stípel
A tower
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Ne biþ ðes stýpol getimbrod mid ǽnigum weorcstáne, Basil admn. 2; Norm. 38, 6-14. Stépel stræncðe turris fortitudinis, Ps. Lamb. 60, 4. Stépeles turris, Hpt. Gl. 499, 60. Hine man byrigde æt ðam westende ðam stýple (stýpele, MS.
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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.
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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
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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
wǽr
A covenant ⬩ compact ⬩ agreement ⬩ pledge
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Ðæt ǽnig mon wordum ne worcum wǽre ne brǽce, Beo. Th. 2205; B. 1100. Heó his (Joseph's) mǽgwinum morðor fremedon, wǽre frǽton, Cd. Th. 187, 7; Exod. 147. Hé lyt wǽre gewonade, Exon. Th. 148, 19; Gú. 747.
be
rest ⬩ by ⬩ along, ⬩ by, not later than ⬩ by ⬩ during ⬩ by ⬩ with ⬩ conveyance, by (in to send by) ⬩ subject to ⬩ in the case of ⬩ in the matter of ⬩ in ⬩ with ⬩ (to do) by ⬩ or about ⬩ to ⬩ with ⬩ (to become)of ⬩ by ⬩ because of ⬩ on account of ⬩ for the sake of ⬩ by ⬩ by means of ⬩ by the use of ⬩ by way of ⬩ in the form of ⬩ after ⬩ according to ⬩ after ⬩ by the command ⬩ at the request
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Th. 1, 8: Chr. 1057; P. 188, 14. marking cause:-- Hwanan sió ádl cume be misgewiderum and of metta þiginge, Ld. ii. 244, 11. marking ground of action, because of, on account of:-- Ne gedyrstlǽce nán man be mægðháde bútan sóðre lufe; ne trúwige nán man
under
Under ⬩ under ⬩ at the foot of ⬩ under ⬩ within ⬩ among ⬩ below ⬩ beneath ⬩ down
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Th. 2837; B. 1416. down as opposed to up Wið ðone ðe him mete under ne gewunige if his food do not remain down, Lchdm. ii. 190, 1: 198, 23
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fæst
constant ⬩ firm ⬩ steadfast ⬩ fixed ⬩ unchangeable ⬩ firm ⬩ secure ⬩ stubborn ⬩ unyielding ⬩ firm ⬩ solid ⬩ compact ⬩ strong ⬩ firm ⬩ strong ⬩ fortified ⬩ unbroken ⬩ undisturbed ⬩ standard
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Hé forbeád openlíce þæt mon náne fæste bóc ne leornode aperto praecepit edicto, ne quis Christianus docendorum liberalium studiorum professor esset, Ors. 6, 31; S. 286, 4
sócn
a seeking, search, exploring ⬩ a seeking, desiring, trying to get ⬩ a seeking to obtain an end ⬩ a seeking for information, ⬩ question, inquiry ⬩ a seeking, visiting of a place, attendance at a place, resort ⬩ a seeking for protection ora place so sought, refuge, sanctuary, asylum ⬩ a seeking with hostile intent, an attack ⬩ inquisitio ⬩ the right of investigating, necessary to and a part of power of holding plea ⬩ seeking ⬩ levying fines ⬩ soca ⬩ soca ⬩ quaestio ⬩ inquisitio ⬩ an attack ⬩ an action, prosecution ⬩ an assemblage ⬩ a parish
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Ne gyrne ic ðínes ne sace ne sócne I desire nothing of yours, neither your privileges nor your rights L. O. 14; Th. i. 184, 16. Cyninges þegenes heregeata ðe his sócne hæbbe L. C. S. 72; Th. i. 414, 16.
restan
To rest ⬩ to cease from toil, be at rest ⬩ to rest on a couch, to sleep ⬩ to rest in death, lie dead, lie in the grave ⬩ to remain unmoved; or; undisturbed, be still ⬩ To rest one's self ⬩ of cessation from toil
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Ðá áwehte ic ðone bisceop, Nar. 31, 1. On ðæt hús ðe heó hié inne reste, Blickl. Homl. 147, 2. Ðonne hé reste hine, ðonne wæs his seó æþeleste ræst on nacodre eorþan, Cd. Th. 95, 25; Gen. 1584
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healf
HALF
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Nán rén ne com ofer eorþan feórþan healfangeáre no rain came upon the earth for three years and a half, Lchdm. iii. 276, 19. Ðæt wæs ehtoþe healf híd that was seven hides and a half, Chart. Th. 550, 12.
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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in a physical sense, heaven, sky Ðætte súð ne norð, be sǽm tweónum, ofer eormengrund, óþer nǽnig, under swegles begong, sélra nǽre. Beo. Th. 1724; B. 860: 3550; B. 1773. Under swegles gang. Andr. Kmbl. 415; An. 208: 910; An. 455.
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þín
thy ⬩ thine, ⬩ thine ⬩ thine
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Nán ðara góda þín nis, 14, 2; Fox 42, 29. Ealle míne þing synt þíne (ðíno,) (Lind.), Lk. Skt. 15, 31. Hig wǽron þíne (ðíno,) (Lind.), Jn. Skt. 17, 6. used substantively, thine Nis sceat ðæs ic þínes áhredde not a penny of what I saved of thine, Cd.