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níde

(adv.)
Grammar
níde, neáde, neóde, níde, niéde, nýde; adv. ( a case of níd, q. v.).

of necessityas a naturalinevitable consequencefrom force of circumstancesof necessitybecause a law, natural, moral or human, is to be satisfiedfrom forceunder compulsionwithout free-will

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Forðamðe wé witon ðæt án wealdend is eallra þinga wé sceolon beón néde geþafan ( we must inevitably assent to the conclusion ) ðæt hé síe se héhsta hróf eallra góda, Bt. 34, 12; Fox 154, 7.

þearfan

(v.)
Grammar
þearfan, p. de; pp. ed
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Ðú, þíne þearfende thou, needing food (? v. þigen, II), Cd. Th. 149, 25; Gen. 2480. Ðæt ðú miltsige mé þearfendum, Exon. Th. 269, 13; Jul. 449. Ic ðé biddan wille miltse ðínre mé þearfendre, Judth. Thw. 22, 29; Jud. 85.

ge-beran

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Siþþan þú ǽrest geboren wǽre oð þisne dæg from the very day you were born until this day, Bt. 8; F. 24, 21. Sóna swá hé ácenned wæs and geboren at his birth, Bl. 167, 10. For geborene ge for ungeborene, Ll.

ge-þyncþ

Grammar
ge-þyncþ, ge-þyncþu.
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Z. 244, 18. of things, degree, grade Geþincþa graduum, An. Ox. 1404. high degree of moral excellence Héhnysse, geþinþe fastigio (edito Virginitatis fastigio sublimati, Ald. 13, 36), An. Ox. 930.

árian

(v.)
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Ára nú and má wæter of þínum múþe þú ne send, Bl. H. 247, 7. Þú nelt árian þǽre stówe non parces loco illi, Gen. 18, 24. Miltsian and árian mannum, Hml. Th. i. 68, 25

sóna

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Sóna swá ic þé ǽrest geseah ðus murciende, ic ongeat ꝥ þú wǽre út áfaren of þínes fæder éþele, Bt. 5, 1; F. 8, 27. v. eft-, efter- sóna

níd-þearf

(n.)
Grammar
níd-þearf, e; f.

necessityinevitablenessnecessityconstraintneeda necessary thingwhat a person needsneeddistresstroublea necessary business

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Homl. 23, 1 : 81, 36. a necessary thing, what a person needs Wuhta gehwylc wilnaþ tó eorþan, sume nédþearfe (cf. ealle ðider ( earthwards ) willniaþ ... ðæs ðe hí beþurfon, Bt. 41, 6; Fox 254, 29) sume neódfræce, Met. 31, 15.

Róm-feoh

(n.)
Grammar
Róm-feoh, gen. -feós; n.

Peter's pence

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[William of Malmesbury attributes to Ethelwulf the institution of this tax : 'Ethelwulf went to Rome (v. Chron. 855) and there offered to St.

gift

(n.; v.; part.)
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Gif hé þás þreó þing ne déð providebit puellae nuptias et vestimenta et pretium pudicitiae non negabit. Si tria ista non fecerit Ex. 21, II. Hé dó hiere gyfta, Ll.

ge-biddan

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II. of prayer to an object (person or thing) held sacred. to pray, say a prayer Andreas þá gebæd, Bl. H. 247, 14. Ðús gebiddende, 245, 3. (1 a) reflexive, to say one's prayers :-- Hé hine gebæd, Bl. H. 217, 26.

hand

(n.)
Grammar
hand, hond, a; f.

HAND, side, power, control

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Alle þinge ðe hí under honde habben all things that they have in their possession, Th. Chart. 582, 1, 19: Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iv. 268, 32. [Cf. Icel. undir höndum einum in one's power.]

hwǽr

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Hwǽr is þín gilp and þín hiht?, 243, 9. Hwár (huoer, L.) is eówer geleáfa?, Lk. 8, 25. Hwǽr syndon þíne word, Drihten?, Bl. H. 243, 31. ¶ strengthened by áhwǽr, ǽfre :-- Hwǽr is heora God áhwǽr nú ðá?, Ps. Th. 113, 10.

ge-dihtan

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(l a) with acc. of direction, to give a direction :-- Hé gedihte þisne cwyde . . . 'Nimað þisne scyldigan . . . ' Þá tugon hí þone hálgan wer, swá hé him gediht hæfde, Hml.

CWUDU

(n.)
Grammar
CWUDU, cwuda, cweodo, cwidu, cudu; gen.ues wes; n.

What is chewed, a cud, quid manducatum, rumen

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This gum was used for chewing in the East; mastiche = μαστίχη Hwit cwudu which chew not their cud: the clean beasts which chew their cud, mastich, L. M. 1, 23; Lchdm. ii. 66, 3.

here-láf

(n.)
Grammar
here-láf, e; f.

The remnant of an army or people what is left of an army after a battlewhat is left after a battlespoil

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Gúþrum se hǽðene king twelf dages hér on lande wunede and syððan gewende mid his hereláfe tó his ágenen earde Guthrum the heathen king stopped twelve days in this land and afterwards returned with what remained of his army to his own country, Shrn. 17

Linked entry: fird-láf

hrif

(n.)
Grammar
hrif, rif, es; n.

The wombbellyuterusventer

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The womb, belly; uterus, venter Ðín ðæt fæðmlíce hrif thine enfolding womb, Blickl. Homl. 7, 29. Hrif uterus, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 1, 8: 19 12: Rtl. 51, 27. Ðæt uferre hrif, L. M. 2, 28; Lchdm. ii. 224, 8. Rif vel seó inre wamb alvus, Ælfc.

Linked entry: in-gehrif

leóran

(v.)
Grammar
leóran, p. de

To godepartpasspass away

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Leórendum dagum in the transitory days [of this life], Exon. 118 a; Th. 454, 9; Hy. 4, 30

Linked entries: bi-leóran ge-hlioran

nama

(n.)
Grammar
nama, an; m.

a namea noun

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Th. 44, 34; Gen. 719. a noun Nomen is nama, mid ðam wé nemnaþ ealle þing ... Pronomen is ðæs naman speliend ... Amans lufigend cymþ of ðam worde amo, ic lufige; ðon nymþ hé of ðam naman him ealle ða six casus, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 3, 26-46.

níwan

(adv.)
Grammar
níwan, neówan, neón; adv.

Recentlylatelynewly

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Ða þing ðe ús níwan bodade syndon ea quae nunc nobis nova praedicantur, 2, 13; S. 516, 11. Ðonne man níwan wíf nymþ cum acceperit homo nuper uxorem, Deut. 24, 5. Ðone consul ðe hié ðá níwan geset hæfdon, Ors. 2, 6; Swt. 86, 32.

Linked entries: neówan níwane níwe

nytan

(v.)
Grammar
nytan, = ne witan
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Nát ic hwile wundorlíc þing, Shrn. 36, 18. Gif ðú nást if you do not know, Ælfc. Gr. 50, 17; Som. 51, 34. Gyt nyton hwæt gyt biddaþ, Mk. Skt. 10, 38. Wé witon ðæt God spæc wið Moyses; nyte wé hwanon ðes is, Jn. Skt. 9, 29.

Linked entries: nást nát nitan