hwilc
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Gif hwelc bróðer (huælc ł ǽnig bróðer, L.) deód sié, Mk.
weorþ
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<b>III a.
sceát
a corner, an angle ⬩ corner, quarter ⬩ a projection, promontory ⬩ a nook, corner, region ⬩ a lap, bosom ⬩ the bosom ⬩ a bay ⬩ sinus ⬩ a garment ⬩ a cloth, napkin ⬩ cloak,fold
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Sceal fromcynne folde ðíne síd land manig geseted wurðan eorþan sceátas with thine offspring shall earth be settled, many a wide land, earth's regions, Cd. Th. 133, 5 ; Gen. 2206. Foldan sceátas (sceáttas, MS.), 204, 33; Exod. 428.
Linked entry: sceáta
medume
middling ⬩ moderate ⬩ common ⬩ occupying the middle or mean position as regards ⬩ observing the just mean ⬩ perfect ⬩ meet ⬩ fit ⬩ worthy
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Heáfodmynstres griþbryce ... medemran mynstres ... and ðonne git læssan, L. Eth. ix. 5; Th. i. 342, 1: L. C. E. 3; Th. i. 360, 21.
Linked entry: medeme
wítan
to see to ⬩ take heed to ⬩ guard ⬩ keep ⬩ to lay t ⬩ charge ⬩ lay the blame of ⬩ impute ⬩ to go ⬩ depart
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Wíte se óðer, ðæt hé hit béte, L. C. S. 76 ; Th. i. 418, 13. Wé willaþ áwerian ús; wíte gé hwæt gé dón siððan, L. Ælfc. P. l; Th. ii. 364, 13.
Linked entry: ge-wítan
smeágan
to consider, meditate, inquire, deliberate ⬩ to consider, ponder, examine, inquire into, discuss, search ⬩ to seek an opportunity ⬩ to accept as the result of inquiry, to suppose
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Ic mid eallum mínum ealdormonnum wæs smeágende be ðære hǽlo úrra sáwla L. In. prm.; Th. i. 102, 7. Smeágende ymbe heora sáwla árǽd L. Edm. S. prm.; Th. i. 244, 5. Ymb his ǽ hé byþ smeágende in lege ejus meditabitur Ps. Th. 1, 2.
Linked entry: smeán
ÆT
AT ⬩ to ⬩ before ⬩ next ⬩ with ⬩ in ⬩ for ⬩ against ⬩ apud ⬩ juxta ⬩ prope ⬩ ante ⬩ ad ⬩ in ⬩ contra ⬩ Of ⬩ from ⬩ a ⬩ ab ⬩ de ⬩ To ⬩ unto ⬩ as far as ⬩ ad ⬩ usque ⬩ ad
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Æt Ác-leá at Oakley, Chr. 789; Ing. 79, 14. Similar entries v.
Linked entries: æt-eom æt-gebicgan æt-gebrengan æt- æt-swymman
óþ
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Ðú nyðer færst óþ helle, Mt. ll, 23. Hé him æfter rád óþ ðæt geweorc, Chr. 878; Erl. 80, 15.
stígan
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Skt. l, 51. trans. To ascend, mount Heáhlond stigon sibgemágas, Cd. Th. 202, 9 ; Exod. 385. Stealc hliþo stígan, Exon. Th. 498, 18 ; Rä. 88, 3
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weorþung
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Drihtne tó wurðunga, Lev. 2, 2. Ídola wurðinge, L. N. P. L. 48 ; Th. ii. 298, 1. honouring of a person, thing, or season, celebration, commemoration, festival Mycel is þeós weorþung ðæs hálgan Sancte Ióhannes gebyrde, Blickl. Homl. 167, 13.
ge-lǽran
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<b>I a.</b> to teach as a master, educate. with acc. of person Ic þé getýdde and gelǽrde, Bt. 7, 3; F. 20, 10. Se fæder gelǽrde ꝥ mǽden mid hálgum gewritum . . . and mid eallum woruldlicum wísdóme, Hml. S. 33, 26.
þweorh
crooked ⬩ cross ⬩ adverse ⬩ opposed ⬩ cross ⬩ angry ⬩ bitter ⬩ perverse ⬩ wrong ⬩ evil ⬩ depraved ⬩ froward ⬩ wrongly ⬩ evilly
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A.) beóþ on gerihte erunt prava in directa, Lk. Skt. 3, 5. adverse, opposed (cf. Icel. þver-úð discord). Similar entries v. þweorian, þweor-líc, II Þwyr oððe wiðerrǽde adversus, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Zup. 240, 1. Gif gé beóð þwyre tó ðisum, Homl.
an-gin
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<b>IIIa.</b> practice of a rite, study :-- Nǽfre nán man ne geþrístlǽce ǽnigne deófles bígencg tó dónne, ne on wiccedóme, ne on ǽnegum ídelum anginne, Hml. A. 143, 123. Forsægenum þám onginnum (studiis; v. l. bígengum) þára bðccræfta.
ge-freógan
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Lk. L. 12, 58. to love, embrace Gefrígode hiá complexans eos, Mk. L. 10, 16
sceaþa
a criminal, wretch, miscreant, an enemy ⬩ fiend, devil ⬩ a spoiler, robber ⬩ a warrior
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Fýnd ł sceaþan inimici, Ps. Lamb. 9, 7. Gewítaþ, áwirgede woruldsorga, of mínes þegenes móde, forðam gé sind ða mǽstan sceaþan, Bt. 3; Fox 4, 24. Scyppend sceaþan onféngon syngum hondum, Exon. Th. 70, 2; Cri. 1132.
wǽdla
poor ⬩ needy ⬩ indigent ⬩ wanting ⬩ deficient in ⬩ poor in ⬩ begging ⬩ poor ⬩ needy ⬩ a poor, needy person ⬩ a poor, needy person ⬩ a beggar
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Ic gewirce eów tó wǽdlan visitabo vos in egestate, Lev. 26, 16. Ðý læs hwá him self weorðe tó wǽdlan, Past. 44; Swt. 325, 7. Hé álýseþ ðæne wǽdlan (wéðlan, Ps. Surt.) liberavit inopem, Ps. Th. 71, 12: (wédlan, Ps. Surt.) egenum, 34, 11.
wendan
To turn ⬩ To cause to move ⬩ to change ⬩ alter ⬩ convert ⬩ to translate ⬩ interpret ⬩ to move one's self ⬩ take one's way ⬩ go ⬩ proceed ⬩ wend ⬩ To wend ⬩ go ⬩ proceed
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L. 244. Se ðe wende wriþan Exon. Th. 440, 19; Rä. 60, 5. To eáhsealfe . . . wende man ǽlce dæge (let the paste be turned every day) Lchdm. iii. 16, 24. Wend- ende convolvens Wrt. Voc. ii. 21, 27.
bunda
a wedded or married man, a husband ⬩ maritus, sponsus ⬩ the father or head of a family, a householder ⬩ paterfamilias, œconomus ⬩ wedlock, marriage, ⬩ lawfully born, born in wedlock ⬩ wedlock breaker, an adulterer ⬩ marriage-fast-man, a wedded man, a husband: ⬩ to wed, take a wife ⬩ a wedded man, husband, householder ⬩ one wedded or bound, a husband ⬩ to bind ⬩ person ⬩ agent ⬩ a hammer ⬩ a hammerer ⬩ rule, government, ⬩ a ruler, governor ⬩ bound ⬩ one bound, a husband
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Marriage, and the household arrangements depending upon it, were regulated by the law of the church, and indigenous compound words were formed to express that law, — thus ǽ law, divine law; Cristes ǽ Christi lex.
Linked entry: bonda
a-settan
to set ⬩ put ⬩ place ⬩ appoint ⬩ lay ⬩ set up ⬩ erect ⬩ build ⬩ to set or take ⬩ to plant ⬩ ponere ⬩ statuere ⬩ constituere ⬩ instituere ⬩ collocare ⬩ deponere ⬩ desumere ⬩ plantare ⬩ to make a journey ⬩ iter facere
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Héht ðá asettan líc on eorþan he then commanded to place the body upon the earth, Elen. Kmbl. 1750; El. 877. Ac heó hire ðǽr wíc asette ibique sibi mansionem instituit, Bd. 4, 23; S. 593, 26 : Exon. l08 a ; Th. 411, 27 ; Rä. 30, 6.
be-cuman
to BECOME ⬩ happen ⬩ befall ⬩ meet with ⬩ fall in with ⬩ contingere ⬩ evenire ⬩ supervenire ⬩ incidere ⬩ to come ⬩ enter ⬩ come or attain to ⬩ come together ⬩ venire ⬩ ingredi ⬩ pervenire ⬩ attingere ⬩ concurrere
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Him ðæs grim leán becom this grim retribution happened to them, Cd. 2 ; Th. 3, 36; Gen. 46. Him becómon fela yrmþa much misery befell them, Ælfc. T. 41, 21. Becom evenit, Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 37, 18. He becom on ða sceaðan he fell among thieves, Lk.