swencan
To cause a person to labour, to cause trouble to a person ⬩ where no good is implied, to harass, vex, afflict, distress ⬩ where a good result is intended, to mortify, chasten ⬩ verberare
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Ðý læs ðe mon unmihtigne man tó feor and tó lange for his ágenan swencte lest a man of small means should be made to toil too far and too long for his own, L. Eth. ii. 9; Th. i. 290, 4.
for-dón
to do for ⬩ destroy ⬩ kill ⬩ perdĕre ⬩ destruĕre ⬩ dēlēre ⬩ contĕrĕre ⬩ interfĭcĕre ⬩ occīdĕre ⬩ to seduce ⬩ defile ⬩ corrupt ⬩ sedūcĕre ⬩ scĕlĕrāre
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On ða firenum fordóne sorgum wlítaþ on which the defiled by sins shall sorrowfully look, Exon. 24 a; Th. 68, 16; Cri. 1104. Ðǽr wæs cirm micel, fordénera gedræg there was a great noise, a tumult of the defiled, Andr. Kmbl. 85; An. 43.
Linked entry: for-gedón
LÆS
Less ⬩ lest
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Ðý ilcan sumera forwearþ nó læs ðonne xx scipa that same summer no less than twenty ships were lost, 897; Erl. 96, 14. Ðá wæs ágangen fíf þúsend geára and áne geáre læs ðonne twá hund, Shrn. 29, 34.
Linked entry: læsast
máðum
A precious or valuable thing ⬩ a treasure ⬩ jewel ⬩ ornament
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Ǽghwylcum eorla drihten máð-ðum gesealde to each the lord of earls (Hrothgar) gave a rich present, 2109; B. 1052. Hé ðone máððum byreþ ðone ðe ðú mid rihte rǽdan sceoldest he the jewel bears, that of right should be thine, 4117; B. 2055.
Linked entry: máðm
ge-seón
To see ⬩ videre, conspicere
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Hie Drihten gesáwon upastígendne they saw the Lord ascending, 121, 22: 123, 25. Gesyhþ wínsele wéstne he sees the wine-hall deserted, Beo. Th. 4901; B. 2455: Cd. 37; Th. 48, 30; Gen. 783: 64; Th. 78, 12; Gen. 1292.
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ceaster
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</b> of hell :-- Hé byrnwígend tó þám burggeatum lǽdan ne wolde; ac þá locu feollon, clústor of þám ceastrum ( at the harrowing of hell ), Hö. 40. used of places in England [in place-names gen. -ceastres and -ceastre occur, and the acc.
ge-girwan
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Icel. göra to send, dispatch) Lǽd ðíne willas gind ðín lond, and gegier (-gierwe, v. l.) ðæt hié iernen bi herestrǽtum deriventur fontes tui foras, Past. 373, 5.
Linked entries: girwan ge-gerwan ge-girwung ge-gyrian
ge-neahhe
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Lócað geneahhe fram þám unlǽdan hláford the lord persistently turns his face from the wretched man, Sal. 381. Hé ne wandode, ac fýsde forð flána genehe he flinched not, but kept the shafts flying, By. 269.
ge-freógan
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L. 12, 58. to love, embrace Gefrígode hiá complexans eos, Mk. L. 10, 16
mearc
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Th. ii. 160, 35) tres petras in loco eodem pro signo posuit, Gr. D. 112, 29. a standard, an ensign Nymað þá sigefæstan mearca uictricia tollite signa, Ælfc. Gr.
wǽdla
poor ⬩ needy ⬩ indigent ⬩ wanting ⬩ deficient in ⬩ poor in ⬩ begging ⬩ poor ⬩ needy ⬩ a poor, needy person ⬩ a poor, needy person ⬩ a beggar
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Þurh ða weallendan sond and þurh ða wǽdlan stówe wæteres and ǽlcere wǽtan per ferventes arenas et egentia humoris loca, Nar. 6, 9: 26, 8. begging Hé sæt blind wið ðone weg wǽdla (mendicans), Mk.
habban
To HAVE, possess, hold, keep
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Gif cniht wǽpn brede gilde se hláford án pund and hæbbe se hláford æt ðæt hé mǽge if a follower draw a weapon, let the lord pay one pound, and let the lord get from him what he can, Th. Chart. 612, 25.
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Beó-wulf
BEOWULF
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Geféng ðá be eaxla The War-Goths' lord Gúþ-Geáta leód seized then by the shoulder Grendles módor. Grendel's mother.
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FǼGE
fated, doomed, destined ⬩ prŏpĕræ morti dēvōtus, cui mors immĭnet ⬩ dead, killed, slain ⬩ mortuus, occīsus ⬩ accursed, condemned ⬩ execrātus, damnātus
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Fǽgum stæfnum with dead bodies, Cd. 166; Th. 207, 5; Exod. 462. accursed, condemned; execrātus, damnātus Egeslícne cwide sylf sigora Weard ofer ðæt fǽge folc forþ forlǽteþ the Lord of victories himself shall send forth a dreadful utterance over the condemned
seón
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Th. 104, 31; Gen. 1743: B. 2364; B. 1180. with prepositions, to look at, on On ðæt ða folc seóþ, Exon. Th. 80, 2 ; Cri. 1301. Seóþ on éce gewyrht, 448, 29; Dóm. 61. Ealle synd gedréfede ðe hí on sióþ conturbati sunt omnes qui videbant eos, Ps.
fægere
beautifully ⬩ elegantly ⬩ gently ⬩ fair ⬩ plausibly ⬩ speciously ⬩ impurity ⬩ thoroughly ⬩ nobly ⬩ splendidly ⬩ justly
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Þá gefetredan fægre Drihten álýseð the Lord makes deliverance fair of the fettered, Ps. Th. 145, 7. Seledreáme fægre onþeón, Rä. 64, 2. Fægere áfréfran, Ps. Th. 125, 1.
flítan
to strive ⬩ to strive ⬩ to strive ⬩ quarrelsome ⬩ contentious ⬩ to dispute ⬩ argue ⬩ lay blame on
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Heó feóll tó eorðan flítende wið þone hálgan á hé hí ásende on swá mycelne weg and ne wearð gefréfrod she fell to the ground quarrelling with (blaming) the saint for sending her such a long way and she had got no comfort, Hml. S. 3, 652
healh
a corner ⬩ an angle ⬩ cave ⬩ closet ⬩ recess ⬩ a bay
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Ond long healhtúnes gemǽres, 436, 27. Æt healhtúne, 294, 21. Æt healtúne, vi. 184, 14: 198, 1. Andlang eá tó healhwere, v. 392, 33. Of ðǽre syrfan tó healwícum, 262, 14
hwæt
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indirect questions Ic ðé mæg eówian ðæs bisna þá ðe magon getrymian tó þám ꝥ þú nást hwæt þú læng siofige, Bt. 36, 1; F. 172, 28. in clauses expressing astonishment, how, what Eálá hwæt Drihten deófles costunga geþyldelíce ábær O how patiently our Lord
healf
HALF
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Seofon and twentigoþan healfes fótes twenty-six feet and a half long, Lchdm. iii. 218, 4, 12, 16, 19