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langoþ

(n.)
Grammar
langoþ, es; m.

Longing ⬩ desire ⬩ discontent

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Ic ǽfre ne mæg ðære módceare mínre gerestan ne ealles ðæs longaþes ðe mec on ðissum lífe begeat never can I be at rest from my grief of mind, nor from all the weariness that in this life hath laid hold on me, 115 b; Th. 444, 2; Kl. 41.

Linked entry: langaþ

un-meaht

(n.)
Grammar
un-meaht, -meht, -mieht, -miht, e; f.

Weakness ⬩ lack of power

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Ne bióð ðæt náne mihta ðæt mon mæge yfel dón, ac beóþ unmihta, Bt. 36, 7; Fox 182, 28. Hió his unmehta hine gemyndgaþ infirmitatis memoriam ad mentem revocat, Past. 65; Swt. 465, 32. Wurþaþ hig þurh ðæs mettruman unmihta beswicene, Wulfst. 285, 11

Linked entries: meaht un-miht

ge-þryccan

(v.)
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Ðætte ðæt lof hié tó ðǽm getrymede ðætte sió monung hié eft ne geðrycte quatenus eorum mentem, ne admonitio subjuncta concuteret laus praemissa solidaret, Past. 268, 22.

lǽnan

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Ys forboden ꝥ hé his feoh, ne his ǽhta ( pecuniam suam vel possessiones ) tó nánum unrihtum gafole ne lǽne; ꝥ is ꝥ hé hine máran ne bidde tó ágyfanne þonne hé him ǽr lǽnde; ac for lufe lǽne gehwá óðrum his feoh and his ǽhta, 194, 15-19. to grant Se góda

self-líce

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
self-líce, es; n.

Self-love ⬩ self-complacency ⬩ self-satisfaction ⬩ conceit ⬩ arrogance

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Hé hiene up áhefeþ on his móde on suelc gielp and on suelc selflíce se apud se per arrogantiam exaltat, 11, 4; Swt. 71, Ðæt freódóm ne gewende on selflíce and on ofermétto at libertas in superbiam non erumpat, 19, 3; Swt. 147, 3.

Linked entries: -líce -líce

ge-findan

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Hí synd nú on díglon behýdde ꝥ hí nán man ne mæg náhwǽr gefindan, Hml. S. 23, 291. to determine, provide, v. findan; 9 Éác is gefunden . . . gielde þone wer bútan wíte, Ll. Th. i. 84, 12.

á-hwǽr

Grammar
á-hwǽr, l. -hwer, -wer,
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Ówhwǽr (hówer, v. l. ), Bd. 4, 23; S. 595, 3. in any case, in any way, in any point Ne gé áhwǽr (-hwár, v. l. ) ne beón, þæs ðe gé bétan magan, gewitan ǽniges morðres, Wlfst. 40, 6. Deófol gelǽrð þæt ungesǽlig man ne árige áhwár, 53, 23: 166, 33.

a-byrgan

(v.)
Grammar
a-byrgan, -byrgean, -byrian

To taste ⬩ gustare

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Se wulf for Gode ne dorste ðæs hæfdes abyrian the wolf durst not, for God, taste the head, Homl. Brit. Mus. MSS. Cot. Julius, E. 7, fol. 203, Bibl. Bodl. MSS. Bodley 343

Linked entry: býrian

freónd-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
freónd-rǽden, -rǽdden, -rǽdenn, e; f.

A friend-condition ⬩ friendship ⬩ amīcĭtia

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A friend-condition, friendship; amīcĭtia Ðæt heó mínre ne gýme freóndrǽdenne that she cares not for my friendship, Exon. 66 b; Th. 246, 33; Jul. 71. Hig mihton náne freóndrǽdene wið hine habban they would have no friendship with him, Gen. 37, 4.

hú-meta

(adv.)
Grammar
hú-meta, adv.

How ⬩ quomodo

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Nú is tó besceáwigenne húmeta se ælmihtiga God geþafaþ ðæt ... now it is to be considered how it is that the almighty God permits that ..., 486, 17.

Linked entry: hú

níwian

(v.)
Grammar
níwian, p. ode

To renew ⬩ renovate ⬩ restore

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To renew, renovate, restore Nú mé Sethes bearn torn níwiaþ, Cd. Th. 76, 16; Gen. 1258. Hé níwade Cnutes lage (v. Freeman's Old English History, p. 241), Chr. 1064; Erl. 196, 2. Ne wrec ðú ða ǽrran yflu, búton hí mon eft níwige, Prov. Kmbl. 35.

á-bídan

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Nú wolde ic gebétan, gif ic ábídan móste ( if I might continue to live ) . . . ac ic wát ðæt ic ne eom wyrðe ðæs fyrstes, Hml. S. 26, 251. with gen. Hwæs ábítst ðú?, Hml. S. 24, 23. Hé wederes ábád. Chr. 1094; P. 229, 2.

and-weard

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Þeáh þe wé nú þǽr andwearde ne sýn, Bl. H. 129, 29. temporal Fleón ðis andwearde yfel, Past. 263, 13. active Swá andweard seó wyrt is ꝥ heó þý ylcan dæge þá stánas forbrycð, Lch. i. 212, 14. Andwyrdre, dǽdlicere practicae, i. actualis, An.

ge-lagian

(v.)
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Gif hé his ælmessan rihtlíce ne gelǽste, swá swá hit gelagod sý, 172, 4. Gebéte hé þæt, swá swá hit gelagod is, 181, 8. Heora yldran heom tealdan hú hit was gelagod syððan Sc̃s.

hǽmed-þing

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Add: with no sense of criminality Þes bisceop sǽde... ꝥ hé nǽfre on his lífe ne cóme neáh wífe þurh hǽmedþing, ac heóld his clǽnnysse, Hml. S. 3, 204.

gramlic

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Ne cwæð þú ná goda, ac gramlicra deófla, 8, 59. of things Nǽron hí geneádode tó ðám gramlican geþeahte, Hml. S. 27, 166. Hé genam áne cuppan mid cwealmbǽrum drence ... and begól þone gramlican drenc, 14, 76.

winnan

Grammar
winnan, <b>. A. I b.</b>
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Ná má heó ne byþ winnende on feferádlum, 29, 25. add: where the subject of the verb is a word denoting strife, to be carried on Mé lysteþ ásmeágean hwilc and hú micel wǽre ꝥ gecamp þe wann on þæs mannes breóstum considerare libet quale quantumque in

ge-stincan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-stincan, p. -stanc, pl. -stuncon; pp. -stuncen

To perceive by the sense of smelling; ⬩ olfacere aliquid ⬩ odorare ⬩ odorari

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Hí ná gestingcaþ [ = gestincaþ] they smell not, Ps. Spl. 113, 14

ge-tǽse

(n.)
Grammar
ge-tǽse, es; n.

An advantage; ⬩ commodum

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An advantage; commodum Ac geþenc ðæt ðú hym forwyrndest ǽlcra getésa ðá git becgen on líchaman wǽron and ðú hæfdest ǽlc good and he hefde ǽlc yfel ne mót he ðé nú ðý máre dón to getǽsan ðe ðú ðá hym woldest but remember that thou didst refuse him every

Linked entries: ge-tǽsu ge-tése

tó

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Add ꝥ ic eów tó ǽfen ǽr sǽde, ꝥ ilce ic eów nú segce, Hml. S. 23, 449. add: cf. I. 1 a ꝥ gé tó þýs húsle ne gangen. Rtl. 114, 21. cf. I. 4 i Swá hé nú dyde tó þís ilcan Ðeódríce, Bt. 16, 1; F. 48, 35. 1.