gylt
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Gif ǽnig man óðerne wrége and him hwilcne gilt on secge (accusans eum praevaricationis), Deut. 19, 16. Gif hwilc preóst ágilte . . . hé þone gilt gebéte, Ll. Th. ii. 290, 19.
hlystan
listen ⬩ to listen
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Bodian láreówas godcunde þearfe, and ǽlc ꝥ gescád wite hlyste him georne, Ll. Th. i. 424, 19.
riht-wís
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Þá rihtwísan farað on ǽce líf ibunt iusti in vitam aeternam, Solil. H. 62, 1: Mt. 25, 46. Þú eart án þára rihtwísena, Bt. 5, 1; S. 11, 17: 23.
sagu
a saw, say (to say one's say), saying, statement, story, tale ⬩ saying, narration, telling, report ⬩ statement of a witness, testimony ⬩ a saying beforehand, foretelling
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Ælc his saȝe sæide, Laym. 26345. Heo wenden þat his sawen (2nd MS. sawes) soðe weren,749
úre
our ⬩ ours
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Ðonne wé ðǽm ðearfum hiera niédðearfe sellaþ, hiera ǽgen wé him sellaþ, nalles úre, Past. 45; Swt. 335, 18. where in place of an inflected form of the adjective the genitive úre might be expected Nis ðæt mín miht ne nǽniges úres, Blickl.
wéna
supposition ⬩ opinion ⬩ thought ⬩ idea ⬩ imagination ⬩ hope ⬩ expectation
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Hit is betere, ðætte ǽlc mon ádrýge of óðerra monna móde ðone wénan be him ǽlces yfeles cum prava aestimatio ab intuentium mente non tergitur 59; Swt. 451, 23.
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ge-ágnian
to have as one's own, possess, occupy ⬩ to get ⬩ secure possession of, acquire ⬩ to adopt ⬩ to prove one's title to ⬩ secure by shewing title ⬩ to usurp
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Him ealle þás cynerícu on his ǽnes ǽht geágnian, Bl. H. 105, 12.
sorh-full
full of care or anxiety ⬩ careful ⬩ anxious ⬩ feeling anxiety ⬩ attended with anxiety ⬩ causing anxiety ⬩ sorrowful ⬩ mournful ⬩ sad ⬩ feeling sorrow or grief ⬩ attended with or causing sorrow ⬩ grievous ⬩ sollicitus
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Ne inc ǽnig mon beleán mihte sorhfulne síð (the perilous swimming match of Beowulf and Breca), Beo.
sóna
Soon, immediately, directly, at once
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Ǽlc cræft biþ sóna forealdod Bt. 17; Fox 60, 10. And sóna (statim) gást hine on wésten genýdde Mk. Skt. 1, 12, 10. Hí ðá sóna forléton hyra nett Mt. Kmbl. 4, 22. Ðá sóna (continuo) forscranc ðæt fictreów 21, 19: Cd. Th. 53, 16; Gen. 862.
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bæc
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In earna bæce; andlang bæces . . . æft on earna bæce, v. 121, 4, 11. In beka brycge; of becha brycge (cf. 386, 15 above), iii. 382, 11. On ðá lytlan becas . . .; of grindlesbece, 80, 4. bæc(c); f.
syn
misdeed, fault, crime, wrong ⬩ sin
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Mænige líf bútan leahtre (crimine) habban mágon, bútan synne (peccato) hí ná mágon, Scint. 230, 12, Ælc ðe synne (peccatum) wyrcþ is ðære synne (peccati ) þeów, Jn. Skt.8, 34. Se ðe déþ áweg middaneardes synnæ(peccatum;synna,MS. A.: synne, MS. B.
wunian
To dwell ⬩ remain ⬩ to dwell ⬩ abide ⬩ stay ⬩ remain ⬩ live ⬩ to inhabit a place, live in or on ⬩ to live, be in certain conditions or circumstances, ⬩ to abide ⬩ be present with a person to comfort or help ⬩ to be ⬩ rest ⬩ reside ⬩ remain ⬩ occupy a position ⬩ to consist of or in, ⬩ subsist, exist ⬩ to remain ⬩ last ⬩ continue ⬩ endure ⬩ to be wont
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Homl. 171, 14. with a complementary word or phrase Heó wæs fǽmne ǽr hire beorþre, and heó wunaþ fǽmne æfter hire beorþre, Blickl. Homl. 155, 33. Ðú unstilla gesceafta ástyrest and ðé self wunast swíðe stille, Met. 20, 16.
teón
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Tó teónne forð ðone wísdóm ðære ealdan ǽ, Homl.
hergian
To harry ⬩ pillage ⬩ plunder ⬩ ravage ⬩ waste ⬩ devastate ⬩ make an incursion or a raid ⬩ make war
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Gif ǽnig sciphere on Engla lande hergie if any fleet commit ravages in England, L. Eth. ii. 1; Th. i. 284, 15, 18.
metan
to mete ⬩ measure ⬩ to measure out ⬩ mark off ⬩ assign the bounds of a place ⬩ to measure by paces ⬩ to traverse ⬩ pass over ⬩ to measure one thing by or with another ⬩ to compare
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Ǽlc ðæra þinga ðe man met on fate everything that is measured in a vessel, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Som. 16, 8. On ðam ylcan gemete ðe gé metaþ eów byþ gemeten qua mensura mensi fueritis, remetietur vobis, Mt. Kmbl, 7, 2.
gildan
To yield ⬩ pay ⬩ restore ⬩ requite ⬩ give ⬩ render ⬩ make an offering ⬩ serve ⬩ worship ⬩ reddere ⬩ solvere ⬩ tribuere ⬩ retribuere ⬩ rependere ⬩ restituere ⬩ service ⬩ colere
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Ðæt ǽlc gulde óþrum edleán ǽlces weorces that each should render to another recompense for every work, Bt. 39, 1; Fox 212, 5: Bt. Met. Fox 27, 51; Met. 27, 26.
ge-býrian
To happen ⬩ to fall out ⬩ to pertain to ⬩ belong to ⬩ evenire ⬩ accidere ⬩ contingere ⬩ pertinere ad ⬩ It pertains to ⬩ it is fitting or suitable ⬩ it becomes ⬩ it behoves ⬩ pertinet ad ⬩ convenit ⬩ oportet ⬩ decet
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Hit nis náuht ðæt mon cwiþ ðæt ǽnig þing weás gebýrige it is naught [nothing] that men say that anything happens by chance, Bt. 40, 5; Fox 240, 28 : Ps. Th. 4, 5. Ðás ðing gebyrigeaþ ǽryst oportet primum hæc fieri, Lk. Bos. 21, 9.
þeóh
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Ðá æthrán hé his sine on his þeó tetigit nervum femoris ejus, Gen. 32, 25. ' Hæbbe eówer ǽlc his sweord be his ðeó.' Ðonne mon hæfþ his sweord be his ðió, ðonne... Past. 56; Swt. 433, 11: Exon. Th. 431, 2; Rä. 45, 1.
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wórian
To wander about ⬩ to wander about ⬩ ramble ⬩ be a vagabond
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Ben. 9, 23. of the movements of the planets Hí (the planets)synd wórigende gecwedene, for ðan ðe ǽlc gǽð on his ágenum ryne, Boutr. Scrd. 18, 29. figurative in various senses Wóraþ fluctuat, estuat, i. vacillat, dubitat, anxiat, Wrt.
ge-sceádwís
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Add: exercising discernment, intelligent, discerning Ǽlc gesceádwís man mæg witan ꝥ hig beóþ full earme, Bt. 29, 2; F. 104, ii: 27, l ; F. 96, 6 : 28; F. 100, 30.