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heall

a residencepalacea templea 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

(n.)
Grammar
weá, an; m.

woe misery evil afflictiontroubleevilwickedness 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.

Linked entries: wáwa weó

hryre

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Se druncena wénð ꝥ hé sum þing gódes , 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

(adv.)
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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 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

(n.)
Grammar
MÆGEN, es; n.

MAINmightstrengthforcepowervigourefficacyvirtuefacultyabilityan exercise of powerefforta mighty workmiraclea forcemilitary 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.

Linked entry: mægn

DǼD

(n.)
Grammar
DǼD, gen. dat.dǽde ; acc. dǽde, dǽd; pl. nom. acc. dǽda, dǽde; f. A

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.

Linked entry: dyd

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

(n.)
Grammar
sceaft, es; m.

A smooth, round, straight stick or pole, a shaftthe shaft of a speara spearthe shaft of an arrowa polea 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

(n.)
Grammar
Basilius, g. Basilies; m.

Basil, bishop of CæsarēaKαιδάρεια

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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

(n.)
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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

(v.)
Grammar
lutian, p. ode

lurkskulk

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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

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cnáwan, ic -cnáwe, ðú -cnáwest, -cnǽwst, he -cnáweþ, -cnǽwþ, pl. -cnáwaþ; p. -cneów, pl. -cneówon; pp. -cnáwen

To knowperceiveunderstandrecognisenoscereagnosceresentirecognoscere

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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.

Linked entry: ge-cneów

ge-lǽran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lǽran, ic -lǽre, ðú -lǽrest, -lǽrst, he -lǽreþ, -lǽrþ, pl. -lǽraþ; p. -lǽrde; pp. -lǽred, -lǽrd

To teacheducateinstructadvisepersuadeinducedŏcēreerŭdīrepersuādēre

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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.

Linked entry: ge-lǽred

slǽpan

(v.)
Grammar
slǽpan, slépan ; p. te. [The Northern Gospels also shew forms from slépian
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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.

Linked entry: slépan

under-niman

(v.)
Grammar
under-niman, p. -nam, pl. -námon; pp. -numen.

to take surreptitiouslyto stealto take into the mindreceive what is said, taughtto take upon one's selfto blameresent

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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.

Linked entry: under-fón

un-gelimp

(n.)
Grammar
un-gelimp, es; n. m.

Misfortunemishap

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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

(v.)
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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

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þyld, e; f.
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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.