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smeágan

(v.)
Grammar
smeágan, smeán; p. smeáde; ppr. smeágende, smeánde; pp. smeád

to consider, meditate, inquire, deliberateto consider, ponder, examine, inquire into, discuss, searchto seek an opportunityto accept as the result of inquiry, to suppose

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Hé smeáde geornlíce ðæt hé hyne wolde belǽwan quaerebat opportunitatem ut eum traderet Mt.

Linked entry: smeán

ge-þeódan

(v.)
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beóð geþeóde þeódscipum on gemang betwyx heáhfæderas and hálige wítegan vatidicis juncti patriarchis atque prophetis, Dóm. L. 282. (2 a) to join as man and wife :-- Hé silfa wæs mid þám fúlestan horwe þártó (to his daughter ) geþeód, Ap.

gelíce

(adv.)
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Heofon þú áðenedest hýde gelíce extendens coelum sicut pellem, Ps. Th. 103, 3; 101, 3. Kyningas beóð eallum mannum gelíce ácende, and óðrum mannum gelíce sweltað, Solil. H. 59, 21-23.

god-cund

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Ꝥ hí godcundum láreówan hýran, 326, 14: 424, 7. of worship, services, &c., of the church Ic biddo hígon ðaet gé mé gemynen mid suilce godcunde góde suilce iów cynlic ðynce I pray that you have such a memorial service for me as may seem to you

Linked entry: god-lic

folc

a peoplea nationan armya racetribesectlay-folkthe laitythe peoplefollowersthe people the common peoplecountry-folkfolkmenpeoplefolksa crowdcompanytrooppeoplefolk

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Folkes Scippend, Hy. 2, l. Forebeácen folce manegum prodigium multis, Ps. Th. 70, 6. Hé þǽr gemétte swíþe manig folc, Bl. H. 141, 32. Folca bearn (cf. niðða bearn, 1135), . . . burgsittende. Gen. 1087. Folca rǽswa, Caldéa cyning, Dan. 667.

þan

(adv.)
Grammar
þan, þon; adv.
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Ǽfre ic ne hýrde þon cymlícor ceól gehladenne I have not ever heard of a vessel any more fairly laden, Andr. Kmbl. 721; An. 361.

Linked entries: þanne þon

þreágan

(v.)
Grammar
þreágan, þreán, and þreáwian (v. þreápian); p. þreáde [in Bt. 38, 1; Fox 196, 7 a form occurs that might be a strong past of þreán, on the analogy of þweán, sleán Ðæt gewit wæs swíþe sorgiende for ðám ermþum ðe hí ðrógan; cf. the rendering of the same passage in the metres: Ðæt mód wæs swíðe sorgum gebunden for ðǽm earfoþum ðe him on sǽton,
  • Met. 26, 97.
But, perhaps, drugon should be read, as, Latin is:]; pp. þreád.

to reproverebukereproachto punish one who deserves punishmentto chastise by way of discipline, with a view to amendto chastencorrectto torturetormentafflictdistressvexoppress

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Drihten hyne þreáde myd þearlwýslícere swingle for his ungehýrsumnysse, Shrn. 98, 14. Hé hine sylfne þreáge swíðe þearle mid forhæfednesse ǽtes and drinces, L. Pen. 14; Th. ii. 282, 18. Synrust þweán, hine sylfne þreán, Exon. Th. 81, 10; Cri. 1321.

Linked entries: þreán þreiga ðrogan

wís

(adj.)
Grammar
wís, adj.

wisediscreetjudiciouscunningwiselearnedskilledexpertknown

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Ne hýrde ic snotorlícor guman þingian. Ðú eart wís wordcwida, Beo. Th. 3694; B. 1845. Azarias Dryhten herede, wís in weorcum, Exon. Th. 185, 7; Az. 4. Se wísa mon eall his líf lǽt on gefeán, ðonne hé forsihþ ðás eorþlícan gód, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 24.

ge-þeón

(v.)
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Gif hé beó tó þám gewelegod ꝥ hé hýred áge ... Gif hé ne geþeó búton tó healfre híde ( if his property does not exceed half a hide ), Ll. Th. i. 188, 1.

gíman

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Þá þe Godes willan wyrcað and wísdómes gýmað þá hwíle þe libbað, Wlfst. 5, 6: Ll. Th. i. 334, 20. Hí þæs cynges worda ne gýmdon, for ðám his ríce ne wæs ofer hí, Bd. 2, 6 ; Sch. 134, 10. Hí wǽre ne gýmdon, Exod. 140.

hweorfan

(v.)
Grammar
hweorfan, hworfan, hwurfan

To turnchangegoreturndepartgo aboutwanderroam

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Gé tó mé on hyge hweorfaþ ye turn to me in thought, 98 a; Th. 366, 2; Reb. 6. On hinderling hweorfaþ míne feóndas convertentur inimici mei retrorsum, Ps. Th. 55, 8: 69, 3. On heora ágen dust æfter hweorfaþ in pulverem suum revertentur, 103, 27.

níd

(n.)
Grammar
níd, neád, néd, neód, niéd, nýd, es; n.: e; f.

necessityinevitablenessnecessityneedurgent requirementa necessary businessdutyneedwhat one wantsnecessityneeddifficultyhardshipdistressforcecompulsion

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Swá hyne nýd fordráf, Judth. Thw. 25, 25; Jud. 277. Nýd biþ wyrda heardost, Salm. Kmbl. 622; Sal. 310. Eádfriþ for neóde (neáde, MS. T.: nýde, MS.

sum

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
sum, indef. prn.
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gán .xii. sume (twelfa sum, MS. B.), L.

Linked entry: ÁN

sél

(adj.)
Grammar
sél, (the positive form does not occur, but is found in Layamon) ; cpve. sélra, sélla ; spve. sélest, sélost; adj.
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Ne hýrde ic guman ǽnigne bringan ofer sealtne mere sélran láre, Menol. Fox 204 ; Men. 103. Gé synt sélran ðonne manega spearuan, Mt. Kmbl. 10, 31. Gif hé nele ðone sélestan dǽl Gode gedǽlan, Blickl.

Linked entry: sélost

teóðung

(n.)
Grammar
teóðung, teóðing, e; f.
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Some information as to the destination of tithe is contained in the following Man ágife ǽlce teóðunge tó ðam ealdan mynstre ðe seó hýrnes tó hýrþ, L. Edg. i. 1; Th. i. 262, 6.

Linked entry: tegðung

þeów

(n.)
Grammar
þeów, es; þeówa, an; m.
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cases seem contemplated in Theodore's Penitential: Homo .xiii. annorum sese potest servum facere, Th. ii. 19, § 29; and that such cases did occur may be seen from the following passage: Geatfleda geaf freóls ... ealle ða men ðe heó nam heora heáfod for hyra

níwe

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Adam . . . neorxna wonges níwre gesceafte hyrde, Gen. 171. God geswác þá þǽre níwan gesceapennysse requievit Deus a novarum conditione creaturarum, Angl. vii. 4, 22. Gif mon on níwne weall unástíðodne micelne hróf onsett, Past. 383, 32.

þes

(pronoun.)
Grammar
þes, þæs; m.: þeós, þiós, þiús; f.: þis, þiss, þys; n. demons. pron. This
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Þysum, Hy. 3, 53. Be þisse ondweardan tíde, Blickl. Homl. 15, 4. Þeosne andweardan dæg, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 579. Þýs uferan Sunnandæge, Blickl. Homl. 119, 15.

Linked entries: þás þis

wyrcan

(v.)
Grammar
wyrcan, weorcan ; p. worhte ; pp. worht.

to worklabourto maketo makeformconstructto be the sourcecause of, to produceto makeconstituteto workdoperformto perform a ritekeep a seasonto workeffect a purposeattain an object,

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Ðú ða scíran gesceaft sceópe and worhtest, Hy. 10, 2. Nán neódðearf ðé ne lǽrde tó wyrcanne ðæt ðæt ðú worhtest, Bt. 33, 4 ; Fox 128, 12. Worhtes, Met. 20, 22 : Exon. Th. 15, 23; Cri. 240.

wyrd

(n.)
Grammar
wyrd, e; f.

What happensfatefortunechancefatethe otherwise than humanly appointed order of thingsone of the Fatesfatefortunean eventan eventoccurrencecircumstanceincidentfactwhat happens to a personfatefortunelotconditionfatedeathchanceaccident

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Th. 455, 1; Hy. 4, 43. Wyrda gerýnu, Cd. Th. 225, 5; Dan. 149. Wyrda geþinga, 250, 14; Dan. 546. Wyrda gesceaft, 224, 6; Dan. 132. Onwrigen is wyrda bigang, Elen. Kmbl. 2245 ; El. 1124.

Linked entry: weord