innera
Inner ⬩ interior
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Þurh ða twá pund wæs getácnod ǽgðer ge ðæt ýttre andgit ge ðæt inre by the two pounds was signified both the external and the internal sense, 554, 34. Se leó gewát on ðæt inre wésten the lion departed into the interior of the desert, Glostr.
leornere
A learner ⬩ reader
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Gif leornere geþéh þurh láre ðæt hé hád hæfde and þénode Criste if a scholar succeeded by learning so that he had holy orders and served Christ, L. R. 7; Th. i. 192, 12.
neádunga (-inga)
Forcibly ⬩ not willingly ⬩ under compulsion ⬩ of necessity
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Forcibly, not willingly, under compulsion, of necessity Hé nolde niman mancyn neádunga of ðam deófle búton hé hit forwyrhte he would not have taken mankind by force from the devil, unless he had forfeited it, Homl. Th. i. 216, 5.
ge-scerian
to bestow, appoint, provide, ordain, destine ⬩ tribuere, providere, ordinare, destinare ⬩ to number, reckon ⬩ numerare ⬩ to ordain, arrange
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Ic wéne ðæt ðǽr screoda wǽre gescyred ríme siexhundreda I believe that there were six hundred chariots reckoned by number, 122 a; Th. 468, 10; Phar. 5
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ge-séðan
To state as true, declare, prove, show, affirm ⬩ effāri, testĭfĭcāri, vērĭfĭcāre, contestāri, prŏbāre
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Ða wurdon mid manegum tácnum geséððe which were proved by many miracles, Homl. Th. ii. 130, 11
ge-mynan
To remember, remind
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Ðæt he mec bí noman mínum gemyne that he remember me by name, Exon. 76 a; Th. 215, 28; Jul. 721. Gie gemynan reminiscamini, Jn. Skt. Lind. 16, 4. Gemyne ðú ðæt ðú ðisne ele send on ða sǽ tu memento ut hoc oleum mittas in mare, Bd. 3,15; S. 541, 33.
ge-néðan
To venture, attempt, strive
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Sió sunne uncúðne weg nihtes genéðeþ the sun ventures on an unknown way by night, Bt. Met. Fox 13, 117; Met. 13, 59: Exon. 100 a; Th. 374, 1; Seel. 119. He genéðde under ánne elpend he ventured under an elephant, Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 77, 20: 8; 90, 8.
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regnian
To set in order, arrange, dispose, regulate
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: the later MSS. have reniende, renigende; the Lindisfarne MS. glosses reficientes by geboeton ł gestricedon) hyra nett, Mt. Kmbl, 4, 21
un-ǽmetta
Want of leisure for doing, something, occupation, business
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Gif man hwylc metrum cild tó mæssepreóste bringe, ðonne fullie hé hit sóna, and for nǽnigum unǽmtan ne forlǽte [ðæt] hé hit ne fullie if any sick child be brought to a priest, let him baptize it at once, and do not let him be prevented by any occupation
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ge-hwider
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D. 198, 15. limited by an implied condition Hé hæfde ǽnne látteów þe hine lǽdde gehwider ( wherever he went ), Hml. S. 21, 203.
ge-feccan
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Hé wolde þæs beornes beágas gefecgan, By. 160
hamer
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Wé þæt deór uneáþe mid ísernum hamerum and slecgum ( malleis ) ofbeóton, Nar. 21, 5. a hammer used by the master of the rowers to give signals for the stroke; portisculus, porticulus Hamere portisculo (crepante naucleri portisculo, Ald. 3, 3), Wrt.
ram-hund
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Liebermann suggests that the correct form would be hrán-hund, a reindeer-hound, but as in the same passage the payment for a slain greyhound is lxxx d. it seems hardly likely that any kind of deerhound could be compensated for by so small a sum as xii
BRYCE
to use, enjoy ⬩ Use, service, the occupation or exercise of a thing, profit, advantage, fruit ⬩ usus, ministerium, commodum
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Ealle werþeóde lifgaþ bí ðám lissum, ðe éce Dryhten gesette sínum bearnum to brice all tribes of men live by the blessings, which the eternal Lord bestowed on his children for their use, Exon. 54 b; Th. 193, 3; Az. 116.
of-sleán
to kill or wound by a blow, to kill, slay ⬩ to slay
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to kill or wound by a blow, to kill, slay Ic ofsleah wildeór ego jugulo feras. Coll. Monast. Th. 21, 19. Ic on morgenne ofsleá mânes wyrhtan in matutino interficiebam omnes peccatores, Ps. Th. 100, 8. Gif man mannan ofslæhþ, L.
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snǽdan
to slice, cut into slices ⬩ to snathe ⬩ to lop, prune, cut branches off trees ⬩ to hew ⬩ trim stones. ⬩ putare ⬩ to cut into slices
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to slice, cut into slices On hunig gesnǽd Lchdm. ii. 294, 9. to snathe [given by Halliwell as a northern word = to prune trees, and occurs in Ray's collection, E. D. S. Pub. Gloss. B. 15.
ge-þeaht
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Byþ hǽl þár þár fela geþeahtu synd, Scint. 199, 15. Ic ne gýmde þára nytlicra geþeahta mínra freónda, Nar. 6, 26.
heán-líc
Ignominious, disgraceful, vile, poor ⬩ infamis, fœdus, ridendus, dedecor, indecor
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Ignominious, disgraceful, vile, poor Tó heánlíc mé þinceþ ðæt gé mid úrum sceattum tó scype gangon unbefohtene too shameful methinks that ye with our treasures should go to your ships without a struggle, Byrht. Th. 133, 25.
swerian
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</b> to swear by or on :-- Swá hwylc swá swereþ on temple . . . swá hwá swá swereþ on ðæs temples golde, Mt. Kmbl. 23, 16, 18, 20, 21. Swá swá ðú swóre on sóðfæstnysse ðíne, Ps. Spl. 88, 48. Ic swerige ðurh God juro per Deum, Ælfc.
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hwæþere
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Th. i. 78, 6. by a particle expressing time Syþþan hié ðæt feoh onféngon, ne mihtan hié hweðre forswígian, Bl. H. 177, 31.