hand
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(b α) tó handa weorpan. to throw on a person's hands (with the idea of rejection) Gif mon hwelcne ceáp gebygeð and hé onfinde him hwelce unhǽlo on, þonne weorpe þone ceáp tó handa, Ll.
weorpan
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Kmbl. 2606 ; El. 1304. to move a thing from one position to another, in the phrase weorpan tó handa to hand over Weorpe hé ðone ceáp tó handa, L. In. 56; Th. i. 138, 12 : L. Alf. pol. 21 ; Th. i. 74, 19: 24; Th. i. 78, 9.
wíf
a woman ⬩ a female person ⬩ a being in the form of a woman ⬩ a married woman ⬩ a wife
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Gif ceorl ceáp forstelð . . . ðonne bið se his dǽl synnig, bútan ðam wífe, forðon heó sceal hire ealdore hiéran, 57; Th. i. 137, 17. Ðæt ða ( criminals ) ealle beón gearwe mid him silfum and mid wífe and mid ærfe tó farenne þider ic wille, L.
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sendan
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Ðæt God wolde sendan hungor and ádla on manna ceáp. Wulfst. 209, 28. to send forth, emit a sound Heofenfuglas sendaþ stefne mycle dabunt voces suas , Ps.
hús
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Gif ceorl ceáp forstelð and bireð meó his ærne (húse, v. l. ), 138, 16; 286, 11. Sylle him man tól tó his weorce and andlaman tó his húse, 434, 27. Beón hí áwergode on húse and on æcere, Ll. Lbmn. 438, 23. Gif þeóf brece mannes hús nihtes, Ll.
weaxan
To wax, grow. ⬩ to grow, be produced, ⬩ to grow, grow up ⬩ to grow, increase, wax ⬩ to grow in honour, grow great, flourish, prosper ⬩ to be productive ⬩ to grow, take shape
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Sumu hé cearf ðonne him ðúhte ðæt hié tó swíðe weóxen (weóxsen, Hatt. MS.) ... Sumu hé leahte mid wætre, ðonne hié tó hwón weóxon (weóxson, Hatt. MS.), Past. 40; Swt. 292, 5-8. Ða þornas weóxon (wóxon, Lind.: wéxon, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. 13, 7.
DRIGE
DRY ⬩ siccus, arĭdus
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DRY; siccus, arĭdus Se wind blǽwþ norþan and eástan, heálíc, and ceald, and swíðe drige [dríe MSS. P. L.] the wind blows from the north-east, violent, and cold, and very dry, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 18, 8; Lchdm. iii. 276, 6.
nǽnig
not any ⬩ none ⬩ no ⬩ no one ⬩ not any one
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Ne sý eów nǽnigu cearo, Blickl. Homl. 145, 8. Ne hié nǽnigo firen ne gewundode, 161, 33. Næs nǽnig ylding, 87, 17. Nis nǽnig máre mægen, 31, 30. Eów nǽnig wuht ne deraþ, And. 14, 8. God ðonne ne gýmeþ nǽnges mannes hreówe, Blickl. Homl. 95, 29.
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dǽlan
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Ic wille dǽlan ðá yfelan ðám yfelum on twá; óþer dǽl þára yflena hæfð éce wíte, . . . óþer dǽl sceal beón geclǽnsod, Bt. 38, 4; F. 202, 27. to break up union, association Ne ceara þú fleáme dǽlan somwist incre, Gen. 2279. intrans. to separate (intrans
lange
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Lencten byð lengest ceald Gn. C. 6. Hú ic lengest mæge þíne sóðfæstnesse, sélest gehealdan, Ps. Th. 118, 26. by preceding adverbs of comparison Swá lange swá mé líf gelǽst, Ll. Th. i. 276, 19. Swá lange quamdiu, An.
scír
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Ðonne se móna biþ .xx. niht, and .i. and .xx. niht, ðæt biþ scír oððe ceáp in ðem swefne tóweard, Lchdm. iii. 160, 8. Scíre prefecturae, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 2.
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forþ
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Gif hine forð nelle forstandan sé þe him ǽr ceáp fore sealde, Ll. Th. i. 142, 6. Suelce hé wel libban wolde, gif hé forð móste if he might continue to live, Past. 251, 15. Þæt godspel cwyð forð gyt the gospel goes on further to say, Hml.
ge-fyllan
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Oþ þæt se wída ceafl gefylled bið, Wal. 60. Gefellede innoþas impleta viscera, Hy. S. 96, 30. Þá leóhtfatu beóð simle mid ele gefylde, Bl. H. 127, 34. Tǽnelum gefyldum fiscillis refertis, Wrt.
werian
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Gif man ofsleá óþerne for neóde ðǽr hé his hláfordes ceáp werige si quis alium occiderit ex necessitate, ubi rem domini sui tuebatur, L. Ecg. C. 24; Th. ii. 150, 5. Ðæt hé ( a king ) Godes cyrcan weorþige and werige, L. I. P. 2; Th. ii. 304, 26.
hwæþere
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D. 300, 16. eác Eorðe ælgréno, eác hwæþre ceald, Met. 20, 78. ac Genóh wel wát God hú hit getímað on þǽre fandunge; ac hwæðere se man næfð ná mycele geðincðe búton hé áfandad sý, Hml. Th. i. 268, 17.
wanian
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Th. i. 100, 25. to cause to cease or fail, to bring to nought, destroy, frustrate lc wife ábelge, wonie hyre willan, Exon. Th. 402, 21; Rä. 21, 33.
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hwilc
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Gif mon hwelcne ceáp gebygeð, and hé onfinde him hwelce unhǽlo on, Ll. Th. i. 138, 10-II. Gif þú hine gesáwe on hwilcum earfoþum, Bt. 10; F. 28, 16: Bl. H. 51, 28. with án, óþer Bútan þǽr hwylc óðer mettrum man sý, Wlfst. 285, 8.
ná-wiht
nothing ⬩ naught ⬩ a thing of no value ⬩ an evil thing ⬩ not
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Náwuhtes cearu ofer ða ryhtwísnesse care for nothing besides righteousness, Swt. 302, 9. Ðú hí miht tó náwihte ( ad nihilum ) forniman, Ps.Th. 72, 16, 17 : 107,12.
þan
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Him ðæt nó ne derede, ðon má ðe ceald wæter, Shrn. 83, 17 : Exon. Th. 364, 33; Wal. 80. without ðe Ic ða word gehýrde and nóht ðon ǽr ðære ærninge blon ego audiens, nihilominus coeptis institi vetitis, Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 15.
ge-hwirfan
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., to make exchange of Hí ealra þinga gehwyrfdon ge on cucan ceápe ge on óðrurn, C. D. v. 378, 20. Hí gehwyrfdon landa wið Ælfwine commutationem terrarum fecerunt contra Ælfwinum v. 207, 7. Be þon þe nán mon gehwyrfe yrfes bútan gewitnesse, Ll.
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