ge-ascian
To find out by asking ⬩ learn ⬩ hear ⬩ fando accĭpĕre ⬩ discĕre ⬩ audīre
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Habbaþ we geascad ðæt se Ælmihtiga worhte wer and wíf we have heard that the Almighty created man and woman, 61 b; Th. 225, 22; Ph. 393
mǽnan
To tell of ⬩ relate ⬩ declare
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Ðý læs ðæt weras gieddum mǽndan be mé lifgendum lest men should tell of it in songs during my lifetime, 50 b; Th. 176, 9; Gú. 1206, Ic mæg singan and secgan, spell mǽnan, hú me cynegóde cystum dohten, 85 b; Th. 321, 32; Wid. 55: Beo.
morgen-sprǽc
The periodical assembly of a guild held in the morning, or on the morrow after the guild-feast
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And if any broþer be somound to any morwe-speche . . . and wil nouht come, he scal paye a pound of wax, English Guilds (E. E. T. S.), p. 54.
smirwung
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Balzaman smiring wið eallum untrumnessum, Lchdm. ii. 174, 7. Smyring, 288, 12. Gif ðú myhtest ǽnig þing fyndan on smyrunge oððe on wyrtum, ðæt ðu myhtest mýne wunde myd gehǽlan, St. And. 28, 17.
sworettung
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Skt. ii. 23 b, 201. breathing hard from illness or labour, gasping, panting Wið nearwre sworetunge, Lchdm. i. 340, 11. Hé mid langre sworetunge ðæt orð of ðám breóstum teáh, Guthl. 20; Gdwin. 80, 13.
teart
Tart, sharp (of pain, punishment, etc.) ⬩ severe; acer, asper
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Ús ðincþ swíðe teart wíte ðæt án úre fingra on fýr becume, Homl. Th. ii. 590, 32. Ðæt hé ne ðurfe becuman tó ðam teartum bryne, 592, 17. Hé álýsþ mé fram teartum worde ( a uerbo aspero ), Ps. Lamb. 90, 3. Beó him gesǽd ða teartan wítu, Homl.
twǽman
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ǽr áwóh tósomne gedydon (cf. hí ( William and his wife ) wǽron siððen tótweamde for sibreden, Chr. 1127; Erl. 255, 20), L.
trymming
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strengthening, confirming, establishing, edification Se cyning ðæt mǽ ( the temple) Gode betǽhe him and his folce tónge and tók gescyldnysse wið ǽélces yfeles onscyte, Homl. Th. ii. 578, 22.
Linked entry: truming
wuldor-fæst
Glorious
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Wuldorfæstan wíc (heaven), Cd. Th. 2, 30; Gen. 27
drý
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Hí befæston ꝥ wíf drýum (drým, v. l.) puellam maleficis tradiderunt, Gr. D. 73, 16
efen-þeówa
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Ac þú eart mín efenþeówa, for ðan ðe wit syndan ánes Godes þeów, Hml. A. 123, 204: Hml, Th. i. 38, 25. Se góda þeówa þe hwǽte gedǽlde his efenþeówum, R. Ben. 123, 4
for-feran
to perish ⬩ perish
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Wig.), Chr. 1030; P. 157, 36. Hé féng stíð weder and him þǽr micel forférde, 1052; P. 176, 16: Hml. S. 11, 202: 28, 118: Hml. A. 46, 549. Ealle þá forférdon þe æt þám rǽde wǽron, Chr. 1076; P. 212, 16: Hml. Th. ii. 384, 4: Hml.
ge-irman
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Þæt wíf hire ágenne teám mid wyriunge geyrmde, Hml. Th. ii. 34, 31. Ðá underðiéddan mon sceal lǽran ðæt hié elles ne sién genǽt ne geirmed (-iermed, v. l.) subditos non subjectio conterat, Past. 189, 16.
ge-earnung
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Se líchoma bið þonne undeáþlic. . . sceal þeáh beón gelíc his geearnungum ( its condition will be in accordance with its deserts'), Bl. H. 21, 32. Ðá habbað swíðe misleca geearnunga, Past. 95, 8.
módig
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</b> add Betere bið ꝥ wíf . . eádmód on heortan . . . þonne ꝥ mǽden beó þe módig bið on heortan, Hml. A. 40, 401. Se módiga deófol, Wlfst. 249, 2. Heó (Judith) ofercóm þone módigan (Halofernes), 114, 410. Módig[e] arrogantes, An. Ox. 56, 233.
be-settan
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Ic ðé mægene besette I beset thee with strength, Andr. Kmbl. 2866; An. 1435. Wǽpna smiþ besette swínlícum hine the armour-smith beset it with figures of swine, Beo. Th. 2910; B. 1453.
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twi-sprǽce
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With a metaphorical meaning, deceitful in speech, false in speech, (with pleasant words) flattering, (with envy) detracting Se ðe wǽre leássagol (twispǽce, MS. E.), weorðe se sóðsagol (sóðspǽce), Wulfst. 72, 16.
scendan
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Th. 70, 22. ¶ With dat.: — Se deópa seáþ mid wíta fela folcum scendeþ, Exon. Th. 94, 33; Cri. 1549
Linked entry: sendeþ
ge-witan
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edisceret, Bd. 4, 18; Sch. 438, 1. to know, be conscious of, learn by the senses Þæt hé mægða síð wíne druncen gewitan ne meahte, Gen. 2605.
áttor-spere
A poisoned spear ⬩ telum venenatum
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A poisoned spear; telum venenatum Eglum áttorsperum with dire poisoned spears, Exon. 105 a; Th. 399, 10; Rä. 18, 9
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