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be-secgan

to announce ⬩ accuse

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A. 94, 87. with on, to bring a charge against, accuse:-- Dá leásan gewitan him on besǽdon: ' Ne geswícð ðes man . . . ' Hml. Th. i. 46, 1. to deny a charge, excuse one's self, Bd. 5, 19; S. 640, 11

fǽmn-hád

(n.)
Grammar
fǽmn-hád, es; m.
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Ic mínne fǽmnhád besmát. . . ne forleás ic mínne fǽmnhád for ǽniges mannes gyfum, Hml. S. 23 b, 328, 335. Add

folc-gestealla

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cf. fyrd-gestealla) Bigstandað mé strange geneátas, þá ne willað mé æt þám stríðe geswícan . . . hié habbað mé tó hearran gecorene . . . mid swilcum mæg man rǽd geþencean, fón mid swilcum folcgesteallan (= -um ?)

ge-hámettan

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Substitute: To domicile, settle in a fixed residence and so bring within reach of the law Wé cwǽdon be þǽm hláfordleásum mannum þe man nán ryht æt begytan ne mæg, ꝥ man beóde þǽre mǽgðe ꝥ hí hine tó folcryhte gehámetten, and him hláford finden, Ll.

grównes

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Add: flourishing condition, prosperity Drihten ingc syleð swá myccle grównysse on ingcran beorðre swá hé nǽfre nǽnigan hálgan ǽr ne sealde ( vobis deus talem dabit fructum qualem nunquam habuerunt prophetae ), Hml. A. 124, 257. offspring (?)

morþ

Grammar
morþ, <b>. I.</b>
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S. 17, 154. add: a very evil deed, mortal wrong Heora nán ne mihte ꝥ morð gefremman, Hml. S. 32, 209. Add Wíte ræfnian for þám gylte swá myceles morðes poenas pro illa tanti homicidii culpa tolerare Gr. D. 186, 27

wæfþ

(n.)
Grammar
wæfþ, wæft, e; f.

A sight ⬩ show ⬩ spectacle

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Hwá mæg forbæran ðæt hé swylcre wæfte ne wundrige, ðætte ǽfre swylc yfel gewyrþan sceolde under ðæs ælmihtigan Godes anwealde quae fieri in regno potentis omnia Dei nemo satis potest admirari, Bt. 36, 1; Fox 172, 14

ǽmerge

(n.)
Grammar
ǽmerge, an; f.

embers, ashes ⬩ dust ⬩ busta ⬩ embers

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Beréc hý on háte ǽmergean, Lch. iii. 30, 18. fig. dust Ic nán gást ne eom ac ǽmerge and axe and eall flǽsc, Hml. S. 23 b, 286

Linked entry: ǽmyrge

þǽr-big

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-big, adv.

Thereby ⬩ by that (person or thing)

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Thereby, by that (person or thing) Gif hwá gefare and nán bearn ne gestriéne, gif hé bróðor lǽfe, fó se tó his wífe. Gif hé ðonne bearn ðǽrbig(-bié, Cott.

Linked entry: be

fram-fær

(n.)
Grammar
fram-fær, es; n.

A going away ⬩ departure

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Ic ðé bebeóde þæt ðú ( a dragon ) gewíte of ðyssere stówe, and far tó wéstene ... and þú nánum men on ðínum framfære ne drece, 296, 5

Linked entry: fær

sidefulness

(n.)
Grammar
sidefulness, e; f.

Honesty ⬩ modesty ⬩ sobriety

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Wífmen ne beón bútan sidefulnysse. Homl. Skt. i. 13, 120

ge-wícan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wícan, p. -wác, pl. -wicon; pp. -wicen

To give way ⬩ fail ⬩ depart ⬩ retire ⬩ cedere ⬩ deficere ⬩ recedere

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Ne his mægenes [mǽges?] láf gewác æt wíge his kinsman's legacy failed not in the contest, Beo. Th. 5251; B. 2629: 5148; B. 2577

þearfend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þearfend-líc, adj.

indigent, ⬩ destitute ⬩ scanty, ⬩ insufficient

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Th. 128, 11; Gú. 402. of things, scanty, insufficient Ðæt ðú ne forgite míne þearfendlícan gegirlan (cf. se fiscere tóslát his wǽfels on twá and sealde Apollonige ðone healfan dǽl,11, 27), Ap. Th. 12, 8

freód

(n.)
Grammar
freód, e; f.

Affection ⬩ good-will ⬩ friendship ⬩ peace ⬩ ămor ⬩ dilectio ⬩ amīcĭtia ⬩ pax ⬩ grātia

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Affection, good-will, friendship, peace; ămor, dilectio, amīcĭtia, pax, grātia Næs ðǽr mára fyrst freóde to friclan there was no more time to desire peace, Beo. Th. 5105, note; B. 2556.

lah-mann

(n.)
Grammar
lah-mann, es; m.
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Let them forfeit all they own if they declare wrong; or clear themselves [on the ground] that they knew no better, L. O. D. 3; Th. i. 354, 9. In L. Ed.

þurh-seón

(v.)

to see through ⬩ see into ⬩ penetrate with the sight

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Gif hwá biþ swá scearpséne, ðæt hé mæge hine (Alcibiades) ðurhseón, swá swá Aristoteles sǽde ðæt deór wǽre, ðæt mihte ǽlc wuht þurhseón ... gif ðonne hwá wǽre swá scearpséne, ðæt hé mihte ðone cniht ðurhseón, ðonne ne þúhte hé him nó innon swá fæger,

un-cýððu

(n.)
Grammar
un-cýððu, un-cýððo; indecl.: -cýðð, e; f.

ignorance ⬩ a country not one&#39;s own ⬩ a strange land

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ignorance Ne spræc hé ( Moses) hit nó forðýðe his mód áuht genierwed wǽre mid ðære uncýððe ðæs síðfætes neque enim Moysi mentem ignorantia itineris angustabat, Past. 41; S. 304, 17, Mín sceal of líce sáwul on síðfæt, nát ic sylfa hwider, eardes uncýðþu

eáþelíce

(adv.)
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Ne sý him nó eáþelíce þæs infæres getíðod non ei facilis tribuatur ingressus, R. Ben. 97, 4. Hwænne þú eáðelícost miht tó þam folce becuman Hml. A. 110, 257. cf. eáþe; 3 Ꝥ hié þe eáþelícor and þe wysumlícor þá myclan byrðenne áberan mihton, Bl.

Linked entry: geáþ

hnappian

(v.)
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Ne hneppien nec dormitent, Kent. Gl. 126. Add:

sweltan

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.), be no longer conscious or under the action of something Hí beóð deáde and ungewisse þæs écan lífes and ne magon sweltan þæs écan wítes deáðes, Gr. D. 264, 11