Beda
Venerable Bede
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. — Of ðære tíde ðæs ðe ic Mæssepreóstháde onféng óþ nigon and fíftig wintra mínre yldo, ic ðás béc for mínre nýdþearfe and mínra freónda of geweorcum árwurþra Fædera wrát and sette ge eác swylce to mǽgwlite andgytes and gástlícra gerecenessa ic to ætýcte
eard
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Clement ) gehwilce eardas namcúðlíce on gemynde hæfde, and þá wanspédigan crístenan ðǽra earda ne geðafode þæt hí openre wǽdlunge underðeódde wurdon, Hml.
feallan
to run ⬩ to be overcome ⬩ to stumble ⬩ snare ⬩ to fail ⬩ fall away ⬩ decay ⬩ crumble away
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Hé clypode: " Uton feallan tó ðǽre róde, and þone Ælmihtigan biddan . . . " Hí feóllon þá ealle mid Óswolde on gebedum, Hml. S. 26. 19-24. Hié on gebed feóllon, Gen. 847.
ge-hæftan
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Sume weriað wísdómes streám, welerum gehæftað, ðæt hé út ne tóflóweð, 469, 3. to bind, fetter with material bonds Se geonga . . . gehæfted (cf. fetorwrásnum fæst, 1109), An. 1129. with non-material bonds Sé þe gehæft sié mid ðǽre unnyttan lufe þisse
ge-leornian
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</b> to get instruction from a book, to read :-- Ðá geleornas legentes, Mt. p. 13, 8. to get knowledge of a fact, be informed of, become acquainted with Geliornigen ðá blíðan on ðǽre ðreáunga ðæt hié him ondrǽden; and gehiéren ðá unblíðan ðá leán
ge-siht
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Ox. 406. what is seen, a sight. seen with the bodily eye Æfter ðǽre angelica gesihða (uisionem), Jn. p. 8, 3. Cyning wæs þý blíþra . . . þurh þá fægeran gesyhð ( the cross seen in the sky ), El. 98. Nǽnigum men gié cueðe ðone gesihða, Mt.
híd
familia
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Ðis syndon ðǽre halfre híde landgemǽru, C. D. iii. 52, 7. Þára fíf and twéntig hígda, C. D. B. ii. 142, l. Myrcna landes is þrittig þúsend hýda, i. 414, 15 (and often). Hú fela hundred hýda wǽron innon þǽre scíre, Chr. 1085; P. 216, 18.
wǽd
a weed ⬩ an article of dress ⬩ a garment ⬩ clothing ⬩ dress
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Ne cume hé búton his oferslipe, ne hé þénige búton ðære wǽde, L. Edg. C. 46; Th. ii. 254, 11. In wéde (vestimentum) ald ... from wéde (vestimento) Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 9, 16. Gehrán woede (wédum, Rush.) his tetigit uestimentum ejus, Mk. Skt. Lind. 5, 27.
hlehhan
To LAUGH [with gladness or contempt], ⬩ to deride
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Ða apostoli hlógon ðæra deófla leásunga and se ealdorman cwæþ mé stent ege ðysse andsware and ge hlihaþ the apostles laughed at the devils' lying words, and the general said 'Fear comes upon me at this answer, and you laugh,' Homl. Th. ii. 482, 25.
hreósan
To fall ⬩ fall down ⬩ ruere ⬩ corruere
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Ðǽr ne hægl ne hrím hreósaþ tó foldan, 56 b; Th. 201, 23; Ph. 60. Heofon and eorþe hreósaþ tógadore heaven and earth shall rush together, Andr. Kmbl. 2875; An. 1440. Ne hreósaþ hí tó hrusan hearde gebíged non est ruina maceriæ, Ps. Th. 143, 8.
steáp
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Beorgas ðǽr ne muntas steápe ne stondeþ, 199, 7; Ph. 22: Beo. Th. 450; B. 222: Andr. Kmbl. 1680; An. 842. <b>I a.</b> of smaller objects :-- Heard and steáp ( the pillar into which Lot's wife was turned ), Cd. Th. 155, 8; Gen. 2569.
ge-cnáwan
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me, Past. 29, 1. to know, be conversant with a subject Sé þe Godes bebodu ne gecnǽwð hic, qui ea quae sunt Domini nescit, Past. 29, 1. to have a clear apprehension of Mon mæg sweotole ongitan, ꝥ ǽlc mon ðæs wilnaþ, ꝥ hé mæge ꝥ héhste gód begitan, ðǽr
wilisc
foreign, not English ⬩ servile
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Cómon upp on Wylisce Axa .xxxvi. scypa and ðǽr ábútan hearmas dȝdon mid Gryfines fultume ðæs Wæliscan cynges, 1050; Th. i. 310, 19. Welscan (Wyliscean, 1. 36), 1052 ; Erl. 186, 17. Ðæt ylce ðe man ðam Wyliscean þeófe dyde, L.
Linked entries: Wælisc wealh-more Welisc
weorc
Work ⬩ opus. ⬩ work ⬩ operative action ⬩ operation ⬩ working ⬩ doing ⬩ performance ⬩ work ⬩ doings ⬩ actions ⬩ what a person does ⬩ what happens ⬩ work ⬩ labour ⬩ occupation ⬩ employment ⬩ any form of long-sustained or habitual activity ⬩ a particular act of labour ⬩ workmanship ⬩ a work ⬩ deed ⬩ any action ⬩ of action that gives affect to anything ⬩ a work, ⬩ what is wrought ⬩ a strong building, ⬩ fortress ⬩ work, ⬩ what is done, ⬩ effect produced ⬩ pain, ⬩ travail, ⬩ grief, ⬩ the instrumental or dative is used in the phrase weorce wesan with the dative of the person — to be painful to a person
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Th. 218, 24; Dan. 44. work, what is done, effect produced Ða flǽsclícan willan cumaþ oft þurh deófles sceónessa ǽr tó manna heortan, ǽr Drihtnes weorc ðǽr wunian móte Blickl.
ge-logian
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Condio ic gelógige oððe sylte (condo ic gescyppe is ðǽre ðriddan), Ælfc. Gr. Z. 192, 12. to place in order, order, arrange, dispose, the object material Hí gelógodon ðá untruman be ðǽre strǽt þǽr Petrus forð eóde, Hml.
teóðung
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Hist. i. 86, n. 2, but in the earlier time it seems to be personal, v. teóðung-ealdor, -mann Ðæt man funde ǽnne man ðǽr máre folc sig swá of ánre teóðunge ðǽr læsse folc sý that one man should be provided alike where the population was large, as where
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word
a word ⬩ a single part of speech ⬩ words ⬩ a written word ⬩ a word ⬩ a group of words ⬩ a saying ⬩ sentence ⬩ words ⬩ a saying ⬩ maxim ⬩ a tale ⬩ story ⬩ a report ⬩ tidings ⬩ fame ⬩ name ⬩ (good) word, ⬩ (good) report ⬩ a command ⬩ an order ⬩ ordinance ⬩ a message ⬩ an announcement ⬩ word ⬩ solemn statement ⬩ promise ⬩ oath ⬩ an (expressed) intention ⬩ opinion ⬩ speech ⬩ language ⬩ words ⬩ language ⬩ style ⬩ word ⬩ word of God
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Wé wǽron gesamnode ðǽr wé gehérdan Godes word, Blickl. Homl. 141, 27. Gif heó ne bið mid Godes worde féded, 57, 11. translating verbum in Jn. 1, 1
teám
A line; but the word which is used in the related dialects (v. infra) with a physical meaning is used in English figuratively. ⬩ a line of descendants, offspring, progeny, family, children ⬩ bringing forth children, child-bearing ⬩ a line of animals harnessed together, a team
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Ne beó ðǽr nán teám, 24; Th. i. 390, 6.
Linked entries: teám-byrst tém wróht-getíme ge-teáma -tíme -tíme
Lǽden
Latin ⬩ speech ⬩ language
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Wé ne durron ná máre áwrítan on Englisc ðonne ðæt Léden hæfþ, ne ða endebirdnisse áwendan búton ðam ánum ðæt ðæt Léden and ðæt Englisc nabbaþ ná áne wísan on ðære sprǽce fadunge [fandunge, Thw.].
LANG
LONG ⬩ tall
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Wæs se líchoma sponne lengra ðære þrýh corpus mensura palmi longius erat sarcofago, 4, 11; S. 580, 5. sarcofago, 4, 11; S. 580, 5. Ne bip hé lengra ðonne syfan elna lang, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 18, 4.