hwearfian
To turn ⬩ change ⬩ roll about ⬩ revolve ⬩ wander ⬩ move ⬩ toss about
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Ǽlc gesceaft hwearfaþ on hire selfre swá swá hweól and tó ðam heó swá hwearfaþ ðæt heó eft cume ðǽr heó ǽr wæs every creature turns on itself as a wheel, and it so turns to the end that it may come again where it was before: repetunt proprios quæque recursus
Linked entry: hreafigende
ge-rihtlǽcan
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S. 2, 61. to direct. to cause to move in a certain direction (lit. or fig. ), to an end or purpose Is óðer wiðerwinna ðe ús wyle gerihtlǽcan fram úrum unðeáwum . . . Þát is Godes word þe ús gewissian sceal, Hml. A. 5, 125.
Linked entry: rihtlǽcan
hǽlan
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Cf. hǽ. end :-- Ic eom Hǽlende Críst, Hml. S. 30, 60 : Ll. Th. i. 54, 28 note. Utan we úre gyfe ðám syllan þe hyre onfón cann, þæt is úre Drihten Hǽlende Críst (úrum Drihtne Hǽlendum Críste, v. l.) nostra donaria offeramus ei, qui nouit accipere.
ge-teón
to draw ⬩ lead ⬩ incite ⬩ excite ⬩ constrain ⬩ restrain ⬩ bring up ⬩ instruct ⬩ bring to an end ⬩ complete ⬩ draw or bind together ⬩ string a musical instrument ⬩ trahere ⬩ ducere ⬩ perducere ⬩ stringere ⬩ evaginare ⬩ excitare ⬩ constringere ⬩ educare ⬩ instituere ⬩ ad finem perducere ⬩ complere ⬩ nervis aptare vel instruere ⬩ to bring as an offering or gift ⬩ contribute ⬩ bestow ⬩ give ⬩ conferre
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to draw, lead, incite, excite, constrain, restrain, bring up, instruct, bring to an end, complete, draw or bind together, string a musical instrument; trahere, ducere, perducere, stringere, evaginare, excitare, constringere, educare, instituere, ad finem
ge-niþerian
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:-- Ꝥ ic on gefealle on þone genyðredan (-endan?) cwyde þæs sláwan þeówes (þeawas, MS.) that I fall under the sentence passed on the slothful servant, Hml. S. 23 b, 14. to accuse Mið ðý (wæs) gewroeged ł geniðrad ( accusaretur ), Mt. L. 27, 12. [O.
Linked entry: niþerian
hnesce
soft ⬩ tender ⬩ soft ⬩ gentle ⬩ soft ⬩ tender ⬩ gentle ⬩ effeminate
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Th. ii. 220, 4. unable to endure hardship, &c.
BRÝD
A BRIDE, woman about to be married or newly married, a wife, spouse, woman ⬩ sponsa, nupta, uxor, mulier
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Ðá wæs Adames brýd gáste gegearwod then Adam's bride was endued with soul, Cd. 10; Th. 12, 16; Gen. 186. Him brýd sunu brohte his wife brought to him a son, Cd. 58; Th. 71, 16; Gen. 1171.
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á-beran
to bear off, bring, carry ⬩ to bring forth ⬩ to bear a child ⬩ to bring to light ⬩ to bear with, tolerate ⬩ to bear, endure, not to give way under trial, suffering, &c. ⬩ to bear, be under an obligation for an imposition, &c.
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S. 23, 604. with sense of rest (metaph.). to bear with, tolerate Seó cyrice . . . swá ábireþ portat and ældeth, ðæt oft ðæt yfel áberende (portando ) and yldende beweraþ, Bd. 1, 27; S. 491, 31. to bear, endure, not to give way under trial, suffering,
á-dreógan
to bear off ⬩ suffer, endure ⬩ to bear with, tolerate ⬩ to pass, spend time ⬩ to carry out, perform
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Ox. 18 b, 22. with the idea of pain :-- Hárnessa ádreóhende canos (suos) ducentes (ad inferos), 3368. to bear what is painful, suffer, endure :-- Ic ádreáh mycel broc, Bl. H. 175, 12. Wylm ádreáh fervorem exegit, An. Ox. 2512.
Linked entry: á-dreósan
freó-dóm
freedom from spiritual bondage, ⬩ freedom from obligation, ⬩ release from restraint ⬩ freedom of activity ⬩ absence of restraint, or hindrance, ⬩ freedom to do ⬩ liberty of action ⬩ freedom ⬩ liberality ⬩ freedom ⬩ frankness ⬩ freedom from trouble ⬩ freedom from a tax ⬩ the charter granting freehold land
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enfranchised it, and granted it to the monastery, Lch. iii. 432, 4. the charter granting freehold land Ðes friódóm waes bigeten aet Wígláfe cyninge (cf. hoc munus et hanc libertatem scripsi et. scribere precipi, 314, 32) mid ðaem twéntigum hída aet iddeshale, end
for-beran
to bear ⬩ endure ⬩ sustain ⬩ to bear with ⬩ tolerate ⬩ to bear with ⬩ put up with ⬩ to do without ⬩ to abstain from ⬩ desist from ⬩ to abstain ⬩ to restrain
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., endure, sustain. with acc. Forbær perferebat, i. sustinebat (calamiiatum insectationes), Aa. Ox. 2979. Se Hǽlend micel forbær for ús, Hml. A. 72, 177. Hwaeðer ðú þone écan bryne forberan mage, 196, 47. Tó forberende laturus (caumala soils), An.
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FǼHÞ
Feud, vengeance, enmity, hostility, deadly feud, that enmity which the relations of the deceased waged against the kindred of the murderer ⬩ capĭtālis inĭmīcĭtia, vindĭcātio, hostīlĭtas, factio ob hŏmĭnem interemptum
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Sceal ic fǽhþu dreógan I must endure enmity, Exon. 115 a; Th. 443, 7; Kl. 26
staþolian
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Staþelign, 115, 1. to make steadfast, confirm, endow with steadfastness Ne míð ðú for menigo, ah ðínne módsefan staðola wið strangum ... herd hyge ðínne, heortan staðola, Andr. Kmbl. 2419-2428; An. 1212-1215.
tácnung
Signification ⬩ an indication, sign, characteristic mark, symptom ⬩ an indication, evidence, proof ⬩ an indication of what is future, a presage, prognostic ⬩ figurative representation, an emblem ⬩ direction, ordering
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se deáþ ne cymþ tó nánum óþrum þingum bútan ðæt hé ðæt líf áfyrre; swá eác ða woruldsǽlþa cumaþ tó ðam móde tó ðam ðæt hí hit beniman ðæs ðe him leófast biþ ðisse worulde, Bt. 8; Fox 26, 6. direction, ordering Ðás feówer heáfodrícu sindon on feówer endum
Linked entry: tǽcning
habban
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(a δ) ende habban to come to an end, cease to exist :-- Hé standan ne mæg ac hæfð ende, Mk. 3, 26. with idea of compulsion, to get as a result of conflict, pressure, &c.
horn
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</b> each end of a bow. Cf. horn-boga Hé forbricþ hornas bogana confringit cornua arcum Ps. Rdr. Vos. Srt. 75, 4. See Rä. 15 for various uses of the horn, and Tupper's notes on the riddle
lufu
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Seó lufu . . . byil geéced þonne þæt andgyt byð gefæstnod on Gode ; ne þare lufu ne byð nán ende, Solil. H. 29, 6-8. Hí feorh ágéfan for Meotudes lufan, Men. 82.
open
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gesceádwís láreów opene láre and swutole ðǽm ðiéstrum módum bodian, and náne wuht ðǽre diéglan láre ðonne giét cýðan, Past. 461, 4. clear of intellectual difficulties Uneáþe þisse sprǽce cymþ ǽnig mon of, gif hé ǽrest on cymþ; ne cymþ hé nǽfre tó openum ende
ealdor
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Dele bracket at end, and add: one occupying a position of superiority. of human beings, one (man or woman) having authority over others, of public authority Manna ealdor tribunus, þúsendes ealdor ciliarcus, fíftiga ealdor quinquagenarius, fíf hund cempena
ge-wissian
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S. 16, 9. to direct to an end Hé his híwrǽdene tó ðám ylcan gewissode, Hml. Th. ii. 348, 17.