un-dón
To undo ⬩ to undo that which is closed ⬩ to open ⬩ to undo that which is bound ⬩ to release ⬩ to release ⬩ absolve ⬩ to undo that which closes ⬩ to open a door ⬩ to undo that which binds or fastens ⬩ to undo a bolt, a knot ⬩ to undo what has been done ⬩ to abrogate ⬩ destroy
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Ðá undydon wé úre saccas aperuimus saccos nostros, Gen. 43, 21. Ðæt hé undó his eágan, Anglia viii. 317, 5. to undo that which is bound, to release, literal Beón þreó niht ǽr man ða hand undó, L.
cym-líc
Comely, convenient, lovely, beautiful, splendid ⬩ aptus, commodus, splendidus
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Comely, convenient, lovely, beautiful, splendid; aptus, commodus, splendidus Hierusalem, ðú wǽre swá swá cymlíc ceaster getimbred Jerusalem, thou wert built as a beautiful city, Ps. Th. 121, 3: Exon. 108b; Th. 415, 24; Rä. 34, 2
Deórbý-scír
DERBYSHIRE ⬩ ager Derbiensis
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DERBYSHIRE; ager Derbiensis He fór súþ mid ealre ðære scíre, and mid Snotinghamscíre, and Deórbýscíre [Deorbíscíre, Erl. 194, 20] he went south with all the shire, and with Nottinghamshire, and Derbyshire, Chr. 1065; Erl. 195, 35
leófian
To be dear ⬩ pleasant ⬩ to delight
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To be dear or pleasant, to delight Him leófedan londes wynne bold on beorhge the pleasures of the country were dear to him, the house on the hill, Exon. 34 b; Th. 110, 19; Gú. 110
gist-mægen
A force composed of guests
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A force composed of guests Ðǽr frome wǽron godes spellbodan hæfde gistmægen strengeo there were bold messengers of God, the band of guests [the angels visiting Lot] had strength, Cd. 115; Th 150, 20; Gen. 2494
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Sweó-þeód
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The Swedish people Ne ic tó Sweóðeóde sibbe oððe treówe wihte ne wéne, Beo. Th. 5836; B. 2922. Swíðe mycel here ǽgðer ge landhere ge sciphere of Swaðeóde (Sweóðode, MS. F.), Chr. 1025; Erl. 163, 9
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ofer-sáwan
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Dict. to sow seed over other seed Cuóm feónd his and oferseów (ofergeseáw, L. ) weód in midle þæs hwǽtes, Mt. R. !3. 25
on-blandan
to intermingle, to infect (with moral evil)
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to intermingle, to infect (with moral evil) Hé lungre áhóf wóðe wiðerhýdg weán onblonden he raised at once his voice, hostile and harmful (cf. the use of geblanden in similar phrases) Andr. Kmbl. 1350; An. 675
for-ceorfan
To cut or carve out ⬩ cut down ⬩ cut off or away ⬩ cut through ⬩ divide ⬩ excīdĕre ⬩ concīdĕre ⬩ succīdĕre ⬩ incīdĕre ⬩ intercīdĕre
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Ðæt we ne beón forcorfene that we may not be cut down, 408, 25
lífan
allow ⬩ permit
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Wé hit ne selfe ne lufedon ne eác óðrum monnum ne lífdon [léfdon, Hat. MS ] we did not love it ourselves nor allow it to other men, Past. pref; Swt. 4, 6.
be-tǽcan
to shew ⬩ ostendere ⬩ to BETAKE, impart, deliver, commit, put in trust ⬩ impertire, adsignare, tradere, commendare ⬩ to send, follow, pursue ⬩ mittere, insequi, amandare
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Ðæt we móton ðé betǽcan sáwle úre that we may commit our souls to thee, Hy. 7, 82; Hy. Grn. ii. 289, 82: Runic pm. 20: Kmbl. 343, 18; Hick.
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ge-lengan
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Add: to extend, increase the amount of Ne durre wé ðás bóc ná miccle swíðor gelengan, Hml. Th. ii. 520, 4. Wé willað þysne cwyde gelencgan, Hml. S. 24, 81.
ge-sciftan
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Take here <b>ge-scyftan</b> in Dict. to assign, appoint, ordain Is lencten ús eallum tó dǽdbóte gescyft, þæt wé on þám fæce . . . wið God gebétan . . . Wlfst. 102, 17.
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ge-camp
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Wé magon ðá feóndlican leahtras mid gecampe oferwinnan, gif wé cénlíce feohtað, Hml.
CNIHT
A boy ⬩ youth ⬩ attendant ⬩ servant ⬩ KNIGHT: ⬩ puer ⬩ juvenis ⬩ adolescens ⬩ servus
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He seðle gesette in ðære cneohtas and geonge menn lǽrde wǽron he set up a school in which boys and young men were taught Bd. 3, 18; S. 545, 45, col. 2. Ðyssum cnyhtum wes líðe be gentle to these boys Beo. Th. 2443; B. 1219.
ǽstel
A tablet ⬩ a table for notes ⬩ a waxed tablet ⬩ indicatorium ⬩ astula ⬩ pugillaris
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Gospels, gebedenum wex-brede a waxed tablet being asked for. William of Malmsbury may have alluded to one of these waxed tablets in Gesta Reg. ii. § 123, — 'Cum pugillari aureo in quo est manca auri.'
óþer
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Add Ósfriþ his sunu óþer . . . óþer his sunu Eádfrið unus filius eius Osfrid. . . alter Eadfrid, Bd. 2, 20; Sch. 184, 10-13: Gen. 467-477. óþer. . . án Behýdd[e] se cnapa þone óðerne be wege, and ǽnne ðám hálgan were gebróhte, Hml.
wyrd
What happens ⬩ fate ⬩ fortune ⬩ chance ⬩ fate ⬩ the otherwise than humanly appointed order of things ⬩ one of the Fates ⬩ fate ⬩ fortune ⬩ an event ⬩ an event ⬩ occurrence ⬩ circumstance ⬩ incident ⬩ fact ⬩ what happens to a person ⬩ fate ⬩ fortune ⬩ lot ⬩ condition ⬩ fate ⬩ death ⬩ chance ⬩ accident
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Ðæt ðæt wé wyrd hátaþ, ðæt biþ Godes weorc ðe hé ǽlce dæg wyrcþ, ǽgðer ge ðæs ðe wé geseóþ, ge ðæs ðe ús ungeswenlíc biþ .... Sió wyrd dǽlþ eallum gesceaftum andwlitan and stówa and tída and gemetgunga.
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talu
a tale, talk, story, account ⬩ talk, discussion, dispute ⬩ a charge, claim ⬩ an excuse, a defence ⬩ as a law term, a case (as regards either plaintiff or defendant), an action, ⬩ a tale, list, series
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brúcan on his dóme, nú wé nellaþ búgan fram woruldlufe?
hátan
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Þonne háte wé hine morgensteorra, 39, 13 ; F. 234, 3. in the accusative þone dæg and ðá niht þe wé hátað bissextum ( for nominative see 262, 7, ꝥ bissentus cume), Lch. iii. 246, 14. where the complement is the name bestowed on an object hitherto unnamed