swician
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Th. 118, 102. to deceive Mǽst ǽlc swicode and óðrum derede wordes and dǽde, Wulfst. 160, 3. Ne ǽnig ne syrwe ne óðrum ne swicie, 73, 12: 70, 5. Lytelíce swician, 55, 16.
trúwa
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Ðam Snum ic healde mínne trúwan ǽfre. Homl. Skt. i. 7, 56. faith, belief, confidence, trust Se trúwa (trúa, Cott. MSS.) micelre orsorgnesse fiducia magnae securitatis, Past 35; Swt. 243, 12. Be geleáfan oþþe trúwan de fide, Scint. 126, 16.
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á-rǽran
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Th. i. 562, 25. to establish, set up -Hí ǽlc gód árǽrdon, Hml. S. 21, 462. þæt man unriht álecge and Godes riht árǽre, 16, 67. to raise, cause to grow Þæt hé sylle . XV. swýn tó sticunge, hæbbe sylf ꝥ hé ofer ꝥ árǽre, Ll.
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éfestan
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H. 249, 20. referring to rapid passage of time Ǽlc fægernes tó ende efsteþ, Bl. H. 57, 28. Þes middangeard tó ende efsteþ, 59, 26. Ætwesan efestaþ tída adesse festinant tempora, Cant. M. ad. fil. 35.
for-habban
To abstain ⬩ refrain ⬩ abstinent ⬩ continent ⬩ to abstain from ⬩ to restrain ⬩ keep away ⬩ to keep back ⬩ not to mention ⬩ to restrain ⬩ check ⬩ stop
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Ǽlc ðǽra manna ðe hine forhæfð fram unálýfedlicere gesihðe, Hml. Th. Ii. 564, 3. Forhæfde hé hine fram his gebeórscipe, Hml. S. 31, 613. Heó ne mihte hí sylfe forhabban fram hire were a viro suo sese abstinere non potuit, Gr.
ge-hreósan
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Ðá wæs gehroren sió úpá-hæfenes Paules, . . . and æfter ðǽm hryre hé ongan timbran eáðmódnesse elationis ejus fabrica tota corruerat, et post ruinam suam humilis aedi-ficari requirebat Past. 443, 29. to fall from a higher to a lower level, fall headlong
ge-ládian
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Ǽlc þe gewita oþþe gewyrhta sí þǽr útlendisc man inlendiscan derie, geládie þǽre midwiste be þes orfes weorðe, 354, 29.
ge-miclian
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Th. 19, 5. the object a thing Twá ðing syndon swá mycele and swá mǽre, þæt ǽfre ǽnig man ne mæg ðǽron ǽnig ðing áwyrdan ne gewanian . . . ne eft nis ǽnig swá mǽre . . . þæt áðor ðǽra þénunga gegódian oððon gemycclian mæge. Wlfst. 34, 3-11.
ge-sǽlan
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Take here ge-sǽlan to be successful (in Dict. ). of a concrete thing, to be brought about, be made, come into existence Hi wénað ꝥ ꝥ ealdgesceaft ǽfre ne wǽre, ac wénað ꝥ hit weás cóme, níwan gesǽlde (cf. wénaþ ꝥ ꝥ ne sié eald gesceaft, ac sié weás geworden
hǽtu
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Ǽlc wiht mæg bet wyð cyle þonne wið hǽte ( omnia animantia patientius ad summum frigoris quam ad summum caloris accedant ), Ors. 1,1; S. 24, 30.
hrínan
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L. 16, 24. to come into contact with Nó hafað hió fót ne folm, ne ǽfre foldan hrán, Rä. 40, 10. to touch, strike with a (pointed) weapon Siððan ic hríno hildepílum láðgewinnum, Rä. 16, 28.
rǽd
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Sé hæfð gódne rǽd þurh Godes gyfe þe him gerǽdað ǽfre hwæt him tó dónne sý and hwæt tó forlǽtenne, Wlfst. 51, 19. Add Dóme, rǽde (inuestigabile) decretum, An. Ox. 2676. Swicfullum rǽde fraudulento consilio, 4836.
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
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.
Columba
An Irish priest, the Apostle of the Highlands
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Nú, sceal beón ǽfre on Ií abbod, næs bisceop; and ðam sculon beón underþǽdde ealle Scotta biscopas, forðam ðe Columba wæs abbod, nes bisceop Columba, mass-priest, came to the Picts, and converted them to the faith of Christ; who are now dwellers by the
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.