scrift
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Cweðe his andetnessa tó his scrifte, and ðus cweðe: Ic andette Ælmihtigum Gode and mínum scrifte ðam gástlícan lǽce ealle synna, L. de Cf. 6 ; Th. ii. 262, 18-21 : Blickl. Homl. 43, 20.
tweógan
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Nánne mon ðæs tweógan ne þearf, ðæt ealle men geendiaþ on ðam deáþe, Bt. 11, 2; Fox 34, 34: 33, 1; Fox 120, 24. Tweógean, Blickl. Homl. 43, 1. with a preposition Ymb ðæt ðe hiene tweóde, orn hé intó ðæm temple, and frægn ðæs Dryhten . . .
un-þanc
disfavour ⬩ displeasure ⬩ anger ⬩ ill-will ⬩ an unpleasing act ⬩ a displeasure ⬩ an offence ⬩ annoyance ⬩ not thanks ⬩ displeasure expressed in words ⬩ unwillingly ⬩ without consent ⬩ on compulsion ⬩ ingratis ⬩ without (a person's) consent ⬩ not of (one's own) accord ⬩ against (one's) will
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Ealle hyra unlustas hí sceolon gebétan sylfwylles on ðyssum lífe, oððe unþances æfter ðyssum lífe, Homl. Th. i. 148, 28: Homl. Skt. i. 17, 31.
Linked entry: un-þances
heán
low ⬩ poor ⬩ mean ⬩ ignoble ⬩ base ⬩ humbled ⬩ depressed ⬩ dejected ⬩ cast down ⬩ miserable ⬩ wretched ⬩ mean ⬩ base ⬩ low
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Ealle gelíce on woruld cumað, wlance and heáne, Met. 17, 6. Ne mæg ǽnig . . . rícra ne heánra, Gú. 968. Wloncum and heánum.
innan
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Sió sunne ne mæg ealle gesceafta innan geondscínan, Bt. 41, l ; F. 244, 9. Ufan hit is enge and hit is innan hát, Dóm. 22 : 6. 2412. Heó is innan mid éce mægene geweorþod. Bl.
weall
a wall that is made, ⬩ wall of a building, of a town, ⬩ side of a cave ⬩ a natural wall ⬩ a steep hill ⬩ a cliff.
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Ealle his weallas omnes macerias ejus, 88, 33. Uallas menia, Rtl. 124, 3. a natural wall, a steep hill, a cliff. Similar entries v. weall-clif (cf. O. Sax. Hwó sie ina fan énumu kliƀe wurpin, oƀar enna berges wal, Hél. 2676.
Linked entries: æt-foran-weall wala weal weall-clif weall-steáp
lád-teów
A leader ⬩ guide ⬩ conductor ⬩ general
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Ealle míne ládþeówas ðe mec on swelc earfeðo gelǽddon locorum demonstratores qui nos in insidias deducebant, Nar. 16, 25. In Mt. Kmbl.
Linked entries: lǽttewestre lǽd-teów láteów látwa
mearc
a limit ⬩ bound ⬩ term ⬩ a limit ⬩ boundary ⬩ a boundary ( = gemǽre) of a particular estate ⬩ a boundary ⬩ confine of a district ⬩ border ⬩ the territory within the boundaries ⬩ fines
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Hé surne on wræcsíð forsende sume on óðra mearca gesette alios avulsos a sedibus suis, alios in extremis regni terminis statuit, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 114, 34. the territory within the boundaries; fines Hit wæs geond ealle Rómána mearce ðæt it was the custom
wrecca
one driven from his own country ⬩ a wanderer in foreign lands ⬩ an exile ⬩ a stranger ⬩ pilgrim ⬩ a wretch ⬩ an evil person ⬩ a wretched person ⬩ a miserable, feeble creature ⬩ a wretched ⬩ unhappy ⬩ miserable ⬩ poor person
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Hé bebeád ðæt mon ealle ða wræccan an cýþþe forléte jussit omnes exsules patriae resiitui, Ors. 3, 11; Swt. 144, 14. Drihlen gehealdeþ wreccan (advenas), Ps. Spl. 145, 8 : Wulfst. 295, applied to a hermit Mantat ancer, Godes wræcca, Cod. Dip.
á-hebban
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H. 129, 35. expressing pride, elation, to exalt (in a bad sense), puff up Wálá wá ꝥ ǽnig man sceolde módigan swá, hine sylf upp áhebban and ofer ealle men tellan, Chr. 1086; P. 221, 20. Ne wæs hé on oferhygd áhafen, Bl. H. 215, 32.
Linked entries: un-áhefendlic hebban
déman
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Th. 71, 2. to judge a cause, crime Dém þíne ealde intingan judica causam tuam, Ps. Th. 73, 21.
ge-irnan
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Brydegume cymende giiorne ( occurrere ), Rtl. 106, 10. (1 b) with the idea of attack :-- Gelamp sume síðe, ðǽr hé sum gild bræc, ꝥ þǽr gearn mycel menigeo tó him . . . and ealle swíðe erre wǽron (cf.. to run to a place Georn xvi-wintre mǽden tó ðǽre
ge-réfa
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Hé (Abraham ) clipode him tó his yldestan gerefan (serunm seniorem domus suae) þe ealle his þing bewiste, Gen. 24, 2. pa sǽde se wíngeardes hláford hys geréfan (giroefæ, L. geroefa, R. procurator!). Mt. 20, 8: Wrt. Voc. ii. 73, 4.
gilp
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Þaelig;t hé ne ágǽle gǽstes þearfe ne on gylp geóte, Cri. 818. where pride finds expression in words, boasting Hwǽr beóþ þá ungemetlican hleahtras and se leása gylp and ealle þá ídlan word, Bl. H. 53, 18.
tó
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Add Ealle hé tó gafle gesette, Chr. 1100; P. 235, 28. (f 1) add :-- ꝥ folc tealde ꝥ tó drýcræfte, Hml. S. 7, 241. Nú þéh eów lytles hwæt swelcra gebroca on becume, þonne gemǽnað gé hit tó þǽm wyrrestan tídum, Ors. 3, 7; S. 120, 5.
ge-sceád
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. ¶ gesceád ágildan to render an account :-- Se ríca sceal ealra ðǽra góda þe him God álǽnde ágyldan gesceád, hú hé ðá átuge, Hml. Th. ú 274, 3. Ágildan gesceád for þínre sáwle, Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 26.
gifan
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Þeáh him eall sié þes middangeard on ǽht gifen, Met. 16, 10. to give in discharge of obligation, pay Him eallum wile Drihten dædleán gyfan, Exod. 263. to give to a superior, pay a tax, due (religious or secular), make an offering Gef ðing ꝥ bebeád Móyses
winnan
intrans ⬩ to labour ⬩ toil ⬩ work ⬩ to labour, endeavour, strive after ⬩ to labour, struggle, be troubled ⬩ to labour under, suffer from ⬩ to strive, contend, fight ⬩ of hostile action towards a person ⬩ of competition ⬩ of opposition to things ⬩ of the action of inanimate objects ⬩ to make war ⬩ fight ⬩ of the action of inanimate objects ⬩ with cognate accusative ⬩ to win ⬩ make one's way ⬩ trans ⬩ to labour at ⬩ bestow labour upon ⬩ to labour under ⬩ suffer ⬩ undergo ⬩ to win ⬩ get ⬩ attain
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Hí wéndon ðæt hí sceoldon winnon eall ðæt land, Chr. 1070; Erl. 207, 27
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híréd
a family ⬩ a family ⬩ house ⬩ the family ⬩ court
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Æt ǽlcan tídsange eal híred áþenedum limum singe þone sealm, Wlfst. 181, 26. Nime gé ðá ðe on ðǽm hírede (hiórede, v. l.) unweorðuste sién, Past. 131, 7. On hírede in clero, An. Ox. 8, 369. Mathéus dǽl Sc̃e Cúðberti, Marcus dǽl biscobe.
Linked entries: híred-cniht híred-geréfa híred-lic híred-mann híred-preóst
leóht
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¶ where sight is taken as a mark of life :-- Sé þe wile eorlscipe æfnan, oð þæt eal scæceð leóht and líf somod, Víd. 142. a body which emits illuminating rays. a heavenly body Ðonne swegles leóht, gimma gladost, ofer gársecg úp æðeltungla wyn