wægn
A waggon ⬩ wain ⬩ carriage ⬩ vehicle ⬩ Charles' wain
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Wǽnes weð (swæd? pæð?) orbita, Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 47. Ánes wǽnes gangweg actus, 37, 37. On wǽnes eaxe hwearfaþ ða hweól, and sió eax byrþ eallne ðone wǽn, Bt. 39, 7; Fox 220, 27: 39, 8; Fox 224, 6. Wǽne carruca, Hpt. Gl. 438, 67.
Linked entries: wægen waegne-þíxl wǽn
a-fíndan
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S. 18, 48. to find out, learn the nature of something, experience Swipa áfinden mastigias experiamur , An. Ox. 5369. Ne ðearf ic ðésecgan hú hefig sorg men beoþ seó gémen his bearna, for ðám ðú hit hafast áfunden be þé selfum.
hleóðor
hearing ⬩ what is heard, ⬩ sound, ⬩ noise, ⬩ voice, ⬩ speech, ⬩ song
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Biþ ðæs hleóðres swég eallum songcræftum swétra the sound of its voice is sweeter than all singing, 57 b; Th. 206, 24; Ph. 131: 52 a; Th. 181, 15; Gú. 1293. Heriaþ hine on hleóðre béman laudate eum in sono tubæ, Ps.
mund
a hand ⬩ a hand ⬩ protection ⬩ Guardianship ⬩ A protector ⬩ guardian ⬩ protection ⬩ guardianship extended by the king to the subject ⬩ the king's peace, by the head of a family to its members ⬩ the fine paid for violation of mund
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Merestrǽta mundum brugdon ( swam ), 1033; B. 514. Mundum brugdon scealcas of sceáðum scír*-*mǽled swyrd, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 38; Jud. 229. Gif monna hwelc mundum sínum aldre beneóteþ, Cd. 50; Th. 63, 31; Gen. 1040.
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on-fón
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Æfter þám onfangenum gebede swá hit mid munecum þeáw is after praying as is the custom with monks, Hml. S. 23 b, 67 : 84. Add Þý syxtan mónþe þæs þe Sanctus Ióhannes on his módor bósm onfangen wæs, Bl. H. 165, 25.
FÍF
FIVE ⬩ quinque
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Swed. fem: Icel. fimm: Corn. pemp: Lat. quinque: Grk. πέντε ; Æolic πέμπε: Sansk. panćan.]
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lǽstan
to follow ⬩ attend ⬩ accompany ⬩ to do ⬩ perform ⬩ observe ⬩ carry out ⬩ execute ⬩ discharge ⬩ to continue ⬩ last
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Wé sóðfæstes swaðe folgodon, lǽston lárcwide, Andr. Kmbl. 1347; An. 674. Lǽstun, Exon. 25 b; Th. 75, 21; Cri. 1225. Bibeád ic eów ... earge gé ðæt lǽstun my command was ... ill have ye performed it, 30 a; Th. 92, 3; Cri. 1503.
hwón
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Swét hwón, 318, 13 : 324, 6. Man tó hwón stýrde þám þe syngodon, Wlfst. 168, 2. Férde hé hwón feorr ( paulo longius) fram þám mynstre, Gr.
hálig
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H. 17, 21. of divine operations (ordinary or extraordinary) in the physical world Wæs hálig leóht ofer wéstenne, swá se wyrhta bebeád, Gen. 124. Cóm morgen . . . hálig of heolstre, An. 243.
inne
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Gæst inne swæf, 1800: 1866. Cyning inne gebond feónda foresprecan ..., þǽr hé ligeð in carcerne, Cri. 732. Þæt hé inne oþþe úte cirican berýpe, Ll. Th. i. 334, 30.
lǽran
To teach ⬩ instruct ⬩ educate ⬩ to preach ⬩ to exhort ⬩ admonish ⬩ advise ⬩ persuade ⬩ suggest
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Ðá cleopedon his þegnas him tó and hine bǽdon and geornlíce lǽrdon ðæt hé hine ofslóge cum eum viri sui ad feriendum Saul accenderent, Past. 28, 6; Swt. 197, 18. Mé bǽdon and lǽrdon Rómáne ðæt ic gewát heonon onweg, Blickl. Homl. 191, 13.
tó-geagnes
towards, ⬩ so as to meet ⬩ against, ⬩ to meet ⬩ in the way of, ⬩ to meet the approach of ⬩ in readiness for, ⬩ against the coming of ⬩ against, ⬩ for the purpose of resisting ⬩ on the approach of, ⬩ towards ⬩ again, ⬩ in return
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Ðæt is ðonne ðæt hé fare tógeánes Israhéla folce him mid tó gefeohtanne, Past. 15; Swt. 89, 17, 21. Ðá eode se cining him tógeánes egressus est rex in occursum ejus, Gen. 14, 17. Symeon eode tógeánes ðam cilde . . . Symeon eode hire tógeánes, Homl.
bútan
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Hé ongan þá cnyhtas tó áxienne, for hwig ꝥ folc þone Hǽlend swá yfele hæfde. Hig andswaredon: 'Búton hig habbaþ andan tó hym,Nic. 4, 18. ' Hwæt hæfð hé gedón ꝥ hé sweltan scyle ? Hig sǽdon: 'Búton forr III. without dependent verb (cf. Bl.
þeów
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Ða þeówan drincaþ medo, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 20, 17. Micel menigu Godes ðeówa (ðiówa, Hatt. MS.), Past. pref.; Swt. 4, 11. Wítniendra þiówa lictorum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 52, 77. Seó myccle menigo heora þeówa, Blickl. Homl. 99, 34.
stund
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Swed stundom sometimes, now and then] Stundum punctis, Germ. 398, 227. Ic ðíne strengþu stundum singe and ðín milde mód morgena gehwylce, Ps. Th. 58, 16. Horn stundum song fúslíc leóð, Beo. Th. 2851; B. 1423.
git
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</b> with the verb in the imperative (do not) yet :-- Gemiltsa ús swíðor, and swá gýt ne forlǽt, Hml.
wíc
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Ic him selle on mínum húse and binnan mínum wealle wíc ( locum ), Past. 52; Swt. 407, 35. Hé him synderlíce wíc getimbrede ipse sibi monasterium construxit, Bd. 3, 19; S. 547, 30.
feallan
to run ⬩ to be overcome ⬩ to stumble ⬩ snare ⬩ to fail ⬩ fall away ⬩ decay ⬩ crumble away
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S. 26, 154. to stumble, fall into a pit, snare:-- Gif ðæt swín filð on ðæt sol, Past. 421, 2. Feallað firenfulle on heora fengnettum, Ps. Th. 140, 2. to fail, fall away, decay, crumble away.
help
help ⬩ assistance ⬩ succour ⬩ an aid ⬩ a thing ⬩ a place ⬩ a refuge ⬩ a cure ⬩ remedy of disease
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Ælcum swyn-cendum on helpe beón, Ll. Th. ii. 414, 36: Ps Th. 98, 3. Hy on name helpe néron ne heom sylfum ne heora freóndum, Solil. H. 68, 24. Hé út blǽde lǽdeð, hió tó helpe hæleða bearnum qui producit foenum, et herbam servituti hominum, Ps.
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topp
a top, ⬩ summit ⬩ a lock of hair, tuft ⬩ a collection of rays of light ⬩ a top to play with ⬩ the hair at the top of the head ⬩ that which has a similarity with it
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Mid gelǽredre handa hé swang ðone top mid micelre swiftnysse (the passage is obscure, and perhaps the Latin original has been mistranslated.