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ágen

(n.; v.; adj.; part.)
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On as geendiað ágene naman; Aeneas is ágen nama, 25, 14-16. as subst., one's own (people, land, property, &c.) Wé brúcað úres ágnes (ǽgnes, Hatt. MS.), Past. 336, 19. Ǽgenes, 339, 2. Ꝥ gé mé geunnon mínes ágenes, Ll.

fyrmest

(adv.)
Grammar
fyrmest, adv.
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Hæfþ hé his sceoppendes onlícnesse swá forþ swá ǽnegu gesceaft fyrmest mæg hiere sceppendes onlícnesse habban he hath his Creator's image as far as any creature can possibly have its Creator's image, Bt. 14, 2; F. 44, 28.

dæg

(n.)
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Farað six dagas simble ymbe þá burh ǽlce dæg ǽne ( semel per diem ), Jos. 6, 3, 12: Lch. ii. 108, 6: Bt. 26, 2; F. 92, 14. Hé ǽlce dæge symblede, Past. 309, 5. Hé sǽde þæt hé þone dæg forlure þe hé nóht tó góde on ne gedyde, Chr. 81; P. 8, 7.

ge-lícnes

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Gelícnessa signa (cuncti velut aenea signa rigebant), Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 10. an example, a parable Gelícnesse paradigmate (cf. paradigma bíspel, bysene, 66, 3), Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 81. In gelícnessum in parabulis, 73, 25

níd-þearf

(n.)
Grammar
níd-þearf, e; f.

necessityinevitablenessnecessityconstraintneeda necessary thingwhat a person needsneeddistresstroublea necessary business

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Seldon bútan máran nýdþearfe ( praeter arctiorem necessitatem ) má ðonne ǽne síþe on dæge ðæt heó wolde mete þicgan, Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 11. a necessary business Ðá cwǽdon hí ðæt hí wǽron on heora nýdþearfum swýðe geswencte, Guthl. 14; Gdwin. 64. 3

un-geþwǽrness

(n.)
Grammar
un-geþwǽrness, e; f.

discorddissensiondisagreementdivisionquarreltroubledisquiet

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Ðýlæs ǽnegu ungeþwǽrnes on his ágnum ríce áhafen wurde prius quam adversa fama novas res domi moliretur, Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 82, 30.

Linked entry: ge-þwǽrnes

fisc-noþ

(n.)
Grammar
fisc-noþ, fiscnoþ (-naþ), fixnoþ, es; m.

fishinga fishing-grounda catch

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Wé rǽdað . . . þæt Drihten héte tuwa áwurpan net on fixnoðe, ǽne ǽr his ðrowunge, and óðre síðe æfter his ǽriste . . .

leás

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leás, <b>. II.</b>
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S. 16, 224. false, not to be trusted, deceptive, vain, worthless Ic nolde ꝥ unc beswice ǽnegu leás anlícnes ( cassa imago ) for sóþa gesǽlþa, Bt. 34, 1 ; F. 134, 8. Se leása wéna þára dysigena monna hominum fallax opinio, 27, 3 ; F. 98, 32.

etan

to devourconsumedestroy

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Hí ǽton ǽne on dæg, Bt. 15; F. 48, 8. Éton manducaverunt, Ps. Srt. 21, 30. Et (comede) and drinc and gewista, Lk. 12, 19. Ne gedyrstlǽcen hí þæt hý áhwǽr út of mynstre etan, þeáh hý hwá bidde, R. Ben. 79, 17. Et(a)n aepulari, An.

hwearfian

(v.)
Grammar
hwearfian, p. ode

To turnchangeroll aboutrevolvewandermovetoss about

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Bt. 7, 3; Fox 22, 22, Nis ǽnegu gesceaft ðe ne hwearfige swá swá hweól déþ, Met. Fox 13, 147; Met. 13, 74. Hwearfode, 20, 411; Met. 20, 206. Hwearfian, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 132, 11. Heán hwearfian to wander abject, Andr. Kmbl. 1781; An. 893.

Linked entry: hreafigende

micel

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Hwílum hié oft on dæge út gáð and þonne lytlum, hwílum ǽne and þonne micel, Lch. ii. 230, 22. Sellan fela ðám ðe hié lytel sceoldon, oððe lytel ðǽm ðe hié micel sceoldon. Past. 321, 17.

heofone

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Add: the overarching vault of sky Ic gedó þæt eów bið ǽgðer heard ge heofene ge eorðe dabo vobis coelum desuper sicut ferrum et terram aeneam, Lev. 26, 19. Sí þé heofene swilce ór and eorðe swilce ísen, Deut. 28, 23.

ge-stíran

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Sý him ǽne gestýred and eft and þriddan síðe correptus semel et iterum atgue tertio, R. Ben. 46, 18. Sý him gestýred corripiatur, 130, 20. Gif hwylcum bréþer for ǽnigum gylte byþ gecíd oþþe gestýred (corripitur), 131, 2

wer-gild

(n.)
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wer-gild, were-gild, es; n. [The word seems interchangeable with wer (q. v.), which in the later laws is the more frequent form.]
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Wealde se cyniug þreóra ǽnes; oþþe hine man cwelle, oþþe ofer sǽ selle, oþþe hine his wergelde áliése, L. Wih. 26; Th. i. 42, 17. Hé hine be his wergilde áliése, oþþe be his were geswicne, L. In. 15; Th. i. 112, 2.

gifan

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Gif bescoren man gange him an giestlíðnesse, gefe him man ǽnes, Ll. Th. i. 38, 13. Hé uoenas geafa embehtsumnise ł hérnisse hine hé gefe Gode arbitretur obsequium se praestare Deo Jn. L.

swerian

(v.)
Grammar
swerian, p. swór (but a weak swerede occurs; cf.
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Ic ǽne swór áð on hálgum, 88, 31. Gange ǽlc man ðæs tó gewitnesse ðe hé durre on ðam háligdóme swerian, L. Eth. iii. 2; Th. i. 292, 14.

Linked entry: fore-swerian

gán

to gowalkto move along, proceedto take a specified course to be guideddeterminedto be habitually in a specified conditionto gobe pregnantto pass, elapseto happen, come to pass, take placeto pass, be currentto be accepted to have a specified issue turn out so and soto move away, depart to relinquishto take one's way, proceedgomove in a specified directiongoandto applybetake oneselfto turnbetake oneselfgoto be carried, moved, impelledto pass, be paid, be allottedto be appropriatedto be one of the constituent elements be amongst the conditions requisiteto amount, be equivalentto attain, reach, extendto come to take precedence of.to produce, came out withto accompany, be withto be uttered to begin, startto go to the closet, have an evacuationto leave a permanent habitationoccupation to proceed to the business of a court

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D. v. 40, 17. út gán to go to the closet, have an evacuation Hwílum hié oft on dæge út gáð, and þonne lytlum ; hwílum ǽne, and þonne micel, Lch. ii. 230, 21.

ge-mót

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Ðæt nán scýrgeréfe oððe mótgeréfe ðár habban ǽne sócne oððe gemót (placitum) búton ðes abbudes hǽse, C. D. iv. 200, 10.

ge-gaderian

(v.)
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. ¶ used intransitively :-- Gif hí ǽne tógáð, hí sceolon eft gegadrian, oððe siððan wunian symle búton hǽmede, Hml.

teohhian

(v.)
Grammar
teohhian, teohchian, teohgian, tihhian, teohian, teochian, tihian; p. ode.
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Hwæt wénst ðú gif ǽnegu gesceaft tiohhode ðæt hió wiþ his willan sceolde winnan hwæt hió mihte wiþ swá mihtine swá wé hine gerehtne habbaþ nihil est quod Deo contraire conetur ... quid si conetur, sum tandem proficiet quidquam adversus eum, quem potentissimum