smeágan
to consider, meditate, inquire, deliberate ⬩ to consider, ponder, examine, inquire into, discuss, search ⬩ to seek an opportunity ⬩ to accept as the result of inquiry, to suppose
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Smeáge man geornlíce, hwæðer hit sóþ sí Deut. 19, 18. Hí águnnon smeágan, hwilc of him ðæt tó dónne wǽre Lk. Skt. 22, 23. Dauid ongan smeágan and þencan, hwilce ðæs gódan mannes dǽda wǽron Blickl. Homl. 55, 12.
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neáh
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Add Hié selfe neáh forwurdon, Ors. 2, 6 ; S. 88, 16. Þá gemétte heó hire hwǽte ealne beón neáh (pene) gedǽledne fram hire ágenum suna, Gr. D. 68, 23. Add Ealle ðá clifu þe neáh þǽm sǽ wǽron, Ors. 5, 4 ; S. 226, 4.
stǽlan
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Add: :-- Men him eallinga ne ondrǽdaþ, hú ꝥ dióful him on stǽleð ealle þá unrihtan weorc þe hér worhte bióð, Verc. Först. 89, 11.
ge-scildan
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Hió mægen ne hæfde hié tó gescildanne, Ors. 4, 6; S. 174, 12. Gescyldendum defensante, Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 49. Ðonne ðæt líf ðæs líchoman bið gescilðed (-scielded, v.l., protegitur), Past. 141, 7.
frinan
To ask ⬩ inquire ⬩ consult ⬩ interrŏgāre ⬩ sciscĭtāri ⬩ consŭlĕre
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Ðæt heó hí frune hwæt hí sóhton that she asked, them what they sought, Bd. 3, 8; S. 531, 39: Nar. 28, 22
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heals-fang
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Substitute: A legal payment of varying amount according to the status of a person, to be paid by him as a due or fine, or to be received by him or on his account for injury done to him, to be paid as a due Medemra þegna heregeata: hors and his gerǽda
wel-willende
of good will ⬩ benevolent ⬩ benignant ⬩ kind
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Se wellwillenda man wyle eáðe forberan gif hine man áhwǽr týnð Basil admn. 4; Norm. 44, 17. Hé hit þearfum dǽlde mid wellwillendum móde Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 59. Tó ðam welwillendan Hǽlende Homl. Th. ii. 230, 11: Homl. Ass. 80, 186: 101, 329.
first
time ⬩ respite ⬩ (additional) time ⬩ in time
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Ðæt folc nolde geliéfan ðeáh him mon feorrland on fierste gehéte (neque populus promissionibus in longinquum crederet), gif him sóna ne sealde sum on neáweste sé him ðæt máre gehétt, 389, 33.
Linked entry: fyrst
for-drífan
To drive away ⬩ force ⬩ compel ⬩ drive out ⬩ eject ⬩ banish ⬩ pellĕre ⬩ prōpellĕre ⬩ compellĕre ⬩ cōgĕre ⬩ expellĕre
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Hine se streám fordráf the stream drove him, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 44, 3: Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 25; Jud. 277: Andr. Kmbl. 538; An. 269.
strǽl
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Ðá genam hé his bogan and hine gebende and ðá mid geǽttredum strǽle ongan sceótan . . .
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neoþor
Lower ⬩ in an inferior position
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Hine nyþor ásette Metod the Lord humbled him (Nebuchadnezzar), Cd. Th. 247, 7; Dan. 493
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be-delfan
to dig a grave ⬩ to dig about ⬩ to bury ⬩ put under ground, ⬩ to bury ⬩ put in a grave or tomb
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Nim his lifre and bedealf æt þám ymbhwyrftum þínra landgemǽra, Lch. i. 328, 22. of persons (when there are no funeral rites) Hié þá Rómáne cuce on eorþan bedulfan Minucia viva obruta est in campo, Ors. 3, 6; S. 108, 19.
hýr-mann
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Symle sceal gód scýrman his hýrmen scyrpan mid manunge, and him eác leánian be ðám ðe hý earnian, Angl. ix. 260, 22. Add
tó-sleán
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Hit wæs tódǽled on twá sticcu ... his fóstormodor gemétte hit swá tóslagen (-sleg-, v.l. ), 97, 9. Of þám scipe wǽron þá næglas forlorene and þá þylinge tóslægene ( the plants were torn apart ), 284, 24
un-tíma
a wrong time ⬩ an improper time ⬩ a bad time ⬩ an unhappy condition of things ⬩ a mishap
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Hé wilnaþ hǽlo tó late and on untíman, ðonne hé ǽr nolde hié gehealdan, ðá dá hé hí hæfde salus infructuose ad ultimum quaeritur, quae congruo concessa tempore utiliter non habetur, 36; Swt. 249, 8.
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on-bídan
to abide, wait, remain ⬩ to wait for, expect, ⬩ to wait on, attend upon
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Hér sceolon hí onbídan, Soul Kmbl. 121; Seel. 61. to wait for, expect, with gen. Ic uncres gedáles onbád, 75; Seel. 37. Ic ðín onbád, Ps. Th. 118, 116. Gif wífes wer sig on hæftnýde gelǽded, onbýde expectet heo his .vi. winter, L. Ecg.
weorold-hláford
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An earthly master, a temporal lord Se ðe gyfð ge ðæs worldhláfordes freóndscype ge his ágenne, Shrn. 177, 6. Se esne ðe ǽrendaþ his woroldhláforde wífes, Past. 19; Swt. 143, 2. Beó manna gehwylc hold and getrýwe his worldhláforde. Wulfst. 74, 9.
sundor-gifu
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Ǽlc cræft hæfþ his sundorgife and ða gife and ðone weorþscipe ðe hé hæfþ hé forgifþ ǽlcum ðara ðe hine lufaþ inest dignitas propria virtuti, quam in eos, quibus fuerit adjuncta, transfundit, Bt. 27, 2; Fox 96, 30. Sundorgife prerogativa, Wrt.
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sellan
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Eal ꝥ flǽsc ꝥ wildeór lǽfen, ne eten gé ꝥ, ac sellað hit hundum, Ll. Th. i. 54, 2. <b>IV b.</b> add :-- Þǽr man hláf sealde tó ceápe, Hml. S. 23, 563. <b>IV d.</b> add :-- Hig sealdon þæt on tigelwyrhtena æcyr, Mt. 27, 10.
ge-spanan
To allure ⬩ entice ⬩ incite ⬩ persuade ⬩ induce ⬩ draw ⬩ allicere ⬩ illicere ⬩ incitare ⬩ persuadere ⬩ inducere
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To allure, entice, incite, persuade, induce, draw; allicere, illicere, incitare, persuadere, inducere Ðe hine to ðæm unfriðe gespón who had allured him to a violation of the peace, Chr. 905; Th. 182, 7, col. 1.