standan
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</b> add :-- Hit stent on þinum bréþer, gif þú hit gebicgan móst it rests with your brother whether you may buy it, Hml. S. 36, 178.
of-teón
to withdraw ⬩ to take away what a person has, deprive a person of anything ⬩ to withhold, keep back, deny a person anything ⬩ abstrahere
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Gé him ǽghwæs oftugon hrægles nacedum móses mete-leásum ye withheld from them everything, raiment from the naked, food from the hungry, Exon. Th. 92, 8; Cri. 1505.
ge-þingian
to determine
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Ðæt me seó hálge wið ðone hýhstan cyning geþingige that the holy one intercede for me to the most high king, Exon. 76 a; Th. 285, 20; Jul. 717. Giþingage intercedat, Rtl. 66, 13: intervenire, 60, 42.
scíran
to make clear what is hidden or obscure ⬩ declare ⬩ tell ⬩ make known ⬩ to make clear by distinguishing between things ⬩ to distinguish ⬩ decide ⬩ to bring a charge against a person ⬩ to get clear of obligation, trouble, etc. ⬩ get exemption
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Nes nan mon þat durste word sciren.
magan
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Add Mid scipun þe mon dulmunus hǽtt, þe mon sægð þæt on án scip mæge án þúsend manna it is said that a thousand men can be put into one ship, Ors. 1. 10; S. 46, 33.
seón
to see with the eyes ⬩ to see ⬩ to visit ⬩ to see ⬩ perceive ⬩ discern ⬩ understand ⬩ to see ⬩ to experience ⬩ to look at, on
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Wénaþ ða dysgan, ðæt ǽlc mon sié blind swá hí sint, and ðæt nán mon ne mǽge seón (gesión, Cote.
mearc
a limit ⬩ bound ⬩ term ⬩ a limit ⬩ boundary ⬩ a boundary ( = gemǽre) of a particular estate ⬩ a boundary ⬩ confine of a district ⬩ border ⬩ the territory within the boundaries ⬩ fines
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Hé hæfþ heora mearce swá gesette ðæt hié ne mót heore mearce gebrǽdan ofer ða stillan eorþan ut fluctus avidum mare certo fine coerceat, ne terris liceat vagis latos tendere terminos, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 27: Bt. Met.
ge-rǽcan
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Lch. iii. 260, 11, to move, go Ic þurh hylles hróf gerǽce, Rá. 16, 27. construction uncertain Gerǽhte transit, An. Ox. 46, 12
án-wald
Sole power ⬩ jurisdiction ⬩ rule
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Sole power, jurisdiction, rule Ðæt se Cásere eft ánwald ofer hí ágan móste that the Cæsar might again obtain power over them, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 123; Met. 1, 62.
cyne-helm
A crown, diadem ⬩ corona, diadema
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Cynehelme corona, Mone B. 3019. For cynehelme for a royal diadem, Homl. Blick. 23, 34
Linked entry: helm
for-smorian
To smother ⬩ choke ⬩ suffocate ⬩ stifle ⬩ suffōcāre
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To smother, choke, suffocate, stifle; suffōcāre Hí synd mid heora lífes lustum forsmorode ... woruldcara and wélan forsmoriaþ ðæs modes þrotan they are choked with the pleasures of their life ... worldly cares and riches choke the throat of the mind,
munuc-cild
A boy that is being brought up to be a monk
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A boy that is being brought up to be a monk Sum munuccild drohtnode on his mynstre, and hæfde micele lufe tó his fæder and tó his méder. Swíðor for ðære sibbe ðonne for Godes dǽle wearþ ðá oflangod, and arn of mynstre tó his mágum, Homl.
ge-bismerian
To mock ⬩ laugh at ⬩ deride ⬩ provoke ⬩ illūdĕre ⬩ irrīdēre ⬩ derīdēre ⬩ exacerbāre
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To mock, laugh at, deride, provoke; illūdĕre, irrīdēre, derīdēre, exacerbāre Draca ðes ðe ðú hywodest to gebismrienne him drăco iste quem formasti ad illūdendum ei, Ps. Lamb. 103, 26.
Linked entries: ge-bysmerian ge-bysmrian
ge-cringan
To sink ⬩ fall ⬩ die ⬩ occumbere ⬩ mori
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To sink, fall, die; occumbere, mori Heó on flet gecrong on the ground she sank, Beo. Th. 3141; B. 1568 : 5003; B. 2505 : 2679; B. 1337 : Apstls. Kmbl. 120; Ap. 60 : Exon. 124 b; Th. 477, 30; Ruin 32. Gárulf gecrang Garulf fell, Fins.
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hálettan
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Þá se biscop tó mé cwóm, ðá grétte hé mé sóna and [h]álette his leódþeáwe cum me more rituque salutaret, Nar. 27, 17.
ge-spelia
A substitute ⬩ deputy ⬩ vicegerent ⬩ vĭcārius
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He wæs Æþelstánes b' gespelian siððan he unfere wæs he was bishop Athelstane's substitute after he was unable to move, Chr. 1055; Erl. 191, 12
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rǽdness
readiness, promptness ⬩ an arrangement, agreement, condition
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Rǽdnessum, 15, 26. an arrangement, agreement, condition Ðæt ðeós gerǽdnis stondon móte in écnesse, and ðis syndon ðara manna naman ðe æt ðære rédnisse wǽron, Chart. Th. 168, 30. v. ge-rǽdness, rǽde
sunne
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-On ðam feórðan dæge gesceóp God twá miccle leóht, ðæt is sunne and móna, and betǽhte ðæt máre leóht, ðæt is seó sunne, tó ðam dæge,Lchdm. iii. 234, 6-8. Seó sunne is micle ufor ðonne se móna sý, 242, 10.
witan
to wit ⬩ know ⬩ have knowledge ⬩ be aware, ⬩ to know ⬩ have knowledge of, ⬩ be aware of ⬩ to be wise ⬩ be in one's senses ⬩ to be conscious of ⬩ to know ⬩ to feel ⬩ shew
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Skt. 9, 25, Grammar witan, with preposition be Wé witon bí monnum, se se ðe bitt ðone mono ðæt him ðingie wið óðerne ðe hé bið ierre, ðæt irsigende mód hé gegremeð, Past. 10; Swt. 63, 11.
ge-wildan
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For ðǽm bið se sige micle mára . . . for ðǽm sió gesceádwísnes hæfð ofercumen ðæt mód and gewielð, swelce hé self hæbbe hiene selfne gewildne melior est qui dominatur animo suo expugnatore urbium . . .