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.
wist
subsistence ⬩ sustenance ⬩ food ⬩ provisions ⬩ dainty food ⬩ a feast ⬩ eating ⬩ feasting
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Hé ǽlce dæge symblede and mid micelre wiste wǽre geleormod, Past. 45; Swt. 337, 24
on-ginnan
to begin, set about, set to work ⬩ to attempt, endeavour (with infin.) ⬩ to act strenuously ⬩ to make an attempt upon, to attack
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Ðæt fæsten ongunnen wæs instepes ðæs ðe hé of íæm fulwihte ástág, 35, 5. where the verb is used intransitively Ðá six onginnaþ of ðam stæfe e, and geendiaþ on him sylfum; x ána onginþ on ðam stæfe i, Ælfc.
mearc
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Th. i. 352, 6. a visible sign or badge assumed by or imposed on a person Antecríst forbýt ǽlcum men áðor tó bycganne oððe tó syllanne, bútan hé on his foranheáfde habbe his mearce, Wlfst. 200, 4.
be-gán
to go over ⬩ to surround ⬩ occupy ⬩ dwell ⬩ cultivate ⬩ till ⬩ perambulare ⬩ circumdare ⬩ incolere ⬩ habitare ⬩ colere ⬩ to go to ⬩ visit ⬩ attend ⬩ to cherish ⬩ honour ⬩ worship ⬩ obire ⬩ colere ⬩ excolere ⬩ to commit ⬩ exercise ⬩ practise ⬩ observe ⬩ committere ⬩ perficere ⬩ observare
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Se ðe æcer begǽþ he who goes over the land, a farmer Ælfc. Gr. 7; Som. 6, 44. Mid ðý Rómáne ðá gyt Breotone be-eódan dum adhuc Romani Brittaniam incolerent Bd. 1, 26; S. 488, 1.
býdel
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one who bids or cries out, a herald, proclaimer, minister; præco, nuncius Býdel præco, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 41: Wrt. Voc. 84, 40. Se Godes býdel a messenger of God, minister, Homl. Th. ii. 530, 2.
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CYFES
A concubine, handmaid ⬩ concubina, pellex, ancilla
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D. bepæcestre] pellex, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5; Som. 32, 1.
lange
Long ⬩ a long time ⬩ far
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Long, a long time, far Lange diu; leng diutius; ealra lengst diutissime, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 42, 10. Longe procul, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 71: penitus, 72. Ðá hé ðá lange and lange hearpode when then he had harped a long, long time, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 170, 5.
lufian
To love
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Ðes lufigenda wer hic amans vir; ðis lufigende wíf hæc amans fæmina, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 3, 49. Hé wæs fram eallum mannum lufad, Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 11: 5; 19; S. 637, 19
MILDE
MILD ⬩ gentle ⬩ meek ⬩ benign ⬩ liberal ⬩ merciful ⬩ clement ⬩ propitious
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Mildre indulgentior, Ælfc. Gr. 43; Som. 44, 49. Manna mildost Moses ), ( Cd. 170; Th. 213, 8; Exod. 549. Cwǽdon ðæt hé wǽre manna mildust and monþwǽrost they said that he was kindest and most courteous of men, Beo. Th. 6344; B. 3182.
gnornan
To grieve ⬩ mourn ⬩ be sad ⬩ bewail ⬩ lament ⬩ mœrere
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To grieve, mourn, be sad, bewail, lament; mœrere Ic gnornige mereo, Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 36, 49: Ps. Th. 54, 2. Ic cúþlíce wát for hwon ðú gnornast scio certissime quare mæres, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 42.
ge-cígan
To call ⬩ name ⬩ call upon ⬩ invoke ⬩ call forth ⬩ provoke ⬩ incite ⬩ vocare ⬩ nominare ⬩ invocare ⬩ provocare ⬩ incitare
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Se wæs gecíged Godwine he was called Godwine, Chr. 984; Erl. 130, 3 : Ælfc. Gr. 22; Som. 24, 4 : Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, 31 : 4, 19; S. 588, 30. Hí gewunedon to gebédum gecígde beón they were accustomed to be called to prayers, 4, 23; S. 595, 41.
ge-leáfa
Belief ⬩ faith ⬩ confidence ⬩ trust ⬩ fĭdes ⬩ fĭdūcia
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Geleáfa fĭdes, Ælfc. Gr. 12; Som. 15, 54. Dæges ór onwóc leóhtes geleáfan the dayspring of bright belief awoke, Apstls. Kmbl. 131; Ap. 66 : Elen. Kmbl. 1928; El. 966. On rihtum geleáfan in right faith, Bt. 6; Fox 14, 31.
ge-limplíce
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Aduerbia beóð gelimplícor geendebyrde, gif hí standað on foreweardan on ðǽre sprǽce, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 241, 9. in a becoming manner Hí gelimplíce heora yldran wǽron gehýrsume. Hml.
hádianv
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'Hé mé hádode', Ælfc. Gr. Z. 8, 15. Ne hádige man ǽfre tó hrædlíce, Ll. Th. i. 416, 15. with acc. of person and order to which Hé gedyde ꝥ hine man hádode tó mæssepreóste eum presbyterum fecit ordinari, Gr. D. 225, 23.
hund-seofontig
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Hundseofontigon síþon septuagies, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 286, 4. Hundseofontigum síþon seofon síþon, An. Ox. 61, 22, On þám hundseofontigum geárum (geára, Ps. Vos. Srt.) in ipsis septuaginta annis, Ps. Rdr. L. 89, 10.
wefan
to weave a web ⬩ to weave, construct, put together, arrange, plan, contrive
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Ðín wyln wefð tui ancilla texit, Ælfc. Gr. 15 ; Zup. 104, 13. Webbu swá hwylc swá wyfð, Lchdm. iii. 210, 28. Hí smalo hrægel wefaþ and wyrceaþ texendis subtilioribus indumentis operam dant, Bd. 4, 25 ; S. 601, 16.
bredan
to weave, BRAID, knit, join together, draw, pluck; ⬩ plectere, nectere, vibrare, gladium stringere ⬩ to change, vary, transform; ⬩ vertere, variare, transformare
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to weave, BRAID, knit, join together, draw, pluck; plectere, nectere, vibrare, gladium stringere Ic brede nett plecto, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5; Som. 32, 8. Ic brede me max plecto mihi retia, Coll. Monast. Th. 21, 13.
on-sittan
to occupy ⬩ to oppress (cf. colloquial to sit on a person) ⬩ to fear (taking like ondrǽdan a reflexive dative)
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to occupy Ic onsitte insideo, Ælfc. Gr. 26; Som. 29, 6. Ðó þré acres ðe hé onsit, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 259, 20. Ðone hagan ðe hé sylf onsæt, 39, 13. Hit wæs his lǽn ðæt hé onsǽte, Chart. Th. 173, 5. Onsite sǽnacan, Exon.
on-sund
of persons, sound, whole, uninjured ⬩ of things, sound, entire, perfect, without flaw or injury
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God hine ( Enoch ) genam mid ansundum líchaman of ðissum lífe, Ælfc. T. Grn. 3, 42. Ðenden gǽst and líc geador síþedan onsund on earde, Exon. Th. 285, 16; Jul. 715.
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