horn
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Past. 425, 21-24. a vessel formed from a horn, a drinking-horn, v. drync(e)-, wín-horn; andcf. Contulit magno regi duo cornua (or under IV.?)
willan
To will, wish ⬩ to will, exercise the faculty of willing ⬩ to will, purpose, think, mean, intend ⬩ to tend ⬩ to will, ordain, order, command ⬩ to will, wish, want, desire ⬩ to will, be willing to do something ⬩ to allow, permit, grant, consent to ⬩ to be disposed, to have such and such a will ⬩ to will, profess, claim ⬩ will, shall, to be about to
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Frs. willa, wella ; p. wilde, welde, wolde : O. H. Ger. wellan, wollan ; p. wolta : Icel. vilja ; p. vilda.]
hýnan
To abuse ⬩ humiliate ⬩ rebuke ⬩ correct ⬩ despise ⬩ oppress ⬩ afflict ⬩ ill-treat
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Of ðæs handum ðe hine hýnan wolde from the hands of him that would have laid him low, Homl. Th. ii. 510, 23. Hé sceal rýperas and reáferas hatian and hýnan robbers and plunderers he must hate and humble, L. I. P. 2; Th. ii. 304, 20.
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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.
midd
Mid ⬩ middle
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Gáþ from geate tó geate þurh midde ða ceastre ( per medium castrorum ), Past. 49, 2; Swt. 383, 3: St. And. 14, 17. On middum ðǽm úrum wícum in media castrorum parte, Nar. 12, 24.
Linked entries: midmest midde-niht midne-sumor ford
sulh
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Caruca, which occurs in the passage quoted below from the Laws, seems to have been used in the sense; e.g. in Florence of Worcester's description of the compilation of Domesday Book quot carrucas seems to represent hú mycel landes in the Chronicle; and
þrowing
suffering as opposed to doing ⬩ suffering which is painful ⬩ a painful symptom ⬩ suffering that is undergone for the sake of religion ⬩ suffering of persecution, cross ⬩ suffering which ends in death, passion, martyrdom ⬩ the anniversary of a martyr's suffering
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Wæs monigu ðrowunga from swíðe monigum lécum fuerat multa perpesa a compluribus medicis, Mk. Skt. Rush. 5, 26. Hé gehýrde heora þrowunga he heard of their sufferings (they had been struck blind), Blickl.
flówan
to pass away ⬩ be transitory ⬩ to issue ⬩ to flow ⬩ to be flooded ⬩ to flow ⬩ to abound
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Bt. 32, 2; F. 116, 17. to issue from a source Ðanon fléwð eallum mildheortnys and gifu, Hml. Th. i. 448, 2. Of his innoðe fleówð líflic wæter . . . þæt wæter þe of ðám stáne fleów, ii. 274a 4-9 Of his sídan út fleów blód and wæter samod, 360, 12.
ge-bígan
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Gebíged curva, 23, 47. to cause to move from a position or direction þá þóhton hié hió sceoldon of þám muntum hié gebígan mid hiora flána gescotum, Ors. 6, 36 ; S. 294, 23.
ge-leáfa
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Heó geleáfan nóm þæt hé þá bysene from Gode brungen hæfde, Gen. 650. what is believed, the proposition or set of propositions held true; the doctrines of a religious system Geleáfa se geleáffulla þes is ꝥ . . .
ge-tríwan
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Th. i. 52, 4. (2 a) to trust a person to do something :-- Him þá from bugan þe hié betst getriéwdon ꝥ him sceolde sige gefeohtan, Ors. 2, 5; S. 82, 25. with acc., to trust a person or thing Ic þíne sóðfæstnysse getreówe, Ps.
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hangian
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Add: of the position taken by a body under the action of gravity when supported only from above Ic (a horn ) hongige wlitig on wáge, Rä. 15, 11. Him ne hangað nacod sweord ofer þám heáfde be smalan þrǽde, Bt. 29, 1; F. 102, 27.
on-scunian
to regard with loathing, to abhor, detest, execrate ⬩ to regard with disfavour, to refuse, reject, shun ⬩ to regard with fear ⬩ to irritate
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Ðá anscunedon hiene his ágene leóde, and monige from him cirdon, Ors. 3, 11; Swt. 152, 12. Ðonne hé biþ æfstig wið óðra manna yfelu anscunige eác his ágenu cum contra aliena vitia aemulatur ostenditur, quae sua sunt, exequatur.
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á-stígan
downward ⬩ upward ⬩ downward ⬩ upward ⬩ to descend ⬩ go down into ⬩ to ascend ⬩ mount
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H. 233, 23. direction not strongly marked Þonne ástígeþ wolcen from norþdǽle, Bl. H. 91, 32. Storm of ðǽm munte ástág, 203, 8.
tó-weorpan
To throw in different directions ⬩ throw away ⬩ throw down ⬩ to scatter ⬩ disperse ⬩ destroy ⬩ overthrow ⬩ to scatter ⬩ disperse ⬩ to break in pieces ⬩ scatter the parts of a connected whole ⬩ to overthrow ⬩ to overturn ⬩ to throw down ⬩ destroy a building ⬩ demolish ⬩ to overthrow ⬩ to destroy the power of a person, ⬩ to destroy ⬩ to overthrow an institution, a practice, regulation, law, etc., ⬩ to put down ⬩ put an end to ⬩ destroy ⬩ make void ⬩ break ⬩ dissolve ⬩ to throw out
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Frs. tó-, ti-werpa: O. Sax. te-werpan to scatter, to destroy: O. H. Ger. zer-, ze-werfan dissipare, disjicere, dispergere, destruere, demoliri: Ger. zer-werfen
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LAND
LAND ⬩ earth ⬩ a land ⬩ country ⬩ region ⬩ district ⬩ province ⬩ land ⬩ landed property ⬩ estate ⬩ cultivated land ⬩ country
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LAND as opposed to water or air, earth Wé ðec in lyft gelǽddun oftugon ðé landes wynna we led thee aloft, earth's pleasures withdrew from thee, Exon. 39 b; Th. 130, 15; Gú. 438.
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ge-cynd
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K. 50. the character or quality derived from birth or native constitution, natural disposition, nature Seó gesceádwíslice gecynd rationales natura, Past. 349, 25. Wæs úre gecynd geedneówod, Bl. H. 11, 10.
wer
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Wearð seó módor gegremod æfter hire weres forðsíðe fram hire cilde, Homl. Th. ii. 30, 4. Geong wuduwe mót eft ceorlian æfter hire weres forðsíðe, L. Ælfc. P. 43; Th. ii. 382, 32. Heó leofode mid hyre were seofan gér of hyre fǽmnháde, Lk.
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wíc
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Andlanges ðære eá tó ðære wíc; fram thære wíc tó ðære cortan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 217, 6: 148, 24. Hé lǽdde hine bútan ða wíc (extra vicum), Mk. Skt. 8, 23. 'Gáþ on ða wíc ( castellum, Mt. 21, 2) ðe beforan inc stondeþ' ...
lang
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Först. 110, 5. having (more or less, or a specified) extension from end to end Wund inces lang, LI. Th. i. 92, 18. Fíftiges fótgemearces lang, B. 3043. Þú þæt fær gewyrc þreó hund lang elngemeta, Gen. 1308.