heall
a residence ⬩ palace ⬩ a temple ⬩ a court of law
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Gif mon on níwne weall unádrúgodne micelne hróf and hefigne onsett, ðonne ne timbreð hé nó healle ac hryre (non habitaculum, sed ruina fabricatur), Past. 383, 33.
weá
woe ⬩ misery ⬩ evil ⬩ affliction ⬩ trouble ⬩ evil ⬩ wickedness ⬩ malice
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Eal sár and sace, hungor and þurst, wóp and hreám, and weána má ðonne ǽniges mannes gemet sý ðæt hié áríman mæge, Blickl. Homl. 61, 36. Fela ic weána gebád, heardra hilda, Fins. Th. 51; Fin. 25.
hryre
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Se druncena wénð ꝥ hé sum þing gódes dó, þonne hé bið an hryre besceofen ebriosus putat se aliquid obtimum agere, cum fuerit precipitio deuolutus, Chrd. 74, 24. a falling from an upright position (lit. or fig.). a falling to the ground of a building
full
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Twégen fǽtels full ealað oððe wæteres, Ors. 1, 1; S. 21, 16. where a receptacle is used as a measure, v. ceác-, hand-full Dó þæs dústes fíf cuculeras fulle, Lch. i. 196, 13. Drince þreó ful fulle, 88, 13. with prep.
lust
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</b> (one's) desire or wish :-- Hé wénþ gif hé ðonne lust begite if he get his desire, Bt. 34, 7 ; F. 144, 4. Þæt bid eádig wer, sé ðe á þenceð ꝥ hé his lust on þon gefylle beatus vir qui implevit desiderium suum ex ipsis, Ps. Th. 126, 6.
MÆGEN
MAIN ⬩ might ⬩ strength ⬩ force ⬩ power ⬩ vigour ⬩ efficacy ⬩ virtue ⬩ faculty ⬩ ability ⬩ an exercise of power ⬩ effort ⬩ a mighty work ⬩ miracle ⬩ a force ⬩ military force
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Se wæs mid his dǽdum snelra ðonne hé mæ[ge]nes hæfde he was quicker in his actions than in proportion to the force he had; celeritate magis quam virtute fretus, Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 78, 27.
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DǼD
DEED, action ⬩ actio, actus, factum
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Ðæt his góde dǽda swýðran wearþan ðonne misdǽda that his good deeds be more prevailing than his misdeeds, Chr. 959; Erl. 121, 5. Opene weorþaþ monna dǽde men's deeds shall be open, Exon. 23 a; Th. 64, 34; Cri. 1047.
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grówan
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Ealle grówende westmas, 39, 13; F. 234, 19. of seeds (lit. or fig.), to germinate Ðonne gréwð ðæt sǽd ðára worda tunc verbi semen germinat, Past. 137, 7. And ꝥ sǽd grówe and wexe et semen germinet et increscat, Mk. 4, 27.
sceaft
A smooth, round, straight stick or pole, a shaft ⬩ the shaft of a spear ⬩ a spear ⬩ the shaft of an arrow ⬩ a pole ⬩ a taper
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Gif se ord sié þreó fingre ufor ðonne hindeweard sceaft, L. Alf. pol. 36; Th. i. 84, 17, 18. His sceaft ætstód ætforan him, and ðæt hors hine bær forþ, swá ðæt ðæt spere him eode þurh út, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 53.
Basilius
Basil, bishop of Cæsarēa ⬩ Kαιδάρεια
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He wæs ǽr Benedictus, ðe us bóc awrát on Lédenre spræce leóhtre be dǽle ðonne Basilius, ac he tymde swáðeáh to Basilies tǽcinge for his trumnysse.
infangeneþeóf
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The word, which does not occur in the earlier laws, is thus defined in those of Edward the Confessor De infangeneþef. Justicia cognoscentis latronis sua est de homine suo, si captus fuerit super terram suam, L. Ed. C. 22 ; Th. i. 452, 4.
lutian
lurk ⬩ skulk
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Nys hyt swá stearc winter ðæt ic durre lutian æt hám for ege hláfordes mínes non est tam aspera hyems ut audeam latere domi prae timore domini mei, Coll. Monast. Th. 19, 17.
ge-cnáwan
To know ⬩ perceive ⬩ understand ⬩ recognise ⬩ noscere ⬩ agnoscere ⬩ sentire ⬩ cognoscere
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Ðonne ðæt gecnáweþ fláh feónd gemáh when the deceitful impious fiend knows that, Exon. 97 a; Th. 362, 17; Wal. 38. Heonon-forþ ge hyne gecnáwaþ henceforth ye shall know him, Jn. Bos. 14, 7.
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ge-lǽran
To teach ⬩ educate ⬩ instruct ⬩ advise ⬩ persuade ⬩ induce ⬩ dŏcēre ⬩ erŭdīre ⬩ persuādēre
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Me gelǽr dŏce me, Ps. Th. 118, 68. Gelǽred doctus, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 7, 41 : 39; Som. 42, 47, 56. Ic eom gelǽred dŏceor; ðú eart gelǽrd dŏcēris; he is gelǽrd dŏcētur, 27; Som. 29, 21.
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slǽpan
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Hwǽr resteþ (-aþ, MS. ) ðæs mannes sáwul ðonne se líchama slépþ ? Salm. Kmbl. 188, 12. Slǽpeþ dormitet, Ps. Lamb. 120, 3. Slǽpeþ (slépeþ, Ps. Surt. ) obdormiet, Ps.
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under-niman
to take surreptitiously ⬩ to steal ⬩ to take into the mind ⬩ receive what is said, taught ⬩ to take upon one's self ⬩ to blame ⬩ resent
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R.) hit wel, Kath. 117.] to take upon one's self Gif ðú leornian wille hú ðæt gewurðan mæge, ðonne undernim ðú leorningcnihtes híw, Homl. Th. i. 590, 20. [We þis feht habbeoð undernumen buten Arðures rede, Laym. 26734.
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un-gelimp
Misfortune ⬩ mishap
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Ðonne mé hwylc ungelimp becymð, Ps. Th. 39, 18. Him cymð ege and ungelimp, 13, 9. Wæs swíðe hefelíc geár and swíðe sorhfull geár ... and swá mycel ungelimp on wæderunge swá man náht ǽðelíce geþencean ne mæg, Chr. 1085; Erl. 219, 21.
ealdian
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Ðonne hé ealdað cum senuerit, Kent. Gl. 815. Þonne se sunu wyxð, þonne ealdað se fæder, Hml. Th. i. 278, 25. Ic aldade senui, Ps. Srt. 36, 25. Ðá ðá hé ealdode, and his sunu wífian sceolde, Hml. Th. ii. 234, 24.
ge-reordan
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Ðonne hiera niéhstan ðurh hié beóð gereorde (reficiuntur) dæt hié selfe ne fæsten. Past. 137, 24. Hié nǽfre ne beóð gereorde mid gódum weorcum, 283, 12. <b>II a.
ge-þyld
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Forðám dóme his geðylde, 27, 21. Ꝥ mægn þǽre geþylde, Gr. D. 20, 16. Wundorlicre geþylde man, 283, 18. Tó ðǽre geðylde, Past. 222, 8. Ðá geðyld ðe is módur ealra mægena, 215, 19: 222, 25: 219, 13.