hwæt-ness
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Hé ys gecweden for þǽra tungla hwætnysse momentum, ꝥ ys styrung, and on Lýden, a motu siderum, Angl. viii. 318, 6. Add
MÆGEN
MAIN ⬩ might ⬩ strength ⬩ force ⬩ power ⬩ vigour ⬩ efficacy ⬩ virtue ⬩ faculty ⬩ ability ⬩ an exercise of power ⬩ effort ⬩ a mighty work ⬩ miracle ⬩ a force ⬩ military force
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Ðá ongunnon hí mód and mægen niman . . . Mód and mægen Bryttas onféngon ceperunt illi vires animosque resumere . . . vires capessunt Brittones, Bd. 1, 16; S. 484, 15-19.
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sceótan
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Th. 315, 22 ; Mód. 35. Hé on bord sceát, Byrht. Th. 139, 46; By. 270. Hé mid geǽttredum strǽle ongan sceótan wið ðæs ðe hé geseah ðæt hrýþer stondan, Blickl.
deorcung
Twilight ⬩ crepuscŭlum
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Deorcunge, ǽfnunge crepuscŭlo, Mone B. 178
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formesta
Foremost ⬩ first ⬩ best ⬩ most valiant ⬩ prīmus ⬩ strēnuissĭmus
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Foremost, first, best, most valiant; prīmus, strēnuissĭmus Wæs he se wer se formesta ĕrat vir ipse strēnuissĭmus, Bd. 5, 20; S. 641, 37
un-æþelness
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For 'Dial. 2, 23' substitute Seó aeþelnes heora gebyrda gegearwað þæs módes unæþelnesse solet nobilitas generis parare ignobilitatem mentis, Gr. D. 151, 24
gyst
A guest
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A guest Ic wæs gyst módor cildum factus sum hospes filiis matris meæ, Ps. Th. 68,8; Cd. 114; Th. 150, 1; Gen. 2485
heán-spédig
Scantily, poorly endowed
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Scantily, poorly endowed Ðý læs hé forhycge heánspédigran lest he despise the more scantily endowed, Exon. 78 b; Th. 295, 1; Crä. 26
hlem
A sound, ⬩ noise, ⬩ crash
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A sound, noise, crash Nán monn ne gehiérde ne æxe hlem ne biétles suég absque mallei sonitu, Past. 36, 5; Swt. 253, 17
ge-bycgan
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M. 27, 15-19. ꝥte hiá gebohte ut negotiarentur, Lk. p. 10, 1. of payment by the husband before marriage Gif mon wíf gebycgge, and sió gyft forð ne cume, Ll.
hogian
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Gif þæt mód mid ðwyrlicum geðóhtum hogað óðrum dara, Hml. Th. i. 412, 28. Hogiende, serwiende molientes (aliud argumenti genus ). An. Ox. 2939. with infin. ꝥ ꝥ ofer byð ic hohgie gedélan, Solil. H. 35, 19.
drincan
DRINK, imbibe ⬩ bibĕre, potāre, imbĭbĕre
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Ac wite ðú, leóf man, ðæt se ðe óðerne neádaþ ofer his mihte to drincenne ðæt se mót aberan heora begra gild, gif him ǽnig hearm of ðam drence becymþ. Úre Hǽlend forbeád ðone oferdrenc.
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gift
a gift; as a technical term ⬩ the amount to be given by a suitor in consideration of receiving a woman to wife ⬩ marriage ⬩ nuptiæ
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a gift; as a technical term, the amount to be given by a suitor in consideration of receiving a woman to wife Gif mon wíf gebycgge and sió gyft forþ ne cume if a man buy a wife and the sum agreed upon be not forthcoming, L. In. 31; Th. i. 122, 5.
ge-lǽran
To teach ⬩ educate ⬩ instruct ⬩ advise ⬩ persuade ⬩ induce ⬩ dŏcēre ⬩ erŭdīre ⬩ persuādēre
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Ðæt gebrócode flǽsc gelǽrþ ðæt upahæfene mód the afflicted flesh teaches the proud mind, Past. 36, 7; Swt. 257, 14; Hat. MS. 48 a, 22. Hi á sibbe gelǽraþ they shall ever teach peace, Exon. 89 a; Th. 334, 23; Gn. Ex. 20.
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slǽpan
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Ðeáh ðæt mód slǽpe gódra weorca, Past. 56; Swt. 431, 25. Mé lyste slǽpan dormiturio, Ælfc. Gr. 34; Zup. 211, 12 note. Ongunnon slépan dormitaverunt. Ps. Th. 75, 5. Wæs ic slǽpende 56, 4: 77, 65. Ðá gemétte hé his geþoftan slǽpendne.
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ealdian
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Mon sceal on eorðan geong ealdian, Gn. Ex. 8. Ðæs ealdigendan mannes mægen bið wanigende. Hml. Th. ii. 76, 21. <b>I a.
ge-swígian
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Ðá ðis gesprecen wæs, þá geswigode (-sugode, v. l. ) ꝥ Mód. 18, 1 ; F. 60, 18. Geswugode, 24, 1; F. 80, 5. Gesweogode (-swugode, v. l. ), 39, 2 ; F. 212, 10. Geðreádon hine þte gesuigade, hé micle mára cliopade, Lk. L. 18, 39.
á-dwǽscan
to extinguish fire, light ⬩ to put an end to, put dawn, suppress a practice, doctrine, &;c. ⬩ to put down, suppress, destroy a person
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Móna biþ ádwǽsced, Bl. H. 93, 18: Angl. viii. 315, 38. Ádwǽscedum extirpatis (fomitibus ), An. Ox. 1134. to put an end to, put dawn, suppress a practice, doctrine, &;c. Seó sunne ðá þeóstre ádwǽscþ, Bt. 4; F. 6, 33.
GEÁR
A YEAR ⬩ annus
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Hæfde me éce geár ealle on móde annos æternos in mente hăbui, Ps. Th. 76, 5 : Lk. Bos. 2, 36. Þreó and þritig geára three and thirty years, Cd. 224; Th. 296, 16; Sat. 503. Geárum fród old in years, l09; Th. 143, 19; Gen. 2381.
nátes-hwón
Not at all ⬩ by no means
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Náteshwón haud, minime, nullatenus, 38; Som. 40, 13-15 : nequaquam, Som. 41, 55 : nequaquam, nullo modo, Hpt. Gl. 433, 60 : haud, 466, 70 : minime, 470, 24. Ne eart ðú náteshwón wacost burga thou art by no means least of towns, Homl. Th. i. 78, 14.
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