spell
a story ⬩ narrative ⬩ account ⬩ relation ⬩ a historical narrative ⬩ history ⬩ a false or foolish story ⬩ a fable ⬩ an instructive talk ⬩ discourse ⬩ a philosophical argument ⬩ a sermon ⬩ homily ⬩ a saying ⬩ remark ⬩ sentence ⬩ statement of a single point ⬩ dictum ⬩ a saying that is to be repeated to another ⬩ a message ⬩ an announcement ⬩ speech ⬩ language of prose ⬩ a fable, tale ⬩ fabulatio, parabola ⬩ sermo, narratio, parabola, fabula, mythus ⬩ a saying
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Ðú gehérdest reccan on ealdum leásum spellum, ðætte Iob sceolde beón se héhsta god, Bt. 35, 4; Fox 162, 5: Met. 26, 2.
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dóm
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S. 30, 40. an ordinance, a decree Nis nán rihtra dóm, þonne úre ǽlc óðrum beóde, þæt wé willan, þæt man ús beóde, Wlfst. 112, 4. Dóme, rǽde decretum, i. judicium, i. secretum, An. Ox. 2676. ' Canst ðú þone dóm mýnre dohtor gifta?'
á-fédan
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Geonge menn gif hí beóð yfle áfédde si male nutriantur , Gr. D. 289, 2. In Ps. L. 48, 15 áfédan glosses depascere Ðeáþ áfédeþ hig mars depascet eos
fore-sceáwian
to foresee ⬩ to provide for ⬩ to provide ⬩ give for use
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Add: to observe beforehand, consider the future Se man gewilnað þæt hé hlísful sý, and nele foresceáwian þæt úre líchaman beóð áwende tó dúste, Hml. Th. ii. 220, 29.
ge-sceap
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Voc. i. 135, 63. of material things, shape, form Hí beóð oð ðene nafolan on menniscum gesceape usque ad umbilicum hominis speciem habent, Nar. 36, 19. Adam . . . God gehíwad hæfde tó mænniscum gesceape, on þrytiges wintres ylde, Angl. xi. 2, 26.
ge-frédan
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Ðæt hié ongieton and gefrêden ðæt hié suá micle má beóð Godes bearn, 251, 21
on-hagian
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Add: absolute Beód mé þæt þæt þú wylle, ic hyt ongynne, gyf mé onhagað impera quaevis dura, quae tamen in mea potestate sint, per quae me quo desidero perventurum esse non dubitem, Solil. H. 46, 5.
openlíce
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Þú þe nelt þé eallunga geeówian openlíce nánum óðrum búton þám þe geclǽnsode beóð on heora móde qui nisi mundos verum scire noluisti, Solil. H. 5, 20. Sege hwæthwugu swetolor ymb þæt, þæt ic mage openlícor ongytan, 46, 3.
on-cnáwan
To know ⬩ noscere, cognoscere, agnoscere ⬩ to know, recognise, ⬩ to identify an object through being acquainted with its characteristics, to distinguish ⬩ to recognise a fact ⬩ to know, understand, attain to a knowledge of ⬩ to know, learn by observation, observe, perceive ⬩ to acknowledge ⬩ make acknowledgment of a fault ⬩ to acknowledge a greeting ⬩ to acknowledge the power of another
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Beón oncnáwen conici (cf. 23, 50), 23, 78. to know, recognise, to identify an object through being acquainted with its characteristics, to distinguish of persons Se oxa oncneów his hláford, Homl. Th. i. 42, 25.
un-cyst
A vice ⬩ defect ⬩ fault ⬩ a disorder ⬩ a fault ⬩ solecism ⬩ a vice ⬩ fault ⬩ the vice of avarice ⬩ niggardliness ⬩ parsimony ⬩ want of liberality
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Tó eallum uncystum ðe on gómum beóð ácenned, 348, 12. of diction, a fault, solecism Ðære uncyste sylocismi, laudacismi, ða uncyste barbarismi (the passage is: Inter Scillam soloecismi et barbarismi baratrum ... scopulosas lautacismi collisiones, Ald.
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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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Sóna swá hý geedwyrpte beóð, þám flǽscǽte forhæbben (-habban v. l.) a carnibus abstineant, R. Ben. 61, 3. with prep. From giriordum forhabba, Rtl. 16, 25. Scolde heó forhabban fram ingange Godes húses, Hml. Th. i. 134, 19.
ge-neát
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I a. where the superior is a king, prince, or great man, cf. beód-, heorþ-geneát, geneát-scolu Bigstandaþ mé (Satan) strange geneátas, Gen. 284.
LIFIAN
To LIVE
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Ic beó láreów georn ðæt hé monþeáwum mínum lifge I am diligent in teaching him to live according to my customs, Exon. 71 b; Th. 267, 5; Jul. 410.
hí-réd
A household, ⬩ house, ⬩ family, ⬩ the body of domestic retainers of a great man or king, ⬩ a court, ⬩ the members of a religious house, ⬩ a company, ⬩ band of associates
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Gif hé beó tó ðam gewelegod ðæt hé hýréd and éht áge if he be so enriched as to have a household and property, L. Wg. 7; Th. i. 186, 23 [cf. 13 híwisc landes]. Frióne hieréd a free monastery, L.
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wracu
pain ⬩ suffering ⬩ misery ⬩ suffering ⬩ punishment ⬩ vengeance ⬩ retribution ⬩ persecution ⬩ hostility ⬩ active enmity ⬩ vengeance ⬩ revenge
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Hé gesette ða men on ǽnne truman ðe mon hiora mǽgas ǽr slóg, and wiste ðæt hié woldon geornfulran beón ðære wrace (or under III ?
weg
- Kent. Gl. 207 :
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a road (lit. or fig.) made for passengers, a path commonly used ⬩ space to be traversed, a journey ⬩ manner, mode, method, plan ⬩ way, ⬩ way,
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Gif se weg swá lang beó, ðæt ðú ðíne þing bringan ne mage, Deut. 14, 24. Hig hæfdon sumne dǽl weges gefaren proces*-*serant paululum, Gen. 44, 4: aliquantulum itineris confecissent, Bd. 1. 23 ; S. 485, 30.
hwilc
which ⬩ who ⬩ any one ⬩ any ⬩ some
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Swá hwylcum manna swá him gemet þuhte, Beo. Th. 6106; B. 3057: 1890; B. 943. Swá hwylce daga in quacumque die, Ps. Th. 137, 4.
þrowing
suffering as opposed to doing ⬩ suffering which is painful ⬩ a painful symptom ⬩ suffering that is undergone for the sake of religion ⬩ suffering of persecution, cross ⬩ suffering which ends in death, passion, martyrdom ⬩ the anniversary of a martyr's suffering
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Ða móddru on heora cildra martyrdóme þrowodon ... neód is ðæt hí beón efenhlyttan ðæs écan edleánes, ðonne hí wǽron geféran ðære ðrowunge, Homl. Th. i. 84, 20.
ge-tríwan
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Gl. 608. with clause Ne getriéwde hió þæt hiere wolde se óðer dǽl gelástfull beón, Ors. 3, 11; S. 148, 17. to make true to another, confederate Getreówed, getréude foederatus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 35, 25. Getréwde foederatas, 39, 6.
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á-stígan
downward ⬩ upward ⬩ downward ⬩ upward ⬩ to descend ⬩ go down into ⬩ to ascend ⬩ mount
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Seóð ꝥ þá bán áne beón lǽfed, ástíge þǽrin gelómlíce, Lch. i. 340, 26. metaphorical Ic lǽrde wlance men ꝥ hié ne ástigan on ofermédu, Bl. H. 185, 14.