sél
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Se getreówa man sceal syllan his gód on ða tíd ðe hine sylfne sélest lyste his brúcan, Blickl. Homl. 101, 20. Hí genáman ðæs folces ðe ðǽr tó láfe wæs and him sélost lícodan, 79, 21
wérig
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Ða wéregan neát ðe man drífeþ and þirsceþ, Elen. Kmbl. 714; El. 357. <b>I a.</b> </b> with gen., weary of or from doing something Wérig ðæs weorces, Exon. Th. 436, 20; Rä. 55, 10. Síþes wérig, Beo. Th. 1162; B. 579.
wítega
a wise man ⬩ one who has knowledge ⬩ one who has knowledge from a superhuman source ⬩ prophet ⬩ wise man ⬩ diviner ⬩ soothsayer ⬩ a presage
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Th. 73, 9. a wise man, diviner, soothsayer Wítgan, Caldéa cyn, Cd. Th. 218, 19; Dan. 41.
Linked entry: wítiga
witod
appointed ⬩ ordained ⬩ assured ⬩ certain ⬩ certain ⬩ certainly ⬩ assuredly
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Se ealda man him mæg gewislíce witod witan, ðæt him se deáð geneálǽcð the old man may surely know, that for him the approach of death is certain, Wulfst. 147, 26. Hí eác wénan ne þurfon, ac witod witan, ðæt hig yfel leán habban scylan, 270, 26.
eard
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Hú man þisne eard werian sceolde, 1010; P. 140, 29. On þá gerád ꝥ hý nǽfre eft on eard ne cuman. And gif heó man ǽfre eft on earde geméte, Ll. Th. i. 220, 8-10.
rest
rest, quiet, freedom from toil ⬩ rest, repose, sleep ⬩ a place of rest, resting-place ⬩ a bed, couch
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Mid gódum dǽdum man geearnige him ða écean ræste, 101, 26. Hwonne him Freá reste ágeáfe, Cd. Th. 86, 9; Gen. 1428. ; rest, repose, sleep; Rest ;dormitatio,; Kent. Gl. 894.
ge-bycgan
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Eádsige arcb ... bletsode Síward tó biscope ... se arcbiscop wénde ꝥ hit sum óðer mann ábiddan wolde oððe gebicgean, 1043; P. 164, 5.
ge-weald
power ⬩ strength ⬩ might ⬩ efficacy ⬩ potestas ⬩ power over any thing ⬩ empire ⬩ rule ⬩ dominion ⬩ mastery ⬩ sway ⬩ jurisdiction ⬩ government ⬩ protection ⬩ keeping ⬩ a bridle-bit ⬩ potestas ⬩ facuitas ⬩ imperium ⬩ ditio ⬩ arbitrium ⬩ jus ⬩ camas
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Gif mon óþrum ða geweald forsleá uppe on ðam sweoran if a man rupture the powers [tendons] on another's neck, L.
Linked entries: þeóh-geweald ge-wald ge-wild
þeóf-feng
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Gif þeuw stele ... hine man álése .lxx. sciłł., L. Wih. 27; Th. i. 42, 20. Hine man his wergelde álése, 26; Th. i. 42, 17: L. In. 12; Th. i. 110, 8.
an-gin
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</b> practice of a rite, study :-- Nǽfre nán man ne geþrístlǽce ǽnigne deófles bígencg tó dónne, ne on wiccedóme, ne on ǽnegum ídelum anginne, Hml. A. 143, 123. Forsægenum þám onginnum (studiis; v. l. bígengum) þára bðccræfta. Gr.
ge-dihtan
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S. 3, 383. to appoint, ordain Ymbreufæstena healde man rihte, swá swá Scs Gregorius Angelcynne hit gedihte, Wlfst. 272, 18 : Ll. Th. i. 320, 21.
Basilius
Basil, bishop of Cæsarēa ⬩ Kαιδάρεια
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And he awrát ða láre ðe we nú willaþ on Englisceum gereorde secgean Basil the blessed [born A.D. 328, died 379] was a very holy bishop in the city of Cæsaréa, a province belonging to Greece, the father of many monks, himself of the monkhood.
rǽcan
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Ne hé sóðfæste lǽteþ ðæt hí tó unrihte willen handum rǽcean ut non extendan justi ad iniquitatem manus suas, Ps. Th. 124, 4. trans. To reach, hold forth, offer, present Ic rǽce porrigo vel porgo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5; Som. 31, 46.
Linked entry: a-rǽcan
ge-mengan
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Eorþe wearþ eall mid blóde máne gemenged infecta est terra in sanguinĭbus eórum, Ps. Th. 305, 28, Ðæt wæter and seó eorþe wǽron gemengede óþ ðone þriddan dæg the water and the earth were commingled unto the third day, Hexam. 4; Norm. 8, 15.
Linked entries: ge-mægnan ge-mæncgan ge-mencgan ge-mincged
wráþe
angrily ⬩ with or in anger ⬩ with indignation ⬩ fiercely ⬩ cruelly ⬩ greviously ⬩ bitterly ⬩ evilly ⬩ perversely ⬩ wickedly
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Th. 111, 26; Gen. 1861. evilly, perversely, wickedly Hé ða gehát swíðe yfele gelǽste, and swíðe wráðe geendode mid manegum máne, Bt. I; Fox 2, 10. Gé on heortan hogedon inwit, worhton wráðe in corde iniquitates operamini, Ps. Th. 57, 2.
á-lífan
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Voc. ii. 136, 9. to permit a person (dat. ) to do something Þæt hié him ǽlce geáre gesealden swá fela talentena swá hié him þonne áliéfden that they should pay them each year as many talents as they might be pleased to fix for them to pay when the time
hwít
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Hwíting, ii. 3, 30. the word also occurs in many local names, v. C. D. vi. 305
sæc
Strife, contest, conflict
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Hé wælfǽhþa dǽl sæcca gesette he composed many a deadly feud and quarrel, Beo. Th. 4062; B. 2029
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hyð
Advantage ⬩ gain ⬩ profit ⬩ benefit
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On earmra manna hyððum for the advantage of poor men, L. I. P. 19 ; Th. ii. 328, 11.
Linked entry: hyðe-líc
þætte
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Wíslíce gé dyde, ꝥte mannum bedígled wæs on eorðan þæt gé þæt on heofenas sóhtan, Blickl. HomI. 201, 1. combining antecedent and relative, that which, what On hire wæs gefylled ꝥte on Cantica Canticorum wæs gesungen, Blickl. Homl. 11, 15.
Linked entry: þæt