wé
We. ⬩ used of more than one person, ⬩ dual ⬩ plural ⬩ used by a king in reference to himself and his counsellors ⬩ used of one person, ⬩ by a writer or speaker ⬩ by a prince
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Wé willaþ ðæt ðú ús dó swá hwæt swá wé biddaþ (cf. wyt magon, v. 39), Mk. Skt. 10, 35. plural Hwí fæste wé (woe, Lind.)? Mt. Kmbl. 9, 14. Wé þonne synt ðe fylgeaþ it is we that follow, Blickl. Homl. 81, 33. Wé men sculon, Exon.
Linked entry: ús
HORN
A HORN, a drinking-horn, a cupping-horn, a trumpet, the horn-shaped projection on the gable-end of a house [v. Dasent's translation of Njála, plate 3, p. cvii], a pinnacle ⬩ a horn, drinking-horn, trumpet, husk ⬩ cornu, tuba ⬩ a horn, drinking-horn, trumpet; a corner ⬩ n. cornu, tuba, promontorium
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Ne hér ðisse healle hornas [horn næs, Th.] ne byrnaþ nor here do this hall's gables burn, Fins. Th. 7; Fin. 4.
Linked entries: hyrne horn-geáp horn-reced
hosp
Reproach, opprobrium, contempt, contumely, insult, blasphemy
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Ða ðe forþgewéteþ of welerum mínum ná ic dó hosp quæ procedunt de labiis meis, non faciam irrita, 88, 34. Hé geseah mínne hosp áfyrran respexit auferre opprobrium meum, Lk. Skt. 1, 25.
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LIFIAN
To LIVE
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Hine þurh ðone lifigendan Drihten hálsedon, Bd. 4, 28; S. 606, 14
níþ
envy ⬩ hatred ⬩ enmity ⬩ rancor ⬩ spite ⬩ ill-will ⬩ jealousy ⬩ action which arises from hatred ⬩ strife ⬩ war ⬩ hostility ⬩ the effect of hatred ⬩ persecution ⬩ trouble ⬩ vexation ⬩ annoyance ⬩ affliction ⬩ tribulation ⬩ grief ⬩ evil ⬩ wickedness ⬩ malice
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Hannibal gecýþde ðone níþ and ðone hete ( odium ) ðe hé beforan his fæder swór, Ors. 4, 8; Swt. 186, 9.
LUST
LUST ⬩ desire ⬩ pleasure ⬩ voluptuousness
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Mid lustum, Dóm. L. 6, 70. Wesan on lustum to live joyously, Cd. 23; Th. 30, 26; Gen. 473. Here wæs on lustum joyous were the people, Judth. 11; Thw. 23, 38; Jud. 162.
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for-búgan
to avoid ⬩ to pass by ⬩ pass over ⬩ shun ⬩ eschew ⬩ To avoid
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Th. ii. 330, 27. to furn aside: Ne se wrecenda brynæ wile forbúgan, Dóm. L. 154
ge-hǽlan
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Ac syððan hé þæne mann gebrocod hæfð, syðþan hé mæg dón swylce hé hine gehǽle . . . hé gebrocað mænigne man díhlíce, and gehǽlð eft ætforan mannum, Wlfst. 97, 10-18. Ic wát míne sáule synnum forwundod, gehǽl þú hý, Hy. 1, 4.
hínan
to humble ⬩ humiliate ⬩ degrade ⬩ insult ⬩ to conquer ⬩ subject ⬩ o oppress ⬩ afflict ⬩ to lay low ⬩ destroy ⬩ to lay waste ⬩ destroy ⬩ to accuse
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., and bebeád ꝥ mon áfylde deófolgielda þá cirican spreta legatione sacras aedes repleri statuis imperavit, Ors. 6, 3; S. 258, 6. with the idea of violence. to conquer, subject Læssan sige hæfð sé sé ðe burhware ofercymð, for ðon him bióð fremde ðá ðe
horn
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Nǽfre mon þæs hlúde horn á þýteð ne býman ábláweð, Dóm. 109. a projection like a horn at each corner of the altar in the Jewish temple Tó horne weófedes, Ps. Rdr. Spl. 117, 27. Oð horn wíbed, Ps. Vos. 117, 27. Oð horn ad cornua Ps.
wǽdl
- P. B. viii. 535
Poverty ⬩ want ⬩ poverty ⬩ indigence ⬩ want ⬩ penury ⬩ unproductiveness ⬩ barrenness
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Voc. ii. 117, 2. poverty, indigence, want, penury Þár þár word synd fela gelóme ys wǽdl (egestas), Scint. 78, 9: Dóm. L. 265: Wulfst. 139, 31.
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tilian
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fægenige óþerra manna gódes and heora æþelo tó ðon swíþe ðæt ðú ne tilige ðé selfum ágnes I advise you [not] to rejoice so much in other men's goodness and nobility, that you do not provide yourself with your own, Bt. 30, 1; Fox108, 31.
þingian
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In. 22; Th. i. 116, 12. to settle to do something, to determine. v. ge-þingan, geþingian, II Hú hé him on ðás world þingian ongan how he settled for himself to come into this world, Blickl.
DÉMA
a deemer, thinker, judge, an umpire ⬩ censor, consul, jūdex, arbĭter ⬩ the judge, who gave a wrong judgment, was subject to a fine of one hundred and twenty shillings; and if a man could not obtain justice, the judge to whom he applied was fined thirty shillings. As the judge represented the king, he was at the king's disposal
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Ic ðone déman in dagum mínum wille weorþian I will worship the judge in my days, Exon. 41 b; Th. 139, 8; Gú. 590. Besencte syndon wið stán déman heora absorpti sunt juxta petram judĭces eōrum, Ps. Lamb. 140, 6.
wela
wealth ⬩ riches ⬩ abundance ⬩ wealth ⬩ weal ⬩ prosperity ⬩ happy estate
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Dó hiá ondueardlíc gefeáiga uale fac eos praesenti gaudere prosperitate, Rtl. 70, 1. Onceósan gódes and yfeles, welan and wáwan Cd. Th. 30, 12; Gen; 466.
brycg-geweorc
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Ðegenes lagu is ꝥ hé þreó ðinc of his land dó, fyrdfæreld, and burhbóte and brycgeworc. Ll. Th. i. 432, 5. In C. D.
ge-néþan
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I. 10; S. 48, 31. combining and (2b) Hé genédde under ǽnne elpent þæt hé hiene on þone nafelan ofstang, Ors. 4, 1; S. 156, 10. of presumptuous conduct, to presume to do. with acc.
ge-dafenian
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Dó hire swá dohtrum gedafenað faciet illi juxta morem filiorum, Ll. Lbmn. 30, 6 note, with a clause Mé gedafenaþ þæt ic nú tódæg þé gecyrre, Hml. Th. i. 580, 33 : Bl. H. 227, 13 : 55, 4: 149, 11. Ús gedafanað ꝥ . . .
higian
in strive after ⬩ to ⬩ towards ⬩ to strive to do
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Bt. ll, 2; F. 34, 8. with dat. infin. to strive to do, Past. 105, 14 (in Dict.). with clause Hié hîgiað ealle mægene ðæt hié ðæt gedwellen ðæt óðre menn ryhtlícé ongieten habbað student summopere ab aliis recte intellecta destruere, Past. 365, 23.
sáwan
to sow ⬩ to sow ⬩ implant
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Six geár ðú scealt sáwan sex annis seres agrum tuum, 25, 3. fig. to sow the seeds of anything, to originate, do an action which produces a result, implant Se eorþlíca anweald ne sǽwþ (inserit ) ða cræftas ac lisþ unþeáwas, Bt. 27, 1; Fox 94, ¨25.