freónd
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Áríseþ suna wið freóndum insurgent filii in parentes, Mt. R. 10, 21. Frióndum and mégum cognatis et amicis, Lk. L. R. 21, 16.
sceát
a corner, an angle ⬩ corner, quarter ⬩ a projection, promontory ⬩ a nook, corner, region ⬩ a lap, bosom ⬩ the bosom ⬩ a bay ⬩ sinus ⬩ a garment ⬩ a cloth, napkin ⬩ cloak,fold
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Surt. 73, 11. Of his ðæm fæderlícan sceáte, Blickl. Homl. 5, 15. Gyld gramhýdigum on sceát hiora (in sinu eorum ). Ps. Th. 78,13. Ne mæg hé sceát áfyllan non implevit sinum suum, 128, 5.
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neáh
nigh ⬩ near ⬩ near ⬩ nearly ⬩ about ⬩ of place
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Swá hé biþ ðære sunnan neár swá biþ hire fyrr whether it (the moon) is nearer to the sun or farther from it, Shrn. 64, 32.
þǽr
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A.) ic eom ubi sum ego illic minister meus erit, Jn. Skt. 12, 26. Man mót hine gebiddan, beó þǽr þǽr he beó, Homl.
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weorc
Work ⬩ opus. ⬩ work ⬩ operative action ⬩ operation ⬩ working ⬩ doing ⬩ performance ⬩ work ⬩ doings ⬩ actions ⬩ what a person does ⬩ what happens ⬩ work ⬩ labour ⬩ occupation ⬩ employment ⬩ any form of long-sustained or habitual activity ⬩ a particular act of labour ⬩ workmanship ⬩ a work ⬩ deed ⬩ any action ⬩ of action that gives affect to anything ⬩ a work, ⬩ what is wrought ⬩ a strong building, ⬩ fortress ⬩ work, ⬩ what is done, ⬩ effect produced ⬩ pain, ⬩ travail, ⬩ grief, ⬩ the instrumental or dative is used in the phrase weorce wesan with the dative of the person — to be painful to a person
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Wæs Abrahame weorce on móde, ðæt hé on wræc drife his selfes sunu Cd. Th. 168, 31; Gen. 2791. Denum eallum wæs weorce on móde tó geþolianne Beo. Th. 2841; B. 1418
tún
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Ðá sende hé hine tó his túne (in uillam suam; toun, Wick. ), ðæt hé heólde his swýn, Lk. Skt. 15, 15: Mt. Kmbl. 22, 5. Túne ad prediolum suum, Anglia xiii. 36, 258. Neáh ðám túne (juxta praedium; manere, Wick. ) ðe Iacob sealde his suna, Jn.
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hweorfan
To turn ⬩ change ⬩ go ⬩ return ⬩ depart ⬩ go about ⬩ wander ⬩ roam
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Siððan heó ofer brim hweorfeþ after it [the sun] goes beyond the ocean, 93 b; Th. 351, 17; Sch. 81: 110 a; Th. 422, 13; Rä. 41, 5. Gé tó mé on hyge hweorfaþ ye turn to me in thought, 98 a; Th. 366, 2; Reb. 6.
Linked entries: hwerfan hworfan hwurfan ge-hweorfan
teám
A line; but the word which is used in the related dialects (v. infra) with a physical meaning is used in English figuratively. ⬩ a line of descendants, offspring, progeny, family, children ⬩ bringing forth children, child-bearing ⬩ a line of animals harnessed together, a team
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aliquem, et ipse non poterat warrantum suum habere, erit forisfactura, et justicia sinuliter de calumpniatore, si deficiebat, sua erit, L.
Linked entries: teám-byrst tém wróht-getíme ge-teáma -tíme -tíme
LEÓF
LIEF ⬩ desirable ⬩ pleasant ⬩ acceptable ⬩ loved ⬩ beloved ⬩ dear ⬩ a friend ⬩ loved one
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Mé sealde sunu on leófes stæl ðæs ðe Cain ofslóh he gave me a son in place of the loved one, him whom Cain slew, Cd. 55; Th. 68, 7; Gen. 1113. Leófes and láðes of friend and foe, Beo. Th. 5813; B. 2910.
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hyð
Advantage ⬩ gain ⬩ profit ⬩ benefit
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Uton dón þearfum sume hyððe úre góda let us do some good to the needy with our wealth, Homl. Th. ii. 100, 35. Ða ðe for lirum hwílwendlícra hyðða heófiaþ those who mourn for losses of temporary advantages, i. 550, 29.
Linked entry: hyðe-líc
nátes-hwón
Not at all ⬩ by no means
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Sume teolunga sind ðe man earfoþlíce mæg oððe náteshwón ( hardly or not at all ) búton synnum begán, 288, 22 : Homl. Skt. 7, 104. Hé ne áwyrpþ náteshwón his wǽpna him fram, ǽr ðam ðe ðæt gewinn wurðe geendod, Basil admn. 2; Norm. 36, 9.
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gold-hord
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Ðe forþlǽdeþ fægere windas of his goldhordum qui producit ventos de thesauris suis, Ps. Th. 134, 8
weorc-stán
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Ðá geseah hé hwǽr ða weorcstánas (cf. 322 supra ) lágon ofer eall, 23, 490. On ðam fenlande synd feáwa weorcstána, 20, 77. Hé hét ðæs scræfes ingang mid weorcstánum forwyican, 23, 316. Mid ormǽtum weorcstánum, Homl. Th. ii. 424, 27.
wynsumlíce
pleasantly ⬩ agreeably ⬩ pleasantly ⬩ graciously ⬩ gladly ⬩ joyously
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Sume tiliaþ wífa, for ðam ðæt hí þurh ðæt mæge mǽst bearna begitan, and eác wynsumlíce libban uxor, ac liberi, qui jucunditatis gratia petuntur, Bt. 24, 3; Fox 82, 27. Engla werod wynsumlíce sungon, Homl. Skt. ii. 29, 297.
wrǽd
a bandage ⬩ band ⬩ fillet ⬩ what is bound together ⬩ a bundle ⬩ a band ⬩ company ⬩ flock
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Sume heora fnada and wrǽdas gerriiccliaþ, R. Ben. 135, 27. what is bound together, a bundle Wrǽdes fascis, Hpt. Gl. 529, 4. a band, company, flock. Similar entries Cf. wrǽd-mǽlum Wrǽð grex, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 8, 32.
Linked entries: wrǽd-mǽlum wrǽþ sam-wrǽdness
bile-wit
plausible
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Sume ðe wǽron bylewyte and góde, Nic. 3, 25. Ðá bilwitan (bili-, 6, bile-, 7) simplices, Past. 237, 4. Þá bilewittan mansueti, Bl. Gl. Mid ðǽm bilwitum, Past. 243, 16. Bilehwitum simplicioribus, R. Ben. I. 13, 5.
Dryhten-lic
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'Þú eart Críst, þæs lifigendon Godes suna.' On ðǽre drihtenlican andetnysse ( in that confession of the Lord ), 156, 118. Drihten þé gebletsode on his drihtenlican mihte, 112, 334. Þurh his drihtenlican mihte, 4, 81: Hml. S. 29, 40: Ælfc. T.
ge-libban
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L. 16, 11. to pass life under specified conditions :-- Sume on hǽðenscipe gelifdon, Ll. Th. ii. 366, 13. Gif swá biþ geleofad si sic vivitur, Ps. L. 185 a, 16. to escape spiritual death Ðis dó ꝥte ðú gelifige, Lk.
Linked entries: ge-leofian ge-lifian
ge-lómlǽcan
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</b> to denote frequent action :-- Sume word synd gecwedene frequentativa, þæt synd gelómlǽcende, for ðan ðe hí getácniað gelómlǽcunge, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 213, 7. to frequent, visit frequently Gelómlǽcþ frequentat, visitat, Wrt.
ge-belgan
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III in Dict.)swíðe eorlíce wið hire sunu, Cht. Th. 337, 24. Hié hié gebulgon indignatione permoti, Ors. 2, 8 ; S. 92, 11. construction uncertain. of persons Hé wæs swýþe gebolgen for þǽre smerenesse, Bl. H. 75, 21.