weorþ-mynd
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Hé mæt ðone welan and ðone wyrðmynd tó ðære winestran handa, Past. 50; Swt. 389, 17-19. Wæs Hróðgáre herespéd gyfen, wíges weorðmynd ( glorious success in war ), Beo. Th. 130 ; B. 65.
Linked entry: wirþu
for-standan
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Siððan ic ðá bóc geliornod hæfde, swǽ swǽ ic hié forstód ... ic hié on Englisc áwende, Past. 7, 23. Ic wéne þeáh ꝥ þú ne forstande hwæt ic ðé tó cwæþe nondum forte quid loquar intelligis, Bt. 20; F. 70, 26.
Linked entry: for-licgan
ge-reccan
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Hé geræcð him tó geleáfsuman (see ge-leáfsum) ðæt hé sié se gesǽlgosta, Past. 463, 13. Gerecce man hú manega þára sién, Ll. Th. i. 82, 12. Hí synden gerehte allocuntur, An.
ge-witnes
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., Past. 451, 21. Hé hine geclǽnsode on þes arc̃ƀes gewitnesse ( teste arep̃a ), Chr. 1022; P. 157, 6: Ll. Th. i. 162, 13: 198, 13. Cýþe hé on hwæs gewitnysse hé þone ceáp gebohte, 274, 22. In gemótes gewitnesse, 82, 16.
LǼTAN
to LET ⬩ allow ⬩ permit ⬩ suffer ⬩ to let ⬩ let go ⬩ give up ⬩ dismiss ⬩ leave ⬩ forsake ⬩ let ⬩ to let ⬩ cause ⬩ make ⬩ get ⬩ have ⬩ cause to be ⬩ place ⬩ make as if ⬩ make out ⬩ profess ⬩ pretend ⬩ estimate ⬩ consider ⬩ suppose ⬩ think ⬩ to behave towards ⬩ treat ⬩ to let
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Ðonne hé hí nyle lǽtan tó hiera ágnum wilnungum quos in sua desideria non relaxat, Past. 50, 4; Swt. 391, 22.
Linked entries: aweg-lǽtan leórt
FULL
FULL ⬩ filled ⬩ complete ⬩ entire ⬩ plēnus ⬩ sătiātus ⬩ confertus ⬩ intĕger
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Be-yrnþ se móna hwíltídum ðonne he full byþ on ðære sceade ufeweardre the moon, when it is full, sometimes enters into the upper part of the shadow, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 5, 14, 20; Lchdm. iii. 240, 22; 242, 1.
ge-mána
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Incassum ergo se innocentes putant, qui commune Dei munus sibi privatum vindicant, Past. 334, 9-13.
ísern
Iron
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Þurh ðæt ísern ðæt mægen ðara þreátunga is getácnod per ferrum increpationis fortitudo signatur, Past. 21, 6; Swt. 163, 24.
læssa
Less
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Ðara læstena worda hreówsian se de tenuissima verbi laceratione reprehendunt, Past. 28, 6; Swt. 199, 15.
lange
Long ⬩ a long time ⬩ far
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Hú longe how long, Past. pref; Swt. 9, 4. Hú langæ, Bd. 4, 25; S. 600, 10. Nóht longe æfter ðon not long after that, Shrn. 105, 9.
lettan
hinder ⬩ impede ⬩ delay
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Swǽ swǽ mon oft lett fundiende monnan and his færelt gǽlþ, swá gǽlþ se líchoma ðæt mód, Past. 36, 7; Swt. 256, 4-6. Óþ oreldo hí hine hwílum lettaþ they sometimes defer it (death) until extreme old age, Bt. 41, 2; Fox 246, 10.
Linked entry: ge-lettan
mancus
A mancus ⬩ the eighth of a pound ⬩ the sum of thirty pence
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Cf. for an instance of the manner in which this might be paid the will of an ealdorman where the heriot included feówer beágas twegen on hundtwelftigum mancosum and twegen on hundeahtatigum, Chart. Th. 500, 3.
raðe
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Ðonne mágon wé hí swá raðosð ( in the quickest manner possible ) tó ryhte gecierran, Past. 32; Swt. 209, 21
ge-limpan
To happen ⬩ occur ⬩ befall ⬩ come to pass ⬩ take place ⬩ accĭdĕre ⬩ evĕnīre ⬩ contingĕre
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To happen, occur, befall, come to pass, take place; accĭdĕre, evĕnīre, contingĕre Ðæt gelimpan sceal ðætte lagu flóweþ ofer foldan it shall happen that water shall flow over the earth, Exon. 115 b; Th. 445, 1; Dóm. 1 : 117 b; Th. 452, 5; Dóm. 116.
strǽt
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Ða stánas ðæs temples licggeaþ æt ǽlcre strǽte ende in capite omnium platearum, Past. 18, 3 ; Swt. 133, 12. Loth sæt on ðære strǽt ( in foribus civitatis) . . . Hig cwǽdon: ' Wé willaþ wunian on ðære strǽt (in platea ), Gen. 19, 1-2.
Linked entry: strét
þweál
washing ⬩ what is used in washing ⬩ ointment
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Ðeáh swín áðwægen sié, gif hit eft filþ on ðæt sol, ðonne biþ hit fúlre ðonne hit ǽr wæs, and ne forstent ðæt ðweál náuht, Past. 54; Swt. 421, 3. Hwæt forstent him ðæt ǽrre ðweál ( lavatio ), 21.
Linked entry: þweán
un-æþele
not noble ⬩ ignoble ⬩ mean ⬩ infamous
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of persons, not noble, as regards birth Geðence hé simle, sié suá æðele suá unæðele, Past. 14; Swt. 85, 15.
wiþer-winna
An adversary ⬩ opponent ⬩ enemy
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Ðý læs hé sié ongieten ðæt hé sié wiðerwinna on ðære diégelnesse his geðóhtes ðæs ðe hé bið gesewen ðeów on his ðénunge ne inveniatur ei, cui servire per officium cernitur, occulta cogitationis tyrannide resultare, Past. 19; Swt. 147, 16.
á-blinnan
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Se ðe nǽbre ne áblinð ungestæððignesse cui carnis petulantia sine cessatione dominatur Past. 71, 3. Hé nǽfre gódes weorces ne áblon, Bl. H. 227, 6. with an infin. Hé beheóld ðone heorot, and áblan his ǽhtan, Hml.
Linked entry: on-blinnan
á-rǽdan
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Englisc gewrit árǽdan, Past. 7, 13, 17. Beforan him hé hét árǽdan þæs káseres dóm . . .Þá se dóm árǽded wæs, Shrn. 129, 1-4. ꝥ to prepare Áraeddun (-réddun) expedierant, Txts. 61, 784