ge-métan
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Ic nǽfre þé ǽr gemétte þus méðne, Gú. 988. Gemétte hé his gaþoftan slǽpende, Bd. 3, 27; Sch. 320, 21: Bl. H. 145, 6. Hé gemétte þá wríteras wrítende, Gr. D. 35, 33. Hweðer hé cwicne gemétte Wedra þeóden, B. 2785.
Cædmon
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Ðá he ðá ðás andsware onféng; ðá ongan he sóna singan, in hérenesse Godes scyppendes, ða fers and ða word ðe he nǽfre ne gehýrde . . . Ðá arás he from ðam slǽpe and eall ðæt he slǽpende song fæste on gemynde hæfde . . .
FOR
FOR ⬩ on account of ⬩ because of ⬩ with ⬩ by ⬩ pro ⬩ propter ⬩ per ⬩ according to ⬩ pro ⬩ sĕcundum ⬩ juxta ⬩ For ⬩ instead of ⬩ pro ⬩ lŏco ⬩ vĭce ⬩ For ⬩ on account of ⬩ because of ⬩ through ⬩ pro ⬩ propter ⬩ per
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Ic gelýfe to ðé, ðæt dú me, for ðínum mægenspédum, nǽfre wille ánforlǽtan I believe in thee, that thou, according to thy great power, never wilt desert me. Andr. Kmbl. 2572; An. 1287.
brúcan
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Heó nǽfre línenum hræglum brúcan (uti) wolde, Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 443, 3. (1 b) to use food, eat or drink :-- Flǽscmettum ic brúce carnibus vescor , Coll. M. 34, 21: 35, 3. Ne brúco (brúcco, L.) ic non manducabo , Lk. R. 22, 16.
fæder
a parent ⬩ a step-father ⬩ forefather ⬩ fathers ⬩ ancestors ⬩ father ⬩ a god-father ⬩ a patron
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Nǽfre ácennede from fæder ne from méder, Bl. H. 93, 28. Ic fare tó mínum fæder (feder, L.) and ic secge him: ' Eálá fæder (fader, L.), ' Lk. 15, 18. Cwæð se yldra tó his fæder (fæder, L., feder, R.): 'Fæder, ' 12.
flǽsc
flesh ⬩ animals ⬩ human beings
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Æfter þisum ne et þú nǽfre flǽsc (carnem), Gr. D. 135, 9. Wile monna sum mín flǽsc etan, felles ne réceð, Ra. 76, 5. Þæs lambes flǽsc gebrǽd etan, Angl. viii. 323, 47. Ic eotu flésc ferra (carnes taurarum), Ps. Srt. 49, 13.
hlísa
fame ⬩ reputation ⬩ repute ⬩ glory ⬩ reputation ⬩ report ⬩ fame ⬩ approbation ⬩ applause
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Wilnigaþ monige men anwealdes ðe hié woldon habban gódne hlísan, þeáh hí his unwyrþe sién, Bt. 18, I; F. 60, 26. used of the Deity, glory: Nǽfre hlísan áh Meotud þan máran þonne hé wið monna bearn wyrceð weldǽdum no more glorious attribute has the Maker
sorh
care ⬩ anxiety ⬩ sorrow ⬩ grief ⬩ affliction ⬩ trouble ⬩ sorrow, care ⬩ cura, solicitudo, angor, moeror, labor ⬩ care, sorrow
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Ða ðe nǽfre nánne mon buton sorge (securum) ne forlǽtaþ, Bt. 7, 2; Fox 18, 14. Ðæt gé lybbon eówre líf bútan ǽlcre sorge absque ullo pavore, Lev. 25, 18. Ús biþ sibb æfter sorge, Andr. Kmbl. 3134; An. 1570.
Linked entry: sorg
má
More ⬩ rather ⬩ further
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Ne synga ðú nǽfre, má, Jn. Skt. 8, 11. Ðæt ðú má ne síe mínra gylta gemyndig, Elen. Kmbl. 1630; El. 817. Má of heora múþe hit ne eode it (water) no longer came out of its mouth, Blickl. Homl. 247, 9.
dǽlan
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Swá nó man scyle his gástes lufan wið Gode dǽlan not in such measure is the spirit's love to be given to God, Dan. 21. to obtain a share Nǽfre Ismael wið Isáce, wið mín ágen bearn, yrfe dǽleð, Gen. 2788. Wið Drihtne dǽlan wuldorfæstan wíc, 26.
ge-gearwian
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Nǽfre þú wíta þæs fela gegearwast, Jul. 177. Þíne hǽle þú geearwodest (gigeorwades, R.), Lk. 2, 31. Þæt hé him stówe gegearwade þæt hé restan mihte ut sibi locum quiescendi praepararet, Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 489, 7.
ge-mengan
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To mix, be mixed, unite to :-- Ðætte sió mennisce ólicung for nánum freóndscipe ðǽrtó ne gemenge (-mencge, v. l.) ut nihil se ei humanitatis admisceat in hoc, Past. 78, 9. ꝥ gecynd nyle nǽfre nán-wuht wiþerweardes lǽtan gemengan, for þám heora ǽgþer onscunað
ge-þóht
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Ne bescýt se deófol nǽfre swá yfel geþóht intó þám men, Angl. vii. 28, 260. Suá giémeleáslíce oft sceacað úre geðóhtas ( cogitationes ) from ús, Past. 139, 20. Hiora geðóhtas beóð áweallene on hiora móde, 271, 15: Seef. 34.
Linked entry: þóht
wealh
a foreigner ⬩ properly a Celt ⬩ a Celt of Britain; the word occurs mostly in pl., ⬩ the British ⬩ the Welsh ⬩ Wales ⬩ a Roman ⬩ a slave ⬩ servant ⬩ a shameless person
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Ðrittegum geárum ne gestilde nǽfre stefen cearciendes wǽnes ne ceoriendes wales for thirty years the sound of creaking wain and chiding thrall never ceased, Lchdm. iii. 430, 34. Ne hý ne wé ne underfón óðres wealh ne óðres þeóf, L.
óðer
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Óðer twega, ðara, or without these forms, one of two alternatives :-- For ðam óðer twega, oððe hié nǽfre tó nánum men ne becumaþ, oððe hié nǽfre fæstlíce ne þurhwuniaþ, Bt. II, l; Fox 30, 26.
ende
a region ⬩ quarter ⬩ side ⬩ quarter ⬩ part ⬩ proportion ⬩ death ⬩ end ⬩ finished ⬩ issue ⬩ event ⬩ goal ⬩ ultimately ⬩ always ⬩ ultimately ⬩ continuously ⬩ consecutively ⬩ kind ⬩ sort
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Ende nǽfre þínes wræces weorðeð, 1384. Ꝥ wite þe nǽfre nǽnig ende ne becymeþ, Bl. H. 51, 31. Gefeá bútan ende, Hml. Th. i. 460, 19. Á bútan ǽnigum ende, Nar. 49, 19. Þá wæs hyra tíres æt ende, Jud. 272: Dóm. 2: Cri. 1030.
Linked entry: ende-dæg
hálig
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Ꝥ nǽre nǽfre nǽnig tó þæs hálig mon, Bl. H. 117, 26. Hé wiste ꝥ hé wæsrihtwís and hálig, Mk. 6, 20. Hié ( Abraham and Sarah ) sǽton bútú hálig on hige, Gen. 2780.
ÍDEL
empty ⬩ destitute ⬩ void ⬩ devoid ⬩ vain ⬩ useless ⬩ idle ⬩ idle ⬩ unemployed
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Hé nǽfre nóht leásunga ne ídeles leóþes wyrcean ne mihte nihil unquam frivoli et supervacui poematis facere potuit, Bd. 4, 14; S. 596, 42. Ða bodan ðæs ídlan fætes the messengers of the useless vessel, Past. 47, 3 ; Swt. 361, 16.
fæste
shaken ⬩ firmly ⬩ fast ⬩ urgently ⬩ strictly ⬩ solemnly ⬩ securely ⬩ fast ⬩ fast ⬩ speedily ⬩ at once
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Hwæþer þú ǽnig þing swá fæste getiohhod hæbbe ꝥ hit nǽfre þínum willum onwended weorþe, Bt. 41, 3; F. 250, 6.
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feoh
cattle ⬩ property ⬩ wealth ⬩ money ⬩ riches ⬩ treasure ⬩ bribe ⬩ gift ⬩ metal ⬩ coin
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H. 199, 3. property, wealth, money. in a general sense Is betere þæt feoh þætte nǽfre losian ne mæg, þonne ꝥ þe mæg and sceal, Bt. 11, 2; F. 34, 18: 13; F. 38, 18, 20.