blǽd
a blast, blowing, breath, spirit, life, mind ⬩ flamen, flatus, inspiratio? spiritus, vita, animus ⬩ enjoyment, prosperity, abundance, success, blessedness, gift, reward, benefit, glory, honour ⬩ fruitio, prosperitas, abundantia, successus, beatitudo, donum, præmium, beneficium, gloria, dignitas ⬩ flatus
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spiritus, vita, animus Gif máre blǽd windes astág [MS. astahg] if a stronger blast of wind arose; si flatus venti major adsurgeret, Bd. 4, 3; S. 569, 8. Þurh gǽstes blǽd through the spirit's inspiration, Exon. 63 b; Th. 234, 33; Ph. 549.
ge-mittan
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II. to find after search or effort :-- Hé cuóm gif huæt gemitte on ðǽm, Mk. L. R. 11, 13. Soecað gié mið ðý gimitta mæge, Rtl. 10, 26. Soeca . . . gimitta, 14, 16
on-cnáwan
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Oncneáw gié intellexistis, 51. Oncneáun (-cneówan, R.) intellexerant, Mk. L. 6, 52. Ꝥte oncnéwe intellegeret, Mk. p. 2, 4. <b>II a.</b> to know by experience :-- Gif ðú ꝥ ne dést, þú scealt oncnáwan þone gesettan dóm, Ap.
á-hebban
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, Num. 16, 3. to give higher worth or value to, to exalt Up áhef hig extolle eos , Ps. L. fol. 195 b, 23. Ǽlc man sceal his gódan dǽda áhebban, gif hé sceal gód and medeme weorþan, Bl.
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ge-rǽcan
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Voc. ii. 67, 52. to hold out something and give it to a person, hand to a person Hé onféng hláfe and bræc and giráhte him, Lk. R.
hwá
Who ⬩ what. ⬩ any one ⬩ some one ⬩ anything ⬩ something ⬩ whosoever ⬩ whatsoever, ⬩ whatever
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Gif hé næbbe hwæt hé selle if he have not anything to give, L. Alf. 24; Th. i. 50, 16. Ne furþum ne giémaþ hwæt hie dón oððe hwonne hie hwæt dón qui nequaquam, quæ quando agant, inspiciunt, Past. 39, 3; Swt. 287, 7.
ge-séman
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</b> of a legal settlement, to give judgement in a suit, make award in as arbitrator :-- Gif man óðerne tihte . . . gesécæn hiom sǽmend . . . siþþan sió sace gesémed sió an seofan nihtum se man þám óðrum riht gedó . . . gif hé þonne ꝥ nylle gelde
wana
wanting ⬩ lacking ⬩ absent ⬩ to be wanting ⬩ wanting for the completion of a number
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III. wanting, not complete, deficient :-- Gif nán wuht full nǽre, ðonne nǽre nán wuht wana ; and gif nán wuht wana nǽre, ðonne nǽrenán wuht full; for ðý biþ ǽnig full þing, ðe sum biþ wana, and for ðý biþ ǽnig þing wana, ðe sum biþ full, Bt. 34, I ; Fox
swilc
where the word points to what has been already described ⬩ such ⬩ the like, the same ⬩ such . . . as ⬩ such as ⬩ so (as) much, so (as) many
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Ða swilcan gifa hí ne þurfon forlǽtan, Shrn. 192, 3. predicatively Hió nǽfre siþþan swelc wæs it (Rome) was never the same afterwards, Ors. 6, 1: Swt. 252, 24. Gif hé suelc (swelc, Cott. MSS.) wǽre, Past. 16; Swt. 101, 10.
writ
a writing ⬩ writ ⬩ scripture
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Newrit ðiús (scripturam hanc) leornada gié, Mk. Skt. Lind. 12, 10. Æfter ðon ðe hálige writu sprecaþ, Bd. 2, 20; S. 522, 28. Wrioto wítgana scrip-turae prophetarum, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 56. Wriotto, 26, 54. Writto, Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 49.
án-wilnes
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Gyt git þurhwuniað on incre ánwilnesse. Bl. H. 187, 33. He hit for his ánwylnysse déð, Hml. S. 12, 6: 13, 92. Forlǽt þíne ánwylnysse, 8, 114: Hml. Th. i. 422, 31. in a good sense, persistence Godes ríce wunað on ánwylnysse þæs hálgan geleáfan.
cuma
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Ne aron gié gestas and níwe cumo non estis hospites et advenae, Rtl. 82, 30. Add
hrínan
To touch ⬩ reach ⬩ strike
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Gif hé mid his mihte muntas hríneþ qui tangit montes, Ps. Th. 103, 30: Exon. 106 b; Th. 406, 4; Rä. 24, 12. Hrín ða góman mid touch the fauces with it, L. Med. ex Quadr. 5, 3; Lchdm. i. 348, 10.
hwón
Little ⬩ few
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Gif huidir huón ic sægde quominus dixissem, Jn. Skt. Lind. 14, 2. Gif hé hwón hnappode if he dozed a little, Hom. Th. i. 86, 18. Ðá hwón onslép, Shrn. 60, 17. Hwónn, Bd. 3, 9; S. 534, 11.
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LIM
A limb ⬩ joint
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Gif wé tó lange sittaþ, slapaþ ða lima, Homl. Th. i. 490, 1. Gé sindon Cristes líchama and leomu (cf. Icel. Guðs, fjándans limir), ii. 276, 19. Unríhtwíse syndon deófles leomo, Blickl. Homl, 33, 8.
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nægel
the nail of a finger or toe ⬩ a nail ⬩ peg ⬩ an instrument for striking the strings of a harp
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Gif nægl of honda weorðe if a nail come off a hand, Lchdm. iii. 58, 7 : ii. 80, 20. Gif þuman nægl of weorðeþ, .iii. scill. gebéte . . . Æt ðám neglum gehwylcum scilling if a thumb-nail come off (from a blow) the bót shall be iii shillings . . .
un-gearu
not ready ⬩ not prompt ⬩ indisposed to act ⬩ not ready ⬩ not in a fit state for use ⬩ uncultivated ⬩ not ready, not prepared for attack
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Ǽlc here hæfð ðý læssan craft ðonne hé cymð, gif hine mon ǽr wát, ǽr hé cume; for ðæm hé gesihð ða gearwe ðe hé wénde ðæt hé sceolde ungearwe findan.
éhtan
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Gif ǽnig man Godes ciricgrið ábrece . . . éhte his ǽlc þára þe Godes fréond sí, Ll. Th. i. 340, 8. Ðý lǽs hwelc ðára niéhstena his éhte ( persequatur ) and gefoo, Past. 167, 4. Engel éhtiende hig angelus persequens eos, Ps. L. 34, 6.
ge-sleán
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I. l; Sch. 13, 7. to drive, fix a peg, stake, &c., pitch a tent Gif hé hæbbe geteld geslagen. Ll.
ge-wemman
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Gif hwá þæs cyninges brýde gewemde, Hml. Th. ii. 476, 28. Gewemmendes forligres maculantis prostibuli, An. Ox. 4964