ge-tellan
To tell ⬩ number ⬩ reckon ⬩ esteem ⬩ consider ⬩ ascribe ⬩ assign ⬩ numerare ⬩ computare ⬩ reputare ⬩ comparare ⬩ dinumerare
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Ðá ðis Constantine geteald wæs when this was told to Constantine, H. R. 5, 27. Geteled rímes reckoned by number, Cd. 67; Th. 80, 30; Gen. 1336: 107; Th. 141, 14; Gen. 2344: Elen. Kmbl. 4; El. 2.
Linked entry: ge-talian
-en
people, subjects
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-inde; as, Þínen, e; f. a maid-servant [Ger. dienerin], from þén [Ger. diener]; þeówen, e; f. a female slave, from þeów: wylen; gen. wylne; f. the same, from weal a slave: mennen, e; f. a maid-servant, from manna: gyden, e; f. a goddess, from god: munecen
Linked entry: -ælfen
FÓSTER
FOSTERing ⬩ nourishing ⬩ rearing ⬩ feeding ⬩ food ⬩ nourishment ⬩ provisions ⬩ edŭcātio ⬩ nutrīcium ⬩ pastio ⬩ alĭmentum ⬩ victus
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Let six shillings be paid for the fostering of a foundling for the first year, twelve for the second, thirty for the third; afterwards, according to its appearance, L. In. 26; Th. i. 118, 17-20: 38; Th. i. 126, 5.
múþ
The mouth ⬩ the mouth as an instrument of speech ⬩ the face ⬩ A mouth ⬩ opening ⬩ orifice
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Th. 62, 9. the face Ic sprece tó him múþe tó múþe, Num. 12, 8. of things, A mouth, opening, orifice Ǽlces kynnes múþ orificium, Wrt. Voc. i. 19, 57 : Exon. 108 b; Th. 415, 10; Rä. 33, 9. Duru sceal on healle, rúm recedes múþ. Menol. Fox 533; Gn.
æþele
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Ox. 4362, Þá æðelestan ealdras nobilissimi principes, Num. i. 16. of things Æþele alu carenum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 1. Æþele cræft an excellent medicine, Lch. ii. 28, 10. Æðele fortunatum (praesagium) . An. Ox. 7, 167.
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á-heardian
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Ox. 4641. of things, to be rigid, be insisted upon, not to be relaxed Gif þæs ealdres cwide þurhwunað and his gebod áheardað si in sua sententia prioris imperium perduraverit , R. Ben. 128, 17
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bídan
to wait ⬩ remain ⬩ to await ⬩ experience
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Hé bídeþ þínre geþafunga, Bl. H. 7, 34. Hé wyrde bídeþ, hwonne . . . . 109, 32. Hé bad westan-windes . . . þá sceolde hé bídan ryhtnorþanwindes, Ors. 1, 1 ; S. 17, 15-17: Nar. 27, 15.
be-tellan
exculpate ⬩ excuse
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11 : 420, 1. to clear one's self from (æt), in the matter of (be) a charge, excuse one's self to (wið) a person Godwine betealde hine wið Eádward be eallum ðám ðingan ðe him wæs on geléd, Chr. 1053; P. 183, 28. ꝥ hé móste hine betellan æt ǽlc þǽra þinga
brýce
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Hafa þé ꝥ seolfor tó þínes sylfes bricum argentum tuum sit, Hml. A. 96, 159. profit, advantage Bryce commodum , Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 64. Of bryc(e) compendio, lucro , Hpt. Gl. 484, 76. Hé forgeaf fæla ǽhta þám Crístenum him tó gemǽnan brice, Hml.
crísten-dóm
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Add: the state or condition of being Christian Fram fremþe þínes crístendómes, Angl. xii. 515, 21. Deáh þrǽla hwylc of crístendóme tó wícinge weorðe though any thrall from being a Christian become a pirate, Wlfst. 162, 6.
clipung
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Hí ne synd ná mid ealle dumbe, ac hí habbað lytle clypunge, 8. form of address (of pronouns). v. stefn, Se ðridda hád ( the (pronoun of the) third person ) hæfð syx clypunga, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 93, 7
ge-beót
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Add: a promise to do great things, a boast, boasting Ðá bóceras gýmaþ tó gebeótes þǽra fíf stafa þe synd vocales gecíged the grammarians make a boast of taking care of the five letters that are called vowels, Angl. viii. 327, 35.
gebed-rǽden
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Add: prayers þǽr (on gebedhúse) nán þincg elles geworht ne sý bútan þám ánum weorce þe tó Gode belimpð. þæt is gebedrǽden (ꝥ syndon hálige gebedu, v. l.), R.
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ge-dréfednes
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Þá þeóstro þínre gedréfednesse, 6; F. 14, 30. Gedrǽfednesse, 5, 3; S. 13, Þæt mód bið gebunden mid gedréfednesse nubila mens est, vinctaque frenis, 6; F. 10, 2. Mid his módes gedréfednesse andbisgunga, 35, l; F. 156, 12.
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stefn
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Stefn þunurráda þínre uox tonitrui tui, Ps. Rdr. 76, 19. Úp áhófon flódas stefna ( uoces ) heora, fram stefnum wætera manigra, 92, 3-4.
sum
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Fulsóð hý secgað sumera þinga, Ll. Th. ii. 344, 23 n
ǽg-hwilc
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Ǽghwylce þinga, 63, 42. as adjective Ǽghwelc man, Bt. 24, 3; F. 84, 11. Ǽghwylc heáhgeréfa wæs gewita, Bl. H. 177, 14. Ǽghwylc mennisc leahter, 163, 15. Ǽghwylces mannes dǽda, 83, 13. Ǽghwylces mennisces monnes gemet, 163, 35.
óleccung
soothing, caressing, gentleness of treatment ⬩ flattery, fawning, adulation ⬩ charm, allurement
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Ðonne hit hæfþ gewunnen ðæs folces ólecunga (favor popularis), Bt. 24, 3; Fox 82, 23. of things, charm, allurement Óliccung jocunda, Wrt. Voc. ii. 127, 2. Ne. hine ne geloccige nán óliccung (ólicung, Cote.
beátan
to beat with (mid) ⬩ to beat on ⬩ To beat on
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D. 20, 29. of things Beátendes hameres tundentis mallei, An. Ox. 480. Beátendra slecgea tundentium malleorum, Coll. M. 31, 7. with dat. to beat on:-- Ne se bryne beót mæcgum (cf. Milton's 'the torrid clime smote on him sore'), Dan. 265. intrans.
hláford
a ruler ⬩ sovereign ⬩ governor ⬩ captain ⬩ a master ⬩ a major-domo ⬩ an owner ⬩ a proprietor ⬩ a husband ⬩ the husband ⬩ a ruler ⬩ lord
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Srt. 104, 21. figurative where the ruler or master is a thing Se wela and se anweald and þá woruldgesǽlþa sint eówre hláfordas and eówre wealdandas, Bt. 16, 2; F. 50, 36.