MANN
MAN ⬩ a human being of either sex ⬩ a man who is wnder the authority of another ⬩ a servant ⬩ vassal ⬩ liege-man ⬩ a parishioner
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Used of both :-- Twegen men, wer and wif (Adam and Eve), 206, 21: Hexam. 17; Norm. 24, 24: Cd. 33; Th. 45, 18; Gen. 728. a man who is wnder the authority of another (cf. mann-rǽden), a servant, vassal, liege-man; as an ecclesiastical term, a parishioner
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swerian
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Ðá ásweartode eall se king and swór under God ælmihtine and under ealle hálgan ðártó, ðæt hit næs ná his rǽd, Chart. Th. 340, 1. where noun and clause both occur Swerige hé ðone áð, ðæt hé sý unscyldig, L. Ath. i. 73; Th. i. 210, 31.
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ge-faran
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Gá hé tó corsnǽde and þár þonne æt gefare ꝥ ꝥ God wille (rǽde, l. 29), Ll. Th. i. 344, 23: 362, 20, 26. Gif wé áht gefaran scylan, Wlfst. 121, 14: 282, 10. Bið æt Gode gelang eal hwæt wé gefaran scylan, 122, 9.
wís
wise ⬩ discreet ⬩ judicious ⬩ cunning ⬩ wise ⬩ learned ⬩ skilled ⬩ expert ⬩ known
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Wís sáwle rǽdes Frag. Kmbl. 79; Leás. 41. Se wís oncneów (he, being a skilful man, knew) ðæt hé Marmedonia mǽgðe hæfde gesóhte, Andr. Kmbl. 1686; An. 845; Ps. Th. 106, 16. Ðú mé gewurde wís on hǽlu foetus es mihi in salutem, 117, 20, 21, 27.
sculan
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Homl. 183, 32. (12) as an auxiliary :-- Ic sceal rǽdan tó merigen lecturus sum cras, ðú scealt rǽdan lecturus es, hí sceolon (sceolan, sculon) rǽdan lecturi sunt, Ælfc. Gr. 24; Zup. 136, 10-12.
níwe
new ⬩ not yet used ⬩ new ⬩ recent ⬩ not of long standing ⬩ not long made ⬩ new (to anything) ⬩ inexperienced ⬩ new ⬩ novel ⬩ different from what has gone before
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Gelǽrdan biscepas swelce níwe rǽdas swelce hié fol oft ǽr ealde gedydan, Ors. 4, 7; Swt. 184, 2. Singaþ sangas neówe, Ps. Th. 95, 1
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déman
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Þú hí on rihtum rǽdum démest judicas populos in aequitate, Ps. Th. 66, 4. Hé démeð fyrhte þearfan judicabit pauperes, 71, 4. Hié gescyldaþ þá unscyldigan, and þá scyldigan þearlwíslíce démaþ, Bl. H. 63, 20. Dém þú þín folc, Ps.
eft
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Wé nú gehýrdon þis godspel rǽdan, and þéh wé hit sceolan eft ofercweþan, Bl. H. 15, 31. Wæs culufre eft ( a second time ) of cofan sended, Gen. 1464: B. 1377. Eft . . . níwan stefne, Gen. 1885: An. 1304. Eft . . . óðre síðe, 706: 1677: Sat. 75.
þearf
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Gif eall geférrǽden ðone rǽd missrǽdaþ, and þeáh feáwa witena on ðam geférscipe beón, ðæt ða þearfe wíslícor tócnáwan cunnon þonne sume, stande ðæra rǽd ðe ða ðearfe geceósaþ, R. Ben. 116, 20. <b>V a.
biddan
to ask ⬩ to ask ⬩ to pray to
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Th. i. 90, 3. with construction of II a. 1 Hé bæd him fultumes willgeþoftan, Gen. 2025. with construction of II a. 4 Hé bæd him þá rincas rǽd áhicgan, Gen. 2030. with construction of II b ꝥ þú him tó þeossum hálgum helpe bidde, Gr.
spell
a story ⬩ narrative ⬩ account ⬩ relation ⬩ a historical narrative ⬩ history ⬩ a false or foolish story ⬩ a fable ⬩ an instructive talk ⬩ discourse ⬩ a philosophical argument ⬩ a sermon ⬩ homily ⬩ a saying ⬩ remark ⬩ sentence ⬩ statement of a single point ⬩ dictum ⬩ a saying that is to be repeated to another ⬩ a message ⬩ an announcement ⬩ speech ⬩ language of prose ⬩ a fable, tale ⬩ fabulatio, parabola ⬩ sermo, narratio, parabola, fabula, mythus ⬩ a saying
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Spella and lára rǽd-hycgende, Exon. Th. 301, 27; Fä. 25. Ða twá béc on hundeahtatigum spellum (homilies), Ælfc. Gr. pref.; Zup. 2, 15. Bæd ðæt [hé] him on spellum gecýðde, onwrige worda gongum, hú . . . Exon. Th. 171, 28; Gú. 1133: Cd.
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hycgan
take thought ⬩ be mindful ⬩ think ⬩ consider ⬩ meditate ⬩ to intend ⬩ purpose ⬩ determine ⬩ endeavour ⬩ strive ⬩ to hope
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Wé sculon á hycgende hǽlo rǽdes gemunan sigora waldend mindful of saving counsel must we ever remember the disposer of victories, 84 b; Th. 318, 13; Mód. 82.
ge-myndig
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Hé reordode rǽda gemyndig, Exod. 548. Hé spræc snytra gemyndig, Gen. 2463. Hié wǽron gemyndige ealra Godes beboda, and þǽre godcundan ǽ swíþe gehýrsume erant justi ante Deum incedentes in omnibus mandatis et justificationibus Domini (Lk. l, 6), Bl.
ríce
powerful ⬩ mighty ⬩ great ⬩ possessed of power ⬩ rich ⬩ possessed of wealth ⬩ strong ⬩ powerful ⬩ mighty ⬩ potent
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Rícum mannum divitibus, Bd. 3, 5; S. 527, 9. of things, strong, powerful, mighty, potent Wǽron hyra rǽdas ríce, siððan hié rodera waldend wið ðone hearm gescylde, Cd. Th. 245, 3; Dan. 457.
gán
to go ⬩ walk ⬩ to move along, proceed ⬩ to take a specified course ⬩ to be guided ⬩ determined ⬩ to be habitually in a specified condition ⬩ to go ⬩ be pregnant ⬩ to pass, elapse ⬩ to happen, come to pass, take place ⬩ to pass, be current ⬩ to be accepted ⬩ to have a specified issue ⬩ turn out so and so ⬩ to move away, depart ⬩ to relinquish ⬩ to take one's way, proceed ⬩ go ⬩ move in a specified direction ⬩ go ⬩ and ⬩ to apply ⬩ betake oneself ⬩ to turn ⬩ betake oneself ⬩ go ⬩ to be carried, moved, impelled ⬩ to pass, be paid, be allotted ⬩ to be appropriated ⬩ to be one of the constituent elements ⬩ be amongst the conditions requisite ⬩ to amount, be equivalent ⬩ to attain, reach, extend ⬩ to come ⬩ to take precedence of. ⬩ to produce, came out with ⬩ to accompany, be with ⬩ to be uttered ⬩ to begin, start ⬩ to go to the closet, have an evacuation ⬩ to leave a permanent habitation ⬩ occupation ⬩ to proceed to the business of a court
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Hex. 8, 31. of a circumstance, event, to happen, come to pass, take place Rǽd forð gǽð, Exod. 525. Gif se hund losige, gá þeós bót hwæðere forð, Ll. Th. i. 78, 5 : 130, 15.
fæder
a parent ⬩ a step-father ⬩ forefather ⬩ fathers ⬩ ancestors ⬩ father ⬩ a god-father ⬩ a patron
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Th. ii. 140, 18. one of the early church Wé rǽdað þæt þá ealdan fæderas on ánum dæge þæt stíðlíce gefyldon, þǽr wé ásolcene on áre wucan gelǽsten, R. Ben. 44, 21. Þá gesetton hálige fæderas and Godes folces láreówas þá tíd þæs fæstenes, Bl.
folgian
to pursue ⬩ to accompany ⬩ be attendant upon ⬩ to follow ⬩ be guided by ⬩ follow ⬩ to follow ⬩ practise
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Folgiað his rǽdum, Hml. S. 25, 265. God sylf forbeád ꝥ wé swefnum ne folgion, 21, 412. Ꝥ gié folgiga swæðe his, Rtl. 26, 5. Uton wé his láre folgian, Bl. H. 169, 18. Eádgáres lagan geornlíce folgian, Ll.
gímen
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</b> with gen. of object of care :-- Sió giúmen (gímen, v. l.) ðǽre hálgan ciricean sié ðám beboden ðe hiere wel rǽdan cunne cura sanctae ecclesiae ei, qui hanc bene regere praevalet, imponatur Past. 43, 24.
wirsa
Worse ⬩ worst
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Hé tǽhte Absalone óðerne rǽd wyrsan tó his willan, Homl. Skt. i. 19, 206. Wéne ic tó ðé wyrsan þinga, gif ðú Grendles dearst bídan, Beo. Th. 1055; B. 525. Grammar wirsa, of that which is harmful, painful, etc.
ge-þeaht
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Manna wísdóm and rǽdas syndon náhtlice ongeán Godes geþeaht, Chr. 979; P. 123, 33. Þurh eówer geþeaht as the result of your design, Past. 443, 8. Geþeahtu árleásra fácenralle, Scint. 138, 7. Þám apostole þá Godes geþeahtas wǽron onwrigene, Gr.