hwǽr
Where ⬩ anywhere ⬩ somewhere ⬩ wheresoever ⬩ wherever
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Hý writon hwǽr ánne dóm hwǽr óðerne they wrote at one place one doom, at another another, L. Alf. 49; Th. i. 58, 16. combined with swá, wheresoever, wherever Swá hwǽr swá hold biþ ubicunque fuerit corpus, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 28.
ge-mearcian
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Nis unc sceattes wiht tó mete gemearcod, 814. to indicate in writing, note, record Þá hí þis gehýrdon hí writon þone deg and gemearcodon ymbhigdiglíce quod illi audientes, sollicite conscripserunt diem, Gr. D. 306, 13.
singan
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Kmbl. 2306 ; El. 1154. to narrate in verse, write Se scop sang, ðæt má manna fægnodon . . ., Bt. 30, tit. ; Fox xvi. 4. Sealmsceopas sungon and sægdon, ðæt se wolde cuman, Blickl. Homl. 105, 10.
herian
To praise
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Hit is áwriten ne hera ðú nǽnne man on his lífe it is written 'Praise no man during his life,' Homl. Th. ii. 560, 13. Ðá silfne ne hera do not praise thyself, Salm. Kmbl. 262, 21. Here ðú, Sion, swylce ðínne sóþne God lauda Deum tuum, Sion, Ps.
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mǽl
a measure ⬩ a mark ⬩ sign ⬩ cross ⬩ crucifix ⬩ fixed, suitable, appointed time ⬩ season ⬩ occasion ⬩ the time for eating ⬩ a meal
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Ealle hit writen mid Cristes mǽl all signed it with a cross, Chr. 963; Erl. 123, 25. Similar entries v. fýr-mǽl, ge-mǽl, grǽg-mǽl: O. Sax. hobid-mǽl head on a coin and cf.
LEÓGAN
To lie ⬩ deceive ⬩ feign
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Hér begann se deófol tó reccanne hálige gewrita and hé leáh mid ðære race here the devil began to expound holy writ, and he spake falsely in his exposition, Homl. Th. i. 170, 4.
hrædlíce
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Hreód wrít[eres] hreðlíce wrítendes, Ps. Srt. 44, 2. figurative Hrædlíce cursum (l. cursim, v. Ald. 202, 15, cursim festinat credere Christo), Wrt.
ge-dihtan
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S. 14, 151-159. to direct what is to be written or spoken, dictate a letter, speech, & c. Seó ealde gesetnys ðe hé þurh Móysen gedihte, Hml. Th. ii. 56, 16.
swíðe
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Wé nellaþ be ðám ná swíðor áwrítan we will not write further about them, Homl. Th. ii. 466, 20. Wé willaþ furðor ymbe ðás emnihte swíðor sprecan . . . Embe ðis wé sprecaþ eft swídor we will say more about it later on, Lchdm. iii. 240, 1, 7.
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Cædmon
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creation, and of the origin of mankind, and all the history of Genesis, and then of the departure of the people of Israel from the Egyptians' land, and of the entrance of the land of promise, and of many other histories of the canonical books of Holy Writ
fóran
Before ⬩ in front ⬩ in front ⬩ in front ⬩ before all ⬩ opposite ⬩ over against ⬩ Before ⬩ Beforehand ⬩ before ⬩ before ⬩ Before ⬩ in front of
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Wrít þám horse on þám heúfde foran Crístes mǽl Lch. ii. 290, 24. with acc.: Hé wearp his tungan on ðæt neb foran lingnam in os tyranni abjecit, Bt. 16, 2; F. 52, 25.
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Ælfríc
Ælfric ⬩ Ælfricus
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Others have been written in Pref. to Homl. Th. i. pp. v-x: Lchdm. iii. pref. pp. xiv-xxix, etc. A list of his numerous books is given in Wright's Biographia Britannia Literaria, A. Sax. Period, pp. 485-494, and in Homl. Th. i. pp. vii-ix.
irfe
Inheritance ⬩ property
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[Under the single form yrfe two words seem to be comprised ; the one just given, also written ærfe, erfe, and another, which would correspond with a Gothic aurbi, connected with orf, with the meaning cattle.
wítega
a wise man ⬩ one who has knowledge ⬩ one who has knowledge from a superhuman source ⬩ prophet ⬩ wise man ⬩ diviner ⬩ soothsayer ⬩ a presage
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Wǽron eác óðre wítegan ðe ne writon náne béc, Ælfc. T. Grn. 10, 8, 28. "Eówre wítgan (prophetae) eów wítgodon dysig ". . . Ða gódan láreówas beóð oft genemnede on hálgum gewritum wiétgan (wítgan, Cott.
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help
help ⬩ assistance ⬩ succour ⬩ an aid ⬩ a thing ⬩ a place ⬩ a refuge ⬩ a cure ⬩ remedy of disease
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., the verb having been written in error under the influence of mæg which follows ?) ne mæg eald and infród ǽnige gefremman, B. 2448. Hí æt him helpe gemétton, G. i. 894: El. 1032: Ps. Th. 105, 24: 117, 13.
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þanne
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</b> add :-- Hwæt wille wé lencg wrítan be Martines wundrum, þonne Sulpicius sǽde ꝥ hí synd ungeríme, Hml. S. 31, 1301, <b>C.</b> add :-- Ðónne drincð se láreów ðæt wæter of his ágnum mere, ðonne hé gehwirfð ...
ge-logian
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S. 6, 357. (2 a) of language, to write in good style :-- Scemata sind mislíce híw and fægernyssa on Lédensprǽce, hú heó betst gelógod beó, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 295, 5.
múþ
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Ðá sylfan his láreówas æt (æfter, v. l.) his múðe writon and leornodan doctores suos auditores sui faciebat Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 486, 20. His word þe hié æt his sylfes múþe gehýrdon, Bl. H. 119, 32. Hé ne ontýnde múþ his, An. Ox. 40, 33.
nú
Now ⬩ at this time ⬩ Now ⬩ since ⬩ when
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Ðeáh hí nú eall hiora líf áwriten hæfdon ... hú ne forealldodon ða gewritu ðeáh now though they had written all their life, yet would not the writings wax old? Bt. 18, 3; Fox 64, 36.
ge-hwá
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Nis hit nán wundor ðeáh hwá wéne ꝥ swylces gehwæt (hwæt, v. l. ) unmyndlinga gebyrige, Bt. 39, 2 ; F. 214, 9. some one (thing) Oft gehwá gesihð fægre stafas áwritene, þonne herað hé ðone wrítere, Hml.