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wǽpen

(n.)
Grammar
wǽpen, wǽpn, es; n.

a weaponmembrum virile

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Hé wǽpen up áhóf, bord tó gebeorge, Byrht. Th. 135. 39; By. 130. Wǽpnu arma, Ælfc. Gr. 36; Zup. 215, 15. Wǽpna arma, wǽpna hús armamentarium, Wrt. Voc. i. 35, 1, 2. Eorlas fornóman wǽpen wælgífru, Exon. Th. 292, 16; Wand. 100. Wépen arma, Ps.

tó-slítan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-slítan, p. -slát, pl. -sliton; pp. -sliten

To tear in two,tear to pieces,tear asunderto tear in two,in pieces,rend material,to give a torn appearance to anythingto serrateto rend,cleave,break asunder that which is hard or bulkyto tear the flesh,rend,bite,woundlacerateto tear asunderpartseparate what has been joinedseverto pull to piecesdestroy the existence of an object, abstract or concreteto destroydissipateto distract the mindTo be different

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Ic tóslíte scinrio, Zup. 178, 6: lacero, 36; Zup. 214, 10: lanio, Zup. 216, 15. to tear in two, in pieces, rend material, e. g. a garment, a bond Ðæt níua tóslítaþ the new maketh a rent, Lk. Skt. Lind. 5, 36.

MAGAN

(v.)
Grammar
MAGAN, (the infin. does not occur in W. S. but mæge glosses posse,
  • Mk. Skt. p. 3, 1
  • ;
and <b>magende</b>
(cf. Icel. megandi) = quiens,
  • Ælfc. Gr. 41
  • ;
  • Som. 44, 21.

to be strongefficaciousto availprevailbe sufficientto be strongbe in good healthto be ablemaymay

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Hér ys seó bót hú ðú meaht ðíne æceras bétan, Lchdm. i. 398, 1: Cd. 27; Th. 36, 1; Gen. 565. Ðú .. ðe ǽghwylc miht wundor gewyrcean, Ps. Th. 76, 11. Hú mæg ðæt yfel beón ðætte ǽlces monnes ingeþanc wénþ ðætte gód sie, Bt. 24, 4; Fox 86, 12.

Linked entry: mæg

gód

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;c.) pund tó bóte mid godcundan scrifte in the next six paragraphs ), Ll.

ge-reccan

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Geselle him mon . c. sciłł. tó bóte, búton him witan máre gereccan, 100, 14. Is ciépemonnum gereht . . . 82, 10, Ðonne wille wé cweðan ðæt hé sié genóg ryhtlíce his bróðor deáðes scyldig . . .

ge-bídan

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Ic mé weána ne wénde bóte gebídan, B. 934. Sé þe áh lífes wyn gebiden in burgum, Seef. 28. (1 b) to endure, undergo, suffer ill :-- Fela ic weána gebád, Fins. 25. Myccle scipbrocu hé gebád, Bl. H. 173, 6. Hé oft gebád ísernscúre, B. 3116.

ge-wit

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MS. has gódes gewitnesse) sýn and háligre drohtnunge (boni testimonii et sancte conversationis ), R. Ben. 46, 9. Ðæt gé nó tóhrædlíce ne sién ástyrede from gewitte ut non cito moveamini a vestro sensu, Past. 213, 16.

gleáw

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., skilled in the use or practice of, having good knowledge of :-- Fród wita . . . snottor ár . . . wordhord onwreáh, beorn bóca gleaw, Mód. 4: El. 1212. Rece, gif þú cunne, wís, worda gleáw, Rä. 33, 14.

hát

(adj.)
Grammar
hát, adj.
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S. ix, 107. of the heat of the body Wæs þæt blód tó þæs hát, B. 1616. Hát heáfodwylm hot tears, El. 1133. Háte hleórdropan, Gú. 1315.

ofer

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Add Þá ásweoll him se líchama ofer healf his body swelled through a half of it; dimidia pars corporis ipsius turgescens, Guth. Gr. 153, 12. Oð ðæt hié máran léfnesse onféngon ofer eall (per omnia) tó lǽranne, Bd. 1, 26; Sch. 58, 8.

wíg

(n.)
Grammar
wíg, es; n. I.

fightbattlewarconflictvalourtroops

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Hié heora land oferhergodan, and him ðæs nǽnige bóte dydon, búton ofermódlíce wíg and þreátunge, Blickl. Homl. 201, 24. Abraham sealde wíg tó wedde, nalles wunden gold, Cd. Th. 124, 29; Gen. 2070. Oft ic (a shield) wíg seó, frécne feohtan. Exon.

be-gán

(v.)

passageto go roundto reach by goingcome uponget atto gopass byto gocomegetto pass byTo come byget atto comefall to one's lotto fallget into debtto surroundto confineto occupyto go about a businessto attend toto cultivateto worshipto honourvenerate a placeto exercise, practise an art, mode of life, &amp;c.to practise a religionfollow the dictates of to practisecarry ondo (habitually)to devote one's self to a practiceto exercise a personto behaveto exercise in somethingto exerciseuseemployto professpretend

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ÐÚ eart on borg begán ðínum friénd incidisti in manus proximi tui, Past. 193, 18. of position, to surround Deáþes geómerunga mé beeódon (circumdederunt), and helle sárnyssa mé beeódon, Hml.

hyge

(n.)
Grammar
hyge, es; m.

Mindheartsoul

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Hyge sceal heardum men a bold man must have courage, 92 a; Th. 346, 15; Gn. Ex. 205. Hige sceal ðé heardra heorte ðé cénre ðé úre mægen lytlaþ the firmer must courage be, braver the heart, the more our force dwindles, Byrht. Th. 140, 62; By. 312.

þreágan

(v.)
Grammar
þreágan, þreán, and þreáwian (v. þreápian); p. þreáde [in Bt. 38, 1; Fox 196, 7 a form occurs that might be a strong past of þreán, on the analogy of þweán, sleán Ðæt gewit wæs swíþe sorgiende for ðám ermþum ðe hí ðrógan; cf. the rendering of the same passage in the metres: Ðæt mód wæs swíðe sorgum gebunden for ðǽm earfoþum ðe him on sǽton,
  • Met. 26, 97.
But, perhaps, drugon should be read, as, Latin is:]; pp. þreád.

to reproverebukereproachto punish one who deserves punishmentto chastise by way of discipline, with a view to amendto chastencorrectto torturetormentafflictdistressvexoppress

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Wé sculon men ðreágean swá swá ða gódan fæderas gewuniaþ heora bearn ða hí for heora synnum ðreágeaþ and swingaþ and hwæðere ða sylfan ðe hí mid ðám wítum ðreágeaþ and swenceaþ lufiaþ eác sic nos fidelibus tenere disciplinam debemus, sicut boni patres

Linked entries: þreán þreiga ðrogan

yfel

(n.)
Grammar
yfel, es; n.
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Hié nǽnige bóte dón noldan, ah hié on heora yfelum þurhwunedon, Blickl. Homl. 79, 8: Ps. Th. 105, 25. Ic ðé þreáge and ðé cýðe eal ðás yflu, 49, 23. what is hurtful, grievous Hú mycel yfel ðé gelamp for ðínre gítsunge, Blickl. Homl. 31, 13.

Linked entries: efel eofel

georne

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Beó man georne ymbefriðes bóte, Ll. Th. i. 310, 22: 278, 13: ii. 290, 2. Swá hé geornor and gelómor Godes hús séce, Wlfst. 155, 8. Godes grið is ealra griða geornost tó healdanne, Ll. Th. i. 330, 3: 358, 18.

ge-sceaft

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Ne mæg mín líchoman wið þás lǽnan gesceaft deáð gedǽlan ( my body cannot separate death from this frail condition natural to it) ac hé geureósan sceal, Gú. 342. Heó sægde ymb hyre sylfre gesceaft: Is mín módor cynnes þæs deórestan, Rä.34, 8.

dón

(v.)
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Gé swylc leán dydon eówrum witan, 6, 4; Bos. 105, 7. Dó him þis tó lǽcedóme, Lch. i. 350, 23. Gif him þyrste, ðú dó him drincan, Hml. S. 21, 376. Man ne sceolde ǽnigne bigleofan hire dón, 10, 282: Ll. Th. ii. 372, 30.

út

(adv.)
Grammar
út, adv.

outbeyond the bounds within which a thing is enclosedout on an expeditionoutoutoutoutforthto knock outpull outoutaway from homeabroadoutaway from landoutoutsidenot within doorsnot in the houseabroadoutexternally

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Th. 474, 31; Bo. 39. where there is not motion, out. outside Ne beóð hí út fram ðé átýnde non excludantur, Ps.

gif

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An. 344, with gif þú þegn sié . . . 417, the evidence of thaneship is the same in both cases . Gif ceorl búton wífes wísdóme deóflum gelde . . . Gif bútwú deóflum geldað. . . Ll. Th. i. 40, 4-6.