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bǽdan

to urgepresscompelimpelto requireexact

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Wǽron wit bǽdde ꝥ wit sceoldon hig wurþian, Shrn. 38, 21. to require, exact (with gen.) Þæs his lufu bǽdeð love for him requires that, Gn. Ex. 100.

secgan

(v.)
Grammar
secgan, secgean, secggan, secggean, sæcgan ; p. sægde, sǽde; pp. sægd, sǽd. [Forms as from an infin. sagian—sagast, sagaþ ; p. sagode; imp. saga, are given here.]
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Seggan, ðæt ic gesǽlig mon wǽre, Bt. 2 ; Fox 4, 13. Secgian hwæðer wǽre twegra strengra, Salm. Kmbl. 851. Micel is tó secgan, ðæt hé ádreág, Exon. Th. 134, 4 ; Gú. 502. Long is tó secganne, hú . . . , 421, 23 ; Rä. 40, 22 : Andr.

ge-líc

(adj.)
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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.

BLÍÐE

(adj.)
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BLÍÐE, comp. blíðra; superl. blíðost; def. se blíða, seó, ðæt blíðe; adj.

joyful, glad, merry, cheerful, pleasant, BLITHElætus, hilarisgentle, kind, friendly, clement, mild, sweetmansuetus, benignus, comis, clemens, mitis, suavisquiet, calm, peacefultranquillus, placidusjoy

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wǽron blíðe wið me on heora gebǽrum, and on heora móde hí blissedon on mínum ungelimpe they were friendly with me in their manner, and in their mind they rejoiced for my misfortune, Ps. Th. 34, 15.

for-wyrcan

(v.)
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Ealle þá þe fordémede wǽron oþþe hié selfe forworht hæfdon homines quicunque sceleribus obnoxii essent, Ors. 4, 9; S. 190, 36. ¶ for-worht, -wyrht guilty, criminal, sinful. as regards human law Wið cyning forwyr[h]t majestatis reus, Wrt.

wamb

(n.)
Grammar
wamb, e; f.

a belly, stomacha womba hollow

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Wiþ wambe wærce, 318, 15. Wiþ wambe heardnesse, 358, 3. Be windigre wambe, 162, 23. Ic wiht ( a sow) geseah féran, hæfde feówere fét under wombe, Exon. Th. 418, 11;Rä. 37, 3.

leás

(adj.)
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leás, adj.

loosedestitutevoid ofwithoutvainfalselyingdeceitfuldeceptivefaulty

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Ðonne sægde Petrus ðæt hé wǽre leás drý then said Peter that he was a false sorcerer, Blickl. Homl. 175, 7. Hit is swíðe leás tóhopa falsus equus ad salutem, Ps. Th. 32, 15.

Linked entry: -leás

un-gearu

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gearu, adj.

not readynot promptindisposed to actnot readynot in a fit state for useuncultivatednot ready, not prepared for attack

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Him wǽre ðonne iéðre ðæt hé hira ǽr gearra wénde, ðonne hé hira ungearra wénde, and hí gearuwe métte dum contra ictum quisque paratior redditur, hostis, qui se inopinatum credidit, eo ipso, quo praevisus est, enervatur, Past. 56; Swt. 433, 27-31.

be-werian

(v.)

prohibitforbidto protectdefend

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Treów bewerod mid rinde wiþ þone winter, Bt. 34, 10; F. 150, 7. to ward off, keep evil from a person Bewered wære arceretur (crudelitas), Wrt. Voc. ii. 86, 62

bodian

(v.)

to declareproclaimto foretellprophesycelebratepraiseto preacha persona doctrinebelief

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Ox. 1524. to proclaim the excellence of, celebrate, praise (cf. bodigend-lic) : Hé hine swá orgellíce up áhðf and bodode, ðæs ꝥ hé úþwita wǽre. Bt. 18, 4; F. 66, 29.

eáþe

(adv.)
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eáþe, adv.
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Swá hit eáþe beón mæg ꝥ se heáhengel of heofenum cumen wǽre, 197, 12. Gif huæt eáða ( forte ) gemitte, Mk. L. R. 11, 13. ¶ Eáþe mæg, perhaps, may be Eáða mæhte ł eáðæ mæge forte, Mt. L. 11, 23. Eáðe (ǽðe, R.) mæg forsitan, Jn.

frófor

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Þæt he wǽre gemedemod him forgyfan hwylcehugu frófre ( aliquod solatium ) þǽr tó eardianne . . . and sóna hé gemétte ǽnne beran standan beforan þám durum, Gr. D. 206, 5. Gedó nú fræmsume frófre þíne benigne fac, Ps. C. 130. Fyrena frófre, B. 628.

ge-síne

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. ¶ in the Lindisfarne and Rushworth glosses the word is used to translate videri, as passive of videre Þ te geséne wǽre from hiá quia uisus esset ab ea, Mk. L. R. 16, 11. Geséne hine uiso eo, Mt. L. 8, 34: Lk. L. 10, 31. Geséne ðone Hǽlend, Lk. L.

ge-timbran

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Æfter þǽm þe Rómeburg getimbred wæs anno ab Urbe condita, 2, 3; S. 68, 4 (and often ): Chr. 409; P. 11, 18. to rebuild, restore Hié ( Rome ) eft Agustus bet getimbrede þonne hió ǽfre ǽr wǽre, Ors. 6, 1; S. 252, 25.

hel

(n.)
Grammar
hel, hell, helle, e; f.
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Voc. ii. 97, 37: 31, 67. the abode of the fallen angels, the place of punishment of the wicked after death Ic wénde ꝥ ꝥ hell (hel, v.l.) wǽre be ðám tintregum unáræf-nendlicum ic oft secgan hýrde . . . ' Nis þis seó hell þe þú wénest,' Bd. 5, 12; Sch

lícettan

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Hé lícette ꝥ hé úþwita wǽre.

heán

(adj.)
Grammar
heán, adj.

Low, mean, abject, poor, humbled, humblehumilis, infamis

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Ðeáh hit se læsta wǽre and se heánosta though it were the least and the lowest, Blickl. Homl. 169, 23

hlóþ

(n.)
Grammar
hlóþ, e; f.

spoil, bootya band, troop, company, gang, crew, body of robbersthe crime of taking part in the action of a hlóþ

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Gif mon twýhyndne mon unsynnigne mid hlóþe ofsleá gielde se ðæs sleges andetta síe wer and wíte and ǽghwelc mon ðe on síþe wǽre geselle xxx scill. tó hlóþbóte if any one in company with others slay an unoffending 'twyhynde' man let him who acknowledges

settan

(v.)
Grammar
settan, p. sette; pp. seted, set[t] (
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Ðá ðú wǽre settende ðás sídan gesceaft, Exon.

Linked entry: on-settan

þe

(adv.; con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
þe, indecl.
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Áras sceoldon wilspella mǽst gesecgan, ðe ðæt sigor beácen méted wǽre, Elen. Kmbl. 1967; El. 985.

Linked entry: þý