hweorfan
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H. 139, 3. where the space through which or into which, or the line along which, motion is directed is given Mægen monna cynnes hweorfað on wídne lég, Cri. 958 : Gú. 784. Hwearf heo bí bence, B. 1188.
lecgan
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', and add: to cause to take a horizontal position Swá swá gód scipstýra hǽt fealdan ꝥsegl and eác hwílum lecgan þone mæst, Bt. 41, 3; F. 250, 15. <b>I a.</b> to fell a person, slay :-- Gif hine hwá lecge binnan þǽm fyrste, Ll.
þurfan
To need ⬩ to be in need ⬩ have need of something ⬩ to need to do something ⬩ to be bound to do something because it is right ⬩ to be obliged ⬩ be compelled by destiny ⬩ to have good cause or reason for doing something ⬩ to be use, to be good for a person to do something ⬩ to owe
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Ic eów secgan mæg, ðæt gé ne ðyrfen leng murnan, Judth. Thw. 23, 33; Jud. 153. Sume him ondrǽdaþ earfoþu swíþor þonne hý þyrfen, Bt. 39, 11; Fox 228, 24. Gif hé náne ǽhta næfde, ne þorfte hé nánne feónd ondrǽdan ...
fram
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Fram begeondan sǽ, 1066; P. 194, 34: Mt. 4, 25. as adverb Budon hié þæt hiera mǽgum þæt hié gesunde from eódon, Chr. 755; P. 48, 22. Hé nó þý ǽr fram meahte, B. 754. Fram ic ne wille, By. 317.
ge-býrian
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Healsfang gebyreð bearnum ... ne gebyreð nánum mǽge ꝥ feoh búte þám þe sý binnan cneówe, Ll. Th. i. 174, 24-26. Se wer gebirað mágum, and seó cynebót þám leódum, 190, 8. Feohbót gebyreð tó gebedbigene, 328, 5.
lyft
Air ⬩ atmosphere ⬩ breeze ⬩ sky ⬩ heavens ⬩ cloud
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Líxeþ lyftes mægen, 116 b; Th. 448, 16; Dóm. 55. On genipum lyftes in nubibus aeris, Ps. Spl. 17, 13. Se giem jacintus, se is lyfte onlícusð on hiwe, Past. 14; Swt. 85, 5. Beorc byþ lyfte getenge the birch towers to the sky, Runic pm.
under-þeódan
to subject ⬩ subjugate ⬩ render subject ⬩ to subject ⬩ cause to endure ⬩ render liable ⬩ to subjoin ⬩ add ⬩ to support
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Ðú mé folc mænig underþeóddest sobjiciens populum meum sub me, Ps. Th. 143, 3. Tó ðara hláforda dóme ðe hé hine ǽr underþeódde (-þiódde, Met. 25, 66), Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 29. Ic míne sáwle wylle Gode underþeódan nonne Deo subdita erit anima mea? Ps.
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fæsten
firmament ⬩ citadel ⬩ fort ⬩ a fortification ⬩ entrenchments ⬩ fastness ⬩ stronghold ⬩ a prison ⬩ a sepulchre ⬩ Hell ⬩ claustrum
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Fæstna mǽst and mǽrost (Babylon; cf. Ors. 2, 4; S. 74, 24), Dan. 692. Faestinnum arcibus, Txts. 42, 110.
ge-þeódan
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Voc. ii. 136, 37. to serve as a link between Seó miht geswutelað hwæt þes dǽl ( the conjunction ) mæge fremman, for ðan ðe hé hwílon geþeót óðre dǽlas and hwílon tóscǽt, Ælfc. Gr.
wanian
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Ðæs ealdigendan mannes mægen bið wanigende, Homl. Th. ii. 76, 21
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be-lúcan
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</b> to secure, protect :-- Ic hig wigge beleác manegum mǽgða, B. 1770. to shut up a place, to prevent entrance into a place, close Hé þone hálgan hám beleác, Bl. H. 9, 7. Hí heora baða belucon, Ap. Th. 6, 13: Ps. Spl. 16, II.
ge-endian
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In huelc mæht wundra geendade ł dyde ( patraret ), Mt. p. 18, 19. Þǽr wæs swíþe ryht dóm geendad a very just sentence was there carried out, Ors. 6, 34; S. 292, 2. Ꝥ ungeháten is sceal beón geendod, Bl. H. 189, 27.
Ælfréd
Alfred ⬩ Alfrédus ⬩ Alfred the Great
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Ðá geféngon hy ðara scipa twa, and ða men [MS. mæn] ofslógon... Ða ylcan sumere, forwearþ ná læs ðonne xx scipa mid mannum mid ealle be ðam súþ. riman in the same year [A.D. 897], the king [Alfred] commanded his men to go to Wight...
ge-hátan
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Swá hwæs swá his irsung willaþ, ðonne gehét him þæs (cf. ꝥ eall gehǽt, Met. 25, 52) his réccelést, Bt. 37, 1; F. 186, 24. to undertake to do (or refrain from) an action. with simple object Micel is ꝥ þú gehǽtst, and ic ne tweóge ðæt ðú hit mæge gelǽstan
ge-wítan
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Gewítað ( recedite ) from mé gé unryhtwyrhtan, Past. 27, 23, Ælþeódige mæn, gif hió hiora hǽmed rihtan nyllað, of lande mid hiora ǽhtum and mid synnum gewíten, Ll. Th. i. 38, 2: 406, 22. Of earde gewítan, 378, 12.
þes
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' Ðá cwæþ heó: 'Hú mæg þis geweorþan?' Blickl. Homl. 7, 21. Hwá ne wafaþ ðæs ðonne se fulla móna wyrþ ofertogen mid þióstrum? oððe eft ðæt ða steorran scínaþ beforan ðam mónan and ne scínaþ beforan ðære sunnan?
wyrcan
to work ⬩ labour ⬩ to make ⬩ to make ⬩ form ⬩ construct ⬩ to be the source ⬩ cause of, to produce ⬩ to make ⬩ constitute ⬩ to work ⬩ do ⬩ perform ⬩ to perform a rite ⬩ keep a season ⬩ to work ⬩ effect a purpose ⬩ attain an object,
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Niht cymþ ðonne nán man wyrcan (operari) ne mæg, Jn. Skt. 9, 4. where the instrument or material of work is given Hé wið monna bearn wyrceð weldǽdum, Exon. Th. 191, 12; Az. 87. Ða ðe wyrcan cúðon stángefógum, Elen. Kmbl. 2038; El. 1020.
on-geagn
opposite, over against, against ⬩ towards, in the direction of, to meet, in the way of ⬩ against ⬩ against, for the reception of, to receive ⬩ in reply to ⬩ in return for, as an equivalent for ⬩ opposite, over against ⬩ against, in a direction opposite to ⬩ against, with, contrary to, in opposition to ⬩ in reply to ⬩ as an equivalent for, in return for, in exchange for ⬩ against, ready for ⬩ towards ⬩ opposite ⬩ again, back ⬩ Lat re- ⬩ in reply ⬩ towards ⬩ on the other hand ⬩ again
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Ic ne mǽg nó wiðcweþan ne furþum ongeán ðæt geþencan I cannot contradict, I cannot even have a conception contrary to it.
hyge
Mind ⬩ heart ⬩ soul
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Hige sceal ðé heardra heorte ðé cénre ðé úre mægen lytlaþ the firmer must courage be, braver the heart, the more our force dwindles, Byrht. Th. 140, 62; By. 312. Hyge weallende a mind agitated by violent emotions. Andr. Kmbl. 3415; An. 1711.
GE-RÉFA
A prefect, steward, fiscal officer of the shire or county, judge, reeve or sheriff, count ⬩ præpŏsĭtus, villĭcus, jūdex, præfectus, cŏmes
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Swá hie geþingian mǽgen wið cyning and his geréfan as they can agree with the king and his reeve, L. In. 73; Th. i. 148, 12. Gif man ðone geréfan teó if any accuse the reeve, L. C. S. 8; Th. i. 380,19.
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