ge-nirwan
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Th. i. 36, 1. to crowd a place, put too many people into For ðæs folces geðryle wæs þæt gesthús ðearle genyrwed, Hml. Th. i. 34, 34. of extent or amount, to diminish, reduce, curtail Gyf hwá genyrwe ðæt ic Gode geseald hæbbe, C. D. v. 331, 5.
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hǽtu
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Þæs folces wæs fela forworden ǽgðer ge for þurste ge for hǽte ( ardore solis ), Ors. 6, 31; S. 286, 21. heat as an element in all bodies Geðweorod sint . . . cele wið hǽto, wǽt wið drýgum, Met. 20, 73.
racu
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In þǽre rihtan race byð full oft forðsænded se dóm, þurh þone byþ oferswíþed ꝥ hlúde geflit þæs folces in concione sententia promitur, per quam turbae seditio comprimatur, Gr. D. 264, 27.
scendan
To put to shame, to abuse, insult, harm:
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Se deópa seáþ mid wíta fela folcum scendeþ, Exon. Th. 94, 33; Cri. 1549. Also ase þu wult schenden þene schucke, A. R. 316, 11. Men me wolden scenden, Laym. 14167. Shennd and shamedd, Orm. 1985. Uor to ssende and to destrue, Ayenb. 28, 22.
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wéna
supposition ⬩ opinion ⬩ thought ⬩ idea ⬩ imagination ⬩ hope ⬩ expectation
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For dysiges folces wénan falsis vulgi opinionibus, Bt. 30, 1; Fox 108, 4. Hé ongeat ðæt hié wǽron onstyrede mid ðæm wénan ðæt hí ðæs endes suá neáh wéndon commotos eos vicini finis suspicione cognoverat Past. 32; Swt. 213, 23.
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hǽþen
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Hǽðnum folce ( the people of Sodom), Gen. 2416. Þone hǽðenan hund (Holofernes), Jud. no. Óðre þeóda, hǽðene herigeas, Ps. Th. 78, 10. (a α) gentile (as used in the A. V. ) v. <b>B. I.
ge-ceósan
To elect ⬩ choose ⬩ decide ⬩ prove ⬩ approve ⬩ eligere ⬩ præeligere ⬩ seligere ⬩ asciscere ⬩ petere ⬩ nancisci
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Eall ðæt folc heom ðæt gecuron all the people approved for themselves of that plan, St. And. 36, 14. He hyht geceóseþ he chooseth hope, Frag. Kmbl. 77; Leas. 40 : Exon. 79 b; Th. 298, 21; Crä. 88 : Ps. Th. 64, 4 : Exon. 61 a; Th. 225, 1; Ph. 382.
singan
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Hwæt is ðis folc ðe ðus hlúde singeþ ? Blickl. Homl. 149, 30. Ðǽr habbaþ englas eádigne dreám, sanctas singaþ, Cd. Th. 286, 20 ; Sat. 355. Scop hwílum sang on Heorote, Beo. Th. 997 ; B. 496. Sin*-*gende heáp chorus, Wrt. Voc. i. 28, 27.
Sunnan-dæg
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And ðonne hig ðyder cumen, ne sý ðǽr nán fácn, ne nǽnig geflytu, ne nǽnig ungeþwǽrnes gehýred, ac smylte móde, æt ðære hálgan þénunge, ǽgðer ge for hig sylfe ge for eal Godes folc þingien, ǽgðer ge mid heora gebedum ge mid heora ælmessan; and æfter ðære
wanian
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Ða wolde ðæt folc ðæt fýr ádwæscan, gif hit ǽnig wǽta wanian mihte, 140, 17. to weaken, impair, injure. v. wanung, Windas bláwaþ brecende, weccaþ and woniaþ woruld mid storme, Exon. Th. 59, 13 ; Cri. 952.
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wrítere
a draughtsman ⬩ painter ⬩ a writer ⬩ scribe ⬩ copyist ⬩ a writer ⬩ author ⬩ a scribe
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Folces wríteras scribas populi, 2, 4. v. Similar entries eald-, ge-, not-, stæf-, stǽr-, tíd-, un-, wyrd-wríte
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stæpe
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Kmbl. 5, 41. stepping, going Germanus ðam healtan geongan his stæpe geedníwode and ðam Godes folce geedníwode ðone stæpe rihtes geleáfan Germanus claudo juveni incessum et populo Dei gressum recuperarit fidei, Bd. i. 21; S. 485, 5-9.
swigian
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Rush. 1, 22. with an object (gen. or acc.) to be silent about something, to refrain from the mention of something Gif ðú suwast hit and nylt folce his þearfe gecýðan, Wulfst. 283, 3.
wirnan
to refuse ⬩ refrain from granting ⬩ to prevent ⬩ prohibit ⬩ keep from
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Hí Móyse and hys folce ðæs útfæreldes wyrndon, Ors. 1, 7; Swt. 38, 19. Ne beó ðú swá heard*-*heort, ðæt ðú him ðínes gódes wyrne non obdurabis cor tuum, nec contrahes manum, Deut. 15, 7.
on-findan
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Gaa in cæstre . . . gé onfindes ðone fola, Mk. R. L. 11. 2
wá
Woe ⬩ ill ⬩ woe ⬩ alas ⬩ vae, ⬩ well-a-way ⬩ well-a-day ⬩ ah ⬩ vah
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Kmbl. 41. with gen. of the source of ill Wæs gehwæþeres waa, Met. 1, 25. with dat. of person, and gen. of source Ðæm folce wæs ǽgþres waa, ge ðæt..., ge eác ðæt..., Ors, 3, 7; Swt. 114, 31. Him wæs gehwæðres wá, ge .. . ge..., Elen.
þeód
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Of ðám frumgárum folc áwæcniaþ, þeód unmǽte, Cd. Th. 138, 15; Gen. 2292. Eást-Engla cyning and. seó þeód gesóhte Ecgbryht cyning, Chr. 823; Erl. 62, 24. Eal seó þeód ðe on Eást-Englum beóþ, L. A. G. prm.; Th. i. 152, 3.
weorþ
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Ðú becýptest folc ðín búton weorðe, Ps. Spl. 43, 14: Ps. Surt. 43, 13. Geseald tó myclum weorðe (wurðe, wyrðe, v. ll. ). Mt. Kmbl. 26, 9, 'Ic sille eów hundteóntig þúsenda mittan hwǽtes tó ðam wurðe ðe ic hit bebohte.' . . .
hider
to this world ⬩ to this life ⬩ in this world ⬩ to this point ⬩ hither and thither ⬩ to and fro
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Hé ástyrað þis folc lǽrende þurh ealle Júdéam ágynnende of Galiléa oð hyder (usque huc). Lk. 23, 5.
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git
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Gif þǽm folce þá giet misspeówe si adversa belli perseverassent, Ors. 2, 5; S. 82, 34: 5, 9; S. 232, 15: 1, 1; S. 17, 12: Chr. 918; P. 98, 16. Þá gyt, Gen. 1189: B. 1127.