þurfan
To need ⬩ to be in need ⬩ have need of something ⬩ to need to do something ⬩ to be bound to do something because it is right ⬩ to be obliged ⬩ be compelled by destiny ⬩ to have good cause or reason for doing something ⬩ to be use, to be good for a person to do something ⬩ to owe
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Hwæt ðurfon (þurfe, Bod. MS.) wé nú má sprecan? Bt. 24, 4; Fox 86, 22. Hí witan, hwǽr hí eáfiscas sécan þurfan ( where they must seek them, if they are to find them ), Met. 19, 25. Syle mé ðæt wæter, ðæt mé ne þyrste, ne ic ne ðurfe hér feccan, Jn.
hálig
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Ꝥ hálige ðe of þé ácenned býð that holy thing that shall be born of thee, Lk. 1, 35. Ne sellað gé hálig (ꝥ hálige, W. S. sanctum ) hundum, Mt. R. L. 7, 6. a holy place Ic ðé on hálgum ætýwe in sancto apparui tibi, Ps.
wuldor
Glory ⬩ vainglory
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Seeorðan dǽl. . . se wuldres dǽl the body . . . the soul, 184, 11 ; Gú 1342. Wuldres treó the cross, Elen. Kmbl. 177; El. 89: Rood Kmbl. 28 ; Kr. 14. Wuldores stæf, Salm. Kmbl. 225 ; Sal. 112. Mannes sunu cumende mid mycelum wuldre, Mk. Skt. 13, 26.
Linked entries: wulder wuldor-full
ge-munan
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Gemunde ic hú ic geseah . . . hú ðá ciricean stódon bóca gefyldæ, Past. 5, 8. Ðætte ðæt mód . . . gemyne of ðǽm suingum tó hwǽm eal monncynn gesceapen is, 255, 18. Ðæt hí gemunen ðæt hié . . . bióð gesomnode, 397, 8.
hlísa
fame ⬩ reputation ⬩ repute ⬩ glory ⬩ reputation ⬩ report ⬩ fame ⬩ approbation ⬩ applause
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Hé wæs . . . beorn bóca gleáw. Boitius se hæle hátte, sé þone hlísan geþah, Met. I. 53. Þone eádegan hlísan faustam famam (Ald. 161, 12), Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 16: 37, 31. report of those who no longer exist Hwæt is hiora here búton se hlísán ?
lagu
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the body of rules binding on the members of a state or community Hé hit béte swá swá lagu tǽce ( as the law directs ), Ll. Th. i. 418, 14. Swá man swýðor spæc embe rihte lage swá mann dyde máre unlaga, Chr. 1086; P. 218, 19.
tó-brecan
To break, ⬩ break in pieces ⬩ to break in two, ⬩ to break to pieces, ⬩ break up, ⬩ to separate into parts by striking or pulling ⬩ to overthrow, ⬩ break down, ⬩ ruin, ⬩ destroy, ⬩ put into confusion, ⬩ rout, ⬩ to destroy, ⬩ crush ⬩ to take by assault ⬩ to break a promise, pledge, etc., ⬩ to infringe, ⬩ violate ⬩ to break, ⬩ interrupt
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Wæs ðæt beorhte bold tóbrocen swíðe, 1999; B. 997. Weard folc tótwǽmed, scyldburh tóbrocen, Byrht. Th. 138, 58; By. 242. Áne tóbrocene byrgenne sepulchrum dirutum, Ors. 4, 10; Swt. 202, 4. Eal ðín carcern hé hafaþ tóbrocen, Blickl. Homl. 85, 22.
ende
a region ⬩ quarter ⬩ side ⬩ quarter ⬩ part ⬩ proportion ⬩ death ⬩ end ⬩ finished ⬩ issue ⬩ event ⬩ goal ⬩ ultimately ⬩ always ⬩ ultimately ⬩ continuously ⬩ consecutively ⬩ kind ⬩ sort
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Th. i. 536, 19. in an indefinite sense, side, quarter Beó man georne ymbe feós bóte ǽghwár on earde, and ymb burhbóte on ǽghwylcan ende, Ll.
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ge-híran
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. :-- Gif sum dysig man þás bóc rǽt oþþe rǽdan gehýrþ, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. l, 15. Wé gehéraþ hwílum secgan ꝥ . . . Bt. 41, 2; F. 246, 16. Þú gehýrdest oft reccan on ealdum spellum, 35, 4 ; F. 162, 5. Wé nú gehýrdon þis godspel beforan ús rǽdan, Bl.
heáfod
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. — Ne sý nán óðer bót bútan ꝥ heáfod (cf. forgá þýfðe be his feóre, 210, 3), Ll. Th. i. 282, 2, 23. Sý hé þeóf, and þolige heáfdes, 276, 13. For þon ðín éþel (wyrd ?)
licgan
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Geseah hé his swegre licgende and hriðgende, Mt. 8, 14. expressing the posture of a dead body Se líchoma inne læg þæs deádan mannes, Bl. H. 219, 15. Hé nolde fleógan . . . þá his betera læg.
lást
A step ⬩ footstep ⬩ track ⬩ trace
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Sceal se líchoma leást weardigan eft on eorþan the body shall again be left in the ground, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 482; Met. 241. Hé his folme forlét lást weardian, Beo. Th. 1947; B. 971.
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stíþ
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., strict, rigid, severe, austere, hard :-- Se[ó] ealde ǽ næs swá stíð on ðám þingum swá swá Cristes godspel is, Boutr. Scrd. 22, 24. Ða on wéstenum wunigende woruldlíce éstas and gǽlsan mid stíðum lífe fortrǽdon, Homl. Th. i. 544, 28.
wanian
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Hwæt tó bóte mihte æt ðæm fǽrcwealme ðe his leódscipe swýðe drehte and wanode, Th. i. 270, 10. Hé leóde míne wanode and wyrde, Beo. Th. 2678 ; B. 1337.
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worþig
enclosed homestead ⬩ a place surrounded by buildings ⬩ place ⬩ street ⬩ platea
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Worðig, vi. 244, 13, is agellus in the body of the Charter, iv. 150, 26. In Bd. 3, 14 a vico Cataractone is in English fram Cetrihtworðige (-worðine, v. l. ), S. 539, 42.
fær
going ⬩ passing ⬩ a going away ⬩ a journey ⬩ course ⬩ a voyage ⬩ a march ⬩ an expedition ⬩ enterprise ⬩ a passage ⬩ thoroughfare ⬩ road ⬩ entrance ⬩ carriage ⬩ vessel ⬩ a troop ⬩ a crew ⬩ fare ⬩ proceedings
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Fór fámig scip, . . . siððan fær séleste (the ark) flód úp áhóf, Gen. 1419. of persons, a body of persons who journey, on land, a troop Cómon him tógeánes þǽra cempena fær on cynelicum cræte, Hml. S. 31, 968. Hé geseah þǽra sceaþena fær, Ælfc. T.
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lufian
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R. 12, 25. to have a strong lilting for, be very fond of Hé lícet ðæt hé lufige ðæt hé ne lufað, ðisses middangeardes gilp hé lufað, and hé lícett swelce hé ðone onscunige fingit se de bono opere amare, quod non amat, de mundi autem gloria non amare,
ge-hátan
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Ic gehátan dear þæt þú þǽr treówe findest, Bo. 10
wyrcan
to work ⬩ labour ⬩ to make ⬩ to make ⬩ form ⬩ construct ⬩ to be the source ⬩ cause of, to produce ⬩ to make ⬩ constitute ⬩ to work ⬩ do ⬩ perform ⬩ to perform a rite ⬩ keep a season ⬩ to work ⬩ effect a purpose ⬩ attain an object,
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Se ðe ðás bóc worhte, Blickl. Homl. 169, 25. Ðæt foic worhte mycele gesomnunga, Nicod. 20; Thw. 10, 1. Ða sundorhálgan worhton geþeaht, Mt. Kmbl. 12,14. Hig worhton gemót, 27, 7. Hig wrohton (worhton, v. l.: uorhtun, Lind.) him beórscipe, Jn.
git
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Git mæg þeáh bót cuman, Ll. Th. i. 348, 23. Gyt (gett, L. R.) ic hæbbe eów fela tó secgenne, Jn. 16, 12. with other words Nú gít þrý dagas tó láfe syndon, Bl. H. 231, 19. Ic wát manig nú gyt mǽre spell, An. 815.