Elen. Kmbl. 536; El. 268.

settan

(v.)
Grammar
settan, p. sette; pp. seted, set[t] (
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For ðisum þingum ic ðás bóc sette. Guthl. prol. ; Gdwin. 4, 26. Sc̃e Isidorus ðe ðás bóc sette qui hunc librum instituit, L. Ecg. P. i. 6; Th. ii. 174, 16. Dauid ða sealmas sette, ðe wé æt Godes lofsangum singaþ, Homl. Th. ii. 576, 5.

Linked entry: on-settan