searu
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Mid searuwe ácwellan morti tradere, Ps. Th. 108, 16. Ðara feónda searo beswícan and ofercurnan, Blickl. Homl. 201, 29. Searo rénian to lay a snare, 109, 30: Cd. Th. 162, 9; Gen. 2678. Þurh ðæs deófles searo dóm forlǽtan, 39, 27; Gen. 632: Exon.
tela
Well. ⬩ well, rightly, aright, correctly ⬩ well, perfectly, completely, thoroughly, certainly ⬩ well, prosperously, happily ⬩ well, in a beneficial or pleasant manner ⬩ marking degree, very, to a great extent ⬩ as an exclamation, well, good
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Nú ic wát tela and ic onféng gewit mínes módes modo sanum sapio, recepi enim sensum animi mei, Bd. 3, 11; S. 536, 33. 'Geseoh ðæt ðú teals wite.' Cwæþ hé: 'Ne wéde ic' 'vide ut sanum sapias.' 'Non,' inquit,'insanio,' 5, 13; S. 632, 32.
ge-læccan
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R. 19, 1. with the idea of violence or haste. to take a person, seize, apprehend, capture Nǽnig monn hine gelahte ( apprehendit ), Jn. L. R. 8, 20. Embehtmenn geféngon ł gelahton ( comprehenderunt ) ðone Hǽlend, 18, 12.
of
Of ⬩ from ⬩ out of ⬩ off ⬩ as regards ⬩ about
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Him mon slóg ða handa of, ðá ðæt heáfod, Ors. 4, 5; Swt.168, 5. Wring of ða wyrta, Lchdm, iii. 58, 30. denoting motion Man sceolde mid sáre on ðás world cuman, and mid sáre of gewítan, Blickl. Homl. 5, 29.
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settan
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Uton wé ðæs dæges fyrhto on úre mód settan, Blickl. Homl. 125, 6. to set, fix, appoint a limit, time, place (cf. set day, time in A. V.) In ðam frumstóle ðe him freá sette. Exon. Th. 349, 25; Sch. 51.
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folc
a people ⬩ a nation ⬩ an army ⬩ a race ⬩ tribe ⬩ sect ⬩ lay-folk ⬩ the laity ⬩ the people ⬩ followers ⬩ the people ⬩ the common people ⬩ country-folk ⬩ folk ⬩ men ⬩ people ⬩ folks ⬩ a crowd ⬩ company ⬩ troop ⬩ people ⬩ folk
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Þ se cyning and se bisceop sceoldan beón crístenra folca hyrdas, and hÍ from eallum unríhtwísum áhweorfan; and gif mon ne mihte . . . þonne sceal ǽghwylc man bétan his wóhdǽda be his gyltes andefne, Bl. H. 45, 25.
gifu
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Críste mon bróhte gold tó gefe Shrn. 48, 19. Mildheortnisse ic willo and nis geafo (sacrificium), Mt. L. 9, 13. ꝥte saldon geafa (offrunge, W. S.) ut darent hostiam Lk. L. 2, 24. Geafa oblationem Rtl. 12, 15.
in-gehygd
Thought ⬩ mind ⬩ intent ⬩ sense ⬩ knowledge ⬩ understanding ⬩ conscience ⬩ intention ⬩ purpose
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Hé heóld his þeáwas swá swá heálíc biscop and his munelíce ingehýd swá þeáh betwux mannum he behaved as an exalted bishop, and yet to all intents and purposes was a monk among men, 506, 13.
plegan
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Gl. 279 : 995. to play, move about sportively, frolic, dance Horufisc plegode, glád geond gársecg, Andr. Kmbl. 740; An. 370. H1óh ðá and plegode boda bitre gehugad, Cd. Th. 45, 10; Gen. 724. Plægede saltasset, Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 6, 22.
wíd
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Of ðissum wéstum wídum mórum, Ps. Th. 74, 6. Hæfde wederwolcen wídum fæðmum eorðan and uprodor gedǽled, Cd. Th. 182, 14; Exod. 75. <b>IIIa.</b> of f wide, having no limit near, open, cf. wíd-sǽ Sume hí wǽron on wíddre sǽ besencte, Homl.
wóh
Wrong ⬩ perversity ⬩ injustice ⬩ error ⬩ wrongfully ⬩ wrongly
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Ðæt hé ðurh hine nán wóh ne bodige ut ab eis prava nullo modo proferantur, Past. 15 ; Swt. 95, 16. Hí wóh meldiaþ pronuntiabunt iniquitatem, Ps. Th. 93, 4. Se déma ðe óðrum wóh déme, L. Edg. ii. 3 ; Th. i. 266, 15.
sǽ
Sea . ⬩ sea ⬩ sea ⬩ sea ⬩ a sea ⬩ a sea, lake
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Moys. Thw. 29, 4. Ðá métte hié micel ýst on sǽ, Chr. 877; Erl. 78, 18. Hié micel ðæs folces ofer sǽ ádrǽfdon, 878; Erl. 78, 30 : Bd. 1, 15; S. 484, 7. Ofer ðone sǽ, 1, 12; S. 481, 2. Gif hwá his ágenne geleód bebycgge ofer sǽ L.
DÓN
To DO, make, cause ⬩ agĕre, facĕre
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To DO, make, cause; agĕre, facĕre Ne mót ic dón ðæt ic wylle non licet mihi quod volo facĕre? Mt. Bos. 20, 15: Chr. 876; Erl. 79, 12: 994; Erl. 133, 17: Cd. 10; Th. 12, 23; Gen. 189: Beo. Th. 2349; B. 1172: Bt. Met. Fox 19, 78; Met, 19, 39.
here
an army ⬩ an army ⬩ a host ⬩ a division of an army ⬩ army corps ⬩ legion ⬩ cohort ⬩ troop ⬩ infantry ⬩ cavalry ⬩ an army ⬩ an army ⬩ multitude ⬩ host ⬩ crowd ⬩ multitude ⬩ harrying ⬩ devastation ⬩ plundering ⬩ ravaging
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Twá and twéntig þúsend punda mon gesealde þám here wið friðe, 288, 12. the reference is probably to the Scandinavians in the following: Gif hit cucu feoh wǽre and hé secgge ꝥ hit here náme (cf. jumentum . . . captum ab hostibus, Ex. 22, 10), Ll.
DREÁM
joy, pleasure, gladness, mirth, rejoicing, rapture, ecstasy, frenzy ⬩ jubĭlum, lætĭtia, gaudium, delīrium ⬩ An instrument of music, music, rapturous music, harmony, melody, ⬩ orgănum = όργανoν, musĭca, concentus, harmŏnia = άρμoνία, modulātio, modus, melōdia = μελωδία, cantus
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Dreáme harmŏnia, modulatiōne, Mone B. 2528, 2529. Dreámas concentus, 4940. Dreámum modis, Glos. Prudent. Recd. 143, 9
-ing
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Such local names are for the most part irregular compositions, of which the former part is the patronymic -ing, declined in the genitive plural.
LÍF
LIFE
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LIFE [the opposite of death], mode of life, period during which a man lives Hwæt is ðæt líf elles ðysses middangeardes búton lytelu ylding deáþes, Blickl. Homl. 59, 27. Twá líf sind sóðlíce ... ðæt in líf is deádlíc, ðæt óðer undeádlíc, Homl.
mæsse-preóst
A priest not of the Christian church ⬩ a priest of the Christian church, who had attained the last of the seven appointed orders, and might celebrate the mass
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Þreó hund biscopa and eahtatýne gesetton canon, ðæt nán mæssepreóst oððe diácon on his wununge wífhádes mann næbbe, búton hit sý his móder, oððe sweoster, oððe faðu, oððe módrie; and gif hé dearnunge oððe eáwunge wífes brúce, ðæt hé his hádes þolige,
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ge-weorþan
to be ⬩ be made ⬩ become ⬩ happen ⬩ fiĕri ⬩ To happen ⬩ come to pass ⬩ befall ⬩ come together ⬩ agree ⬩ be agreeable ⬩ contingĕre ⬩ evĕnīre ⬩ convĕnīre ⬩ plăcēre
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Ic his módor gewearþ I have become his mother, Exon. 11 a; Th. 13, 30; Cri. 210: 9 a; Th. 6, 33; Cri. 93. Ðu ðissum hysse hold gewurde thou hast been gracious to this man, Andr. Kmbl. 1100; An. 550.
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ge-sécan
to seek, inquire, ask for ⬩ quærere, requirere, inquirere ⬩ to seek, go to, approach, look for, visit, come to ⬩ adire, ire vel proficisci, aliquo vel ad aliquem, visitare, venire, pervenire aliquo ⬩ to seek with hostile intention, to persecute, afflict, invade ⬩ hostiliter aggredi, invadere, corripere ⬩ to seek; go to, visit ⬩ ire, proficisci ⬩ to appoint, dispose, beset ⬩ exigere, disponere
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Ðæt him to móde sorg gesóhte that to his mind should come care, 37 b; Th. 123, 19; Gú. 325. to appoint, dispose, beset; exigere, disponere Hæfdon æglǽcan sæcce gesóhte the wretches had appointed hostilities, Andr. Kmbl. 2265; An. 1134.