hnáh
Bent down, ⬩ low, ⬩ lowly, ⬩ humble, ⬩ abject, ⬩ mean, ⬩ poor
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Iudas cwæþ ðæt hé wénde him trage [Kmbl. þrage] hnágre Judas said that he expected for himself humiliating pain, Elen. Kmbl. 1333; El. 668. Wéndon hie wera cwealmes þræge hnágran they expected the death of men, a still worse time, Andr.
sum
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Ánum hé sealde fíf pund, sumum twá, sumum án, Mt. Kmbl. 25, 15. Ðá sende hé his þeów ... hé sende óðerne ... eft hé sumne sende, Mk. Skt. 12, 2-5.
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geótan
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guton, Hml.
þing
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Se crístena man cwæð þæt hé hæfde his ðing (cf. ýddysce, 27. ) and hine sylfne betǽht Benedicte (cf. ꝥ héé Add Ðá sǽde ic ꝥ ic his þinga feola ne cúþe respondi ignorare me quid faceret Alexander, Nar. 18, 24.
tówendan
To overthrow ⬩ upset ⬩ subvert ⬩ overturn ⬩ to overthrow ⬩ demolish ⬩ to overthrow ⬩ destroy ⬩ to destroy by changing ⬩ to repeal a law ⬩ abrogate ⬩ abolish ⬩ overthrow ⬩ destroy
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A sutare þet haueð forloren his el, he towent euerich strea uort he beo ifunden, A. R. 324, 18. Mid þusend-feld wrenches he þe herte towendeð, O. E. Homl. ii. 191, 26
be-feolan
to bury ⬩ to bear ⬩ be pleased with ⬩ to apply oneself earnestly to something ⬩ to be urgent with a person ⬩ to press ⬩ to persist ⬩ persevere with something ⬩ to persist in ⬩ continue
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D. 250, 27. with prep. to persist in, continue Ꝥ þæs Hǽlendes líc him wurde forstolen, mid ðám þe hí befúlon fæste on slǽpe while they continued fast asleep, Hml. A. 79, 159
for-swerian
To FORSWEAR ⬩ to swear falsely ⬩ perjure ⬩ ejūrāre ⬩ pējĕrāre
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We ne beóþ forsworene ĕrĭmus mundi ab hoc jūrāmento, Jos. 2, 20. He hine forsworenne and trýwleásne clypode he called him forsworn and faithless. Chr. 1094; Erl. 229, 32.
gítsung
Covetousness ⬩ avarice ⬩ cupidity ⬩ desire
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Homl. 57, 23
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eahtian
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Eahtige hé hine selfne on his inngeðonce suelcne suelcne hé ondrǽtt ðæt hé sié servent interius quod de sua aestimatione pertimescunt, 119, 8.
ge-cneordnes
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Þurh gecnyrdnysse háligra gebeda, Hml. Th. i. 118, 7: ii. 124, 26. Æfter nearoðancum gecneorþnissa ( studiorum ) heora ágyld him, Ps. Rdr. 27, 4: 98, 8. Hé forgifð ðá gástlican geðincðu ǽlcum be his gecneordnyssum, Hml.
feorh-fægen
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Glad to live Ðá hí ðus hí sylfe earhlíce betealdon, þá hét se cásere hí faran swá hwider swá hí woldon, and hí feorhfægene him fram sóna ðanon eódon, Hml. S. 23, 309
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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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Understand míne sprǽce animadverte sermonem (Dan. 9, 23), Homl. Th. ii. 14, 9. Ðæt tó understandenne ealle gedémdon hoc adtendendum cuncti decreuerunt, Anglia xiii. 371, 90. Ðæt geswinc his sýðfætes ne understandende hé mid hrædestan ryne arn, Homl.
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á-wár
Anywhere ⬩ alicubi
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Anywhere; alicubi Swilce he áwár wǽre, ǽrðan ðe he geboren wǽre as if he were anywhere, before he was born, Homl. Th. ii. 244, 19
nihstnig
fasting
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Eft hý ( monks ) gaderiaþ hý on nixtnig, ðæt hý raca gehýren æt heora fæder ... Hý siððan heora líchoman gereordaþ, R. Ben. 138, 2-8
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déman
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Hé nánum men ne déme ꝥ hé nolde ꝥ hé him démde, gif hé þone dóm ofer hine sóhte, Ll. Th. i. 56, 31. Add
on-fón
to take ⬩ to take what another appoints or grants, to receive, have given ⬩ to take what another offers, receive favourably, accept ⬩ to receive a person ⬩ to undergo a rite, undertake a duty ⬩ to conceive ⬩ to take to, to begin ⬩ incipere
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Geþencean wé, gif óðer nýten wǽre tó háligienne, ðonne onfénge hé heora hiwe, ac hé wolde úrum hiwe onfón, Blickl. Homl. 29, 2-6. Ðá nýddon hine hys yldran to ðæm ðæt hé sceolde woroldlícum wǽpnum onfón, 213, 2.
ann
he gives
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he gives Ðé he ann he gives thee, Ps. Th. 74, 7
stíþ
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Hé wæs swá stíð, ðæt hé ne róhte heora eallra níð, ac hí móston ðes cynges wille folgian, gif hí woldon libban, Chr. 1086 ; Erl. 222, 31.
ge-edlǽcan
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Þá ylcan láre þe hé him ǽr tǽhte hé eft geedlǽhte, Hml. Th. i. 28, 7. Hé eft geedlǽhte his word, Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 3. Ná geedlǽc þú ( iteres ) word mánfull, Scint. 79, 10. Ne geedlǽce hé hig eft ná ne repetat illa postea, Ll. Th. ii. 136, 15 : Hml.
for-wyrnan
To prohibit ⬩ deny ⬩ refuse ⬩ restrain ⬩ prevent ⬩ hinder ⬩ prohĭbēre ⬩ recūsāre ⬩ denĕgāre ⬩ renuĕre
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He ne forwyrnde woroldrǽdenne he refused not worldly converse, Beo. Th. 2288; B. 1142. Forwyrnde beón afréfrod sáwle mín renuit consōlāri anĭma mea, Ps. Spl. 76, 3.
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