leornere
A learner ⬩ reader
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Swá leorneras secgaþ as scholars say, Shrn. 63, 10: Exon. 62 a; Th. 227, 17; Ph. 424. Se Hǽlend tóbræc ða hláfas and sealde his leornerum, Homl. Th. ii. 400, 21: Blickl. Homl. 131, 20.
meahtig
mighty ⬩ powerful ⬩ able ⬩ Possible
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Heó was swá mihtegu wið God ðæt heó sealde blindum gesihþe, Shrn. 31, 12. Meotud biþ meahtigra ðonne ǽnges monnes gehygd, Exon. 83 a; Th. 312, 28; Seef. 116. Migtigra, Cd. 200; Th. 248, 33; Dan. 522.
med-trum-ness
Infirmity ⬩ ill-health ⬩ sickness ⬩ illness
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Ongeán swelce metrymnesse mon beþorfte stronges lǽcedómes ... swá hé mǽge ða mettrymnesse (morbum ) mid gefliéman, Past. 61, 2; Swt. 455, 26-30.
mennisc
Men ⬩ people
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Ðære þeóde mennisc swá wlitig wǽre the men of that nation were so beautiful, ii. 120, 22. Ðæt ðú ne nyme wíf mínum suna of ðisum menisce ( de filiabus Chananæorum ), Gen. 24, 3.
mirige
Pleasant ⬩ delightful ⬩ sweet
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Him ða twigu þincaþ swá merge the boughs seem so pleasant to them, Bt. Met. Fox 13, 89; Met. 13, 45. Ða mergen amoena, Hpt. Gl. 409, 36
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nyt-weorð
Useful ⬩ advantageous ⬩ profitable
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Ða scipu nǽron on Fresisc gescæpene, búte swá him selfum þúhte ðæt hié nytwyrðoste beón meahten, Chr. 897; Erl. 95, 16
ge-déman
To deem ⬩ judge ⬩ determine ⬩ ordain ⬩ decree ⬩ doom ⬩ condemn ⬩ jūdĭcāre ⬩ decernĕre ⬩ sancīre ⬩ condenmāre
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Swá gedémed is as is ordained, Exon. 58 a; Th. 207, 26; Ph. 147. He gedémed hæfde ðæt Ceólwulf æfter him cyning wǽre successōrem fore Ceoluulfum decrēvisset, Bd. 5, 23; S. 646, 1 : Cd. 186; Th. 231, 11; Dan. 245.
georn-ful
Full of desire, eager, solicitous, anxious, strenuous, zealous, intent, diligent ⬩ sollĭcĭtus, stŭdiōsus, anxius, sēdŭlus, intentus, dīlĭgens
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Ðæt he swá geornfulle gýmenne dyde him ða hǽla úre þeóde tam sēdŭlam erga sălūtem nostræ gentis cūram gessĕrit, 2, 1; S. 501, 3: Hymn. Surt. 49, 21. Geornfulle men diligent men, Bt. 32, 3; Fox 118, 10.
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scip
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Swá eode hé on scyp, Bd. 4, 1; S. 564, 47. Scipu classes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 14, 46. Scypu (sciopu, Rush.: scioppu, Lind.) naues, Jn. Skt. 6, 23. Scipu (sciopo, Lind.), Lk. Skt. 5, 2: nauiculas, 5, 7. Scypo (scioppo, Lind.) naues, 5, 11. Sceopu, Ps.
sige-fæst
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And hé sigefæst swá eft hám férde sicque victor in patriam reversus, Bd. 2, 9 ; S. 512, 5 : Exon. Th. 460, 26 ; Hö. 23. Þurh cynincges wísdóm folc wyrð gesǽlig, gesundful and sigefæst, L. I. P. 2 ; Th. ii. 306, 5.
þingere
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Ðæs wordes ( Paraclete ) andgit is swá mon cweþe þingere, Blickl. Homl. 135, 33. Ðæt heó ús sý niilde þingere wið úrne Drihten, 159, 33. Ic beó eówer þyngere tó Gode, Shrn. 155, 2: Homl. Ass. 137, 701.
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wiþ-winnan
To strive against ⬩ resist
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"Nis nán wuht ðe mæge swá heágum góde wiþcweþan." Ðá cwæþ ic: "Né wéne ic ðæt ǽnig wuht sié ðe wiþwinne" non est igitur aliquid, quod summo huic bono possit obsistere. Non, inquam, arbitror, Bt. 35, 4; Fox 160, 31.
á-cunnian
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Swá hé hit oft ácunnad hæfde, Past. 375, 1. where a test is successfully undergone, to prove Ðá biscopas ácunnodan ðæt hió wǽren clǽne fram ðám synnum, Hml. A. 136, 663. Bið ácunnod conprobatur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 41.
Linked entry: accutian
ge-scrífan
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Gewát hé féran, swá him Scyppend wera gescrifen hæfde, 788. ' of the orders of secular or ecclesiastical law Symble se man þám óðrum byrigean gesette, and þám riht áwyrce þe tó hiom Cantwara déman gescrífen, Ll.
ge-feccan
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Swá þá sculon þe hiora ǽfengifl on helle gefeccean sculon tamquam apud inferos coenaturi, Ors. 2, 5; S. 86, 2. Hé wolde þæs beornes beágas gefecgan, By. 160
ge-þungennes
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[Gemyndige swá heálicre geþinþenesse (geþungenesse ? geþincþe ?) eówres hádes. Ll. Th. ii. 402, 24.] (2 a) virtue, chastity :-- Ꝥ hig witon ꝥ sió geþungennes ne mæg nǽfre wesan besmitan, Hml. A. 207, 424: 203, 284.
gewrixlian
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</b> to give in requital Hé forgeaf éce dreámas, bið him heofonríce ágiefen; swá sceal gewrixled þám þe wel heóldon Meotudes willan, Cri. 1261. to get in requital Ne hé ne giéme hwelce hylde hé mid ðǽre ælmessan gewriexle (-wrixle, v. l.) ne impensae
hræd-ness
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Rǽdnessum, 15, 26. where litele time is taken Se stán wearð upp áhafen mid swá mycelre hrædnysse (celeritate) swylce hé ǽr náne hefinysse næfde it took as little time to lift the stone as if it had no weight to start with, Gr. D. 123, 13.
hú-meta
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Cf. 2 Hé áxode þá weardmen húmeta hí dorston hí swá wel fédan, Hml.