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gilpan

(v.)
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Ðonne ðæt mód for his cræfta geearnunga gilpð and orsorglíce fægnað on him selfum m animus de virtutum meritis laeta apud se securitate gloriatur Past. 463, 27.

gímen

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Se cræft ðǽre giémenne ymbe ðá fore-sceáwunga ðæs heofonlican lífes vis sollicitudinis et erga coelestem vitam providae circumspectionis 169, 6.

sǽl

(n.)
Grammar
sǽl, es; m.: e; f.

time, occasiona fit time, season, opportunity,circumstance, condition happiness, good fortune, good time, prosperity

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Sǽles bídeþ hwonne heó cræft hyre cýþan móte, Exon. Th. 413, 28; Rä. 32, 12. Hé sóhte ða seel (sél, Rush.) ðætte hine salde quaerebat opportunitatem ut eum traderet, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 16. time as in bad or good times, circumstance, condition .v.

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ge-siht

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Hwilce þú gesihðe hæfst cræfta, Gen. 617. Hé hié gelǽdeþ on sibbe gesyhþe, Bl. H. 79, 34. eyes together with the faculty of sight; visus, oculi Wé ússe gesyhð (úre gesyhðe, v.l.) upp áhófon uisum leuabimus, Bd. 5, J; Sch. 552, 13.

fær

(n.)

goingpassinga going awaya journeycoursea voyagea marchan expeditionenterprisea passagethoroughfareroadentrancecarriagevessela troopa crewfareproceedings

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Fór fámig scip, . . . siððan fær séleste (the ark) flód úp áhóf, Gen. 1419. of persons, a body of persons who journey, on land, a troop Cómon him tógeánes þǽra cempena fær on cynelicum cræte, Hml. S. 31, 968. Hé geseah þǽra sceaþena fær, Ælfc. T.

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tó-slítan

(v.)
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tó-slítan, p. -slát, pl. -sliton; pp. -sliten

To tear in two,tear to pieces,tear asunderto tear in two,in pieces,rend material,to give a torn appearance to anythingto serrateto rend,cleave,break asunder that which is hard or bulkyto tear the flesh,rend,bite,woundlacerateto tear asunderpartseparate what has been joinedseverto pull to piecesdestroy the existence of an object, abstract or concreteto destroydissipateto distract the mindTo be different

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Lind. 5, 6. to give a torn appearance to anything, to serrate (of leaves) Ðeós wyrt is gehwǽdon leáfun and tóslitenon, Lchdm. i. 290, 9. figuratively Hé ðone cræft briceþ and ða orðancas ealle tóslíteþ, Salm. Kmbl. 147; Sal. 72.

ge-medemian

(v.)
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Gif se æþelborena mid godcundum cræfte þone unæþelborenan oferþýhií, sý hé gemedemad furður be his geearnungum þonne se unæþelborena, 12, 16. Furðor beón gemedemod in majori loco stabiliri, lio, 7

ge-hwilc

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(c 3) reci-procal :-- Framige ánra gehwylc óþron on crǽfte hys, Coll. M. 31, 25. with gen. pl. Þára gehwelc wé willað sié twybóte, Ll. Th. i. 64, 24 : Rä. 71, 5. Hwider hyra gehwylc faran scolde, Bl. H. 229, 5.

A

(prefix)
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A, A. It is not necessary to speak of the form of what are often called Anglo-Saxon letters, as all Teutonic, Celtic, and Latin manuscripts of the same age are written in letters of the same form. There is one exception: the Anglo-Saxons had, with great propriety, two different letters for the two distinct sounds of our th: the hard þ in thin and sooth, and the soft ð in thine and soo
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, cræfta, ægru n. pl. of æg: in contracted words, when æ is not in the last syllable; as Æcer, pl. æceras, æcerum, contracted æcras, æcrum; wæpen, pl. wæpenu ; mægen, pl. mægenu, contracted wæpnu, and mægnu.

ge-stíran

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Þurh ús scylen bión hiora scylda gestiéred mid cræfte, Past. 117, 20. to keep from a state or condition, remove from Nis hit him nó swá longe áléfed swá þé ðyncð, ac dú miht ongitan ꝥ him biþ swíþe hrædlice gestióred (-stýred, v.l.) hiora orsorgnesse

macian

(v.)
Grammar
macian, <b>. I.</b>
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., and forming with them phrases approximately equivalent in sense to those verbs Manega drýmen maciaá menigfealde dydrunga þurh deófles cræft, Hml. S. 21, 465. Ǽnig man ciricmangunge mid unriht ne macie, Ll. Th. i. 306, 28.

MÆGEN

(n.)
Grammar
MÆGEN, es; n.

MAINmightstrengthforcepowervigourefficacyvirtuefacultyabilityan exercise of powerefforta mighty workmiraclea forcemilitary force

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Ðǽm monnum ðe him mægen and cræft wiexþ eác hwílum eákiaþ æfter ðæm mægenum ða costunga crescente virtute plerumque bella tentationis augentur, Past. 21, 5; Swt. 163, 8. Se wæs moncynnes mægenes strengest he was mightiest among men, Beo.

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for-lǽtan

to letpermitallowsufferto sufferto letgrantto leaveto leaveto leaveconsumingto leave aloneleave undoneabstain fromneglectto leave outomitto spareleave toto leavequitto abandonforsakedesertabandonto leaveto leaveto leavedieto defendto abandonto leaveto abandonto leaveto leave ofgive upto abandonabandonto let goto restrainto releaserestoreto give uprelinquishto remitforgiveto loseto put awaydismisslay asideto send

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Ðæt hié ne forlǽten tó wilnianne ðára ðe Godes sién ut appetere quae Dei sunt non omittant, Past. 393, 28. to leave uncared for, neglect Sé þe cræft his forlǽt, hé byþ forlǽten fram þám crǽfte, Coll. M. 31, 33. Þá þe heora sylfra rǽd forlǽtaþ, Bl.

tó-weorpan

(v.)
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tó-weorpan, -werpan, -worpan, -wurpan, -wyrpan; p. -wearp, pl. -wurpon; pp. -worpen.

To throw in different directionsthrow awaythrow downto scatterdispersedestroyoverthrowto scatterdisperseto break in piecesscatter the parts of a connected wholeto overthrowto overturnto throw downdestroy a buildingdemolishto overthrowto destroy the power of a person,to destroyto overthrow an institution, a practice, regulation, law, etc.,to put downput an end todestroymake voidbreakdissolveto throw out

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Englas ðæt hús tówurpon þurh gástlícne cræft, Homl. Th. ii. 510, 15. Ðý læs eówer hús windas tóweorpan, Exon. Th. 281, 22; Jul. 650. Hí mid æxum duru curfan, and teoledan ðæt hí mid adesan ealle tówurpan (dejecerunt), Ps. Th. 73, 6.

feoh

cattlepropertywealthmoneyrichestreasurebribegiftmetalcoin

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Hwæt begytst þú of þínum cræfte? Scrúd and feoh (pecuniam), Coll. M. 23, 5. Feóna sestertiorum, Germ. 395, 76

findan

to come acrossto obtainfindto meet withexperiencebe exposed tofind difficultyprocureto visitlearnarrangesettleto determineto supplyprovidefurnish

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Sceal wintrum fród on circule cræfte findan hálige dagas, 67.

lǽran

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Nán cræft nis tó lǽranne ðǽm ðe hine ǽr geornlíce ne leornode nulla ars doceri praesumitur, nisi intenta prius meditatione discatur 25, 15. to teach a person something. with acc. Þú hine þeódscipe þínne lǽrest de lege tua docueris eum Ps.

gleáw

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Gleáw módes cræfta, 32. Wísfæstne wer, wordes gleáwne ( skilled in speech ), An. 1650. Hí sumne gemétað gydda gleáwne (a connoisseur of song), Víd. 139. (2 b) with prep., skilled in, clever at :-- Wæs hé wel gleáw on huntunge, Hml. S. 30, 16.

full

(adv.)
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Se wer is wísdómes and cræfta full vir totus ex sapientia virtutibusque factus, Bt. 10; F. 28, 17: El. 939. Mǽg sigores full, Sancta Maria, Cri. 88. Tornes fulle, Gú. 176. Ealre fægernesse full, Bl. H. 115, 6.

ge-weorþian

(v.)
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Monige siendum mid miclum giefum monegra cræfta and mægene geweorðode sunt nonnulli, qui eximia virtulum dona percipiunt, Past. 41, 12.