ge-métan
To find, find out, discover, come upon, meet with ⬩ invĕnīre, compĕrīre
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Se ðe gemét hys sáwle, se forspilþ híg qui invĕnit anĭmam suam, perdet illam, Mt. Bos. 10, 39: 24, 46: Lk. Bos. 12, 37, 38, 43.
strengðu
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Strængþ vigor, Hymn. Surt. 10, 10. Strengcþ. mín fortitudo mea. Ps. Spl. 17, 1. Strenð robur, Kent. Gl. 795. Ic eów healde strengðu staþolfæstre, Exon. Th. 31, 3; Cri. 490. In ðære gǽstes strengðu, 40, 14; Cri. 638.
trúwian
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Ða ðe hyra weorcum trúwiaþ, Exon. Th. 52, 24; Cri. 838. Ðá ðá ic him betst trúwode, Bt. 2 ; Fox 4, 12 : Beo. Th. 3991; B. 1993.
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be-werian
prohibit ⬩ forbid ⬩ to protect ⬩ defend
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Him þæt swíðe hys frýnd beweredon, 4, 26; Sch. 505, 18. with clause Ne wé eów be-werigeat (prohibemus) þæt gé ealle . . . tó ǽfæstnesse gecyrre, Bd. 1, 25; Sch. 55, 13.
dearnunga
Secretly, privately, clandestinely ⬩ clam, occulte, clandestīno
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Hwæt he dearninga on hyge hogde what he secretly meditated in his mind, Exon. 51 a; Th. 177, 13; Gú. 1226
dryht-líc
Lordly, noble, distinguished ⬩ princĭpālis, nōbĭlis, exĭmius
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Drihtlíce cempan hyra sweord getugon the noble warriors drew their swords, Fins. Th. 29; Fin. 14 : Beo. Th. 2320; B. 1158. Hí on dryhtlícestum dóme lifdon they lived in the most lordly power, Exon. 82 b; Th. 310, 35; Seef. 85
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for-swælan
To burn ⬩ burn up ⬩ consume ⬩ scorch ⬩ ūrĕre ⬩ exūrĕre ⬩ combūrĕre ⬩ concrĕmāre ⬩ exæstuāre
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Onleóht breóst and ðínre lufe forswæl illūmĭna pectŏra tuoque ămōre concrĕma, Hymn. Surt. 36, 12. Hí wurdon mid swæflenum fýre forswælede they were burnt up with sulphurous fire, Boutr. Scrd. 22, 32: Homl. Th. ii. 496, 27.
from-cyn
a from-kin ⬩ offspring ⬩ progeny ⬩ posterity ⬩ prōgĕnies ⬩ prōles ⬩ the race from which one springs ⬩ ancestry ⬩ origin ⬩ gĕnus ⬩ ŏrigo
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Ðæt ðú hyra fromcynn ýcan wolde that thou wouldest increase their offspring, Exon. 53 b; Th. 187, 19; Az. 33.
eaht
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Ne gewuna wyrsa(n) ǽngum eahta (gen. pl. cf. ænige þinga) don't make a companion of an inferior on any consideration, Fä. 24. reckoning, valuation Micel ígland, ðǽr synt syx hund hýda æfter Angelcynnes æhte ( juxta consuetudinem aestimationis Anglorum
mylen
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Sume menn syllað eác cyrcan tó hýre swá swá wáclice mylna . . . ac hit ne gedafnað ꝥ man dó Godes hús ánre mylne gelíc for lyðrum tolle, Hml. S. 19, 248-253. Fiscwer and mylne macian, Angl. ix. 261, 13.
orþian
To breathe, pant
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Orþiende swétnyssa spirans balsama, Hymn. Surt. 98, 19
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swíðe
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Swíðost hys spéda hý forspendaþ mid ðam langan legere, 21, 8. Ðæs hé wæs ealles swíþost to hergenne, ðæt . . . he was to be praised most of all for this, that. . . Blickl. Homl. 223, 27.
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ge-staþelian
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Gl. 1106. the object a non-material thing Þá ingehýd heora heortan fæstlíce on þone heofonlican hyht gestaþelodon, Bl. H. 135, 30. Ic gesette míne hyht on þec þæt hió fæstlíce stonde gestaðeled, Hy. 4, 38.
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for-standan
to stand up for ⬩ to defend ⬩ aid ⬩ help ⬩ benefit ⬩ avail ⬩ defendĕre ⬩ prodesse ⬩ to understand ⬩ intelligĕre
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Forstond ðú mec protect thou me, Exon. 118 b; Th. 455, 31; Hy. 4, 58. Hwá forstandeþ hie, gif ðu hie ne scyldest who shall defend it, if thou dost not shield it, Blickl. Homl. 225, 18.
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ná-hwæðer
Neither
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Dydon swá hwæðer swá hý dydon ne dohte him náwðer whichever of the two they did, neither did them any good, Bt. 29, 2; Fox 106, 2 : Exon. Th. 12, 22; Cri. 189. His rihtwísnys nolde hí neádian tó náðrum Homl. Th. i. 112, 3.
blǽd
a blowing ⬩ breath ⬩ breathing ⬩ spirit ⬩ inspiration ⬩ flame ⬩ blaze ⬩ prosperity
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Ox. 1527. inspiration Of gerýnelicum blǽde (spiramine) word Godes geworden flǽsc, Hy. S. 43, 36. Se Hálga Gást mid his blǽde onǽlde eorðlicra manna heortan, Hml.
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fæstnian
to betroth
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Wríte hé ðá fæstnunga mid his ágenre handa, and on ðám gewrite ródetácn mearcige and hý swá fæstnigende uppan ðám altare álecge, R.
gremian
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Gremmende lacessiens, 50, 56. to irritate, provoke. the object a person Hý ðé gremiað exacerbaverunt te, Ps. Th. 5, 11: Hml. Th. i. 100, 22. Gremede exacerbauit (neminem sermonum seueritas ), An. Ox. 7, 384: Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 6.
hlot
on allotted portion ⬩ a share ⬩ lot ⬩ lot ⬩ fate ⬩ fortune
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Hý ásendan hlota ofer þá xii cyn Israhéla, Hml. A. 130, 456. the urn in which the lots are placed (fig.): Hlote urna, An.
settan
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</b> to people or garrison a place with :-- Hér drǽfde Eádgár cyng þá preóstas on Ceastre of Ealdan mynstre . . . and of Middetúne, and sette hý mid munecan, Chr. 964; P. 116, 3.