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HÝDAN

(v.)
Grammar
HÝDAN, p. de

To HIDEconceal

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Ne sylþ hé hit ús tó ðon ðæt wé hit hýdon. Blickl. Homl. 53, 17. Crist hét hine hýdan ðæt hearde ísen [put up his sword], Homl. Th. ii. 246, 24. ðú mínne þearft hafelan hýdan [bury], Beo. Th. 896; B. 446.

Linked entries: a-hýdan hídan

ge-hygd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hygd, -higd, -hýd, e; f : es; n.

Thoughtcogitationmeditationdeliberationconsultationcōgĭtātiomĕdĭtātioconsĭlium

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Eálá ðæt we mágon geseón on ussum sáwlum synna wunde, mid líchoman leahtra gehygdu eágum alas that we now may see in our souls wounds of sin, with the body's eyes wicked cogitations! 27 a; Th. 80, 32; Cri. 1315.

Linked entries: -hygd ge-higd ge-hýd

á-lísan

(v.)
Grammar
á-lísan, (-lýsan, q. v.
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in Dict.). to detach, remove Næs wlóh of hrægle álýsed ne loc of heáfde, An. 1474. to redeem a fault Ðá synna hié mid hira ælmessan áliésað peccata eleemosynis redimunt, Past. 327, 14. Ðæt hé heora senna álýsan mæge, Bl.

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cídan

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Þæt gé cíddon wið Moises detrahere Moysi, 8. to dispute, complain about Ne cíden ( causentur ) þá munecas ymb þá deáge oþþe greátnesse hyra reáfa, R. Ben. 89, 14. to quarrel Cídde altercaretur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 62: 5, 61.

gíming

Grammar
gíming, gímung.
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P. 293, 23. caring, being anxious Behealdað eów ðæt gé ne gehefigien eówre heortan mid monigfaldre giéminge ðisse worolde attendite ut non graventur corda vestra in curis hujus vitae Past. 129, 20

ge-tímian

(v.)
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Nisnán þing ꝥ mé on mínum lífe getímode, Hml. S. 37, 107. Þeáh ús ungelimp on ǽhtum getíme (-tímie, -tímige, v. ll. ), 13, 287.

cræftig

(adj.)
Grammar
cræftig, adj.

IngeniousskilfulCRAFTYcunningvirtuouspowerful ingeniosusperitusastutusprobuspotens

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Nán cræftigra is ðonne ðu no one is more skilful than thou Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 18. Omérus wæs leóþa cræftgast Homer was most skilful in poems Bt. Met. Fox 30, 4; Met. 30, 2.

tó-teran

(v.)
Grammar
tó-teran, p. -tær, pl. -tǽron; pp. -toren

To tear to piecesto tear to pieces a material to tear to piecesto harassdistractdestroy

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Fýrene næddran ðæt folc tótǽron, Num. 21, 6.

on

(prep.)
Grammar
on, an ; prep. adv. A.

expressing local relations, rest upon and contact with an object, ondependence upon an objectextension over a surfacenearnessin or at a place, or with a personrest where one object is contained in another, or is surrounded by others, within, among; and metaphorically inmarking the seat of feeling, thought, etc., in, within, at on, at, in within, in the course of, in, during on, a-fromon, in, at by, with of, consisting of or inin respect to, in the matter of, inin, ofat (a distance), of (the weight of),with, inin accordance withofinmotion, actual or figurative, which is external to the object expressed by the word which on governs, upon, on, on to, tomarking motion from without to the inside, into, among continuously, together, anon, at once expressing temporal relations,on, in, atinto (one's power, etc. )against in accordance withmarking the object of thought, emotion, speech, trust, sightmarking pricein (the name of), by (in adjuration)

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Ne sceal nán mann secgan on hine sylfne ðæs ðe hé wyrcende næs, Homl.

Linked entries: an un-reordian

ge-lǽstan

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Gif geneátmanna hwilc his hláfordes gafol him tó þǽm rihtándagan ne gelǽst, Ll. Th. i. 270, 17. Ne þearf ic N. sceatt ne scilling . . . ac eal ic him gelǽste ꝥ ꝥ ic him scolde, 182, 10. Neádwísnesse gelǽste debitum soluit, An. Ox. 2397.

níwe

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Níwe flódas Nóe oferláð, Exod. 362. Hié níwa ceastra timbredon, Ors. 1. 10; S. 48, 9. <b>I a.

CUNNAN

(v.)
Grammar
CUNNAN, ic can, con, ðú canst, const, he can, con, pl. cunnon; p. ic, he cúðe, ðú cúðest, pl. cúðon; subj. cunne, pl. cunnen; p. cúðe, pl. cúðen; pp. [on]-cunnen, cúþ; v. a.

to be or become acquainted with, to know noscĕre, scire CAN scire, posse

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Men ne cunnon men know not, Beo. Th. 327; B. 162. Ic ne conn þurh gemæcscipe monnes ówér I know not anywhere of a man through cohabitation, Exon. 10b; Th. 13, 6; Cri. 198. with inf.

weder

(n.)
Grammar
weder, es; n.

weather, condition of the atmospheregood weatherwind, storm, breeze, airweather (as in weather-bow, -bound), wind.

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Hwý hí ne scínen scírum wederum, Met. 28, 45. Holmegum wederum, Cd. Th. 185, 6 ; Exod. 118. good weather v. weder-dæg Hine ne went náðor ne weder ne unweder of ðam ðe him gecynde ys, Lchdm. iii. 268, 3.

DÉMA

(n.)
Grammar
DÉMA, an; m. [déman to deem, judge, think] .

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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As the judge represented the king, he was at the king's disposal Se déma, ðe óðrum wóh déme, gesylle ðam cynge hundtwelftig scillinga to bóte, bútan he mid áþe gecýðan durre, ðæt he hit rihtor ne cúðe, and þolige á his þegcnscipes, bútan he hine æt

Linked entries: dǽma doema

syndrig

(adj.)
Grammar
syndrig, adj.

separate, alone, not joined with othersstanding apart, not accessiblespecial, set apart for a particular purposespecial, singular, extraordinary, remarkable for an unusual qualityfor the unusual degree in which some quality existsof that which concerns a single person, private, ownproprius, privatusseparate, several, sundry, each separatelyone a-piece, one each

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Nǽnig nán ðing syndries ne áge si debeant monachi proprium habere . . . Ne quis presumat aliquid habere proprium, R. Ben. 56, 15-19: L. P. 15; Th. ii. 322, 10. Fíf hída syndries landes . . . fíf hída gemǽnes landes, Cod. Dip. B. iii. 395, 28.

steór

(n.)
Grammar
steór, and stýr, e; f.
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Gif se landríca nelle tó steóre filstan will not assist to levy the fine, L. N. P. L. 54; Th. ii. 298, 19

FǼGE

(adj.)
Grammar
FǼGE, def. se fǽga, seó, ðæt fǽge; comp. -ra; sup. -est; adj.

fated, doomed, destined prŏpĕræ morti dēvōtus, cui mors immĭnetdead, killed, slainmortuus, occīsusaccursed, condemned execrātus, damnātus

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On ðæt deópe dæl gefeallaþ synfulra here, fǽge gǽstas the band of the sinful shall fall into the deep gulf, accursed spirits, 30 b; Th. 94, 3; Cri. 1534. feeble, timid; imbēcillus, tĭmĭdus Nis mín breóstsefa forht ne fǽge my mind is not afraid nor feeble

beón

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Bd. 5, 8; Sch. 586, 17. ¶ beón has a specially future sense :-- Ge ꝥte ǽr wæs, ge ꝥte is, ge ꝥte æfter us biþ, Bt. 42; F. 256, 28. Sé byð (bieð, L. erit ) eówer þén, Mk. 10, 43.

freó

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Hí gehrínð hér sumu wracu ðæt hí ne sién freó ne orsorge, Past. 429, 18. (10) free, not liable to a tax, &amp;c. :-- Cyningas nimað gafol of fremedum ...

hwæt

(adv.; int.)
Grammar
hwæt, adv. or interjection.
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sint þis þá gód?