wíglung
Divination ⬩ soothsaying ⬩ sorcery ⬩ augury
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Nis ðis nán wíglung, ac wíse menn hit áfunden þurh ðone hálgan wísdóm, Lchdm. iii. 154, 5. Gif treówa beóð on fullum mónan geheáwene, hí beóð heardran, and langfǽrran tó getimbrunge. . . Nis ðis nán wíglung, ac is gecyndelíc ðincg, Homl.
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ofer-stígan
to mount, scale, surmount, rise above ⬩ to transcend, surpass, excel, overcome, exceed ⬩ transcendere, transire, exsuperare ⬩ overcome
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Sume ða ýða hé hecerþ mid ðý scipe sume hit oferstígþ some of the waves the steersman avoids with the ship, some it surmounts, Past. 56, 3; Swt. 433, 3.
ge-sleán
To strike ⬩ pitch [a tent] ⬩ smite ⬩ slay ⬩ quell ⬩ forge ⬩ fight ⬩ obtain by fighting
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Óþ ðæt up gewát líg and þurh lust geslóh until the flame went up and at will smote, Cd. 186; Th. 231, 19; Dan. 249
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á-wiht
alone ⬩ any good ⬩ good for anything
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Add:, ó-wiht, óht. substantive alone Him þǽr ówiht ne derede, Dan. 274. with governed gen. Ne sceþþeð þé wólberendes áwiht, Lch. i. 326, 19. Ne mæg ðæs unrihtes beón áwiht bedígled, Bl. H. 111, 1. Ǽr þon óht þisses ǽfre gewurde, Cri. 238.
nemnan
to name ⬩ give a name to a person or thing ⬩ to use such and such a name or title in speaking of a person or thing ⬩ to call upon the name of ⬩ address by name ⬩ to invoke ⬩ to mention by name ⬩ to mention ⬩ relate ⬩ to name ⬩ nominate
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Drihten ða cynelícan burh forhogodlíce naman nemde the Lord used a contemptuous name (wíc) in speaking of the royal city, 77, 23, 26. Ðis andwerde líf hé nemde for weg this present life he spoke of as a way, L. E. I. 35; Th. ii. 432, 23.
worþig
enclosed homestead ⬩ a place surrounded by buildings ⬩ place ⬩ street ⬩ platea
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.), and seems sometimes to exchange with it (cf. In Beniguurthia, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 70, 27, with : In loco qui dicitur Benninguuyrð, ii. 152, 19).
ge-openian
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</b> figurative :--- Þám bið wíte geopenad he will go into torment, An. 891. to open, spread out Þú openast handa þíne, Ps. L. 144, 16. to make an opening in, cut or break into Hé mid spere his sídan geopenode, Hml. Th. ii. 260, 11.
gafol
tribute. ⬩ payment exacted by a stronger from a weaker people, by the conqueror from the conquered ⬩ payment exacted by the state, a tax ⬩ payment exacted by the church ⬩ payment exacted by a lord, e.g. rent by a landlord ⬩ a contribution exacted in aid ⬩ a rate ⬩ interest ⬩ a debt ⬩ due, obligation
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God forbeád ... þæt nán ðǽra manna þe rihtwís beón wile ne sceal syllan his feoh tó gafole. Ðis gafol ... nis ná woruldlic, ac is gástlic, ii. 554, 8-12.
ge-sécan
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Hé wolde gesécan helle goda . . . and biddan ꝥ hí him ágeáfan eft his wíf. Bt. 35, 6 ; F. 168, 13. Ic þé (God) gesóht hæbbe ad te mihi redeundum esse sentio, Solil. H. 12, 10.
ge-setnes
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A. 8, 198. a settlement, an order with respect to property, in pl. a will Heáhgeréfan gesetnysse legatum testamentum, Wrt. Voc. i. 20, 38.
ge-þafian
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a) with dat. of person Geðafað him mon ðæt hé hiene restð, Past. 142, 20.
þes
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Þǽs, 5, 30. (1 a) where objects are contrasted, this as opposed to that, one as contrasted with others :-- Ðonne hí eów éhtaþ on þysse (ðissær, Lind.) byrig, fleóþ on óðre, Mt. Kmbl. 10, 23.
lyft
Air ⬩ atmosphere ⬩ breeze ⬩ sky ⬩ heavens ⬩ cloud
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Seó lyft ðonne heó ástyred is byþ wind, 274, 10. Se storm and seó stronge lyft the storm and the strong blast, Exon. 22 b; Th. 61, 28; Cri. 991. Seó hǽwene lyft the azure air, Cd. 166; Th. 207, 33; Exod. 476.
steór
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Gif se landríca nelle tó steóre filstan will not assist to levy the fine, L. N. P. L. 54; Th. ii. 298, 19
teohhian
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MS.) ðæt hió scyle winnan wiþ hire Scippendes willan ...
Linked entries: tihian fore-geteohhian tyhhian
weorþscipe
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</b> honour, cause of an object being honoured or honourable :-- Hit gewearð ðæt ðam wísan men com tó lofe and tó wyrðscype ðæt se unrihtwísa cyning him teohhode tó wíte ita cruciatus, quos putabat tyrannus materiam crudelitatis, vir sapiens fecit
fæsten
firmament ⬩ citadel ⬩ fort ⬩ a fortification ⬩ entrenchments ⬩ fastness ⬩ stronghold ⬩ a prison ⬩ a sepulchre ⬩ Hell ⬩ claustrum
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Ꝥ hí fæsten geworhten him tó gescyldnesse, stǽnene weal, Bd. 1, 12; Sch. 33, 23: 34, 8. used with reference to siege-works: " Wyrceað fæsten ymb ðá burg." Fæsten wyrcð se hálga láriów " aedificabis munitiones."
ge-ascian
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Ic hæbbe geáhsod (-ácsod, v. l. ) ꝥ úre frið is wyrse gehealden, 220, I : 240, 26. with acc. and infin. Manig yfel wé geáxiað wæstmian, Bl. H. 109, i.
ge-habban
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To have at (wiþ), to attack Drihten hig gehyrde, þæt hig gehæfdon (-hæfton, Thw.) wið hine, þæt hig feóllon on þám gefeohte ætforan Israhéla bearnum Domini sententia fuerat, ut indurarentur corda eorum et pugnarent contra Israel et caderent, Jos. 11,
ge-wendan
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Þæt hé gewende wið Iulianes. Hml. Th. i. 450, 32. Beád mann ꝥ ǽlc mann þe feor wǽre forð gewende, Chr. 1016; P. 147, 6. Gif hit Críst ús ne behéte, and for ðí tó middanearde gewende, Hml. Th. ii. 412, 13.