sceát
a corner, an angle ⬩ corner, quarter ⬩ a projection, promontory ⬩ a nook, corner, region ⬩ a lap, bosom ⬩ the bosom ⬩ a bay ⬩ sinus ⬩ a garment ⬩ a cloth, napkin ⬩ cloak,fold
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Deófol gefeallaþ in sweartne lég under foldansceát 94, 2; Cri. 1534. a bay; sinus Wæs hé besenced on sumne sǽs sceát demersus est in sinu maris, Bd. 1, 33; S. 499, 6. a garment Sceát vel heortes hýd nebris, Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 26.
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riht
that which is straight or erect, a plumb line ⬩ that which is straight in a metaphorical sense, right, law, canon, rule ⬩ what is in accordance with law, human or divine, what is just or proper, right, justice, equity ⬩ what is just in the case of a criminal, just punishment, justice ⬩ what properly belongs to a person, what may justly be claimed, a right, due ⬩ what is due from a person, duty ⬩ what agrees with a proper standard, what is correct or exact, the rights of a case, the truth ⬩ an account, a reckoning; ⬩ ratio, mostly in such phrases as - riht ágildan - to render an account
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Hyra lífes riht, Exon. Th. 84, 18; Cri. 1375. Ǽnige rihte áræfnan ulla ratione tolerare, Bd. 5, 12; S. 631, 30
þá
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Þá þá ( cum ) hé fæste feówurtig daga, þá ongan hyne syððan hingrian, Mt. Kmbl. 4, 2. Ðá ðá hé ealdode, þá clypode hé his yldestan cniht him tó, Homl. Th. ii. 234, 22 : 286, 6 : 390, 19-22.
ge-weald
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Inc sceal sealt wæter wunian on gewealde, Gen. 199. ꝥ Hit his yldran lǽfdan þám tó gewealde þe hý wel úðan, Ll. Th. i. 184, 3. Ágan heofon tó gewalde to have heaven at command, Sat. 415.
DREÓGAN
to do, work, perform, to pass life, to fight ⬩ ăgĕre, făcĕre, perfĭcĕre, patrāre, vitam ăgĕre, militāre ⬩ DREE, endure ⬩ ferre, pati, sustinēre, tolerāre ⬩ to enjoy ⬩ frui ⬩ To be employed, be busy ⬩ ăgĕre, negōtiōsum esse
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To be employed, be busy; ăgĕre, negōtiōsum esse Nǽnig manna wát hú mín hyge dreógeþ, býsig æfter bócum no man knows how my mind is employed, busy over books, Salm. Kmbl. 122, MS. B; Sal. 60. Dreógan, inf. Cd. 104; Th. 137, 31; Gen. 2282. Dreág, p.
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ge-rǽcan
To reach, obtain, seize, get, lay hold on, attain, reproach, present, offer
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Hyne Wulf wǽpne gerǽhte Wolf reached him with his weapon, Beo. Th. 5923; B. 2965: 1117; B. 556: Byrht. Th. 135, 63; By. 142: 136, 29; By. 158. He ða burh gerǽhte he took the town, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 44, 14.
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regol
a rule ⬩ a rule, pattern, standard, norm ⬩ prescript, a canon ⬩ rule
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Nú wolde se regol ðæs cræftes habban of ðam eruturus, ac se gewuna hylt eruiturus, 41;Som. 44, 24-26. Ðis is lǽwedra regol æfter bóclícere gesetnysse, Homl. Th. ii. 94, 8.
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tweónian
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Hé behátes twíniende heofonlíces ille promissi dubius superni, Hymn. Surt. 103, 7. with a preposition Ná twýna ðú ábútan ende non dubites circa finem, Scint. 27, 11. Ús is álýfed be ðisum tó twýnienne, Homl. Th. ii. 520, 16.
ymb-útan
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Geseah se Hǽlend mycle menigeo ymbútan hyne ( circum se ), Mt. Kmbl. 8, 18. Hé wand him ymbútan ðone deáðes beám, Cd. Th. 31, 27; Gen. 492. Ymbútan ðone weall is se mǽsta díc, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 74, 17.
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gréne
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M. 29, 11. of a hide Grénre hýde recentis i. noue corii, An. Ox. 3281
leógan
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Hé ne leág fela wyrda ne worda, B. 3029. to deceive a person ( as a translation of Latin fallere), Hymn. Surt. 33, 15 (in Dict.)
hild
War, ⬩ battle ⬩ pugna, prælium
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Hyne Hetware hilde gehnǽgdon him the Hetwaras conquered in battle, Beo. Th. 5825; B. 2916: 4159; B. 2076: 4586; B. 2298: Exon. 100a; Th. 378, 10; Deór. 14: Menol. Fox 493; Gn. C. 17: Apstls. Kmbl. 41; Ap. 21: Cd. 150; Th. 188, 3; Exod. 162.
án
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Þú eart ána gecoren in þínum cynne hyre tó hyrde, Hml. A. 131, 517. Hé óðre gehǽlde, and heó ána læg swá, Hml. S. 10, 238. Sé ðe ána is sóð God, Hml. Th. ii. 440, 13. Þurh ðæs ánes mihte ðe ealle ðing gesceóp, Hex. 10, 21: Shrn. 48, 23.
gildan
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Folc Ebréa guldon hyra fyrngeflitu fágum swyrdum, Jud. 263.
wirsa
Worse ⬩ worst
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Grammar wirsa, of the physical condition of persons or things Hé tóbrycð hys stede on ðam reáfe, and se slite byð ðe wyrsa, Mt. Kmbl. 9, 16. Sió wund bið ðæs ðe wierse, Past. 17; Swt. 123, 18. Heó wæs ðe wyrse, deterius habebat, Mk. Skt. 5, 26.
tíma
Time ⬩ hour ⬩ tempus ⬩ hora ⬩ time when, ⬩ time at which an event takes place ⬩ a time when a thing can or ought to be done, ⬩ a proper time, ⬩ opportunity ⬩ in time ⬩ in good time ⬩ be-times ⬩ proper time ⬩ an appointed time ⬩ a period of time ⬩ time during which certain events are happening, during which a particular person is living, etc. ⬩ a season of the year ⬩ an age of the world ⬩ time of pronouncing a syllable, ⬩ quantity ⬩ time, ⬩ condition of things
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Þonne hyt tíma byþ, Coll. Monast. Th. 34, 5. Se wísa hit ieldcaþ and bítt tíman, Past. 33; Swt. 220, 10. Nis hit nán wundur, ðeáh se wísa bíde his tíman, 38; Swt. 275, 13.
secgan
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Ðæt ðú hellwarum hyht ne ábeóde, ah ðú him secgan miht sorga mǽste, 308, 21 ; Sat. 696. Nó ic wiht fram ðé swylcra searuníþa secgan hýrde, billa brógan, Beo. Th. 1169 ; B. 582. Ðara árfæstra dǽda sume gehýran sæcgan, Blickl. Homl. 213, 26.
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BURH
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Ðonne hý hweorfaþ in ða hálgan burg when they pass into the holy city, Exon. 44b; Th. 150, 26; Gú. 784. Ðæt he gesáwe ða burh ut videret civitatem, Gen. 11, 5. Ða burh ne bærndon they burnt not the city, Ors. 2, 8; Bos. 52, 8.
þrí
Three
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Þreó godas, Hy. 10, 44. Ða þré fǽmnan, Blickl. Homl. 145, 31. Nú synt þreó (ðrió, Lind., Rush.) gér, Lk, Skt. 13, 7. Tó ðara ðreóra burga ánre, Past. 21; Swt. 167, 17: Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 10, 4. Þrióra, Swt. 4, 10.
dǽlan
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Þú dǽlest mete þínum mannum, Hy. 7, 70: 10, 57. Hé dǽleð help and hǽlo hæleða bearnum, Sat. 581; Cri. 428. Hé máðmas dǽleð, B. 1756. Tungel heora wlite wíde dǽlað, Gen. 2191. Ofer ús dǽl rummódnise super nos effunde clementiam, Rtl. 41, 5.