híwisc
a family ⬩ house
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[In the Northern specimens the word shews no inflection, and might almost be taken for an adjective qualifying fæder, if it were not for the last passage, where fæder is dative.]
fram
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Hé nó þý ǽr fram meahte, B. 754. Fram ic ne wille, By. 317. See also verbs given in Dict. as compounds with fram, from
sendan
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Homl. 205, 19. where the person or thing sent to or for is not stated Hí sendon geond eall ðæt land, and brohton tó him ealle untrume, Mt. Kmbl. 14, 35
líf
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. ¶ Ná on lífe never :-- Ne gewurðe hit ná on lífe ꝥ wé álecgan úre wulder mid earhlicum fleáme, Hml. S. 25, 660.
ge-witnes
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Nán óðer þingc on gewitnysse ne cýþe bútan ꝥ án ꝥ hé geseah oþþe gehýrde, 274, 17. Gif mæssepreóst stande on leásre gewitnesse oþþe on mǽnan áðe, 346, 8: 398, 11: 388,23. Ne sæge þú leáse gewitnesse, 44, 20.
ge-weald
power ⬩ strength ⬩ might ⬩ efficacy ⬩ potestas ⬩ power over any thing ⬩ empire ⬩ rule ⬩ dominion ⬩ mastery ⬩ sway ⬩ jurisdiction ⬩ government ⬩ protection ⬩ keeping ⬩ a bridle-bit ⬩ potestas ⬩ facuitas ⬩ imperium ⬩ ditio ⬩ arbitrium ⬩ jus ⬩ camas
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Siððan ic ðá me hæfde ðás þing ealle be gewealdum quibus in potestatem redactis, Nar. 5, 17. Under háligra hyrda gewealdum under the protection of holy guardians, Exon. 38 b; Th. 127, 15; Gú. 386: Ps. Spl. 31, 12
Linked entries: þeóh-geweald ge-wald ge-wild
ge-mynd
Mind, memory, memorial, memento, remembrance, commemoration ⬩ remembrance
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In gemyndum to habbanne to be had in mind, Nar. 4, 9: 2, 8
Linked entries: ge-myndleás ge-mend ge-mind
sceaþa
a criminal, wretch, miscreant, an enemy ⬩ fiend, devil ⬩ a spoiler, robber ⬩ a warrior
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Óðer hine scyhte ðæt hé sceaþena gemót nihtes sóhte (cf. hé (Guthlac ) menigfeald wæl felde and slóh and of mannum heora ǽhta nam, Guthl. 2 ; Gdwin. 14, 5-6), Exon. Th. 109, 31 ; Gú. 98 .
lyft
Air ⬩ atmosphere ⬩ breeze ⬩ sky ⬩ heavens ⬩ cloud
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Sax. luft; m. f: Icel. lopt; n; O. H. Ger. luft; f. n.: Ger. luft; f.]
scyldig
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Hé sceal mid réðnesse him stiére ðýlæs hé sié scyldig ealra hira scylda ne culparum omnium reus ipse teneatur, Past. 21, 5; Swt. 161, 1.
Linked entries: scildig deáþ-scyldig for-scyldigian sceldig
hláf
bread ⬩ a loaf ⬩ cake ⬩ bread ⬩ bread ⬩ manna ⬩ cake
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Gé ne geðencas fíf hláfana (hláfa, R.) non recordamini quinque panum, 16, 9. Æt .x. hídum tó fóstre .x. fata hunies, .ccc. hláfa, Ll. Th. i. 146, 16. Fíf hláfum onfangenum ... hé ... þá hláfas bræc, Mk. 6, 41: An. 590.
Linked entry: hláf-gang
freónd
A FRIEND ⬩ ămīcus
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Se hláford ne scrífþ freónde ne feónde the lord regards not friend nor foe, Bt. Met. Fox 25, 31; Met. 25, 16: Exon. 105 b; Th. 401, 23; Rä. 21, 16.
nearu
narrow ⬩ strait ⬩ confined ⬩ not spacious ⬩ narrow ⬩ limited ⬩ poor ⬩ restricted ⬩ strait ⬩ oppressive ⬩ causing anxiety ⬩ oppressed ⬩ not having free action ⬩ strict ⬩ severe
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Hym beóþ on hyra brósten nearuwe ( people with asthma ), iii. 116, 23. strict, severe Ðæt hié ne þyrfen bión gesewene æt ðæm nearwan dóme ut a districta judice videri non debeant, Past. 53, 2; Swt. 413, 16
Linked entry: nearu-cræft
neód
Desire ⬩ eagerness ⬩ diligence ⬩ earnest endeavour
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Noe tealde ðæt hé on neód hine gif hé land ne funde sécan wolde Noah reckoned that if the raven did not find land it would eagerly seek him, Cd. Th. 87, 4; Gen. 1443.
níde
of necessity ⬩ as a natural ⬩ inevitable consequence ⬩ from force of circumstances ⬩ of necessity ⬩ because a law, natural, moral or human, is to be satisfied ⬩ from force ⬩ under compulsion ⬩ without free-will
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Ðás béc sceal mæssepreóst néde habban ( these books are indispensable ), and hé ne mæg bútan beón, L. Ælfc. C. 21; Th. ii. 350, 15.
rodor
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Hwá unlǽredra ne wundraþ þæs roderes færeldes, hú hé ǽlce dæge úton ymbhwyrfþ ealne ðisne middaneard, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 15. Rodres, Met. 28, 3.
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á-firran
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. , place whence not given Se deáþ hit áfirreþ (-ferreð, v. l.) . . . hé cymð . . . ꝥ hé ꝥ líf áfyrre (-ferre, v. l. ), Bt. 8 ; F. 26, 4-7. Heó hyt áfyrreð, Lch. i. 280, 2 : 284, 8. Dióblas hé áfirde ( eiciebat ), Mk. L. R. I. 34.
ge-beódan
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Ne sceal him mon ánne mete gebeódan, ac missenlice, Lch. ii. 240, 15. of non-material objects, to offer a condition, homage, respect, &c. Wurþmynt gebeódan, Hml. S. ii. 8. Úrum Hǽlende hyldo gebeódan, Ps. Th. 94, 1. Gebodenes sinscipes, An.
hræd
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Ne tó hræd ne tó stíð tó ðǽre wrace, Past. 79, 11. Eáðe and hræd on hlehtre facilis ac promptus in risu, R. Ben. 30, 9. Þú wǽre hrædra tó his fultume þonne hé wénde, Ps. Th. 20, 3. Hræd tó yfle prona in malum, Chrd. 54, 31.
on-ǽlan
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Ðonne wé ne beóð onǽlde mid ðǽre lustbǽrnesse úres módes dum congruo fervore mens non accenditur, Past. 283, 2. to incite to Menie men syndon þe þá gebysnunga gódra wera swýðor þonne þá láre onǽlað and tihtað tó lufe þæs heofenlican éðles (ad amorem