hǽlu
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Hond geedníuad wæs tó hǽlo (sanitate), Mt. L. R. 12, 13. Swǽ hwá swǽ hæfð fulle hǽlo his líchoman (valeiudinem carports), Past. 250, 3. Waldend him mæg syllan hǽlo on heáfodgimme, Gn.
sceát
a corner, an angle ⬩ corner, quarter ⬩ a projection, promontory ⬩ a nook, corner, region ⬩ a lap, bosom ⬩ the bosom ⬩ a bay ⬩ sinus ⬩ a garment ⬩ a cloth, napkin ⬩ cloak,fold
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Hence himin-skaut the four quarters of the heavens; heims-skaut the poles) Ðá wæs heora lár sáwen and strogden betuh feówer sceátum middangeardes, Blickl. Homl. 133,33.
Linked entry: sceáta
HÁTAN
to bid, order, command ⬩ to promise, vow ⬩ to call, name, give a name to ⬩ to name, call, bid, command ⬩ to call, name, promise, vow ⬩ nominare, appellare, jubere, præcipere
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Sum consul Boetius wæs háten a certain consul whose name was Boethius, Bt. 1; Fox 2, 13: Cd. 79; Th. 99, 13; Gen. 1645. Is ðæt deór pandher bí noncan háten that beast is called by the name of panther, Exon. 95 b; Th. 356, 17; Pa. 13.
Linked entry: ge-hátan
on-wendan
to turn, change ⬩ to change one thing for another, to exchange ⬩ to turn, change a direction, to avert, divert, turn aside ⬩ to change the position of a thing, to invert, turn upside down, ⬩ to subvert, disturb, upset ⬩ to cause to change for the worse, to give a wrong direction, pervert ⬩ To return
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Mid ðý ðe hié ðone drenc druncon, hraþe heora mód wæs onwended, Blickl. Homl. 229, 14. Is mín flǽsc frécne onwended caro mea immutata est, Ps. Th. 108, 24. intrans.
Linked entries: and-wendan aweg-onwendan on-wendness
ge-witnes
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Hié bǽdon þæt hé on þǽre gewitnesse (cf. ge-wita; 2 c) wǽre þæt þæt ríce emne gedǽled wǽre they asked him to be witness that the kingdom was evenly divided, Ors. 3, 7; S. 114, 18.
þolian
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Ðæt wíf ðe on blódryne wæs fram manegum lǽcum fela þinga þolode, Mk. 5, 26. Tó ðolienne ðínne willan, Ps. C. 90. <b>I b.
ongeagn
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Hé oðsóc ꝥ hé hit nǽre; hí þá ongén hine gecnǽwne gedydon be þám tácne þe on his hneccan wæs ꝥ hé hit wæs, Hml. S. 30, 274
sceáwian
to look ⬩ to look at ⬩ observe ⬩ behold ⬩ see ⬩ to look at, look on with favour, to regard, have respect to ⬩ to look at with care, consider, inspect, examine, scrutinize, reconnoitre ⬩ to look out, seek for, select, choose, provide ⬩ to shew (favour, respect, etc.) ⬩ to grant
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Ðá ðæt eall gedón wæs swá se geótere ðæm æðelinge ǽr behét se æðeling ðæt ðá sceáwode when all that was done as the founder (Perillus) promised the prince (Phalaris), the prince then inspected it, Ors. 1, 12; Swt. 54, 29.
cæg-loca
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A.] gebroht wǽre, sý heó clǽne, ac ðæra cǽgean heó scéal weardian; ðæt is, hire hordern, and hire cyste, and hire tege unless it has been brought under his wife's 'lock and key,' let her be clear; for it is her duty to keep the keys of them; namely, her
lange
Long ⬩ a long time ⬩ far
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Swaðer uncer leng wǽre [lifede, 38] which of us two lived the longer, Chart. Th. 485, 29. Ðænne ðú lenge ne móst lífes brúcan, Dóm. L. 32, 61. Lencg, Lk. Skt. 16, 2. Leng swá swíðor, Cd. 47; Th. 60, 30; Gen. 989. Swá leng swá swíðor, Exod. 19, 19.
lyb-lác
Sorcery ⬩ witchcraft
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Wé cwǽdon be ðǽm wiccecræftum and be liblácum gif ðǽr man ácweald wǽre ... we have ordained concerning witchcrafts and sorceries, if in such cases anyone were killed..., L. Ath. i. 6; Th. i. 202, 10. Be liblácum.
Linked entry: unriht-lyblác
ríp
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Ðæt hér wǽre mycel riip, Bd. 1, 29; S. 498, 4. On hærfeste wícode se cyng on neáweste ðare byrig, ða hwíle ðe hié hira corn gerypon, ðæt ða Deniscan him ne mehton ðæs rípes forwiernan, Chr. 896; Erl. 94, 7. Ǽr wintres cyme on rýpes tíman, Exon.
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scíne
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Cwæð ðæt his líc wǽre leóht and scéne, 17, 26; Gen. 265. Wæsim wlitig and scéne, 30, 16; Gen. 467. Deór wundrum scýne ( the panther ), Exon. Th. 356, 30; Pa. 19. Is seó womb wundrum fæger, scír and scýne, 219, 16; Ph. 308. Mægþ scýne, Beo.
ge-hweorfan
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happening, to be transferred, pass to Asiria anwald gehwearf on Méðas Arbatus regni summam ad Medos transtulit Ors. 2, I ; S. 60, 17 : I. 8 ; S. 42, 6. to turn back, be averted Gesecge man hwǽr ǽnig gewin ǽr þǽm crístendome swá gehwurfe, gif hit ongunnen wǽre
glídan
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, Ph. 102. to pass from one state to another, slip, fall Oft ðæt hefige mód glít niðor and niðor stæpmǽlum, oð hit mid ealle áfielð, Past. 279, 2. of movement along a surface Þonne hié mon slóg oþþe sceát, þonne glád hit on þǽm scillum, swelce hit wǽre
weald
perhaps ⬩ may be ⬩ in dependent clauses, with indefinite pronouns or adverbs (cf. gif), in case
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Hí námon tó rǽde, ðæt him wærlícor wǽre, ðæt hí sumne dǽl heora landes wurðes æthæfdon, weald [hwæt ?] him getímode, Homl. Th. i. 316, 24.
ofer-hírness
Disobedience, disregard, neglect, contempt ⬩ disregard, disobedience
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Ðæt se wǽre, ðe rihtes wyrnde, scyldig æt þriddan cyrre cyninges oferhýrnesse ðæt is .cxx. sciłł., 2; Th. i. 160, 16. Ne underfó nán man óðres mannes man bútan ðæs leáfe ðe hé ǽr fyligde. Gif hit hwá dó, béte míne oferhýrnesse, 10; Th. i. 164, 18.
ge-þeóde
Language ⬩ speech ⬩ idiom ⬩ translation ⬩ lingua
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Ðæt hér ðý mára wísdóm on londe wǽre ðý we má geþeóda cúþon that there might be the more wisdom in the land the more languages we knew, Past. pref; Swt. 5, 25; Hat. MS. Hát todǽlan heora geþeóde divide linguas eorum, Ps. Th. 54, 8.
Linked entry: ge-þióde
trucian
to fail in doing something ⬩ to fail a person ⬩ be wanting in duty to a person ⬩ to fail ⬩ come to an end
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Wærc þe nauere nulle trukien, 17171. zif bileaue him trukede, A. R. 230, 19. Ne schal him neauer tintreohe trukien incredulos supplicio dampnat eterno, Kath. 1796: 403. þis bold . . . neuer truke ne schal, Misc. 97, 122.
sellan
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Salde inpendebat (cf. geben wæs inpendebatur, 21), Wrt. Voc. ii. in, 24. Ecgbryht salde Basse mæsseprióste Reculf mynster on tó tymbranne, Chr. 669; Erl. 34, 25. Hié saldon hiera nefum Wichte eálond, 534; Erl. 14, 33.