niþer-líc
low ⬩ low ⬩ humble ⬩ inferior
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Gé sécaþ ðære heán gecynde gesǽlþa tó ðám niþerlícum and tó ðám hreósendlícum þingum, Bt. 14, 2; Fox 44, 30 : Homl. Th. ii. 522, 30
geáp
BLÓSTMA
A BLOSSOM, bloom, flower ⬩ flos
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He dysegaþ se ðe wintregum wederum wile blósman [Cot. blostman] sécan he is foolish who will seek flowers in wintry weather, Bt. 5, 2; Fox 10, 32. Ðænne wangas blóstmum blówaþ then [i.e. in summer] the fields bloom with flowers, Menol.
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wicce-cræeft
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Se cristena man ðe his hǽlðe sécan wyle æt unálýfedum tilungum, oððe æt wyrigedum galdrum, oþþe æt ǽnigum wiccecræfte, ðonne bið hé ðám hǽðenum mannum gelíc, i. 474, 22 : Homl. Ass. 28, 99. Be wiccecræfte (veneficio) ðǽr man corn bærnð, L. Ecg.
éþel
fatherland
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Mere sécan, mǽwes éðel, Bo. 25. ¶ The Rune is used instead of the word, which is its name, in Ors. 4, 5; S. 168, 11, and Vald. 1, 31
neósian
to search out ⬩ find out by enquiry or inspection ⬩ to inspect ⬩ to seek ⬩ visit ⬩ to seek with hostile intent ⬩ to visit with calamity, disease
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Homl. 125, 13. to seek with hostile intent (cf. sécan), to visit with calamity, disease, etc. Leomu hefegedon, hé gecneów ðæt hine ælmihtig ufan neósade (cf. the phrase the visitation of God ), Exon. Th. 159, 24; Gú. 931.
myntan
to mean ⬩ intend ⬩ purpose ⬩ determine ⬩ to think ⬩ suppose
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Grammar myntan, with a case Wit sculon sécan ðæt ðæt wit ǽr mynton sed quae proposuimus intueamur, Bt. 35, 3; Fox 158, 11.
hwæðer
Whether
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Hwæðer gé willen on wuda sécan gold ðæt reáde? Bt. Met. Fox 19, 9, 29; Met. 19, 5, 15. Hwæðer ðe ðín eáge mánful ys forðam ðe ic gód eom an oculus tuus nequam est, quia ego bonus sum? Mt. Kmbl. 20, 15.
fundian
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S. 26, 224. (1 b) with infin. giving purpose Wé fundiaþ Higelác sécan, B. 1819. (1 c) where (1 a) and (1 b) are combined Hé hider fundaþ on þysne middangeard mancyn sécan, Kr. 103. (1 d) with the idea of hostility Ꝥ Cnut fundade hiderward and wolde gewinnan
eádig-ness
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On eallum þisum líchamlicum gesǽlignessum men sécaþ ánfealde eádignesse ... Ne onsace ic náuht ꝥ þá gesǽlþa and þeó eádignes sié þæt héhste gód þises andweardan lífes quibus omnibus solam beatitudinem desiderare liquet ...
mere
the sea ⬩ a mere ⬩ lake ⬩ an artificial pool ⬩ cistern
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Mere sécan, mǽwes éþel, Exon. 123 b; Th. 474, 5; Bo. 25. a mere, lake Meri stagnum, Ep. Gl. 25 b, 16. Mere stagnum, Wrt. Voc. i. 54, 15: ii. 121, 28. Nis ðæt feor heonon ðæt se mere standeþ, Beo. Th. 2729; B. 1362.
rúme
widely, far and wide, ⬩ liberally, extensively, amply, abundantly, in a high degree ⬩ plainly, clearly ⬩ without contraction, in full
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Hié ne meahton leng somed blǽdes brúcan ... ac sceoldon ða rincas rúmor sécan, ellor éðelseld, 113, 31; Gen. 1895 : 115, 1; Gen. 1913. liberally, extensively, amply, abundantly, in a high degree Hyt rúme ða wyrmas forþ gelǽdeþ it plentifully brings out
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hruse
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Hé hrycge sceal hrúsan sécan, 28, 11. (1 a) the floor of a subterranean place :-- Hwá wát on hwelcum hlǽwa Wélandes bán hrúsan þeccen?
in-gang
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[Þis was his ingang, of his útgang ne cunne wé iett nóht seggon, Chr. 1127; P. 258, 27.] right or permission to enter, the right of a person to enter and remain in a place Æt heldore þǽr fǽge gǽstas æfter swyltcwale sécan onginnað ingong in þæt atule
lustbǽr-ness
Desire ⬩ pleasure ⬩ pleasantness
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Hí náne lustbǽrnisse nabbaþ hí tó sécanne they have no desire to seek them, Bt. 32, 3; Fox 118, 23. Lustbǽrnesse nimþ cupidinem contrahat, L. Ecg. P. iii. 14; Th. ii. 202, 4: Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 72
openlíce
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Gif þú hyt openlíce witan wilt, þonne scealt þú hyt sécan on þǽre béc þe wé hátað De Videndo Deo . . . þæt þú meaht gehýran micle openlícor on þǽre bec, Solil. H. 64, 22-33. Wé móten God geseón openlíce, ealne geseón swylce swylce hé ys, 67, 7
ǽlc
all ⬩ any
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Ǽlce wígwǽpna lǽte man stille, Wlfst. 170, 8. in excluding phrases, any Búton ǽlcon þegne Créca lond sécan, Ors. 4, 1; S. 156, 32. Búton ǽlcre hreówe, 2, 1; S. 64, 7: Past. 37, 2. Búton ǽlcere méder . . . búton ǽlcum eorðlicum fæder, Hml.
blind
dark ⬩ dim ⬩ blind
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Sécað án blind cweartern, þǽr nán leóht ne mage inn, Hml. S. 37, 176. not shining, dim [v. N. E. D. blind, 7] Blindum lígum caecis flammis, Dóm. L. 241. hidden from sight [v. N. E. D. blind, 9] On blindan wyll; þanon on clǽnan splott, C. D.
drý-cræft
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Se deófol geswutelað þǽre wiccan hwæt heó secge mannum, ꝥ þá beón fordóne þe ðæne drýcræft sécað, Hml. S. 17, 113. Hé wæs fyrmest on þám drýcræftum in magicis operibus primus fuit, Gr. D. 27, 20: Hml. Th. ii. 414, 4.
ídel
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Wá þám þe cyrican mid ídele sécað: þæt syndan þá ungesǽligan þe ðǽr fleardiað mid ídelre spǽce and hwílum mid ídelre ðǽde, Wlfst. 279, 5-8. Ðonne ongitt ðín sáwl ðæt ðú sylf lufodest ídel, Hex. 50, 22. ¶ on ídel.