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Ðá geneálǽhton má hine meldigende, 248, 32. Nabbaþ syððan hwæt hig má dón non habent amplius quod faciant, Lk. Skt. 12, 4. Hwæt sceal ic ðonne má secgean fram Sancte Johanne, Blickl. Homl. 169, 24 : Bd. 3, 27; S. 559, 22 : Ps. Th. 125, 2.
mótan
to be allowed ⬩ may ⬩ mote ⬩ to be inferred otherwise ⬩ to be obliged ⬩ must
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Gif hé ús geunnan wile ðæt wé hine grétan móton. Beo. Th. 700; B. 347. Ne mágon hié and ne móton ( are not able and are not permitted ) ðínne líchoman deáþe gedǽlan, Andr. Kmbl. 2431; An. 1217.
swǽs
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Hé hét hine ( Beowulf ) leóde swǽse sécean. Beo. Th. 3741; B. 1868. Mǽgburge swǽse and gesibbe my kindred, dear and near ones (or dear and near kindred ), Exon. Th. 397, 19; Rä. 16, 22.
á-bisgian
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Ábysgod on wæccum and on sealmsange occupatus vigiliis et psalmis Bd. 4, 25; S. 600, 40. ymbe, to busy, concern about something Ðæt hé hine sylfne ne ábysige ymbe náne worldlice ábysgunge ( occupari circa aliqua mundana negotia ), L. Ecg.
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ge-sǽlig
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Ic wundrige hwí men . wénen ꝥte þis andwearde líf mæge þone monnan dón gesǽligne . . . þonne hit hine ne mæg æfter þýs lífe earmne gedón, 2; S. 26, 6-17: 14, 1 ; F. 42, 21. Dón swá gesǽligne ꝥ hé nánes þinges máran ne þyrfe, 26, i; S. 58, 17.
gild
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Gylde hé ꝥ yrfe, oþþe . . . underwed lecge . . . and þǽs on .ix. nihton ꝥ wed undó mid rihtan gylde, 352, 10. ꝥ man gulde ꝥ ceápgild, and swinge hine man þriwa, oþþe ꝥ óðer gild (gylde, v. l. ) sealde, 208, 23.
hyldu
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Th. ii. 150, 33. in adjuration, or affirmation, swearing, where the possession of the lord's favour is connected with a course of action Swá ic áge Pharaones helde, ne farað gé heonon per salutem Pharaonis non egrediemini hinc.
mid
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S s Albanus gegyrede hine mid þæs cuman munucgegyrelan hospitis habitu indutus, Bd. 1, 7 ; Sch. 20, 25), Hml. S. 19, 36. Þá spræc ic on þá mágas mid þé erfegewrite (having the deed with me) Cht. Th. 167, 18.
of-gán
to demand what is due, seek satisfaction for, require, exact ⬩ to require what is not due, to exact with violence, extort ⬩ to require what is not one's due but is granted as a favour or for a fair equivalent, to obtain, hold by allowance of another ⬩ to start of, make a beginning of anything.
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.:- Se ðe hine belecge ofgá his spriéce mid foráðe let him start his suit with a preliminary oath, L. O. D. 6; Th. i. 354, 30: L. Ath. i. 23; Th. i. 212, 4: L. C. S. 22; Th. i. 388, 14, 17 : 30; Th. i. 394, 4. Similar entries v. next word
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ge-swícan
To leave off ⬩ desist ⬩ stop ⬩ cease ⬩ rest from ⬩ turn from ⬩ withdraw ⬩ relinquish ⬩ fail ⬩ deceive ⬩ betray ⬩ intermittere ⬩ desistere ⬩ cessare ⬩ quiescere ⬩ requiescere ⬩ deserere ⬩ discedere ⬩ relinquere ⬩ deficere ⬩ fallere ⬩ prodere ⬩ with the genitive ⬩ with the dative
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Hine manoden ðæt he ne geswice Godes word to bodigenne admonished him not to cease preaching God's word, Shrn. 13, 33
lytel
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Sam hé hine miclum lufige, sam hé hine lytlum lufige, Solil. H. 58, 14. Þú hine gedést lytle lǽssan (paulo minus) þonne englas, Ps. Th. 8, 6 : 118, 87. Ful lytle ðe gearor, Solil.
niman
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Búton þá mágas hine út niman (release, redeem) willan be his were, 228, 27
hwearfian
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Add: to turn on a hinge, pivot, axle, &c. (lit. or fig.) Seó hior ðe ealle gód on hwearfaþ, Bt. 34, 7; F. 142, 35. Eall ðiós hwearfiende gesceaft hwearfaþ on ðám stillan Gode, 39, 6; F. 220, 24.
mód
the inner man ⬩ the spiritual as opposed to the bodily part of man ⬩ spirit ⬩ soul ⬩ mind ⬩ soul ⬩ heart ⬩ spirit ⬩ mind ⬩ disposition ⬩ mood ⬩ Courage ⬩ high spirit ⬩ Pride ⬩ arrogance ⬩ Greatness ⬩ magnificence ⬩ pride
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Þurh ðín ( Lucifer's ) micle mód, 35; Th. 46, 2; Gen. 738. applied to inanimate things, Greatness, magnificence, pride Heriaþ hine æfter móde his mægenþrymmes laudate eum secundum multitudinem magnitudinis ejus, Ps. Th. 150, 2.
wíte
punishment ⬩ pain that is inflicted as punishment ⬩ torment ⬩ a means ⬩ implement ⬩ a fine. ⬩ torment ⬩ plague ⬩ disease ⬩ evil ⬩ pain
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Hié áhófon hine of ðam hefian wíte (crucifixion), Rood Kmbl. 121 ; Kr. 61. Licgeþ lonnum fæst . . . wylleþ hine on ðam wíte, Salm. Kmbl. 537; Sal. 268. Hé wíte wealdeþ he is the disposer of punishment, Cd. Th. 248, 33; Dan. 523.
for-gifan
to give ⬩ bestow ⬩ grant ⬩ dispense ⬩ to give ⬩ to give ⬩ to give ⬩ to give up ⬩ hand over ⬩ deliver up ⬩ commit ⬩ practice ⬩ to give back ⬩ restore ⬩ to marry ⬩ to grant ⬩ permit ⬩ allow ⬩ to grant ⬩ to give ⬩ cause ⬩ to forgive
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Swá him mon máre selþ, swá hine má lyst, Bt. 7, 4; F. 22, 34. Forgyfende dispensans, i. disponens, An.
hwilc
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H. 153, 19. ꝥ with gen. any one of, some one of Búton hine þǽra þreóra þinga hwylc (cf. ǽnig, 4) forwyrne, Wlfst. 285, 14. Búton heora hwelc gecirre, Bt. 3, 1 ; F. 6, 5.
wiht
a wight ⬩ creature ⬩ being ⬩ created thing ⬩ a whit ⬩ thing ⬩ aught ⬩ anything ⬩ without a negative ⬩ aught ⬩ alone ⬩ with a genitive
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Ne wendaþ hine wyrda, ne hine wiht (or acc. ?) dreceþ, ádl ne yldo, 334, 1; Gn. Ex. 9. Nis íæt onginn wiht, 119, 2; Gú. 248. Nó hé him ðæs wyrmes wíg for wiht dyde. Beo. Th. 4685 ; B. 2348. with a genitive Ne bið wiht forholen monna gehygda, Exon.
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DǼD
DEED, action ⬩ actio, actus, factum
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Hió speón hine on ða dimman dǽd she urged him to that dark deed, 32; Th. 43, 3; Gen. 685. Sceolde he dǽd ongyldan he must expiate the deed, 15; Th. 19, 23; Gen. 295: 17; Th. 20, 15; Gen. 309: 25; Th. 32, 23; Gen. 507: Beo. Th. 5772; B. 2890: Elen.
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leásung
fiction ⬩ falsehood ⬩ falseness ⬩ hypocrisy ⬩ deception ⬩ deceitfulness ⬩ artice
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Ðæs forwyrd and leásung and forleornung swíðe raþe cymþ tó him ðe hé hine sylfne déþ tó ðon ðe hé nis for this reason destruction and lying and error come quickly to him, that he makes himself out what he is not, Blickl. Homl. 183, 34.
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