wéna
supposition ⬩ opinion ⬩ thought ⬩ idea ⬩ imagination ⬩ hope ⬩ expectation
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.: ac gif heora wéna sóþ wǽre, ðonne . . . 124, 18. Se ðe wæs Crist geteald mid ungewissum wénan 358, 3. Be wénan (as a matter of opinion) hí healdaþ God ælmihtigne R. Ben. 135, 24.
Linked entry: wén
hǽr
Hair, a hair
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Gl. 70; Som. 70, 54; Wrt. Voc. 42, 62. Loccas vel unscoren hǽr comæ, 70, 56; Wrt. Voc. 42, 64. Gif hǽr tó þicce síe if the hair be too thick, L. M. i. 87, 3; Lchdm. ii. 156, 8.
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of-sittan
to sit upon, press down by sitting ⬩ to sit upon, oppress ⬩ to sit upon, occupy, take possession of (with idea of force or wrong) ⬩ to sit about, besiege ⬩ to repress, check, present motion
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Gr. 50, 20; Som. 51, 47: Homl. Th. i. 242, 4. Swongornes hí ofsit, and hí mid slǽwþe ofer-cymþ, Bt. 36, 6; Fox 180, 33. Godes fýnd ðe ða earman ofsittaþ, Jud. Thw. 156, 5. Ðú wilt cweþan ðæt ungemetfæstnes hí ofsitte, Bt. 36, 6; Fox 182, 2.
Linked entry: of-setenness
corþer
A band ⬩ multitude ⬩ company ⬩ troop ⬩ body ⬩ train ⬩ pomp ⬩ multitudo ⬩ cohors ⬩ copia ⬩ pompa
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Se sunu Wihstánes acígde of corþre cyninges þegnas the son of Wihstan called the king's thanes from the band Beo. Th. 6233; B. 3121. Mid corþre with a troop Andr. Kmbl. 2151; An. 1077: 2244; An. 1123: 2410; An. 1206; Elen. Kmbl. 1379; El. 691.
hleápan
To LEAP, ⬩ jump, ⬩ dance, ⬩ run
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Gr. 30; Som. 34, 45. Ðonne hleápþ se healta swá swá heort the lame shall leap as a hart, Homl. Th. ii. 16, 18. Se ðe hleápeþ he who dances, Exon. 88 b; Th. 332, 11; Vy. 83.
Linked entries: hleápere hleápettan hlípe
ge-lífan
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Th. ii. 262, 14-17. to consider as (tó), think a thing so and so Ðá lytlan synna mon ne geléfð tó nánre synne minor culpa quasi nulla creditur, Past. 437, 26. Þéh hí sýn þæs morþres scyldige, hí hit him tó nánre synne ne gelýfaþ, Bl.
swég
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Voc. ii. 12, 8. regulated, modulated or articulate sound, sound made by living creatures, voice, cry or note of a bird, song Dyptongus is twýfeald swég. Ælfc. Gr. 4; Zup. 7, 13.
Linked entries: swég-cræft swóg
for-pǽran
To turn away ⬩ pervert ⬩ ruin ⬩ destroy ⬩ pervertĕre ⬩ perdĕre
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To turn away, pervert, ruin, destroy; pervertĕre, perdĕre He ðæs óðres sáwle forpǽrþ þurh his yfelum tihtingum he perverts the other's soul by his evil instigations, Homl. Th. ii. 226, 31: 208, 20. Hie forpǽraþ ðæm edleáne mĕrĭtum pervertunt.
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ge-ahsian
To find out by asking ⬩ discover ⬩ learn ⬩ hear ⬩ fando accĭpĕre ⬩ resciscĕre ⬩ discĕre
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We geahsodon ðæt úre geféran sume to eów cómon we have heard that some of our fellows have come to you, L. Alf. 40; Th. i. 56, 14, MS. G : Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 74, 41. Gif hine mon geahsige if he be discovered, L. In. 39; Th. i. 126, 10.
ge-ícan
To eke ⬩ increase ⬩ add ⬩ enlarge ⬩ augere ⬩ extendere
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To eke, increase, add, enlarge; augere, extendere Heó ongan his mǽg-burge geícean sunum and dohtrum she began his kindred to increase with sons and daughters, Cd. 56; Th. 69, 8; Gen. 1132.
ge-niht
Abundance, fulness, sufficiency ⬩ abundantia, ūbertas ⬩ copia, abundantia
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Ðú sealdest me wilna geniht thou gavest me the fulness of my desires, Soul Kmbl. 285; Seel. 146: Cd. 90; Th. 113, 21; Gen. 1890: Ps. Th. 4, 8
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sundor-cræft
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Ðæt hý sundorcræfta sumne eác cunne that each have some craft of his own that he knows, L. I. P. 9; Th. ii. 314, 29.
þrýþlíce
Mightily ⬩ deliberately
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óhwǽr feor oððe neáh findan meahte he often gave to his followers helm and corslet such as for greatest strength anywhere far or near he could find (cf. for similar use of the adverb: He sóhte, hú hé sárlícast meahte feorhcwale findan, Exon.
yfel-dǽd
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an evil deed, misdeed, sin. v. yfel, Dón sóðe bóte úre yfeldǽda, Blickl. Homl. 99, 1: Exon. Th. 285, 12; Jul. 713. Ðú scealt andettan yfeldǽda má, 269, 27; Jul. 456.
be-mǽnan
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Wé ne sceolan ceorian ne sorh-líce bemǽnan þeáh ðe ús ungelimp getíme, Hml. S. 13, 286. with clause Hé bemǽnde þæt Maurus ðæs óðres deáðes fægnian sceolde, Hml. Th. ii. 164, 9. Hí bemǽndon sárlíce ꝥ hí swylce yrmðe gesáwon, Hml.
bréden
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made by Sevens it is said, 'vallum fit de cespitibus, quibus circumcisis, e terra velut murus exstruitur altus supra terram, ita ut in ante sit fossa, de qua levati sunt cespites, supra quam sudes de lignis fortissimis praefiguntur') he made a wall of sods
ed-hwyrft
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Ex. 42. return to a condition Þá þǽr sóna wearð edhwyrft eorlum siððan inne fealh Grendles módor there was a return to the old state of things for the men after Grendel's mother had forced her way in, B. 1281
ge-risene
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He sona þára gerisne andsware onsende nec mora, congrua quatsitui responsa recepit, I. 27; Sch. 61, l. pi gerisnan ratam (rata et grata holocaus-tomata, Aid. 72, 29. Cf. rata, perfecta, Corp. Gl. H. 101, 14), Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 9. Da a
ge-drencan
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Gl. to plunge into a liquid, soak Gedrengcet héd subjactum corium, Angl. viii. 451 (omitted in Wülck. Gl. 165, 6). to plunge, sink (trans.), drown Of gedrenced sié in grund sǽes demergatur in profundum maris, Mt. L. 18, 6.
swǽr
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add: — Sum mann wæs gebunden onbútan ꝥ heáfod for his hefigum gylte, sé cóm tó þám hálgan, and his swára heáfodbend sóna tóbærst, Hml. S. 21, 423.