teohhian
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to suppose, consider, think, with a clause Ic tiohhie, ðæt hió ðæs taman náuht ne gehicgge, Met. 13, 25. Gif hwá teochaþ (tiohhaþ, Cott. MSS.) ðæt hé ǽfæst sié si quis putat se religiosum esse, Past. 38; Swt. 281, 2.
Linked entries: tihian fore-geteohhian tyhhian
þeód
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Ðæt wé siþþan forð ða séllan þing móten geþeón on þeóde, 23, 31; Cri. 377: 8, 33; Cri. 127: 208, 23; Ph. 160. Cristes þegnas biddaþ God áre ealre þeóde; ðú him tíðast, swá ðú eádmód eart ealre worlde, Hy. 7, 55. Grécas ... Egiptisce þeóda ...
un-cúþ
Unknown ⬩ incognitus ⬩ unknown ⬩ strange ⬩ unknown ⬩ not understood ⬩ unknown ⬩ uncertain ⬩ ungentle ⬩ unkind ⬩ hostile ⬩ harsh ⬩ unfriendly
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Monig biþ uncúþ treówgeþofta teoraþ hwílum wáciaþ wordbeót many a thing is uncertain, trusty comrade sometimes fails, weak prove words of promise, Exon. Th. 469, 19; Hy. 11, 4.
Linked entry: un-cúþlíce
weorþscipe
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ðæt ðam wísan men com tó lofe and tó wyrðscype ðæt se unrihtwísa cyning him teohhode tó wíte ita cruciatus, quos putabat tyrannus materiam crudelitatis, vir sapiens fecit esse virtutis Bt. 16, 2 ; Fox 52, 26. what is honoured or prized, an excellent thing
ge-wríþan
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S. 23 b, 31. the object a thing, where disregard is prevented Gewríð liga (praecepta in corde tuo ), Kent. Gl. 156. to fasten to or on a band, rope, &c.
Linked entry: ge-wriþen
ge-wendan
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Cf. ge-wand for another possible meaning of gewend in this passage ), R. Ben. 68, 12. to bring to a condition Hé Lazarum tó lífe gewende, Hml. S. 23, 432.
wǽpen
a weapon ⬩ membrum virile
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Ǽlc þing ðe orðode, hé ácwealde mid wǽpnum omne, quod spirare poterat, interfecit, Jos. 10, 40. Wǽpnum áswebban, Apstls. Kmbl. 138; Ap. 69. Leohtum wǽpnum (leuibus armis) gegyrwan, Nar. 10, 27. Scearpum wǽpnum, Exon. Th. 385, 30; Rä. 4, 52.
Linked entries: wǽmn wǽpen-mann wǽpn wǽpned
smeágan
to consider, meditate, inquire, deliberate ⬩ to consider, ponder, examine, inquire into, discuss, search ⬩ to seek an opportunity ⬩ to accept as the result of inquiry, to suppose
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Kmbl. 26, 16. to accept as the result of inquiry, to suppose Be ðisum þingum ne cunne wé smeágean nán óðer þing búton hít sig on Godes dóme gelang de his rebus nihil aliud conjicere possumus, nisi quod adjudicium Dei pertineat L. Ecg.
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ge-dǽlan
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Hié þín feorh ne magon deáðe gedǽlan, An. 95 7: 1219. of the dispensations of Providence, to allot, assign, grant Hé gedǽleð, sé þe áh dómes geweald, missenlíce leóda leoðocræftas londbúendum, Crii. 27. Dreámas hé gedǽlde, Sae. 19.
ge-trymman
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Add: of persons or things, to make strong; to fortify against attack (lit. or fig.) Man þá burh worhte and getrymode æt Witanhám, Chr. 913; P. 97, 33.
tíd
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</b> a proper time, time at which a thing can or ought to be done, time (as in to be in time), season, opportunity :-- Ðæt tíd wǽre stánas tó sendanne and tíd tó somnienne, Bd. 4, 3; S. 567, 9. Tíd is ðæt ðú fére, Exon. Th. 179, 30; Gú. 1269.
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æt
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Be ordále æt þám mannum þe oft betihtlede wǽron, 202, 24. of things Æt þám feówer tóðum fyrestum, æt gehwylcum, .vi. scillingas, Ll. Th. i. 16, 2, 14, 15 : 18, 17. Ic eom unscyldig æt þǽre tihtlan, 180, 16.
sceótan
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Ðæt wǽre swíðe gilplíc dǽd, gif Grist scute ðá ádún, i. 170, 1, 21. of inanimate things On ða burnan ðe of ðam munt scýtt in torrentem, qui de monte descendit, Deut. 9, 21.
ge-reccan
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Eal ꝥ þú gereccan miht ( monstraveris ) ꝥ þínes ágnes wǽre, 7, 3; F. 20, 8:13.
wyrd
What happens ⬩ fate ⬩ fortune ⬩ chance ⬩ fate ⬩ the otherwise than humanly appointed order of things ⬩ one of the Fates ⬩ fate ⬩ fortune ⬩ an event ⬩ an event ⬩ occurrence ⬩ circumstance ⬩ incident ⬩ fact ⬩ what happens to a person ⬩ fate ⬩ fortune ⬩ lot ⬩ condition ⬩ fate ⬩ death ⬩ chance ⬩ accident
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Th. 6052 ; B. 3030. what happens to a person, fate, fortune, lot, condition Ic wille secgan ðæt ǽlc wyrd (omnis fortuna ) bió gód, sam hió monnum gód þince, sam hió him yfel þince....
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wesan
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Ealle þing wǽron geworhte ( facta sunt ) ðurh hyne, and nán þing næs geworht bútan him, Jn. Skt. 1, 3. Ða ðe ðurh geleáfan gehǽlede wǽron qui credendo salvati sunt, Bd. 4, 16; S. 584, 20. Wesaþ gé fram Gode gebletsade benedicti vos a Domino Ps.
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HRÓF
A ROOF ⬩ the top ⬩ summit
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Tennyson's 'Why should we only toil the roof and crown of things?'] Góma vel hróf ðæs múþes palatum vel uranon, Ælfc. Gl. 71; Som. 70, 106; Wrt. Voc. 43, 35. Hróf camara, 290, 2.
feallan
to run ⬩ to be overcome ⬩ to stumble ⬩ snare ⬩ to fail ⬩ fall away ⬩ decay ⬩ crumble away
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Se feallenda deófol, Hml, Th. i. 214, 23. fig. of immaterial things: Mé fealleð on fyrhtu deáðes, Ps. Th. 54, 4. Dóm. 72. Feól him ege on, Bl.
scearp
sharp ⬩ pungent, acid ⬩ acrid ⬩ sharp-tongued ⬩ sharp, keen, severe, ⬩ sharp, rough ⬩ sharp, keen, active, strenuous ⬩ effectual, penetrating, ⬩ sharp, keen ⬩ sharp, keen, acute,
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ðe ǽgðer ge on heora dǽdum ge on heora gelǽrednesse frome and scearpe wǽron Godes word tó bodienne and tó lǽranne electis sociis strenuissimis et ad praedicandum verbum idoneis, utpote actione simul et eruditione praeclaris, Bd. 5, 9; S. 622, 25. of things
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cneóres
A generation ⬩ posterity ⬩ race ⬩ tribe ⬩ family; ⬩ generatio ⬩ posteritas ⬩ gens ⬩ tribus ⬩ familia
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On ðære þriddan cneórisse in the third generation Bd. 1, 27; S. 491, 8; Mk. Bos. 8, 12; Lk. Bos. 11, 30. Fram cynrene on cneórisse a generatione in generationem Ps. Lamb. 89, 1: 101, 19. Mid ðisse cneórysse cum generatione hac Lk.