riht
erect, direct ⬩ right, straight ⬩ agreeable to the spirit of law, human or divine, just, equitable ⬩ the requirements of a law ⬩ regulation, legitimate, lawful, regular ⬩ satisfying the demands of conduct, right, proper, fitting ⬩ satisfying the requirements of a standard, right, correct, true, orthodox
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Non Paschae Dominicum diem suo tempore observabant, Bd. 2, 2; S. 502, 8-11 : 5, 19; S. 638, 33. Sum mæg godcunde reccan ryhte ǽ one can expound the law divine and true, Exon. Th. 42, 11; Cri. 671.
yfel
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Ða fuglas ús nǽnige láðe ne yfle ne wǽron aves non nobis perniciem ferentes, Nar. 16, 18. Hé wile hit him mid grimnesse and mid yfele forgyldan, Blickl. Homl. 55, 25. Hé nǽnigum yfel wiþ yfele geald, 223, 33: Elen. Kmbl. 983; El. 493.
fleón
- By.
- 247 :
- Ps. L. 54, 8 :
- Gen. 2080 :
- Bt. F. 116, 17 :
- Ælfc. Gr. 36 :
- 28, 6 :
- Ps. Th. 103, 17 :
- Ps. L. 113, 3 :
- Met. l, 20 :
- Mt. 8, 33 :
- Ps. L. 30, 12 :
- El. 134 :
- Gú. 228 .]
to flee ⬩ to flee ⬩ to run away ⬩ to pass away ⬩ to fly ⬩ to run away from ⬩ to avoid ⬩ to decline ⬩ to avoid ⬩ eschew
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Th. i. 78, 23, 25. to refuse assent Mín mód flýhþ nú gyt, ꝥ hit ne mæg gelýfan ꝥ hit geseón ne mæg mid þæs líchaman eágum mens refugit credere, quod corporeis oculis non valet videre, Gr.
stów
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Ne onscunige ic nó ðæs neoþeran and ðæs unclǽnan stówe ( the prison of Boethius ), Bt. 5, 1 ; Fox 10, 15. Gange seó sócn intó ðære stówe ( the monastery at Ely ), Chart. Th. 243, 1. On ðære stówe ( the town of Zoar ) wé gesunde mágon bídan, Cd.
ge-feallan
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Þæt hús nó gefeóll (-feáll, L.), Mt. R. 7, 25, 27: Lk. L. 6, 49. to fall, of persons, to perish, be ruined Se líchoma lǽne gedreóseð, fǽge gefealleð, B. 1755.
here
an army ⬩ an army ⬩ a host ⬩ a division of an army ⬩ army corps ⬩ legion ⬩ cohort ⬩ troop ⬩ infantry ⬩ cavalry ⬩ an army ⬩ an army ⬩ multitude ⬩ host ⬩ crowd ⬩ multitude ⬩ harrying ⬩ devastation ⬩ plundering ⬩ ravaging
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Add: a body of armed men. not referring to England, an army, a host Cempa miles, here exercitus, Wrt. Voc. i. 72, 69: faccus, exercitus, ii. 146, 70. Fird, here expeditio, 29, 69.
fón
to take ⬩ catch ⬩ to take ⬩ arrest ⬩ apprehend ⬩ to get ⬩ gain ⬩ to get ⬩ suffer ⬩ experience ⬩ to begin ⬩ to begin ⬩ to take ⬩ to set about ⬩ undertake ⬩ to attack ⬩ to begin at ⬩ to take ⬩ take ⬩ to set to work at ⬩ deal with ⬩ receive ⬩ accept ⬩ to take ⬩ to take ⬩ take possession of ⬩ to take ⬩ to take ⬩ undertake ⬩ to take ⬩ to take to ⬩ allow of ⬩ to take to ⬩ to take to ⬩ join battle ⬩ to join together ⬩ to struggle with
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Ðý lǽs ǽnig unclǽnsod dorste on swá micelne háligdóm fón ðǽre clǽnan ðegnenga ðæs sácerdhádes ne non purgatus adire quisque sacra ministeria audeat, Past. 51, 2.
ge-niman
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</b> used of the operation of things :-- Niht ne genimð þurh þýstru þæs heofonlican leóhtes scíman non nulla rapit splendorem lucis amoenae (Dóm.
siððan
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Ðá æfter ðisse dǽde his noma wæs á seoððan mǽre ge*-*worden, 219, 4. Á syððan ðenden wunaþ húsa sélest, Beo. Th. 571 ; B. 283. Siððan á, Andr. Kmbl. 2387 ; An. 1195 : 2757 ; An. 1381. Seoððan á, Cd. Th. 289, 16 ; Sat. 398. Siððan ǽfre, Elen.
ge-girela
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Gegyrwað þone líchaman mid níwum hræglum and gegyrelan (-gyrlan, v. l.) noua indumenta corpori circumdate, Bd. 4, 30; Sch. 536, 19. In gegerelan bigyldum ymbswapen in vestitu deaurato circumamicta, Ps. Srt. 44, 10.
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ymb
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Dict. 2 a. with útean Ymb midde niht útan nocte media , Gr. D. 253, 17 : 257, 23 : 272, 14. after Ymb twá niht (æfter twám dagum, v. l.) post biduum , Gr. D. 158, 5. Ymbe .v. winter post .v. annos , Ll. Th. ii. 152, 6.
wenian
To accustom ⬩ to accustom ⬩ train ⬩ prepare ⬩ fit ⬩ to draw ⬩ attract ⬩ to draw to ⬩ to draw ⬩ to wean ⬩ ablactare
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Man mag ylpas wenian tó wíge mid cræfte Hexam. 9; Norm. 16, 10.
wín-geard
a vineyard ⬩ a place where vines grow ⬩ the vines growing in such a place ⬩ vinea ⬩ a place where other plants than vines grow ⬩ a vine ⬩ vitis ⬩ vinea
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Se gesibsuma wer byð ðam wínearde gelíc ðe byrð góde wæstmas, Basil admn. 6; Norm. 46, 24. Ðú út álǽddest wíngeard (vineam)... and his wyrtruman settest, Ps. Th. 79, 8. Ic geseah wíneard (vitem), on ðam wǽron þreó clystru, Gen. 40, 9.
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ge-tellan
To tell ⬩ number ⬩ reckon ⬩ esteem ⬩ consider ⬩ ascribe ⬩ assign ⬩ numerare ⬩ computare ⬩ reputare ⬩ comparare ⬩ dinumerare
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Hwylc can getellan quis novit dinumerare, Ps. Spl. 89, 13. Ðá getealdon hie ðæt ðǽr wæs eác syx hund manna acweald then they reckoned that there were six hundred men slain, Blickl. Homl. 203, 27.
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torr
turris ⬩ a tower ⬩ a projecting rock ⬩ a tor
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Ðíin nosu is suelc se torr (turris) on Liuano ðæm munte, Past. 11; Swt. 65, 24: Exon. Th. 266, 23; Jul. 402. Tor, Ps. Th. 60, 2: Exon. Th. 180, 26; Gú. 1285. Ðá hét hire fæder hí bewyrcean on ánum torre mid twelf ðeówennum, Shrn. 105, 33.
regol
a rule ⬩ a rule, pattern, standard, norm ⬩ prescript, a canon ⬩ rule
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Th. 131, 23;Gú. 460. a rule, pattern, standard, norm Ða leásan wítegan wǽron gedwolmen, and woldon áwendan ðone sóðan geleáfan of ðam rihtan regole tó heora gedwyldum, Homl. Th. ii. 404, 9. Regol normam vite, regol normam, Wrt.
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werian
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Se woruldkempa weraþ woruldlíce wǽpna, Basil adm. 2; Norm. 34, 31. Ðe má ðe se wer weraþ wímmanna gyrlan, L. Ælfc. C. 35; Th. ii. 358, 10.
wícian
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Ðú cans eal ðis wésten and wásð hwǽr wé wícian magon tu nosti, in quibus locis per desertum castra ponere debeamus, Past. 41; Swt. 304, 16. Ðá hét ic míne fyrd restan and wícian ego jussi castra poni, Nar. 8, 26.
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ymb-útan
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Sum hund scipa fóron súð ymbútan, and sum feówertig scipa norþ ymbútan, 894 ; Erl. 91, 6. Tó farenne eást ymbútan, Ors. 6, 36; Swt. 292, 29. Ðá ongon hé sprecan swíþe feorran ymbúton velut ab alio orsa principio disseruit Bt. 39, 5; Fox 218, 11.
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ge-sittan
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wið þone sǽ, and hié þǽr gesetene sint gietoð þisne dæg quos ibi usque in hodiernum diem consistere opinio est, 3, 5 ; S. 104, 27. of temporary occupation, to stay, have one's quarters Hǽðene men on Tenet ofer winter gesǽton, Chr. 851; P. 65, 10. of (non-material