un-gemetlíce
immoderately ⬩ beyond measure ⬩ excessively ⬩ too (much) ⬩ immensely ⬩ exceedingly ⬩ very greatly
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Tantalus ðe ungemetlíce gifre wæs, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 33. Gé wilniaþ eówerne hlísan ungemetlíce tó gebrǽdanne, 18, 1; Fox 62, 18. Ne nán preóst ne drince ungemetelíce, L. Ælfc. C. 29; Th. ii. 352, 28.
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wríþan
to twist ⬩ give a curved form to ⬩ to bind up ⬩ wrap round ⬩ bandage ⬩ to bind ⬩ to bind ⬩ fetter
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to twist, give a curved form to Ic wríðe torqueo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 3; Zup. 155, 14. Wriðene ( Similar entries cf. wriþa,II.) wælhlencan, Elen. Kmbl. 47; El. 24. to bind up, wrap round, bandage Hé wráð (alligavit) his wunda, Lk. Skt. 10, 34.
esne
a servant ⬩ a man
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Ging esne, Mk. L. R. 14, 51: juvenis, 16, 5. Esne juvenis, Lk. p. 6, 13. a man Þú scealt beódan Israhéla folce, þæt esne bidde æt his frýnd and wíf æt hire néhgebúran, Ex. 11, 2. a man of mark, a learned, brave, &c. man.
ge-hleótan
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B. i. 156, 4. to allot, assign as a person's share, give Hít wæs gehloten tó Jósepes bearna lande fuit in possessionem filiorum Joseph Jos. 24, 32. [Nas hit noht swá iloten, Laym. 7819. Þú art ilote to him, H. M. II. 13.] intrans. To be allotted.
weg
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Ealne weg búton geswícincge iugiter sine intermissione, Angl. xiii. 372, 103. v. æcer-, ceaster-, ciric-, clǽg-, gemǽr-, gird-, grund-, heáfod-, heáh-, healf-, hege-, hrís-, hwæl-, hweól-, Lunden-, mearc-, mylen-, Nor-, port-, sǽ-, sláhþorn-, styfic-,
trahtnian
To expound ⬩ explain ⬩ to give as explanation of (be) something ⬩ to treat of
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Ðes cwyde is swíðor tó ondrǽdenne ðonne tó trahtnigenne, 332, 4: ii. 90, 5. to give as explanation of (be) something Wé sprǽcon be ðam sǽde ðe betwux ðam ðornum sprang . . .
ge-wyrht
Work ⬩ deed ⬩ merit ⬩ desert
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Rǽctþ ǽghwilcum men ágen gewyrhta give to every man his deserts, Hy. Grn. 7, 16. Be heora gewyrhturn secundum opera eorum Ps. Th. 27, 5: 102, l0. Be gewirhton we þoliaþ ðás þing deservedly do we suffer these things, Gen. 42, 21.
irþ
ploughing ⬩ tilling ⬩ a crop ⬩ ploughed land
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Ic sello ðás land mid cwice erfe and mid earþe and mid eallum þingum ðe tó londum belimpaþ I give these lands with the live stock, and crops and all things that belong to the lands, Chart. Th. 481, 3.
líhtan
To shine ⬩ lighten
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To shine, lighten, give light Hit líht fulminat, Ælfc. Gr. 22; Som. 24, 7. Ðæt leóht lýht on þýstrum lux in tenebris lucet, Jn. Skt. 1, 5. Se móna líht on niht, Bt. 21; Fox. 74, 25.
on-tendan
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S. 25, 416. to set on fire what is to give light, light a candle, lamp, &c, Lch. iii. 286, 6 (in Dict.). (2a) of the illumination of the moon by the sun Gyf se môna æfter sunnan setlunge ontend byð. . . ne byð hê nîwe geteald, Lch. iii. 266,
BRÚCAN
To use, make use of, to pass, spend, enjoy, have enjoyment of, to eat, bear, discharge ⬩ uti, frui, possidere, habere, gaudere aliqua re, edere
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He giefstólas breác he enjoyed gifts, Exon. 77 a; Th. 289, 7; Wand. 44. Ðe hyra lífes þurh lust brucon [MS. brucan] who have spent their life in pleasure, Exon. 38 b; Th. 127, 19; Gú. 388. Ne brícst usest not, Deut. 28, 30.
for-specan
to speak against ⬩ speak ill of ⬩ denounce ⬩ to misrepresent a case, ⬩ state wrongly ⬩ to lose that which is the subject of a suit ⬩ to speak to no purpose ⬩ waste one's words
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Th. i. 238, 15. to lose that which is the subject of a suit Cnut cyng lét ðæt land intó Crístes cyrcean ... tó ðám forewearde ðæt Eádsige hit hæbbe his lífes tíman ... and hé hit ne mæg náðer gifan ne syllan, ne forspecan ne forspillan (lose it by a
weorold
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</b> used to give emphasis, as in 'what in the world. Cf. what- ever: — Nǽnig wæs weorð on weorulde, Met. 8, 37. Ne gehýrde wé nǽfre on worulde a saeculo non est auditum, Jn. Skt. 9, 32. Nis mé on worulde mód ǽniges þegnscipes, Cd.
wyrcan
to work ⬩ labour ⬩ to make ⬩ to make ⬩ form ⬩ construct ⬩ to be the source ⬩ cause of, to produce ⬩ to make ⬩ constitute ⬩ to work ⬩ do ⬩ perform ⬩ to perform a rite ⬩ keep a season ⬩ to work ⬩ effect a purpose ⬩ attain an object,
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Gif esne þeów weorc wyrce, L. Wih. 9 ; Th. i. 38, 18. Ðæt mon óðrum riht wyrce, L. O. D. 2 ; Th. i. 352, 17. On ða gerád, wyrce ðæt hé wyrce, ðæt ðæt land sí unforworht, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 383, 32. Weorce, 384, 21.
ge-cynd
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Gif hé bið cealdre gecyndo, 284, 20. Heó nán þincg on hire næfð horses gecyndes, Hml. S. 21, 488. Hé bið getiéged tó óðrum monnum mid onlícre gecynde, Past. 111, 20.
habban
To HAVE, possess, hold, keep
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Gif man frigne man æt hæbbendre handa gefó if a freeman be taken with stolen goods upon him, L. Wiht. 26; Th. i. 42, 15 : L. Ath. 1, 1; Th. i. 198, 16 : 4, pref. Th. i. 220, 11.
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ufan
from above ⬩ down ⬩ above ⬩ at the top
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Seó cyrice is ufan open ... and þeáh ðe ðæt hús ufan open sý, hweþre hit biþ á þurh Godes gife ufan wiþ ǽghwilc ungewidro gescylded,... and nǽfre nǽnig man ða lǽstas ufan oferwyrcean ne mihte, Blickl. Homl. 125, 24-35: 19, 27: Exon.
ge-siht
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Nǽnigum men gié cueðe ðone gesihða, Mt. L. 17, 9. seen in sleep or in ecstasy, a vision Gesihð and wítegunga beóð gefyllede impleatur visio et prophetia. Hml. Th. ii. 14, 15. Wæs S. Michael þǽm bisceope on gesihþe æteówed, Bl. H. 205, 35.
hǽlend
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Ic on neorxna wonge ǽsette treów . . git oferhýrdon Hǽlendes word . . .
sél
Better ⬩ excellence ⬩ advantage ⬩ profit ⬩ with (more) success ⬩ (more) effectually ⬩ to (more) purpose
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Th. 476, 31. with verbs of liking or pleasing Hé nánum menn sél ne úðe ðonne mé there was no one he would sooner give it to than to me, Chart. Th. 485, 17. Ða men ðe ic mínes erfes seólest onn, 480, 20.
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