DRÍFAN
DRIVE, force, pursue ⬩ pellĕre, mināre, impellĕre, persĕqui ⬩ To drive, rush with violence ⬩ ruĕre
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Ælf. C. 35; Th. ii. 356, note 2, 4: Th. Diplm. 376, 11. Wóh drífan to practise wrong, L. I. P. 11; Th. ii. 320, 4. v. intrans.
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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full
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Gif hwá mid fullan willan forlǽt ǽlc gód, 36, 6; F. 182, 6: 35, 6; F. 170, 19. Écne anweald and fulle genyht, 33, 3; F. 126, 13. Suá hwá suá hæfð fulle hǽle his líchoman, Past. 251, 3.
leásung
fiction ⬩ falsehood ⬩ falseness ⬩ hypocrisy ⬩ deception ⬩ deceitfulness ⬩ artice
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Ælf. 44; Th. i. 54, 14: Homl. Th. ii. 482, 25. Fácen and leásunga from úrum heortum ádoon to remove deceit and falseness from our hearts, Blickl. Homl. 95, 27. Þurh áðbrycas and þurh weddbrycas and þurh mistlíce leásunga, Swt. A. S. Rdr. l09, 151.
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wendan
To turn ⬩ To cause to move ⬩ to change ⬩ alter ⬩ convert ⬩ to translate ⬩ interpret ⬩ to move one's self ⬩ take one's way ⬩ go ⬩ proceed ⬩ wend ⬩ To wend ⬩ go ⬩ proceed
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God giet settende is and wendende ǽlce onwaldas and ǽlc ríce tó his willan Ors. 2, 1; Swt. 64, 2. Hí beóð wended mutabuntur Ps. Th. 101, 23.
ge-trymman
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Ǽlce getrymmede ( munitam) burh þú gebíge tó mé, Hml. A. 103, 49. ꝥ from (ab) wiðirweardnissnm ué sié gitrymmed (muniamur ) in líchome, Rtl. 16, 7.
strengu
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Of ælre strengu (-o, Lind.), Mk. Skt. Rush. 12, 33. Strengo bistolen, mægene binumen, Exon. Th. 410, 8; Rä. 28, 13. Strengo getrúwode ánes mannes. Beo. Th. 5074 ; B. 2540. Strenge, 3071; B. 1533. Full strenge plenus fortitudine, Rtl. 43, 34.
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ealu
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Twá flaxan mid ælað gefylde, Guth. 64, 16. Wyl on ealoþ oððe on beóre, Lch. ii. 102, 27. Ealað, 104, 2. On áwyldum ealað, 114, 12. On súrum ealað, 34, 15. On twybrównum ealað, 120, 10. On ealdum ealað, 292, 12. Mid strangum ealað, 314, 14.
el-þeódignes
exile ⬩ banishment ⬩ pilgrimage
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Luke) wæs Paulus geféra in ǽlce elðeódignesse, Shrn. 138, 28. Hé his eard forlǽte for Godes lufon, and on ælþeódignysse fare (peregre proficiscatur), Ll.
ofer-cuman
to overcome, vanquish, subdue ⬩ to come upon, reach, obtain
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to overcome, vanquish, subdue Ofercymeþ hé ælle his feónd, Lchdm. iii, 170, 19. Ofercymþ deicit, confudit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 133, 68. Ofercom obpressit, 65, 35. Æþelfriþ Scotta þeóde mid gefeohte ofercom praelio conterens Bd. 1, 34; S. 499, 17: Cd.
þing
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Þurh ǽlc þing by all means, L. I. P. 2; Th. ii. 304, 13. Oeghwelce ðinga omni modo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 115, 50. Ðá wolde hé ǽlce þinga ðæt gyld ábrecan, Blickl. Homl. 221, 21.
AC
but ⬩ sed ⬩ for ⬩ because ⬩ nam ⬩ enim ⬩ quia ⬩ but also ⬩ but yet ⬩ sed etiam ⬩ sed et ⬩ sed tamen
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Ac swylce tunge mín ǽlce dæge smeáþ rightwísnysse ðíne sed et lingua mea tota die meditabitur justitiam tuam, Ps. Spl. 70, 26
fædera
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Ðá Eádwine wæs ofslegen, þá féng tó ríce his fæderan (patrui) sunu Ælfríces, Ósríc wæs háten (Ælfric and Ælle, the fathers of Osric and Eadwine respectively, were sons of Yffe), Bd. 3, 1; Sch. 190, 9.
DÆG
DAY ⬩ dies ⬩ the time of a man's life ⬩ tempus vitæ humanæ ⬩ the Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE = the letter d, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is dæg a day; hence this Rune not only stands for the letter d, but for dæg a day, as,- RUNE byþ Drihtnes sond, deóre mannum day is the Lord's messenger, dear to men
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Hrs. 361, 7-362, 6: Ælfc. Gl. 95; Som. 75, 126-76, 1; Wrt. Voc. 53, 7-15. v. tíd-sang. ¶ On dæg in the day, by day. To dæg to-day. Dæg ǽr the day before. On ǽrran dæg on a former day. Óðre dæg another day
ferian
to carry ⬩ convey ⬩ bear ⬩ lead ⬩ conduct ⬩ ferre ⬩ portāre ⬩ vehĕre ⬩ dedūcĕre ⬩ afferre ⬩ to betake oneself to ⬩ se gerĕre ⬩ versēri ⬩ to go ⬩ depart ⬩ vehi ⬩ īre
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Ic ferige onbútan circumfĕro, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 33. Mec merehengest fereþ ofer flódas the vessel conveys me over the floods, Exon. 104 a; Th. 395, 13; Rä. 15, 7: 114 b; Th. 439, 16; Rä. 59, 4.
herian
To praise
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To praise Ðé ic hérige swá swá wisne man te laudo ut sapientem, Ælfc. Gr. 15; Som. 17, 64: Ps. Th. 55, 4, 9. Ic herge, Exon. 41b; Th. 138, 28; Gú. 583. Ðæt ðæt mon hereþ hoc ipsum quod laudatur, Past. 48, 5; Swt. 373, 2.
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hwearfian
To turn ⬩ change ⬩ roll about ⬩ revolve ⬩ wander ⬩ move ⬩ toss about
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Ǽlc gesceaft hwearfaþ on hire selfre swá swá hweól and tó ðam heó swá hwearfaþ ðæt heó eft cume ðǽr heó ǽr wæs every creature turns on itself as a wheel, and it so turns to the end that it may come again where it was before: repetunt proprios quæque recursus
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leás
loose ⬩ destitute ⬩ void of ⬩ without ⬩ vain ⬩ false ⬩ lying ⬩ deceitful ⬩ deceptive ⬩ faulty
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Solocismus biþ sum leás word on ðam verse, Ælfc. Gr. 50; Som. 51, 51. Ðonne sægde Petrus ðæt hé wǽre leás drý then said Peter that he was a false sorcerer, Blickl. Homl. 175, 7. Hit is swíðe leás tóhopa falsus equus ad salutem, Ps. Th. 32, 15.
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neáh
nigh ⬩ near ⬩ later ⬩ latter ⬩ last ⬩ latest
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Ælfc. E.; Th. ii. 392, 9. From Ninuse hiora ǽrestan cyninge óþ Sardanapolim heora níhstan, Ors. 6, 1; Swt. 252, 8. Be ðám neáhstan twám is æfter tó cweþanne de ultimis infra dicendum est, Bd. 4, 23; S. 594, 12.
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GLÆD
shining ⬩ bright ⬩ glad ⬩ cheerful ⬩ joyous ⬩ bright ⬩ pleasant ⬩ kind ⬩ mild ⬩ courteous
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Glædman hilaris, Ælfc. Gl. 88; Som. 74, 87; Wrt. Voc. 50, 67. Ǽfre he biþ ánes módes and glæd þurhwunaþ he is ever of one mind and continues cheerful, Homl. Th. i. 456, 25: 72, 27.