findan
to come across ⬩ to obtain ⬩ find ⬩ to meet with ⬩ experience ⬩ be exposed to ⬩ find difficulty ⬩ procure ⬩ to visit ⬩ learn ⬩ arrange ⬩ settle ⬩ to determine ⬩ to supply ⬩ provide ⬩ furnish
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Míne aldorlege, swá mé ǽfre wearð oððe ic furðor findan sceolde, Dan. 140.
of
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Add Ic ðweá bed mín of teárum mínum lavabo lectum meum lachrymis meis, Ps. Spl. 6, 6. Bebeád ic eów þæt gé bróðor míne árétten of þám ǽhtum þe ic eów geaf, Cri. 1502. Hé áfédde of fixum twám and of fíf hláfum fíra cynnes fíf þúsendo, An. 589.
lǽdan
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Hé lǽdde hié mid. ligenum and mid listum speón, Gen. 588. ' Ðǽr ðú ongeáte hwidre ic þé nú teohhie tó lǽdenne.' . . . ' Hwider wilt þú mé lǽdan?'
mǽnan
To lament ⬩ mourn ⬩ complain
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Ðú simle mid wópe and mid unrótnesse mǽnst gif ðé ǽnies willan wana biþ (tu) qui abesse aliquid tuae beatitudini tam luctuosus atque anxius conqueraris, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 30, 22.
GE-DÉFE
Becoming ⬩ fit ⬩ proper ⬩ seemly ⬩ convenient ⬩ agreeable ⬩ decent ⬩ quiet ⬩ mild ⬩ meek ⬩ gentle ⬩ kind ⬩ benevolent ⬩ congruus ⬩ convĕniens ⬩ dĕcens ⬩ opportūnus ⬩ hŏnestus ⬩ quiētus ⬩ mansuētus ⬩ bĕnignus
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Becoming, fit, proper, seemly, convenient, agreeable, decent, quiet, mild, meek, gentle, kind, benevolent; congruus, convĕniens, dĕcens, opportūnus, hŏnestus, quiētus, mansuētus, bĕnignus Swá hit gedéfe wæs as it was fit, Beo.
Linked entry: deáf-líc
for-weorþan
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On mé earmre is mínes fæder nama reówlíce forworden, Ap. Th. 2, 22. [v. N. E. D. forworth. Goth. fra-wairþan: O. Sax. far-werðan: O. H. Ger. fer-werdan.]
láf
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Wearð se mǽsta dǽl mid hungre ádýd, and þá láfe ðæs hungres ofslóh se here, Hml. Th. i. 404, 11. Add Him féla láf ( used with collective force and taking verb in plural? ) ne meahton sceððan, B. 1032.
bryne
to burn ⬩ A burning, fire, flame, heat ⬩ ustio, ardor, incendium, ignis, flamma, fervor
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Mid ðý me of sweoran forþlifaþ seó reádnes and bryne ðæs swyles dum mihi de collo rubor tumoris ardorque promineat, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 31: Exon. 32a; Th. 101, 22; Cri. 1662.
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for-sleán
To strike with violence ⬩ smite ⬩ break ⬩ slay ⬩ kill ⬩ destroy ⬩ vehementer fĕrīre ⬩ percŭtĕre ⬩ frangĕre ⬩ occīdĕre ⬩ interfĭcĕre
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Gif monnes ceácan mon forslihþ [forslyhþ, H] ðæt hie beóþ forode, gebéte mid xv scillinga if one smite a man's cheeks, that they be broken, let him make amends with fifteen shillings, L. Alf. pol. 50; Th. i. 94, 14.
Linked entry: for-slegenlic
hwílwend-líc
Temporary
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Ðæt wé ða heofonlícan þinga mid ðam eorþlícum and ða écelíc mid ðam hwílwendlícum geearniaþ, L. Ath. i. prm; Th. i. 196, 27
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leáf-ness
Leave ⬩ permission ⬩ licence
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Mid his léfnysse accepta ab eo licentia, Bd. 1, 25; S. 486, 11. Mid Ebrinum lýfnysse, 4, 1; S. 564, 44. Heó his leáfnysse hæfde ðæt ... she would have his permission to ... 1, 25; S. 486, 34.
ge-wiht
Weight ⬩ pondus
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Mid twám hundred mancosan goldes be gewihte and mid v. pundan be gewihte seolfres for two hundred mancuses of gold by weight and for five pounds by weight of silver, Th. Chart. 557, 28. See Turner's Hist. Anglo-Sax. ii. Appendix ii
tá
A toe
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Gif heó mid ðám tán stæpeþ, 144, 15. Æt ðám óðrum táum ealswá æt ðám fingrum, L. Ethb. 71; Th. i. 20, 3. Mid ðǽm táum cum mentagris, Lchdm. i. lxxiv, 21 (cf. lxxi, 13).
fǽtan
pack ⬩ to adorn ⬩ ornament
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to lay as a burden, pack Swá bið ðǽm ðe ðá gedónan yfelu hreówsiað, ðonne hí ðæt yfel mid ondetnesse him of áweorpað ðætte hira módes innað yfele and hefiglíce mid gefylled wæs, and ðonne eft fóð tó ðǽm ilcan and fǽtað in æfter ondetnesse ðæt ilce yfel
fillan
throw down ⬩ to fell ⬩ destroy
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Ic fylde mid folmum fæder Enoses, Gen. 1096. Húðe áhreddan and hæleð fyllan, 2113. to put down error, &c.: Hé deófulgild tódráf and gedwolan fylde, An. 1690
fót-ádl
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Gif hwá mid fótádle swýþe and hefelíce geswenced sý, Lch. i. 104, 8. Wið fótádle þeáh ðe heó hefegust sý, 246, 22.
hálian
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Smyre ꝥ neb mid; þonne sméþað hyt and hálað, 86, 9. Smyre Þá sáran góman mid oþ ꝥ hý háligen, 348, 17. the subject a wound, sore, &c. Lege on þá wunde; þonne hálað heó sóna, Lch. i. 88, 23.
íren
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Add: iron Ylda oferstígeð stýle, heó ábíteð íren mid óme, Sal. 300. an instrument, tool, appliance, &c., made of iron Swá ǽscǽre beó hé ꝥ íren ne cume on hǽre ne on nægle, Ll. Th. ii. 280, 21. <b>II a.
æf-ést
zeal
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Mid ðǽre biteran æfeste, Bl. H. 25, 7. Mid ðám þyccylum ðǽre æfæste invidiae Gr. D. 117, 28: 118, 2. Æfstu, Ps. Th. 69, 4.
horsc
Quick, ready, active, valiant, ⬩ wise, sagacious, sharp, quick-witted ⬩ wise ⬩ alacer, celer, præproperus, volucer, promtus, sagax,
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Hwylc is hæleþa ðæs horsc and ðæs hygecræftig ðæt ðæt mǽge ásecgan who amongst men is so quick and cunning of mind as to be able to declare that, Exon. l01 a; Th. 380, 36; Rä. 2, 1.
Linked entry: horsc-lic