á-drífan
to drive, cause to move (with violence) ⬩ to drive off, drive away ⬩ expellere, repudiare
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Ádrifen, bewered wǽre arceretur, 3, 52. Ádrifen elim(in)atus, 76, 58. Ádrifene eliminate, 96, 17. Hæfde hine Penda ádrifenne, Chr. 658; P. 32, 6. with words further marking removal, áweg Hí hine áweg ádrifon, Bl. H. 221, 22: Chr. 1086; P. 222, 3.
hál
Whole, hale, well, in good health, sound, safe, without fraud, honest; often used in salutation
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Whole, hale, well, in good health, sound, safe, without fraud, honest; often used in salutation Iosep áxode hwæðer hira fæder wǽre hál Joseph asked whether their father were well, Gen. 43, 27. Se man wæs sóna hál statim sanus factus est, Jn.
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heáh-nes
Highness, height, highest point, elevation, loftiness, sublimity, excellence
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Highness, height, highest point, elevation, loftiness, sublimity, excellence Ðæs heánes wǽre óð monnes swyran its height was up to a man's neck, Shrn. 81, 13. Sió heánes ðara munta altitudo montium, Past. 51, 5; Swt. 397, 36.
onettan
to hasten, move rapidly ⬩ to make a quick movement, to anticipate ⬩ to be quick in one's movements or actions, be active, quick or busy
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Hé gebrægd his swurd and wolde mé ofsleán ðǽr ic him ne onette and ic ðæt wíf gegripe be hire earme and mé tóforan ábrǽd and ðǽr ðis nǽre ðonne wǽre mín blód instæpe ágoten he drew his sword and would have slain me, if I had not anticipated him, and had
open-líce
Openly ⬩ publicly, in a way by which not a few only are affected ⬩ without concealment, without reserve, freely ⬩ plainly, evidently, clearly, manifestly ⬩ without obstruction, at large
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Th. 49, 3, Hié openlíce ðæt gesetton (they publicly decreed) ðæt hé swungen wǽre óþ ðæt hé swylte. Blickl. Homl. 193, 3. Wæs ðis ðara wundra ǽrest ðe ðes eádiga wer openlíce beforan óðrum mannum geworhte, 219, 3 : Homl. Th. i. 58, 15.
sóþ
Sooth ⬩ very ⬩ true ⬩ the opposite of that which is false, or merely pretends, or has the appearance of, genuine, real ⬩ true ⬩ in conformity with the actual state of things ⬩ true ⬩ righteous ⬩ just
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Hé þohte on him sylfum hwæt his sóðes wǽre he thought in himself what there was of it true, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 545. Fela spella him sǽdon ðaBeormas . . . ac hé nyste hwæt ðæs sóþes wæs, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 33.
steór
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Ǽgðer wǽre unnyt ge mildheortnes ge steór, gif hié ánlípe wǽron ... Fordæm scel bión on ðæm reccere ðæt hé sié mildheortlíce wítniende, Past. 17; Swt. 125, 3. Æfer ðæs gyltes gemete sceal beón gelengen ðære steóre gemet (disciplinae mensura), R.
þeód
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Ða ðióda wǽron hátene Iþaeige and Rétie, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 4. a language. v. ge-þeóde Þeáh ðe seofan men sittan on middanearde, and heó mihton sprecan on ǽghwylcere þeóde ðe betwux heofonum and eorðan wǽre, ðara is twá and hundseofontig, Wulfst. 214
ge-staþelian
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Srt. 118, 152. to make firm. in a physical sense, to cause not to be relaxed Þá sóna wǽron gestaðelode and gehǽlde ealle þá leomu and þá seonu in hire líchaman omnes in ejus corpore nervi ac membra solidata sunt. Gr.
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ge-þeaht
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Hié gesetton ꝥ hé ... swungen wǽre oþþæt hé swylte ... Sóna swá him ꝥ geþeaht tó cóm, Bl. H. 193, 5.
ge-líc
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Manigu wítu wǽron máran þonne óðru; nú sint ealle gelíce, 68, 7. Ꝥ þás Godes gerihta standan ǽghwǽr gelíce, 272, 14.
ge-lǽstan
to do ⬩ perform ⬩ accomplish ⬩ fulfil ⬩ discharge ⬩ execute ⬩ pay ⬩ făcĕre ⬩ perfĭcĕre ⬩ patrāre ⬩ præstāre ⬩ persolvēre ⬩ to accompany ⬩ follow ⬩ attend ⬩ serve ⬩ cŏmĭtāri ⬩ sĕqui ⬩ persĕqui ⬩ To continue ⬩ remain ⬩ last ⬩ endure ⬩ mănēre ⬩ dūrāre
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Ic ða wǽre sóþe gelǽste I will truly execute the compact, Cd. 106; Th. 139, 11; Gen. 2308. Gif we sóþ and riht symle gelǽstaþ if we always perform truth and right, Hy. 7, 75; Hy. Grn. ii. 288, 75.
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ge-hlýd
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Þá áweóx and bræclade mára swég . . . swylce eall seó cyrice wǽre . . . tóworpen fram þám grundweallum, Gr. D. 236, 10
rídan
to ride on horseback ⬩ equitare ⬩ to ride ⬩ to ride ⬩ to swing ⬩ rock
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Ðeáh ðe hé gewuna wǽre ðæt hé má eode ðonne ride, Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 17. Ne wæs álýfed ðæt hé móste bútan on myran rídan, 2, 13; S. 517, 7 : 4, 3; S. 566, 33. Nalæs rídende on horse, ac on his fótum gangende, 3, 28; S. 560, 33.
hé
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Him wearð gesǽd ꝥ wǽre Martinus, Hml.
hrædlíce
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Hé him word onsende, þurh þæt hí hrædlíce hǽlde wǽron, Ps. Th. 106, 19. Hwearf hé þá hrædlíce, B. 356.
án
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Hí wéndon ꝥ hí ána wǽron gecorene, Hml. S. 10, 176. For monigra monna ðingum, næs for hiera ánra, Past. 41, 22. Búton þám ánum þe áfeóllan, Hml. A. 2, 34. Nis hit ꝥ án ꝥ him ánum þǽm apostolum wǽre geofu seald, Bl. H. 137, 10.
hát
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Hé geworhte ánes fearres anlícnesse of áre, tó ðon þonne hit hát wǽre . . . Ors. 1, 12 ; S. 54, 24. Gif hit wæter sý, hǽte man hit oð hit hleówe tó wylme . . . hit swá hát sý swá wé ǽr cwǽdon, Ll. i 226, 13-20.
wén
supposition ⬩ opinion ⬩ thought ⬩ idea ⬩ hope ⬩ expectation ⬩ likelihood ⬩ probability ⬩ chance ⬩ perhaps ⬩ perchance ⬩ may be ⬩ probably
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Nimðe wén wǽre ni forsan, Wrt. Voc. ii. 93, 3. Cómon hí tó Eald-Seaxna mǽgþe gif wén wǽre ðæt hí ðǽr ǽnige ðurh heora láre Criste begitan mihte (si forte aliquos ibidem praedicando Christo adquirere possent) Bd. 5, 10; S. 624, 13
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ge-flít
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On þǽre tíde wǽron Iudan on miclum geflite and on micelre unsibbe wið þá landleóde adversus incolas Iudaei atrocissima bella gesserunt, 6, 10; S. 266, l.