be-seón
To look ⬩ attention ⬩ expectation ⬩ To see about ⬩ care for ⬩ attend to ⬩ provide for
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Th. 52, 3. þæt folc beseah on Faraones here, Ex. 14, 10. Hé beseah tó heofenum, Hml. Th. i. 62, 9: Ap. Th. 11, 18. Hé underbæc beseah wið þæs wælfylles, Gen. 2562. þonne hié besáwon on þá burg, Ors. 2, 8 ; S. 92, 32.
land
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Ealle þá þe þǽr on lande (ealle þá landleóde, v. l.) all those in the country Gr. D. 145, 7. Ánum ðára burgawará londes (ríces, W. S. regionis ) ðæs, Lk. L. 15, 15. Wæs se fruma egeslic leódum on lande, B. 2310.
ge-wanian
to lessen ⬩ diminish ⬩ to be wanting
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Th, 958; B. 477: Cd. 24; Th. 31, 6; Gen. 481: Gen. 8, 1. Ðá wæs ðæm tunglum gewonad heora beorhtnes then had the stars their brightness diminished, Shrn. 64, 22. to be wanting Giwonia deesse, Rd. 71, 37
ge-beór
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Se cyning bebeád þám gebeórum eallum ꝥ hí blíþe wǽron æt his gebeór-scipe, and ꝥ ǽlc mann drunce þæs deórwurðan wínes be þám þe hé sylf wolde, Hml, A. 92, 20. Gemétte hé gebeóras blíðe æt þám húse, . . . and sæt mid þám gebeórum blissigende samod.
ange
Narrow ⬩ straitened ⬩ vexed ⬩ troubled ⬩ sorrowful ⬩ angustus ⬩ anxius ⬩ vexatus ⬩ tristis
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Ðá wæs ðam cynge swíðe ange on his mode then the king was greatly troubled in his mind, Ors. 2, 5; Bos. 48, 14
sige-hréðig
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Th. 146, 4 ; Gú. 704. Hig ne wéndon ðæt hé sigehréðig sécean cóme þeóden they did not expect that Beowulf would come triumphant (from his fight with Grendel's mother) and visit Hrothgar, Beo.
ed-wít
A reproach, disgrace, blame, contumely, scorn ⬩ opprobrium, probrum, ignōmĭnia, cavillātio
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Ne þearf ðé on edwít Abraham settan Abraham need not put thee in reproach, i. e. reproach to thee, Cd. 130; Th. 165, 7; Gen. 2728. And me eác fela ðínra edwíta on gefeóllon et opprobria exprobrantium tĭbi cecĭdērunt super me, Ps. Th. 68, 9: 73, 21
grund
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D. 240, 19. the solid bottom or earth underlying the sea or other water Þaet seó sǽ seofan dagas drígne grund þám folce gegearcige, Hml. Th. i. 564, 24.
dreógan
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Add: to do, perform; commit, perpetrate Se þe déð ǽnig unnyt, hé drýhð deófles willan, Wlfst. 279, 2. Wá eów þe ofer*-*drenc dreógað, 46, 15. On gedwimerum þe men on dreógað fela þæs þe hí ná ne sceoldan, Ll. Th. ii. 248, 7.
hyhtan
To hope ⬩ trust ⬩ rejoice
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Se þeóda láreów lǽrde ða rícan ðæt hí heora hiht ne besetton on ðám swicelum welum, ac hihton on God ðæra góda syllend the teacher of the gentiles taught the rich that they should not set their hope on deceitful riches, but should hope in God, the giver
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a-wyrdan
To injure ⬩ corrupt ⬩ destroy ⬩ lædere ⬩ corrumpere ⬩ vitiare ⬩ violare
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Ðýlæs hí [scil. wæstmas] rénes scúr awyrde lest the shower of rain should destroy them [i. e. the fruits ], Exon. 59 b ; Th. 215, 2 ; Ph. 247
dǽl
- Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 79
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Be (þám) dǽle þe (þæt) in so far as, to the extent that :-- Be dǽle ðe wé mægen in quantum possumus, Past. 231, 4. Be þám dǽle þe hé mæge quantum possit, Ll. Th. ii. 182, 10: Bt. 34, 12; F. 152, 19: Shrn. 163, 8: 186, 16: 194, 14.
ge-hende
Neighbouring ⬩ next ⬩ vicinus
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Ðá férdon hí to gehendre byrig then they went to a neighbouring city, Homl. Th. i. 456, 5. Ðæt hý ðǽr, gehendaste wǽron on gehwylc land ðanon to winnanne that they there should be most handy for waging war thence on every land, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 61, 5
and-sæc
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Th. i. 290, 15-17. Ne beó hé nánes andsæces wyrðe he shall not be entitled to make denial, 288, 9. Þone þe tó nánan andsæce ne mæge, 228, 14. 'Ne mæg ic wunian.' . . . Ðá ðáá Þú ondsæc dydest, þæt þú on feorwegas féran ne cúðe, An. 929. Add
Æðelrǽd
Ælhelred ⬩ Æthelréd ⬩ Æthelrédus
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When 896 winters were passed after his birth, and in the fourth indiction year, then in that year Æthelred alderman assembled all the witan of the Mercians together at Gloucester, bishops, and aldermen, and all his nobility; and did that with the knowledge
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floc-rád
A riding company ⬩ a troop ⬩ turma
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Fóron hie æfter ðæm wealda hlóþum and flocrádum they went through the wood in bands and troops, 894; Erl. 90, 13
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gésne
Lacking ⬩ wanting ⬩ destitute ⬩ lifeless ⬩ expers ⬩ egenus ⬩ destitutus ⬩ exanimis
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Lacking, wanting, destitute, lifeless; expers, egenus, destitutus, exanimis Læg se fúla leáp gésne the foul corpse lay lifeless, Judth. 10; Thw. 23, 8; Jud. 112.
Columba
An Irish priest, the Apostle of the Highlands
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Columba was abbot 32 years, and died there, at the age of 77, on the 9th of June, 597 Bd. 3, 4; S. 106, 107 it is not in king Alfred's A. Sax. version. Columba is thus spoken of in the Chr. A.
langian
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Mé á langað ( it ever distresses me ) þæs þe ic þé on þyssum hýnðum wát, Seel. 154. Longað þonne þý lǽs þe him con leóða worn he that knows many songs sorrows the less Gu. Ex. 170.
cyre-áþ
The select oath, the oath sworn by the accused, together with a certain number of consacramentals selected by him out of a fixed number of persons named to him by the judge ⬩ juramentum electum, quod quis præstabat cum aliquot coujura-toribus ab ipso selectis e quibusdam a judice nominatis [Schmd. 566]
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The select oath, the oath sworn by the accused, together with a certain number of consacramentals selected by him out of a fixed number of persons named to him by the judge; juramentum electum, quod quis præstabat cum aliquot coujura-toribus ab ipso selectis