smæl
Small ⬩ small, little, not great ⬩ narrow, not broad ⬩ slender, thin, not thick ⬩ fine ⬩ not coarse ⬩ not loud ⬩ gracilis, exilis, subtilis, minutus, strictus ⬩ a sheep, small cattle
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Small in the following glosses: Smæl gracilis, smælre gracilior, ealra smælst gracillimus Ælfc. Gr. 5; Zup. 16, 8. Smel, smael, smal Txts. 67, 992. Smæl gracilis vel exilis vel subtilis Wrt. Voc. i. 51, 18.
æðeling
the son of a king ⬩ one of royal blood ⬩ a nobleman ⬩ the king ⬩ God ⬩ Christ ⬩ regia suboles ⬩ vir nobilis ⬩ man ⬩ men ⬩ people ⬩ homo ⬩ homines
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Ða nú æðelingas, ealle eorþ-búend, Ebréi hátaþ which people now, all dwellers upon earth, call Hebrews, 79; Th. 99, 17; Gen. 1647. Héht him ceósan æðelingas he commanded him to choose men, go; Th. 112, 9; Gen. 1868: 58; Th. 70, 31; Gen. 1161
MǼD
MEAD ⬩ meadow
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Of ðere ealdan díc ðæt on wylihte mǽdwan; of wylihte mǽdwan, 235, 16. On rýdmǽdwan ufewarde, 378, 14. Eahta æceras mǽdwa . . . xii æceras mǽdwa, 4, 12-13. Mǽda prata, Hpt. Gl. 409, 38.
myntan
to mean ⬩ intend ⬩ purpose ⬩ determine ⬩ to think ⬩ suppose
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Hí him sylfum ríce mynton, Wulfst. 145, 26. to think, suppose Mynton ealle, ðæt se brego and seó mægþ wǽron ætsomne, Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 10; Jud. 253
ge-cnáwan
To know ⬩ perceive ⬩ understand ⬩ recognise ⬩ noscere ⬩ agnoscere ⬩ sentire ⬩ cognoscere
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Ðæt geðeóde ðe we ealle gecnáwan mægen the language that we can all understand, Past. Swt. 6, 8. Ic hafu gecnáwen ðæt ðú Hǽlend eart middangeardes I have perceived that thou art the Saviour of the world, Elen. Kmbl. 1613; El. 808.
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ge-lǽran
To teach ⬩ educate ⬩ instruct ⬩ advise ⬩ persuade ⬩ induce ⬩ dŏcēre ⬩ erŭdīre ⬩ persuādēre
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He gelǽrde ealle Crécas ðæt hý Alexandre wiðsócon he persuaded all the Greeks to strive against Alexander, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 64, 6 : Cd. 222; Th. 290, 10; Sat. 413 : Th. Apol. 10, 18.
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under-niman
to take surreptitiously ⬩ to steal ⬩ to take into the mind ⬩ receive what is said, taught ⬩ to take upon one's self ⬩ to blame ⬩ resent
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Ne underfóð ealle menn ðis word ... Undernyme se ðe undernyman mæge (cf. ne underneomeð (uoð, MS. B.) nawt þis ilke word alle ... Hwase hit me underneomen, underneome, H. M. 19, 27) non omnes capiunt verbum istud ... Qui potest capere, capiat, Mt.
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un-hál
In bad health ⬩ sick ⬩ weak ⬩ infirm ⬩ unhealthy ⬩ unsound
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Ealle ða unhálan, Mk. Skt. 1, 32. of animals Gif man áfindeþ his ǽhte, syððan hé hit gebohte hafeþ, unhál, L. O. 7; Th. i. 180, 21.
án-rǽd
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Ealle hi wǽron ánrǽde æt eallum þám ðingum. Ll.
eardian
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Ælle and Cissa ymbsǽton Andredes cester, and ofslógon ealle þá þe þǽr inne eardedon, Chr. 491; P. 14, 16. Wé witon óþer égland, þér gé magon eardian, pref.; P. 3, 12. to live, pass one's life Seó cyrice sceal fédan þá þe æt hire eardiaþ, Bl.
elcian
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Hí elciað ongeán ðone deáð, and mid ealle ne forfleóð . . . on ende þisse worulde hí deáðes onfóð.
for-spillan
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Rdr. 53, 7. ꝥ ic forspille (disperderem ) of ceastre ealle, Ps. Srt. 100, 9. Is nédðearf ꝥ hié man forspille, and mid ordum hié man sleá, Bl. H. 189, 29: Ll. Th. i. 304, 20. Hí eów wyllað forspyllan and eówre rýce tówurpan, Hml.
ge-wanian
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Hé wénþ þæt his gesǽlþa sién oþþe suíþe gewanode oððe mid ealle forlorene, Bt. 11, 1; F. 32, 23. to lessen in worth, make inferior, degrade, depreciate Ðonne gewaniað hié ðone hád and gewemmað superioris loci meritum diminuunt, Past. 413, 2.
sol
Mire or a miry place ⬩ filthy ⬩ volutabrum
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On ðæt sol; of ðan sole on ða ealdan strǽte Cod. Dip. B. i. 518, 40. Sole volutabro Wrt. Voc. ii. 97, 17. Tó sole ł fýlþe ad volutabrum Hpt. Gl. 477, 70. Seomode on sole sídfæðmed scip Beo. Th. 609; B. 302.
spryttan
To sprout ⬩ spring ⬩ germinate ⬩ To put forth a shoot ⬩ bring forth fruit ⬩ to incite
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Ealle spryttende þingc universa germinantia, Hymn. T. P. 76. Eft spryttendum ðám twigum renascentibus virgultis, Bd. 1, 21; S. 485, 5. [He is ase þe wiði þet sprutted ut þe bettere ꝥ me hine ofte croppeð A.
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á-settan
to set ⬩ put ⬩ move an object to a place ⬩ To move one's self ⬩ transport one's self:-- ⬩ to set ⬩ place ⬩ build ⬩ to put in ⬩ out ⬩ of an office ⬩ to lay, impose punishment, ⬩ to set ⬩ propose a riddle, ⬩ to oppress
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Hié ásettan him (hí,v. l.) on ánne síþ ofer mid horsum mid ealle, 893; P. 84, 3. Matheum hé gedyde gangan tó þám eástdǽle mid his discipulum and ásetton on þá dúne þǽr se apostol wæs, St.
be-gangan
to go about ⬩ to go by ⬩ to go about a business ⬩ to attend to ⬩ see after a person ⬩ to worship ⬩ to honour ⬩ celebrate a day ⬩ to exercise ⬩ practise an art ⬩ to practise a religion ⬩ to practise ⬩ do (habitually) ⬩ commit sin ⬩ to exercise ⬩ use
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His godas þe hé begongende (-gónde, v.l.) wæs, Ors. 4, 1; S. 154, 34. to honour, celebrate a day :-- Ealle þá dagas synt mid gelícere eáwfæstnysse tó begangenne, Ll.
seóc
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Gif hé his seócum ðæt is synfullum dǽdum ealle lácnunge gegearwade si morbidis eorum actionibus universa fuerit cura exibita, R. Ben. 11, 5. III. of mental disquiet, sick at heart, ill at ease, sad :-- Ne beó ðú on sefan tó seóc, Exon.
scrín
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Ðá gebrohte se bisceop ealle ða hálgan bán on gelimplícum scrýnum, and gelógodon hí up on cyrcan, Homl. Skt. i. 11, 275. Ðá wolde se cásere wyrcan him eallum (the seven sleepers) gyldene scrýn, Homl. Th. ii. 426, 22.
ge-bétan
to make better ⬩ improve ⬩ mend ⬩ amend ⬩ repair ⬩ emendāre ⬩ repărāre ⬩ to make strong ⬩ fortify ⬩ surround with a wall ⬩ confirmāre ⬩ munīre ⬩ mūrāre ⬩ to make amends ⬩ reparation ⬩ 'bót' for ⬩ repent ⬩ to obtain a remedy against ⬩ to get 'bót' from ⬩ avenge
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sí, and ða burga gebétte oððe bútan weallum consīdĕrāte terram, quālis sit, hŭmus pinguis, et urbes quāles, mūrātæ an absque mūris, Num. 13, 20. to make amends, reparation, 'bót' for, repent Ðonne sceolan we mid úre ánre, sáule forgyldan and gebétan ealle