fundian
To endeavour to find ⬩ tend to ⬩ aspire to ⬩ strive ⬩ go forward ⬩ hasten ⬩ intend ⬩ desire ⬩ nīti ⬩ tendĕre ⬩ intendĕre ⬩ propĕrāre
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Hwæðer ðú nú ongite forhwý ðæt fýr fundige up dost thou understand why fire tends upwards? Bt. 34, 11; Fox 150, 19. Frióra ǽghwilc fundie to ðæm écum góde let every one of the free aspire to the eternal good, Bt. Met. Fox 21, 4; Met. 21, 2.
mere
the sea ⬩ a mere ⬩ lake ⬩ an artificial pool ⬩ cistern
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Be norþan hodes mære ... ðonon up on ðone mære, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 10, 19-26.
GIM
GEM ⬩ jewel ⬩ gemma ⬩ used metaphorically of the eye, the sun, stars, etc.
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Iunius on ðam gim astíhþ on heofenas up hýhst on geáre June in which the gem [sun] rises in the heavens highest in the year, Menol. Fox 216; Men. 109.
GRÓWAN
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To GROW, increase, spring, sprout, spring up; crescere, frondere, virere, germinare, florere Lǽteþ hió ða blówan and grówan it lets these blow and grow, Exon. 109 a; Th. 417, 6; Rä. 35, 9: 90 a; Th. 338, 3; Gn. Ex. 73: Bd. 1, 27; S. 491, 5: Bt.
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senatus
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Ðæt hé sprǽce wið ða senatos (-us other MSS. ), 4, 11; Swt. 206, , 29: 4, 13; Swt. 210, 16: 5, 5; Swt. 226, 16
ge-mearcian
To mark, point out, describe, assign, appoint, determine ⬩ nŏtāre, signāre, designāre, assignāre, constĭtuĕre, decernĕre
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Getácnod oððe gemearcod is ofor us leóht andwlitan ðínes signātum est sŭper nos lūmen vultus tui, Ps. Lamb. 4, 7. He is wuldre gemearcad it is marked with glory, Exon. 60 b; Th. 220, 11; Ph. 318.
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wítegian
To prophesy
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Wítga (prophetiza) ús, huá is se ðe ðec ofslóg, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 68. Grammar wítegian, with constructions of (a) and (b) Heora fæderas ðæt wítgodan, ðæt him God wolde sendan his sunu, Blickl. Homl. 177, 10.
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æþeling
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Se cyng ( Ethelred) sende Ælfún ƀ mid þám æþelinge (-um, v. l. ) Eádwarde and Ælfréde ofer sé, 1013; P. 144, 15. Hé gean Ælfriðæ ðæs cyningæs wífæ ðæs landæs ... and ðám yldran æðælingæ, ðæs cyngæs suna and hiræ, ... ánæs swurdæs, C.
bisenian
model
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Th. 36, 8. to express figuratively, Similar entries v. bisen, Ðæt ilce Dryhten ús bisnade ðurh Moysen, ðá hé cuæð quod figurate Dominus per Moysen praecipit, dicens, Past. 165, 24
cweþan
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Th. 26, 3. v. wearg-, wiþer-, yfel-cweþan; un-cweþende; -cweden
eác
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Hé for þon ús gesette ꝥ wé hine biddan sceoldan, þý wé sceolan þonne eác úre heortan geclǽnsian, ... Gehýran wé eác ꝥ ..., 21, 2-5. combined with swá Fóron micel dǽl þára burgwara, and eác swá óþres folces, Chr. 896; P. 89, 5.
el-þeódig
foreign ⬩ stranger ⬩ foreign
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Þás ealle úp cóman for þissum ælþeódigum (St. Andrew in Mermedonia), Bl. H. 245, 35. Swá wé dydon on þisne ælþeódigan, 247, 13. In bibyrignisa ellðiódigra (elðeódigra, R.) in sepulturam peregrinorum, Mt. L. 27, 7.
for-weorþan
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Wé scoldan forweorðan écan deáðe nǽre þæt Críst for ús deáð þrowode, Wlfst. 111, 7. On mé earmre is mínes fæder nama reówlíce forworden, Ap. Th. 2, 22. [v. N. E. D. forworth. Goth. fra-wairþan: O. Sax. far-werðan: O. H. Ger. fer-werdan.]
gódian
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gódigað (gódiað, v. l.) quantae infelicitatis sint, qui melioratione proximi deteriores fiunt, Past. 231, 19. with hit as subject Wolde man geswícan þára mándǽda, þonne gódade hit sóna if people would cease to do evil, then would it soon be well with us
on-weald
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Þá hié gesomnod wǽron, and hiene tó cyninge dón woldon, þá ne mehton hié þá gúðfonan úp áhebban.
þes
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Add Ǽr hé on þǽs earfoðnesse cóm hé úre wæs wealdend, Bl.
rúme
widely, far and wide, ⬩ liberally, extensively, amply, abundantly, in a high degree ⬩ plainly, clearly ⬩ without contraction, in full
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Thw. 22, 39; Jud. 97. without obstruction, plainly, clearly Emmanuhel, ðæt is gereht rúme : Nú is God sylfa mid ús, Exon.
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ǽrende
a message ⬩ an errand, a mission
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Medmycel ǽrende wé ðyder habbað, and ús is þearf ðæt wé hit þéh gefyllon, Bl. H. 233, 11. Sǽdon ðæt hí hæfdon nyt ǽrende (ǽrend, v. l.) and nytne intingan sumne haberent aliquid legationis et causae utilis, Bd. 5, 10; Sch. 600, 9
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gód
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Drihten siló ús þá moldan þe meolce and hunige fléwð, Num. 14, 7. Neorxna wang stód gód (cf. Gen. 2, 9), Gen. 209.
gearo
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Se geatweard sceal cýtan habban wið þæt geat, þæt þá cuman simle gearone hæbben ... ( ut venientes semper presentem inveniant ...), R. Ben. 126, 19.