scír
office ⬩ charge ⬩ business ⬩ administration ⬩ government ⬩ a district ⬩ province ⬩ diocese ⬩ parish ⬩ the people of a district ⬩ a tribe ⬩ a shire ⬩ The people of a shire ⬩ the community inhabiting a shire ⬩ the district in charge of an ecclesiastic ⬩ a diocese ⬩ parish
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Hé áxode hú ðære þeóde nama wǽre ðe hí of cómon . . . Gyt ðá Gregorius befrán hú ðære scíre nama wǽre ðe ða cnapan of álǽdde wǽron, Homl. Th. ii. 120, 27-33. Scíre biscopas vicari episcopi, Rtl. 194, 33.
Linked entries: scír-biscop scír-geréfa scír-mann scýr
ge-lǽstan
to do ⬩ perform ⬩ accomplish ⬩ fulfil ⬩ discharge ⬩ execute ⬩ pay ⬩ făcĕre ⬩ perfĭcĕre ⬩ patrāre ⬩ præstāre ⬩ persolvēre ⬩ to accompany ⬩ follow ⬩ attend ⬩ serve ⬩ cŏmĭtāri ⬩ sĕqui ⬩ persĕqui ⬩ To continue ⬩ remain ⬩ last ⬩ endure ⬩ mănēre ⬩ dūrāre
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Ic ða wǽre sóþe gelǽste I will truly execute the compact, Cd. 106; Th. 139, 11; Gen. 2308. Gif we sóþ and riht symle gelǽstaþ if we always perform truth and right, Hy. 7, 75; Hy. Grn. ii. 288, 75.
Linked entry: lǽstan
wreón
To cover ⬩ to put a covering on ⬩ to cover with clothes ⬩ to clothe ⬩ to cover ⬩ to bind ⬩ to conceal ⬩ hide ⬩ to serve as a covering ⬩ be spread over
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Hé wreáh and þeahte mánfǽhðu bearn wonnan wǽge, Cd. Th. 83, 10; Gen. 1377. Reste hé hiue sófte, and wreó hine wearme: . . . lǽt drincan . . . and wreóh hirie wearme, Lchdm. ii. 292, 6-14.
Linked entry: wríga
be-swícan
to decoy ⬩ ensnare ⬩ beguile ⬩ to betray ⬩ to defraud ⬩ supplant ⬩ to circumvent ⬩ to seduce ⬩ mislead
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Ósréd wæs beswicen and of ríce ádréfed, Chr. 790; P- 55. 23. to circumvent, overcome by wiles Beswác Hannibal twégen consulas and hié ofslóg Annibal utrumque consulem insidiis circumventos interfecit, Ors. 4, 10; S. 198, 19.
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rídan
to ride on horseback ⬩ equitare ⬩ to ride ⬩ to ride ⬩ to swing ⬩ rock
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Ðeáh ðe hé gewuna wǽre ðæt hé má eode ðonne ride, Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 17. Ne wæs álýfed ðæt hé móste bútan on myran rídan, 2, 13; S. 517, 7 : 4, 3; S. 566, 33. Nalæs rídende on horse, ac on his fótum gangende, 3, 28; S. 560, 33.
pinsian
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To weigh, judge, estimate, consider, examine Geþænce ǽlc man hú swíðe man pinsaþ ða sáwle on dómes dæg, ðonne man sett ða synne and ða sáwle on ða wǽge and hý man wegaþ, swá man déþ gold wið penegas, Wulfst. 239, 26.
Linked entry: pís
ge-heaðorian
To restrain ⬩ control ⬩ compress ⬩ cohĭbēre ⬩ coartāre ⬩ coangustāre
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Ðæt se secg wǽre hergum geheaðerod that the man should be restrained with harryings, Beo. Th. 6136; B. 3072.
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wiþ-gínan
To reply ⬩ to repel ⬩ reject
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Ðá wiðgýnde hé eft his geðance, ond him þus andwyrde (he replied to his thought, or he rejected the idea, and answered himself thus): 'Ac ic nát eftsóna, ne ic nǽfre git nyste ðæt ǽnig óþer byrig ús wǽre gehende búton Ephese ánre,' Homl.
Linked entry: gínan
eft-sóna
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Ne þincð mé nǽfre ꝥ hit sóð sý ꝥ þis sý Efesa byrig . . . ac ic nát eftsóna, ne ic nǽfre git nyste ꝥ ǽnig óþer byrig ús wǽre gehende búton Ephese ánre methinks it cannot be true that this is Ephesus, but again I do not know, nor ever yet did I know, that
ge-bécan
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Ðá gesealde se cyng and gebécte ðæt land Æðelstáne ealdormenn tó hæbbenne and tó syllanne for lífe and for legere ðám him leófost wǽre. Æfter ðám getídde ðæt Ecgferð gebóhte bóc and land æt Æðelstáne ealdormenn, Cht. E. 202, 22-26.
hríman
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(with the exception of Dan. 756: Æðelst. 39, for which see <b>hréman</b>) and add Is gewriten ðætte swíðe wǽre gemanigfalðod Sodomwara hreám and Gomorwara.
hlís-ful
Famous, ⬩ of good repute, ⬩ renown
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Ðý læs ðe hé wurde tó hlísful on worulde and ðæs heofenlícan lofes fremde wǽre lest he should become too famous in this world and be a stranger to the praise of heaven, Homl. Th. ii. 142. 26.
warenung
a putting on guard, a warning, admonition.
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a taking heed, caution. v. warnian, I Hwæðer wǽre wyrd ðe warnung, Salm. Kmbl. 855; Sal. 427. a putting on guard, a warning, admonition. v. warnian, II Hit ys Godes sprǽc and his warnung and seó tíd cymð hrædlíce, Gen. 41, 32.
wérig
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physical, weary, tired, exhausted, fatigued Ðá hé wæs wérig (uoerig, Lind.: woerig, Rush.) gegán fatigatus ex itinere, Jn. Skt. 4, 6: Bd. 3, 9; S. 534, 10. Sesirra arn óð ðæt hé wérig becom tó ánum wífmen æt néhstan, Jud. 4, 17: Cd.
in
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Him wæs Godes egsa in gemyndum, Gú. 139. In móde, Mód. 83: B. 180: Dan. 218.
ge-cirran
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Hit wǽre nyttre tó gecyrrenne, Bt. 40, 5; F. 240, 20. Gecearredo uéron ł gecerred wæs éghuelc in hús hiora, Jn. L. 7, 53. (1 b) to go to a person as a guest :-- Hé tó menn synfullum gecerde ad hominem peccatorem divertisset Lk.
sceótan
to shoot ⬩ cast a missile ⬩ to shoot ⬩ to shoot an object ⬩ hit an object with a missile ⬩ wherethe weapon is the subject ⬩ to shoot ⬩ make an object move rapidly ⬩ push ⬩ to give a person help in escaping ⬩ to shoot ⬩ move rapidly ⬩ dart ⬩ run ⬩ plunge ⬩ rush, ⬩ of living things ⬩ of inanimate things ⬩ of speech ⬩ to run ⬩ to refer a case to a person or court ⬩ to advance money ⬩ contribute ⬩ pay ⬩ to shoot
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Gif ðú wǽre on fell scoten, Lchdm. iii. 54, 4-7. wherethe weapon is the subject Ðá ðone ilcan welegan mon se strǽl sceát, ðæt hé sóna deád wæs, Blickl.
willa
will, the faculty of willing ⬩ will, purpose, design, command ⬩ will, determination, resolution ⬩ intention, purpose, desire to act ⬩ will, desire, wish ⬩ pleasure, delight ⬩ will, disposition ⬩ will, accord, consent, pleasure ⬩ Ger. meinetwillen ⬩ will, one's own way
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Hé cwæþ ðæt ðæt ídel wǽre ðæt hí wilnedon, ac æt nýhstan mid ánmóde willan monigra hé wæs oferswíþed, Bd. 5, 6 ; S. 619, 3. Tó willan ( ad votum ) ðæs weres heó eardigendlíc wæs geworden, 4, 28; S. 605, 20.
gleáw
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., skilled in, clever at :-- Wæs hé wel gleáw on huntunge, Hml. S. 30, 16.
be-wrecan
to exile, send forth ⬩ pellere, propellere ⬩ to strike or beat around, afflict ⬩ circum pulsare ⬩ to drive or bring to ⬩ appellere
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Ða us bewrǽcon they have sent us forth, Cd. 189; Th. 235, 12; Dan. 305. to strike or beat around, afflict; circum pulsare We land gesóhton wære bewrecene we sought the land beaten round [afflicted] with the sea, Andr.