máðum
A precious or valuable thing ⬩ a treasure ⬩ jewel ⬩ ornament
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Máððum óðres weorp gold mon sceal gifan treasure shall change hands, gold must be given, Exon. 91 b; Th. 343, 11; Gn. Ex. 155. Næs him tó máðme wynn, hyht tó hordgestreónum, Andr. Kmbl. 2228; An. 1115. Deórum mádme ( a sword ), Beo.
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under-standan
to understand ⬩ have insight into ⬩ to understand ⬩ perceive ⬩ know certainly ⬩ to understand in such and such a sense ⬩ to conceive of ⬩ consider ⬩ to accept as correct ⬩ to observe ⬩ notice ⬩ consider
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Gif ic eáðmódlíce me sylfne ne understóde, ac mín mód on módignesse anhófe si non humiliter sentiebam, sed exaltavi animam meam, R. Ben. 22, 18.
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worn
A swarm ⬩ band ⬩ Jlock ⬩ crowd ⬩ multitude ⬩ many ⬩ a great number ⬩ a great quantity ⬩ much ⬩ many
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Ii, ll; Cri. 169: 291,32; Wand. 91 : 315, 19; Mód. 33. Weorn earfoðsíða. Andr. Kmbl. 1354; An. 677. Fæstena worn. Cd. Th. 181, 5;Exod. 56. Se ðe worna fela gúða gedígde he that from numbers and numbers of battles escaped, Beo. Th. 5078; B. 2543.
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ceaster
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-ceaster seems more frequent than -ceastre] Aldwulf, Hrófescæstre (Rófeceastre, v. l. ) biscop, Chr. 731; Th. i. 77, 5. On ánre wéstre ceastre, seó is Legaceaster geháten, 894; P. 88, 6. On ðǽre ealdan byrig, Acemannes ceastre, 973; P. 118, 7.
elles
otherwise ⬩ differently ⬩ elsewhere ⬩ else ⬩ else
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Ox. 2, 252. else, under other conditions Ne mæg ðæt scip nó stille gestondan, búton hit ankor gehæbbe, oððe mon mid róðrum ongeán tió; elles hit gelent mid ðý streáme, Past. 445, 13. else, as an alternative Wæs his seó æþeleste ræst on his hǽran oþþe
feran
to go on ⬩ proceed ⬩ to fare ⬩ go on ⬩ succeed ⬩ to come ⬩ be derived
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Fér in mont transmigra in montem, Ps. Srt. 10, 2. Féran properare, Wrt. Voc. ii. 85, 66. with reflex. dat. Hé him hámweard férde tó his ágnum ríce, Ors. 2, 4; S. 74, 33. Férde ǽlc man him hám, Chr. 1016; P. 147, 24.
ge-girwan
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Wlite ðú gegeredest, 103, 1. to clothe with armour, arm Hét ic ǽlcne mon hine mid his wǽpnun gegerwan and faran forð jussi ut armati agmen sequerentur, Nar. 9, 26. Wǽpnum hié gegyrwan to arm themselves, 10, 28.
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ge-líhtan
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., neálíéhte, v.l.) tó þám hearge, þá sceát hé mid his spere mox ut adpropiabat adfanum, injecta in eo lancea, Bd. 2, 13; Sch. 169, I
ge-neahhe
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Swá hwylc mon swá þis godspell hæbbe on his gewealde, þæt hé hit cýðe Godes folce swýðe genehhe, Wlfst. 213, 28
ge-dihtan
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Dǽdbóta sind gedihte on mislice wísan, ii. 282, 3. to order, manage, rule Þæt heáfod gewissað þám óðrum limum, swá swí þæt mód gediht ðá geðóhtas. Hml.
ge-wissian
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Mód hé begéme and hé gewissige mentem gubernet et regat, Hy. S. 16, 9. to direct to an end Hé his híwrǽdene tó ðám ylcan gewissode, Hml. Th. ii. 348, 17.
hǽl
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Þæt mín mód næbbe náne hǽle æt his Gode, Ps. Th. 3, Þíne hǽle ic sǽde salutare tuum dixi, 39, 10. Þá wæs geworden werude Iúdea þæt heó hǽl gehlutan háliges facto est ludaea sanctificatio ejus, 113, 2. v. múp hǽl
uppe
up ⬩ above ⬩ on high ⬩ up
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Mynster tó timbrianne on heánum mórum uppe (in montibus arduis ac remotis), Bd. 3, 23; S. 554, 20. referring to heavenly bodies, up Óþ ðæt sunne uppe sié, Lchdm. ii. 346, 22. Næs se móna ðágyt uppe quum luna erat oritura, Nar. 29, 22.
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fýr
fire ⬩ fire ⬩ fire ⬩ to be on fire ⬩ a fire, fuel in a state of combustion ⬩ a fire on a hearth ⬩ a piece of burning material ⬩ fire ⬩ lightning ⬩ a disease
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Add: fire Ðonne mon beám on wuda forbærne, . . . geselle, .LX. sciłł., for þám þe fýr bið þeóf . . . sió æx bið melda, nalles þeóf, Ll. Th. i. 128, 19. On þissum geáre atýwde ꝥ wilde fýr (v. wilde, IV.), Chr. 1032; P. 159, 4.
GÝMAN
To care for ⬩ take care of ⬩ take heed to ⬩ heed ⬩ observe ⬩ regard ⬩ keep
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Ic geornor gýme ymb ðæs gǽstes forwyrd ðonne ðæs líchoman I care more earnestly about the spirit's destruction than the body's, Exon. 71 b; Th. 267, 12; Jul. 414.
lád
excuse
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Gebyreþ ðæt mon óðrum riht wyrce ge at láde ge æt ǽlcre sprǽce ðe him betweox biþ it is proper for men to do right to one another both as regards clearing themselves of charges and as regards any suits that there are between them, L. O.
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neáh
nigh ⬩ near ⬩ near ⬩ nearly ⬩ about ⬩ of place
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Swá hé biþ ðære sunnan neár swá biþ hire fyrr whether it (the moon) is nearer to the sun or farther from it, Shrn. 64, 32.
sígan
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Th. 352, 23 ; Sch. 101. to move towards a point (cf. to make a descent upon a place) Fugla cynn on healfa gehwone heápum þringaþ sígaþ sídwegum contrahit in coetum sese genus omne volantum, Exon. Th. 221, 19 ; Ph. 337.
for-standan
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Scipio ofslagen wǽre, gif his sunu his ne gehulpe mid þǽm ꝥ hé hiene foran forstód oð hé on fleáme fealh Scipio per Scipionem filium ab ipsa morte liberates evasit, Ors. 4, 8; S. 186, 25.
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be-gán
passage ⬩ to go round ⬩ to reach by going ⬩ come upon ⬩ get at ⬩ to go ⬩ pass by ⬩ to go ⬩ come ⬩ get ⬩ to pass by ⬩ To come by ⬩ get at ⬩ to come ⬩ fall to one's lot ⬩ to fall ⬩ get into debt ⬩ to surround ⬩ to confine ⬩ to occupy ⬩ to go about a business ⬩ to attend to ⬩ to cultivate ⬩ to worship ⬩ to honour ⬩ venerate a place ⬩ to exercise, practise an art, mode of life, &c. ⬩ to practise a religion ⬩ follow the dictates of ⬩ to practise ⬩ carry on ⬩ do (habitually) ⬩ to devote one's self to a practice ⬩ to exercise a person ⬩ to behave ⬩ to exercise in something ⬩ to exercise ⬩ use ⬩ employ ⬩ to profess ⬩ pretend
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Sax. quiðit that hé Kríst sí, begihit ina so grótes] Manna geþóhtas nǽnig mon ne wát, Petrus begǽþ ꝥ hé hit wite men's thoughts no man knows. Peter professes to have this knowledge, Bl. H. 181, 12