weþer
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A wether, a ram Weþer vervex vel manto Wrt. Voc. i. 23, 56. Weðer aries ii. 10, 42. Ða habbaþ swá micle hornas swá weðeras habentes cornua similia arietibus, Nar. 34, 19. Tú eald hríðeru oððe .x. weðeras, L. In. 70; Th. i. 146, 18: Chart.
fracoþ
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Fela is fracodra getrýwða ( bad faith ) mid mannum, Wlfst. 243, 15. Fracodum turpibus, Germ. 389, 23. Tó helle faran for fracodum dǽdum, Hml. S. 26, 250. Tarquinius hira eallra fracoþast wæs, Ors. 2, 2; S. 66, 28.
staþol
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Add Þá hé geseah ꝥ manie men wǽron gelaðode tó staðole beteran lífes cum conspiceret multos ad statum vitae melioris vocari, Gr. D. 117, 24: 205, 7.
æf(e)stig
envious ⬩ zealous (against)
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Æfestigra manna, R. Ben. 92, 12. Ðaelígm æfstegum invidis Past. 233, 16. in a good sense, zealous (against) Æfstig wið óðra monna yfelu contra aliena vitia aemulator Past. 79, 12
ge-þýwan
To press ⬩ impel ⬩ urge ⬩ force ⬩ impress ⬩ rebuke ⬩ oppress ⬩ prĕmĕre ⬩ trūdĕre ⬩ urgēre ⬩ compellĕre ⬩ imprĭmĕre ⬩ incrĕpāre ⬩ opprĭmĕre
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Gesáwon hí swilce mannes fótlǽsta fæstlíce on ðam stáne geþýde they saw as it were a man's footsteps firmly impressed on the stone, Homl. Th. i. 506, 12
feáwa
a few
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., in sing. a few, small number of, in pl. few of Manige weras þe swíþe feáwa manna á ongit, Bt. 19; F. 70, 12. Feá ǽnig wæs monna cynnes there was only a few of mankind, Rä. 61, 3. On þám fenlande synd feáwa weorcstána, Hml. S. 20, 77.
ge-þeaht
counsel ⬩ consultation ⬩ deliberation ⬩ advice ⬩ thought ⬩ a determination ⬩ resolution ⬩ device ⬩ plan ⬩ purpose ⬩ consĭlium ⬩ cōgĭtātio ⬩ a council ⬩ an assembly ⬩ concĭlium
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Þurh monnes geþeaht through man's device, Cd. 29; Th. 38, 12; Gen. 605: Elen. Kmbl. 2117; El. 1060. Hí forhogodon ðæs Hǽlendes geþeaht consĭlium Dei sprēvērunt, Lk. Bos. 7, 30: Bd. 2, 13; S. 515, 32, 40.
LÍF
LIFE
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Ðis andwarde líf manna on eorþan, Bd. 2, 13; S. 516, 14. Lífes treów lignum vitæ, Gen. 2, 9. Lífes wæter aqua viva, Jn. Skt. 4, 10. Lífes weg, Blickl. Homl. 17, 19. Lífes bæþ, Bd. 2, 5; S. 507, 18.
sécan
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Hwílum man ceás ða men ðe noldan swician . . . and syððan hit man sóhte be ðám ðe nearwlícast cúðan swician at one time the men were chosen that would not deceive . . . and since they have been looked for among those that could most oppressively deceive
þanne
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Ðes man is sóþfæst, ac þonne hwæþere git sindon bigswicon this man is true, but yet (if that be so) then ye are deceivers, Blickl. Homl. 187, 30. <b>VI a.
ge-met
a measure, space, distance ⬩ mensura, spatium, intervallum ⬩ that by which anything is measured, a measure ⬩ mensura, modius, satum ⬩ measure, capacity, ability, power, etc ⬩ mensura, facultas, potestas, vis ⬩ measure, proportion, moderation, bounds, limit, boundary, means, way, manner ⬩ mensura, modus, finis, terminus, limes, ratio ⬩ a rule, order, law ⬩ norma, regula, lex ⬩ a poetical measure, metre ⬩ metrum
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Hæbbe ǽlc man rihte gemetu modius æqualis et verus erit tibi, Deut. 25, 15: Lev. 6, 20: 10, 36. On þrím gemetum melwes in furinæ saris tribus, Mt. Bos. 13. 33: Lk.
swilce
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Hé wæs sóþ man, ðý hine dorste deófol costian; swylce hé wæs sóþ God, ðý him englas þegnedon, Blickl. Homl. 33, 34. Swilce gelamp eft óðer wundor ðysum onlíc, 221, 18. Swilce óþre dæge ðæt ilce hié dydon, 241, 30: Cd.
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þeówian
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Sý ǽlc cirice on Godes griðe and on ðæs cynges and on ealles cristenes folces, and ǽnig man heonanforð cirican ne þeówige, L. Eth. v. 10; Th. i. 306, 27. vi. 15; Th. i. 318, 26
ídel
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H. 97, 26. with inst. unpro-vided with Hǽlu byð manna gehwylces mægene ídel vana solus hominis, Ps. Th. 59, 10: 107, II.
be-cuman
to come ⬩ get, ⬩ to come to power ⬩ get into trouble ⬩ to come to ⬩ by ⬩ to cometo a person ⬩ to befall ⬩ to become ⬩ behove
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.), Mk. 11, 24. of recourse On ðás word ic becom þe lǽs ǽnig man leóge I had recourse to these words lest any man lie, Bl. H. 177, 33. of events, to come upon, to befall Ꝥ wíte þe nǽnig ende ne becymeþ, Bl. H. 51, 31.
feor
avoidance ⬩ widely ⬩ widely ⬩ far ⬩ far
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Cwæð se þearfa: "Se man wæs swíþe feorr and ungelíc þysum mannum" "mihi qualis vir fuerit innotesce." Qui ait: "Homo ille longe fuit ab istis hominibus," Gr.
habban
To HAVE, possess, hold, keep
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Ðæt ǽrest is ðæt man tó óðrum lǽððe hæbbe the first kind [of murder] is for a man to bear enmity to another, Blickl. Homl. 63, 36.
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wundor
a wonder ⬩ a circumstance ⬩ act that excites astonishment ⬩ a circumstance that excites astonishment as being out of the usual course of nature, ⬩ a prodigy ⬩ portent ⬩ a wonder ⬩ miracle ⬩ a miracle ⬩ a wonderful object ⬩ wondrous thing ⬩ wonderful ⬩ miraculous power ⬩ wonder ⬩ admiration
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Eal ðæt folc ðe ðis wundor (the giving sight to the blind man) geseah, Blickl. Homl. 15, 29. Ic bebeóde wundor geweorðan, Andr. Kmbl. 1459; An. 730: Cd. Th. 245, 31; Dan. 471: Elen. Kmbl. 2241; El. 1122.
híhþ
altitude ⬩ a summit ⬩ top ⬩ the highest point ⬩ extreme degree ⬩ the heavens
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on hýhþe ys swá micelum swá mannum on neowlum, Scint. 21, 11-14. in the highest degree Þæt hí lof Godes hergan on heáhðu, Dóm. 48.
á-settan
to set ⬩ put ⬩ move an object to a place ⬩ To move one's self ⬩ transport one's self:-- ⬩ to set ⬩ place ⬩ build ⬩ to put in ⬩ out ⬩ of an office ⬩ to lay, impose punishment, ⬩ to set ⬩ propose a riddle, ⬩ to oppress
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=on-settan to oppress Of þám ásettum mannum (of þám mannum þe hí geswencton,v. l.), Gr. D. 71, 7