hrǽw
a corpse ⬩ carcase ⬩ trunk ⬩ carrion
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Ðú earma nú ðú byst geworden ðæt fúleste hreáw and wyrma mete thou miserable thing, now art thou become a very foul corpse and food for worms, L. E. I. prm; Th. ii. 398, 16. Hrá wundum wérig the body weary with wounds, Andr.
on-hagian
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Gif mon tó gódum weorcum ne onhagie habban gódne willan if people have not the means for good works, let them have good will, Bt. 41, 2; Fox 246, 10
tó-bregdan
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Oft hý wordum tóweorpaþ ǽr hý bacum tóbréden (before they part and turn their backs on one another, (?) cf. Icel. bregða hendi, fótnm, etc.) . . Exon. Th. 345, 20; Gn. Ex. 192. [Hi eteþ flesch unsode swich wulves hadde hit tobrode, O. and N. 1008.
ge-rǽdnes
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Salomon gedyde ofer eall gemǽne-líce þás gerǽdnesse mid þysum wordum spiritus hominum atque jumentorum tanta distinctione discernis. . . quibus verbis generalem definitionem subinfert, Gr. D. 264, 13 — 22.
sǽd
seed, ⬩ seed, ⬩ the ripe fruit, ⬩ fruit, growth ⬩ sowing ⬩ seed, progeny, posterity
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Tó Abrahame wæs cweþende ðæt his sǽd oferweóxe ealle ðás woruld, Blickl. Homl. 159, 26. Swá hé spræc tó Abrahame and hys sǽde, Lk. Skt. 1, 55. Ðæt his bróðor nime his wíf and his bróðor sǽd wecce, Mk. Skt. 12, 19
Linked entries: sǽd-berende sǽd-tíma
wanian
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Ða wolde ðæt folc ðæt fýr ádwæscan, gif hit ǽnig wǽta wanian mihte, 140, 17. to weaken, impair, injure. v. wanung, Windas bláwaþ brecende, weccaþ and woniaþ woruld mid storme, Exon. Th. 59, 13 ; Cri. 952.
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fela
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Þú worn fela sprǽce, B. 530. Hé ofslóg fela þúsend monna, Ors. 6, 13; S. 268, 17. Hié innwit feala ýwdan, Ps. Th. 108, 2. Þú scealt fela gewinn habban, Hml. Th. i. 426, 18. plural Fela wítegan bodedon, Hml. Th. i. 358, 6.
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tó
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Tó wyrcenne tácna tó feórþan healfan geáre to work miracles for three years and a half, 4, 31. Hé worhte his weorc tó seofon nihtum, ii. 356, 5.
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toll
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The word occurs not unfrequently in charters along with sac, sócn, teám, and other terms (v. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. xlv), and in the Latin version of an English charter is explained as 'in ueudendis et emundis mercibus a tolneto immunitas,' Cod. Dip.
yfel
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. ¶ the word often occurs in contrast with gód :-- Swá ðæs gódan gódnes biþ his ágen gód, swá biþ eác ðæs yfelan yfel his ágen yfel, Bt. 37, 3; Fox 190, 15. Hwæþer him yfel þe gód under wunige, Exon. Th. 82, 3; Cri. 1333.
ge-þencan
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</b> with the implication that conduct will be influenced by remembrance :-- Gif ic þé ne geþence þonne méé Geþence hé word and wedd þe hé Gode betǽhte, Ll.
lǽdan
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Sceal ic his word and his weorc in gewitnesse Dryhtne lǽdan, Gú. 693. Godwine hæfð gelǽd fulle láde æt ðan unrihtwífe ðe Leófgár hyne tihte, and ꝥ wæs lǽd æt Licitfelda, Cht.
ÁGAN
OWN ⬩ possess ⬩ have ⬩ obtain ⬩ possidere ⬩ habere ⬩ percipere ⬩ to make another to own or possess ⬩ to give ⬩ deliver ⬩ restore ⬩ dare in possessionem ⬩ reddere ⬩ rependere
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The same præterito-præsens may be generally observed in the following cognate words :-- inf. pres. pl. p. Engl. owe, possidere, ought. Laym. agen, ah, agen, ahte. O. Sax. égan, [éh], égun, éhta. O.
in-gehygd
Thought ⬩ mind ⬩ intent ⬩ sense ⬩ knowledge ⬩ understanding ⬩ conscience ⬩ intention ⬩ purpose
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Ðá andwyrde eugenia and cwæþ mid ðisum ingehýde ðæt ða gewylnunga ðissere andweardan worulde synt swíðe swicole then answered Eugenia and spoke to this effect, that the desires of this present world are very deceitful, Homl. Skt. 2, 163.
ge-restan
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Th. 18, 22-25. (4a) adverbial complement :-- Ðonne gerest ðæt mod hit orsorglice on ðǽre fortruwunga mens in sui mnfidentia secura requiescit, Past. 463, 10. trans. to give rest to a person, cause to cease or refrain from work Gerested feriatus, Wrt.
heord
keeping ⬩ custody ⬩ care ⬩ guard
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Th. i. 438, 14. a herd of swine Wæs mycel swýna heord (worn, L., R. grex) lǽsgende, Mk. 5, II. Heord swýna (sunor bergana. L.) grex porcorum. Lk. 8, 32: suner berga, L. (swína, R.), Mt. 8, 32. Ðonne se inswán his heorde tó mæstene drífe, Ll.
ó-leccan
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Hé nolde ólæcan ænigum rícan mid geswǽsum wordum, Homl. Th. ii. 514, 13. Gif ðú wille ðæt ðé monige ólæcan ðonne ólæce ðú ánum swíðe georne if you wish many to pay court to you, do you sedułously pay court to one, Prov. Kmbl. 79 : 80.
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siððan
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Ðá æfter ðisse dǽde his noma wæs á seoððan mǽre ge*-*worden, 219, 4. Á syððan ðenden wunaþ húsa sélest, Beo. Th. 571 ; B. 283. Siððan á, Andr. Kmbl. 2387 ; An. 1195 : 2757 ; An. 1381. Seoððan á, Cd. Th. 289, 16 ; Sat. 398. Siððan ǽfre, Elen.
wræc-síþ
travel in a foreign land ⬩ peregrination ⬩ pilgrimage ⬩ exile ⬩ banishment ⬩ misery ⬩ wretchedness
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Wé synd on ðisse worlde ælþeódige . . . ; for gylte wé wǽron on ðysne wræcsíþ sende, Blickl. Homl. 23, 5. misery, wretchedness Uton gangan ðæt wé bysmrigen bendum fæstne, óðwíton him his wræcsíð, Andr. Kmbl. 2715 ; An. 1360.
earnian
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Þá þe ræfnaþ hér wordum and weorcum wuldorcyninges láre, earniaþ on eorþan écan lífes, Gú. 767. Hwæs þú earnodest oððe hwæt þú habban woldest quid scire vis?, Solil. H. 14, 13.