sum
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Sume ( some of the thanes) ðǽr bidon, 806; B. 400. where the word is quite indefinite, some one Sum tó lyt hafaþ, Salm. Kmbl. 688; Sal. 343. Ic sceal swelgan of sumes bósme, Exon.
Linked entry: ÁN
þurfan
To need ⬩ to be in need ⬩ have need of something ⬩ to need to do something ⬩ to be bound to do something because it is right ⬩ to be obliged ⬩ be compelled by destiny ⬩ to have good cause or reason for doing something ⬩ to be use, to be good for a person to do something ⬩ to owe
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Hú hé ðisse worulde wynna þorfte læsast brúcan how he should be least under the necessity of enjoying the delights of this world, Exon.Th. 122, 20; Gú. 308.
hálig
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Þurh þín hálig word, An. 1420. Gástgifu vel háligu carismata, dona, Wrt. Voc. ii. 129, 5. Hálige gewreotu, Bl.
habban
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Hé ne mehte habban þæs onwaldes noman, Ors. 6, 36; S. 294, 14. of things Þá word þe geendiað on or habbaþ ðreó getácnunga, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 121, 18.
healdan
to HOLD, keep, grasp, retain, restrain, confine, contain ⬩ to hold, have, possess, occupy, inhabit ⬩ to rule, govern ⬩ to behave, conduct ⬩ to guard, defend, keep, preserve, protect, maintain, sustain, regard, observe, take heed ⬩ to hold out, last, hold on, continue, hold with ⬩ to hold, keep, keep sheep ⬩ servare, custodire
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His múþ hé sceal symble from yfelum wordum healdan he shall ever keep his mouth from evil words L. E. I. 21; Th. ii. 416, 33, Clǽnnysse healdan castitatem servare, L. Ecg. P. iii. 5; Th. ii. 198, 2.
Linked entries: a-hyltan healding heald-ness -hilde healdend
ge-niman
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Genim ( erue ) égo ðín and worp from ðé, Mt. L. 5, 29. Genioma ðá ehera vellere spicas, 12, 13. Genimænde accipiens, Mt. R. 25, 3. Genimmende, Mt. L. 26, 27. <b>I a.
ídel-ness
Idleness ⬩ vanity ⬩ frivolity ⬩ uselessness ⬩ futility ⬩ emptiness ⬩ falseness
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Ðis synt ða ídelnyssa ðisse worlde hæ sunt vanitates hujus mundi, L. Ecg. P. 1, 8 ; Th. ii. 174, 32. On ídelnyssum heora with their vanities, Cant. Moys. ad fil. 21
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reáf-lác
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rapine, robbery, spoliation, plundering : Ðis synt ða ídelnyssa ðysse worlde . . . gýtsung and reáflác (rapina) and manslihtas, L. Ecg. P. i. 8; Th. ii. 174, 34. Heáfodleahtras sind ... reáflác, gítsung ... Homl. Th. ii. 592, 6.
þríste
Bold ⬩ bold ⬩ presumptuous ⬩ audacious ⬩ shameless
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Geþinga ús þrístum wordum, 21, 30; Cri. 342: Cd. Th. 242, 27; Dan. 425. Ic ǽnig ne métte þrístran geþóhtes, mægþa cynnes, Exon.
un-geþwǽrness
discord ⬩ dissension ⬩ disagreement ⬩ division ⬩ quarrel ⬩ trouble ⬩ disquiet
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'Þeód áríst ongeán þeóde:' Mid ðisum wordum hé foresǽde manna ungeðwǽrnyssa, Homl. Th. ii. 538, 26, 17. trouble, disquiet.
Linked entry: ge-þwǽrnes
sníðan
to cut, make an incision in anything ⬩ to cut as a surgeon does, to lance ⬩ to amputate ⬩ to cut up or to pieces ⬩ to cut so as to kill, to slay an animal ⬩ to cut stone, to hew ⬩ to cut hair ⬩ to cut corn, to reap ⬩ to reap ⬩ to cut ⬩ secare, resecare, caedere, putare, dolere, attondere ⬩ to cut, prune
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Gif ðonne ðæt worms up stíhþ tó ðon ðæt ðé þince ðæt hit mon sníþan mǽge and út forlǽtan . . . ðonne hrín ðú him mid ðý snidísene and sníð listum . . . ðonne ðú hit tóstinge oððe sníþe Lchdm. ii. 208, 11-21.
ge-wendan
To turn ⬩ change ⬩ translate ⬩ incline ⬩ bring about ⬩ To turn [one's self] ⬩ change ⬩ go ⬩ return
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He gewendeþ on ða wyrsan hand he turns to the worse side, Salm. Kmmbl. 997; Sal. 500. Hwílum hie gewendaþ on wyrmes líc sometimes they turn into the body of a snake, 305; Sal. 152.
þeówet
Service ⬩ servitude ⬩ bondage ⬩ slavery
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Se synfulla ðeówaþ ðam wyrstan ðeówte the sinner is a slave to the worst slavery, Homl. Th. ii. 228, 10. Of þeówete út álǽdan de servitute eruere, Ex. 6, 6. Þeówette, Deut. 5, 6. Of þeówte gelǽdan, Ælfc. T. Grn. 5, 19. Of þeówte álísan, 2, 11.
CRÆFT
power ⬩ might ⬩ strength as of body or externals ⬩ vis ⬩ robur ⬩ potentia ⬩ an art ⬩ skill ⬩ CRAFT ⬩ trade ⬩ work ⬩ ars ⬩ peritia ⬩ artificium ⬩ occupatio ⬩ opus ⬩ craft of mind, cunning, knowledge, science, talent, ability, faculty, excellence, virtue ⬩ astutia, machinatio, scientia, facultas, præstantia, virtus ⬩ a CRAFT ⬩ any kind of ship ⬩ navis qualiscunque
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Kmbl. 904; Sal. 451; Cd. 184; Th. 230, 1; Dan. 226; Exon. 88b; Th. 332, 33; Vy. 94: 92b; Th. 346, 27; Sch. 5. an art, skill, CRAFT, trade, work; ars, peritia, artificium, occupatio, opus Se cræft ðæs lareówdómes biþ cræft ealra cræfta the art of teaching
sunne
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</b> in the phrase under sunnan= in this world, cf. sublunary :-- Hié ǽfre geseón under sunnan, Andr. Kmbl. 2025; An. 1015.
ge-flít
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Hié micel geflit hæfdon in arma surgentes, 6. 34; S. 290, 24. a contest with words, dispute, disputation, argument Áworden wæs geflit (giflitt, R., contentio ) bituih him huelc hiora geseen woere mára, Lk. L. 22, 24. Ꝥ geflit, p. 11. 3.
grówan
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.), to germinate Ðonne gréwð ðæt sǽd ðára worda tunc verbi semen germinat, Past. 137, 7. And ꝥ sǽd grówe and wexe et semen germinet et increscat, Mk. 4, 27. Þæs sǽdes corn bið áweaht mid áscunga ... gif hit grówan sceal, Met. 22, 42.
sár
pain, suffering, soreness ⬩ a pain, pang, sore, wound ⬩ grief, pain, ¨trouble, sorrow ⬩ a grief, sorrow, pain, wound
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Nǽfre ðú þæs suíðlíc sár gegearwast heardra wíta, ðæt ðú mec onwende worda ðissa, Exon. Th. 246, 2; Jul. 55. Ðú ðæt sár ( stripes and blows ) áber, Andr. Kmbl. 1912; ¨An. 958.
hálig-dóm
holiness, sanctity ⬩ sanctimonia ⬩ holy things, relics, holy work, a sacrament ⬩ a holy place, sanctuary ⬩ relic ⬩ holiness ⬩ sacred things ⬩ relics ⬩ a sanctuary ⬩ sacramentum, sanctuarium ⬩ sacred thing, relic, sanctuary
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Búton ða heánesse ðæs háligdómes nisi excellentia sanctitatis, Past. 18, 3; Swt. 133, 14: 57; Swt. 439, 23. holy things, relics, holy work, a sacrament Háligdóm sacramentum, Mk. Skt. p. 5, 11.
tún
an enclosed piece of ground ⬩ a yard ⬩ court ⬩ the enclosed land surrounding a single dwelling ⬩ a manor ⬩ vill ⬩ 'an estate with a village community in villenage upon it under a lord's jurisdiction,' ⬩ the buildings or inhabitants being referred to ⬩ the towns of Roman Britain ⬩ a habitation of men ⬩ the residence or estate of a single person ⬩ an estate ⬩ farm ⬩ a collection of dwellings ⬩ a village ⬩ town
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Wæs in ða tíd ðeáu Ongelcynnes folcum, ðæt ðonne mæssepreóst in tún (villam) com, hí ealle gesomnodon Godes word tó gehýranne, 4, 27; S. 604, 16. Ðæt cumende folc of eallum túnum (viculis), 2, 14; S. 518, 9: 4, 27; S. 604, 26.
Linked entries: bold tún-geréfa