sceáwian
to look ⬩ to look at ⬩ observe ⬩ behold ⬩ see ⬩ to look at, look on with favour, to regard, have respect to ⬩ to look at with care, consider, inspect, examine, scrutinize, reconnoitre ⬩ to look out, seek for, select, choose, provide ⬩ to shew (favour, respect, etc.) ⬩ to grant
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., Ðá geornde se eorl griðes and gísla ... Ðá wyrnde him mann ðera gísla and sceáwede him maim .v. nihta grið út of lande tó farenne then the earl asked for safe-conduct and hostages. ...
ge-hirtan
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(l a) reflex. to recover from grief, fear &c. :-- Heó on eorðan feóll and mid mycelre hefignysse gefylled wearð þæt heó word gecweþan ne mihte.
Linked entry: ge-hyrtan
spinnan
to spin ⬩ to writhe ⬩ twist
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Heó hí sylfe on grine áhéng, ðæt heó fótum span, 30, 23
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teár
A tear. ⬩ a drop of water from the eye, ⬩ caused by emotion, generally by grief ⬩ in plural, used for the feeling of which the tears are a sign, grief, affliction ⬩ caused by weakness. ⬩ a tearlike drop ⬩ that which drops or exudes, e.g. honey from a comb
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Th. 11, 18; Cri. 173. in plural, used for the feeling of which the tears are a sign, grief, affliction :-- On deópnysse wópes and teóra profunditate fletus et lacrimarum, Scint. 47, 4.
FEALLAN
FALL, fall down, fail ⬩ defĭcĕre
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To FALL, fall down, fail; cădĕre, decĭdĕre, procĭdĕre, defĭcĕre Hí sceolon raðe feallan on grimne grund they shall fall rapidly into the grim abyss, Exon. 30 a; Th. 93, 15; Cri. 1526: Beo. Th. 2145; B. 1070: Ps. Th. 87, 4: Rood Kmbl. 85; Kr. 43.
Linked entries: feallend-lic ge-feallan
widuwe
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Sí ǽlc wydewe (wuduwe, v.l. ) on Godes griðe and on ðæs cynges; and sitte ǽlc .xii. mónað werleás; ceóse syþþan ðæt heó sylf wille, L. Eth. v. 21; Th. i. 310, 1. Be wudewan . . . Sitte ǽlc wuduwe werleás twelf mónað . . .
CEARU
CARE, sorrow, grief ⬩ cura, dolor, mæror
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CARE, sorrow, grief; cura, dolor, mæror Cearu wæs geniwod geworden in wicum care was become renewed in the dwellings, Beo. Th. 2611; B. 1303: Exon. 22b; Th. 62, 7; Cri. 998: 119b; Th. 459, 10; Hy. 4, 114. Nis ðé nán caru non est tibi curæ, Lk.
nearuness
a strait ⬩ oppression ⬩ distress ⬩ distress ⬩ anxiety ⬩ tribulation ⬩ trouble ⬩ grief
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Ðæt ( asthma ) ys nearunyss ... and breóst byþ innen mid micle nearnysse, iii. 116, 23-26. distress (of mind), anxiety, tribulation, trouble, grief Hér is seó lǽnlíce winsumnes ac ðǽr is seó syngale nearones in this world is the transient delight, in
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gearwian
To make ready ⬩ prepare ⬩ procure ⬩ supply ⬩ put on ⬩ clothe ⬩ părāre ⬩ præpărāre ⬩ præstāre ⬩ induĕre ⬩ vestīre
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Grinu hí gearwodon fótum mínum laqueum părāvērunt pĕdĭbus meis, Ps. Spl. 56, 8. Sumum wundorgiefe þurh goldsmiþe gearwad weorþeþ to one a wondrous skill in goldsmith's art is provided, Exon. 88 a; Th. 331, 25; Vy. 73.
Linked entries: a-gearwian gierian gierwan girian girwan ge-gearwian gerwan gyrian gyrwan
sár
pain, suffering, soreness ⬩ a pain, pang, sore, wound ⬩ grief, pain, ¨trouble, sorrow ⬩ a grief, sorrow, pain, wound
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Hié ealle líchomlícu sár oforhogodan, 119, 20. of the mind, grief, pain, ¨trouble, sorrow Ne biþ ðǽr sár ne gewinn, ne nǽnig unéþnes, Blickl. Homl. 103, 35. Wépende sár, Exon. Th. 79, 14; Cri. 1290.
A
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Gram, von Jacob Grimm, vol. i. pp. 358, 397, 398, 3rd edit. 1840. The long á is often changed into ǽ as Lár lore, lǽran to teach, án one, ǽnig any. The following is a precise summary from Grimm of the prefixed á-, long or accented.
dreórig
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Se deópa seáð dreórge fédeð, Cri. 1545. causing grief, cruel, horrid, grievous, of persons Spreceð grimlíce se gást tó þám duste: '. . . dreórega (dreórga, v. l. ), tó hwan drehtest þú mé?', Seel. 17.
sár-líc
sad, mournful, lamentable, grievous ⬩ causing pain, grievous ⬩ sad, mournful
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sóhtan nallas þurh ðæt án ðæt hí wilnodon ðæs líchomlícan deáþes ac eác manegra sárlícra wíta hié gewilnodon multos scimus beatitudinis fructum non morte solum, verum etiam doloribus suppliciisque quaesisse, Bt. 11, 2; Fox 36, 4. expressing sorrow or grief
gár
a weapon with a pointed head ⬩ an arrow ⬩ the head ⬩ a wedge-shaped piece of land.
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Þurh gáres gripe gást onsendan (cf. gripon under sceát werum scearpe gáras, Gen. 2064), An. 187. Gáras spicula, i sagitte, An. Ox. 2098. a weapon that is hurled Gár jaculum Kent. Gl. 965.
on-sendan
to send off, despatch (an emissary) ⬩ to send forth or out, ⬩ to emit (an odour, etc.) ⬩ to send forth (the spirit), to give up (the ghost)
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Hé sceal þurh gáres gripe gást onsendan, Andr. Kmbl. 374; An. 187
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ge-weorpan
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Honda geworpun (injecerunt) on ðone Hǽlend, 26, 50. to reach by throwing, throw and catch Se lytega feónd ðæs ǽrestan monnes mod gewearp mid synne gríne hostis callidus primi hominis sensum in peccati laqueo strinxit, Past. 309, 18
gehðo
Care ⬩ anxiety ⬩ cura ⬩ solicitudo
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Geohðo mǽnaþ they lament their grief, Andr. Kmbl. 3329; An. 1667. Ic þurh geohða sceal dǽda fremman I must do deeds with sorrow, Andr. Kmbl. 132; An. 66.
Linked entry: gihþu
DUGAN
To avail, to be of use, able, fit, strong, vigorous, good, virtuous, honest, bountiful, kind, liberal ⬩ valēre, prōdesse, frūgi ease, bŏnum esse, munĭfĭcum, vel libĕrālem se præbēre
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Ðeáh ðú heaðorǽsa gehwǽr dohte, grimre gúþe though thou hast everywhere been vigorous in martial onslaughts, in grim war, Beo. Th. 1057; B. 526. Gif he ǽr ne dohte if he were not before virtuous, Bt. 27, 2; Fox 98, 14.
Linked entry: dugunde
standan
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Ðæt his grið stande swá forð swá hit fyrmest stód on his yldrena dagum that the regulations be as full as ever they were, iii. 1; Th. i. 292, 3. Stande betwux burgum án lagu æt ládunge, L. C.
sorh
care ⬩ anxiety ⬩ sorrow ⬩ grief ⬩ affliction ⬩ trouble ⬩ sorrow, care ⬩ cura, solicitudo, angor, moeror, labor ⬩ care, sorrow
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Th. 132, 18; Gen. 2195. sorrow, grief, affliction, trouble Ne biþ ðǽr sorg ne wóp, Blickl. Homl. 103, 36. Wát se ðe cunnaþ, hú slíþen biþ sorg tó geféran, Exon. Th. 288, 13; Wand. 30: 288, 30; Wand. 39.
Linked entry: sorg