fóster
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Ðiós eorðe eallum mannum bringð gemǽnne fóster terra alimenta omnibus communiter profert, 335, 11. Fóster alimoniam, An.
gearcian
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Ealle míne ðing ic gearcode ( omnia parata ); cumað tó þám giftum, 522, 8. Gearcode hé his fare and tó Englelande cóm, Chr. 1091 ; P. 226, 28. Hí gearcodon hí sylfe tó wíge, Hml. A. 104, 68, 75.
fultum
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Se getreówa fultum him tó cóm, Scs Bartholomeus, Guth. 28, 25. of troops Hé férde mid fultume . . . þe lǽs þe hí secgon þæt hí mid hira folce hig sylfe álýsdon and mid heora fultume him gefuhton sige ne glorietur Israel et dicat: Meis viribus liberatus
hú-hwega
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Nú for ánum .xii. nihtumhúhugu (hwæthwega, v. l.) swá (neálíce for twelf dagum, v. l.) ante dies fere duodecim, Gr. D. 79, 12.
Crúland
- Gib. Chr. explicatio, p. 22, col. 1
CROWLAND or CROYLAND ⬩ Lincolnshire ⬩ loci nomen in agro Lincolniensi
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Guthlac, hermit of Crowland, passed a great part of his life and died here in A. D. 714. After his death, king Æthelbald of Mercia founded a monastery at Crowland in A.
be-clýsan
to close ⬩ shut what is open ⬩ to close ⬩ put an end to ⬩ to shut up in a place
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Mid beclýsedum eágum, 408, 22. to close, put an end to:-- Þænne beclýsþ dæg dimnyss nyhta cum clauserit diem caligo noctium, Hy. S. 3, 1. to shut up in a place Beclýsde includit, An. Ox. 3148.
sculan
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Ðonne seó eorþe him on ufan scealde when the earth came to be put upon them, Shrn. 81, 2, Ǽr hé onweg scyle before he die, Exon. Th. 310, 14; Scef. 74. denoting obligation, fitness, propriety, use (cf. Ger. wozu soll dies ?)
mǽþ
- Prov. Kmbl. 27. )
measure ⬩ degree ⬩ proportion ⬩ the measure or extent of power, ability, capacity, efficacy ⬩ degree ⬩ rank ⬩ status ⬩ condition ⬩ due measure ⬩ right ⬩ due measure in regard to others ⬩ honour ⬩ respect
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Flǽsc and blód is gecweden his flǽsclíce mǽiþ 'flesh and blood did not reveal this belief to thee.' His fleshly condition is called flesh and blood, Homl. Th. i. 368, 9.
rǽd
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Ðíne heortan tó rǽde gecyr turn thine heart to listen to good advice, Blickl. Homl. 113, 27. On ðone Drihten næs ic æt rǽde ne æt dǽde, ðǽr man mid unrihte N. orf ætferede, L. O. 3; Th. i. 178, 17.
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freónd
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Dryhten, sint geweorðode mid mé ðíne friénd, Past. 85, 24. Gefáh wið þone cyning and wid ealle his frýnd, Ll. Th. i. 248, 13.
æðelo
Nobility ⬩ pre-eminence ⬩ origin ⬩ family ⬩ race ⬩ nature ⬩ talents ⬩ genius ⬩ nobilitas ⬩ principatus ⬩ origo ⬩ natales ⬩ prosapia ⬩ natura ⬩ indoles ⬩ ingenium
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Þurh ðíne wordlæðe æðelum écne through thy discourse great with talents, 1271; An. 636. He eówer æðelu can he knows your nobility. Beo. Th. 790; B. 392: 3745; B. 1870
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leóf
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Ðá cwæþ ðæt wíf tó him leóf ðæs mé þingþ ðú eart wítega dicit ei mulier domine video quia propheta es tu, Jn. Skt. 4, 19. Hí cwǽdon, leóf, wé wyllaþ geseón ðone hǽlend, 12, 21.
beód
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L. ll, 15. a charger, dish Beódas lances, Wrt. Voc. ii. 90, 51: 52, 52. Man sceal habban beódas (dishes or tables ?), butas, bléda, mélas, cuppan, Angl. ix. 264, 16
full-fremman
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Ne gǽlð ús nán ðing te fullfremmanne ðá gódan weorc, Past. 445, 30. Swá hwylc gód swá þú beginst, þæt hit þurh Drihten tó fulfremedum ende cuman móte, mid gebede gewilna quicquid agendum inchoas bonum, ab Domino perfici oratione deposcas, R.
ge-lǽtan
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For gebétendnysse tó fyrstan synt gelǽtene (nobis) propter emendationem (malorum hujus uite dies) ad inducias relaxantur (R. Ben. I. 5, 6), An. Ox. 58, 8. <b>I a.
ge-segen
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Add: ge-sewen, ge-sawen, ge-seagon. saying, narrating Gesægene dictu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 47.
wác-líc
Poor ⬩ mean ⬩ of little dignity or worth ⬩ paltry.
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Ðú wilt habban ealle fægere ðing and ácorene, and wilt ðé sylf beón wáclíc and unwurð, Homl. Th. ii. 410, 20: 372, 8. Hwæþer ðæt nú sié tó talianne wáclíc and unnyt ðætte nytwyrþost is eallra ðissa woruldþinga?
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murnan
To mourn ⬩ be sad ⬩ be anxious ⬩ To mourn ⬩ lament ⬩ to care about ⬩ regard
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Th. 139, 25; By. 259, Ne murn ðú for ðí méce ðe wearþ máðma cyst, Wald. 1, 44; Vald. 1, 24. Hyge wæs oncyrred ðæt hié ne murndon æfter mandreárne the mind was o'erthrown, so that after the glad life of men they longed not, Andr.
wénan
to ween ⬩ suppose ⬩ think ⬩ imagine ⬩ opine ⬩ believe ⬩ to hope ⬩ expect ⬩ look for
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Wéne wé, sý ðis se? 85, 16. Wénst ðú hwæt is ðes? quis putas hic est? Lk. Skt. 8, 25. with acc. and infin.
DRÍFAN
DRIVE, force, pursue ⬩ pellĕre, mināre, impellĕre, persĕqui ⬩ To drive, rush with violence ⬩ ruĕre
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Flinte ic eom heardra, ðe ðis fýr drífeþ of ðissum strongan stýle I am harder than flint, which this fire drives from this strong steel, Exon. 111 b; Th. 426, 24; Rä. 41, 78, Hwílum ðæt drige dríft ðone wǽtan sometimes the dry drives away the wet, Bt.