manig-feald
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Þæne mænifealdan cræft multiformem machinam, An. Ox. 119. Mislicu wítu and manigfeald earfoþu carcer, lex, ceteraque legalium tormenta poenarum, Bt. 39, 2 ; F. 212, 27.
wóþ-bora
A (good) speaker ⬩ orator ⬩ poet ⬩ prophet ⬩ philosopher
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Wilt ðú wísne wóðboran wordum grétan, biddan ðé gesecge gesceafta cræftas, 346, 21 ; Sch. 2. Cræftgleáwe men, wíse wóþboran, Chr. 975 ; Erl. 126, 27. Wóðborum rhetoribus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 53
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gliw
Glee ⬩ joy ⬩ minstrelsy ⬩ mirth ⬩ jesting ⬩ drollery ⬩ gaudium ⬩ musica ⬩ facetiæ ⬩ mimus
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Ðæt geára iú gliwes cræfte mid gieddingum guman oft wrecan what of yore, by art of minstrelsy, with their lays men oft related, 92 b; Th. 347, 12; Sch. 11. Wynsum gliw facetiæ, Ælfc. Gl. 115; Som. 80, 39; Wrt. Voc. 61, 19: Cot. 132: 214
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plantian
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Hwæðer se anweald hæbbe ðone þeáw ðæt hé unþeáwas áwyrtwalige of ricra manna móde, and plantige ðǽr cræftas on? Bt. 27, 1 ; Fox 94, 24. Sanctus Paulus underféng ða hálgan gesomnunga tó plantianne, suá se ceorl déþ his ortgeard, Past. 40; Swt. 293, 3
lár-lic
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Lárlice cræftas scolares disciplinas 41
ge-leáfsum
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Cymð se lytega sǽtere and áteleð him eall ðæt hé ǽr tó góde gedyde, and geræcð him ðonne tó geleáfsuman ( tells him and gets him to believe ) ðæt hé sié se gesǽlgosta on eallum cræftum, Past. 463, 13. Add
orgel-líce
Proudly, arrogantly, haughtily, insolently
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Proudly, arrogantly, haughtily, insolently Hé hine swá orgellíce up áhóf and bodode ðæs ðæt hê úþwita wǽre ne cýðde hé hit mid nánum cræftum ac mid leásum and ofermódlícum gilpe hominem, qui non ad verae virtutis usum, sed ad superbam gloriam falsum
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be-gitan
To get ⬩ obtain ⬩ take ⬩ acquire ⬩ to seek out ⬩ receive ⬩ gain ⬩ seize ⬩ lay hold of ⬩ catch ⬩ sumere ⬩ obtinere ⬩ assequi ⬩ acquirere ⬩ nancisci ⬩ capere ⬩ comprehendere ⬩ arripere
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Hwæt begytst ðú of ðínum cræfte quid acquiris de tua arte? Coll. Monast. Th. 23, 3 : Ps. Th. 83, 3 : 68, 37. Ðe hý under Alexandre begeáton which [riches] they had gained under Alexander Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 73, 27 : Beo. Th. 4490; B. 2249.
wíte-dóm
knowledge ⬩ prophecy ⬩ foreknowledge
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Ðæt wundor, ðæt þurh wítedómes cræft [hé] wiste and him cýdde, Guthl. 17 ; Gdwin. 70, 2. Wítedóme vaticinatione, Hpt. Gl. 520, 17. Hí þurh wítedóm eal ánemdon, Exon.
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meldian
to declare ⬩ announce ⬩ tell ⬩ to inform against ⬩ accuse
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Ælfréd cræft meldode Alfred displayed his art, Bt. Met. Fox Introd. 4; Met. Einl. 2. Ic sceal mód meldian swá ðú mé beódest I must tell all my mind, as thou dost bid me, Exon. 72 b; Th. 270, 10; Jul. 463.
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leornung
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Voc. ii. 141, 10. what is learnt or taught Sió fóstermódur ǽlcre leornunga and ǽlces cræftes mater omnium virtutum, Past. 217, 1
hwæt-scipe
Quickness ⬩ boldness ⬩ bravery ⬩ valour
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For hiora cræftum and for hiora hwætscipe iówra selfra anwald[es] eóweres unþonces habban mehton by their strength and valour might have had dominion over you against your will; armis vindicare potuissent, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 48, 21.
sang
song, singing ⬩ a singing, chanting ⬩ song, poetry, ⬩ a song ⬩ a poem
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Homl. 45, 36. song, poetry, Similar entries v.sang-cræft. a song, a poem to be sung or recited Se hálga song gehýred wæs, Exon. Th. 181, 23; Gú. 1297.
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æþele
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Æþele cræft an excellent medicine, Lch. ii. 28, 10. Æðele fortunatum (praesagium) . An. Ox. 7, 167. Mid æþelum celebri (fama), 2421. Hé getimbrade æþele mynster, Shrn. 50, 29. Lǽcedómas micle and eþele, Lch. ii. 160, 8.
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á-rásian
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Hé árásode heora deófles cræft, Hml. Th. ii. 472, 15. Se man sé ꝥ árásie, Ll. Th. i. 40, 2. Gif hwilc man forstolen þingc hám tó his cotan bringe and he árásod wurðe, 418, 18. Arásad interceptum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 110, 79.
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ge-cuman
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Add: to move to an object, to reach by moving His cræft . gecymð on ǽlcere ǽdre, Bt. 34, 11; F. 152, 1. Ðæt heáfod gecymð on ðǽre eorðan caput sese ad terram declinat, Past. 133, 2.
regnian
To set in order, arrange, dispose, regulate
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Inwitnet óðrum bregdan, dyrnum cræfte deáþ ré[nian], Beo. Th. 4343;B. 2168. Sum biþ searocræftig goldes and gimma ðonne him gumena weard háteþ máððum rénian one is a cunning workman in gold and gems, when a prince of men bids him set a jewel, Exon.
wiþ-winnan
To strive against ⬩ resist
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To strive against, resist Went hé mid ealle cræfte ongén ðæs óðres geðyld, ðe him ðonne giet wiðwind (eum obsistentem fortiter ), Past. 33; Swt. 227, 7.
ge-wenian
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Ylpas getemode and tó wíge gewenode mid wundorlicum cræfte, 25, 559. <b>I b.
be-dǽlan
To deprive ⬩ bereave of anything ⬩ to deliver ⬩ release ⬩ free from anything ⬩ privare ⬩ orbare ⬩ sejungere ⬩ liberare ⬩ expertem reddere
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Hí bióþ ǽlces cræftes bedǽlde they are destitute of all ability, Bt, 36, 6; Fox 180, 28. Hwí sceal ic beón bedǽled ǽgþer mínra sunena cur utroque orbabor filio? Gen. 27, 45.