hwæðer
either ⬩ both
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Gebíde gé hwæðer sél mǽge wunde gedýgan uncer twega, Beo. Th. 5054; B. 2530. Hwæðres ðonne ðara yfelra is betre ǽr tó tilianne búton swæðres swæðer frécenlícre is quæ igitur pestis ardentius insequenda est, nisi quæ periculosius premit?
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ge-sceaft
the creation, a created being or thing, creature, an element ⬩ creātio, creātūra, plasma, ĕlĕmentum ⬩ a decree, destiny, fate, condition ⬩ destĭnāta, sors, fātum, condĭtio ⬩ creation, creature ⬩ decree of fate ⬩ creatura, elementum, habitus, fatum
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the creation, a created being or thing, creature, an element; creātio, creātūra, plasma, ĕlĕmentum Eall ðeós mǽre gesceaft all this great creation, Rood Kmbl. 24; Kr. 12: 162; Kr. 82: Salm. Kmbl. 60; Sal. 30. Gesceaft plasma, Ælfc.
be-gitan
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Gif hé hine begytan ne mæge si eum invenire nequeat, Ll. Th. ii. 212, Begetna ł begeten inventa. Mt. L. 13, 46. Bigetten, I. 18. Bigetna repertae, p. 17, 6. to get, cause to be done ꝥ ǽlc gegilda gesinge án fíftig oþþe begite gesungen, Ll.
gilpan
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Gylpan ꝥ þú mæge Crístes þegnas oferswíþan, Bl. H. 175, 32. uncertain construction Ne gilp ðú ne innitaris (v. ? Prov. 3, 5), Wrt. Voc. ii. 62, 2. with acc.?
hopian
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</b> with clause, to hope that :-- Ic hopige ꝥ cherubin se mǽra æt wesan wylle, Angl. viii. 325, 30. <b>IV b.
weorþan
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Seó eá ne mæg weorþan tó ǽwelme, ac se ǽwelm mæg weorþan tó eá, Bt. 34, 1; Fox 134, 15. of the state or condition to which things come, of the event of matters, to become, have as issue, come to Ǽlc þing wyrþ tó náuhte, Bt. 34, 1; Fox 134, 13.
lást
A step ⬩ footstep ⬩ track ⬩ trace
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Ðonne is ðǽr geworht emb ða lástas... ðæt man mæg tó ðǽm lástum onhnígan and mænige men ða moldan neomaþ on ðǽm lástum the footsteps are built about, yet so that people can stoop down to the footsteps, and many men take the earth from the footsteps, Blickl
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singan
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Mǽw singende, Exon. Th. 307, 11 ; Seef. 22. of inanimate resonant objects Ic þurh múþ sprece, wrencum singe, Exon. Th. 390, 15 ; Rä. 9, 2. Wiht is wrætlíc, singeþ þurh sídan, 483, 13 ; Rä. 69, 2.
stíþ
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Th. ii. 354, 24. of speech whose subject-matter is unpleasing, hard Stíð is ðis word, hwá mæg hine gihéra, Jn. Skt. Rush. Lind. 6, 60. Cyning cunnode hwilc ðæes æðelinges ellen wǽre stíðum wordum : 'Ðú scealt mé onsecgan sunu ðínne,' Cd.
wandian
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Ne mæg ná wandian se ðe wrecan þenceþ freán, 139, 22; By. 258.
ge-scippan
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Gif ꝥ sóð beón mæg, ꝥ him swá gesceapen wæs, Hml. S. 17, 234. (Goth. ga-skapjan: O.Sax. gi-skóp; p. ; O.H.Ger. ge-scafan, ge-sceffan creare, condere, formare.)
girnan
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Ne mæg ic tó giornanne non ualeo mendicare, 16, 3. <b>IV b.</b> to pray for evil, imprecate :-- Swá swá hé bæd, gyrnde ut imprecabatur i. optabat, An. Ox. 2820. <b>IV c.
lufu
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Ðá lufe mon mæg swíþe uneáþe, oððe ná, forbeódan, 35, 6; F. 170, 11. Druncen beorg þé . . . and idese lufan, Fä. 26. <b>IV a.</b> personified :-- Ðec lufað clene lufe te diligat castus amor, Ps. Srt. ii. p. 202, 7.
hold
Kind, ⬩ friendly, ⬩ pleasant, ⬩ favourable, ⬩ gracious [of a prince to his subject], ⬩ faithful, ⬩ loyal, ⬩ devoted, ⬩ liege [of a subject to his prince]
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Frýnd synd hie míne georne holde on hyra hygesceaftum ic mæg hyra hearra wesan, Cd. 15; Th. 19, 8; Gen. 288.
hé
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Mon mæg geþencean ꝥ hé on riht gedémeð, Ll. Th. i. 56, 29.
folc
a people ⬩ a nation ⬩ an army ⬩ a race ⬩ tribe ⬩ sect ⬩ lay-folk ⬩ the laity ⬩ the people ⬩ followers ⬩ the people ⬩ the common people ⬩ country-folk ⬩ folk ⬩ men ⬩ people ⬩ folks ⬩ a crowd ⬩ company ⬩ troop ⬩ people ⬩ folk
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Forlǽt mín folc þæt hit mæg offrian mé, Ex. 5, l. used of Christians Gif se biscop ne geþafaþ ꝥ Godes folc heora líf on wóh lybban . . . Gode is his folc swýþe leóf, Bl. H. 45, 19, 35: 47, 21.
hám
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Ic hire beád gymmas . . . and mǽre gebytlu, hámas and hýred, Hml. S. 8, 37. a place that used to be a person's home Gif man mægð gebigeð . . . gif hit fácne is, eft æt hám gebrenge, Ll. Th. i. 22, 2: 10, 8. in connexion with marriage, v. VII.
cwealm
Death, destruction, a violent death, slaughter, murder, torment, plague, pestilence, contagion ⬩ QUALM; mors, pernicies, nex, cædes, homicidium, cruciatus, lues, pestis, pestilentia, contagium
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Cwealma mǽst the greatest of torments, hell, Exon. 31b; Th. 99, 20; Cri. 1627. Micel cwealm wearþ ðæs folces the mortality of the people was great, Homl. Th. ii. 122, 18. Cwealm pestilentia vel contagium vel lues, Ælfc. Gl. 9; Som. 57, 8; Wrt.
mǽrþu
greatness ⬩ honour ⬩ glory ⬩ fame ⬩ a great ⬩ honourable ⬩ glorious action ⬩ a wonderful thing ⬩ mighty work
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Ðǽr wæs Beówulfes mǽrþo mǽned there was celebrated Beowulf's glory. Beo. Th. 1718; B. 857: 1322; B. 659. Mǽrþo fremman to achieve glory, 4274; B. 2134.
þreátian
to urge ⬩ press ⬩ to oppress ⬩ afflict ⬩ vex ⬩ trouble ⬩ exercise ⬩ harass ⬩ to urge a person to something ⬩ press for something ⬩ force to do something ⬩ to reprove ⬩ rebuke ⬩ to threaten
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MSS.) mæge cum tempus subditis ad correptionem quaeritur, Past. 21; Swt. 153, 6. Líðelíce tó ðreátianne (ðreátigeanne, Cott.