healf
a half ⬩ side, part
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Fox 12, 18; Met. 12, 9. side, part Mid ðæm worde biþ gecýðed hwæþer healf hæfþ ðonne sige with that phrase [asking permission to bury the dead] is declared which side has the victory, Ors. 3, 1; Swt. 100, 9.
costnung
A temptation ⬩ trying ⬩ trial ⬩ tribulation ⬩ tentatio ⬩ probatio ⬩ tribulatio
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Drecþ se deófol mancynn mid mislícum costnungum the devil vexes mankind with various temptations Boutr. Scrd. 19, 44. Seó costnung ðære éhtnesse gestilled wæs the trial of the persecution was stilled Bd. 1, 8; S. 479, 19.
ge-þafian
To favour ⬩ support ⬩ permit ⬩ allow ⬩ admit ⬩ assent ⬩ consent ⬩ agree ⬩ approve ⬩ obey ⬩ submit to ⬩ făvēre ⬩ sustĭnēre ⬩ sĭnĕre ⬩ admittĕre ⬩ permittĕre ⬩ assentīre ⬩ consentīre ⬩ obēdīre ⬩ concēdĕre
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Ðás hwílwendlícan gedrefednyssa we sceolon mid gefeán for Cristes naman geþafian but these transitory tribulations we ought to submit to with joy for Christ's name, Homl. Th. i. 556, 10: Prov. Kmbl. 9: Past. 21, 1; Swt. 151, 15; Hat. MS.
Linked entry: þafian
be-feallan
to fall, ⬩ to get into ⬩ to fall into sin ⬩ into the hands of a person, ⬩ to fall to action ⬩ to fall upon ⬩ take effect on a person ⬩ to fall to ⬩ be assigned to ⬩ deprived (of)
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Gif hé ǽnigne man wite on heáfodleahtrum befeal(l)enne, Ll. Th. ii. 246, 1. to fall to action Wearð hé tó manslehte befeallen, Hml.
furþum
Take here ⬩ in Dict., and add: ⬩ even, ⬩ just
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Wé nóhwæðer ne hit witan nyllað, ne hit bétan nyllað, ne furðum ne récað hwæðer wé hit ongieten, 195, 6: Wrt. Voc. i. 86, 74: Solil. H. 66, 14: Met. 8, 32.
for
before ⬩ in front of ⬩ before ⬩ since ⬩ ago ⬩ for ⬩ from ⬩ through ⬩ on account of ⬩ for ⬩ from ⬩ through ⬩ instead of ⬩ in place of ⬩ in exchange for ⬩ in return for ⬩ in expiation of ⬩ in redemption for ⬩ on behalf of ⬩ in support of ⬩ in respect to ⬩ in relation to ⬩ as regards ⬩ against ⬩ from ⬩ in spite of ⬩ notwithstanding ⬩ in accordance with ⬩ according to ⬩ as representative of ⬩ for ⬩ to take ⬩ in compensation for ⬩ as punishment for ⬩ for the sake of ⬩ on behalf of ⬩ for the benefit of ⬩ As representative of
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Wite þú for sóþ, Bt. 7, 3; F. 20, 17: 14, 3; F. 46, 16. For sóþ secgan, Gn. C. 64. Þis andwerde líf hé nemde for weg, Ll.
healdan
to keep watch over ⬩ keep in charge ⬩ to keep ⬩ to watch over ⬩ keep ⬩ govern ⬩ rule ⬩ a king ⬩ to keep ⬩ guard ⬩ to watch ⬩ to defend ⬩ preserve ⬩ to hold ⬩ take ⬩ arrest ⬩ to have hold of ⬩ to hold ⬩ to hold ⬩ to hold up ⬩ to maintain ⬩ support ⬩ uphold ⬩ manage ⬩ to hold ⬩ bear ⬩ conduct ⬩ to behave ⬩ to handle ⬩ treat ⬩ deal with ⬩ to hold ⬩ to hold ⬩ to have possession ⬩ to hold ⬩ occupy ⬩ an office ⬩ a position ⬩ to hold ⬩ to remain in ⬩ to retain ⬩ detain ⬩ to keep ⬩ to detain ⬩ to keep ⬩ to keep ⬩ to keep oneself ⬩ remain ⬩ to hold ⬩ keep together ⬩ continue ⬩ to maintain ⬩ keep ⬩ to perform ⬩ keep watch ⬩ to keep ⬩ to keep unbroken ⬩ inviolate ⬩ to keep ⬩ to constrain ⬩ compel ⬩ restrain ⬩ stop ⬩ to restrain oneself ⬩ refrain ⬩ to entertain ⬩ to keep in mind ⬩ remember ⬩ regard ⬩ to hold as ⬩ to hold ⬩ to proceed ⬩ move on ⬩ to continue ⬩ go on with ⬩ to go on
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Th. 103, 25. with adverbs. forð, to continue, go on with: Heóldon forð ryne eástreámas heora, Gen. 215. on, to go on Heóld on heáh gesceap high destiny held on its course, B. 3084
gild
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R. 16, 26. pay of troops Eádwerd cing scylode .ix. scypa of mále . . . and belifon .v. scypa bæftan; and se cing heom behét .xii. mónað gyld, Chr. 1049; P. 171, 29. with idea of compul-sion, payment exacted by the State, a tax Áléde Eádweard cyng ꝥ
tó-brecan
To break, ⬩ break in pieces ⬩ to break in two, ⬩ to break to pieces, ⬩ break up, ⬩ to separate into parts by striking or pulling ⬩ to overthrow, ⬩ break down, ⬩ ruin, ⬩ destroy, ⬩ put into confusion, ⬩ rout, ⬩ to destroy, ⬩ crush ⬩ to take by assault ⬩ to break a promise, pledge, etc., ⬩ to infringe, ⬩ violate ⬩ to break, ⬩ interrupt
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Ðæs ne wéndon witan Scyldinga, ðæt hit (the hall) manna ǽnig tóbrecan meahte, Beo. Th. 1565; B. 780. Wæs ðæt beorhte bold tóbrocen swíðe, 1999; B. 997. Weard folc tótwǽmed, scyldburh tóbrocen, Byrht. Th. 138, 58; By. 242.
FULL
FULL ⬩ filled ⬩ complete ⬩ entire ⬩ plēnus ⬩ sătiātus ⬩ confertus ⬩ intĕger
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He geseah unrihte eorþan fulle he saw the earth filled with unrighteousness, Cd. 64; Th. 78, 13; Gen. 1292.
láð
hateful ⬩ hated ⬩ loathed ⬩ loth ⬩ displeasing ⬩ injurious ⬩ grievous ⬩ hostile ⬩ malign ⬩ inimical
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Láðan fingrum with hostile fingers, 3015; B. 1505. Láðum eágan, Cd. 151; Th. 189, 3; Exod. 179. Láðum wordum, Exon. 28 a; Th. 84, 17; Cri. 1376. Álýs mé fram láðum libera me a persequentibus me, Ps. Th. 141, 7.
plegan
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</b> to play (with anything) :-- Hé mid bǽm handum upweard plegade he waved both hands aloft, Elen. Kmbl. 1609; El. 805. Ðá pleogede hé mid his wordum, Bd. 2, 1; S. 501, 25.
þreát
a troop ⬩ band ⬩ crowd ⬩ body of people ⬩ swarm ⬩ press ⬩ throng ⬩ violence ⬩ compulsion ⬩ force ⬩ oppression ⬩ punishment ⬩ ill-treatment
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with their army ) geþrungon þeódlond monig, Met. 1, 3. Stódan him ábútan swearte gástas and mid micclum ðreáte ( with great violence ) him onsigon, Homl. Th. i. 454, 9.
wépan
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Ex. 151. with gen. to mourn for, be grieved at Hwá is swá heardheort ðæt ne mæg wépan swylces ungelimpes? Chr. 1085; Erl. 219, 40
wóh
not straight ⬩ bent ⬩ crooked ⬩ twisted ⬩ oblique ⬩ not right ⬩ perverse ⬩ froward ⬩ wrong ⬩ unfair
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not straight, bent, crooked, twisted, oblique Wiþ lyftádle, gif se múð sié wóh, Lchdm. ii. 338, 5. Gif múð oðde eáge wóh weorðeþ, L. Ethb. 44; Th. i. 14, 9. Hláford mín (the plough's) wóh færeþ, weard æt steorte, Exon.
ge-tǽcan
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Béte swá him dómeras getǽcan quantum arbitri judicaverint, 48, 18. with acc. Smyltnisse gesette ł getáhte silentium im*-*posuisset Saducaeis, Mt. L. 22, 34.
ge-winnan
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Voc. ii. 133, 23. of hostile action against a person Guðlác ána gewon, Gú. 421. to make war, war, fight Hé heardlíce gewon wiþ Æþelbald cyning, Chr. 741; P. 44, 23.
HEARD
HARD, harsh, austere, severe, rigorous, stern, stubborn, firm, hardy, brave ⬩ durus, rigidus, asper, acer
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Ic hine heardan clammum wríðan þohte I thought to bind him with hard bonds, Beo. Th. 1931; B. 963.
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slege
a stroke, blow ⬩ of a serpent's sting, ⬩ a striking, beating, ⬩ stamping, coining ⬩ clashing, collision ⬩ a crash, clap of thunde ⬩ a fatal stroke, slaying, slaughter, death (by violence ⬩ a defeat, loss inflicted on an army; clades ⬩ a stroke of affliction, punishment, disease ⬩ an instrument for striking ⬩ a slay ⬩ a plectrum ⬩ plectro] ⬩ a stroke, blow ⬩ slaying ⬩ plaga, ictus, tusio, percussio : ⬩ a blow, defeat; ⬩ n. a blow; a defeat, slaughter, loss; a stroke of apoplexy
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Th. ii. 124, 21. an instrument for striking (or to be put with the next word?) a slay Slege percussorium (the word occurs among terms connected with weaving) Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 44. Similar entries v. sleahe a plectrum Similar entries [v.
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á-wendan
To turn. ⬩ to give a certain direction to ⬩ to return ⬩ to reduce ⬩ bring into subjection ⬩ to turn aside, ⬩ to remove ⬩ divert ⬩ to avert ⬩ to pervert ⬩ to change ⬩ to turn into something else ⬩ transform ⬩ to translate ⬩ reproduce something with other material ⬩ to exchange ⬩ To turn ⬩ take a certain direction
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Hig noldan ná feohtan mid fægerum wordum ánum, swá þæt hí wel sprǽcon and áwendon þæt eft so that they spoke well and then did not act in accordance with their words, Ælfc. T. Grn. 11, 29.
Linked entry: on-wendan