bodian
to declare ⬩ proclaim ⬩ to foretell ⬩ prophesy ⬩ celebrate ⬩ praise ⬩ to preach ⬩ a person ⬩ a doctrine ⬩ belief
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Manige men þá godcundan láre gehýrað, and him mon þá oft bodaþ and sægþ, Bl. H. 57, 19. Ðá ðe swigiað ðæt hié ðá hálgan ǽ ne bodiað (bodigeað, 4) qui sacrae legis verba non loquuntur, Past. 365, 7.
beótian
to threaten ⬩ to threaten ⬩ to threaten with ⬩ a weapon ⬩ a penalty, ⬩ to promise
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Bd. 4, 32; Sch. 545, 16. to threaten with (mid or instrumental), a weapon, Hé mid his tuxum tó him beótode, Guth. 48, l. a penalty, Þá Lang-beardan ongunnon beótian (-igean, v. l.) heom tó deáðe coepere Longo-bardi mortem eis minari, Gr.
cwide
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On cwyde þínum lǽf þearfum in testamento tuo relinque pauperibus, Scint. 146, 13. v. folc-, fore-, samnung-, sealm-, spell-cwide
éhtan
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Ðý lǽs hwelc ðára niéhstena his éhte ( persequatur ) and gefoo, Past. 167, 4. Engel éhtiende hig angelus persequens eos, Ps. L. 34, 6. Éhtendum insequente, i. persequente, An. Ox. 4749. Éhtende persequente, Kent.
for-déman
to condemn ⬩ to condemn ⬩ sentence to punishment ⬩ to confiscate ⬩ sequestrate ⬩ decide ⬩ determine
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H. 223, 32. in a civil case Þý lǽs ǽnig man cweðe þæt ic míne mǽgcild mid wó fordémde, Cht. Th. 486, 28. in a criminal case, to condemn, sentence to punishment Hwǽr synd þá ðe þé wrégdon? Ne fordémde (condemnauit) þé nán man ...
for-niman
to comprehend ⬩ carry off ⬩ do away with ⬩ defraud ⬩ consume
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Læg heó swilce mid slǽpe fornumen, Hml. Th. ii. 32, 29. Seó módor mid murcnunge wæs fornumen, Hml. S. 2, 105. Mid fyrhte fornumene, 3, 138: Hml. Th. ii. 382, 3. Mið costungum fornumena tormentis comprehensos, Mt.
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frófor
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Add: [A weak form occurs in the late Shrn. 202, 16.] consolation. the action of consoling Þé is nú frófres máre þearf þonne unrótnesse medicinae tempus est, non querelae, Bt. 3, 3; S. 9, 17.
ge-stígan
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II. to descend to, reach by descending :-- Ne se steorra (Ursa) gestígan wile westdǽl wolcna; ealle stiorran segað æfter sunnan under eorþan grund, he ana stent Ursa nunquam occiduo lata profundo, cetera cernens sidera mergi, cupit oceano tingere jlammas
hatian
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Lufa þínne néxtan and hata þínne feónd, Mt. 5, 43. þreóra cynna syndon morþras, ꝥ is ꝥ Ne meahte hé on þám feorhbonan fǽhðe gebétan, nó hé þone heaðorinc hatian ne meahte láðum dǽdum, B. 2466. the object a thing. material On þǽm dæge hié hatigaþ þisse
hǽlan
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Ðý lǽs. . . hwærfa hiá and ic hǽlo ( sanem ) hiá, 13, 15 : Jn. L. 13, 40. Ꝥte haelde ðrael his ut saluaret seruum eius, Lk. L. 7, 3. Críst hié hǽlan wolde, BI. H. 105, 26. Hǽla ðá unstronga sanare infirmos, Lk.
hearde
firmly ⬩ tightly
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[The last three passages might be taken under IV] in a way that involves pain Hrinon hearmtánas hearde and sáre drihta bearnum, Gen. 992. Þæs wráðe ongeald, hearde mid híwum, hægstealda wynn, 1862: Dan. 598.
módor
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Th. ii. 218, 28. applied to a person who acts like a mother. one who shows motherly affection Hé ætiéwe his hiéremonnum ðæt hé sié hiera fæder on láre and hiera módur on mildheortnesse, Past. 123, 25. one who exercises control, the superior of a female
neáh
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H. 45, 17. add: in superlative, of order in time, last Hét se cing þá módor ealra neáhst ácwellan, Shrn. III, 22. Æðelstán and Eádmund, and Eádgár þe níhst wæs, Ll. Th. i. 350, 7. Be ðám þe ic nú niéhst ácsode, Solil. H. 65, 3.
wine
A friend. ⬩ applied to an equal ⬩ applied to one who can help or protect ⬩ a friendly lord ⬩ a (powerful) friend ⬩ used of a husband or lover ⬩ applied to an inferior or subordinate, one to whom favour or protection may be shewn
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Geared lǽfde land and leódweard (cf. Geared gold brittade..., his freómágum leóf, 72, 8; Gen. 1183), Cd. Th. 72, 29; Gen. 1194. Ne þurfon mé hæleð ætwítan, nú mín wine (Byrhtnoth) gecranc, ðæt ic hláfordleás hám síðie, Byrht. Th. 139, 7; By. 250.
ge-teón
to draw ⬩ lead ⬩ incite ⬩ excite ⬩ constrain ⬩ restrain ⬩ bring up ⬩ instruct ⬩ bring to an end ⬩ complete ⬩ draw or bind together ⬩ string a musical instrument ⬩ trahere ⬩ ducere ⬩ perducere ⬩ stringere ⬩ evaginare ⬩ excitare ⬩ constringere ⬩ educare ⬩ instituere ⬩ ad finem perducere ⬩ complere ⬩ nervis aptare vel instruere ⬩ to bring as an offering or gift ⬩ contribute ⬩ bestow ⬩ give ⬩ conferre
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He geteág ealde láfe he drew an ancient relic [i. e. a sword ], Cd. 162; Th. 203, 22; Exod. 407. Getogene ðý wǽpne evaginata sica, Bd. 2, 9; S. 511, 21. Folc to mánum getogen excitatum ad scelera vulgus, 2, 5; S. 507, 42.
hlóþ
spoil, ⬩ booty ⬩ a band, ⬩ troop, ⬩ company, ⬩ gang, ⬩ crew, ⬩ body of robbers ⬩ the crime of taking part in the action of a hlóþ
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Mycle hlóþe þurh his láre and fulluhte ðam ealdan feónde áfyrde magnas antiquo hosti prædas docendo et baptizando eripuit, 2, 20; S. 522, 22. a band, troop, company, gang, crew, body of robbers Þeófas wé hátaþ óþ vii men from vii hlóþ óþ xxxv siððan
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Cerdic
Cerdic ⬩ Cerdĭcus
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And six years after they landed, they subdued the West-Saxons' kingdom; and they were the first kings, who conquered the West-Saxons' land from the Welsh; and he had the kingdom sixteen years; and when he died, then his son Cynric succeeded
irmþ
Poverty ⬩ penury ⬩ misery ⬩ wretchedness ⬩ calamity ⬩ distress ⬩ disorder
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Nis ðǽr on ðam londe yldu ne yrmþu in that land there is not age or misery, Exon. 56 b; Th. 201, 6; Ph. 52 : 64 b; Th. 238, 34; Ph. 614.
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be-sittan
to sit round, surround, beset, besiege ⬩ circumdare, cingere, obsidere ⬩ to be in session, to hold sessions ⬩ to posess ⬩ considere, ⬩ possidere
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He besæt ða sinherge sweorda láfe circumdedit magno exercitu ensium reliquias [superstites], Beo. Th. 5864; B. 2936. He fór to Hrofe ceastre, and besætt ðone castel he went to Rochester, and beset the castle, Chr. 1087; Erl. 226, 5.
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þearfan
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Ða ðearfendan láfe Brytta pauperculae Brittonum reliquiae, 1, 13; S. 481, 41. Ǽnig gemynd þearfendra manna, Blickl. Howl. 69, 10. Brec ðínne hláf þearfendum mannum, 37, 20: 75, 23: 109, 14. Ðæt hé sealde sum þping þearfendum mannum ( egenis ), Jn.
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