sóþe
truly ⬩ genuinely ⬩ really ⬩ truly ⬩ in accordance with the facts of a case ⬩ truly ⬩ in accordance with a promise, agreement, or forecast
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truly, genuinely, really Ic mé sóðe sáwle míne tó Gode hæfde georne geþeóded, Ps. Th. 61, 5. Mín sáwl on ðé sóðe getreóweþ, 62, 7: 118, 15.
cwéman
To give pleasure, please, delight, propitiate, satisfy ⬩ placere, satisfacere
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God tostencþ bán heora ða ðe mannum cwémendra Deus dissipavit ossa eorum qui hominibus placent, Ps. Spl. 52, 7. Ic cwéme Drihtne on ríce lýfigendra placebo Domino in regione vivorum, 114, 9; Ps. Th. 53, 6.
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METE
MEAT ⬩ food
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Ða mettas ( cibos ) ðe God self gesceóp, Past. 43, 9; Swt. 319, 1. Mínum þeówum ic sylle mettas, Ælfc. Gr. 15; Som. 18, 65. Se ðe mettas ( escas ) hæfþ, Lk. Skt. 3, 11. Earmra hungur hé oferswýþde mid mettum, Bd. 2, 1; S. 500, 24.
muud-bora
one who can give protection (mund) ⬩ protector ⬩ patron ⬩ guardian ⬩ advocate ⬩ a guardian
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Homl. 169, 17: (God ), Exon. 40b; Th. 134, 25; Gū. 514: 8a; Th. 2, 33; Cri. 28. to angels or saints Tó ðæm heáhengle Michaele, swá tó ðæm getreówestan mundboran, Blickl.
nacod
naked ⬩ bare ⬩ nudus ⬩ without clothing ⬩ unsaddled ⬩ bare-backed ⬩ naked ⬩ unsheathed ⬩ bare ⬩ destitute ⬩ stripped of property ⬩ not accompanied by deeds
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Ðú (Laban) mé (Jacob) woldest forlǽtan nacodne, Gen. 31, 42. of words, not accompanied by deeds : -- God nele ðæt ðú hine lufie mid nacodum wordum ac mid rihtwísum dǽdum, Basil admn. 4; Norm. 40, 18
ne
Not ⬩ non ⬩ ne ⬩ no ⬩ nay ⬩ Nor ⬩ neither ⬩ ne ⬩ neque ⬩ nec
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Hwí forbeád God eów, ðæt gé ne ǽton of ǽlcum treówe? Gen. 3, 1. Hí nyllaþ geswícan ðæt hí óðre men ne reáfigen, Past. 45, tit; Swt. 335, 4. Ne gǽst ðú ðanone non exies inde, Lk. Skt. 12, 59. Ne sleh ðu, Ne synga ðú.
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nefne
Unless ⬩ except ⬩ Except
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Grammar nefne, conj. connecting clauses, Unless, except Hé hyra má ácwellan wolde, nefne him witig God forstóde, Beo. Th. 2116; B. 1056: 6101; B. 3054: Exon. Th. 340, 5; Gn. Ex. 106 : 345, 11; Gn. Ex. 186.
cræft
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Under <b>III :-- </b>Hié wénað ðæt hiera unðeáwas sién sum gód cræft vitium virtus creditur, Past. 289, 13. Hearpestrengas mid cræfte ástirian, Ap. Th. 17, 8. Cræftas studia, An. Ox. 9, 8. Lárlice cræftas scholares disciplinas, 42.
ge-fyrn
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God behét gefyrn worulde Abrahame, Hml. Th. ii. 12, 23. Hé wæs gefyrn worulde, and swíþe fela geara synd nú ágáne syððan hé gewát of þysan lífe, Hml. S. 23, 727. Swá Sedulus iú gefyrn giddode, Angl. viii. 332, 16
ge-licgan
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S. 37, 271. non-material, to be appointed (cf. what lies before a person = what is to happen to him) Gif ðæt God geteód habbe, ond mé ðæt on lǽne gelíð ðæt gesibbra ærfeweard forðcymeð, C.
ge-mang
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Nalles ná ðæt án ðæt hé gód doo gemang (-mong, v.l. ) óðrum monnum, Past. 81, 22. of the relation of a thing to others in the same nominal or logical group Gemong þǽm óþrum monegum wundrum inter multa prodigia, Ors. 4, 3; S. 162, 5. of the relation of
rind
Rind. ⬩ of a tree ⬩ the bark ⬩ crust ⬩ rind
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Dó of ða rinda, Lchdm. ii. 98, 11. metaphorically :-- Þeahtigaþ on hiera módes rinde monig gód weorc tó wyrcanne, ac on ðam piþan biþ óðer gehýded Past. 9, 1; Swt. 55, 22. The word occurs in combination with names of trees, e.g.
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tó-glídan
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Met. 7, 34. to slip away Ðeáh ðe ðás cáseras him háton gewyrcean heora byrgene of marmanstáne and útan emfrætewian mid reádum golde, ðeáhhwæðere se deáð hit eal tódǽlþ ; ðonne biþ ðæt gold tósceacen, and ða gymmas tóglidene ( the gems have slipped from
þæs-líc
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Ðæt hí Godes þénunge mid þæslícere endebyrdnysse gefyldon, Homl. Th. i. 508, 29. Þurh þǽslíce deádbóte per dignam poenitentiam, Scint. 40, 2. Swá þæslíc folc and him swá gecwéme, Lchdm. iii. 434, 8.
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ge-andettan
to confess, acknowledge ⬩ to confess ⬩ to admit for oneself ⬩ concede, allow ⬩ to confess, declare one's belief ⬩ to confess ⬩ acknowledge as having a certain character, declare one's faith in ⬩ to make acknowledgement of a benefit ⬩ give thanks ⬩ praise
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Þǽm mannum þe heora synna and unrihtes geswícaþ, and hié (or hié may refer to synna) Gode and heora scriftum geandettiaþ, Bl.
Constantīnus
Constantine the Great, Roman Emperor
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D. 306]and left his kingdom to his son Constantine, the good emperor. Eutropius writes that the emperor Constantine was born in Britain Bd. 1, 8; S. 479, 30-32.
gíme-líst
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Hé Gode nolde ðiówigan. . . hé ðone demm his giémeliéste ( damna neglegentiae ) gebétan ne mæg, Past. 251, 17.Ðæt wé geðencen ðá gód ðe wé forgiémeleásodon, næs ðá wé dydon . . . wé gemunað úre giémeléste, 467, 10. Mid dǽdbóte his gýmeleáste, R.
wác
yielding ⬩ not rigid ⬩ pliant ⬩ fluid ⬩ weak ⬩ feeble ⬩ wanting mental or moral strength ⬩ wanting courage ⬩ poor ⬩ mean ⬩ not of great value or in high esteem ⬩ vilis
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Ǽlc man sylð on forandæge his góde wín, and ðæt wáccre ðonne ða gebeóras druncniaþ, Homl. Th. ii. 70, 26. Gedroren is ðeós duguð eal, wuuiaþ ða wácran, Exon. Th. 311, 4; Seef. 87. Fyrmest manna primas, wácost manna infimas, Ælfc.
wirnan
to refuse ⬩ refrain from granting ⬩ to prevent ⬩ prohibit ⬩ keep from
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Eal hit him wyrþ tó teónan ðæm ðe his Gode wyrneþ, Blickl. Homl. 51, 10. Ðá wyrnde him mann ðera gísla, Chr. 1048; Erl. 180, 13. Gif hé him ryhtes wyrnde L. Ath. i. 3; Th. i. 200, 19.
efen-wyrcend
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A co-operator Adrianus wæs efenwyrcend on Godes worde Theodorus arcebiscopes Hadrianus co-operator in uerbo Dei Theodori Episcopi, Bd. 5, 20; Sch. 673, 10