métan
To meet with ⬩ come upon ⬩ come across ⬩ find
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Cott. métaþ) ðe hí hit on riht ne sécaþ, Bt. 36, 3; Fox 178, 4. Gé unæþelne ǽnigne [ne] métaþ (gé nánne ne mágon métan unæþelne, Bt. 30, 2; Fox 110, 16), Bt. Met. Fox 17, 34; Met. 17, 17. Moette offendit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 115, 41. Métte, 63, 35.
fracoþ
Vile ⬩ filthy ⬩ unseemly ⬩ hateful ⬩ abominable ⬩ worthless ⬩ useless ⬩ turpis ⬩ detestābilis ⬩ indĕcōrus
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Wæs úre líf fracuþ and gefrǽge our life has been vile and infamous, Exon. 53 a; Th. 186, 23; Az. 24. Hí fracuðe and earme wǽron they were worthless and wretched, Bd. 3, 21; S. 551, 26.
bócere
A writer, scribe, an author, a learned man, instructor ⬩ scriptor, scriba, interpres, vir doctus vel literatus
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Bos. 12, 32. Hwæt secgeaþ ða bóceras why say the scribes? Mt. Bos. 17, 10. Hieronimus se wurþfulla and se wísa bócere awrát be Iohanne the worthy and the wise author Jerome wrote concerning John, Ælfc. T. Lisle 32, 1.
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ge-lang
Along ⬩ belonging ⬩ depending ⬩ consequent
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Th. 61, 1 : Beo. Th. 2757; B. 1376. Nis me wiht æt eów leófes gelong I am not dependent upon you for anything dear, Exon. 37 a; Th. 121, 5; Gú. 284 : 115 b; Th. 444, 11; Kl. 45.
un-rihtlíc
Unrighteous ⬩ unjust ⬩ wicked ⬩ wrongful
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Be unrihtlícum hǽmedum de pravis coitibus, L. Ecg. C. 21, tit.; Th. ii. 130, 4
fǽr-lic
sudden ⬩ sudden ⬩ fortuitous
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Fǽrlic ende, Bl. H. 113, 8. Hwæt þis ǽfre beón sceole fǽrlices whatever can this sudden change be, Hml. S. 23, 516. Gif hwæt fǽrlices on þeóde becymð if any sudden ill befall the nation, Wlfst. 271, 1.
ge-wislíce
Certainly ⬩ exactly ⬩ truly ⬩ especially ⬩ besides ⬩ videlicet ⬩ scilicet ⬩ sane ⬩ utique ⬩ porro
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Ðæs ðe hie gewislícost gewitan meahton to the best of their knowledge. Beo. Th. 2704; B. 1350
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sǽ-mann
a seaman,
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a seaman, one who journeys by sea Sǽmen æfter fóron flódwege, Cd. Th. 184, 11; Exod. 105, Sǽmanna síð, 208, 4; Exod. 478. Gáras, sǽmanna searo, Beo. Th. 663; B. 329. Hé sǽmannum onsacan mihte, 5900; B. 2954.
for-déman
To condemn ⬩ damn ⬩ dijudĭcāre ⬩ damnāre ⬩ condemnāre
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Bos. 27, 3. Nellen gé déman, ðæt gé ne sýn fordémede judge not, that ye be not condemned, 7, 1. Ðæt man cristene men, for ealles tó lytlum, to deáþe ne fordéme that christian men, for all too little, be not condemned to death, L.
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land-leód
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[These passages seem corrupt, so that much reliance perhaps cannot be placed upon them for determining the gender, but it may be noticed that O. H. Ger. lant-liut is masc. v. Grff. ii. 195.]
hám-stede
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Add: ¶ the word occurs as a place-name in the charters, but in some of the following instances (e. g. vi. 35, 34) it is or may be a common noun, and in some perhaps to ham rather than to hám should the first part of the compound be referred On hámstedes
hýr
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(cf. hé bæd ꝥ hé móste healdan heora æceras and him móde earnian, 216), Hml.
sceamol
A bench, stool.
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I sal set þe faas of þe schamel of þi fete to be, Ps. 109, I
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inwid
Fraud ⬩ guile ⬩ deceit ⬩ evil ⬩ wickedness
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Ne beó nǽnig man hér on worldríce bregda tó full ne inwit tó leóf let no man in this world be too full of wiles, nor let guile be too dear to him, Blickl. Homl. 109, 29.
nágan
not to have ⬩ not to be allowed ⬩ ought not
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Th. 271, 5; Sat. 101. not to be allowed, ought not Náh náðer tó farenne ne Wylisc man on Ænglisc land, ne Ænglisc man on Wylisc, L. O. P. 6; Th. i. 354; 23.
ge-beorglic
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Sý on þǽre bóte swilc forgifnes swilce hit for Gode gebeorglic (-beorh-, v. l.) sý (as that there be no danger of incurring God's anger. Cf. Ll. Th. ii. 312, 28 under gebeorgan ; I. 2.
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hóh
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. ¶ the word occurs mostly in local names, from one of which (Clofes-hóh) the declension may be shewn :-- Seó stów is nemned Clofeshooh (-hóh, v. l.) locus appellatur Clofeshoch Bd. 4, 5; Sch. 378, 12. Clofeshóh, C. D. i. 227, 8. Cloueshó, v. 58, 9.
ge-þreátian
To urge ⬩ oppress ⬩ threaten ⬩ rebuke ⬩ compel ⬩ restrain ⬩ afflict ⬩ torment ⬩ urgēre ⬩ cōgĕre ⬩ afflīgĕre ⬩ trībŭlēre
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To urge, oppress, threaten, rebuke, compel, restrain, afflict, torment; urgēre, cōgĕre, afflīgĕre, trībŭlēre Ne meaht ðú mec geþreátian ðé to gesingan thou canst not compel me to be thy wife, Exon. 66 b; Th. 245, 33; Jul. 54.
láð
harm ⬩ evil ⬩ injury ⬩ hurt ⬩ trouble ⬩ grief ⬩ pain ⬩ annoyance ⬩ enmity
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Hit sóna nǽnig láð ne biþ it [the pain] will soon be no annoyance, Herb. 1, 11; Lchdm. i. 74, 10. Hé mé nówiht láðes ætýwde ille mihi nil inimicitiarum intulerit, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 25.
blinnan
To cease, rest, leave off ⬩ cessare, desinere
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[be, linnan to cease] To cease, rest, leave off; cessare, desinere Seó réþnes ðæs stormes wæs blinnende the fierceness of the storm ceased [lit. was ceasing], Bd. 5, 1; S. 614, 9.
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