ofer-þeón
To thrive beyond others, to excel, surpass
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Oft on lǽwedum háde mid gódum weorcum man oferþíhþ ðone munuchád. Past. 52, 10; Swt. 411, 36. Oferþýhb, R. Ben. 12, 16. Hé oferþeáh biscopes, Shrn. 17, 11. Bútan hwylc óðerne mid geearnunge oferþeó, R. Ben. 12, 21.
spillan
To destroy ⬩ confundo, ⬩ to destroy, spoil
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Sumne man tó Lundene lǽdde, and ðǽr spilde, Chr. 1096; Erl. 233, 9. Ðætte ne ic losige ł ic ne spillo ut non perdam, Jn. Skt. Lind. 6, 39. Ðætte ðú spilla ut dissipes, Rtl. 55, 22. Ne þurfe wé ús spillan we need not destroy one another, Byrht.
sunu
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Sum man hæfde twegen suna (suno, Lind. Rush.) . . . ealle his þing gegaderude se gingra sunu (suno, Rush.), Lk. Skt. 15, 11, 13. Sunu Healfdenes, Beo. Th 1294; B. 645. Féng tó Beornica ríce Æþelfriþes suna, Bd. 3, 1; S. 523, 13.
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leán
Reward ⬩ recompense ⬩ remuneration ⬩ requital ⬩ retribution
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Gebyreþ ðæt man his geswinces leán gecnáweþ it is proper that the reward of his labour be acknowledged [i.e. he be rewarded for his labour], L. R. S. 20; Th. i. 440, 12.
ge-macian
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Hí þǽra cinga sehte swá gemacedon, ꝥ se cyng Melcolm tó úran cynge cóm, and his man wearð, Chr. 1091; P. 227, 2. <b>II a.
for-gitan
To FORGET ⬩ neglect ⬩ oblīvisci ⬩ neglĭgĕre
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Ðæt man forgitt ða ǽrran geár that the former years shall be forgotten, Gen. 41, 30. Ne he ne forgit his wedd neque oblīviscētur pacti, Deut. 4, 31: Ps. Th. 9, 32: Bt. Met. Fox 3, 11; Met. 3, 6.
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FÓT
a FOOT ⬩ pés ⬩ the foot ⬩ pēs
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Th. 1494; B. 745. the foot; pēs, gen. pĕdis The foot of a man, a measure of length, was divided into twelve equal parts or inches, Similar entries v. ynce, es; m. inch; and an inch is three barley-corns in length.
láð
harm ⬩ evil ⬩ injury ⬩ hurt ⬩ trouble ⬩ grief ⬩ pain ⬩ annoyance ⬩ enmity
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Ðeáh hié nán mann mid láðe ne gréte hié séceaþ ða ðe hié fleóþ though no man attacks them, they seek those that flee from them; iracundi se declinantes insequuntur, 293, 19.
be-seón
To look ⬩ attention ⬩ expectation ⬩ To see about ⬩ care for ⬩ attend to ⬩ provide for
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To look. absolute, physical Ne beseoh þú underbæc noli respicere post tergum, Gen. 19, 17. mental Mann þe hys hand ásett on hys sulh and on bæc besyhð, Lk. 9, 62. Beseoh (respice) and gehýr mé, Ps.
heonan
afterwards ⬩ from now
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Heonon forð on écnesse (iam non amplius in aeternum) ne ete ǽnig mann wæstm of þé, Mk. II. 14. Gif hwá heonan forð ǽnigne man ofsleá, Ll. Th. i. 248, 2: Hml. S. 7, 371. Forð heonon, Exod. 287.
réðe
Fierce, cruel, savage ⬩ severe, stern, austere, zealous ⬩ wild, savage, fierce; ⬩ severe, cruel, fierce, dire;
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Ealle his ǽhta ríce réðe mann gedǽle ; may a rich and cruel man divide all his possessions;; scrutetur foenerator omnem substantiam ejus; Grein takes reðemann and compares Gothic raðjo; Gif hé (;a king;) his folc ofsit, ðon biþ hé ;tyrannus,; ðæt is réðe
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FEOH
cattle ⬩ living animals ⬩ pĕcus ⬩ jūmenta ⬩ Money ⬩ value ⬩ price ⬩ hire ⬩ stipend ⬩ FEE ⬩ reward ⬩ pĕcūnia ⬩ merces ⬩ Goods ⬩ property ⬩ riches ⬩ wealth ⬩ bŏna ⬩ dīvĭtiæ ⬩ ŏpes
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cattle, living animals; pĕcus, jūmenta Gif ðé becume óðres monnes giémeleás feoh [G and H] on hand if the stray cattle of another man come to thy hand, L. Alf. 42; Th. i. 54, 9. Feoh bútan gewitte the cattle without understanding, Salm.
ge-win
a battle ⬩ contest ⬩ war ⬩ strife ⬩ quarrel ⬩ hostility ⬩ tumult ⬩ certāmen ⬩ pugna ⬩ bellum ⬩ tŭmultus ⬩ labour ⬩ toil ⬩ sorrow ⬩ agony ⬩ lăbor ⬩ trībŭlātio ⬩ ăgōnia ⬩ fruit of laborers ⬩ gain ⬩ profit ⬩ fructus lăbōrum ⬩ lucrum ⬩ quæstus
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Gif hwilc man leóht déþ on mínum cirican of his gewinne if any man puts a light in my church [bought] out of his gain, Nar. 47, 6, 15
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dynt
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S. 4, 147. mark made by a blow, bruise Gif man óðerne mid fýste in naso slæhð, .iii. scill. Gif dynt sié, scilling. Gif hé heáhre handa dyntes onféhð, scill. forgelde. Gif dynt sweart sié búton wǽdum .xxx. scætta gebéte.
hearm
evil ⬩ an evil ⬩ injury ⬩ a calamity ⬩ grief ⬩ affliction ⬩ calumny ⬩ a calumny
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Þá cýdde man mé ꝥ ús mára hearm tó fundode þonne ús wel lícode, and þá fór ic . . . into Denmearcon þe eów mǽst hearm of cóm . . . wé ne þurfon þanon nénes hearmes ús ásittan, Cht. E. 230, 1-10. Him eallum tó hearme, Hml. S. 13, 127.
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óþ
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Add Man hine bebyrgde in þám seáðe oþ þone gyrdels, Shrn. 125, 34; An. 1577. Oð wolcna hróf, Exod. 298 : Gú. 1286. Oð Egypte, Exod. 443. ¶ of a a From orde oð ende, El. 590.
geá
etiam, jam
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. ; 'Gif þú þone man tó mé gelǽdest . . . ic wille gelýfan.'; Volosianus hym andswarode, and þus cwæð: '; Geá, '; hláford, and gif ic swylcne man geméte, hwylce méde sceal ic hym behátan?, '; Hml. A. 188, 200. Geá lá gę̄ amen Ps.
wiga
one who fights ⬩ a (fighting) man ⬩ a warrior ⬩ a noble, strenuous man
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one who fights, a (fighting) man, a warrior Wiga heros, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 31; Zup. 57, 11. Wiga oððe wígstrang bellipolens, Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 45. Iung wiga tyro, i. 18, 16. Wiga wintrum geong, Byrht. Th. 137, 62; By. 210. Wælreów wiga ( Beowulf ), Beo.
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á-weorpan
to throw ⬩ cast ⬩ cause rapid ⬩ violent movement of a body, ⬩ to throw away ⬩ to throw upfood ⬩ to throw off ⬩ free one's self from ⬩ to cast out ⬩ expel ⬩ to reject ⬩ cast away or off ⬩ renounce, ⬩ to cost down ⬩ trouble
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Bútan man ðá mǽdene áwurpe of þám búre, Hml. S. 35, 69. Daniel wæs áworpen þám leónum, Ælfc. T. Grn. 10, 4. Þæt hé wurde áworpen ðám here, Hml.
for-standan
to stand up for ⬩ to defend ⬩ aid ⬩ help ⬩ benefit ⬩ avail ⬩ defendĕre ⬩ prodesse ⬩ to understand ⬩ intelligĕre
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Hwæt forstód ðám betestum mannum — oððe hwæt forstent hit what did it help the best men — or what does it profit? Bt. 18, 4; Fox 68, 7, 9. Ne forstent ðæt þweál náuht the washing profits nothing, Past. 54; Hat.
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