tó-cnáwan
To discern, ⬩ distinguish, ⬩ know the difference between, ⬩ understand
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Th. i. 392, 18. with acc. and appositive adjective Wé tócnáwaþ his ríce and úre ríce ðǽr áwritene, ðǽr wé ǽr swilce be óðrum mannum gereccednesse rǽddon we discern his kingdom and our kingdom there described, where before we read the account as if about
mǽre
Great ⬩ excellent ⬩ distinguished ⬩ illustrious ⬩ sublime ⬩ splendid ⬩ celebrated ⬩ famous ⬩ widely known ⬩ notorious ⬩ distinguished by evil deeds ⬩ insignis
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Ðín mægen is swá mǽre, swá ðæt ǽnig ne wát eorþbúende ða deópnesse Drihtnes mihta, Hy. 3, 31; Hy. Grn. ii. 282, 31.
frignan
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Þú mé frignest þæs þe ic ǽr ǽngum ne wolde melda weorðan, Gü. 1201. Ne frign ðú unc nóhtes má, Nar. 32, 5. (β) with prep. :-- Wé æfter ferscum wætre hié frinon, Nar. II, 22. Tó fregnanne (frægu-.
líc
A body
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Stód se biscop æt ðam líce, 4, 11; S. 580, 13: L. Edg. c. 65; Th. ii. 258, 13. Bæþ wið ðam miclan líce a bath for elephantiasis, L. M. 1, 32; Lchdm. ii. 78, 18.
drífan
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Álege þone man úpweard, dríf ii. stacan æt þám eaxlum, ii. 342, 5. Gif hwá drífe stacan on ǽnigne man si quis acus in homine aliquo defixerit, Ll.
ge-medemian
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Sý gemedemud ǽt metes sit temperatus cibus escae, Scint. 50, 14. V. to deem worthy to be in a state, position, & c. Cf. Hml. Th. i. 424, 15 :-- Hié cwǽdon, ' Deo gratias, for ðon wé wǽron tó dæge ealle on ánnesse gemedemode.'
ge-þingian
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Geþingie, Wlfst. 299, 24. to intercede for something from a person Hys frýnd bǽdon Onian ꝥ hé his lífe geðingode æt Gode, Hml.
ge-weorc
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H. 197, 7. v. ǽr-, eald-, fyrn-, hand-geweorc. <b>VI b</b>. of buildings :-- Híí Wiðin-nan þám níwan geweorce, Hml. S. 21, 23. Ceastra, . . . weallstána geweorc, Gn. C. 3. v. súþ-, templ-, treów-geweorc. <b>VI c.
hí-réd
A household, ⬩ house, ⬩ family, ⬩ the body of domestic retainers of a great man or king, ⬩ a court, ⬩ the members of a religious house, ⬩ a company, ⬩ band of associates
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An gewitnesse ðes hírédes æt Cristes cirican with the witness of the brotherhood at Christchurch, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. ii. 3, 36.
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stíþ
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Æsc byþ stíð staðule, ðeáh him feohtan on firas monige, Runic pm. Kmbl. 344, 25 ; Rún. 26. Stranga tor stíð wið feóndum turris fortitudinis a facie inimici, Ps. Th. 60, 2. Mec stíþne ( an anchor ), Exon. Th. 398, 17 ; Rä. 17, 9.
fore
before ⬩ in front of ⬩ at the head of ⬩ before ⬩ for ⬩ from ⬩ through ⬩ because of ⬩ on account of ⬩ for ⬩ from ⬩ through ⬩ in place of ⬩ instead of ⬩ for the sake of ⬩ on behalf of ⬩ to the honour of ⬩ of ⬩ about ⬩ before ⬩ into the presence of
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Se þegn fore fæder dǽdum blódfág swefeð, B. 2059. where an obligation is discharged He náh self nánwiht tó gesellanne ... þonne gǽð óðer man, seleð his ceáp fore ... sé þe him ǽr ceáp fore sealde, Ll. Th. i. 142, 2-6: 7.
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git
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Tó þon ꝥ hié þá git swíþor blóten þonne hié ǽr dyden, 4, 4; S. 162, 30. Þonne git lǽssan, Ll. Th. i. 342, 3. [Goth. ju hita.]
and-git
the understanding ⬩ the intellect ⬩ intellectus ⬩ understanding ⬩ knowledge ⬩ cognizance ⬩ intellectus ⬩ cognitio ⬩ agnitio ⬩ sense ⬩ meaning ⬩ one of the senses ⬩ sensus
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Nolde ic hiora andgit ǽnig habban non agnoscebam eos, Ps. Th. 100, 4. sense, meaning, one of the senses; sensus Hwílum [he sette] andgit of andgite sometimes [he put] meaning for meaning, Bt. proœm; Fox viii. 3.
denu
A plain, vale, dale, valley ⬩ vallis, convallis
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Ǽlc denu biþ gefylled omnis vallis implebĭtur, Lk. Bos. 3, 5.
fóre-áþ
A fore-oath ⬩ an oath first taken ⬩ antejūrāmentum ⬩ præjūrāmentum ⬩ præjūrātio
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</b> If the fóre-áþ of the accuser failed, the charge was quashed and the accused set at liberty Ofgá ǽlc man his tíhtlan mid fóreáþe let every man begin his charge with a fore-oath, L. Ath. i. 23; Th. i. 212, 5.
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mynetere
a moneyer ⬩ a money-changer ⬩ money-dealer ⬩ a minter ⬩ one who coins
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Ǽlc mynetere ðe man tihþ ðæt fals feoh slóge . . . gif hé fúl beó, sleá hine man, L. Eth. iii. 8; Th. i. 296, 12-15. Ða myneteras ðe inne wuda wyrcaþ oððe elles hwǽr ; ðæt ða bión heora feores scyldige, iii. 16; Th. i. 298, 13.
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ge-lícnes
a likeness ⬩ image ⬩ resemblance ⬩ similitudo ⬩ imago ⬩ a parable ⬩ proverb ⬩ parabola ⬩ proverbium
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Ǽlc man hæfþ þreó þing on him sylfum untodǽledlíce and togædere wyrcende, swá swá God cwæþ, ðáðá he ǽrest mann gesceóp. He cwæþ, 'Uton gewyrcean mannan to úre gelícnysse.' And he worhte ðá Adam to his anlícnysse.
strengu
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MSS.) strange abstinentiae robore validi, Past. 5, l; Swt. 41, 14. virtue Sint tó manianne ða mettruman tó ðsem ðæt hié gehealden ða strenge ðære geðylde admonendi sunt aegri, quatenus patientiae virtutem servent, 36, 9; Swt. 261, 2
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teóðian
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Gif gé nellaþ teóðian ǽlc ðæra þinga ðe eów God lǽnþ, 297, 2: Homl. Th. i. 178, 30; ii. 608, 21. <b>II a.
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fácen
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Ǽlc fracodlic fácn áweorpan, Wlfst. 73, 17. Ꝥ hé þǽr nán fácn (fácen, v. l.) gefremede, Ll. Th. i. 50, 31. Þéh hié him eft fácen gelǽsten though they played him false afterwards, Ors. 2, 5; S. 82, 12.