wilisc
foreign, not English ⬩ servile
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Ða Wylisce menn hí gegaderodon, and wið ða Frencisce ðe on Walon wǽron gewinn up áhófon, 1094 ; Erl. 230, 32. Hengest and Æsc gefuhton wiþ Walas, and .xii.
Linked entries: Wælisc wealh-more Welisc
tó
to, ⬩ at ⬩ so as to produce ⬩ become ⬩ to (the satisfaction, etc. ) ⬩ to some end, ⬩ for some purpose ⬩ for ⬩ next to, ⬩ at, ⬩ by, ⬩ alongside ⬩ in, ⬩ on ⬩ next to ⬩ after ⬩ to ⬩ as ⬩ for ⬩ to ⬩ as ⬩ for ⬩ at, ⬩ in ⬩ of, ⬩ from ⬩ to (in to do something to anything) ⬩ according to, ⬩ at, ⬩ after ⬩ compared to, ⬩ in comparison with, ⬩ beside ⬩ in addition to, ⬩ besides ⬩ for, ⬩ at ⬩ to be suffered ⬩ at ⬩ in the course of, ⬩ in, ⬩ on ⬩ for, ⬩ during ⬩ to ⬩ to, ⬩ for ⬩ in, ⬩ at ⬩ to the extent, ⬩ to such a degree ⬩ to, ⬩ up to, ⬩ until, ⬩ till ⬩ at, ⬩ in, ⬩ on ⬩ in addition, ⬩ besides, ⬩ too ⬩ too
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Ús gelustfullaþ tó sprecenne be ðan hálgan were, Homl. Th. i. 360, 29.
Linked entry: -anne
LUFU
LOVE
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For úre lufan for love of us, Blickl. Homl. 23, 35. Mid lufe ge mid láðe, 45, 8. For hylde and lufe affectu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 65. Gif hé secge ðæt hé hæbbe hire freóndscipe ðæt ys be lufe si dicat se amicitiam ejus habere, id est, amatorie, L. Ecg.
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niht
night ⬩ night ⬩ darkness ⬩ night
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Úre eorþlíce niht (nyht, MS. M.) cymþ þurh ðære eorþan sceade... Seó niht hæfþ seofan dǽlas fram ðære sunnan settlunge óþ hire upgang.
pening
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Ceorf nygan penegas cut up nine pennyweights, iii. 8, 2. Man ðysses wyrttruman genime týn penega gewihte, i. 260, 17.
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æþelo
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</b> noble birth, nobility :-- Hwý gé eów for æðelum up áhebben, Met. 17, 18. Deáð forsiehð þá æþelo, and þone rícan gelíce and þone heánan foriwelgþ, Bt. 30, l; F. 68, 33.
be-seón
To look ⬩ attention ⬩ expectation ⬩ To see about ⬩ care for ⬩ attend to ⬩ provide for
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Spl. 12, 3. with preps. physical Beseó hé upp tó þǽre nǽddran, and hé leofað, swá hé besihð on hig, Num. 21, 8. Swá ðá eágan on besióð, Bt. 41, 4; F. 252, 13. Of heofenum beseah Drihten Dominus de coelo prospexit, Ps.
ge-biddan
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Uton gebiddan ús tó úrum Drihtne, 139, 31. Gehwá sceal hine gebiddan to his Drihtne ánum (Vominum Deum tuum adorabis, Mt. 4, 10), Hml. Th. i. 166, 28. Hé wæs simle hine tó Drihtne gebiddende, Bl. H. 229, 19. with dat.
ge-bígan
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ge-mearcian
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Nis unc sceattes wiht tó mete gemearcod, 814. to indicate in writing, note, record Þá hí þis gehýrdon hí writon þone deg and gemearcodon ymbhigdiglíce quod illi audientes, sollicite conscripserunt diem, Gr. D. 306, 13.
helpan
to succour ⬩ to be serviceable ⬩ to profit ⬩ avail
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Uton clypian tó heofonum ꝥ God úre helpe and tóbrýte þisne here, Hml. S. 25, 349. Ic wolde helpan þæs þe ðǽr unscyldig wǽre and hénan þone þe hine yfelode, Bt. 38, 6; F. 208, 17.
lǽfan
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Þonne þú heonan cyrre . . . lǽf ús écne gefeán, Cri. 159. Ic wilnode . . . æfter mínum lífe þám monnum tó lǽfanne þe æfter mé wǽren mín gemynd on gódum weorcum, Bt. 17; F. 60, 16. to allow to remain, not to take, consume, remove, &c.
óþer
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Add Hí hlifiað feor úp ofer þá óðre eorðan, Wlfst. 262, 11. Man sette heora heáfda swilce óþra ðeófa búton ðám portweallon on ðám heáfodstoccum. Hml.
mearcian
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Wé sceolon mearcian úre forewearde heáfod and úrne líchoman mid Crístes róde tácne, Hml. Th. ii. 266, 11. Mearcian sé þe hine gesihð anxsumnese getácnað to see oneself cross oneself (?)
smæl
Small ⬩ small, little, not great ⬩ narrow, not broad ⬩ slender, thin, not thick ⬩ fine ⬩ not coarse ⬩ not loud ⬩ gracilis, exilis, subtilis, minutus, strictus ⬩ a sheep, small cattle
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Wið ðam smalan wyrme for hair worm Lchdm. ii. 122, 18. fine (of a powder, texture, etc. ), not coarse Smæl hláf artocobus [artocopa (also -us) quaevis placenta, panis quidem dulciarius et arte confectus] Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 47.
hleóðrian
To sound, ⬩ make a sound [with the voice], ⬩ to speak, ⬩ sing, ⬩ cry, ⬩ exclaim, ⬩ resound
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Ðonne hleóðriaþ hálge gǽstas sáwla sóþfæste song áhebbaþ when holy spirits shall lift up their voices, just souls raise a song, Exon. 63 b; Th. 234, 12; Ph. 539. Ðá hleóðrade hlúdan stefne then cried with a loud voice, Andr.
tól
a tool, ⬩ implement, ⬩ instrument ⬩ tools, ⬩ machinery, ⬩ apparatus
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Gif ðú ðin tól (cultrum) áhefst ofer hyt if thou lift up thy tool upon it (A. V.), Ex. 20, 25. Hwílon befeóll án síðe of ðam snǽde into ánum deópan seáðe. Benedictus wolde gefréfrian ðone wyrhtan ðe ðæt tól ámyrde, Homl. Th. ii. 162, 12.
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twelf
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Ðú ús twelfe trymman ongunne, Andr. Kmbl. 2837; An. 1421. Wé geségon eówre standan twelfe getealde, 1765; An. 885. In the following instance the word is not inflected Ðás twelf (tuelfe, Lind.:twælfe, Rush.) se Hǽlynd sende, Mt.
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freó-dóm
freedom from spiritual bondage, ⬩ freedom from obligation, ⬩ release from restraint ⬩ freedom of activity ⬩ absence of restraint, or hindrance, ⬩ freedom to do ⬩ liberty of action ⬩ freedom ⬩ liberality ⬩ freedom ⬩ frankness ⬩ freedom from trouble ⬩ freedom from a tax ⬩ the charter granting freehold land
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þú ús freódóm gief from yfla gehwám. Hy. 5, 10. freedom from a tax, c. Similar entries v. freó, (10) Mín ærfelond ðe ic et Aeðeluulfe cyninge begæt and gebohte mid fullum friódóme on ǽce ærfe, C.D. i. 316, 5.
síþ-fæt
a journey ⬩ expedition ⬩ a path ⬩ course ⬩ way ⬩ road ⬩ a way ⬩ path ⬩ course ⬩ course of time
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Th. 67, 20) síþfæt dó ús, 67, 21. Síþfæt sægde ðe hé mid wilddeórum áteáh told of his life with the wild beasts, Cd. Th. 256, 31; Dan. 649. Nú ðú ædre const síþfæt mínne. Ic sceal sárigferþ hweorfan . . . now thou shalt speedily know my course.
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