meldian
to declare ⬩ announce ⬩ tell ⬩ to inform against ⬩ accuse
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Th. ii. 248, 32. to inform against, accuse Oft mec ísern scód sáre on sídan, ic swígade, nǽfre meldade monna ǽngum ( never accused any man(?) or told no man ), Exon. 126 a; Th. 485, 17; Rä. 71, 15. Meldadun vel wroegdun defferuntur, Wrt.
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sicor
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Secure from, free from guilt and the punishment it brings, safe, free from danger or harm, sure, certain, free from doubt Swá ús biþ æt Gode ðonne wé wið hine gesyngiaþ; ðeáh wé nǽfre eft swá ne dón, gif wé ðæt gedóne mid nánum þingum ne bétaþ ne ne
þicness
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Wé ne magon for ðære fyrlynan heáhnysse and ðæra wolcna ðicnysse and for ure eágena tyddernysse hí (heofenan) nǽfre geseón, Lchdm. iii. 232, 16. Ða þicnyssa smíces stigon upp the clouds of smoke rose up, Homl.
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eafora
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Nǽfre geréfan rǽdaþ þíne eafora yrfe, 2187. Lǽd eaforan þíne, frumgáran þrý, 1333. Idesa eaforan bróhtan heora ealdan fæder, 2606
fǽr-lic
sudden ⬩ sudden ⬩ fortuitous
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Mín Drihten, ne lǽt mé nǽfre fǽrlicum deáðe of þissum lífe gewítan, Angl. xii. 499, 5. For his fǽrlican áweggewitennysse, Hml. S. 30, 225. Férlican ógan repentino terrore, Kent.
for-gifnes
release ⬩ mildness ⬩ lenity ⬩ indulgence ⬩ laxity
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Hié nǽfre forgifenesse æt Gode ne biddaþ, Bl. H. 65, 13.
on-scunian
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'Nelle wit (the eyes) nǽfre hǽr þá þeóstru þǽre nihte onscunian, ǽr wit magon þá sunnan sylfe geseón (tum tenebras non amabo, cum solem videro ).'
ge-wis
Certain ⬩ sure ⬩ knowing ⬩ foreknowing ⬩ certus
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Ða úþwitan ðe sǽdon ðæt nǽfre nán wiht gewisses nǽre búton twæónunga the philosophers that said that there was no certainty without doubt, Shrn. 174, 25. Swá litel gewis funden found so little certain, Bt. 41, 4; Fox 250, 20.
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west-dǽl
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Se steorra ne cymþ nǽfre on ðam westdǽle, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 232, 30. Breoton is geseted betwyh norþdǽle and westdǽle Brittania inter septentrionem et occidentem locata est Bd. 1, 1 ; S. 473, 9. <b>II a.
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wirp
A change for the better ⬩ recovery ⬩ improvement
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Gé sceolon dreógan deáþ and þýstro, nǽfre gé ðæs wyrpe gebídaþ never will that lot be bettered, 140, 11; Gú. 608. Se mon ne þearf tó ðisse worulde wyrpe gehycgan man need not look to this life to mend his lot, 105, 5; Gú. 18.
be-rǽdan
to dispossess ⬩ betray
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(gen. or æt) of thing Þone gelpscaðan ríce berǽdan (cf. áfyrran, Bt. 16, 4 ; F. 58, 13), Met. 9, 50. to take by treachery : Se deófol á sǽtaþ hwǽr hé mæge unware men beswícan, and hé nǽfre tó þæs feala berǽdeð þæt hé ǽfre ful sié daemones insidiantur
ceorian
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Ne gestilde nǽfre stefen cearciendes wǽnes ne ceoriendes wales, Lch. iii. 430, 34. to murmur about (ymb), against (ongeán) Hé ceorað ongeán God, Hml. Th. i. 472, 8. Gé ymb þæt án gefeoht ceoriað, Ors. 3, 11; S. 142, 7.
flór
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Ne mihte seó his swaðu nǽfre beón þǽm óðrum flórum geonlícod his footstep could never be made like the rest of the floor, Shrn. 80, 39. Andlang ríðiges ðæt hit cymð tó fágan flóran (= flórum, or sing, ?
íþe
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þingum ne on rénum, Shrn. 204, 3. easy, not troublesome, pleasant Hé sǽde þæt him nǽre nǽfre ǽr swá éðe ne swá myrige, swá him þá wæs, Wlfst. 237, 7. of persons, not exacting, not harsh Wearð Tiberius Rómánum swá wráð and swá heard swá hé him ǽr wæs
on-cunnan
To accuse a person (acc.) of something (gen., clause beginning with ðæt or with prep, be, for), to blame, charge, lay to a person's charge
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Ic him mín wedd beád, ðæt ic hyra nǽfre nǽnne ne oncúðe, for ðon ðe hý on riht sprǽcon, Chart. Th. 486, 21. Mé míne ágen word sócon swýðe oncúðan verba mea excrabantur, Ps. Th. 55, 5.
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þicgan
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Ðæt hé nǽfre oftor swǽsendo ðeah ( reficeret ), 4, 25; S. 600, 16. Swá ðæt hé nǽfre mete onféng ne swǽsendo ðeah ita ut nihil unquam cibi vel potus perciperet, S. 599, 30. Wé medu þégon, Beo. Th. 5260; B. 2633: Judth. Thw. 21, 15; Jud. 19.
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nǽnig
not any ⬩ none ⬩ no ⬩ no one ⬩ not any one
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Ðæt wíte ðe nǽfre nǽnig ende ne becymeþ, 51, 31. Ne hé nǽnigne man unrihtlíce fordémde, ne hine nǽnig man yrne ne funde, 223, 32. Ðǽr him nǽnig wæter wihte ne sceþede, Beo. Th. 3032; B. 1514. Óðer nǽnig sélra nǽre, 1723; B. 859.
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for-gitan
To FORGET ⬩ neglect ⬩ oblīvisci ⬩ neglĭgĕre
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Ðæt gé nǽfre ne forgiton Drihtnes wedd ne quando oblīviscāris pacti Dŏmĭni, Deut. 4, 23: 6, 12. Ðæt he hi ðe-læs forgeáte that he should the less forget them, Ors. 6, 3; Bos. 118, 4: Cd. 40; Th. 52, 25; Gen. 849.
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ge-sécan
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I. 2 a Þ hí nǽfre feorh ne gesécean . . . ꝥ hé nǽfre ꝥ feorh ne geséce nunquam sibi uitam adquirant . . . numquam sibi uitam impetret, Ll. Th. i. 392, 1-3. Þ hí nǽfre feorh ne gesécen, búton se cyningc him feorhgeneres unne, 268, 24. Cf.
ge-stillan
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ZI. with respect to sound, to be silent, not to sound :-- Ne gestilde nǽfre stefen cearciendes wǽnes. Lch. iii. 430, 33.