tíma
Time ⬩ hour ⬩ tempus ⬩ hora ⬩ time when, ⬩ time at which an event takes place ⬩ a time when a thing can or ought to be done, ⬩ a proper time, ⬩ opportunity ⬩ in time ⬩ in good time ⬩ be-times ⬩ proper time ⬩ an appointed time ⬩ a period of time ⬩ time during which certain events are happening, during which a particular person is living, etc. ⬩ a season of the year ⬩ an age of the world ⬩ time of pronouncing a syllable, ⬩ quantity ⬩ time, ⬩ condition of things
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Swá mon eorðan wæstmas hám gelǽdeþ on rýpes tíman, Exon. Th. 214, 28; Ph. 246. Ðá gewearð hit on ðisum ilcan tíman oððe litle ǽr, ðæt . . ., Chr. 1009; Erl. 141, 28: 1015; Erl. 152, 9.
tǽcan
To shew. ⬩ to offer to view, present ⬩ to shew an object to a person so that the object may be attained by the person, to shew a way, a place, etc. ⬩ without an object, to shew the way, direct ⬩ without an object, to direct ⬩ to shew a person (dat. or acc.) the direction that must be taken, to direct, to cause a certain direction to be taken, the direction being marked, by a preposition. ⬩ to shew the course that must be followed, what should be observed, to direct, appoint, prescribe, enjoin. ⬩ to shew, indicate, signify
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Tǽce him mon siððan tó nigcumenra manna húse, R. Ben. 97, 11. fig.
twégen
Two ⬩ absolutely ⬩ distributively
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Ðonne him mon ðissa twégea (tuéga, Hatt. MS.) hwæðer ondrǽt, Past. 27; Swt. 188, 9. Hwæðer ðara twégra (twéga, Cott. MS.) þincþ ðé mihtigra? Bt. 36, 4; Fox 178, 15. Ðyssa twíga mǽst, Lchdm. iii. 28, 15.
hwópan
To threaten
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Bǽlegsan [bell egsan, MS.] hweóp hátan líge ðæt hé on wéstenne werod forbærnde nymðe hie moyses hýrde with terror of fire, with hot flame it [the pillar of fire] threatened that it would consume the host in the wilderness, unless they hearkened to Moses
micelian
to become great ⬩ to increase in size or in quantity ⬩ to make great ⬩ to increase the size or quantity of a thing ⬩ to extol ⬩ magnify
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Ðæt ic mǽgburge móste ðínre rím miclian, Cd. 101; Th. 134, 7; Gen. 2221. metaphorically, to extol, magnify Miclaþ sáwel mín drihten magnificat anima mea dominum, Lk. Skt. Rush. 1, 46. Mycclaþ, Blickl. Homl. 7, 2. Ic micliu magnificabo, Ps.
ge-déman
To deem ⬩ judge ⬩ determine ⬩ ordain ⬩ decree ⬩ doom ⬩ condemn ⬩ jūdĭcāre ⬩ decernĕre ⬩ sancīre ⬩ condenmāre
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Gedémdon [MS. gedémden] sanxērunt, Mone B. 1940. Se ðe undóm gedéme he who shall doom unjust doom, L. C. S. 15; Th. i. 384, 7. Swá gedémed is as is ordained, Exon. 58 a; Th. 207, 26; Ph. 147.
un-gecyndelíc
unnatural ⬩ not in accordance with the nature of a thing ⬩ not natural ⬩ supernatural ⬩ unnatural ⬩ contrary to nature ⬩ monstrous
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Ungecyndelíc is ǽlcre wuhte, ðæt hit wilnige deáþes, Bt. 34, 11; Fox 152, 7. not natural, supernatural Ungecyndelíc fýr cymð fǽrunga on eówre burga, Wulfst. 297, 13. unnatural, contrary to nature, monstrous Hit is ungecyndelícu ofermódgung ðæt se monn
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un-trumness
Weakness ⬩ sickness ⬩ illness ⬩ infirmity
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Mid his módes untrumnesse ( infirmitate ), Past. 54; Swt. 423, 21. Hér Eádsige forlét ðet biscopríce for his untrumnisse, Chr. 1043; Erl. 169, 23. Mid ðære untrumnesse ( fever ) swíðe geswenced, Blickl. Homl. 227, 8.
Linked entries: an-trumnys trumness untrymness
ǽtren
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Ne ðǽr ( Ireland) monn ǽnigne ǽtterne (ǽtrene, v. l. ) wyrm ne gesihþ, Bd. l, I; S. 474, 33. Wæs þǽra wyrma oroð and éþung ǽterne, Nar. 14, 16. Ǽt(r)ene venefici , Bl. Gl. Þonne ealle ǽterno þing fleógaþ, Lch. ii. 146, 10.
ge-cirredness
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., and add: a going to a place, the going of a monk to a monastery. [Cf. tó mynstre gecyrran, R. Ben. 114, 13.]
hú-lic
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L. 8, 27. in indirect questions. qualifying a noun, what sort of Gecunnia and ásca huulic monn sé, Mt. L. 10, 14 marg. Gif hé wiste húlic wíf ( qualis mulier ) wére, Lk. L. 7, 39.
hwílum
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Voc. ii. 61, 43. of more or less repeated action, sometimes, at times Ðá ðe hwílum (cf. hwíltídum, 3) gedúfað on ðǽm miclum scyldum qui aliquando in gravibus noxis demerguntur Past. 437, 33 : Bt. 24, 4; F. 84, 33: 39. 9; F. 226, 12 : Bl. H. 227, 7.
má
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Be úre sáwle lífe ic nú ðon má náwuht ne twæóge, 59, 25. qualifying a predicate as being applicable in a greater measure or degree than another, more, rather Eówra sáwla má (potius) forhwerfdon þonne hié gerihton, Ll. Th. i. 56, 18
leóma
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Þonne se móna beó full, and his leóma ealne middaneard oferscíne, Angl. viii. 323, 6. Glitenode gelícnys þǽre Crístes róde breohtre þonne sunnan leóma, Hml. S. 30, 43. Úp ásprungum leóman exorto (solis) jubare, i. splendore, An.
ram-hund
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Lbmn. 626, 2), and these seem to represent the original word more nearly than does ram-. In a MS. of much earlier date (13th cent.) it is said: Canem, qui in pluuia sine alicuius cura, uigilat, quem Angli dicunt renhund (rén-, regn- ?
sár-cwide
injurious or affronting speech, reproach, bitter words ⬩ a lament
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Nú sceal ic siófigende wreccea giómor singan sárcwidas flebilis moestos cogor inire modos, Met. 2, 4
wæl-reáf
what is taken from the slain ⬩ spoil taken in war ⬩ spoil ⬩ prey ⬩ robbing the slain
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Qui aliquem quocunque modo perimit, videat ne weilref faciat. Weilref dicimus, si quis mortuum refabit armis aut vestibus, aut prorsus aliquibus, aut tumulatum aut tumulandum, L.H.I. 83, 2; Th. i. 591, 12, and see two following sections
Linked entry: weg-reáf
hálsung
Supplication, beseeching, entreaty, adjuration, exorcising, exorcism, augury, greeting ⬩ supplication ⬩ omen, auspicium ⬩ greeting
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Hálsung exorcismus, Mone Gl. 414. Mid wépendre hálsunga hine bǽdon with weeping supplication prayed him, Blickl. Homl. 87, 8. Hé breác ealdre heálsunge vetere usus augurio, Bd. 1, 25; S. 486, 40. On hálsunge in auspicium, 2, 9; S. 510, 13.
hát-heort
Furious, angry, irascible, passionate, ardent ⬩ furiosus, iracundus, fervens
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Ðá wæs heora sum réðra and hátheortra ðonne ða óðre then was one of them fiercer and more furious than the others, Blickl. Homl. 223, 6
gang-dagas
days on which processions were made during which prayers for peace and prosperity were recited.
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Se móna on gangdagum ne mæg beón iungra þonne án and twéntig uihta eald, ne yldra þonne nigon and xxtig, Angl. viii. 324, 35. Geseah hé swýþe mycele weorud swylce on gangdagan. Vis. Lfc. 11.