mengan
to mix ⬩ mingle ⬩ combine ⬩ to mingle together ⬩ stir up ⬩ disturb
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Mengan lyge wið sóðe, Elen. Kmbl. 612; El. 306.
Linked entries: mængan for-mengan
ge-hwyrfan
To change ⬩ turn ⬩ convert ⬩ mutare ⬩ convertere
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Mín drihten, ðú ðe gehwyrfest ealle sáule my Lord, thou who convertest all souls, Blickl. Homl. 249, 14. Manige Israhela bearna he gehwyrfþ to heora drihtne many of the children of Israel he shall turn to their Lord, 165, 13.
scrýdan
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Linen reáf scrédan sume seócnysse ge' ácnaþ ( in a dream) to put on a linen garment betokens some sickness, Lchdm. iii. 206. 30. to rig a ship (?
Linked entry: -scrid
æt-standan
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Spl. 37, 12. where there is or may be change of condition, to stop growing, cease to operate Þá wearð ꝥ fýr gestilled and ætstód sóna, Hml. S. 8, 229. Gif se hlyst ætstande, ꝥ hé ne mæge gehiéran, Ll. Th. 1. 92, 23.
fruma
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Se godspellere sóna on fruman (in the very first part of his work) his godspell swá be þǽre Ióhannes gebyrde wrát, 161, 25. ¶ the beginning of time :-- Swá God æt fruman getihhod hæfde, Bt. 39, 6; F. 220, 26: 41, 2; F. 246, 17.
ofer-hírness
Disobedience, disregard, neglect, contempt ⬩ disregard, disobedience
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Some of the offences to which it applies may be seen from the following passages :--
COSTIAN
To tempt, try, prove ⬩ probare, tentare.
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T. 25, 2. v. intrans Ðonne bryne costaþ hú gehealdne sind sáwle wið synnum when the burning proveth how abstinent are souls from sins Exon. 23b; Th. 65, 24; Cri. 1059.
on-sund
of persons, sound, whole, uninjured ⬩ of things, sound, entire, perfect, without flaw or injury
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Seó móder bær ðæs cildes líc tó ðam gemynde ðæs hálgan Stephanes, and hit sóna geedcucode and ansund æteówode, Homl. Th. ii. 26, 28. Onsund, Exon. Th. 278, 5; Jul. 593. Heó árás andsund of ðam bedde, Homl. Skt. i. 22, 52.
Linked entry: án-súnd
ge-þeóde
Language ⬩ speech ⬩ idiom ⬩ translation ⬩ lingua
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Hí mihton sóna sprecan on ǽghwelc ðara geþeóda ðe under heofonum is they could at once speak in every language under heaven, Shrn. 85, 16: Bt. 35, 4; Fox 162, 26.
Linked entry: ge-þióde
helpan
to succour ⬩ to be serviceable ⬩ to profit ⬩ avail
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Add: to add one's own action or effort to that of another so as to make it more effectual, to further the action or purpose of Hé his mǽges healp, B. 2698. Uton clypian tó heofonum ꝥ God úre helpe and tóbrýte þisne here, Hml. S. 25, 349.
LICGAN
To LIE ⬩ fail ⬩ to lie ⬩ go ⬩ run
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Swá ðín blǽd líþ so shall thy glory lie low, Cd. 202; Th. 251 13; Dan. 563. Ða creópendan licgeaþ mid ealle líchoman on eorþan creeping things lie on the earth with all the body, Past. 21, 3; Swt, 155. 17.
Linked entry: for-lǽge
hwæðer
Whether
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Hwæðer hit sig ðe sóþ ðe leás utrum vera an falsa sint, Gen. 42, 16. Josep áxode hig hwæðer hira fæder wǽre hál oððe hwæðer hé lyfode ille interrogavit eos dicens: Salvusne est pater vester? adhuc vivit? 43, 27.
lúcan
To close ⬩ conclude ⬩ fasten ⬩ lock
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Locen is applied to coats of mail, which were formed of [interlacing] rings fastened on to some material to which they might be sewn, see hring with its compounds, and cf. brogden byrne; also Icel. hring-ofin Locene leoþosyrcan, Beo.
Linked entry: lýcþ
lyt
Few ⬩ little
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Is swíðe lyt manna ðæt ne sý mid ðǽm sumum besmiten there are very few men that are not defiled with some of them, L. E. I. 31; Th. ii. 428, 4. Wóp wæs wíde, worulddreáma lyt, Cd. 144; Th. 180, 9; Exod. 42.
Linked entry: lyt-hwón
þorp
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In the end the meaning came to be hamlet, village, in which sense it remained for some time in English, e.g.: Ic Ædgar gife freodom Sce Petres mynstre Medeshamstede of kyng and of biscop, and ealle þa þorpes þe ðærto lin: ðæt is, Æstfeld and Dodesthorp
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wícing
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Philippus scipa gegaderode and wícingas wurdon, and sóna án .c. and eahtatig ceápscipa geféngon Philippus, ut pecuniam praedando repararet, piraticam adgressus est.
Linked entry: scegð-mann
wit
We two
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Grammar wit, with the name of the person associated with the speaker Wit Scilling for uncrum sigedryhtne song áhófan, Exon. Th. 324, 31; Víd. 103. Grammar wit, with name and numeral Wit Adam twá eaples þigdon, Cd. Th. 290, 6; Sat. 411
hol
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[It is not always possible to distinguish between forms that belong to hol and those that belong to holh ; some of those here given to the former may belong to the latter.] a cave, pit, deep place in water Hool vorago Wrt. Voc. ii. 124, 13.
wesan
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Add Him wæs bet sóna, Hml. S. 31, 571. Hwæt wæs þám men? quid profuit?, Gr. D. 326, 18. add: cf. . Add Sé wǽre wierðe ealra Rómána onwaldes . . . búton ꝥ hé wiþ his hláford won, Ors. 6, 35; S. 292, 15. a.
on-sendan
to send off, despatch (an emissary) ⬩ to send forth or out, ⬩ to emit (an odour, etc.) ⬩ to send forth (the spirit), to give up (the ghost)
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Seó beorhtnes ðæs onsendan leóhtes, 4, 7; S. 575, 9. to send forth (the spirit), to give up (the ghost) Sóna swá hé ðás word gecwæþ, hé his gást onsende, Blickl. Homl. 191, 29.
Linked entry: an-sendan