ge-win
a battle ⬩ contest ⬩ war ⬩ strife ⬩ quarrel ⬩ hostility ⬩ tumult ⬩ certāmen ⬩ pugna ⬩ bellum ⬩ tŭmultus ⬩ labour ⬩ toil ⬩ sorrow ⬩ agony ⬩ lăbor ⬩ trībŭlātio ⬩ ăgōnia ⬩ fruit of laborers ⬩ gain ⬩ profit ⬩ fructus lăbōrum ⬩ lucrum ⬩ quæstus
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Wæs gewinnes endedógor neáh geþrungen the final day of his labour was near at hand, Exon. 46 a; Th. 158, 6; Gú. 904: Ps. Th. 127, 2.
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be-limpan
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Ǽlc man, hwæt his háde tó belumpe, folgade, Chr. 1086; P. 219, 31. to concern, be the concern of a person Hwæt belympð tó þé hwylcere mǽgðe ic sý, Hml. S. 19, 56. to pertain to, relate to, have to do with Þá þing þe Gode belimpað, Ex. 4, 16.
feormian
to maintain ⬩ foster ⬩ to feast
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Th. i. 162, 26. to entertain a guest Gif man cuman feormæð .iii. niht an his ágenum háme, Ll. Th. i. 32, 16. Hé ongæt hwæne hé sylfa feormode (underféng, v. l.) quem ipse susceperit agnovit, Gr. D. 75, 29.
ge-sendan
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L. 25, 27. to communicate motion to an object, move to a place of rest, put, lay. the object material Helpend ne hafo ic ꝥte gesende (dó, W.S.)) Gif ðes monn bond his in ðisum wætre gisende.
rúh
rough, hairy, shaggy ⬩ rough, untrimmed, uncultivated ⬩ rough, knotty ⬩ rough, undressed
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rough, hairy, shaggy Rúh hispidus, hirsutus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 15-16 : 90, 17 : i. 51, 20. Rúh hrægel amphibalum, 25, 65. Óxn vel rúh óxn ascella vel subhircos, 43, 65. Rúh scó pero, ii.68, 6.
rihtan
to right, to restore to a proper position that which is displaced, erect, direct ⬩ to right a person, ⬩ replace a person in the rights of which he is wrongfully deprived ⬩ to make right that which is faulty, set right, rectify, correct, amend ⬩ to keep right, direct, rule
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Rush. 1, 79. to right a person, replace a person in the rights of which he is wrongfully deprived Heó smeádan hú heó mehton monige men ryhtan, ge godcundra háda ge weorldcundra, ge on londum ge on má ðara þinga ðe heó on forhaldne wéran, Chart.
fæger
FAIR, beautiful, joyous, pleasant, pleasing, sweet ⬩ pulcher, dĕcōrus, lætus, jucundus, dulcis
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He wíc áhte fæger and freólíc he had a dwelling fair and goodly, Cd. 83; Th. 103, 22; Gen. 1722. Ginsmas stódon fægere æt foldan sceátum beautiful gems stood at the extremities of the earth, Rood Kmbl. 14; Kr. 8.
swíðe
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Ðá hé hí swíðost forslagen hæfde when he had inflicted a most severe defeat upon them, 16, 2; Fox 54, 2. Ðá hí swíðost worhton when they were working hardest, Homl. Th. i. 22, 22.
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for-standan
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Ic geanbidode oþ ic wiste hwæt þú woldest, and hú þú hit understandan woldest, and eác ic tiolode swíþe geornfullíce ꝥ ðú hit forstandan mihtest I waited till I knew what you wanted, and what idea you had formed of it (cf. understandan;III.), and I laboured
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ge-wildan
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Voc. ii. 141, 73. where active resistance has to be overcome, to overcome, subdue, subject. by physical force Griffus . . . is swá mycel þæt hé gewylt hors and men, Wrt. Voc. i. 78, 2. Hé bútan wǽpnum gewylde ðá león, Hml.
wén
supposition ⬩ opinion ⬩ thought ⬩ idea ⬩ hope ⬩ expectation ⬩ likelihood ⬩ probability ⬩ chance ⬩ perhaps ⬩ perchance ⬩ may be ⬩ probably
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Is mé on wéne geþúht ðæt ðé untrymnes bysgade it seems to me in all likelihood that sickness has troubled you 163, 6; Gú. 989.
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winter
a season of the year ⬩ winter ⬩ wintry weather ⬩ cold ⬩ a year
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Nys hit swá stearc winter ðæt ic durre lutian æt hám, Coll. Monast. Th. 19, 17. Sam hit sý sumor sam winter, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 21, 17. Wintres brumae Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 43.
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lytel
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Mé ne þincþ náuht lytel gód þisses andweardan lífes gesǽlþa, ne eác náuht lytel yfel his ungesǽlþa in hac ipsa fortuna populari nonnihil boni malive inesse perpendo, Bt. 39, 2 ; F. 212, 14.
þan
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Náhte ic ðínre nǽfre miltse þon máran þearfe never had I any greater need of thy mercy (than I now have), Judth.
ge-sceaft
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., dreógeð deóp gesceaft (drees a hard weird), Sal. 393 : 248. Forgietan him þára geócran gesceafta, Gn.
ge-byrd
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Þonne seó wamb bið hátre gebyrdo and gecyndo, Lch. ii. 220, 16.
ge-cígan
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'Hát clypigan ðá apostolas.' Hí wurdon hraedlíce gecígde, Hml. Th. ii. 488, 23. Wéron geceigd twelfe ðegnas his conuocatis duodecim discipulis suis, Mt. L. 10, 1. with dat.
land
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Hé hám cyrde fram pám weorce þæs landes, Gr. D. 165, 19. Hé mót neótan londes frætwa, Ph. 150. Londes ceorl the husbandman Met. 12, 27. Swá hwá swá wille sáwan wæstmbǽre land, Bt. 23 ; F. 78, 21.
wilm
that which wells ⬩ of fluid ⬩ a fount ⬩ stream ⬩ water that surges or boils ⬩ that moves in waves ⬩ of fire ⬩ surging ⬩ fire ⬩ flames ⬩ heat ⬩ fervent heat ⬩ fiery heat ⬩ boiling ⬩ roasting ⬩ inflammation ⬩ violent movement ⬩ violence ⬩ raging ⬩ tempestuous movement of water ⬩ of mental emotion ⬩ fervour ⬩ ardour ⬩ heat ⬩ fury ⬩ rage ⬩ passion
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that which wells, v. weallan. of fluid, a fount, stream, water that surges or boils, that moves in waves Wæs ðære burnan wælm heaðofýrum hát the burn's surging stream was hot with fierce fires, Beo. Th. 5086; B. 2546.
weorþ
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worth, value, of things Underwed ðæt sý ðæs orfes óðer healf weorð a security that is half as much again as the value of the cattle, L. O. D. 1 ; Th. i. 352, 9. Be ðæs ceápes weorðe (wyrðe, v. l. ), L. In. 49; Th. i. 132, 16.