hǽlan
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Æt úrum Hǽlendum Críste per Christum, Ors. 4, 10 ; S. 194, 28. On Hǽlendum Críste, Bl. H. 187, 8. Tó Drihtne Hǽlendum Críste, 155, 15. Wið úrne Drihten Hǽlendne Críst, 159, 33- v. for-hǽlan, ge-hǽlan, þurh-hǽlan, un-hǽlan
hearde
firmly ⬩ tightly
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Lengað hine hearde, þynceð þæt sý þria xxx þúsend wintra ǽr hé dómdæges dyn gehýre, Sal. 270: Seel. 155. Hearde ondrǽdan, Cri. 1018. Hé hiene geeáðmédde tó þǽm folce þe hé him þǽr heardost ondréd, Ors. 3, 7; S. 112, 33.
híwung
shaping ⬩ shape ⬩ frame ⬩ make ⬩ constitution ⬩ shape ⬩ form ⬩ species ⬩ kind ⬩ transformation ⬩ an illusory shape ⬩ deceptive appearance ⬩ a pretence ⬩ trick ⬩ simulation ⬩ hypocrisy ⬩ fiction ⬩ irony
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Ox. 2238. pretending to be what one is not, simulation Ǽlc híwung is antsǽte Gode, Hml. S. 12, 246. Hé wiste ꝥ hé mid feóndlicum cræfte ne mihte bedydrian Martines gesihðe ... wæs ðá geswutelod his híwung, 31, 827.
sceádan
to separate, divide, make a line of separation between ⬩ to distinguish, decide ⬩ to scatter, shed ⬩ to separate, divide, part ⬩ to be distinguished, to differ ⬩ to scatter, shed
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Ðonne biþ gǽsta dóm sceáden swá hí geworhtun ǽr then shall the spirits' doom be decided, according to their deserts, Exon. Th. 76, 2; Cri. 1233. Sceáden mǽl the appointed time (?) Beo.
Linked entries: be-sceadan sceáde-sealf scédan
weccan
To wake, waken. ⬩ to rouse from sleep ⬩ to rouse ⬩ to rouse ⬩ to enliven, stimulate, refresh ⬩ to rouse ⬩ to excite, stir up ⬩ to raise what is depressed ⬩ to give life to, to cause, give rise to, produce, raise
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Th. 115, 19; Gen. 1922. to rouse from repose, to excite, stir up Se kok, ǽr ðam ðe hé cráwan wille, hefð up his fiðru, and wecð hine selfne, Past. 64; Swt. 461, 14. Drihten windas weceþ Dominus ventos excitat, Bd. 4, 3; S. 569, 22.
hopian
To hope, ⬩ have hope or confidence [in a person], ⬩ expect, ⬩ watch for [with gen.]
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Hæbbende ðæs ðe wé ǽr hopedon, Homl. Th. i. 250, 35. Wé tó ðínum hidercyme hopodan and hyhtan. Blickl. Homl. 87, 11. Hopedon sperabamus, Lk. Skt. 24, 21. Ðá fíf cyningas hopodon tó lífe the five kings hoped to save their lives, Jos.10, 16.
wiht
a wight ⬩ creature ⬩ being ⬩ created thing ⬩ a whit ⬩ thing ⬩ aught ⬩ anything ⬩ without a negative ⬩ aught ⬩ alone ⬩ with a genitive
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Æle uht, ðæs ðe hió ( an asp ) ábítt, scel his líf on slǽpe geendian, Ors. 5, 13 ; Swt. 246, 27. Ic (a leather bottle) eom wunderlícu wiht, Exon. Th. 399, 16 ; Rä. 19, 1 (the word occurs often in the riddles). Úr . . . is módig wuht, Runic pm.
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ge-útian
To eject ⬩ banish ⬩ alienate ⬩ ejĭcĕre ⬩ expellĕre
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Ic nelle geþafian ðæt ǽni man geútige án æker landes nolo permittere ut quis unum jugerum excludat, iv. 202, 15. Geútian exiliare, Hpt. Gl. 517
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sculan
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D. iii. 352. 7. add: Þǽre nǽdran gécynd is ꝥ ǽlc uht þǽs þe hió ábítt scęl his líf on slǽpe geendian, Ors. 5, 13; S. 246, 27. (12) :-- Ic wénde ꝥ þes sceolde beón mycel and fæger (ꝥ þes wǽre micel man and fæger, v. l.) ego grandem hominem credidi, Gr
nú
Now ⬩ at this time ⬩ Now ⬩ since ⬩ when
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Ǽr oððe nú dudum, ii. 27, 56. Nú nunc, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 39, 59. Ic hæbbe sumne cnapan, ðe nú ( modo ) hás ys for hreáme, Coll. Monast. Th. 19, 29.
un-weorþ
of no value ⬩ of no dignity ⬩ little esteemed ⬩ unworthy ⬩ not of sufficient merit ⬩ worthless ⬩ bad ⬩ contemptible ⬩ despicable ⬩ ignoble ⬩ ignominious ⬩ dishonouring
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Æt ðæm feórðan cirre hié sendon Hannan heora ðone unweorðestan þegn, and hé hit ábæd novissime Annonis, minimi hominis inter legatos, oratione meruerunt, Ors. 4, 7; Swt. 182, 13.
bísen
an exemplar ⬩ a model ⬩ pattern ⬩ example ⬩ precedent ⬩ a rule ⬩ prescript ⬩ precept ⬩ parable ⬩ similitude ⬩ type
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Hé nam bysne be mannum, hú ǽlc sunu bið gingra þonne se fæder, Hml. Th. i. 290, 7. a rule, prescript, precept Bysne normam, i. regulam, An. Ox. 997. Bisne normam, i. rectitudinem, 2306.
folgian
to pursue ⬩ to accompany ⬩ be attendant upon ⬩ to follow ⬩ be guided by ⬩ follow ⬩ to follow ⬩ practise
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Hí móston þes cynges wille folgian, 1086; P. 221, 16. of things: Gif seó hringe him folgað æt þám forman tige, Hml. S. 21, 45. to follow an opinion, instruction, direction, act in accordance with a rule, be guided by, follow footsteps (fig.)
geár
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Ðǽre sunnan geár is ꝥ heó beyrne þone miclan circul zodiacum and gecume under ǽlc þǽra twelf tácna, Lch. iii. 244, 20. Heóld þæt Ebreisce folc ðone forman geáres dægon lenctenlicere emnihte, Hml. Th. i. 100, I.
on-cnáwan
To know ⬩ noscere, cognoscere, agnoscere ⬩ to know, recognise, ⬩ to identify an object through being acquainted with its characteristics, to distinguish ⬩ to recognise a fact ⬩ to know, understand, attain to a knowledge of ⬩ to know, learn by observation, observe, perceive ⬩ to acknowledge ⬩ make acknowledgment of a fault ⬩ to acknowledge a greeting ⬩ to acknowledge the power of another
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Be ðam man mihte oncnáwan ðæt se cniht nolde wácian æt ðam wíge, Byrht. Th. 131, 16; By. 9. to know, understand, attain to a knowledge of Gyt gé ne oncnáwaþ ne ne ongitaþ, Mk. Skt. 8, 17.
stefn
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Ǽlc stemn byþ geworden of ðæs múðes clypunge and of ðære lyfte cnyssunge; se múð drífþ út ða clypungee, and seó lyft byþ geslagen mid ðære clypunge and gewyrð tó stemne.
wreþian
To prop ⬩ stay ⬩ support ⬩ sustain
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Heora ǽlc winð wiþ óþer, and þeáh wræþeþ óþer, ðæt hié ne móton tóslúpan, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 11. Hiora ǽghwilc wið óþer winð, and þeáh winnende wreþiaþ fæste ǽghwilc óþer, Met. ll, 34.
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á-dídan
to destroy, &c. ⬩ to deaden, make torpid; to mortify ⬩ morti tradere, mortificare
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Ǽlc man bið fordémed ðe hine sylfne ádýt, Hml. S. 19, 229. Ealle gesceafta ðæt wæter ádýdde, Hml. ii. 60, 11: 122, 17. Hig manega ádýddon ad mortes plurimorum Num. 21, 6. Se unlybba ne mihte hine ádýdan, Hml. Th. ii. 178, 12: Hml.
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ge-tácnung
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Wæs seó ealde ǽ swíðe earfoðe tó understondenne; ac þonne wé cumað tó ðám smedman, þæt is tó ðǽre getácnunge, þonne gereordað heó úre mód, Hml. Th. i. 188, 8
Cerdic
Cerdic ⬩ Cerdĭcus
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Cerdic, the founder of the West-Saxon kingdom; Cerdĭcus Ðý geáre ðe wæs agán fram Cristes acennesse cccc wintra and xcv [MS. xciiii] wintra, ðá Cerdic and Cynríc his sunu cwom up æt Cerdices óran mid v scipum.