stæf
a staff ⬩ stick ⬩ a written character ⬩ a letter ⬩ the old letters having been carved on staves ⬩ a mark in writing ⬩ a letter as representing a minute detail ⬩ a collection of written symbols ⬩ a letter ⬩ writing ⬩ letters ⬩ book-learning ⬩ literature ⬩ an element, a rudiment ⬩ baculus, virga, regula ⬩ a staff, post; a letter ⬩ learning
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'Hafa ðé mínne stæf on handa.' Se drý ðá nam ðone stæf Homl. Th. ii. 418, 1-2. Ða cild rídaþ on heora stafum, and manigfealdne plegan plegiaþ, Bt. 36, 5; Fox 180, 9. Stafas vectes, Ps.
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á-springan
to be emitted ⬩ to arise ⬩ to rush up ⬩ burst forth ⬩ to spring, ⬩ to spring up ⬩ come into existence ⬩ to spread (intrans. ) out ⬩ to run out ⬩ cease ⬩ fail
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Ásprang micel heófung and sárlic wóp on ðám háme, 434, 14. Seó dyrstignys ásprang, ii. 472, 24. Ásprang gehwǽr mycel gedwyld, Hml. S. 23, 353:Ll. Th. ii. 372, 12. Mage of ðám þe ne mage nán unhlísa áspringan, 376, 24.
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ge-gán
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L. 2, 9: 22, 22. (1 a) to depart from this world, pass away :-- Ne bið geeád ðiús cnéwureso non praeteribit haec generatio, Mt.
ge-setnes
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For þǽre gesetnysse þe nán mann ne móste tó þám háde becuman búton of Aarones cynne, Hml. A. 16, 77. Æfter Godes gesetnysse, 19, 139 : 20, 151. Ðá beóð scyldige ðe ðá gesetnysse ( the injunction as to fasting) tóbrecaþ þǽre hálgan gelaðunge, Hml.
hwilc
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in qua potestate haec facts? Mt. 21, 23. Hwelce twá synd wiþerweardran betwuh him þonne gód and yfel ?, Bt. 16, 3; F. 56, 6. For hwilcum (hwylcum, v. l. ) óþrum ðingum woldest ðú ꝥ sprecan?
Ælfríc
Ælfric ⬩ Ælfricus
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He is said to have been bishop of Wilton, and he was elected archbishop of Canterbury. A.
scúfan
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Búton man ágeáfe Eustatsius and his men heom tó hand sceofe unless Eustace were given up and his men were handed over to them, Chr. 1052 ; Erl. 179, 22.
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tungol
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Scrd. 18, 24, 28. a group of stars, a constellation, division of the zodiac Arthon hátte án tungol on norðdǽle, se hæfþ seofon steorran . . . ðone hátaþ lǽwede menn carles wǽn.
trum
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Seó burh Asor wæs swíde trum gefyrn and manegra burga heáfod Asor antiquitus inter omnia regna haec principatum tenebat, Jos. 11, 10. Trumre underwreþincge firmo fulcimento, Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 69. On trume stówe in locum munitum, Ps. Th. 70, 2.
þeówan
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Sceal mon ðam men mid dríum handum ða handa and ða fét gnídan swíðe and þýn with dry hands must the hands and feet be rubbed hard and squeezed for the man. Lchdm. ii. 182, 9.
gift
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For the need, in the case of a king, of having gifts to give, see B. 1719-23) and wǽpnu . . . and gehwæt þæs þe þá þrié geférscipas behófiaþ, Bt. 17 ; F. 60, 4. v. feoh-, hand-gift. the giving of a woman in marriage, marriage, v. gífan ; [The word is
hundred
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Half hundred fóðra cornes, C. D. iv. 263, 20. Cýswyrhtan gebyreð hundred cýse (-a ?) caseum facienti redden convenit centum caseos, Ll. Th. i. 438, 31. Hundraðes monna hláfard centurio, Mt. p. 15, 13: Mt. L. 8, 5.
micel
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Máre ic þyses gemyndgade þonne ic his mid ealle ásǽde haec commemorata sunt magis quam explicata, Ors. 3, 2 ; S. 100, 25. Hwílum hié oft on dæge út gáð and þonne lytlum, hwílum ǽne and þonne micel, Lch. ii. 230, 22.
micel
Mickle ⬩ great ⬩ magnus ⬩ much ⬩ many ⬩ multus ⬩ great
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Ða téþ of ádó ða ðe hé mǽste hæbbe remove the biggest teeth it has, L. Med. ex. Quad. 1; Lchdm. i. 326, 13. of quantity, much, many; multus Mycel multum, Wrt. Voc. i. 83, 67. Ðá com micel wynsum stenc, Shrn. 91, 28.
setl
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B.) he had the chief seat , Bd. 5, 13; S. 633, 4. Sæt Agustinus on sotole, 2, 2 ; S. 503, 15. Hé hét him úte setl gewyrcean, 1, 25; S. 486, 38. Mé hé wið his sylfes sunu setl getǽhte, Beo. Th. 4031; B. 2013. Ofer setol super sellam , Kent. Gl. 304.
þanne
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Ðæt wǽron men fyrdhwate, þonne rond and hand helm ealgodon, Andr. Kmbl. 18; An. 9. Symle ic gehýrde, þonne heofones gim west onhylde, Exon. Th. 174, 30; Gú. 1185: 122, 11; Gú. 304: Cd. Th. 33, 21; Gen. 523.
ge-niman
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Th. i. 38, 5. to lay hold of, put the hand on, hold with the hand an object Þú míne hand genáme tenuisti manum meam, Ps. Th. 72, 19. Hé þone cniht genam fæste mid folmum, Exod. 406. Se smið eóde tó his byrgene and genam áne hringan . . .
wénan
to ween ⬩ suppose ⬩ think ⬩ imagine ⬩ opine ⬩ believe ⬩ to hope ⬩ expect ⬩ look for
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Ic mé bættran hám ǽfre ne wéne Cd. Th. 268, 5; Sat. 50. Hé wile syllan unábeden ðæt, ðæt wé ús ne wéndon Homl. Th. ii. 372, 16. with gen. of what is expected alone Ic ðǽr heaðufýres hátes wéne Beo. Th. 5038; B. 2522.
meaht
- Ps, Th. 70, 18
Might ⬩ power ⬩ virtue ⬩ ability ⬩ an exercise of power ⬩ mighty work
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Gif hǽto oððe meht ne wyrne lǽt him blód if heat, or his ability to bear it do not forbid, let him blood, L. M. 2, 42; Lchdm. ii. 254, 4. Miht is Drihtnes potestas Dei est, Ps. Th. 61, 12. Meahte opis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 26: potentatus, 77, 78.
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nán
not one ⬩ none ⬩ no ⬩ none ⬩ no man ⬩ nothing
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Grammar nán, as predicate Forhwí ðé hátan dysige men wuldor nú ðú náne eart (nán neart, MS. Cott.) why do foolish men call thee glory, when thou art none, Bt. 30, 1; Fox 108, 3.