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mótan

(v.)
Grammar
mótan, ic, hé mót, ðú móst; wé móton; p. móste (

to be allowedmaymoteto be inferred otherwiseto be obligedmust

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Ne mágon hié and ne móton ( are not able and are not permitted ) ðínne líchoman deáþe gedǽlan, Andr. Kmbl. 2431; An. 1217. Ðæt hié on ðæt fǽgon, ðæt ic swá lytle hwíle lifgean móste, Nar. 32, 21. Ðæt ðú wilwega wealdan móstest, Ps. Th. 90, 11.

irmþ

(n.)
Grammar
irmþ, e; irmþu, irmþo; indecl. f.

Povertypenurymiserywretchednesscalamitydistressdisorder

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Nis ðǽr on ðam londe yldu ne yrmþu in that land there is not age or misery, Exon. 56 b; Th. 201, 6; Ph. 52 : 64 b; Th. 238, 34; Ph. 614.

Linked entry: earmþu

trucian

(v.)
Grammar
trucian, p. ode.
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to fail in doing something Ne trucaþ heora nan ána ðurh unmihte ac ðurh gecynde ánre Godcundnysse hí wyrcaþ ealle ǽfre án weorc no one of them alone fails through want of power, but through the nature of one divinity they all work always the same work

ge-sáwan

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-seów(-seáw, -seáwde in Lindisfarne Gospels). to sow seed, a plant þú gód séd geseówe (-seáw, L.) nonne bonum semen seminasti ?, Mt. R. 13, 27. Þ te ðú ne gesáudes, Lk. L. 19, 22.

un-lyt

(n.)
Grammar
un-lyt, n.

No littlemuch

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No little, much Gé mánes unlyt wyrceaþ, Ps. Th. 61, 9

Linked entry: lyt

weorþ-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
weorþ-leás, adj.
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Worthless, of no value Wurðleás depretiatus Wrt. Voc. i. 28, 59

háwian

(v.)
Grammar
háwian, p. ode; pp. od

To view, look, observe, regard, survey, inspect

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Drihten háwa nú mildelíce on ðás earman eorþan Lord, look now mercifully on this miserable earth, Bt. 4; Fox 8, 20. Háwa ðæt se inra wind ðé ne tówende look that the inward wind do not cast thee down, Homl. Th. ii. 392, 32.

feá

(adj.)
Grammar
feá, adj.

Fewpauci

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Nales feám síþum not a few times, Elen. Kmbl, 1633; El. 818: Andr. Kmbl. 1210; An. 605

for-tendan

(v.)
Grammar
for-tendan, p. -tende [ = -tendede], pl. -tendon; pp. -tended [for-, tendan to burn]

To burn off or awaysearinūrĕre

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wíf fortendon ðæt swýðre breóst fóran, ðæt hit weaxan ne sceolde, ðæt hí hæfden ðý strengran scyte; forðon hí mon hét on Creácisc Amázanas, ðæt is on Englisc fortende from the female children, the women burnt off the right breast so far that it should not

Linked entry: tendan

hell-waran

(n.)
Grammar
hell-waran, pl.
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Ne forlǽt ðú míne sáwle mid hellwarum leave not my soul in hell, Blickl. Homl. 87, 33

gítsian

(v.)
Grammar
gítsian, p. ode; pp. od

To covetdesire

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Fóþres ne gítsaþ it craves not food, Exon. 114 b; Th. 440, 1; Rä. 51, 11: Bt. 26, 2; Fox 92, 17. Ðá ðú gítsiende blǽda náme when thou coveting didst take the fruit, Cd. 42; Th. 55, 7; Gen. 890.

Linked entries: gídsian gýtsian

ge-brócod

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-brócod, -brócad, -bróced, -brócud [or -brocod ?]; part. p. [ge-, brðcod; pp. of brócian to oppress, vex]

Afflictedbroken upinjuredafflictusconfractus

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Næfde se here Angelcyn ealles forswíðe gebrócod the army had not all too much afflicted the English race, Chr. 897; Erl. 94, 30. Surne gebrócode wǽron some were injured, 978; Erl. 127, 12: Homl. Th. i. 476, 19.

ge-feallan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-feallan, p. -feól, -feóll, pl. -feóllon; pp. feallen

To fallcaderedecidere

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music, but she has not learnt it well, 16, 23

ge-licgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-licgan, -licgean; p. -læg, pl. -lǽgon; pp. -legen.

to lielie near, togetherjacereadjacereconjacereto lie downfailceaseloiterdelaydeficerecessare

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Ne mihte se níþ betwux him twám gelicgean the strife between the two could not be appeased, Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 75. 36

sín

(n.)
Grammar
sín, seón, sién, sýn, e ; f.
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Ne wyrt ðæt ða seón it does not injure the sight, Lchdm. ii. 26, 14. Se ðe hire ða siéne onláh, ðæt heó swá wíde wlítan meahte, Cd. Th. 38, 16 ; Gen. 607. Oft ic sýne ofteáh, áblende beorna unrím, Exon. Th. 270, 21 ; Jul. 468.

Linked entries: seón sién sýn

þurh-scríþan

(v.)

to pass throughglide throughto go through a subjectexamineconsiderperlustrare

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consider; perlustrare Ǽlc ðæra ðe wyle ða eásterlícan blisse mǽrsian, ne sceal hé náðer ne ðæs lambes flǽsc hreáw etan, ne gesoden, ac gebrǽd; ðæt ys, ðæt hé ne sceal þurh menniscnysse wísdóm þurhscríðan ða hálgan flǽscennysse úres Drihtnes ( he shall not

un-sméþe

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sméþe, adj.

Not smoothroughuneven

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Not smooth, rough, uneven Unsméðe scabra, Wrt. Voc. ii. 97, 13. Unsméðe hrægel birrus, i. 40, 25. Eoh bið útan unsméðe treów, Runic pm. Kmbl. 341, 27; Rún. 13. Tunge unsméþe, Lchdm. ii. 242, 10.

Linked entry: sméðe

wriþa

(n.)
Grammar
wriþa, an; m.

a bandcollara ring

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Mid wriþan treówenum gewriþen grundweall getimbrunge ná byþ tóslopen loramento ligneo conligatum fundamentum aedificii non dissoluitur, 200, 8. Smeáþancollíce wriþan ł cnottan cræftelícum sertaque mystica, Germ. 389, 28.

Linked entry: wríþan

bóc-cræft

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Ðá ðe nellað heora bóccræftas Godes folce nytte gedón those who will not make their learning profitable to God's people, Wlfst. 213, 24. Add

freóls

(adj.)
Grammar
freóls, adj.
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Add: free. of persons, not in bondage Hé dide hine sylfne and his ofspreng ǽfre freóls and sacclés, Cht. Th. 628, 23. Ǽlc hláford his nýdþeówum byrge ... for ðám hí sýn Gode efenleófe and þá ðe syndon freólse. Ll.