heófian
To lament ⬩ mourn ⬩ wail ⬩ bewail
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Hieremias heófode miclum ðæs folces synna swá swá his bóc ús segþ Jeremiah lamented greatly the people's sins, as his book tells us, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 70, 440. Ðá weópon hig ealle and heófodon hí flebant autem omnes et plangebant illam, Lk.
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eáþe-lic
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Bring ús bet be hláf . . . for þon þe þá hláfas wǽron swíðe eáðellice þe ús gyrstanǽfen cómon, 469. of an abstract object, slight, trifling Mód ástyred þeáh hit for gehwǽdum and eáþelicum þincge sié animum commotum quamvis modice, R. Ben. 131, 4
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ge-logian
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Þ úre líf beó swá gelógod ꝥ úre ende geendige on God, Hml. S. 16, 5. to dispose a person to act Críst gelógode his apostolas and ealle his gecorenan, þæt hí férdon sylfwilles, Hml. Th. ii. 526, 13
mynster
a monastery ⬩ a place where a body of monks or of nuns resided ⬩ a church ⬩ minster
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Muneca gehwylc ðe úte sý of mynstre . . . gebúge georne intó mynstre, v. 5; Th. i. 306, 1-3. Gif hwá nunnan of mynstre út álǽde, L. Alf. pol. 8; Th. i. 66, 15.
dreógan
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</b> to do battle, wage war :-- Hí gewin úp hófon and þæt drugon oþ hí mid ealle ofslegene wǽron, Ors. 1, 4; S. 32, 18. Hió þæt ylce gewin twá and feówertig wintra wæs dreógende, 1, 2; S. 30, 17.
ge-sleán
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Heó wearð mid hreóflan (-um, v.l.) geslagen, 177. Oft weorðað men áfǽrde . . . ðonne ðæt geslægene mód ( perculsa mens ) gesihð . . . Past. 441, 25. Hí swýðe mid þǽre fyrhte wǽron geslegene, Guth. 92, l.
hopian
To hope, ⬩ have hope or confidence [in a person], ⬩ expect, ⬩ watch for [with gen.]
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Hit nys nó unnyt ðǽt wé hopien tó Gode forðæm hé ne went swá swá wé dóþ it is not vain for us to have hope in God; for he does not change as we do, Bt. 42; Fox 258, 20.
ge-wrítan
To write ⬩ to give or bestow by writing ⬩ to write along with others ⬩ conscribere
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Æþréd aldorman and æþelflæd mercna hláfordes mid us hit gewriotan Ethelred alderman and Ethelfled, lords ofthe Mercians, joined with us in writing this, 151, 2: Chr. 656; Erl. 32, 20. Seo kyning gewrát the king signed, 23.
scrincan
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S. 158, 7.] to contract, shrink Ðá tán scrincaþ (-eð, MS. ) up. Lchdm. iii. 48, 28. Gif sino scrince . . . oððe gif monnes fót tó hommum scrimme and scrince, ii. 6, 13-15
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hæft-néd
Captivity, thraldom, custody
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Gehweorf úre hæftnéd converte captivitatem nostram, Ps. Th. 125, 4. Se Drihten ðe ús fram deófles hæftnédum álýsde the Lord who redeemed us from the devil's thraldom, Homl. Th. i. 546, 34.
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of-gifan
to give up, leave, abandon ⬩ destituere
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to give up, leave, abandon Obgibeht (=ofgifeþ) destituit Wrt. Voc. ii. 105, 77. Hé Dena land ofgeaf he left the Danes' land, Beo. Th. 3813; B. 1904. Hé ðás woruld ofgeaf he died, Cd. Th. 72, 30; Gen. 1194.
ou-cnáwenness
recognition, knowledge (that an object is what it really is) ⬩ acknowledgment, recognition of a claim
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Witodlíce gif Godes oncnáwennys ús gearcaþ ðæt éce líf, swá miccle swíðor wé éfstaþ tó lybbenne swá micclum swá wé swíðor on ðissere oncnáwennysse þeónde beóþ. Sóðlíce ne swelte wé on ðam écan life; ðonne biþ ús Godes oncnáwennys fulfremed. ...
þæt
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Byþ ðé meorð, þæt ðú ús on láde líðe weorðe, Andr.
manian
to bring to mind what ought to be done ⬩ to urge upon one what ought to be done ⬩ to admonish ⬩ exhort ⬩ instigate ⬩ to bring to mind what, should not be forgotten ⬩ to admonish ⬩ remind ⬩ suggest ⬩ prompt ⬩ to tell what ought to be done ⬩ to teach ⬩ instruct ⬩ advise ⬩ to claim of a person (acc.) what is due ⬩ in jus vocare ⬩ ad malium mannire
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Hé ús lǽrde and monade, hú wé ús gebiddan sceoldan, 19, 36. Hé dyde swá swá hé manede, Homl. Th. i. 238, 23. God bebeád Moyse ðæt hémanode ðæt folc, ðæt swá hwá swá ábiten wǽre, besáwe up tó ðære ǽrenan næddran, ii. 238, 17.
fæst
constant ⬩ firm ⬩ steadfast ⬩ fixed ⬩ unchangeable ⬩ firm ⬩ secure ⬩ stubborn ⬩ unyielding ⬩ firm ⬩ solid ⬩ compact ⬩ strong ⬩ firm ⬩ strong ⬩ fortified ⬩ unbroken ⬩ undisturbed ⬩ standard
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Wé ús naman Drihtnes neóde habbað on fultume fæstne and strangne, Ps. Th. 123, 7. Ic þá leóde wát ge wið feónd ge wið freónd fæste geworhte, B. 1864.
feormian
to supply with food ⬩ feed ⬩ support ⬩ sustain ⬩ entertain ⬩ receive as a guest ⬩ cherish ⬩ benefit ⬩ profit ⬩ victum suppĕdĭtāre ⬩ epŭlāre ⬩ suscĭpĕre ⬩ suscĭpĕre hospĭtio ⬩ fŏvēre ⬩ cūrāre ⬩ vălēre ⬩ to feed on ⬩ devour ⬩ consume ⬩ vesci ⬩ comĕdĕre ⬩ consūmĕre ⬩ to cleanse, FARM or cleanse out ⬩ mundāre ⬩ purgāre ⬩ expiāre
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He feormaþ ǽlc ðara, ðe blǽda byrþ, ðæt hyt bare blǽda ðe swíðor omnem, qui fert fructum, purgābit eum, ut fructum plus affĕrat, Jn. Bos. 15, 2.
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ge-niman
To take, take up, take away, assume, receive, accept, obtain, comprehend, enter into ⬩ sūmĕre, tollĕre, auferre, assūmĕre, accĭpĕre, nancisci, comprehendĕre, inīre
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Ðæt hí woldon his bán geniman ut tollĕrent ossa illīus, Bd. 4, 30; S. 608, 28. He genimeþ hraðe ðære rósan wlite it taketh away the beauty of the rose, Bt. Met. Fox 6, 24; Met. 6, 12: Cd. 60; Th. 73, 23; Gen. 1209.
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ge-earnian
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Þ wǽron geearnode ut (praemia) promerentur, An. Ox. 5421. v. ge-arnian in Dict
wǽr
A covenant ⬩ compact ⬩ agreement ⬩ pledge
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Wé sceolon ús geearnian ða siblecan wǽra Godes and manna, Blickl. Homl. 111, 3
spanan
To allure ⬩ entice ⬩ lure ⬩ decoy ⬩ attract ⬩ urge ⬩ suggerere, suadere, persuadere ⬩ to allure
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Hé sende his englas ús hám tó spananne tó him exhortantes angelos misit, 52, 4; Swt. 405, 34. with a clause God hine spænþ ðæt hé tó him gecierre Deus ad se redire persuadet, Swt. 407, 10.