þeóf
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Further a thief who was taken in the act, or taken in flight, or who resisted, instead of being handed over to justice (on cyninges bende, L.
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singan
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Th. 413, 10 ; Rä. 32, 3. with a cognate accusative, or followed by the words used or by a clause ; of persons to sing a song, recite a poem, prayer, formula, etc. , read aloud Wé singaþ on his lof: 'Hǽl ús on ðǽm héhstan,' Blickl. Homl. 81, 27.
betǽcan
to entrust ⬩ guidance ⬩ to hand over ⬩ pay ⬩ give ⬩ to assign ⬩ destine ⬩ yield to ⬩ to direct
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L. 1, 18. to entrust work, office, &c. :-- Mon ðæt gewin nolde him betǽcan, Ors. 5, 11; S. 236, 4. in an unfavourable sense, to hand over, deliver On þíne handa ic hí betáce in manus tuas tradidi illos, Jos. 10, 8.
scír
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Gif preóst on unriht út of scíre hád begite, gilde .xii. ór, and þolie his hádes, búton scíre biscop him hádes geunne, L. N. P. L. 12 ; Th. ii. 292, 13.
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weallan
of water, &c. issuing from a source ⬩ to well, bubble forth, spring out, flow ⬩ of the source, to well with, ⬩ flow with, ⬩ with a noun ⬩ absolute ⬩ implying abundance ⬩ to swarm, exist in large numbers ⬩ of production in large numbers or great quantity, ⬩ to swarm with ⬩ flow with ⬩ of violent movement, ⬩ to boil, rage, heave ⬩ of movement in liquids caused by heat, ⬩ to boil (intrans.), ⬩ to be hot ⬩ used of a vessel in which a liquid boils ⬩ of other than liquids, ⬩ to be hot, burn, blaze, rage ⬩ figuratively, of persons, passions, emotions, ⬩ to be fervent, to burn, rage, to be strongly moved ⬩ trans. ( = willan?) To roll, turn
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Mon geseah weallan blód of eorþan sanguis e terra visus est manare, Ors. 4, 3; Swt. 162, 6.
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FYRD
an army ⬩ the military array of the whole country ⬩ exercĭtus ⬩ expĕdītio ⬩ an army ⬩ agmen ⬩ exercĭtus ⬩ an expedition ⬩ expĕdītio ⬩ a camp ⬩ castrum
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[Laym. ferde, uerde, f. an army: Orm. ferd an army: Scot. ferde an army, host: O. Sax. fard, f. an expedition: Frs. feard: O. Frs. ferd, f. an expedition: Ger. fahrt, fart, f. ĭter: M. H. Ger. vart, f: O. H.
ge-bindan
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Ex. 94. to bind a person as captive or prisoner Gif man mannes esne gebindeð, .vi. sciłł. gebéte, Ll. Th. i. 24, 15. Hine man geband . . . and hine let ofsleán, Chr. 1049 ; P. 168, 36. þone ealdor þeóstra hé geband. Bl. H. 85, 5.
mótan
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add: expressing permission or possibility that comes from permission. <b>I a.</b> add: the subject a person Eálá hú yfele mé dóþ manege woruldmenn mid ðám ꝥ ic ne mót wealdan mínra ágenra þeówa an ego sola meum jus exercere prohibebor ?
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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Ic longe spell hæbbe tó secgenne uber dicendi materia est, Ors. 2, 8; Swt. 94, 16. a false or foolish story, a fable Ealdra cwéna spell anilis fabula, Wrt. Voc. i. 55, 24. Spel vel unnyt sprǽc fabula, i. bella, ii. 146, 64.
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ge-wítan
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Mid þý hié þá fyr gewitene wǽron longius subeuntibus eis, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 620, 21. (1 a) where beginning, direction, or end of movement is marked, by prep. or adv. Se earn úp gewít bufan þá wolcnu, Bt. 7, 3; F. 22, 5.
wiht
a wight ⬩ creature ⬩ being ⬩ created thing ⬩ a whit ⬩ thing ⬩ aught ⬩ anything ⬩ without a negative ⬩ aught ⬩ alone ⬩ with a genitive
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Past. 1; Swt. 25, 23. cases (with or without preps. ) with adverbial force, without a negative Gif wé hit mægen wihte ( anyhow ) áþencan, Cd. Th. 26, 2 ; Gen. 400.
Linked entries: eall-wihta uht wuht ǽnig-wiht Wiht-land
GEARD
An inclosure ⬩ inclosed place ⬩ YARD ⬩ GARDEN ⬩ court ⬩ dwelling ⬩ home ⬩ region ⬩ land ⬩ septum ⬩ lŏcus septus ⬩ hortus ⬩ ārea ⬩ habĭtācŭlum ⬩ domĭcĭlium ⬩ rĕgio
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Ðæt ǽlc cóme to his ágenum gearde that each should come to his own land, Ors. 5, 14; Bos. 114, 18. On geard at home, Menol. Fox 215; Men. 109. In écne geard into the eternal home, Exon. 44 a; Th. 149, 17; Gú. 763 : 51 a; Th. 178, 8; Gú. 1241.
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HUND
A HUNDRED ⬩ centum
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Senatum ðæt wæs án hund manna ðéh heora æfter fyrste wǽre þreó hund, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 70, 36. Mid án hund scipa, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 30; Met. 26, 15. Sum hund scipa some hundred ships, Chr. 894; Erl. 91, 5.
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lufian
To love
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Hí hine lufedan leáse múðe dilexerunt eum in ore suo, 77, 35. Lufgean his néhstan swá hine sylfne, Mk. Skt. 12, 33.
nunne
A nun ⬩ a vestal
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Caperronis wæs hátenu heora goda nunne ( virgo vestalis ), Ors. 4, 4; Swt. 162, 31. Se ðe mid nunnan hǽme, gehálgodre legerstówe ne sý hé wyrðe, L. Edm. E. 3; Th. i. 246, 6. Ǽfre ne geweorðe, ðæt cristen man gewífige on gehálgodre ǽnigre nunnan, L.
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raðe
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Ðæt hine mon slóge swá raðe swá mon hiora fiénd wolde that they should kill him as soon (with as little compunction) as they would their enemies, Ors. 1, 12; Swt. 52, 35. Ða men wǽron swá raðe deáde swá ðæt yfel him an becom, 4, 5; Swt. 166, 7.
gelíce
Likewise ⬩ also ⬩ as ⬩ pariter
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Elpendes hýd wyle drincan wætan gelíce án spinge deþ an elephant's hide will imbibe water as a sponge doth, Ors. 5, 7; Bos. 107, 11.
á-blinnan
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Se rén áblon, Ors. 4, 10; S. 194, 19. Seó scadu áblann umbra cessavit An. Ox. 40, 15. On ungyldan ðá nǽfre áblunnon, Chr. 1097; P. 234, 4. Rénas ðe ealles geáres ne áblunnon, 1098; P. 234, 30. Áblinnendum sæpe cessante (deficiente) succo . Hpt.
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fór
a journey ⬩ an expedition ⬩ march
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H. 217, 17. an expedition of armed persons, march of an army Hé wæs hergende and bærnende þætte Cartainense mehton geseón of heora byrg ꝥ fýr and þone teónan, þonne hió on fóre wǽron, Ors. 4, 5; S. 168, 35.
for-gán
to forgo ⬩ to abstain from ⬩ go without ⬩ to abstain from
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Munecas þe woroldlica þing forgán sculon and wǽpna gefeoht monachi qui ad unum fidei opus, dimissa secularium rerum actione, se redigunt, Ors. 6, 34; S. 290, 1. Hwæt him sý tó dónne and hwæt tó forgánne, Wlfst. 123, 15
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