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cúþ-líce

(adv.)
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Add: with verbs denoting either the possession or the imparting of knowledge, certainly, well, clearly Ðeáh hit mon cúðlíce wite, hit is tó forberanne aperte cognita toleranda, Past. 151, 10.

ge-beorgan

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Ne wyrð nǽfre folces wíse wel gerǽde, ne wið God well geborgen (secure from incurring God's anger. Cf. ge-beorglic), on þám earde þe man wóh gestreón lufað, Ll.

FÉDAN

(v.)
Grammar
FÉDAN, part. fédende; he fédeþ, fét, fétt; p. ic, he fédde, ðú féddest, pl. féddon; pp. féded, fédd.

nourishsupportsustainbring upeducatepascĕrecĭbārenutrīreengtrīresustentāreedŭcāreto bring forthproducegignĕreprodūcĕre

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He me well fétt me bĕne pascit, Coll. Monast. Th. 22, 33: 30, 27. Mægeþ and mæcgas fédaþ hine fægre lasses and lads feed him kindly, Exon. 113 a; Th. 434, 9; Rä. 51, 8.

Linked entry: féding

ge-mynd

(n.)
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ge-mynd, es; n: e; f.

Mind, memory, memorial, memento, remembrance, commemorationremembrance

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Us is mid mycelre gemynde to geþencenne we must bear well in mind, Blickl. Homl. 29, 2. Gimynd commemoratio, Rtl. 62, 21. In gemyndum to habbanne to be had in mind, Nar. 4, 9: 2, 8

sél

(adv.)
Grammar
sél, soel ; also sélor ; adv. (cpve.)
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</b> of moral or spiritual well-being :-- Ne mæg ic gehycg*-** of knowledge Gé sind searowum beswicene oððe sél nyton, móde gemyrde, Andr. Kmbl. 1490 ; An. 746. Findaþ ða ðe fyrngewritu sélost cunnen, Elen.

bunda

(n.)
Grammar
bunda, bonda, an; m.

a wedded or married man, a husbandmaritus, sponsusthe father or head of a family, a householderpaterfamilias, œconomuswedlock, marriage,lawfully born, born in wedlockwedlock breaker, an adulterermarriage-fast-man, a wedded man, a husband:to wed, take a wifea wedded man, husband, householderone wedded or bound, a husbandto bindpersonagenta hammera hammererrule, government,a ruler, governorboundone bound, a husband

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Bunda might be banda as well as bonda, for a is often used for o, as mon for man a man. The early use of hús-bunda, -bonda would at once indicate that it was not likely to be of Norse or Icelandic origin.

Linked entry: bonda

FYRD

(n.)
Grammar
FYRD, fyrdung, e; f.

an armythe military array of the whole countryexercĭtusexpĕdītioan armyagmenexercĭtusan expeditionexpĕdītioa campcastrum

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&#39;Every owner of land was obliged to the fyrd or expeditio; the owner of bookland as liable to the trinoda necessitas alone; the occupier of folkland as subject to that as well as to many other obligations from which bookland was exempted.

hwæt

(adv.; int.)
Grammar
hwæt, adv. or interjection.
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, Bt. 3, 4; F. 6, 18. as an introductory particle of vague meaning, why, well, so, indeed, certainly Gif þonne hwá ne récþ hwæþer hé hæbbe ... þe nabbe ..., hwæt ꝥ beóþ forlytla sǽlþa þæt mon swá eáþe forlǽtan mæg an vel si amiserit, negligendum putat

ge-wyrcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wyrcan, -wyrcean; p. -worhte, ðú -worhtest; pp. -worht.

to workmakebuildformdisposedoperformcelebratecommitto get by workinggainobtainmerit

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He nys swá wel wið rite geworht swá he wæs he is not so well disposed to me as he was, Gen. 31, 5. to get by working, gain, obtain, merit Ic me mid Hruntinge dóm gewyrce I with Hrunting will gain myself glory, Beo. Th. 2986; B. 1491.

Linked entry: ge-worht

(int.)

LoOhAh

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Áfæst lá and hí lá hí and wel lá well and ðyllíce óðre syndon englisc interjectiones, Ælfc. Gr. 48; Som. 49, 28. Weg lá weg lá euge, euge, Ps. Th. 69, 4. Wá lá se tówyrpþ ðæt tempel ua qui destruit templum, Mk. Skt. 15, 29.

ge-writ

(n.)
Grammar
ge-writ, es; n.

Something writtenwritingscriptureinscriptiona writinglettertreatisewritcharterbook

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Something written, writing, scripture, inscription, a writing, letter, treatise, writ, charter, book Óþ ðone first ðe hie wel cunnen Englisc gewrit arǽdan until such time as they can read English writing well, Past. pref. Swt. 7, 13, 17.

Linked entries: ge-wreot writ

ge-sǽlig

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II b. favoured in respect to mental or moral endowments, happy in disposition, &amp;c :-- Ðæt hé sié se gesǽlgosta on eallum cræftum ofer ealle óðre men quasi prae ceteris praepollens, Past. 463, 13. happy in respect to moral or spiritual well-being

on

Grammar
on, Add: <b>A. I.</b> 5 ¶
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Him on gafol forlét wellan sceótan, Rä. 39, 2. (10) :-- On þone Drihten, Ll. Th. i. 178, 3, and often.

faran

to traveljourneyto marchto goto godepartto gomoveto goflyto cometo pass awaydepartto go onpractisehappenturn out

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Th. i. 190, 11. to get on well or ill Se man þe ne can þæs gescád, hé ne færð náht, Wlfst. 123, 12. in greeting Faraþ nú gesunde, and gesǽlige becumað, Hml.

Linked entry: farnian

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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The pp. generally takes the weak form, in Anglo-Saxon as well as in the cognate words; but strong and weak forms are both found, in A. Sax. the strong on-cunnen, and the weak cúþ, and in M. H. Ger. the strong ver-kunnen, and the weak kunt.

fundian

(v.)
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E. found is used with the meaning as well of fandian as of fundian. v. N. E. D. found] Mid orþance þissesðinges fundian (fandian, fondian, v. ll. ), Lch. i. 100, 7. Wé sculon be þæs andgites mǽðe fandian (fundigan, v. l. ), Bt. 42; S. 147, 15.

á-wendan

(v.)

To turn.to give a certain direction toto returnto reducebring into subjectionto turn aside,to remove divertto avertto pervertto changeto turn into something elsetransformto translatereproduce something with other materialto exchangeTo turntake a certain direction

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Hig noldan ná feohtan mid fægerum wordum ánum, swá þæt hí wel sprǽcon and áwendon þæt eft so that they spoke well and then did not act in accordance with their words, Ælfc. T. Grn. 11, 29.

Linked entry: on-wendan

ídel

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Gif hwelc of ðǽm ídlum ( curiosis ) wellæ wutta, Mt. p. 3, 2. of things, useless, having no useful effect, serving no useful purpose, super-fluous Þæs restedæges ǽmethwíle ídle ( superuacuum ) wé tellaþ, An. Ox. 40, 18.

úte

(adv.)
Grammar
úte, adv.

Outsidewithout.outfrom one's positionon the outsideoutsideon the outer sideoutout of doorsin the open airoutawayat a distanceoutaway from habitationsin open countryoutfrom home on serviceoutnot in one's own countryabroadoutaway from land

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Móste ic úte weorþan, 23, 34; Gen. 369. fig. with the idea of degradation, out, from one's position Bútan ðám ánum ðe for heora leahtrum of hyra endebyrdenesse útor (uttor, Wells Fragm.) áscofene synd exceptis his quos abbas degradaverit, R.

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frignan

(v.)
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Welle fregna iówih ic worde interrogabo uos ego unum verbum, Lk. R. L. 20, 4.