tela
Well. ⬩ well, rightly, aright, correctly ⬩ well, perfectly, completely, thoroughly, certainly ⬩ well, prosperously, happily ⬩ well, in a beneficial or pleasant manner ⬩ marking degree, very, to a great extent ⬩ as an exclamation, well, good
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MS.) on dón mǽgen pigri suadendi sunt ne agenda bona, dum differunt, amittant, Past. 39, 1; Swt. 280, 20. Gif hí ðone frýdóm tela gehealdon ... gif hí ðone frýdóm forheólden, Bt. 41, 3; Fox 208, 10. Hé ríce geheóld tela, Beo.
ge-lǽdan
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Hé ( Noah) gelǽdde ofer lagustreámas máðmhorda mǽst (the contents of the ark ), Exod. 367. Gé mec úp gelǽddon, ꝥ ic of lyfte londa getimbru geseón meahte, Gú. 455. Onfóh ús mid eów on ꝥ scip, and gelǽdaþ ús on þá ceastre, Bl. H. 233, 8.
níd
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missarum sollemnia celebrandi, cum fortasse aut festus dies exigit, aut exhiberi mysterium (pro eo quod sacerdos alius in loco deest) ipsa necessitas compellit, Bd. 1. 27; Sch. 94, 23. nýd is it is necessary or needful (with dat. infin. or clause) Is mǽst
of
Of ⬩ from ⬩ out of ⬩ off ⬩ as regards ⬩ about
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Ðonne hwá on ða leásunga beféhþ, ðonne ne mæg hé of, Past. 35; Swt. 239, 17. denoting direction Stód se leóma him of swylce fýren þecelle, Bd. 5, 23; S. 645, 29. denoting origin or source Ðære þeóde ðe hé of com, 5, 19; S. 639, 37.
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þe
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Áras sceoldon wilspella mǽst gesecgan, ðe ðæt sigor beácen méted wǽre, Elen. Kmbl. 1967; El. 985.
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fón
to take ⬩ catch ⬩ to take ⬩ arrest ⬩ apprehend ⬩ to get ⬩ gain ⬩ to get ⬩ suffer ⬩ experience ⬩ to begin ⬩ to begin ⬩ to take ⬩ to set about ⬩ undertake ⬩ to attack ⬩ to begin at ⬩ to take ⬩ take ⬩ to set to work at ⬩ deal with ⬩ receive ⬩ accept ⬩ to take ⬩ to take ⬩ take possession of ⬩ to take ⬩ to take ⬩ undertake ⬩ to take ⬩ to take to ⬩ allow of ⬩ to take to ⬩ to take to ⬩ join battle ⬩ to join together ⬩ to struggle with
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Gif úre geréfana énig ǽnigne eácan geþæncean mæge . . . ꝥ wé þǽrtó lustlíce fón, 238, 17.
niman
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Hú mæg geweorðan . . . þæt hé þone stán nime . . . hláfes ne gíme, El. 615. Swelce wé nimen ðone clǽnan hwǽte, and weorpen ðæt ceaf onweg, Past. 369, 9.
ge-met
a measure, space, distance ⬩ mensura, spatium, intervallum ⬩ that by which anything is measured, a measure ⬩ mensura, modius, satum ⬩ measure, capacity, ability, power, etc ⬩ mensura, facultas, potestas, vis ⬩ measure, proportion, moderation, bounds, limit, boundary, means, way, manner ⬩ mensura, modus, finis, terminus, limes, ratio ⬩ a rule, order, law ⬩ norma, regula, lex ⬩ a poetical measure, metre ⬩ metrum
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Næs ðá monna gemet, ne mægen engla, ðæt eów mihte helpan there was then no power of men, no angel's might, that could help you, Cd. 224; Th. 295, 22; Sat. 490. Ofer mín gemet above my power, Beo. Th. 5750; B. 2879: 5059; B. 2533: Ps.
þicgan
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Ðæt hé mæte ðygde ad prandendum, Bd. 5, 4; S. 617, 11. Israhél ðigde ðæs lambes flǽsc, Homl. Th. ii. 278, 18. Þigde consumeret, biberet, Hpt. Gl. 450, 32. Þigede, Guthl. 4; Gdwin. 26, 18: 5; Gdwin. 34, 7. Ðygede, Bd. 5, 4; S. 617, 17.
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wann
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Gif him (the stars) wan fore wolcen hangaþ (cf. ðonne sweartan wolcnu him beforan gáþ, Bt. 6; Fox 14, 22) ne mægen hí leóman ansendan nubibus atris condita nullum fundere possunt sidera lumen, Met. 5, 4.
eorþe
the ground ⬩ soil ⬩ land ⬩ earth ⬩ the earth ⬩ a land ⬩ country ⬩ soil ⬩ mould ⬩ dust
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India mǽgþ is ealra eorðena seó ýtemyste, Shrn. 120, 19. the material of which the surface of the ground is composed, soil, mould, dust Reád eorðe glarea, An. Ox. 18 b, 40.
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geár
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Mænig gér, Bt. 29, l; F. 102, 21 note. (2 a) the years of a person's life :-- Geáras míne anni mei Ps. L. 30, II.. and heora geára gancg, Ps. Th. 77, 32. as a chronological unit, for the purposes of the calendar Be ðæs geáres tídum.
lagu
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Wæs hwílum on Engla lagum ꝥ leód and lagu fór be geþincðum, and þá wǽron þeódwitan weorðscipes wyrðe ǽlc be his mǽðe, Ll. Th. i. 190, 11. Ðegenes lagu is ꝥ hé sý his bócrihtes wyrðe, and ꝥ hé ðreó ðinc of his lande dó, 432, 4.
lád
excuse
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Ðætte hé náne láde ne mǽge findan ac síe súa mid his ágnum wordum gebunden et in nulla sui defensione se exerceat, quam sententia proprii oris ligat, Past. 26, 3; Swt. 185, 16.
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þegnung
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eorðlícan hláfordas sint tó ðæm gesette ðæt hié ða endebyrdnesse and ða ðegnunga hiora hiórédum gebrytnige terrenae domus dominus famulorunt ordines ministeriaque dispertiens, Past. 44; Swt. 319, 20. the act of serving in an official capacity Ðæt Leuies mǽgð
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feor
avoidance ⬩ widely ⬩ widely ⬩ far ⬩ far
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Wé beóð suá micle fier (fierr, v. l.) gewitene fram úrum æfterran mǽge, suá wé oftor áslídað on ðǽm unðeáwe, Past. 313, 16. of time, to a distant past Hé feor oft gemon wælsleahta worn his thoughts go back to a time long past and he remembers many a
ende
a region ⬩ quarter ⬩ side ⬩ quarter ⬩ part ⬩ proportion ⬩ death ⬩ end ⬩ finished ⬩ issue ⬩ event ⬩ goal ⬩ ultimately ⬩ always ⬩ ultimately ⬩ continuously ⬩ consecutively ⬩ kind ⬩ sort
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Hú mæg þæt beón, nú þú ꝥ angin wást, ꝥ þú eác þone ende nyte, Bt. 5, 3; F. 12, 18, 24, 35.
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híran
to hear ⬩ to hear ⬩ to hear ⬩ to give ear ⬩ hearken ⬩ listen ⬩ To listen to ⬩ to obey ⬩ to obey ⬩ to obey ⬩ to be subject to ⬩ to serve ⬩ error ⬩ to belong to ⬩ authority ⬩ jurisdiction ⬩ of a due ⬩ privilege ⬩ occupation ⬩ office ⬩ hear of ⬩ be told
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Ǽnig mon ne mæg tuǽm hláferdum héra servire, Mt. L. 6, 24. Nelle ic unbunden ǽnigum hýran, Rä. 24, 15. Sunu monnes ne cuóm him tó héranne (ministrari), Mt. L. 20, 28. to be under the dominion of evil, error, &c.
þeód-scipe
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Ǽfæstnia untrymnisse hire mægne ðeátscip[es] muniat infirmitatem suam robore discipline, Rtl. 110, 3. On reogollícne ðeódscipe observatione disciplinae regularis, Bd. 3, 3; S. 526, 9.
ge-gearwian
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Hié sculon ládteówdóm geearwian, Past. 138, 17. to make easy to do Mé þæt mægen þe ǽr þæs inganges duru bewerede æfter þan þone ingang þæs síðfætes gegearwode, Hml. S. 23 b, 464