hí-réd
A household, ⬩ house, ⬩ family, ⬩ the body of domestic retainers of a great man or king, ⬩ a court, ⬩ the members of a religious house, ⬩ a company, ⬩ band of associates
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Tó dæg is ðisum híréde hǽl gefremmed hodie solus domui huic facta est, Homl. Th. i. 582, 5. Cwæþ ðæt hé mid ðam Hǽlende on hýréde wǽre said that he was in company with Jesus, ii.248, 31.
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EAL
sometimes used indecl ⬩ without substantive, and sometimes governing the genitive ⬩ are sometimes used, almost adverbially
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Us is eallum neód to us all it is needful. Exon. 11 b; Th. 15. 33; Cri. 245. without substantive, and sometimes governing the genitive Eal [acc. n.] ic recce I govern all, Exon. 110 b; Th. 424, 2; Rä. 41, 33.
LICGAN
To LIE ⬩ fail ⬩ to lie ⬩ go ⬩ run
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Nú se wyrm ligeþ the serpent is dead, Beo. Th. 5484; B. 2745. Ðonne wind ligeþ weder biþ fæder when the wind is at rest the weather is fair, Exon. 58 b; Th. 210, 7; Ph. 182. Swá ðín blǽd líþ so shall thy glory lie low, Cd. 202; Th. 251 13; Dan. 563.
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wiht
a wight ⬩ creature ⬩ being ⬩ created thing ⬩ a whit ⬩ thing ⬩ aught ⬩ anything ⬩ without a negative ⬩ aught ⬩ alone ⬩ with a genitive
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Manig wyht is mistlíce férende geond corþan quam variis terras animalia permeant figuris 41, 6; Fox 254, 23. Æle uht, ðæs ðe hió ( an asp ) ábítt, scel his líf on slǽpe geendian, Ors. 5, 13 ; Swt. 246, 27.
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dón
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Ꝥ mon lufode þone gódan swá swá riht is ꝥ mon dó, Bt. 39, 1; F. 212, 7. Gif Ænglisc man Deniscne ofsleá, gylde hine mid .xxx. pundum, and dó se Denisca þone Engliscan eal swá gif hine ofsleá, Ll.
magan
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. ¶ magan tó :-- Þás úus magon tó genógon nobis istn sufficiunt, Chrd. 90, 8. Hé wæs smeágende hwæt tó bóte mihte æt þǽm fǽrcwealme. Ll.
drincan
DRINK, imbibe ⬩ bibĕre, potāre, imbĭbĕre
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Bos. 2, 10. the Anglo-Saxons often drank to excess, as is evident by the exhortation of Abbot Ælfric to his friend Sigferd, to whom he dedicated his Treatises on the Old and New Testaments Ðú woldest me laðian, ðá ðá ic wæs mid ðé ðæt ic swíðor drunce
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lutian
lurk ⬩ skulk
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Of ðam fýre ðe him on lutaþ from the fire that is latent in it, Lchdm. iii. 274, 4.
MǼD
MEAD ⬩ meadow
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Ðeós wyrt biþ cenned on mǽdum this plant is produced in meadows, Herb. 1, 1; Lchdm. i. 70, 2
mægþ
A maid ⬩ virgin ⬩ girl ⬩ maiden ⬩ woman
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A maid, virgin, girl, maiden, woman (almost confined to poetry) Gif man mægþ gebigeþ ceápe geceápod sý gif hit unfácne is if a man make terms for his marriage with (lit. buys with a price, cf.
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nán-wiht
nothing ⬩ nothing ⬩ not at all ⬩ no whit
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Heó hire self gecýþ ðæt heó nánwuht ne biþ she herself shews that she is nothing, Bt. 20; Fox 70, 24. Ðú wéndest ðæt ðé nánwuht unrihtlíces on becuman ne mihte, 7, 3; Fox 22, 15 : 16, 3; Fox 56, 31: 38, 2; Fox 198, 6.
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ge-wyldan
To exercise power over ⬩ to tame ⬩ subdue ⬩ conquer ⬩ temper ⬩ seize ⬩ take ⬩ dominari ⬩ domare ⬩ subigere ⬩ prehendere ⬩ capere
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Gewyld mid ðam ele ðe sý of lawer treówe gewrungan temper with the oil which is wrung out of laurel, Herb. 72, 2; Lchdm. i. 174, 11. Gewildaþ ða eorþan subjicite terram, Gen. 1, 28. Gewylde man hine prehendat aliquis eum, L. C.
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ge-lǽran
To teach ⬩ educate ⬩ instruct ⬩ advise ⬩ persuade ⬩ induce ⬩ dŏcēre ⬩ erŭdīre ⬩ persuādēre
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Ic eom gelǽred dŏceor; ðú eart gelǽrd dŏcēris; he is gelǽrd dŏcētur, 27; Som. 29, 21. Beóþ gelǽrede gé ðe démaþ eorþan erŭdīmĭni qui judĭcātis terram, Ps. Spl. 2, 10
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þrǽl
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Se ðe dóeð synne ðrǽl is synnes, Jn. Skt. Rush. 8, 34. Ne cweðo ic iów ðrǽlas (ðrǽllas, Lind.), for ðon ðrǽl (ðrǽll, Lind.) nát hwæt wyrceð hláford his, 15, 15. Wé witan ðæt þurh Godes gyfe þrǽl wearð tó þegene, and ceorl tó eorle, L.
un-gelimp
Misfortune ⬩ mishap
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Hwá is swá heardheort ðæt ne mæg wépan swylces ungelimpes? 1086; Erl. 219, 40. Ðæt míne fýnd ne gefeón mínes ungelimpes, Ps. Th. 34, 23, 24. Hí blissedon on mínum ungelimpe, 34, 15.
un-lytel
not little ⬩ great ⬩ not little ⬩ not few in number ⬩ much ⬩ not little ⬩ great
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of size, extent, not little, great Wé magon tócnáwan be hyre leóman ðæt seó sunne unlytel is, Lchdm, iii. 236, 11. Wolcen unlytel, Ps. Th, 77, 16. Unlytel dǽl foldan, Cd. Th. 154, 4; Gen. 2550. Unlytel dǽl eorþan gesceafta, 97, 17; Gen. 1614.
wicu
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Ðeós wucu is geteald tó ánum dæge, Homl. Th. ii. 292, 27. Ymb fyrst wucan bútan ánre niht, Menol. Fox 172; Men. 87. Hé ǽlcere wucan dæg mid nihte ætgædere áfæste in omni septimana diem cum nocte jejunus transiret, Bd. 3, 27; S. 559, 12.
á-lífan
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Th. 139, 8. to be permitted Álýfð (is áléfed, L. R.) restedagum wel tó dónne hweþer ðe yfele licet sabbatis bene facere an male? , Mk. 3, 4. Hwæþer álýfð ( licet ) ǽnegum men his wíf forlǽtan, 10, 2.
bodung
annunciation ⬩ declaration ⬩ testimony ⬩ interpretation ⬩ reciting ⬩ rehearsing ⬩ preaching
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Ben. 71, 5. boastful assertion (cf. bodian, III) : þæt dígle þing beón scolde, tó sige, þæt is tó bodunge and tó getotes gylpe hý gewyrcaþ, R.
eorþ-lic
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Th. 49, 1. where a contrast is expressed or implied with heavenly, spiritual Nán eórþlic man ne mehte swelce sibbe ofer eallne middangeard gedón, Ors. 3, 5; S. 106, 27. Hér sceal mín wesan eorðlic éðel, Gú. 232.