MAGAN
- Mk. Skt. p. 3, 1 ;
- Ælfc. Gr. 41 ;
- Som. 44, 21.
to be strong ⬩ efficacious ⬩ to avail ⬩ prevail ⬩ be sufficient ⬩ to be strong ⬩ be in good health ⬩ to be able ⬩ may ⬩ may
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Magan wið (cf, Icel. mega við) to prevail with or against, to be efficacious against (of a medicine) to be good for (a disease) : -- Gif ic swá wel wið ðé mæg if I am so influential with thee, Homl. Skt. 3,176.
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níwe
new ⬩ not yet used ⬩ new ⬩ recent ⬩ not of long standing ⬩ not long made ⬩ new (to anything) ⬩ inexperienced ⬩ new ⬩ novel ⬩ different from what has gone before
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Homl. 147, 30. new, recent, not of long standing, not long made Nán man ne sent níwe wín on ealde bytta; elles ðæt níwe wín brycþ ða bytta . . . Ac níwe wín is tó sendenne on níwe bytta ...
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FEOHTAN
To FIGHT ⬩ contend ⬩ make war ⬩ combat ⬩ struggle ⬩ prœliāri ⬩ pugnāre ⬩ bellāre ⬩ contendĕre ⬩ decertāre ⬩ collīdĕre
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Stuf and Wihtgár fuhton [fuhtun, Erl. 14, 22] wið Bryttas Stuf and Wihtgar fought against the Britons, Chr. 514; Erl. 15, 23. Wítodlíce míne þegnas fuhton ministri mei utique decertārent, Jn. Bos. 18, 36.
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tíderness
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Wiþ ǽlces dæges mannes tyddernysse inneweardes, Lchdm. i. 86, 16: ii. 196, 9. Lǽcedómas wið eallum tiédernessum eágena, 2, 6. Mid sáre geswenced, mid mislícum ecum and tyddernessum, Blickl.
un-lust
absence of desire ⬩ disgust ⬩ disinclination ⬩ want of appetite ⬩ disinclination to action ⬩ listlessness ⬩ want of pleasure ⬩ joylessness ⬩ weariness ⬩ an evil pleasure ⬩ lust
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Wiþ metes unluste, 184, 15: 28, 5. Wiþ unluste and wlætan þe of magan cymð, 158, 12. Wiþ sáre and unluste ðæs magan, se ðe ne mæg ne mid mete ne mid drincan beón gelácnod, 158, 17. Hié þrowiaþ ormǽtne þurst and metes unlust, 230, 19.
settan
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Þá sette Boia þás spéce wið Ælfríce; ꝥ wes ꝥ Putrael sealde Ælfríce viii oxa, Cht. E. 274, 4. Hé sætte mycel deórfrið . . .
þæt
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Ne híwa ðú swilce ðú mæge ... wið hí mótian ðæt ðín mód ne beó yfele besmiten, Hex. 48, 11. ¶ In the charters the word is used almost with the force of until, marking the point reached in tracing a boundary :-- Swá west wið ðan heáfdan ðæt hit cymð tó
weard
a guard, warder, watchman, sentinel ⬩ a guardian, protector, lord
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Th. 211, 9; Exod. 523. a guardian, protector, lord Ðære cneórisse wæs Cainan aldordéma, weard and wísa, Cd. Th. 70, 22; Gen. 1157. Ðú (Nebuchadnezzar) hæleðum eart ána eallum eorðbúendum weard and wísa, 251, 19; Dan. 566.
Linked entries: æftan-weard ǽg-weard fóre-weard
ge-hádod
In holy orders ⬩ ordĭnātus
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P. 41; Th. ii. 382, 16; Wilk. 169, 23. Se gehádoda one in holy orders; ordĭnātus, 42; Th. ii. 382, 23; Wilk. 169, 34. Be gehádedum mannum concerning men in holy orders; de ordinatis, Th. ii. 364, 7; Wilk. 161, 1.
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hafetian
to clap ⬩ applaud
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to clap [as a bird with its wings, or a man with his hands], applaud Ic hafetige plaudo, Ælfc. Gr. 28; Som. 31, 28. Flódas hafettaþ hundum flumina plaudent manu, Ps. Spl. 97, 8.
a-wearpan
to cast away ⬩ projicere
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to cast away; projicere Dust ðæt awearpþ wind pulvis quem projicit ventus, Ps. Spl. 1, 5
hyge-gár
a wile ⬩ device
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A dart of the mind, a wile, device, Exon. 83 b; Th. 315, 21; Mód. 34
leás-bregdende
Wily ⬩ deceitful
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Wily, deceitful Hund síðon líhþ se leásbrédenda centies mentitur versipellis, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Som. 50, 31
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tæppestre
A woman who sells wine, a hostess
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A woman who sells wine, a hostess Tæppestre caupona, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 3; Zup. 36, 13
be-spanan
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Hé wile áwendan of rihtan geleáfan and be-spanan tó his unlárum, Wlfst. 95, 15. Add
bleó-mete
A delicacy
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A delicacy Þú gegearwodest þé wiste and bleómettas tu tibi delicias praeparas, Gr. D. 99, 18
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freóls-bryce
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Syndan freólsbrycas(-bricas, v.l. ) and fæsten-brycas wíde geworhte oft and gelóme. Wulfst. 164, 9. Add
súþ
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Gif hé (thunder) bið súð gehéred, sé bécnað cininges wífes cwealm, Archiv cxx. 47, 22. Add
súþan-westerne
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South-western, from the south-west Þurh þone smyltan súþanwesternan wind. Bt. 4; F. 8, 7
wæl-genga
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A deadly walker, a wild beast, a dragon Wælgengan beluę, An. Ox. 8, 305 : 5, 41