on
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Ðæt fǽmna mynster on Brytene ꝥ is nemned on Bercingum (on Byrcingum, in Bercingum in loco qui nuncupatur in Berecingum, Bd. 4, 6; Sch. 383, 19), Shrn. 138, 2 Is swá þeáh gód weorc on þám gódan wordum, Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 25.
wiþ-sacan
To deny ⬩ refuse ⬩ reject ⬩ to say no ⬩ to refuse permission ⬩ refuse ⬩ reject ⬩ decline ⬩ to deny ⬩ reject ⬩ refuse assent ⬩ to renounce ⬩ reject ⬩ give up ⬩ refuse ⬩ withhold ⬩ not to give ⬩ to declare hostility
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Kmbl. 16, 24. to refuse, withhold, not to give Wæs Eþelwald ðæs wordes, dæt hé nó ðes rihtes wiðsacan wolde . . . and hit mildlíce ágeaf ðan biscope, Chart. Th. 140, 12. to declare hostility (?)
gif
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Perhaps the different renderings of the same Latin words are intended to mark a change in the speaker's mind, when in Mt. 4, 3 si filius Dei es is translated gyf þú Godes sunu sý, while in v. 6 the rendering is gyf þú Godes sunu eart.
teón
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Th. ii. 540, 17. in various figurative senses, many of which may be rendered by words containing the root of trahere or of ducere. to teach, educate, bring up Ic tý (teó, MSS. J. W.) oðde lǽre imbuo, ic teáh imbui, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 3; Zup. 166, 14.
ge-healdan
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Th. ii. 312, 26. a thing Hé onsende sínra þegna worn . . . þæt him . . . geheólde éðne éðel æfter Ebréum, Dan. 77. Hé sealde his sweord ombihtþegne, and gehealdan hét hildegeatwe, B. 674.
rǽdan
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Módor ne rǽdoþ (-aþ, MS.) ðonne heó magan cenneþ, hú him weorðe geond woruld sceapen a mother cannot read a boy's fate at his birth, Salm. Kmbl. 741; Sal. 370. Rǽde se ðe wille hú wunda cwǽden, Exon. Th. 441, 11; Rä. 60, 16.
friþ
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(a α) protection of subjects by a ruler :-- Eall þeós worold geceás Agustuses frið ; and eallum monnum nánuht swá gód ne þúhte swá hié tó his hyldo becóme, and ꝥ hié his underþeówas wurden, Ors. 5, 15 ; S. 250, 16.
ge-bétan
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Lbmn. 269, 25. to make good, make reparation for, make amends for, atone for. in a moral or spiritual sense, to repent of, do penance for sin Mid þǽm sáwlum þe hér on worlde . . . heora synna geondettaþ and wið Gode gebétaþ, Bl. H. 57, 27.
tǽcan
To shew. ⬩ to offer to view, present ⬩ to shew an object to a person so that the object may be attained by the person, to shew a way, a place, etc. ⬩ without an object, to shew the way, direct ⬩ without an object, to direct ⬩ to shew a person (dat. or acc.) the direction that must be taken, to direct, to cause a certain direction to be taken, the direction being marked, by a preposition. ⬩ to shew the course that must be followed, what should be observed, to direct, appoint, prescribe, enjoin. ⬩ to shew, indicate, signify
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On ðære stówe ðe him se stranga tó wordum tǽhte on the place to which the Lord had directed him to go (cf. 172, 24-;Gen. 2849-). Cd. Th. 175, 24; Gen. 2900. Nán man ne tǽce his getihtledan man fram him let no one send his accused man away, L.
faran
to travel ⬩ journey ⬩ to march ⬩ to go ⬩ to go ⬩ depart ⬩ to go ⬩ move ⬩ to go ⬩ fly ⬩ to come ⬩ to pass away ⬩ depart ⬩ to go on ⬩ practise ⬩ happen ⬩ turn out
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Yldo him on fareð, Seef. 91. to pass away, depart Þeós woruld fareþ, Hy. 11, 6. Ðú tída endebyrde gesettest, swá ꝥte hí ǽgþer ge forþ faraþ ge eft cumaþ, Bt. 33, 4; F. 128, 8.
Linked entry: farnian
wæstm
Growth, increase ⬩ growth, produce ⬩ plant, fruit ⬩ offspring, progeny ⬩ result ⬩ fruit, that which may be enjoyed ⬩ produce of money, usury. ⬩ growth, growing, ⬩ increase ⬩ growth, thriving ⬩ growth, condition reached by growing, stature, form;
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Ðé is ungelíc wlite and wæstmas, siððan ðú mínum wordum getrúwodest, Cd. Th. 38, 27; Gen. 613. Wé gesáwon of ðam entcynne Enachis bearna micelra wæstma ( procerae staturae ), Num. 13, 34. Wundriaþ weras wlite and wæstma, Exon. Th. 221, 9; Ph. 332.
hé
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(α β) with other words :-- Þeáh se rihtwísa áfealle, ne wyrð his nán bán tóbrocen, Ps. Th. 36, 23. God on his þǽre heán ceastre, Bt. 40, 7; F. 242, 31. Hébioð anlíc þára his þegna sumum, 37, 1 ; F. 186, 12.
ge-seón
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Nú gé móton gangan Hróðgár geseón, B. 396. to visit, go to a place Þæt ic líf æfter óðrum geseó and geséce that I go to another world after this one; Hy. 4, 31.
standan
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Ða eá stódon, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 8. to reside, abide Ða standendan munecas ðǽr consistentes ibi monachi, Bd. 4, 4; S. 571, 12. to continue, remain Ðenden standeþ woruld, Cd. Th. 56, 21; Gen. 915. Stande hé on þeówete, L.
þearf
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God sceáwaþ sylf, mid hwylcum geþance man tó cyrican fare, and hwæt ðǽr man dreóge wordes oððe weorces. And se ðe ðǽr ðæt déþ, ðæt his þearfa beóþ, se gegladaþ God, 279, 1.
swá
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Th. 247, 33; Jul. 88. in combination with the particles git, same, þeáh, þeána, see those words
folc-land
the land of the folk or people
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The possessors of folk-land were bound to assist in the reparation of royal vills, and in other public works. They were liable to have travellers and others quartered on them for subsistence.
lytel
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Lytle worado pauci, Lk. L. 13, 23. of immaterial things, considered in respect of their quantity, length in series, &c. Gé eów ondrǽdaþ ꝥ gé onfón tó lytlum leánum, Bl. H. 41, 21.
findan
to come across ⬩ to obtain ⬩ find ⬩ to meet with ⬩ experience ⬩ be exposed to ⬩ find difficulty ⬩ procure ⬩ to visit ⬩ learn ⬩ arrange ⬩ settle ⬩ to determine ⬩ to supply ⬩ provide ⬩ furnish
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Ic sceal nú mid ungerádum wordum gesettan, þeáh ic hwílum gecóplíce funde carmina quondam studio florente peregi, Bt. 2; F. 4, 8. to determine, provide as a regulation Hié fundon þæt Antigones him sceolde mid firde ongeán cuman, Ors. 3, ll; S. 146, 15
ge-settan
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Þisse worlde ende gesettan, Bl. H. 117, 28: Gü. 995. His sáuel ꝥ hé walde gesete suam animam positurum, Jn. p. 6, 3. Wæs on þǽm scennum þurh rúnstafas geseted (placed on record) hwám þæt sweord geworht wǽre, B. 1696.