of-munan
to recall to mind, recollect
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to recall to mind, recollect Ðonne hé hit eft ofman æfter lytlam fæce cum post paululum haec ipsa ad memoriam revocant Past. 33, 7; Swt. 225, 19.
á-screncan
to trip up ⬩ cause to stumble
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Ðonne ætspornað hié and weorðað mid ðǽm áscrencte subjectorum vita quasi in obstaculo itineris offendit, Past. 129, 7. Gif ðá fét weorðað áscrencte, eal se líchoma wierð gebíged and ðæt heáfod gecymð on ðǽre eorðan, 133, 1.
á-wirdness
corruption ⬩ blemish ⬩ injury ⬩ annoy ⬩ affliction
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Þonne bið geðúht swilce wé hí gehǽlon, ðonne wé geswícað ðǽra áwyrdnyssa ( Similar entries cf.gedreccednysse, l. 25), 462, 27
hwón
Little ⬩ few
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Dó hwón on ðíne tungan put a little on to your tongue, L. M. 2, 52; Lchdm. ii. 272, 18: 1, 59; Lchdm. ii. 130, 7. Genim hwón sealt take a little salt, 2; Lchdm. ii. 32, 3.
Linked entries: æt-hwón ná-teþeshwón hwéne
DÉMA
a deemer, thinker, judge, an umpire ⬩ censor, consul, jūdex, arbĭter ⬩ the judge, who gave a wrong judgment, was subject to a fine of one hundred and twenty shillings; and if a man could not obtain justice, the judge to whom he applied was fined thirty shillings. As the judge represented the king, he was at the king's disposal
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Ic ðone déman in dagum mínum wille weorþian I will worship the judge in my days, Exon. 41 b; Th. 139, 8; Gú. 590. Besencte syndon wið stán déman heora absorpti sunt juxta petram judĭces eōrum, Ps. Lamb. 140, 6.
efne
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Ne gedafenað ꝥ hé elles dó, bútan swá hé efne on axan and on duste licge, Bl. H. 227, 14. Efne ꝥ gé mé sylfum dóð, 215, 26. Him ne bið nǽfre nán rest seald búton emne þý dæge, Ll.
þúsend
a thousand
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Mid týn þúsendum cuman ágén ðone ðe him ágén cymþ mid twéntigum þúsendum, Lk. Skt. 14, 31. Fíf hund þúsendum quinquagenis milibus, Hpt. Gl. 426, 11.
higian
To hie ⬩ hasten ⬩ strive
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To hie, hasten, strive Ðonne hé higaþ tó ðǽm godcundum þingum ánum cum ad sola, quæ interiora sunt, nititur, Past. 14, 3, Swt. 83, 14.
tó-sceádan
to divide in two, ⬩ separate one thing from another ⬩ to divide into parties ⬩ cause division ⬩ dissension among ⬩ to separate contending parties or claims ⬩ judge, ⬩ decide between ⬩ to make a distinction between things ⬩ to distinguish ⬩ treat or regard differently ⬩ to separate one thing from another with the mind, ⬩ to discern, ⬩ distinguish, ⬩ discriminate ⬩ to separate things from one another, ⬩ to order, ⬩ dispose, ⬩ appoint ⬩ to separate the parts of a confused whole, ⬩ to expound, ⬩ interpret, ⬩ render intelligible ⬩ to discuss ⬩ to send in different directions, ⬩ to scatter ⬩ disperse ⬩ To be separated, ⬩ to differ
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(gave such different counsel in the two cases), and ðone óðerne lǽrde, ðæt hé him anwald on tuge, óðerne hé lǽrde geðyld? Past. 40; Swt. 291, 20. Ðá ðá hé ðás eorðlícan sibbe tósceád (-scéd, Cott.
Linked entries: sceádan tó-gesceádan tó-scádan
leán
Reward ⬩ recompense ⬩ remuneration ⬩ requital ⬩ retribution
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Ðonne forliést gód man his leánum ðonne hé his gód forlǽt tum suo praemio carebit, cum probus esse desierit, Bt. 37, 2; Fox 189, 26. Ðæt edleán is ofer ealle óðre leán tó lufienne, Fox 190, 1
leó
A lion ⬩ lioness
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Hió sceolde forsceoppan tó león and ðonne seó sceolde sprecan ðonne rýnde hió she turned into a lioness, and when it ought to have spoken, then she roared, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 33. Nán heort ne onscúnode nǽnne león, 35, 6; Fox 168, 9.
loc
A lock ⬩ bolt ⬩ bar ⬩ enclosure ⬩ fold ⬩ A close ⬩ conclusion ⬩ settlement
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Ðonne wé sittaþ innan ceastre ðonne wé ús betýnaþ binnan ðǽm locum úres módes in civitate quippe considemus, si intra mentium nostrarum nos claustra constringimus, Past. 49, 4; Swt. 385, 6 : L. E. I. 45; Th. ii. 442, 13.
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sendan
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Ðæt on ðone hálgan handa sendan fæderas ússe, Elen. Kmbl. 912; El. 457. Uton sendon ráp on his swyran, Blickl. Homl. 241, 10. with a stronger sense of motion, to send a missile, cast lots, throw, hurl Ðonne sceótend sendaþ flángeweorc, Exon.
bútú
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Both; ambo Ðonne beóþ bútú gehealden then both [the two] shall be preserved, Mk. Bos. 2, 22. Ðá bútú abulgon Isaace and Rebeccan then both [the two] were a grief to Isaac and Rebecca, Gen. 26, 35: Lk. Bos. l, 6, 7.
clipigendlíc
calling, vocative ⬩ vocativus ⬩ making a vocal sound ⬩ vocalis
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magister doce me aliquid: vocative is calling or invoking: with this case we address everything, as — O! thou man come hither: 0! thou man speak to me: O! thou master teach me something, Ælfc. Gr. 7; Som. 6, 24-27. making a vocal sound; vocalis
Linked entry: ge-cígendlíc
dǽd-bétan
To make amends, give satisfaction, to be penitent, to repent ⬩ maleficium compensare, malum bono pensāre, pœnitere
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Ðæt he sealde sóðe gebýsnunge eallum dǽdbétendum, ðe to Drihtene gecyrraþ that he should give a true example to all, who shall turn to the Lord by doing amend deeds, Ælfc. T. 38, 4
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FALS
FALSEhood, fraud, counterfeit ⬩ falsum
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Hwí tíhþ úre hláford us swá micles falses why doth our lord accuse us of so great a fraud? Gen. 44, 7
fót-sceamel
A footstool ⬩ pĕdum scăbellum ⬩ subpĕdāneum
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A footstool; pĕdum scăbellum, subpĕdāneum Óþ-ðæt ic asette ðíne fýnd to fótsceamele ðínra fóta dōnec pōnam inĭmīcos tuos scăbellum pĕdum tuōrum, Lk. Bos. 20, 43: Ps. Lamb. 109, 1. Ge-eádmédaþ fótsceamol his fóta adōrāte scăbellum pĕdum ejus, Ps.
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hel-líc
Hellish ⬩ infernal
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Seó fæstnung ðære hellícan clýsinge ne geþafaþ ðæt hí ǽfre útábrecon the fastening of the enclosure of hell does not permit them ever to break out, i. 332, 20: ii. 80, 6.
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heófung
Mourning ⬩ lamentation ⬩ grieving
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Mourning, lamentation, grieving Ðonne beóþ heora siblingas tó heófunge geneádode then will their relations be forced to mourn, Homl. Th. i. 88, 1. Mid micelre heófunge with great lamentation, ii. 516, 59.
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