þurfan
To need ⬩ to be in need ⬩ have need of something ⬩ to need to do something ⬩ to be bound to do something because it is right ⬩ to be obliged ⬩ be compelled by destiny ⬩ to have good cause or reason for doing something ⬩ to be use, to be good for a person to do something ⬩ to owe
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Þý læs gyt láð Gode weorðan þyrfen lest the inevitable consequence, your becoming hateful to God, follow, Cd. Th. 36, 26; Gen. 577. Þý læs ða týdran mód ða gewitnesse wendan þurfe, Exon. Th. 147, 21; Gú. 730.
wénan
to ween ⬩ suppose ⬩ think ⬩ imagine ⬩ opine ⬩ believe ⬩ to hope ⬩ expect ⬩ look for
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,aestimo), se ðe hé máre forgef Lk. Skt. 7, 43. Ic wéne, wit sýn oferswíþede Blickl. Homl. 181, 29. Wéne wé, sý ðis se? 85, 16. Wénst ðú hwæt is ðes? quis putas hic est? Lk. Skt. 8, 25. with acc. and infin.
DEORC
DARK, obscure, gloomy, sad ⬩ tenebrōsus, obscūrus
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Hí me asetton on seáþ [MS. sceaþ] hinder, ðǽr wæs deorc þeóstru, and deáþes scúa posuērunt me in lacu inferiōri, et in tenĕbris, et in umbra mortis, BPs. Th. 87, 6: Lk. Bos. 11,B 34.
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FÉDAN
nourish ⬩ support ⬩ sustain ⬩ bring up ⬩ educate ⬩ pascĕre ⬩ cĭbāre ⬩ nutrīre ⬩ engtrīre ⬩ sustentāre ⬩ edŭcāre ⬩ to bring forth ⬩ produce ⬩ gignĕre ⬩ prodūcĕre
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Bos. 24, 19: Lk. Bos. 21, 23. Ðú us fédest teára hláfe cĭbābis nos pāne lacry̆mārum, Ps. Th. 79, 5, Se deópa seáþ dreórge fédeþ the deep pit feedeth the dreary, Exon. 30 b; Th. 94, 25; Cri. 1545: 36 b; Th. 118, 26; Gú. 245.
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HERE
An army ⬩ a host ⬩ multitude ⬩ a large predatory band
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Here legio, Lk. Skt. Lind. 8, 30: exercitus, 23, 11. Þeófas wé hátaþ óð vii men from vii. hlóþ óð xxxv siððan biþ here up to seven men we call thieves, from seven to thirty-five a gang, after that it is an army, L. In. 13; Th. i. 110, 14. [Cf. L.
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HWÍL
A WHILE
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In hwíle tíde in momenta temporis, Lk. Skt. Lind. 4, 5. Tó hwíle lǽn momentum, Ælfc. Gl. 15; Som. 58, 47; Wrt. Voc. 21, 36. Bétan tó hwíle to make better for a time, L. M. 3, 62; Lchdm. ii. 348, 21.
LUST
LUST ⬩ desire ⬩ pleasure ⬩ voluptuousness
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Of lustum ðiss lífes voluptatibus vitæ, Lk. Skt. 8, 14. Luftum joyfully, gladly, voluntarily, Cd. 1; Th. 2, 8; Gen. 16. Ic ðé lustum láce cwéme voluntarie sacrifcabo tibi, Ps. Th. 53, 6. Néde oððe lustum, Bt. Met. Fox 9, 88; Met. 9, 44.
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mǽrsian
to make great ⬩ extend ⬩ to make known ⬩ spread the knowledge of anything ⬩ declare ⬩ proclaim ⬩ announce ⬩ celebrate ⬩ to celebrate ⬩ to celebrate ⬩ perform a rite, ceremony, &c. with due solemnity ⬩ to magnify ⬩ exalt ⬩ praise ⬩ glorify
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Mín sáwl mǽrsaþ Drihten magnificat anima mea dominum, Lk. Skt. 1, 46. Ic onginne ðé tó mǽrsigenne incipiam exaltare te. Jos. 3, 7. Ðǽr Sicilia sǽstreámum in éþel mǽrsaþ where Sicily, the sea streams among, her land makes illustrious, Bt. Met.
míðan
to conceal ⬩ dissemble ⬩ To be concealed ⬩ lie hid ⬩ to avoid ⬩ refrain from ⬩ forbear
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To be concealed, lie hid Ðonne biþ sóna sweotol æteówod on him ðæt ǽr deágol máð then at once will be made manifest in him what before lay hid, L. M. 2, 66; Lchdm. ii. 298, 8.
un-þeáw
A bad habit ⬩ an evil practice ⬩ a vice ⬩ fault
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Ðý læs hié forlǽten untǽlde óðerra monna yfele unðeáwas (yfle ðeáwas, Cott. MSS.) ne pravos hominum mores nequaquam redarguant, Past. 46; Swt. 351, 21.
feówer
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Gange hé feówra sum tó, and beó him sylffífta, Ll. Th. i. 286, 18. Hé from feówrum wæs geboren, Mk. L. R. 2, 3. in apposition to a noun. Similar entries Cf.
gilpan
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Geþenc be ðǽm ge-byrdum, gif hwá þæs gilpþ (gelpð, v. l. ), 30, l ; F. 108, 19. Hé morðres gylpeð, B. 2055. Þá gealp hé and fægnode Godes fultumes, Ps. Th. 4, arg.
Róm-feoh
Peter's pence
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So too in the laws of William I : 'Cil ki ad aueir champestre xxx. deñ vaillant deit duner le deñ sein Piere,' Th. i. 474. And see note on p. 170. See too the laws of Henry I : 'Romfech in festo Sancti Petri ad Vincula debet reddi,' Th. i. 520. v.
wilisc
foreign, not English ⬩ servile
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Gif Wylisc mon hæbbe híde londes, L. In. 32.; Th. i. 122, 9. Englisc . . . Wilisc, 46; Th. i. 130, 16 : L. Wg. 7; Th. i. 186, 13. Náh náðer to farenne ne Wylisc man on Ænglisc land, ne Ænglisc on Wylisc ðe má, L. O. D. 6; Th. i. 354, 23.
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ge-féran
to go ⬩ to depart this life, die ⬩ to fare ⬩ of events, to go, to come, to pass, happen ⬩ to go, make a journey ⬩ to travel a road, traverse a surface (land, sea) ⬩ to traverse a (great or small) distance ⬩ to gain, attain ⬩ to bring about, effect ⬩ to meet with, experience, get as one's fate or lot ⬩ to cause to move, to bring, bear.
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L. 8, 13: ambulans, Mt. L. 4, 18 : egressus, 18, 28: exiebat, 3, 5: migravit, 19, l : procedens, 4, 21 : progressus, 26, 39 : secessit, 12, 15 : transiit, ii. l. Gefoerdon irent, Lk. L. 8, 31. Ne durran wé for his onsýne geféran, Jul. 331.
for-gitan
To FORGET ⬩ neglect ⬩ oblīvisci ⬩ neglĭgĕre
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Lamb. 43, 18. Gé forgéton Drihten oblītus es Dŏmĭni, Deut. 32, 18. Hig his hálgan ǽ forgeáton they forgot his holy law, Jud. 3, 7: Ps. Lamb. 105, 21: 118, 139: Cd. 227; Th. 305, 6; Sat. 642. Hig forgǽton his welldǽda oblīti sunt benefactōrum, Ps.
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FÓT
a FOOT ⬩ pés ⬩ the foot ⬩ pēs
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Lamb. 98, 5; Exon. 107 b; Th. 410, 12; Rä. 28,15. Ðe-læs hig mid hyra fótum hig fortredon ne forte conculcent eas pĕdĭbus suis, Mt. Bos. 7, 6. Hæfde gefeormod fét and folma he had devoured feet and hands, Beo.
inne
In ⬩ within ⬩ inside ⬩ in-doors
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Gif hit sý eást inne gif hit sý norþ inne béte be ðam ðe ða friþgewritu sæcgan let him make 'bót' as the law says, if it be in this part of the country. If it be in the east or north let him make 'bót' according to what the treaties say, L.
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niht
night ⬩ night ⬩ darkness ⬩ night
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Wacana næhtes vigilia noctis, Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 2, 8 : Mt. Kmbl. Lind. Rush. 14, 25. Swá swá se beorhta dæg tódrǽfþ ða dimlícan þeóstru ðære sweartan nihte, Homl.Th. i. 604, 2. On dæge and ná on nihte, 36, 28.
pening
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.), L. Edg. ii. 8; Th. i. 270, 3. Tén hund (pund?) peñd ... Gedǽle hé ǽlcum Godes þiówe peñd ... þreóténe hund (pund ?) pending, Chart. Th. 471, 5-26. xiii. pund pendingæ, 474. 9. Mid .v. pundum mǽrra pæninga ( denarii meri ), L.
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