wiþ-cweþan
to reply ⬩ to gainsay ⬩ contradict ⬩ maintain an opposite opinion ⬩ to contradict ⬩ oppose ⬩ resist ⬩ to refuse ⬩ reject ⬩ not to allow
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Th. ii. 412, 28. to contradict, oppose, resist Se man, ðe wiðcwið ðinum wordum qui contradixerit ori tuo et non obedient cunctis sermonibus tuis, Jos. 1, 18.
dóm
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Swá hé démð ús on dómes dæg, swá wé hér demað þám mannum þe wé hér on eorþan dóm ofer ágon, Wlfst. 300, 11. Dómas magistratus, i. principatus, An. Ox. 260. <b>IV a.</b> an authority, a judicial body, court (cf.
hraþe
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Þeáh man deádne mannan mid reáfe bewinde, ne áríst þæt reáf ná ðe hraðor eft mid þám men, Hml. Th. i. 224, 6. Ꝥ hé sumne rǽd funde ꝥ þe hraðor nǽre heora gemynd ádýlegod, Hml. S. 29, 196
be-fón
to comprehend ⬩ grasp ⬩ seize ⬩ take hold of ⬩ catch ⬩ comprehendere ⬩ apprehendere ⬩ capere ⬩ to surround ⬩ encompass ⬩ encircle ⬩ envelop ⬩ contain ⬩ clothe ⬩ case ⬩ receive ⬩ conceive ⬩ circumdare ⬩ amplecti ⬩ complecti ⬩ capere ⬩ cingere ⬩ tegere ⬩ operire ⬩ accipere ⬩ concipere
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Gif mon forstolenne ceáp beféhþ if a man seize stolen cattle, L. In. 47; Th. i. 132, 4 : L. Ath. i. 9; Th. i. 204, 10. Ðæt híg woldon ðone Hǽlend on his spræce befón ut caperent eum in sermone, Mt.
for-bærnan
To burn up ⬩ consume ⬩ ŭrĕre ⬩ combūrĕre
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Man hine forbærneþ one burns him, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 22, 44. Da ceafu he forbærnþ on unadwæscendlícum fýre păleas combūret igni inextinguĭbĭli, Mt. Bos. 3, 12: Bt. 15; Fox 48, 22: 33, 4; Fox 130, 12.
Linked entries: for-bearnan for-bernan
ge-hycgan
To think ⬩ conceive ⬩ consider ⬩ devise ⬩ reflect ⬩ be mindful ⬩ think about ⬩ care ⬩ intend ⬩ resolve
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Sceal gehycgan hæleða ǽghwilc ðæt he ne abælige bearn wealdendes every man must be mindful that he offend not the son of the powerful, Cd. 217; Th. 276, 25; Sat. 195 : 219; Th. 282, 7; Sat. 283.
hrǽw
a corpse ⬩ carcase ⬩ trunk ⬩ carrion
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The body of a man living or dead, a corpse, carcase, trunk, carrion Líc vel hreáw funus, Ælfc. Gl. 85; Som. 74, 1; Wrt. Voc. 45, 25.
ilca
The same
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Se ilca hét ácwellan ða rícostan witan the same man [Nero] ordered the greatest senators to be killed, Bt. Met. Fox 9, 47; Met. 9, 24.
lácnian
To heal ⬩ cure ⬩ tend ⬩ take care of ⬩ treat ⬩ dress(a wound)
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Ðonne sceal man mid cealdum lǽcedómum lácnian it must be cured with cold medicines, L. M. 1, 1; Lchdm. ii. 22, 4. Ðan scealt ðú hine ðus lácnigean, Lchdm. iii. 126, 12.
Linked entry: lǽcnan
LEÓÞ
A song ⬩ poem ⬩ ode ⬩ lay ⬩ verses
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Ðis leóþ him andswaraþ for gewitnysse and ðæt leóþ ne ádiligaþ nán man of ðínes ofspringes múþe respondebit ei canticum istud pro testimonio, quod nulla delebit oblivio ex ore seminis tui, Deut. 31, 21.
med-micel
not great ⬩ moderate ⬩ small ⬩ not great ⬩ trifling ⬩ venial ⬩ not important ⬩ not great ⬩ lowly ⬩ mean ⬩ poor
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Rush. 10, 30. not great, trifling, venial, not important Gif man medmycles ( exigui ) hwæthwega deóflum onsægþ, fæste i. geár; gif he mycles hwæt onsecge, fæste x winter, L. Ecg. C. 32; Th. ii. 156, 15. Medmycel ǽrende wé ðyder habbaþ, Blickl.
on-hagian
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Gif hine onhagige ( si facultatem habeat ), gefreóge ǽnne man, ii. 24; Th. ii. 192, 12: L. Pen. 14; Th. ii. 282, 9-12: Homl. Th. i. 180, 12. Ðone dǽl ðe him to onhagige, 398, 17.
rihtan
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Gemeta and gewihta rihte man georne let weights and measures be made correct with all diligence, L. C. S. 9; Th. i. 380, 24. Ælþeódige mæn, gif hió hiora hǽmed rihtan ( amend ) nyllaþ, of lande gewíten, L. Wih. 4; Th. i. 38, 1.
sǽd
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Swylce man wurpe gód sǽd (sementem) on his land, 4, 26. <b>I a.</b> fig. seed, that from which anything springs :-- Ðæt hálige sǽd gewát, ðæt him ǽr of ðæs láreówes múþe bodad wæs, Blickl. Homl. 55, 29.
Linked entry: sǽd-tíma
sméðe
smooth, not irritating
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Ða wambe man sceal clǽsnian mid stnéþe wyrtdrence, 262, 17. Wyrc sméþe eágsealfe, 308, 27. smooth (of words) Sméðne sybcwide. Frag. Kmbl. 54 ; Leás. 29. Ðám ðe ful sméðe sprǽce habbaþ, 20 ; Leás. 12. Ðone ele, ðæt wǽron ða sméðan lyffetunga, Homl.
tó-bregdan
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Ðæt hé wǽre from ðám hundum tóbróden, Shrn. 145, 4. to pull apart Heora lima man ealle tóbrǽd ǽlc fram óðrum their limbs weru torn from one another, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 72.
þigen
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Se frumsceapena man wearð ádrǽfed of neorxenawanges myrhðe for ðigene ðæs forbodenan bigleofan, 118, 25. Lactuca is biter on ðigene lettuce is bitter in the eating, ii. 278, 27. Mid unálýfedre ðigene, 332, 1.
þweán
to wash ⬩ to anoint.
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Ne beðearf búton ðæt man his fét þweá (áðóa, Lind.: ðwǽ, Rush.), Jn. Skt. 13, 10. Búton hí hyra handa þweán, Mk. Skt. 7, 3. Scealt ðú ðweán (geðóas, Lind.: ðú mé ðwoege, Rush.) míne fét, Jn. Skt. 13, 6. Heó wolde hig þweán æt ðam wætere, Ex. 2, 5.
ǽlc
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Ǽlce wígwǽpna lǽte man stille, Wlfst. 170, 8. in excluding phrases, any Búton ǽlcon þegne Créca lond sécan, Ors. 4, 1; S. 156, 32. Búton ǽlcre hreówe, 2, 1; S. 64, 7: Past. 37, 2. Búton ǽlcere méder . . . búton ǽlcum eorðlicum fæder, Hml.
á-hreddan
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Gyf hit man æt ðeófes handa áhret, Ll. Th. i. 226, 4. Hí áhreddon ꝥ cild æt þám wulfe, Hml. S. 30, 185. Áhrede míne sáwle æt þám unrihtan wísan eripe animam meam ab impio, Ps. Th. 16, 12. Tó læt ꝥ hé þá sáuwle æt þon wiþerweardan áhredde, Bl.