ge-ban
a command ⬩ ordinance ⬩ decree ⬩ proclamation ⬩ mandātum ⬩ stătūtum ⬩ decrētum ⬩ the indiction ⬩ indictio ⬩ edictum
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Indiction is useful in ascertaining the exact year in a reign, etc Ðam mildestan cyninge Cantwara, Wihtrǽde, ríxigendum, ðé fíftan wintra his ríces, ðý niguþan gebanne, in ðære stówe ðy hátte Berghámstyde, ðǽr wæs gesamnad eádigra geþeahtendlíc ymcyme
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talian
to suppose a thing (to be) such and such, consider, reckon, account, ⬩ to impute, ascribe, lay to the account of ⬩ to reckon, enumerate
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Hwylc talge wé, ðæt se ende ðæs heora lífes wǽre, Blickl. Homl. 163, 5. where the supposition is not expressed Nis ðis seó hell swá ðú talost and wénest, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 7. Gif ðín hige wǽre swá searogrim swá ðú talast, Beo.
for-beódan
to forbid ⬩ to restrain ⬩ check ⬩ to prevent
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Ege wæs forboden ofer menn, ðá hé wæs áliéfed ofer niétenu terror esse super animalia praecipitur, profecto esse super homines prohibetur, Past. 109, 8. with dat. of person to whom it is forbidden: Ic him firene forbeád, Cri. 1486.
freó
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Ox. 1287. free from trouble, &c., exempt, immune Hé wæs freó (freóh, v.l. ) fram þǽre uncyste deófles costunge. Gr. D. 102, 6.
hátan
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Hé wæs hátan (-en, v. l. ) Agesilaus, 3, 1 ; S. 99, 29.
swegel
in a physical sense, heaven, sky ⬩ heaven ⬩ as the abode of the Deity ⬩ as the abode of the blessed ⬩ the sun ⬩ a sail, ⬩ music
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v. swegel-horn Ðǽr ( in heaven ) wæs singal sang and swegles gong ... Englas heredon hálgan stefne Dryhten, dreám wæs on hyhte, Andr. Kmbl. 1738; An. 871. Eádige ðǽr sittaþ mid swegle, Cd. Th. 305, 17; Sat. 648. v. Grmm. D.M. 708
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hors
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Wé forbeódað ǽlce láde ǽgðer ge on wǽne ge on horse, Ll. Th. ii. 298, 23. Forfang æt men fífténe peningas, and æt horse healswá, i. 224, 26. Sum bið hafeces cræftig. Sum bið tó horse hwæt, Crä. 81.
a-geótan
To pour out ⬩ shed ⬩ strew ⬩ spill ⬩ deprive of ⬩ effundere ⬩ privare ⬩ To pour forth ⬩ profluere
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Hie wǽron agotene góda gehwylces they were deprived of all goods, Judth. 10; Thw. 21, 23; Jud. 32. v. intrans. To pour forth; profluere Swá ðín swát ageát thus thy blood poured forth, Andr. Kmbl. 2881; An. 1443
burne
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Abene ðíne hand ofer ealle ódas, ge ofer burnan, ge ofer meras, and ofer ealle wæter-pyttas extends manum tuam super omnes fluvios, et rivos, ac paludes, et omnes lacus aquarum. Ex. 7, 19.
daroþ
DART, spear, javelin, weapon ⬩ telum, jaculum, hasta
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Daroþas wǽron weó ðære wihte darts were an affliction to the creature, 114 a; Th. 438, 8 ; Rä. 57, 4. Þurh daroþa gedrep through the stroke of darts, Andr. Kmbl. 2886; An. 1446. Dareþa of darts, Chr. 937; Th. 207, 11; Æðelst. 54.
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FLÝS
A fleece ⬩ wool ⬩ vellus ⬩ lānūgo
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Of flýsum mínra sceápa wǽron gehlyde þearfena sídan the sides of the poor were clothed with the fleeces of my sheep, Job Thw. 165, 2. Wulle flýsum with fleeces of wool, Exon. 109a; Th. 417, 12; Rä. 36, 3. Flýs lānūgo. Cot. 122
med-trum
not strong in health ⬩ infirm ⬩ weak ⬩ ill ⬩ of inferior position
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B. mǽteran) men ymb heora nédþearfnesse wǽron ac eác cyningas and ealdormen from hire geþeaht sóhton non solum mediocres in necessitatibus suis, sed etiam reges ac principes ab ea quærerent consilium, Bd. 4, 23; S. 593, 43.
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pleó-líc
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Hiora ingewinn him wǽron forneáh ða mǽstan and ða pleólecestan, Ors. 2, 6 ; Swt. 88, 29. v. un-pleólíc
ge-bégan
To cause to bow ⬩ bend ⬩ bow down ⬩ recline ⬩ press down ⬩ humble ⬩ crush ⬩ flectĕre ⬩ incurvāre ⬩ humiliare ⬩ deprĭmĕre
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Burga fífe wǽran under Norþmannum nýde gebégde on hǽðenra hæfteclommum lange þrage five towns were under the Northmen by necessity bowed down in the bonds of the heathen for a long space, Chr. 941; Th. 210, 7, col. 1; Edm.9
sibbian
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Ðá wǽron on ðam tíman ungeþwǽre preóstas, ða hé wolde sibbian, Homl. Th. ii. 516, 5
un-beald
Not bold ⬩ not confident ⬩ irresolute
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Wénde ic ðæt ðú ðý wærra weorþan sceolde, and ðý unbealdra, Exon. Th. 268, 4; Jul. 427
un-weorþlíc
of little value or importance ⬩ humble ⬩ that has little honour ⬩ not famous or splendid ⬩ poor ⬩ ignoble ⬩ disgraceful ⬩ infamous
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and ða recceras scoldon ðencean ymb ðæt hélícuste and ða underðióddan scoldon dón ðæt unweorðlícre a subditis inferiora gerenda sunt, a rectoribus summa cogitanda, Past. 18; Swt. 131, 10. that has little honour, not famous or splendid, poor Hié lange wǽron
wiþer-coren
reprobate ⬩ wicked ⬩ rejected ⬩ reprobate
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Ðæt yfel wræc cóme ofer ða wiþércorenan (improbos ), Bd. 1, 14; S. 482, 41 note. rejected from heaven, reprobate as opposed to elect Ðæt ða gecorenan ðý geleáffulran wǽron; and ða wiðercorenan náne beládunge nabbaþ, Homl.
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wiþer-sæc
striving ⬩ opposition ⬩ contradiction ⬩ denial ⬩ apostasy ⬩ recusancy
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Kmbl. 1135; El. 569. apostasy, recusancy Ðæt heora (the Northumbrians) geleáfa wurde áwend eft tó Gode fram ðam wiþersæce ðe hi tó gewende wǽron, Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 63. Wearð geopenad his earman wífe his mánfullan behát ðam deófle ...
bile-witness
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Wǽron hí wundriende þá bilehwitnesse (bylwyt-, bilwit-, bylywyt-, v. ll.) þæs lífes, 1, 26; Sch. 57, 16. Ðǽre culfran biliwitnesse (bil-, v. l.) ... ðǽre nǽdran wærscipe, Past. 237, 22.