under-fón
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(l b) to receive what moves to meet one :-- Hú manige hleórslægeas hé underféng æt ðæm ðe hine bismredon. Past. 261, 6. þæt hé þæt hálige treów underfénge feallende tó foldan, Hml. Th. ii. 508, 27.
wuldor
Glory ⬩ vainglory
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Him wuldur(gloria) and wela wunaþ æt húse, references>Ps. Th. 111, 3. Hebban herebýman hlúdan stefnum wuldres wóman, Cd. Th. 183, 31; Exod. 100. Wuldres gim (the sun), Andr. Kmbl. 2538; An. 1270.
Linked entries: wulder wuldor-full
fæder
a parent ⬩ a step-father ⬩ forefather ⬩ fathers ⬩ ancestors ⬩ father ⬩ a god-father ⬩ a patron
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On ðæs Fæder húse, 409, 5. Þínum Fæder (Federe, L.), Mt. 6, 18
EÁC
EKE, also, likewise, moreover, and ⬩ etiam, quoque, et ⬩ Nevertheless, however ⬩ nihilōmĭnus ⬩ So also, also, moreover, very like, even so, as if ⬩ parimŏdo, tamquam ⬩ Quin et ⬩ So also, even so, likewise
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Adam hæfde nigen hund wintra and þrítig eác Adam had nine hundred winters, and thirty also, Cd. 55; Th. 68, 31; Gen. 1126: 58; Th. 71, 3; Gen. 1165.
wilnian
of animate objects ⬩ to desire, ask for ⬩ with gen. or uncertain ⬩ with accusative ⬩ with infinitive ⬩ with geniudial infinitive ⬩ with genitive and gerundial infinitive ⬩ with a clause ⬩ absolute or uncertain ⬩ to desire to go ⬩ to tend to an end
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Ne wilna ðú ðínes néhstan húses ne his wífes non concupisces domum proximi tui nec desiderabis uxorem ejus, Ex. 20, 17. Hwelc fremu is ðe ðæt ðú wilnige ðissa and-weardena gesǽlþa ofer gemet? Bt. 14, I; Fox 42, 8.
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wyrcan
to work ⬩ labour ⬩ to make ⬩ to make ⬩ form ⬩ construct ⬩ to be the source ⬩ cause of, to produce ⬩ to make ⬩ constitute ⬩ to work ⬩ do ⬩ perform ⬩ to perform a rite ⬩ keep a season ⬩ to work ⬩ effect a purpose ⬩ attain an object,
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Ic mé ðæs wyrce, ðæt ic gange on hús Godes, Ps. Th. 83, 11. Ealle ðe unrihtes wyrceaþ omnes qui operantur iniquitatem, Ps. Th. 52, 5 : 58, 2 : 73, 19. Hé him ðæs worhte tó, Cd. Th. 143, 11 ; Gen. 2377. Ða ðe unrihtes worhtan, Ps.
þearf
need ⬩ needful things, ⬩ what is needful ⬩ what is required of a person, ⬩ duty ⬩ use, ⬩ service, ⬩ behoof, ⬩ good, ⬩ advantage, ⬩ profit ⬩ a useful thing, ⬩ profitable employment ⬩ need, ⬩ distress, ⬩ straits, ⬩ difficulty
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Godes hús séce hé gelóme him sylfum tó þearfe, 73, 16. Hit wearð mancynne tó mycelre þearfe, 23, 5: 119, 16. Tó þearfe usefully, profitably, 49, 2: Byrht. Th. 138, 38; By. 232: Menol. Fox 426; Men. 214.
weorc
Work ⬩ opus. ⬩ work ⬩ operative action ⬩ operation ⬩ working ⬩ doing ⬩ performance ⬩ work ⬩ doings ⬩ actions ⬩ what a person does ⬩ what happens ⬩ work ⬩ labour ⬩ occupation ⬩ employment ⬩ any form of long-sustained or habitual activity ⬩ a particular act of labour ⬩ workmanship ⬩ a work ⬩ deed ⬩ any action ⬩ of action that gives affect to anything ⬩ a work, ⬩ what is wrought ⬩ a strong building, ⬩ fortress ⬩ work, ⬩ what is done, ⬩ effect produced ⬩ pain, ⬩ travail, ⬩ grief, ⬩ the instrumental or dative is used in the phrase weorce wesan with the dative of the person — to be painful to a person
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Ben. workmanship Wæs ðæt hús hwemdragen, nalas æfter gewunan mennisces weorces, ðæt ða wágas wǽron rihte Blickl. Homl. 207, 18. a work, deed, any action Déd ł wærc opus Jn. Skt. p. 1, 6.
fill
death ⬩ destruction
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Fæll húses ruina domus, Mt. L. 7, 27. Faell, Lk. L. 6, 49. Feallo torres ruiná torris, p. 8, 3. Fylle lapsu, An. Ox. 26, 44. Geswell þe wyrþ of fylle oððe of slege, Lch. ii. 6, 27. Hé on fylle wearð he slipped and fell, B. 1544.
hálgian
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<b>II b β</b>. to consecrate the Eucharistic elements :-- Swá oft swá man húsel hálgað, Ll. Th. i. 360, 33. to honour as holy Hy. 5, 2 (in Dict.). to keep a day holy, Bl. H. 37, 32 (in Dict.)
hleahtor
a laugh
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Þ æt wíf áhlóh wereda drihtnes nalles glædlíce, ac heó þone hleóðorcwide husce belegde on sefan swíðe . . . on búre áhóf hihtleásne hleahtor, Gen. 2387. a laugh, a burst or peal of laughter Þá higeleáslican ceahhetunga, hlehtras ineffrenatos cachinnos
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ildra
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Hé hiene hétt bebyrgean an his ieldrena byrg hunc referri in sepulchra majorum sepelirique praecepit, Ors. 3, 9; S. 128, 16. (2 a) of an animal :-- Seó leó gemonð þæs wildan gewunan hire eldrana, Bt. 25; F. 88, 13. ancestors, fathers of a people Úre
sæc
Strife, contest, conflict
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Ic ofslóh æt ðære sæcce ( the battle with Grendel's mother) húses hyrdas, Beo. Th. 3334; B. 1665. Hé tó sæcce bær wǽpen wundrum heard he to battle bore a weapon wondrous hard, 5366; B. 2686.
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á-dón
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Hé ádyde Húnas of Galliam Gallias a barbaris occupatas liberavit, 6, 28; S. 278, 8. Gif man bán of ádó, Ll. Th. i. 98, 13,. Tó ádóanne of hine ad deponendum eum, Mk. L. 15, 36. onweg Hé ádyde ðæt heáfod onweg, Bl. H. 183, 24.
fremming
progress ⬩ advance ⬩ a doing ⬩ accomplishing ⬩ the doing ⬩ operation ⬩ the doing
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D. 117, 20. a doing, accomplishing, Similar entries v. fremman; II. 2. the doing, operation of an agent Swá hwæt swá on ðám húsle is þe ús lífes edwist forgifð, þæt is of ðǽre gástlican mihte and ungeswenlicere fremminge, Hml. Th. ii. 270, 26.
scop
A poet
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Ðes sceop hic poeta, ðises sceopes huius poetae, Ælfc. Gr. 7; Zup. 24, 6: 36; Zup. 215, 8. Wítega oððe sceop vates, 10; Zup. 77, 3. Be ðam wæs singende sum sceop ude tragicus exclamat, Bt. 30, l, Fox 106, 31.
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þencan
To think ⬩ to meditate, ⬩ cogitate, ⬩ consider ⬩ to think, ⬩ have in the mind ⬩ to think, ⬩ suppose ⬩ hold as an opinion or belief ⬩ to think of ⬩ consider, ⬩ employ the mind on a subject ⬩ to think about, of, on a subject ⬩ to direct the thoughts to an object, ⬩ to look to with attention, ⬩ turn the thoughts to ⬩ to look to with trust, ⬩ expectation ⬩ expect of. ⬩ to turn the thoughts to action, ⬩ to be bent upon something, ⬩ have an intention to do something ⬩ to determine, ⬩ devise ⬩ mean, ⬩ purpose ⬩ intend, ⬩ to think of doing something, ⬩ intend to do ⬩ to desire, ⬩ seek ⬩ to think, ⬩ call to mind, ⬩ originate in the mind
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Th. 117, 8. where the subject of thought is given in a clause introduced by an indirect interrogative Hé þencþ hú hé hine éþelícost beswícan mæge, Blickl. Homl. 55, 21. Hé þóhte hú hé him stól geworhte, Cd.
for-dón
to do for ⬩ destroy ⬩ kill ⬩ perdĕre ⬩ destruĕre ⬩ dēlēre ⬩ contĕrĕre ⬩ interfĭcĕre ⬩ occīdĕre ⬩ to seduce ⬩ defile ⬩ corrupt ⬩ sedūcĕre ⬩ scĕlĕrāre
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Hú oft ic hæbbe fordón ða Egiptiscan quotiens contrīvĕrim Ægyptios, Ex. 10, 2. to seduce, defile, corrupt; sedūcĕre, scĕlĕrāre Ðeáh heó dearnenga fordón wurde mid ligenum though she [Eve] was secretly seduced with lies, Cd. 30; Th. 39, 22; Gen. 629.
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ge-seón
To see ⬩ videre, conspicere
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Th. 463; B. 229: 2051; B. 1023. followed by a clause Hie geseóþ hú God ða stówe geweorðaþ they see how God honours the place, Blickl. Homl. 129, 25: 229, 22: 41, 28: Ps. Th. 73, 19.
Linked entry: ge-sión
under-standan
to understand ⬩ have insight into ⬩ to understand ⬩ perceive ⬩ know certainly ⬩ to understand in such and such a sense ⬩ to conceive of ⬩ consider ⬩ to accept as correct ⬩ to observe ⬩ notice ⬩ consider
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Th. i. 10, 2-5. to understand, perceive, know certainly Understand be ðám hú se ælmihtiga God hí ealle gesceóp bútan antimbre know certainly concerning them, how that the almighty God created them all without matter, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 178.
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