metan
to mete ⬩ measure ⬩ to measure out ⬩ mark off ⬩ assign the bounds of a place ⬩ to measure by paces ⬩ to traverse ⬩ pass over ⬩ to measure one thing by or with another ⬩ to compare
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Ǽlc ðæra þinga ðe man met on fate everything that is measured in a vessel, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Som. 16, 8. On ðam ylcan gemete ðe gé metaþ eów byþ gemeten qua mensura mensi fueritis, remetietur vobis, Mt. Kmbl, 7, 2.
racu
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Hit is gerǽd on gewyrdelícum racum in historical narratives, Homl. Th. i. 58, 10. Rǽde him mon ða raca oððe líf ðæra heáhfædera, R. Ben. 66, 17. comedy Racu, túnlíc spǽc comedia, Wrt.
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rǽding
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Ben. 43, 2. what is read, reading, a passage in a book, a lesson Ðis Englise ǽtýwþ hwæt seó foresette rǽding ( passage ) mǽnþ, Anglia viii. 298, 9. Seó rǽding cwyþ ðæt ðǽr ys gyt on ǽlcum tácne healftíd, 298, 31 : 300, 32 : 309, 1.
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scræf
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Ðé is leófre on ðisum wácum scræfum ðonne ðú on healle heálíc biscop sitte (cf. ðá wolde se hálga sum hús timbrian, 144, 31), Homl. Th. ii. 146, 28. On wáclícum screafum oððe hulcum lutigende, i. 544, 30. v. dún-, eorþ-, wíte-, wráþ-scræf
scyld
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Is Euan scyld eal forpyuded, 7, 6; Cri. 97. Hé his scylde forgyfenysse bæd veniam reatus postulans, Bd. 3, 22; S. 553, 33. Ða byrðenne suá micelre scylde tanti reatus pondera, Past. 2, 2; Swt. 31, 14. Bútan scylde sine culpa, 3, 1; Swt. 33, 16: L.
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ge-mǽne
Common, general, mutual, in common ⬩ communis ⬩ communis, generalis, solitus ⬩ communis
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Hwæt ys ðé and us gemǽne what is common to thee and us? Mt. Bos. 8, 29. Ne beó ðé nán þing gemǽne ongén ðisne rihtwísan ne quid tibi sit commune adversus hunc justum, 27, 19 : Nicod. 6; Thw. 3, 11.
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swíþ-líc
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Ðeós wyrt is háttre gecynde and swýðlícre, 236, 11. Strang tó swíðlícum drencum, Homl. Th. ii. 322, 15. God him sende swíðlíce ógan týn cinna wíta, Ælfc. T.
þeóstre
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Dark. in a physical sense, without light Ðis ( hell ) is ðeóstræ hám, Cd. Th. 267, 14; Sat. 38. Ðá hangode swíðe þýstru wæter on ðám wolcnum tenebrosa aqua in nubibus, Ps. Th. 27, 11. Wæs se óðer beám eallengasweart, dim and þýstre, Cd.
wrítere
a draughtsman ⬩ painter ⬩ a writer ⬩ scribe ⬩ copyist ⬩ a writer ⬩ author ⬩ a scribe
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Grn. 24, 32. a writer, author Se gyt óþ tó dæg, cwæþ se wrítere, lifigende is, Bd. 5, 18 ; S. 636, 11. Tó geáre, ðá Brihtferð wrítere ðis áwrát, Anglia viii. 327, 11. Ða wríteras and ða ðe hí ymbe writon, Bt. 18, 3 ;Fox 66, l.
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wórian
To wander about ⬩ to wander about ⬩ ramble ⬩ be a vagabond
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Is ðæs (the whale's) híw gelíc hreófóm stáne, swylce wórie bi wædes ófre, Exon. Th. 360, 21; Wal. 9. Seó rípung ðæs geatweardes gestæþþignesse sý swylc dæt hine ne wórian ne scríðan ne lyste (eitin non sinat uagari), R. Ben. 126, 17.
á-beran
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Th. i. 198, 1. to bring to light Se goldhord ne mæg beón forholen, nú hit swá upp is áboren, Hml.
and-efn
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Ǽlc gesceaft is tó árianne be hire andefne, and symle sió héhste swíþost, Bt. 32, 2; F. 116, 14. Engelum hé gef be heora andefne, and manna sáulum hé gyfð ǽlcre be hyre andefne swilca gyfa, Shrn. 192, 2-3.
á-fédan
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Chr. 1085; P. 216, 1. of material which is food Manna wæs geháten se heofon-lica mete þe áfédde þæt folc on wéstene. Hml.
be-hweorfan
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Þæt manna gehwylc his ágen hús wel behweorfe, þæt is, þæt gehwá his heortan geclǽnsige, Wlfst. 280, II. Scipena behweorfan, Angl. ix. 261, 18. Mæssereáf wurðlíce behworfen, Ll. Th. ii. 250, 28: 252, 24: 350, 22.
eá
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On þǽre stówe þe genemned is æt eá mótum, Chr. 926; P. 107, 24. On sǽ and on eáuum, Hex. 14, 7. Betux þǽm twám eán, Ors. 3, ll; S. 144, 4: Nar. 35, 18. Æt Tweoxn-eám (Tweoxnám, v. l. ), Chr. 901; P. 92, 4
ge-néþan
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Add: where something perilous or of doubtful issue is undertaken. to venture to go Se wyrm genéðeð tó, Seel. 119. Hé genéðde ofer þone munt, Ors. 4, 8 ; S. 188, 3. Thomas þríste genéðde on Indéa óðre dǽlas, Ap. 50. (1 a) with dat.
ge-sceádwís
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Is sió lytle nosu ðæt mon ne sié gescádwís (-sceád-, v.l.) parvo naso est qui ad tenendam mensurum discretionis idoneus non est, 65, 20. Þ man sí gesceádwís and gemetigian cunne ge his spréce ge his swígan, Prov. K. 2.
ge-síþ
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. ¶ where the prince is not of this world :-- Þegnas heredon Fæder frumsceafta; hé him þæs, leófum gesíðum, leán æfter geaf, Cri. 453. Hé (Lucifer) cwæð þæt hé mid his gesíðum wolde hýðan heofona ríce, Sal. 453. <b>III a.
grund
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Gl. 262. the solid base or foundation on which a structure is raised Ðý mon sceal fæsðne weal wyrcean, ðý mon áer geháwige ðæt se grund fæsð sié, ðǽr mon ðone grundweall on lecgge, Past. 308, 3.
hæleþ
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Add: [The declension of this word is like that of ealu ; both are t-stems, and the regular nominative should be hæle q. v. See Kl. Nom.