líhtan
to alleviate ⬩ relieve ⬩ assuage ⬩ to light ⬩ alight
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to make light or easy, to alleviate, relieve, assuage Líht ðæt ðone swencendan magan that relieves the labouring stomach, L.
mynian
To have as the object of desire or purpose ⬩ to intend ⬩ direct one's course to an object
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Ic lǽre ǽlcne ðara ðe maga sí and manigne wǽn hæbbe ðæt hé menige tó ðam ilcan wuda I advise every one that is able and has many a waggon, to direct his steps to that same wood. Shrn. 163, 13
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for-geldan
to pay for ⬩ repay ⬩ return ⬩ give ⬩ render ⬩ reddĕre ⬩ retrĭbuĕre
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Ða mágas healfne leód forgelden let his kindred pay half the fine [for slaying a man ], L. Ethb. 23; Th. i. 8, 8
metod-sceaft
Decree of fate ⬩ doom ⬩ fate after death
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Decree of fate, doom, fate after death Ealle Wyrd forsweóp míne mágas tó metodsceafte ( to their doom ), Beo. Th. 5623; B. 2815. Gást onsende Matheus his tó metodsceafte ( to the fate appointed to it ), in écne gefeán, Menol. Fox 342; Men. 172.
þurh-smúgan
to creep through ⬩ move slowly through ⬩ to go carefully through a subject ⬩ go over the details
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gér, ðe man hǽt solaris, þurhsmíhþ Zodiacum ðone circul on þrim hund dagum and fíf and syxtigum, Anglia viii. 303, 22. to go carefully through a subject, go over the details Hé sceal snotorlíce smeágean and georne þurhsmúgan ealle ða ðing ðe hláforde magan
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geond-hweorfan
To turn or pass through, go about, traverse ⬩ pertransire, peragrare, perlustrare
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To turn or pass through, go about, traverse; pertransire, peragrare, perlustrare Ðonne maga gemynd mód geondhweorfeþ when remembrance of friends passes through his mind, Exon. 77 a; Th. 289, 21; Wand. 51.
á-cólian
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Of ðám swíðe ácólodan magan, oððe of ðám tó swíðe áhátodan, ii. 60, 18. fig. Manegra lufu ácólað [ refrigescet ), Mt. 24, 12. Hé mid ealle ácólað ( frigescit ), Past. 447, 10. Ðý lǽs anda ákólige, 150, 1. Ácólige, Lch. iii. 442, 21.
líchamlíce
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His micelnesse ne mæg nán monn ámetan ; nis þ nó líchonilíce (lícum-, v. l. ) tó wénanne, ac gástlíce, Bt. 42 ; F. 258, 13. carnally, having no regard to spiritual interests Þá lufedon hí hyre mágas líchamlíce (carnaliter) . . . and ne hogodon ná þeáh
wígbed-sceát
An altar-cloth
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An altar-cloth Bewindan ða mágas ðæs cildes hand on ðæs altares weófodsceáte ( in palla altaris ), R. Ben. 103, 14. Ðis syndon ða cyrican mádmas on Scírburnan.
bindan
to bind ⬩ to fasten to ⬩ knit
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Voc. ii. 90, 28. to restrain the action of Onlegen tó trymmanne þone magan and tó bindanne, Lch. ii. 180, 25. of obligation Hine ǽghwylc sylfne on forhæfednysse band, Hml. S. 23 b, 132.
strengþu
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L. 89, 10. of military or political power Swilce eác Scotland hé him underþǽdde for his micele strengþe, Chr. 1086; P. 220, 25. in a moral or spiritual sense Ꝥ wé magan ongytan hwilc his seó circlice strengþ (strencgeoð, v. l.) sý ut quis sit ecclesiasticus
be-teón
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Gif man þone man betýhð þe bið lǽssa maga. Ll. Th. i. 154, 5-7. Sé þe hlóðe betygen (-togen, v. l.) sié, 110, 16 : 112 2 : 140, 16. Betogen forligres, Hml. Th. ii. 490, 27.
hwónlíce
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Þá þe hwónlíce understandan magan hú micel wíte is þæt man on ámánsumunge sié qui minus intelligere possunt quanta pena excommunicationis, R. Ben. 54, l.
a-þenian
to stretch out ⬩ extend ⬩ distend ⬩ expand ⬩ stretch ⬩ tendere ⬩ extendere ⬩ expandere ⬩ to prostrate ⬩ prosternere ⬩ to stretch ⬩ apply ⬩ intendere
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Gif se maga aþened síe, if the stomach be distended, L. M. cont. 2, 2 ; Lchdm, ii. 158, 4. Bogan his he aþenede arcum suum tetendit, Ps. Spl. 7, 13. to prostrate; prosternere Hí aþenedon hí they prostrated themselves, Mt.
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neáh
nigh ⬩ near ⬩ later ⬩ latter ⬩ last ⬩ latest
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Gif hwylc man wífige on his néhstan mágan ( proximam cognatam ), L. Ecg. P. ii. 18; Th. ii. 188, 26. Hiera niéhstan friénd, Past. 49; Swt. 377, 1. Heora nýhstan mágas, L. Eth. ii. 6; Th. i. 286, 32. in cpve. later, latter; superl. last, latest.
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óþ-þringan
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Unc mágas uncre sculon eard óþþringan our kinsmen shall take our home from us, Exon. Th. 496, 9; Rä. 85, 11. Cf. æt-þringan
inca
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Add: an occasion, opportunity Beháten þá mágas þæt hý nǽfre nǽnne incan ne sécan, hú him tó syndrigum ǽhtum gerýmed sý promittent quia numquam ei tribuant occasionem habendi, R. Ben. 103, 18.
swól
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Hú se háta maga swól þrowaþ, 160, 5: 194, 12
tó-ferian
To carry in different directions ⬩ diffene ⬩ to remove ⬩ get rid of ⬩ to put off ⬩ to digest ⬩ digerere
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gyltes úres quotiens orantes non cito exaudimur, nostra nobis facta in oculis proponamus, ut hoc ipsum quod differimur non divinae reputetur justitiae sed culpe nostre, Scint. 35, 10. to digest; digerere Ðæt seó dæges þigen tófered sý . . . and se maga
ge-angsumian
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Wearð geancsumod se árleása Pascasius. . . wódlíce geancsumod ꝥ his mágas ne mihton his módleáste ácuman, Hml. S. 9, 103, 124. Hé læg geancsumod, orwéne lífes, 21, 114. Geancsumod on móde, 9, 116. Geangsumod (-anc-, v. l.), 25, 224.