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fremede

ultra ⬩ aliena ⬩ alia ⬩ plus ⬩ praeter ⬩ of another family ⬩ stranger ⬩ of another race or country ⬩ not natural or native ⬩ foreign ⬩ external ⬩ unknown ⬩ not friendly ⬩ estranged ⬩ not in the society of ⬩ free from ⬩ not participating in ⬩ deprived of

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Hwí lufost ðú þá fremdan gód swelce hí sién þín ágnu, 14, 1; F. 40, 30. unknown Gé woldon habban eówerra gódena weorca méde æt fræmdra monna cwiddunge de alienis praemia sermunculis postulatis, Bt. 18, 4; F. 66, 25. not friendly, estranged, not in the

ge-fón

(v.)
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L. 22, 15. to take hold of, take; of vigorous or hasty action, to seize, grasp Gif ic míne fiðeru gefó si sumsero pennas meas, Ps. Th. 138, 7. Ic on ofoste geféng micle mid mundum mægenbyrðenne hordgestreóna, hider út ætbær cyninge mínum, B. 3090.

on-fón

(v.)
Grammar
on-fón, p. -féng; pp. -fangen ( with gen. dat. acc.).

to take ⬩ to take what another appoints or grants, to receive, have given ⬩ to take what another offers, receive favourably, accept ⬩ to receive a person ⬩ to undergo a rite, undertake a duty ⬩ to conceive ⬩ to take to, to begin ⬩ incipere

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Ðonne wile hé onfón rihtre ondetnesse, 155, 1. to conceive Gif heó bearn onféhþ si infantem conceperit, L. Ecg. 6, 19; Th. ii. 146, 29. Seó unwæstmfæstnes fram him fleáh, and seó clǽnnes onféng, Blickl. Homl. 163, 19.

Linked entries: an-fón on-fónd

fón

(v.)

to take ⬩ catch ⬩ to take ⬩ arrest ⬩ apprehend ⬩ to get ⬩ gain ⬩ to get ⬩ suffer ⬩ experience ⬩ to begin ⬩ to begin ⬩ to take ⬩ to set about ⬩ undertake ⬩ to attack ⬩ to begin at ⬩ to take ⬩ take ⬩ to set to work at ⬩ deal with ⬩ receive ⬩ accept ⬩ to take ⬩ to take ⬩ take possession of ⬩ to take ⬩ to take ⬩ undertake ⬩ to take ⬩ to take to ⬩ allow of ⬩ to take to ⬩ to take to ⬩ join battle ⬩ to join together ⬩ to struggle with

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Gif hé þonne gecyrran wyle and tó sybbe fón homo qui . . . adeo durus sit ut juramenta praestet se nullam pacem admittere velle cum eo qui in eum deliquerit. . Si autem resipiscere velit et pacem admittere. Ll.

winnan

(v.)
Grammar
winnan, p. wann , pl. wunnon; pp. wunnen.

intrans ⬩ to labour ⬩ toil ⬩ work ⬩ to labour, endeavour, strive after ⬩ to labour, struggle, be troubled ⬩ to labour under, suffer from ⬩ to strive, contend, fight ⬩ of hostile action towards a person ⬩ of competition ⬩ of opposition to things ⬩ of the action of inanimate objects ⬩ to make war ⬩ fight ⬩ of the action of inanimate objects ⬩ with cognate accusative ⬩ to win ⬩ make one's way ⬩ trans ⬩ to labour at ⬩ bestow labour upon ⬩ to labour under ⬩ suffer ⬩ undergo ⬩ to win ⬩ get ⬩ attain

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Sió his innaþ wan wætere gelíc, Ps. Th. 108, 18. Hé sceal winnan and sorgian, Blickl. Homl. 97, 25. Hé wolde ðǽm winnendum fultmian, and earme fréfran, 213, 17.

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mín

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
mín, adj. pron.

Mine ⬩ my

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Mínre sylfre síþ, Exon. 115 a; Th, 441, 20; Kl. 2. Grammar mín, with ágen Ic ne mót wealdan mínra ágenra þeówa, Bt. 7, 3; Fox 20, 20

be-swícan

(v.)
Grammar
be-swícan, bi-swícan; ic -swíce, ðú -swícest, -swícst, he -swíceþ, -swícþ, pl. -swícaþ; p. -swác, pl. -swicon; pp. -swicen; v. a. [be by, swícan to deceive]

To deceive, entice, seduce, delude, betray, offend, supplant, weaken, evade ⬩ decipere, illicere, seducere, illudere, prodere, scandalizare, supplantare, deficere, evadere

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Ge sind beswicene ye are deceived, Andr. Kmbl. 1489; An. 746. Ic beswíce illicio, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5; Som. 31, 67. Gif hwá fǽmnan beswíce unbeweddode if any one entice an unbetrothed woman, L. Alf. 29; Th. i. 52, 5.

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bodian

(v.)
Grammar
bodian, bodigan, bodigean; part. bodiende, bodigende; p. ode, ede, ade, ude; pp. od, ed, ad, ud; v. a. [bod a message] .

to tell, announce, proclaim, preach ⬩ nuntiare, annuntiare, enuntiare, narrare, prædicare, evangelizare ⬩ to foretell, predict, prophesy, promise ⬩ prædicere, promittere ⬩ to announce

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Ðæt ic bodige oððe ðæt ic cýðe ealle herunga oððe lofunga ðíne on geatum déhter oððe dóhtra ðæs múntes [Siones] ut annuntiem omnes laudationes tuas in portis filiæ Sion, Ps. Lamb. 9, 15: Exon. 103 a; Th. 391, 3; Rä. 9, 10.

Linked entries: bodiend-lic bodigean

ge-faran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-faran, p. fór; pl. -fóron, -fóran; pp. faren.

To go ⬩ proceed ⬩ reach by going ⬩ arrive ⬩ ire ⬩ proficisci ⬩ meare ⬩ to depart ⬩ die ⬩ to proceed ⬩ get on ⬩ fare ⬩ To get by going ⬩ experience ⬩ occupy ⬩ reach ⬩ obtain ⬩ go against

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Ðænne gefærþ he sige on ǽghwylcum gefeohte then shall he obtain victory in every battle, H. R. 17, 10. Twegen æðelingas gefóran ðæt lond two princes occupied that land, Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 32, 35.

Linked entry: ge-fór

ge-munan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-munan, ic, he -man, -mon, pl. -munon; also ic -mune, he -monþ, pl. -munaþ; p. -munde; pp. -munen [a verb whose present tense is the past tense of a lost strong verb, cf. Lat. memini]

To remember, bear in mind, consider ⬩ recordari, memorari, meminisse, meditari

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Gemunon we úre dæghwamlícan synna let us be mindful of our daily sins, Blickl. Homl. 25, 14: Cd. 217; Th. 277, 11; Sat. 202. Gif hí ða geearnunga ealle gemundon if they had remembered all the benefits, Byrht. Th. 137, 35.

æt-bredan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-bredan, &c. l. æt-bregdan, -brédan; p. -brægd, -brǽd, pl. -brugdon, -brúdon; pp. -brogden, -bróden, and add: To take away from (
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Hé ætbrǽd mé míne frumcennedan, and nú óðre síðe forstæl míne bletsunga, Gen. 27, 36. Hig ealle heora bigleofan ætbrúdon, Jud. 6, 4. Nele hé his ǽhta him ætbrédan, Hml. Th. ii. 532, 21. Þá wyrta þe hé mid stale gewilnode tó ætbrédanne, Gr.

ge-hýdan

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Þá dysegan sint swá hlince, þæt hí ne magon oncnáwan hwǽr þá écan gód sindon gehýdde, Met. 19, 32. [The passage given under II. may belong to I.The Latin of Ps.

spanan

(v.)
Grammar
spanan, p. spón, speón; pp. spanen

To allure ⬩ entice ⬩ lure ⬩ decoy ⬩ attract ⬩ urge ⬩ suggerere, suadere, persuadere ⬩ to allure

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Ǽlcne man spane hé of synnum let him draw every man from sins, L. Edg. C. 16; Th. ii. 284, 14. Ða spone (spane, Cott. MSS.) ðe his ðeáwa giémaþ tó ryhte spectatores suos ad sublimia invitet, Past. 14, 2; Swt. 83, 2.

ge-earnian

(v.)

to deserve, merit. ⬩ to deserve of (tó) a person, ⬩ to earn, gain by labour, acquire

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Ðá wolde hé geearnian him hereword (adquirere sibi laudem), Chr. 1009 ; P. 138, note 9. Fram Gode ná mæg gegearnian mereri ꝥ hé bitt, Scint. 45, 2. Geearnian, Bl. H. 25, 22 : 17, 21. On þisse sceortan tíde geearnian éce ræste, 83, 2 : in, 3.

gán

to go ⬩ walk ⬩ to move along, proceed ⬩ to take a specified course ⬩ to be guided ⬩ determined ⬩ to be habitually in a specified condition ⬩ to go ⬩ be pregnant ⬩ to pass, elapse ⬩ to happen, come to pass, take place ⬩ to pass, be current ⬩ to be accepted ⬩ to have a specified issue ⬩ turn out so and so ⬩ to move away, depart ⬩ to relinquish ⬩ to take one's way, proceed ⬩ go ⬩ move in a specified direction ⬩ go ⬩ and ⬩ to apply ⬩ betake oneself ⬩ to turn ⬩ betake oneself ⬩ go ⬩ to be carried, moved, impelled ⬩ to pass, be paid, be allotted ⬩ to be appropriated ⬩ to be one of the constituent elements ⬩ be amongst the conditions requisite ⬩ to amount, be equivalent ⬩ to attain, reach, extend ⬩ to come ⬩ to take precedence of. ⬩ to produce, came out with ⬩ to accompany, be with ⬩ to be uttered ⬩ to begin, start ⬩ to go to the closet, have an evacuation ⬩ to leave a permanent habitation ⬩ occupation ⬩ to proceed to the business of a court

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Sió heáfodpanne gǽþ on riht sóna. Lch. ii. 342, 7. Mín gebed tó þé eóde, Ps. Th. 60, 4. Gán hié ealle on þeówot. Ll. Th. i. 106, 17.

níþ

(n.)
Grammar
níþ, es; m.

envy ⬩ hatred ⬩ enmity ⬩ rancor ⬩ spite ⬩ ill-will ⬩ jealousy ⬩ action which arises from hatred ⬩ strife ⬩ war ⬩ hostility ⬩ the effect of hatred ⬩ persecution ⬩ trouble ⬩ vexation ⬩ annoyance ⬩ affliction ⬩ tribulation ⬩ grief ⬩ evil ⬩ wickedness ⬩ malice

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Ðǽr is friþ bútan æféstum, sib bútan níþe, Exon. Th. l01, 18; Cri. 1660. Hé slóh hildebille ðæt hit on heafolan stód níþe genýded he smote with his battle-blade, that, forced on by hate, it stuck in the (dragon's) head, Beo. Th. 5353; B. 2680.

wundor

(n.)
Grammar
wundor, es; n.

a wonder ⬩ a circumstance ⬩ act that excites astonishment ⬩ a circumstance that excites astonishment as being out of the usual course of nature, ⬩ a prodigy ⬩ portent ⬩ a wonder ⬩ miracle ⬩ a miracle ⬩ a wonderful object ⬩ wondrous thing ⬩ wonderful ⬩ miraculous power ⬩ wonder ⬩ admiration

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Ðæt folc wusidraþ ðæs ðe hit seldost gesihþ, ðeáh hit læsse wundor sié, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 216, 3. Ne þincþ ús ðæt nán wundor, Blickl. Homl. 33, 7. Ne þincþ mé ðæt wundur wuhte ðe læsse, Met. 20, 117. Ac nis ná wunder sed quid mirum? Hpt. Gl. 473, 44.

Linked entries: wunder wundrum

níwe

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Ox. 11, 88. used substantively Wénst þú ꝥ hit hwæt níwes sié, Bt. 7, 2 ; F. 16, 27. Hwæthwegu níwes and seldcúþes, 34, 4 ; F. 138, 29. Gelamp þé áht (ǽnig þing v. l. ) níwes ?, Gr. D. 4, 2. Hwæt ic yrmða gebád . . . níwes oððe ealdes, Kl. 4

þeáw

(n.)
Grammar
þeáw, es; m.

a custom, ⬩ usage ⬩ general practice of a community ⬩ mode of conduct, ⬩ custom, ⬩ manner ⬩ practice, ⬩ way, ⬩ usage of a class or kind ⬩ referring to animals ⬩ a practice of religion, ⬩ method of belief, ⬩ way of thinking, ⬩ legal usage ⬩ a custom, ⬩ habit, ⬩ manner, ⬩ mode of conduct of an individual ⬩ conduct, ⬩ behaviour

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Ðara ðeóda þeáwas sint swíþe ungelíca, Bt. 18, 2; Fox 64, 22. Efenfela þeóda and þeáwa, Exon. Th. 334, 18; Gn. Ex. 18.

mǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
mǽre, adj.

Great ⬩ excellent ⬩ distinguished ⬩ illustrious ⬩ sublime ⬩ splendid ⬩ celebrated ⬩ famous ⬩ widely known ⬩ notorious ⬩ distinguished by evil deeds ⬩ insignis

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Mǽre wurdon his wundra geweorc wíde and síde far and wide spread the fame of the wonders he wrought. Exon. 45 b; Th. 155, l; Gú. 853. Eall ðeós mǽre gesceaft the universe. Rood Kmbl. 24; Kr. 12. Mǽre wundur mirabilia, Ps. Th. 106, 30: 110, 3.