be-seón
To look ⬩ attention ⬩ expectation ⬩ To see about ⬩ care for ⬩ attend to ⬩ provide for
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To look. absolute, physical Ne beseoh þú underbæc noli respicere post tergum, Gen. 19, 17. mental Mann þe hys hand ásett on hys sulh and on bæc besyhð, Lk. 9, 62. Beseoh (respice) and gehýr mé, Ps.
ge-rihtan
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Cf. elimavit, interpretavit (haec Gregorius per allegoriam luce clarius elimavit. Aid. 13, 31), 76, 82), Wrt. Voc. ii. 29, 26. Geriæahte (gerihte ?, gereahte (? cf. An. Ox. 2026 where the gloss is elimauit, manifestauit sé gerehte)), 78, 64.
grim
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Þoliað wé þreá, þæt syndon þýstro and hǽto grimme, grundleáse. Gen. 390. Þé sind wítu þæs grim weotud, An. 1367. Storm holm gebringeð in grimmum sǽlum, Gn. Ex. 52.
mearcian
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Ox. 2492. to make with the hand the sign of the cross on an object Hé mearcode him on heáfde hálig róde-tácen and on his gúðfanan, Hml. Th. ii. 304, 14. Mearciað róde tácen on eówrum foreheáfdum, i. 466, 20. <b>V a.
wág
A wall, mostly of a building
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On áne studu ðæs wáges( the wall of the hall), Bd. 3, 10;S. 534, 29 : (the wall of a church ), Blickl. Homl. 207, 16. Seó wræþstudu ðam wáge ( the wall of the church ) tó wræþe geseted wæs, Bd. 1, 17;S. 544, 24, 32.
smæl
Small ⬩ small, little, not great ⬩ narrow, not broad ⬩ slender, thin, not thick ⬩ fine ⬩ not coarse ⬩ not loud ⬩ gracilis, exilis, subtilis, minutus, strictus ⬩ a sheep, small cattle
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Wið ðam smalan wyrme for hair worm Lchdm. ii. 122, 18. fine (of a powder, texture, etc. ), not coarse Smæl hláf artocobus [artocopa (also -us) quaevis placenta, panis quidem dulciarius et arte confectus] Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 47.
tól
a tool, ⬩ implement, ⬩ instrument ⬩ tools, ⬩ machinery, ⬩ apparatus
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Ðý læs hié mid ðý tóle (a surgeon's knife) dæt hále líc gewierden, ðe hié sceoldon mid ðæt unhále áweg áceorfan, Past. 48; Swt. 365, 11. Gif ðú ðin tól (cultrum) áhefst ofer hyt if thou lift up thy tool upon it (A. V.), Ex. 20, 25.
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hús
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Ymbe þæt háte hús (the place of the fiery furnace ), Az. 162. II a. the house of a deity, a place of worship, church, temple, tabernacle :-- Hús Godes tabernaculum Dei, Rtl. 71, 3. Mín hús sceal beón gebedhús gecéged, Bl.
hwǽr
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(b α) with emphatic genitive :-- Ic ne wát hwǽr mín bróðor eorðan sceáta eardian sceal, Rä. 85, 18. after verbs of considering, observing, caring Uton wé hycgan hwǽr wé hám ágen, Seef. 117. Dryhten sceáwað hwǽr þá eardien þe his ǽ healden, Gú. 26.
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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Uton tówurpan ðás geflitu dissolvamus has conlentiones, Coll. Monast. Th. 31, 23. Ælfhere hét tówurpon swýðe manig munuclíf, Chr. 975; Erl. 127, 5.
Linked entries: te-weorpan tó-torfian tó-wurpan tó-wyrpan
secgan
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Ðæt ( all that had been seen and heard ) mancynne bodian and secgan, Blickl. Homl. 121, 4.
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wyn
delight ⬩ pleasure ⬩ delightfully ⬩ pleasantly ⬩ a delight ⬩ that which causes pleasure ⬩ the best of a class, ⬩ the pride of its kind. ⬩ the name of the w-rune
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Líðsa and wynna hám, Cd. Th. 58, 13; Gen. 945. Ealra ðæra wynna ðe ic on worulde gebád, Byrht. Th. 136, 58; By. 174. Hé his líchoman wynna forwyrnde and woruldblissa, Exon. Th. 1l1, 31; Gú. 135 : 122, 20; Gú. 308.
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ge-tæl
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</b> in phrases denoting that objects have not been, or cannot be, counted :-- Ymbsealdon mé yflu þǽra nis getell (quorum non est numerus), Ps. L. 39, 13: 146, 5. God is bútan getele, for ðon ðe hé is ǽfre. Hml.
wíf
a woman ⬩ a female person ⬩ a being in the form of a woman ⬩ a married woman ⬩ a wife
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Abram and Nachor wífudun; Abrames wíf hátte Sarai, and Nachores wíf Melcha, Gen. 11, 29: 16, 1: Cd. Th. 167, 30; Gen. 2773.
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se
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Hió mid þǽm healfan dǽle (one half) beforan þǽm cyninge farende wæs, . . and se healfa dǽl ( one half) wæs Ciruse æfterfylgende, Ors. 2, 4; S. 76, 25-30.
ge-grípan
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Add: to lay hold of a material object, to take with the hand, grasp Hé wǽpn gegráp mid tó campienne, Bl. H. 167, 1. Se Hélend áþenede hond his and gegráp hine ( apprehendit eum ), Mt. R. 14, 31. Ealle þá apostolas hié gegrípan on hire middel, Bl.
help
help ⬩ assistance ⬩ succour ⬩ an aid ⬩ a thing ⬩ a place ⬩ a refuge ⬩ a cure ⬩ remedy of disease
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Nim þé þis ofæt on hand . . . þé sende God þás helpe of heofonríce, Gen. 521. Helpas solacia, R. Ben. I. of, 10: praesidia, Wülck. Gl. 252, 5.
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rest
rest, quiet, freedom from toil ⬩ rest, repose, sleep ⬩ a place of rest, resting-place ⬩ a bed, couch
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Heó ásette ða hand æt hire heáfdum on hire ræste, Shrn. 60, 1. Hé on his reste gestáhg ;lectulum conscendens,; Bd. 3. 27; S. 559, 15 : Cd. Th. 134, 22; Gen. 2228. Seó wlitignes heora ræsta and setla, Blickl. Homl. 99, 33. Ræsto ;recubitos,; Mt.
sceamu
modesty, bashfulness ⬩ shame, confusion ⬩ what causes a feeling of shame, disgrace, shame ⬩ the private part
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Ðonne árás hé for sceome he got up because he was ashamed of his inability to play the harp Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 7. (v. sceam-fæst, -full, -leás, -líc) what causes a feeling of shame, disgrace, shame Scoma obprobrium Rtl. 190, 29.
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se
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On háte ða ahsan, Lchdm. ii. 32, 13. with adjectives Se dumba spræc, Mt. Kmbl. 9, 33. Ðá æthrán hé ðæs blindan hand, Mk. Skt. 8, 23. with numerals Ða þrý cómon, Cd. Th. 221, 24; Dan. 93.