næs
Not
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Not. Grammar næs, alone Búton hit riht sprǽc sý and behéfe næs ídel nisi recta locutio sit et utilis, non anilis, Coll. Monast. Th. 18, 16. Ic wylle mildheortnesse næs onsægdnesse, Mt. Kmbl. 9, 13. Gif hit fæger is, ðæt is of heora ágnum gecynde, næs
ge-gangan
to go ⬩ happen ⬩ take place ⬩ befal ⬩ to fall to one's share ⬩ to come in ⬩ ire ⬩ evenire ⬩ accidere ⬩ to exercise ⬩ effect ⬩ accomplish ⬩ exercere ⬩ perficere ⬩ efficere ⬩ to go against with hostile intention ⬩ to pass over ⬩ overcome ⬩ subdue ⬩ conquer ⬩ obtain ⬩ acquire ⬩ aggredi ⬩ transgredi ⬩ superare ⬩ subigere ⬩ oblinere ⬩ adipisci ⬩ possidere
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to go, happen, take place, befal, to fall to one's share, to come in; ire, evenire, accidere Ne mágon hí ofer gemǽre máre gegangan non transgredientur terminum, Ps. Th. 103, 9. Ful oft ðæt gegongeþ full oft it happens, Exon. 87 a; Th. 327, 9; Vy. 1 :
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séfte
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Delicatus, i. tenerus, querulus, amoenus unbrocheard vel séfta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 40. of persons, gentle, mild, not stern Drihten is swýðe séfte suavis est Dominus, Ps. Th. 33, 8. Weorð úrum synnum séfte and milde propitius esto peccatis nostris,
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lá
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Add Lá aue, An. Ox. 56, 133. Wá lá wá eheu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 44. Add: giving emphasis to interrogation or exclamation Lá whǽr nú þá ... lá whǽr sind ubi nunc ... ubi sunt, Wülck. Gl. 253, 34, 37. Lá hú, ne mót ic dón þæt ic wille?, aut non licet mihi
ge-þicgan
To take ⬩ accept ⬩ receive ⬩ sumere ⬩ accipere
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To take, accept, receive; sumere, accipere Waldon ða swángeréfan ða læswe forður gedrífan and ðone wudu geþicgan ðonne hit aldgeryhto wéron the swainreeves wanted to push the pasturage and take the wood further than the old rights extended, Th. Ch. 70
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for-sacan
renounce ⬩ abandon ⬩ forsake
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Add Ic forsace detracto, ne forsace ic non detracto, Wrt. Voc. ii. 70, 1, 2. Forsooc detractavit, 106, 15. Forsóc, 25, 24. to refuse to receive what is offered Hé forsóc þá feáwa axan (cf. ꝥ hé underfénge þá gerýnu, 46), Hml. S. 12, 58. Mid árwurðnysse
sceaga
A shaw, small wood, copse, thicket ⬩ Shaws broad belts of underwood ⬩ Shaw a natural copse of wood
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A shaw, small wood, copse, thicket. The word is found in many local names, and was preserved in various dialects, e. g. shaw a small shady wood in a valley, E. D. S. Pub. B. 7 (West Riding): A wood that encompasses a close, B. 16 (Sussex). Shaws broad
georne
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Add: where an effort has to be made, with a will, in earnest Nó ic him þæs georne ætfealh, B. 968. Geóca ús georne, Az. 12. where a duty or business has to be done, diligently Ic offylgde from fruma alle georne ( diligenter ), Lk. L. R. 1, 3. Diófolgield
pytt
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a pit, hole in the ground, a grave Pyt puteus, Wrt. Voc. i. 84, 58. Scrobs ys pytt oððe díc, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 51 ; Zup. 66, 10. Heora mód ys swá deóp swá grundleás pytt sepulcrum patens est guttur eorum, Ps. Th. 5, 10. Gif hwá pytt ( cisternam ) ádelfe and
sticol
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lofty, reaching to a great height, of a mountain 'Ic wille standan on ðisum steápum munte'. . . Moyses ðá ástáh tó ðam sticolan munte, Homl. Skt. i. 13, 9-12. Wæs án myrige dún . . . ful sméðe . . . se streám arn of ðære sticolan dúne, 19, 108-115. Hét
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dreám
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Add: joy God ælmihtig hine áwende of eallum Godes dreáme, Cht. Th. 548, 16. Tealte beóð eorðan dreámas, Wlfst. 264, 3. joyous sound, jubilation Drémes jubilationis (cf. swéges, 8, 141), An. Ox. 7, 176. On dríme in jubilo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 15. <b
swápan
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To sweep, trans, To sweep with a brush (lit. or metaph.) Ic swápe uerro, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4; Zup. 169, 14. Ic sweóp gást mínne scopebam spiritum meum, Ps. Spl. 76, 6. to sweep, move (something) with the action of one sweeping Swápeþ sigeméce mid ðære swíðran
HOLT
a HOLT, ⬩ wood, ⬩ grove, ⬩ copse ⬩ wood; ⬩ lignum
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a HOLT, wood, grove, copse Holt lucus, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 7, 30: nemus, 9, 32; Som. 12, 17: saltus, Ælfc. Gl. 45; Som. 64, 104; Wrt. Voc. 32, 39: nemus vel saltus, Wrt. Voc. 80, 34. Wildeóra holt, Salm. Kmbl. 116; Sal. 82. Holtes frætwe fruit, Exon. 57
FRIÐIAN
to keep the peace ⬩ towards, make peace ⬩ to protect ⬩ defend ⬩ keep ⬩ pācĭfĭcāre protĕgĕre ⬩ tuēri
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to keep the peace, ' friþ,' towards, make peace, to protect, defend, keep; pācĭfĭcāre protĕgĕre, tuēri Ðæt man eall friðige, ðæt se cyng friðian wille that one shall keep; the peace towards all that the king will, L. Ath. i. 20; Th. i
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ranc
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Proud, haughty, arrogant, insolent; the word remains with a somewhat different meaning in rank, used of coarse but fertile growth Gif ǽnig man hæbbe módigne sunu and rancne ( protervum ) ðe nelle híran his fæder and his méder, Deut. 21, 18. Ne beón gé
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medume
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Add:, me(o)dum. add: small, little. of amount Hí cómon ǽrest mid medemum fultume, ac siððan hý wiston hú hit þǽr besúðan wæs, þá . . . léton hí beódan mycele fyrde, Chr. 1052; P. 175, 17. of quality, status, &c. Þeáh þe Paulus wǽre se medmesta
in-gehygd
Thought ⬩ mind ⬩ intent ⬩ sense ⬩ knowledge ⬩ understanding ⬩ conscience ⬩ intention ⬩ purpose
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Thought, mind, intent, sense, knowledge, understanding, conscience, intention, purpose Hwæt fremaþ ðé ðæt ðín cyst stande ful mid gódum and ðín ingehýd beó æmtig ǽlces gódes what doth it profit thee that thy chest stand full of good things, and thy mind
weorþ-líce
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Worthily, honourably Ðe weorðelícor dignius Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 8. nobly, excellently, splendidly, magnificently, gloriously Weorþlíce getýd on Grécisc gereorde Graecae linguae peritissimus, Bd. 4, 1 ; S. 563, 33. Hí bráde weóxan weorðlíce wíde greówan
súpan
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to sup, to take [fluid] into the mouth Gif hé ðæt broð sýpþ, Lchdm. ii. 336, 16. Hé sǽp (seáp, MSS. O. V.) of ðæm calice blód, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 162. Súp ðæt wós, Lchdm. i. 86, 17. Hrefnes fót wel on wíne, súp swá ðú hátost mǽge, ii. 50, 25: 56, 2: iii
ælmesse
alms, what is given in charity ⬩ a charitable action ⬩ an offering
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Add: alms, what is given in charity Wist vel ælmesse stips, Wrt. Voc. i. 17, 8. Ælmesse agape, 33: eleemosyna vel agape, 28, 56. Swá swá wæter ádwǽscð fýr, swá ádwǽscð seó ælmysse synne, Hml. Th. ii. 106, 7. Ne selle mon tó fela . . . ðý lǽs him gehreówe