wenian
To accustom ⬩ to accustom ⬩ train ⬩ prepare ⬩ fit ⬩ to draw ⬩ attract ⬩ to draw to ⬩ to draw ⬩ to wean ⬩ ablactare
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Man mag ylpas wenian tó wíge mid cræfte Hexam. 9; Norm. 16, 10.
costnung
A temptation ⬩ trying ⬩ trial ⬩ tribulation ⬩ tentatio ⬩ probatio ⬩ tribulatio
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Ðæt he us gescylde wið ða þúsendlícan cræftas deófles costunga that he shield us from the thousand crafts of the devil's temptations Homl. Blick. 19, 17. Micle costnunge ge gesáwon tentationes magnas viderunt oculi tui Deut. 29, 3.
list
Art ⬩ skill ⬩ craft ⬩ cunning ⬩ artifice
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Ðæs líchoman listas and cræftas of ðæm móde cumaþ the arts and powers of the body come from the mind; intus est hominum vigor arce conditus abdita, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 216; Met. 26, 108.
swég
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Tyrnende swégas rotatiles trocheos, Germ. 403, 8. sound made by means of an instrument, v. swég-cræft. voice; also the instrument Ðære býman swég, Ex. 19, 19. Hearpan swég, Beo. Th. 179; B. 89.
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ge-swinc
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Eþelíce búton ǽlcum geswince, Bt. 35, 4 ; F. 162, 2. pæt hí leornigen ðone cræft geþylde on þám langan geswince, 39, 11; F. 228, 26. Men heafdon mycel geswinc þæs geáres. Chr. 1085; P. 216, 4.
ge-wissian
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Þryfealdne gewissigendne cræft trinam regentem machinam, Hy.
gleáw
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Him gangað ongeán gleáwe cræftas, mildheortnesse mód and mihte sóð, 84, 9. Byð sægd his lof gleáwast and mǽrust annuntietur laus ejus, 101, 19
DIHT
a setting in order, disposing, contriving, disposition, conduct, consultation, deliberation, purpose ⬩ disposĭtio, excogitātio, consĭlium, propŏsĭtum ⬩ a dictating, direction, order, command ⬩ dictātio, directio, jussum, mandātum
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contriving, disposition, conduct, consultation, deliberation, purpose; disposĭtio, excogitātio, consĭlium, propŏsĭtum God gefylde on ðam seofoðan dæge his weorc ðe he worhte on wunderlícum dihte, and he on ðam seofoðan dæge geswác ðæs dihtes ðæs deóplícan cræftes
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trúwa
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For ðæs cræftes trúwan (trúwan) from confidence on account of that art, R. Ben. 95, 6 : 46, 16. Habbaþ Godes trúwan have faith in God, Mk. Skt. 11, 22 : Scint. 127, 1. Gif hopan trúwan wé nabbaþ si spei fiduciam non habemus, 33, 9.
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gid
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Wordcræftes wís, 592) . . . wordes cræftig, El. 418. Sum bið wóðbora, giedda giffæst, Crä. 36. of figurative speech Bi þon giedd áwræc Iób, . . . Hǽlend lofede . . . and hine fugel nemde, Cri. 633. of prophecy Gydde uaticinium An. Ox. 3708
riht-líc
right, just ⬩ right, fitting, adapted to due requirements ⬩ adapted, fitted, entitled ⬩ right, in accordance with reason ⬩ right as regards conduct, ⬩ righteous
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Homl. 17, 30 : 29, 17. adapted, fitted, entitled Ðeáh beóþ ða foremǽrran and rihtlícran tó herigenne ða ðe beóþ mid cræftum gewyrðode,Bt. 30, 1 ; Fox 108, 24. right, in accordance with reason Ðæt wǽre rihtlíc tó ongytenne ðæt ealle ða ðe Godes willan
fíf
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Fífo cræftas, Mt. L. 25, 15: Jn. L. R. 4, 18. Cuuhorn bið twégea pæninga wurð. Oxan tægl bið sciłł. weorð; cuus bið fífa [peninga], Ll. Th. i. 140, 3.
in-geþanc
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, Past. 175, 6. conscience Gé forseóþ þá craeftas eówres ingeþonces and eówres andgites relicta conscientiae virtutisque praestantia, Bt. 18, 4; F. 66, 23. a thought, cogitation Ðá ingeðoncas ðe wealcað in dæs monnes móde cogitationes quae volvuntur
sáwan
to sow ⬩ to sow ⬩ implant
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Six geár ðú scealt sáwan sex annis seres agrum tuum, 25, 3. fig. to sow the seeds of anything, to originate, do an action which produces a result, implant Se eorþlíca anweald ne sǽwþ (inserit ) ða cræftas ac lisþ unþeáwas, Bt. 27, 1; Fox 94, ¨25.
híwung
shaping ⬩ shape ⬩ frame ⬩ make ⬩ constitution ⬩ shape ⬩ form ⬩ species ⬩ kind ⬩ transformation ⬩ an illusory shape ⬩ deceptive appearance ⬩ a pretence ⬩ trick ⬩ simulation ⬩ hypocrisy ⬩ fiction ⬩ irony
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Hé wiste ꝥ hé mid feóndlicum cræfte ne mihte bedydrian Martines gesihðe ... wæs ðá geswutelod his híwung, 31, 827. Wǽron óþre gedwolan Antecrístes lima, mid árleásra híwunge, 832.
ge-teón
to draw ⬩ lead ⬩ incite ⬩ excite ⬩ constrain ⬩ restrain ⬩ bring up ⬩ instruct ⬩ bring to an end ⬩ complete ⬩ draw or bind together ⬩ string a musical instrument ⬩ trahere ⬩ ducere ⬩ perducere ⬩ stringere ⬩ evaginare ⬩ excitare ⬩ constringere ⬩ educare ⬩ instituere ⬩ ad finem perducere ⬩ complere ⬩ nervis aptare vel instruere ⬩ to bring as an offering or gift ⬩ contribute ⬩ bestow ⬩ give ⬩ conferre
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Ða ðe wǽron on rím-cræfte rihte getogene those who were rightly instructed in the art of numbers, Chr. 975; Th. 226, 31; Edg. 27. Swá getogen mann a man so well instructed, Homl. Th. ii. 122, 13: Th. Ap. 17, 18.
folgian
to pursue ⬩ to accompany ⬩ be attendant upon ⬩ to follow ⬩ be guided by ⬩ follow ⬩ to follow ⬩ practise
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Lufiaþ cræftas and folgiaþ ðǽm, Bt. 42; F. 258, 25. Hwý wénst þú ꝥ hí forlǽtan ðá cræftas and folgian ðǽm unþeáwum?
MÆGEN
MAIN ⬩ might ⬩ strength ⬩ force ⬩ power ⬩ vigour ⬩ efficacy ⬩ virtue ⬩ faculty ⬩ ability ⬩ an exercise of power ⬩ effort ⬩ a mighty work ⬩ miracle ⬩ a force ⬩ military 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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má
More
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Ðæt wæs má cræft ðonne hit eorþbúend ealle cúþan [cf. use of mikil in O.Sax. kúðean kraft mikil], Exon. 13 b; Th. 26, 24; Cri. 421. Ne synd ná má namanspeligende bútan ðás fífténe there are no more pronouns than these fifteen, Ælfc.
meaht
- Ps, Th. 70, 18
Might ⬩ power ⬩ virtue ⬩ ability ⬩ an exercise of power ⬩ mighty work
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Ðín wuldor ús gecýð, cræft and meaht, Exon. 53 b; Th. 188, 11; Az. 44. Swá swá mæht hæbbende sicut potestatem habens, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 7, 29. Ða mæhte (ðæt mæht, Lind.) seðe eode from him virtutem quæ exierat de eo, Mk. Skt. Rush. 5, 29.
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