be-gán
passage ⬩ to go round ⬩ to reach by going ⬩ come upon ⬩ get at ⬩ to go ⬩ pass by ⬩ to go ⬩ come ⬩ get ⬩ to pass by ⬩ To come by ⬩ get at ⬩ to come ⬩ fall to one's lot ⬩ to fall ⬩ get into debt ⬩ to surround ⬩ to confine ⬩ to occupy ⬩ to go about a business ⬩ to attend to ⬩ to cultivate ⬩ to worship ⬩ to honour ⬩ venerate a place ⬩ to exercise, practise an art, mode of life, &c. ⬩ to practise a religion ⬩ follow the dictates of ⬩ to practise ⬩ carry on ⬩ do (habitually) ⬩ to devote one's self to a practice ⬩ to exercise a person ⬩ to behave ⬩ to exercise in something ⬩ to exercise ⬩ use ⬩ employ ⬩ to profess ⬩ pretend
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Sax. quiðit that hé Kríst sí, begihit ina so grótes] Manna geþóhtas nǽnig mon ne wát, Petrus begǽþ ꝥ hé hit wite men's thoughts no man knows. Peter professes to have this knowledge, Bl. H. 181, 12
sleán
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Shrn. 61, 18. to kill (the object not being expressed) Ne sleah ð ú, L. Alf. 5; Th. i. 44, 17. Slyh (sleh, MS. A. ), Mk. Skt. 10, 19. þeóf ne cymþ búton ðæt hé stele and sleá, Jn. Skt. 10, 10.
sprǽc
Speech. ⬩ speech, talking ⬩ speech, the faculty of speaking ⬩ skilful speech, speaking with art, eloquence ⬩ what is said, a speech, saying, collection of words ⬩ speech, language, talk, discourse, words ⬩ a speech, language ⬩ speech, e.g. to have speech of or with a person, conversation, consultation, conference, discussion ⬩ a question, case that requires explanation ⬩ a sentence, decision, agreement, terms ⬩ a case, cause, suit, claim ⬩ talk about a person or thing, report, fame ⬩ words denoting places where there is speaking ⬩ lingua, loquela ⬩ colloquium, eloquium, ratio, judicium, consilium, senatus
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Gesmeád sprǽc sermo commentitius, i. 55, 25. speech, talking Ne sý ðǽr nán óðer spǽc inne, buton ðæt hig biddan God ..., L. Ath. iv. 7;Th. i. 226, 29. Ðæt hí sín gehýrede on hyra menigfealdan spǽce (sprǽce, MS. A.: spréc, Lind.
hand
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Th. i. 138, 12. to hand over (under compulsion) Gif neát mon gewundige weorpe ꝥ neát tó honda, Ll. Th. i. 78, 10.
a-gyldan
To pay ⬩ render ⬩ repay ⬩ requite
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Ná agylt non solvet, Ps. Spl. 36, 32. XII scillingas agylde ðam cyninge let him pay twelve shillings to the. king, L. H. E. 9; Th. i. 30, 15
arc
A vessel to swim on water ⬩ the ARK ⬩ a coffer ⬩ small chest or box ⬩ arca ⬩ cista ⬩ cistella ⬩ cibotium ⬩ κιβώτιον
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Wire ðé nú ǽnne arc fac tibi arcam, 6, 14.
Linked entry: erk
glædlíce
Gladly ⬩ pleasantly ⬩ kindly ⬩ cheerfully
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Nú ðú ðus rótlíce and ðus glædlíce to us sprecende eart qui tam hilariter nobiscum loqueris, 4, 24; S. 598, 38: Cd. 109; Th. 143, 18; Gen. 2381
stunt
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Ic wæs stunt, and ic eom nú wís, Homl. Th. i. 433, 6. Ðú sprǽce swá swá án stunt wíf, ii. 452, 31. Ðú stunta fatue, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 22. For eówer stuntan lage per traditionem vestram, Mk. Skt. 7, 13. Swá stunte nýtenu sicut bruta animalia, Coll.
rodor-líc
of the firmament ⬩ celestial ⬩ heavenly
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Hí ( Enoch and Elias) sind genumene tó lyftenre heofenan, ná tó rodlícere, Homl. Th. i. 308, 3. Godes ríce on rodorlícere heofonan, ii. 330, 27. celestial, heavenly (v. rodor, II) Cǽgbora se roderlíca ( aethereus ) mid óðrum apostolum, Hymn.
ǽr-morgen
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Se ǽr-merigen wæs fram Adam oð Nóe, Hml. Th. ii. 74, 18. Gewordenum ðám ǽrmergene mane facto, Gr. D. 72, 11. Ǽrmergenne, 201, 25. From ǽrmorgenne oð heáne undern, R. Ben. 74, 10. From ǽrmergenne (-morgene, MS. E.), Chr. 538; P. 16, 12.
hearmian
To harm, hurt, injure ⬩ calumniari ⬩ to afflict, grieve ⬩ to be annoyed
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N. P. L. 33; Th. ii. 294, 26: Lchdm. iii. 202, 33. Gif ðú hine forgitst hit hearmaþ ðé sylfum and ná Gode if thou forgettest him it harms thyself and not God, Homl. Th. i. 140, 31. Ðeáh ðe hit hearmige sumum though it may do harm to some, H.
LEÓHT
LIGHT ⬩ a light
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Drihten nam in óðer leóht Agustinus, Menol. Fox 191; Men. 97. Beó nú leóht on ðære heofenan fæstnysse fiant luminaria in firmameuto cœli, Gen. 1, 14. Gesceóp God twá miccle leóht God created two great lights, Lchdm, iii. 234, 7.
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óþ
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Grn. 7, 13. marking extent, degree, so much as Nis se ðe dó gód, nis óþ ánum ( usque ad unum ), Ps. Spl. 13, 2: 52, 4. with acc. local, marking a point reached, to, up to, as far as Óþ eorþan endas, Deut. 28, 64: Ps. Th. 71, 8.
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ge-hýran
To hear ⬩ give ear to ⬩ audīre ⬩ exaudīre ⬩ To hear ⬩ audīre ⬩ to obey ⬩ obĕdire
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To hear, give ear to; audīre, exaudīre Forðamðe gé ne mágon gehýran mínespæce quia non pŏtestis audīre sermonem meum, Jn. Bos. 8, 43 : Bd. 3, 5; S. 527, 22, 35.
wræc
wrack ⬩ misery ⬩ suffering ⬩ suffering that comes as punishment, ⬩ retributive punishment ⬩ vengeance ⬩ where the punishment or misery is exile or banishment
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Th. 6148; B. 3078. suffering that comes as punishment, retributive punishment, vengeance Ǽlc wræc and ná wræc omnis uindicta et non uindicta, Scint. 223, 5. Ðæt unásecgenlíce wræc and ðæt ungeendode wíte, ðæt ðon unlǽdon ðǽr geteohhod biþ, Blickl.
áscian
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Ne áxa nánne wiccan rǽdes nec sit qui pythones consulat, Deut. 18, 11. 'Mót ic þé áhtes ácsian?' Cwæð hé :-- 'Ácsa þæs þe þú wille' 'licet aliquid interrogare.' 'Interroga,' inquit, 'quod vis,' Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 358, 1.
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wind
wind ⬩ air in motion ⬩ wind ⬩ flatulence ⬩ wind ⬩ breath
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Biþ sǽsmilte, ðonne hý wind ne weceþ, 336, 27; Gn. Ex. 56. Nó wǽgflotan wind ofer ýðum síðes getwǽfde, Beo. Th. 3819; B. 1907. Bærn eal tósomne on ða healfe ðe se wind sý. Lchdm. iii. 56, 7.
cneóres
A generation ⬩ posterity ⬩ race ⬩ tribe ⬩ family; ⬩ generatio ⬩ posteritas ⬩ gens ⬩ tribus ⬩ familia
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Ðás sind Noes cneórnissa hæ sunt generationes Noe Gen. 6, 9. Ða on cneóressum cýðed syndan they are known to generations Ps. Th. 101, 16.
EARM
poor, miserable, helpless, pitiful, wretched ⬩ pauper, mĭser ⬩ the poor and destitute for whom the church made a provision ⬩ paupĕres
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Nó ic gefrægn earmran mannan I have not heard of a more miserable man, Beo. Th. 1159; B. 577.
L
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This change does not occur to the same extent in the earlier specimens, and seems not to occur at all in the Northumbrian dialect, or in the kindred languages.