rícsian
to exercise or have power ⬩ to rule ⬩ govern ⬩ reign ⬩ to domineer ⬩ dominate ⬩ tyrannize ⬩ exercise violence ⬩ to prevail
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Án ongan deorcum nihtum draca rícsian, 4429; B. 2211.
HLÁF
Bread, ⬩ food, ⬩ a loaf
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Ðeorfe hláfas unleavened loaves, Homl. Th. ii. 264. 3. cxx. huǽtenra hláfa and xxx. clénra one hundred and twenty wheaten loaves and thirty made without bran, 460, 16. cxx gesuflra hláfa, 32: 469, 3.
brúcan
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Gesáwon wé men deóra hýdum gegyrede, and nánes óðres brucon, Nar. 26, 15. Heó nǽfre línenum hræglum brúcan (uti) wolde, Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 443, 3. (1 b) to use food, eat or drink :-- Flǽscmettum ic brúce carnibus vescor , Coll. M. 34, 21: 35, 3.
máðum
A precious or valuable thing ⬩ a treasure ⬩ jewel ⬩ ornament
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Deórum mádme ( a sword ), Beo. Th. 3060; B. 1528. Ǽghwylcum eorla drihten máð-ðum gesealde to each the lord of earls (Hrothgar) gave a rich present, 2109; B. 1052.
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elles
otherwise ⬩ differently ⬩ elsewhere ⬩ else ⬩ else
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Hit wæs elles feáwum mannum cúð, Chr. 1043; P. 164, 3. with pronominal adverbs. local Wæs eorðstyrung on Deórbý and elles gehwǽr . . . and eác ꝥ wilde fýr on Deórbýscíre micel yfel dyde and gehwǽr elles, Chr. 1049; P. 167, 25, 27.
teár
A tear. ⬩ a drop of water from the eye, ⬩ caused by emotion, generally by grief ⬩ in plural, used for the feeling of which the tears are a sign, grief, affliction ⬩ caused by weakness. ⬩ a tearlike drop ⬩ that which drops or exudes, e.g. honey from a comb
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Ðú fédest ús teára hláfe, and ús drincan gifest deorcum teárum, Ps. Th. 79, 5. Heó is fulneáh deád for teárum and for unrótnesse, Bt. 19; Fox 28, 30. Eua bær teáras on hire innoþe, Maria brohte ðone écan gefeán eallum middangearde,Blickl.
hebban
to lift ⬩ to lift ⬩ to raise ⬩ lift ⬩ make a sound ⬩ to exalt ⬩ elevate ⬩ to extol ⬩ exalt ⬩ to set up ⬩ institute ⬩ to raise ⬩ bring up ⬩ to direct ⬩ bear ⬩ To rise ⬩ mount
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Wæs þúf hafen, segen for sweótum, El. 123. where part of the body is moved, to lift the hand, head, eye, &c: Ðonne hé hóf his hond upp tó hiofonum, ðonne hófon ðá deór fótas (fét, v. l.) upp, Shrn. 72, 6.
sǽl
time, occasion ⬩ a fit time, season, opportunity, ⬩ circumstance, condition ⬩ happiness, good fortune, good time, prosperity
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Siteþ sorgcearig, sǽlum bidǽled, 379, 5; Deór. 28. Syngum tó sǽlum (cf. After liked him ful wele for al was turned him to sele, C. M. 4432) for the happiness of sinners, 84, 21; Cri. 1377. Ne frín ðú æfter sǽlum, sorh is geníwod, Beo.
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be-fón
to seize ⬩ catch ⬩ take, ⬩ to seize ⬩ take forcible possession of ⬩ to seize a criminal ⬩ lost property ⬩ to catch ⬩ get to see a person ⬩ to get ⬩ attain to ⬩ to surround ⬩ encompass ⬩ to enclose, ⬩ to serve as a covering for ⬩ contain ⬩ to put into a covering ⬩ to encircle, ⬩ to lie round ⬩ to place round ⬩ to include ⬩ contain ⬩ comprise ⬩ to surround with words ⬩ furnish with a commentary ⬩ to have to do with an object ⬩ to engage in an occupation ⬩ get involved in an action
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Gif hwylc man mid arwan deór ofsceóte . . . and hit man ymbe. iii. niht deád finde, and þǽr hund oþþe wulf on befangen hæbbe (have had any-thing to do with it; eam occupaverit), Ll.
wirnan
to refuse ⬩ refrain from granting ⬩ to prevent ⬩ prohibit ⬩ keep from
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Hí swenga ne wyrnaþ, deórra dynta, Salm. Kmbl. 244; Sal. 121. Hé swenges ne wyrnde, Byrht. Th. 135, 15; By. 118. Ætsóc Goda ðæs feós ǽgiftes, and ðæs landes wyrnde he refused to give up the land Chart. Th. 201, 30.
un-scyldig
innocent ⬩ guiltless ⬩ innocent of a crime, charge ⬩ guiltless in relation to (wið) a person ⬩ innocent ⬩ not accountable for an ill result ⬩ not responsible
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Ne syle ðú unscyldigra sáwla deórum ðe ðé andettaþ ne tradas bestiis animas confitentes tibi, Ps. Th. 73, 18.
ge-þingian
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Hé nát hwæðer him selfum geðingod bið utrum sibi sit placatus ignorat, Past. 63, 10. to obtain by intercession Geþingedon repropitiarent (deorum favorem ), An. Ox. 4724. to make terms, settle. absolute Geðingadon paciscitur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 116, 54.
ESNE
A man of the servile class, a servant, retainer, man, youth ⬩ mercēnārius, servus, vir, jŭvĕnis
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He him Dauid geceás, deórne esne ēlēgit David servum suum, 77, 69. Wæs se ofen onhǽted, hine esnas mænige wurpon wudu on innan the oven was heated, many servants cast wood into it, Cd. 186; Th. 231, 9; Dan. 244: Ps. Th. 68, 37.
gild
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Gield sacra (Deorum destruxit ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 90, 7. a divinity, heathen deity Behátað þæt gé wyllað þám deófolgyldum wiðsacan, and þone sóðan God wurðian. . . . ' Beó Godes grama ofer ús, gif wé ǽfre tó hǽðenum gylde búgað, ' Hml. Th. ii. 488, 7.
þearle
Severely, ⬩ sorely, ⬩ strictly, ⬩ hard. ⬩ very, ⬩ very much, ⬩ exceedingly, ⬩ excessively ⬩ very, ⬩ to a great degree, ⬩ very much, ⬩ to a great extent, ⬩ exceedingly
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Þearle ic deorfe nimium laboro, Coll. Monast. Th. 19, 13. Forþóht þearle (cf. swíþe unrót, Bt. 1; Fox 4, 4), Met. 1, 82. Ðæt folc wearð þearle geswenct mid ðam síðfate taedere coepit populum itineris ac laboris, Num. 21, 4: Ps.
ge-sprecan
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D. 105, 16) : ' ' Heó gespæc deór alloquitur bestiam, An. Ox, 4899. Hé cwæð ꝥ hí Críst gespræce þysum godspellicum wordum: 'Ne háte ic eów ná þeówan . . .,' Hml. S. 2, 86. Gesprecendum contionante, An.
hold
Kind, ⬩ friendly, ⬩ pleasant, ⬩ favourable, ⬩ gracious [of a prince to his subject], ⬩ faithful, ⬩ loyal, ⬩ devoted, ⬩ liege [of a subject to his prince]
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Áhte ic holdne hláford I had a gracious lord, Exon. 100 b; Th. 379, 26; Deór. 39: Ps. Th. 150, 1: Cd. 106; Th. 139, 22; Gen. 2313. Ic geornlíce gode þegnode þurh holdne hyge I diligently served God with loyal mind, 28; Th. 37, 7; Gen. 586.
GRUND
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Deorce grundas in abysses, Ps. Th. 134, 6: Cd. 213; Th. 265, 19; Sat. 10. Of grunde brymmes de profundo pelagi, Rtl. 61, 33. Of helle grunde from the depth of hell, Blickl. Homl. 67, 21: 85, 4: 33, 19: 65, 14.
ge-læccan
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Th. ii. 350, 34. to take from, rescue Dauid gelæhte þæt scép of ðám deórum, Ælfc. T.