nama
a name ⬩ a 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
Recently ⬩ lately ⬩ newly
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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.
nytan
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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.
rǽden
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its force is much the same as that of the suffixes -ship, -hood, -red, denoting a state, condition. v. bed-, bróðor-, burh-, camp-, feónd-, folc-, freónd-, gafol-, gebed-, gecwid-, gefér-, heord-, híw-, hús-, land-, mǽg-, mann-, meodo-, nám-, teón-, þing
æþele
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Ox. 4362, Þá æðelestan ealdras nobilissimi principes, Num. i. 16. of things Æþele alu carenum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 1. Æþele cræft an excellent medicine, Lch. ii. 28, 10. Æðele fortunatum (praesagium) . An. Ox. 7, 167.
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á-rásian
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. ¶ á-rásod tried, experienced :-- Þás þing þincað þám árásedum clericum unweorðlice, Angl. viii. 312, 43. to find out, detect Hú hé árásode þá híwunge Totillan de simulatione Totilae deprehensa, Gr. D. 130, 13.
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á-heardian
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Ox. 4641. of things, to be rigid, be insisted upon, not to be relaxed Gif þæs ealdres cwide þurhwunað and his gebod áheardað si in sua sententia prioris imperium perduraverit , R. Ben. 128, 17
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á-mearcian
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Wé wyllað þás þing preóstum ámearkian, Angl. viii. 304, 37. Nú wylle wé heom hér ámearkian eall gewiss ymbe his ryne, 328, 14. Yfen hér æfter ys ámearkod the symbol for the hyphen is given afterwards, 333, 30.
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brýce
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Hafa þé ꝥ seolfor tó þínes sylfes bricum argentum tuum sit, Hml. A. 96, 159. profit, advantage Bryce commodum , Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 64. Of bryc(e) compendio, lucro , Hpt. Gl. 484, 76. Hé forgeaf fæla ǽhta þám Crístenum him tó gemǽnan brice, Hml.
crísten-dóm
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Add: the state or condition of being Christian Fram fremþe þínes crístendómes, Angl. xii. 515, 21. Deáh þrǽla hwylc of crístendóme tó wícinge weorðe though any thrall from being a Christian become a pirate, Wlfst. 162, 6.
clipung
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Hí ne synd ná mid ealle dumbe, ac hí habbað lytle clypunge, 8. form of address (of pronouns). v. stefn, Se ðridda hád ( the (pronoun of the) third person ) hæfð syx clypunga, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 93, 7
ge-hirtan
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Ox. 3059. the object a thing. to revive, refresh Se regn þe fullíce mihte þá eorðan wel gehyrtan pluvia quae plene ten-am saliare potuisset . Gr. D. 210, 21. to cherish, shelter Gehertan fouere (excgua tuguria ). An. Ox. II, 14
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ge-beót
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Add: a promise to do great things, a boast, boasting Ðá bóceras gýmaþ tó gebeótes þǽra fíf stafa þe synd vocales gecíged the grammarians make a boast of taking care of the five letters that are called vowels, Angl. viii. 327, 35.
gearcian
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Gearciað þá þing þe eów gewunelice synd tó bebyrigunge, Hml. S. 3, 579. Hé hét gearcian tó heora gyftum mænigfealde mǽrða, Hml. A. 95, 103. Þysum is tó gearcigenne þá réþestan wíta, Hml. S. 24, 21.
gita
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Cf. gít; 1 Þá þing þe ic hér tó gíta geþeóde ea quae subjungo, Gr. D. 42, 18. 2. Cf. gít; 2 Se Wísdóm gól gyd æfter spelle, song sóðcwida sumne þá géta, Met. 7, 3. with idea of incompleteness.
in-tinga
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Add: a cause from which a result follows. a thing Wæs seó lǽsse synn intinga þǽre máran, Hml. Th. i. 484, 14. Wást þú þone intingan þínre ádle? scisne tuae infirmitatis causam? Guth.
reáfian
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Add Hí woldon ꝥ mynster reáfian, Chr. 1087; P. 223, 14. add: absolute or with acc. of thing taken: absolute Ðæt hé for ðý syngige and reáfige ðý hé tiohchie ðæt hé eft scyle mid ðý reáfláce ælmessan gewyrcean, Past. 341, 21.
weax-bred
a table, tablet for writing on ⬩ a table, list
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Sýn gesealde from ðæm abbode ealle neádbehéfe þing, ðæt is ... græf, ... weaxbreda dentur ab abbate omnia quae sunt necessaria, id est ... gravium, ... tabule, R. Ben. 92, 4. God áwrát ða ealdan ǽ on ðám stǽnenum weaxbredum. ...
óleccung
soothing, caressing, gentleness of treatment ⬩ flattery, fawning, adulation ⬩ charm, allurement
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Ðonne hit hæfþ gewunnen ðæs folces ólecunga (favor popularis), Bt. 24, 3; Fox 82, 23. of things, charm, allurement Óliccung jocunda, Wrt. Voc. ii. 127, 2. Ne. hine ne geloccige nán óliccung (ólicung, Cote.
wil
will, pleasure ⬩ a pleasant or desirable thing
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Hé genam ðæt wíf ofer ðæs cynges wil, Chr. 1015; Th. i. 276, 4, col. 2. a pleasant or desirable thing Willa (wilna? v. willa. VIa) spédum, dugeða gehwilcre stépan, Cd. Th. 142, 18 ; Gen. 2363. Al his wil to don, Laym. 2793. Ðu wurchest mi wil, .