neód
Desire ⬩ eagerness ⬩ diligence ⬩ earnest endeavour
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Wundorlíc is geworden ðín wísdóm ne mæg ic him on neóde á neáh cuman ( I cannot with all my endeavours come near it ), Ps. Th. 138, 4.
sweotol
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Ðæt is swíþe swital (sweotol, Cott. MS.) on ðære týdrunge, Bt. 34, 12; Fox 152, 25. Wæs swytol, ðæt hé ǽr mihte wið deáð gebeorgan, Wulfst. 23, 15. Ðis eástorlíce gerýno ús æteóweþ ðæs écean lífes sweotole bysene, Blickl. Homl. 83, 8: 99, 14.
wunung
dwelling ⬩ living ⬩ a dwelling ⬩ habitation ⬩ place to live in ⬩ being ⬩ existence ⬩ living
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Cons Eustachius mid his here tó ðam túne ðe heó ðá on wæs. Wæs seó wunung ðǽr swýþe wynsum on tó wícenne, and his geteld wǽron gehende hire wununge geslagene, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 315.
Linked entry: wunian
ge-beódan
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Gif him þæt fæsten swá geboden nǽre, Wlfst. 181, 13. to order to come, summon Ic gefrægn folctogan fyrd gebeódan, Gen. 1961. to proclaim, announce Suá hwér geboden bið godspell ðis ubicumque praedicatum fuerit evangelium istud, Mk. L. R. 14, 9.
hlinc
ridge
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Comm. p. 5), a bank forming a boundary Andlang ðæs hlinces on ðára þreóre acra ende, C. D. v. 71, 6. Tó þæs niþærlangan hlincæs eástendæ; andlang hlincæs út on eá, 243, 3. Úp oð landscare hlinc; fram ðám hlinche, iii. 434, 3.
wærlíce
warily, cautiously, circumspectly, ⬩ in a way that guards against surprise ⬩ in a way that guards against an ill result, safely ⬩ carefully, heedfully, prudently
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Wærlíce ic mé heóld caute me tenui, Coll. Monast. Th. 34, 9. Mǽst þearf is ðæt ǽghwelc mon his áð and his wed wærlíce healde, L. Alf. pol. 1; Th. i. 60, 3: Wulfst. 167, 4. Cristendóm wærlíce healdan, 78, 8.
óðer
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Gif ðú wilnast ðæt heó óðre þeáwas nimen óðre (óðer, Cott. MSS. ) heora willa and heora gewuna is, Bt. 7, 2 ; Fox 18, 28. (2 b) with the indefinites sum, œ́, etc. :-- Helias oððe sum óðer wítega, Homl. Th. i. 364, 18.
under
Under ⬩ under ⬩ at the foot of ⬩ under ⬩ within ⬩ among ⬩ below ⬩ beneath ⬩ down
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Ðá com of móre under misthleoþum Grendel gongan, 1425; B. 711. Under weallum, Cd. Th. 146, 6; Gen. 2418.
Linked entries: Middel-Seaxe þúsend
tó
to, ⬩ at ⬩ so as to produce ⬩ become ⬩ to (the satisfaction, etc. ) ⬩ to some end, ⬩ for some purpose ⬩ for ⬩ next to, ⬩ at, ⬩ by, ⬩ alongside ⬩ in, ⬩ on ⬩ next to ⬩ after ⬩ to ⬩ as ⬩ for ⬩ to ⬩ as ⬩ for ⬩ at, ⬩ in ⬩ of, ⬩ from ⬩ to (in to do something to anything) ⬩ according to, ⬩ at, ⬩ after ⬩ compared to, ⬩ in comparison with, ⬩ beside ⬩ in addition to, ⬩ besides ⬩ for, ⬩ at ⬩ to be suffered ⬩ at ⬩ in the course of, ⬩ in, ⬩ on ⬩ for, ⬩ during ⬩ to ⬩ to, ⬩ for ⬩ in, ⬩ at ⬩ to the extent, ⬩ to such a degree ⬩ to, ⬩ up to, ⬩ until, ⬩ till ⬩ at, ⬩ in, ⬩ on ⬩ in addition, ⬩ besides, ⬩ too ⬩ too
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Th. ii. 278, 4. with words denoting attainment, reaching to an object Fón tó ríce to come to the throne, Chr. 871; Erl. 76, 3, and often. Ðé tó heortan grípeþ ádl, Cd.
Linked entry: -anne
hwæðer
either ⬩ both
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hwílum mislícige on óðrum ðæt hie ðæt geþyldelíce forberen admonendi sunt conjuges, ut ea, in quibus sibi aliquando displicent, patientes invicem tolerent, Past. 51, 3; Swt. 395, 32. each of two, both Hwæðer hát and ceald hwílum mencgaþ both heat and cold
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in-tinga
A cause ⬩ sake ⬩ plea ⬩ case ⬩ occasion ⬩ matter ⬩ affair ⬩ business
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Gif hió of cealdum intingan cymþ ðonne sceal mon mid hátum lǽcedómum lácnian if it [the disease] comes from a cold cause then it is to be cured with hot medicines, L. M. 1, 1; Lchdm. ii. 22, 5. Búton intingan sine causa, Ps. Spl. 3, 7.
Linked entry: tinga
un-þeáw
A bad habit ⬩ an evil practice ⬩ a vice ⬩ fault
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Ðý læs hié forlǽten untǽlde óðerra monna yfele unðeáwas (yfle ðeáwas, Cott. MSS.) ne pravos hominum mores nequaquam redarguant, Past. 46; Swt. 351, 21.
feld
plain ⬩ field
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Ic (the ploughman) gá út þýwende oxan tó felda, and jugie hí tó syl, Coll. M. 19, 15. Þæs muntes cnoll is sticmǽlum mid wuda oferwexen, and eft sticmǽlum mid grénum felda oferbrǽded, Hml. Th. i. 508, 24: Bl. H. 207, 28.
for-búgan
to avoid ⬩ to pass by ⬩ pass over ⬩ shun ⬩ eschew ⬩ To avoid
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Voc. ii. 24, 3. with acc. or clause. to avoid, not to come in contact with, not meet with, get or keep out of the way of a material object Rae. mid emfare forbúgaþ balenam circito declinant. An. Ox. 670. Swican hé forbeáh decipulam declinavit, Hpt.
ge-féran
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Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 444, 7, 15. to fare Habbað wé ealle for þínum leásungum lyðre geféred, Sat. 62. of events, to go, to come, to pass, happen Eall swá hit æt þám ende eall geférde just as it in the end all happened, Chr. 1066 ; P. 200, 6. trans. to go,
sceadu
Shadow, shade ⬩ shadow (cast by an object) ⬩ darkness ⬩ shadow, protection ⬩ a shady place, shade, arbour ⬩ an obscure image
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.), darkness Ða ðe nán sceadu (scadu, Cott. MSS.) ne geþiestraþ ðære twiéfealdnesse quos nulla umbra duplicitatis obscurat, Past. 35, 4; Swt. 243, 23.
Linked entry: sceadu-genga
wǽdl
- P. B. viii. 535
Poverty ⬩ want ⬩ poverty ⬩ indigence ⬩ want ⬩ penury ⬩ unproductiveness ⬩ barrenness
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Ða hreósendan welan ne magon eówre wǽdle (indigentiam) eów fram ádón, ac gé écaþ eówre ermðe (wǽdle, Cott. MS.) mid ðam ðe hí eów tó cumaþ, 26, 2; Fox 94, 8-10. Hé wilnaþ welan and flíhð ða wǽdle (penuriam), 33, 2; Fox 122, 33.
Linked entry: wéðel
spyrian
to track ⬩ go in a track ⬩ follow ⬩ make a journey in search of something ⬩ to make a track ⬩ go ⬩ to enquire ⬩ investigate ⬩ examine ⬩ to enquire after or into ⬩ seek to know about ⬩ to search after ⬩ seek to attain ⬩ to ask ⬩ investigare, indagare, sciscitari ⬩ to track; to investigate; to ask
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Geléfe hé ðæt wit on riht spirien (spyrigen, Cott. MS.) let him believe that we conduct the enquiry aright, Bt. 38, 2; Fox 198, 27. Uton spirian (spyrian, MSS. G. I.) be bócan, hwæt ða gefóran, ða ðe God lufedon, Wulfst. 130, 11.
Linked entries: æfter-spyrian spirian
þegnung
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Malchus hæfde mid him eáþelícan fódan, and com tó his geféran ... and ða eáðelícan þénunga ðe hé ðider bróhte heom þénode, ðæt hí be dǽle hí gereordodon, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 233-240.
Linked entries: ǽfen-þénung þéning þénung
hús
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, Coll. M. 31, 11. Hús gurgustia (virginibus condunt gurgustia cellae, Aid. 171, 21), Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 45. Húso (húse, R. ) domos. Mk. L. 10, 30. Ofer hrófa ł húsa super tecta, Mt. L. 10, 27. <b>I a.