wénan
to ween ⬩ suppose ⬩ think ⬩ imagine ⬩ opine ⬩ believe ⬩ to hope ⬩ expect ⬩ look for
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Hwæðer ðú wéne ðæt ǽnig mon sié swá andgetfull, ðæt hé mæge ongitan ǽlcne mon on ryht hwelc hé sié, ðæt hé náuþer ne sié ne betera ne wyrsa ðonne hé his wéne?
innan
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II</b> Answarode mé sum ðing, ic nát hwæðer hit wæs innan mé ðe útan sive alius quis extrinsecus sive intrinsecus, Solil. H. 3, 9. Yþende mód innan hreðre, Ps. Th. 54, 22.
ge-untrumian
To enfeeble ⬩ make weak or sick ⬩ infirmāre ⬩ debĭlĭtāre ⬩ To be enfeebled ⬩ be sick ⬩ infirmāri ⬩ ægrōtāre
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To be enfeebled, be sick; infirmāri, ægrōtāre Hí geuntrumiaþ infirmābuntur, Ps. Spl. 9, 3. Ða geuntrumade he mid ðære mettrymnesse podagre then he was ill with the gout, Shrn. 100, 18
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hyngrian
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Srt.) si esuriero, Ps. Vos. 49, 12. Ðá ðe hyncgrað qui esuriunt, Mt. L. 5, 6. Hyngcerde esuriit, 21, 18. Hiá hyncerdon esurientes, 12, 1. Hyngran (hingran, v. l. ), hátian, calan, Bd. I. 27 ; Sch. 82, 24. Hyngrende (hyncgerende, L.) esurientem, Mt.
bæc-bord
The larboard or left-hand side of a ship, when looking towards the prow or head ⬩ navigii sinistra pars
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The larboard or left-hand side of a ship, when looking towards the prow or head; navigii sinistra pars Burgenda land wæs us on æcbord the land of the Burgundians was on our larboard or left, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 21, 44
án-hende
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Gód is þé ánhende tó lífe þonne twá honda hæbbende siǽ sended in écce fýr, Mt. R. 18, 8. Blinde, ánhende caecos, debiles, 15, 30. Add
geán-talu
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Post autem sine contradictions reciperent sua, 600, 31
ge-wissung
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Add: a becoming certain, certainty Ealle ðás foresǽdan ðing sind mid micelre gewissunge getrymde þurh ðisne æfterfyligendan cwyde, Hml.
wæstm-leás
Without fruit(lit. or fig.)
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Ðæt word westem*-*leás geweorðæd verbum sine fructu efficitur, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 13, 22. Ðí læs ðe se Hláford ús wæstmleáse geméte, Homl. Th. ii. 408, 27. [Itt liþ uss wasstmeleas off alle gode dedess, Orm. 13858.]
hand-bell
A hand-bell
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A hand-bell Ðǽr nǽron ǽr búton vii upphangene bella and nú sind xiii upphangene and xii handbella before there were but seven hung-up bells, and now there are thirteen hung-up bells and twelve hand-bells, Th. Chart; 430, 6
ofer-higian
to overreach
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Sinc eáþe mæg gold on grunde gumcynnes gehwone oferhigian hýde se ðe wylle easily may treasure, gold in the ground, overreach every man (i. e. make the effort at concealment vain), hide it who will, Beo. Th. 5525; B. 2766
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on-sǽgan
to cause to sink down, to prostrate
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to cause to sink down, to prostrate Ǽrðon hine deáþ onsǽgde, Exon. Th. 171, 32; Gú. 1135. Hú hí ( hell ) bútan ende éce stondeþ, ðæm ðe ðǽr for his synnum onsǽgd weorþeþ, 446, 27; Dóm. 28. Selegesceotu synd onsǽgd (?), Ps. Th. 82, 6
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holm-clif
A sea-cliff, ⬩ cliff by the water-side
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A sea-cliff, cliff by the water-side On, fram ðam holmclife [the holm is the lake where Grendel dwelt ], Beo. Th. 2846, 3274; B. 1421, 1635. Se ðe holmclifu healdan scolde he who had to guard the sea-cliffs, 465; B. 230
hider
Hither
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Ne mæg hió hider ne ðider sígan ðé swíðor ðe hió symle dyde it cannot decline to one side or the other more than it ever did, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 328; Met. 20, 164. Sume hyder sume ðyder some on one side, some on the other, Elen. Kmbl. 1093; El. 548
hran
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Et dicunt quod vii minoribus saturantur maiores, ut vii fiscas sélaes fyllu, sifu sélas hronaes fyllu, sifu hronas hualaes fyllu (seven seals are plenty for a smaller whale, and seven smaller whales are plenty for one of the larger kind ), An.
eówian
To shew ⬩ ostendĕre
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Ðá hét he his tungan forþdón of his múþe, and him eówian linguam prōferre ex ōre, ac sĭbi ostendĕre jussit, Bd. 5, 2; S. 615, 6
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for-gnagan
To gnaw or eat up ⬩ corrōdĕre ⬩ comĕdĕre
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To gnaw or eat up; corrōdĕre, comĕdĕre On eallum grówendum þingon hig forgnagaþ omnia quæ nascuntur corrōdent, sive comĕdent, Ex. 10, 5. Gærstapan forgnógon swá hwæt swá se hagol belǽfde locusts gnawed up whatsoever the hail had left, Homl.
stán-geweorc
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Working in stone, stone-work Bæd hé ðæt hé him onsende sumne heáhcræftigan stángeweorces architectos sibi mitti petiit, Bd. 5, 21; S. 643, 1. On hire wurðmynte is árǽred mǽre cyrce mid wundorlícum stángeweorce, Homl. Th. i. 440, 18. Cf. stán-weorc
un-gníðe
Not scanty ⬩ liberal ⬩ abundant
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Not scanty, liberal, abundant Monigfealde sind geond middangeard gód ungnýðe (-gnyde, MS.) ðe ús dǽleþ tó feorhnere Fæder ælmihtig manifold and abundant are the goods which for our life's support the Father almighty gives on earth, Exon.
un-land
What is not land
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Tó ðam unlonde ( the whale, by whose side seamen,'deeming him some island,' moor their bark ), Exon. Th. 361, 3; Wal. 14