hírsumian
to obey ⬩ to obey ⬩ to obey ⬩ a feeling ⬩ desire ⬩ an impulse ⬩ to serve ⬩ to serve God
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Take here hýrsumian in Dict., and add Hýrsumian obtemperare, Wrt. Voc. ii. 63, 8. Hírsumiendum parentibus, 67, 28. to obey a person Hérsumað obedit (malus linguae iniquae), Kent. Gl. 589. Hérsumað optemperat (fallax labiis mendacibus), 590. Be ðám ðæt
hwearfian
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Add: to turn on a hinge, pivot, axle, &c. (lit. or fig.) Seó hior ðe ealle gód on hwearfaþ, Bt. 34, 7; F. 142, 35. Eall ðiós hwearfiende gesceaft hwearfaþ on ðám stillan Gode, 39, 6; F. 220, 24. Sió sául sceolde hwearfian on hire selfre, swá
sleán
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Sum slóh mid slecge þá hæpsan, Hml. S. 32, 202. <b>II a.</b> add :-- Eald feoh þe man on fyrndagum slóh, Hml. S. 23, 614. to strike a musical instrument, cf. hearp-slege Hé slóh cymbalan cymbala percussit, Gr. D. 62, 16. Add Iosue hæfde
sacan
to fight, strive, contend ⬩ to disagree, ⬩ to wrangle ⬩ to bring a suit ⬩ to accuse, blame ⬩ to refuse, deny.
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to fight, strive, contend Þeódscypas winnaþ and sacaþ heom betweónan, Wulfst. 86, 8. Hé geseh twegen Ebréisce him betwýnan sacan conspexit duos Hebraeos rixantes, Ex. 2,13 . Ic ( Beowulf) sceal fón wið feónde and ymb feorh sacan, Beo. Th. 883; B. 439
útane
from without ⬩ outside ⬩ on the outside ⬩ on the surface ⬩ out ⬩ at sea ⬩ outwardly ⬩ externally ⬩ about
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where there is motion (lit. or fig.) to an object, from without Útene extrinsecus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 21. Him biþ se wela útane cumen, and hé ne mæg útane náuht ágnes habban, Bt. 27, 2; Fox 98, 7, 8. Ic nolde ðæt ðú wéndest ðæt Gode áhwonan útane cóme
wǽt
wet, moist, damp, consisting of moisture ⬩ wet, moist, having moisture ⬩ wet, rainy
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wet, moist, damp, consisting of moisture Ðæt wæter is wǽt and ceald, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 35: Met. 20, 77. Hyra blód byð wǽt and wearm, Anglia viii. 299, 29. Ðú ðam wættere wǽtum and cealdum foldan tó flóre gesettest, Met. 20, 90. Mid wættere rude roseo
bæþ
a bath for washing ⬩ the bath of fish or sea-fowl:--
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Dele II, and add: a bath for washing Bæþ (balnearum usus, baða brice, R. Ben. I. 68, 1) þám untrumum swá oft swá hit framige; hálum and húru þám geongum sý seldor and lator getíðod, R. Ben. 60, 22. v. pænningas tó beðe (= bæðe?) five pence for the expenses
be-beódan
'to give . . . generally,' ⬩ to order ⬩ enjoin ⬩ to commit ⬩ commend ⬩ to offer to the gods ⬩ to commit into (on, in) ⬩ to announce
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Under dele 'to give . . . generally,' and add: with dat. of person and acc. or clause of the command, to order, enjoin Ðæt hé sprecende bebiét quod loquendo imperat, Past. 81, 10. Bebiót, Kent. Gl. 816. Swá him háligu gewreotu bebeódaþ, Bl. H. 45, 6.
þæt
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That. introducing substantive clauses, where the clause is equivalent to a noun in the nominative, and stands as the subject of the verb in the main clause Genóh byþ ðam leorningcnihte þæt (þætte, Lind. Rush.) hé sý swylce his láreów, Mt. Kmbl. 10. 25
under
Under ⬩ under ⬩ at the foot of ⬩ under ⬩ within ⬩ among ⬩ below ⬩ beneath ⬩ down
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Under. Grammar under, with dat. local, without motion to bring one object under another, where one object has another vertically above it Ða wæteru ðe wǽron under ðære fæstnisse, Gen. 1, 7. Under heofenum, 6, 17. Heó áléde ðone sunu under sumum treówe
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folgoþ
that which follows ⬩ A train ⬩ retinue ⬩ id quod sĕquĭtur ⬩ cŏmĭtātus ⬩ service of a follower ⬩ A service ⬩ office ⬩ official dignity ⬩ cŏmĭtis servĭtus ⬩ ministĕrium ⬩ offĭcium ⬩ præpŏsĭtūra ⬩ condition of life ⬩ condĭtio vltæ
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that which follows, — A train, retinue; id quod sĕquĭtur, cŏmĭtātus Á to his folgoþe and to his þénunge ða æðelestan men cómon the noblest men always came to his retinue and to his service, Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 11. On Swegenes eorles folgoþe among the
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FYLGEAN
To follow ⬩ attend ⬩ follow or carry out ⬩ sĕqui ⬩ insĕqui ⬩ exsĕqui
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To follow, attend, follow or carry out; sĕqui, insĕqui, exsĕqui Ðæt hearma swá fela fylgean sceolde monna cynne that so many ills must follow to mankind, Cd. 33; Th. 44, 15; Gen. 709: L. Eth. ii. 9; Th. i. 288, 29. Ongon se wísdóm his gewunan fylgan
hrǽw
a corpse ⬩ carcase ⬩ trunk ⬩ carrion
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The body of a man living or dead, a corpse, carcase, trunk, carrion Líc vel hreáw funus, Ælfc. Gl. 85; Som. 74, 1; Wrt. Voc. 45, 25. Ðú earma nú ðú byst geworden ðæt fúleste hreáw and wyrma mete thou miserable thing, now art thou become a very foul corpse
med-micel
not great ⬩ moderate ⬩ small ⬩ not great ⬩ trifling ⬩ venial ⬩ not important ⬩ not great ⬩ lowly ⬩ mean ⬩ poor
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not great, moderate, small (of time, space, quantity) Se medmicla fyrst modica illa intercapedo, Bd. 5, 1; S. 614, 14: Blickl. Homl. 111, 24. Is on westan medmycel duru, 1127, 8. Se yfela déma onféhþ medmycclum feó, 61, 30. Ðá féng hé tó medmycclan bigleofan
scolu
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a school Scól scola, Wrt. Voc. i. 75, 27. Scól scola, se ðe on scóle (sceóle, MS. U.) ys scolasticus, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Zup. 11, 13-15. Ðý ilcan geáre forborn Ongolcynnes scolu, Chr. 816; Erl. 62, 7. Constantinus hiene benǽmde ðære scole ðe hé on leornode
Boétius
Anicius Manlius Severīnus Boëthius, born in Rome between A. D. 470-475, was Consul in 510. He was so eminent for his integrity and talents that he attracted the attention and obtained the patronage of Theodoric the Great, king of the East or Ostrogoths. He was afterwards accused of treason, and cast into prison, where he wrote his celebrated work De Consolatione Philosophiæ, which king Alfred translated into Anglo-Saxon about A. D. 888. Being condemned to death, without a hearing, he was beheaded in prison about A. D. 524
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Anicius Manlius Severīnus Boëthius, born in Rome between A. D. 470-475, was Consul in 510. He was so eminent for his integrity and talents that he attracted the attention and obtained the patronage of Theodoric the Great, king of the East or Ostrogoths
sweotolung
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a manifestation Ðes freólsdæg (Epiphany) is Godes swutelung gecweden, Homl. Th. i. 104, 29. an explanation, definition Ásmeáde swutelunge elucubratam definitionem (manifestationem). Hpt. Gl. 522, 47. a declaration, setting forth, exposition, shewing Hér
sund
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power of swimming Hé sealde ðám fixum sund and ðám fugelum fliht, Homl. Th. i. 16, 7: Hexam. 8; Norm. 14, 10. Dol biþ se ðe gǽþ on deóp wæter, se ðe sund nafaþ, ne gesegled scip, Salm. Kmbl. 449; Sal. 225. [Heore ( fishes ) sund is awemmed, Laym. 21326
tæfl
Properly a board for the playing of a game. But the word seems also used of a game played on such a board: cf. the use of the word tables at a later time ⬩ The word seems to denote also a die used in playing a game. What was the precise nature of the games, to which this word and related forms are applied, does not appear; some of the references below would imply that games of chance are meant, and this would be in keeping with the love of gaming which Tacitus, Germ. c. 24, noticed among the Germans. But games of skill like chess may sometimes be meant. In Icelandic tafl is used of chess or draughts, as well as of dicing, and the Danes in England seem to have played chess ⬩ Among the Welsh, too, was a game something like draughts, called tawlbwrdd
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Properly a board for the playing of a game. But the word seems also used of a game played on such a board: cf. the use of the word tables at a later time Wyþ pleyynge at tables oþer atte chekere, R. Glouc. 192, 3. Kueade gemenes of des and of tables
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þynne
Thin ⬩ thin ⬩ lean ⬩ the opposite of fat or stout ⬩ thin ⬩ the opposite of thick ⬩ thin ⬩ the opposite of broad ⬩ thin ⬩ thin ⬩ thin ⬩ weak ⬩ feeble ⬩ delicate ⬩ fine
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Thin Ðæt ic reccan móste þicce and þynne, Exon. Th. 424, 8; Rä. 41, 36. Ic dó sum ðing ðinre tenuo, Ælfc. Gr. 24; Zup. 137, 9. of dimension, thin, lean, the opposite of fat or stout Þynne monn galbus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 11. Ne mæg him se líchoma batian