ge-rǽcan
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L. 24, 33. (2a) with immaterial object to give, yield, grant :-- þte clǽnegirýno ús smyltnisse girǽce (tribuat), Rtl. 31, 30. to succeed in touching by stretching the hand or some other part of the body Se hróf hæfde mislice heáhnysse; on sumere stówe
ge-restan
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Th. 18, 22-25. (4a) adverbial complement :-- Ðonne gerest ðæt mod hit orsorglice on ðǽre fortruwunga mens in sui mnfidentia secura requiescit, Past. 463, 10. trans. to give rest to a person, cause to cease or refrain from work Gerested feriatus, Wrt.
hring
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Wyrc feówer hringas ( circulos ), and áhóh hié on ðá feówer hyrnan ðǽre earce; and hát wyrcean twégen stengas . . . and sting út ðurh ðá hringas, Past. 169, 20-24.
HEARD
HARD, harsh, austere, severe, rigorous, stern, stubborn, firm, hardy, brave ⬩ durus, rigidus, asper, acer
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Ða heardan heortan the hard hearts, Past. 21, 3; Swt. 154, 2. Ða heardan þrowunga ðe hé ádreág the hard sufferings that he endured, Blickl. Homl. 97, 15. Ic hine heardan clammum wríðan þohte I thought to bind him with hard bonds, Beo.
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slege
a stroke, blow ⬩ of a serpent's sting, ⬩ a striking, beating, ⬩ stamping, coining ⬩ clashing, collision ⬩ a crash, clap of thunde ⬩ a fatal stroke, slaying, slaughter, death (by violence ⬩ a defeat, loss inflicted on an army; clades ⬩ a stroke of affliction, punishment, disease ⬩ an instrument for striking ⬩ a slay ⬩ a plectrum ⬩ plectro] ⬩ a stroke, blow ⬩ slaying ⬩ plaga, ictus, tusio, percussio : ⬩ a blow, defeat; ⬩ n. a blow; a defeat, slaughter, loss; a stroke of apoplexy
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Past. 3; Swt. 34, 23. Be elþiódies monnes slege. Gif mon elþeódigne ofsleá L. In. 23; Th. i. 116, 13. Mid his bróðor slege parricidio Ors. 2, 2; Swt. 64, 23. Hé tihte ðæt folc tó ðæs Hǽlendes slege Homl. Th. i. 292, 6: 216, 15.
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á-wendan
To turn. ⬩ to give a certain direction to ⬩ to return ⬩ to reduce ⬩ bring into subjection ⬩ to turn aside, ⬩ to remove ⬩ divert ⬩ to avert ⬩ to pervert ⬩ to change ⬩ to turn into something else ⬩ transform ⬩ to translate ⬩ reproduce something with other material ⬩ to exchange ⬩ To turn ⬩ take a certain direction
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Áwende móde mutata mente, Past. 39, 22. Gelícost þám þe monna heortan áwende wurden, Ors. 5, 15;S. 250, 30. to turn into something else, transform Drýmenn áwendon úre dohtor tó myran, Hml. S. 21, 482.
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þencan
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Hié nyllaþ ðæs ðencean, hú hié mægen nyttweorðuste beón hiera niéhstum, Past. 5; Swt. 45, 18. Wé móton ðæs þencan ðe egeslíc on ðissum bócum is gewriten, L.
folc
a people ⬩ a nation ⬩ an army ⬩ a race ⬩ tribe ⬩ sect ⬩ lay-folk ⬩ the laity ⬩ the people ⬩ followers ⬩ the people ⬩ the common people ⬩ country-folk ⬩ folk ⬩ men ⬩ people ⬩ folks ⬩ a crowd ⬩ company ⬩ troop ⬩ people ⬩ folk
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Bið se here ídel, ðonne hé on óðer folc winnan sceal in exploratione hostium frustra exercitus sequitur, Past. 129, 9. Hé ús on þæt fýr fylde folca mǽste, Gen. 749.
gód
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D. 324, 9: Past. 87, 4. Þæt wé bugon fram yfele and dón góda ( bona ), Coll. M. 33, 9. (3 a) of the services of the church :-- Ðættæ mon unce tíde geuueorðiae on godcundum gódum and ǽc on aelmessan, C. D. i. 292, 32: 293, 3.
BURH
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Ðonne hý hweorfaþ in ða hálgan burg when they pass into the holy city, Exon. 44b; Th. 150, 26; Gú. 784. Ðæt he gesáwe ða burh ut videret civitatem, Gen. 11, 5. Ða burh ne bærndon they burnt not the city, Ors. 2, 8; Bos. 52, 8.
LÁR
LORE ⬩ teaching ⬩ instruction ⬩ learning ⬩ knowledge ⬩ cunning ⬩ science ⬩ preaching ⬩ doctrine ⬩ dogma ⬩ precept ⬩ exhortation ⬩ admonition ⬩ counsel ⬩ suggestion ⬩ instigation ⬩ persuasion
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ða godcundan hádas wǽron ǽgðer ge ymbe láre ge ymbe liornunga ... and hú man útanbordes wisdóm and láre hieder on lond sóhte how diligent the clergy were about teaching and learning ... and how wisdom and instruction were sought here by foreigners, Past
LÍF
LIFE
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Nis mé tíd mín líf tó onwendenne there is no time for me to change my life, 5, 14; S. 634, 32: Past. 17, 4; Swt. 111, 23. Seó Cúþburh ðæt lýf [monastery] æt Winburnan árǽrde, Chr. 718; Erl. 45, 19
ge-weorþan
to be ⬩ be made ⬩ become ⬩ happen ⬩ fiĕri ⬩ To happen ⬩ come to pass ⬩ befall ⬩ come together ⬩ agree ⬩ be agreeable ⬩ contingĕre ⬩ evĕnīre ⬩ convĕnīre ⬩ plăcēre
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To happen, come to pass, befall, come together, agree, be agreeable; contingĕre, evĕnīre, convĕnīre, plăcēre Ne mihte hí betwih him geþwǽrian and geweorþan they might not accord and agree among themselves, Bd. 4, 4; S. 571, 2: Cd. 81; Th. 101, 32; Gen
Linked entries: ge-wurþan ge-wyrþan tó-wesness
þurh-wunian
to continue ⬩ last ⬩ not to come to an end ⬩ not to pass away ⬩ to continue in a place, with a person ⬩ to remain, not to leave ⬩ to continue in a condition ⬩ not to change ⬩ to persevere ⬩ persist ⬩ hold out
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to continue, last, not to come to an end, not to pass away Godes ege þurhwunaþ á worlda world timor Domini permanens in seculum seculi, Ps. Th. 58, 8. His ríce þurhwunaþ on écnesse, Blickl. Homl. 65, 16.
unnan
to grant a person (dat.) something ⬩ to give ⬩ allow ⬩ to wish something (gen.) to a person (dat. ) ⬩ to wish something (gen.) for a person (dat.) ⬩ to like a person to have something ⬩ to like a condition of things ⬩ to be pleased
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Grammar unnan, with dat. of person and a clause : -- Ðæt is, ðæt hwá fare mid his móde æfter his niéhstan, and him unne ðæt hé tó ryhte gecierre that is, that a man go in spirit after his neighbour, and be glad that he turn to right, Past. 46; Swt. 349
wiþ-cweþan
to reply ⬩ to gainsay ⬩ contradict ⬩ maintain an opposite opinion ⬩ to contradict ⬩ oppose ⬩ resist ⬩ to refuse ⬩ reject ⬩ not to allow
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Ðá wiðcweð se arcebiscop, and cwaeð ðet se pápa hie him forboden hæfde, Chr. 1048; Erl. 177, 21. Wiðcwæð renunciaverit, Hpt. Gl. 512, 72.
worþ
a close ⬩ an enclosed place ⬩ an enclosed homestead ⬩ a habitation with surrounding land ⬩ land ⬩ a place enclosed by buildings ⬩ a court ⬩ hall ⬩ a place ⬩ street
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¶ perhaps in the last two passages weorþ may be regarded as the second part of a compound name: such expressions as 'in loco ubi soliculae illius regionis Ægeleswurð nomen imposuerunt' are not uncommon in the Charters, and such names seem to have remained
yþ
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Ða ýða ðara costunga, Past. 16; Swt. 103, 91. Ýþe, Exon. Th. 188, 3; Az. 40: Cd. Th. 196, 8; Exod. 288. Ða wonhǽwan oððe swearthǽwenan oððe ýða cerula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 66. Wonne ýþa, Cd. Th. 86, 13; Gen. 1430. Sealte ýþa, Ps. Th. 76, 13.
dóm
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Hí rícsiað of hira ágnum dóme, næs of ðæs hiéhstan déman ex se et non ex arbitrio summi rectoris regnant, Past. 27, 16. Sié ꝥ on cyninges dóme, swá deáð swá líf, Ll. Th. i. 66, 10. Ic hine tó heora sylfra dóme ágeaf, Bl. H. 177, 25.
ge-gearwian
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Hié sculon ládteówdóm geearwian, Past. 138, 17. to make easy to do Mé þæt mægen þe ǽr þæs inganges duru bewerede æfter þan þone ingang þæs síðfætes gegearwode, Hml. S. 23 b, 464