swerian
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Ic swór mǽne áðas mínra hláforda lífe, L. de Cf. 9; Th. ii. 264, 11. where the object is a clause that contains a statement of that which is confirmed by oath Ðá ætsóc hé and swerede ðæt hé nǽfre ðone man ne cúðe tunc coepit detestari et jurare quia
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fæsten
firmament ⬩ citadel ⬩ fort ⬩ a fortification ⬩ entrenchments ⬩ fastness ⬩ stronghold ⬩ a prison ⬩ a sepulchre ⬩ Hell ⬩ claustrum
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Fæstna mǽst and mǽrost (Babylon; cf. Ors. 2, 4; S. 74, 24), Dan. 692. Faestinnum arcibus, Txts. 42, 110.
ymb
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Hé byð á ymbe ðæt án, hú hé on manna sáulum mǽst gesceaðian mæge, L. C. E. 26; Th. i. 374, 25. Hé sǽde ðæt Aldberht and Alhhún wǽron ǽr ymb ðæt ylce, Chart. Th. 140, 14. Ðás feówero ymb woeson ( = woeron?)
tǽcan
To shew. ⬩ to offer to view, present ⬩ to shew an object to a person so that the object may be attained by the person, to shew a way, a place, etc. ⬩ without an object, to shew the way, direct ⬩ without an object, to direct ⬩ to shew a person (dat. or acc.) the direction that must be taken, to direct, to cause a certain direction to be taken, the direction being marked, by a preposition. ⬩ to shew the course that must be followed, what should be observed, to direct, appoint, prescribe, enjoin. ⬩ to shew, indicate, signify
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Ic ðé mæg tǽcan óþer ðing, 38, 3; Fox 198, 29. Ða mæssepreóstas sceolan heora scriftbéc mid rihte tǽcan and lǽran. Ða láreówas sceolan synnfullum mannum eádmódlíce tǽcan and lǽran, ðæt hié heora synna cunnon onrihtlíce geandettan, Blickl.
ge-lǽstan
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Þeós andwearde tíd þyses dæges ne mæg ús genihtsumian ne gelǽstan tó þysum bysenum the lime would not last us out for these examples, Gr. D. 91, 25. Þes pallium þe ic werige wyle mé gelǽstan, Hml. S. 36, 160
nemnan
to name ⬩ give a name to a person or thing ⬩ to use such and such a name or title in speaking of a person or thing ⬩ to call upon the name of ⬩ address by name ⬩ to invoke ⬩ to mention by name ⬩ to mention ⬩ relate ⬩ to name ⬩ nominate
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Sege hwæt ic þence, nemn gif ðú hit gereccean mǽge, Blickl. Honal. 181, 14. Mágun wé nemnan we can tell, Exon. Th. 107, 25; Gú. 64. Ðeáh ðe ic hý níhst nemnan sceolde though I should mention their names last, 326, 10; Víd. 126.
be-lúcan
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</b> to secure, protect :-- Ic hig wigge beleác manegum mǽgða, B. 1770. to shut up a place, to prevent entrance into a place, close Hé þone hálgan hám beleác, Bl. H. 9, 7. Hí heora baða belucon, Ap. Th. 6, 13: Ps. Spl. 16, II.
ge-openian
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</b> to make known, declare, spread the knowledge of :-- Gewurðe þín willa geopenod geond ealle world, Hy. 7, 36. to make clear, explain, expound God geopenude Abrahame hwæt hé mid þǽre sprǽce mǽnde, Gen. 18, 20.
ge-samnian
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R. 13, 14. non-material, to accumulate crimes, heap up damnation Hæfdon hié wróhtgetéme wið God gesomnod, Gen. 46. β to concentrate thought :-- Gesamnige hé, swá hé swíðost mæge, ealle tó þám ánum his ingeþonc.
ge-endian
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In huelc mæht wundra geendade ł dyde ( patraret ), Mt. p. 18, 19. Þǽr wæs swíþe ryht dóm geendad a very just sentence was there carried out, Ors. 6, 34; S. 292, 2. Ꝥ ungeháten is sceal beón geendod, Bl. H. 189, 27.
Ælfréd
Alfred ⬩ Alfrédus ⬩ Alfred the Great
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Ðá geféngon hy ðara scipa twa, and ða men [MS. mæn] ofslógon... Ða ylcan sumere, forwearþ ná læs ðonne xx scipa mid mannum mid ealle be ðam súþ. riman in the same year [A.D. 897], the king [Alfred] commanded his men to go to Wight...
tellan
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Ne mæg heó ús leáse tellan mendacii arguere nos non potest, Gen. 38, 23.
þúsend
a thousand
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Ðone sang ðe nán mon elles singan ne mæg, búton ðæt hundteóntig and feówertig and feówer ðúsendo, Past. 52; Swt. 409, 10. Wearð ðú hund þúsenda ofslægen, Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 78, 28. Ðá com him ongeán twá hund þúsenda monna, 3, 9; Swt. 132, 30.
friþ
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. ¶ figurative :-- Þonan ǽnig ne mæg firendǽdum fáh frið gewinnan from hell may no sinner escape to a sanctuary, Cri. 1001. terms made with an enemy of the law. Mowing of an outlaw.
ge-wítan
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Gewítað ( recedite ) from mé gé unryhtwyrhtan, Past. 27, 23, Ælþeódige mæn, gif hió hiora hǽmed rihtan nyllað, of lande mid hiora ǽhtum and mid synnum gewíten, Ll. Th. i. 38, 2: 406, 22. Of earde gewítan, 378, 12.
gangan
to go ⬩ walk ⬩ to go ⬩ pedestrian ⬩ foot ⬩ mounted ⬩ to move along, proceed ⬩ animate ⬩ live ⬩ to take a specified course ⬩ to be habitually in a specified condition ⬩ to pass, be current ⬩ to take place ⬩ to have a specified issue ⬩ to depart ⬩ to take one's way, proceed ⬩ go ⬩ move in a specified direction ⬩ go ⬩ and ⬩ to be carried, moved, impelled ⬩ to reach, extend ⬩ to pass ⬩ become ⬩ to come ⬩ to go to the closet, have an evacuation ⬩ to leave a permanent habitation ⬩ occupation
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Th. i. 268, 27: 322, 29: Wlfst. 272, 2. to take place Múða gehwylc mete þearf, mǽl sceolon tídum gongan every mouth needs meat, meals there must be at proper times Gn.
gód
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Ꝥ seó niównes þára metta mæge him góde beón, Lch. ii. 240, 16. (3 b) with dat. and dat. infin. Nis ná gód þisum men ána tó wunienne, Gen. 2, 18.
lust
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Úsic lust hweteð on þá leódmearce, An. 286. þæt ic þé mæge lust áhwettan that I may whet your appetite, i. e. make you more ready (to take us as passengers ), 303.
HEÁH
HIGH, tall, lofty, sublime, haughty ⬩ altus, excelsus, celsus, excellens, sublimis
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Seó is ealra dúna mǽst and hígest mons maximus et altissimus, Nar, 37, 32. Se hýhsta ealra cyninga cyning the most high king of all kings, Exon. 32 b; Th. 103, 1; Cri. 1682
ge-win
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Hafa þú æt þínum gewinne þæt þú mæge get what you can from your labour, Wlfst. 259, 24. Gé geseóþ nú mínra gewinna wæstm gefullian, Bl. H. 191, 23.