þreá
rebuke ⬩ reproof ⬩ threat ⬩ chastisement ⬩ correction ⬩ punishment ⬩ an infliction that has been deserved ⬩ justifiable severity ⬩ an infliction (where no idea of correction is implied) ⬩ evil ⬩ ill ⬩ pang ⬩ plague ⬩ calamity ⬩ affliction
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Bonan mǽndon ðæt hý monnes bearn þreám oferþunge and him tó earfeðum ána cwóme gif hý him ne meahte máran sárum gyldan gyrnwræce the murderous spirits made moan, that a child of man would have surpassed them in afflictions (i.e. would have caused them
Linked entry: bróh-þreá
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
ríce
power ⬩ authority ⬩ dominion ⬩ rule ⬩ empire ⬩ reign ⬩ bishops ⬩ consuls ⬩ a kingdom ⬩ realm ⬩ a diocese ⬩ a nation
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Nán man for his ríce ne cymþ tó cræftunt ac for his cræftum he cymþ tó ríce and tó anwealde, 16, 1; Fox 50, 20-22. Hwi ðú (Boethius) swá manigfeald yfel hæfdest on ðam ríce ðe hwíle ðe ðú hit hæfdest, 27, 2; Fox 96, 13.
BE
BY ⬩ near to ⬩ to ⬩ at ⬩ in ⬩ on ⬩ upon ⬩ about ⬩ with ⬩ juxta ⬩ prope ⬩ ad ⬩ secus ⬩ in ⬩ cum ⬩ of ⬩ from ⬩ about ⬩ touching ⬩ concerning ⬩ de ⬩ quoad ⬩ for ⬩ because of ⬩ after ⬩ by ⬩ through ⬩ according to ⬩ pro ⬩ propter ⬩ er ⬩ secundum ⬩ beside ⬩ out of ⬩ e ⬩ ex
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Ne leofaþ se man be hláfe ánum, ac be ǽlcon worde, ðe of Godes múþe gǽþ non in solo pane vivit homo, sed in omni verbo, quod procedit de ore Dei, Mt. Bos. 4, 4.
Linked entries: bí be-hlæstan be-strídan be-tǽcung bi big bii
feran
To go ⬩ make a journey ⬩ set out ⬩ travel ⬩ march ⬩ sail ⬩ īre ⬩ ĭter făcĕre ⬩ proficisci ⬩ transīre ⬩ migrāre ⬩ nāvĭgāre
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Mon fereþ feor a man goes far, Exon. 91 a; Th. 343, 20; Gn. Ex. 146; Salm. Kmbl. 614; Sal. 306: Menol. Fox 327; Men. 165.
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wyn-sum
winsome ⬩ agreeable ⬩ pleasant ⬩ pleasant ⬩ joyous
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Eálá ðú wynsuma man, Wulfst. 246, 2. Sum sceal wildne fugel átemian, óþþæt seó heoroswealwe wynsum weorþeþ, Exon. Th. 332, 18; Vy. 87. León, wynsume wiht, wel átemede, Met. 13, 19. Eálá gé góde cildra and wynsume (venusti) leorneras, Coll. Monast.
Linked entries: wynsumlíce wynsumness winsum
for-beran
to bear ⬩ endure ⬩ sustain ⬩ to bear with ⬩ tolerate ⬩ to bear with ⬩ put up with ⬩ to do without ⬩ to abstain from ⬩ desist from ⬩ to abstain ⬩ to restrain
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Similar entries Cf. wyrt-forbor Gif mon sié wyrtum forboren . . . wiþ þon þe mon sié forboren . . . ne mæg [man] hine wyrtum forberan, Lch. ii. 114, 8-12. Gif hyt mid geswelle on forboren byð if the poison be kept in with, the swelling, i. 92, 8
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ge-swencan
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Gif freóndleás man swá geswenced weorðe þurh freóndleáste ꝥ pound; hé borh næbbe, Ll. Th. i. 396, 26.
ge-fón
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Gif hwá on cyninges healle gefeohte . . . and hine man gefó, Ll. Th. i. 66, 9. Bebudan Rómáne þæt mon Hannibal gefénge, Ors. 4, II ; S. 204, 26. Þte geféngo (giféngun, R. appraehendant) hine, Jn. II, 57.
rǽdan
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Man nam of þám ylcan munecan biscopas tó gehwylcre stówe, swá þú rǽddan miht on Ystoria Anglorum, Chr. 995; P. 129, 36. (d a) to find a subject mentioned, read of :-- Þrý Heródes wé rǽdað on bócum, Hml.
ród
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E. 162, 3: 103, 6. (3 a) the cross as representing the ecclesiastical office :-- Man sette Léfegár tó b̃ . . . Sé forlét his crisman and his róde and his gǽstlican wǽpnu, and féng tó his spere and tó his swurde, Chr. 1056; P. 187, 24.
or-dál
- L. Edg. C. 24 ;
- Th. ii. 248, 28 .
judicial decision, judgment ⬩ a decision which follows an appeal to the Deity
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Among those who were to be subjected to this form of trial are mentioned convicted perjurors, who after conviction are not : the man who was charged with plotting against his lord, or with being guilty of cyricbryce, or with practising witchcraft and
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ge-þencan
to think ⬩ conceive ⬩ perceive ⬩ reflect upon ⬩ weigh ⬩ meditari ⬩ considerare ⬩ pensare ⬩ to think about ⬩ remember ⬩ consider maturely ⬩ to take to heart ⬩ recogitare ⬩ iterum cogitare ⬩ reminisci ⬩ to think of ⬩ bear in mind ⬩ remember ⬩ recordari ⬩ cogitare ⬩ memor esse ⬩ to excogitate ⬩ devise ⬩ invent ⬩ conceive ⬩ excogitare ⬩ struere ⬩ invenire ⬩ to resolve ⬩ intend ⬩ wish ⬩ intendere ⬩ velle
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Mid swilcum mæg man rǽd geþencean with such one may devise counsel, 15; Th. 19, 4; Gen. 286. He worn geþenceþ hinderhóca he devises a number of stratagems, Exon. 83 b; Th. 315, 19; Mód. 33.
óþ
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Oþ mannes breóst heáh as high as a man's breast, Blickl. Homl. 127, 6: 245, 33. Hié ðæt gild gefyldan eal óþ grund, 221, 33. Ðæt hí óþ forwyrd fordiligade ne wǽron, Bd. l, 16; S. 484, 17.
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ge-gangan
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.), befall Gegangeð þám mannum . . . þæt heó ealle forbeornað, Wlfst. 206, 30: Vy. 10, 1. Ꝥ þǽm biscopum . . . gelíce gegange þǽm biscope þe Paulus geseah, Bl. H. 45, 4.
hǽlend
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Add: used of the Deity in reference to pre-Christian times as a noun denoting an agent, a saviour Freá mihtig, hǽlend manna, Ps. C. 137. Drihten is mín hǽlend Dominus salus mea. Ps. Th. 26, l. Þú eart mín hǽlend salutare vultus mei, 42, 6.
sceamu
modesty, bashfulness ⬩ shame, confusion ⬩ what causes a feeling of shame, disgrace, shame ⬩ the private part
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Hú mæg máre scamu mannum gelimpan, ðonne ús déþ gelóme? Wulfst. 162, 3. Sceome gihénedo confusione contempnata Rtl. 27, 31. Sceame, Ps. Th. 88, 38. Ic his feóndas gegyrwe mid scame in icos ejus induam confusione 131, 19.
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cwealm
Death, destruction, a violent death, slaughter, murder, torment, plague, pestilence, contagion ⬩ QUALM; mors, pernicies, nex, cædes, homicidium, cruciatus, lues, pestis, pestilentia, contagium
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To ðam swíðe awédde se cwealm ðæt hundeahtatig manna of lífe gewiton the plague raged to that degree that eighty men departed from life, Homl. Th. ii. 126, 18: Exon. 89a; Th. 335, 7; Gn. Ex. 30.
simble
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Kmbl. 485 ; Sal. 243. with words of similar meaning His sóðfæstnyss wunaþ symble éce justitia ejus manet in seculum seculi, Ps. Th. 110, 2. Symble on écnesse in aeternum, 118, 142. Simle singales beclýsed, Exon. Th. 20, 25 ; Cri. 323.
ge-freógan
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Se cyng lǽdde fyrde intó Wealan and þǽr gefreóde fela hund manna, Chr. 1081; P. 214, 13. Gefreóge (-frígeð, L.) hine gif hé wile liberet eum si vult eum. Mt. R. 27, 43.