fandian
to try ⬩ to tempt ⬩ to try ⬩ to try ⬩ taste ⬩ feel ⬩ to try ⬩ to visit ⬩ tempt ⬩ provoke ⬩ attempt
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S. 13, 231. to try to do something, attempt Þeáh hit úre mǽþ ne sié ꝥ wé witan hwæt hé sié, wé sculon be ðæs andgites mæ-acute;ðe ðe hé ús gifð fandian, Bt. 42; F. 256, 4
ge-dihtan
to direct, order, give direction to a person ⬩ with acc. of direction, to give a direction :-- ⬩ to direct what is to be written or spoken, dictate a letter, speech, c. ⬩ to appoint, ordain ⬩ to order, manage, rule ⬩ of the divine ordering :-- ⬩ to compose a letter, verse, c. ⬩ o draw up regulations, laws, c. :-- ⬩ to construct, mate ⬩ to perform, do ⬩ to arrange ⬩ to deck, adorn
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God gesceóp man on ðám sixtan dæge, ðá ðá hé gesceafta gedihte, 260, 22. to perform, do Þá ealle þás ðinge þurh Godes fadunge þus wurdon gedihte, Hml.
CÝÐAN
to make known, tell, relate, proclaim, announce ⬩ nuntiare, annuntiare, narrare, referre, effari, prædicare ⬩ to declare, reveal, manifest, shew, perform, confess, confirm, testify, prove ⬩ notum facere, revelare, manifestare, ostendere, perhibere, confiteri, testari, probare
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Eallra heora dóme wæs cýðed [MS. kyþed] omnium judicio probatum est, Bd. 5, 19; S. 640, 13
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FREÓGAN
to free ⬩ make free ⬩ manumittĕre ⬩ lībĕrāre ⬩ to honour ⬩ like ⬩ love ⬩ honōrāre ⬩ dilĭgĕre ⬩ ămāre
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Ðonne ðú hine freóge when thou freest him; quem lībertāte donāvĕris, 15, 13. Ðæt he scolde freón his mynster [MS. mynstre] that he would free his monastery.
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fundian
To endeavour to find ⬩ tend to ⬩ aspire to ⬩ strive ⬩ go forward ⬩ hasten ⬩ intend ⬩ desire ⬩ nīti ⬩ tendĕre ⬩ intendĕre ⬩ propĕrāre
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Hwæðer ðú nú ongite forhwý ðæt fýr fundige up dost thou understand why fire tends upwards? Bt. 34, 11; Fox 150, 19. Frióra ǽghwilc fundie to ðæm écum góde let every one of the free aspire to the eternal good, Bt. Met. Fox 21, 4; Met. 21, 2.
leornian
To learn ⬩ study ⬩ read
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Ða ðe hé on gewritum leornode tó dónne ea quæ in scripturis agenda didicerat, 3, 28; S. 560, 16. Gé ne leornodan non legistis, 4, 3; S. 569, 17. Leorna ðæt ðú ondrǽde drihten ut discos timere dominum, Deut. 14, 23. Leorneaþ æt mé discite a me, Mt.
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list
Art ⬩ skill ⬩ craft ⬩ cunning ⬩ artifice
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Hé fela onginþ leornian lista many arts doth he learn, 28, 153; Met. 28, 77: Cd. 13; Th. 16, 5; Gen. 239. Mid listum speón idese on ðæt unriht with wiles he lured the woman to that wrong, 28; Th. 37, 12; Gen. 588: 32; Th. 43, 8; Gen. 687.
nebb
a neb ⬩ nib ⬩ a beak ⬩ a beak-shaped thing ⬩ a nose ⬩ the gristle of the nose ⬩ the face ⬩ countenance
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Ðonne wé wendaþ úre neb tó eástdǽle, 262, 10: ii. 102, 26. Heó helode hire nebb ( vultum ), Gen. 38, 15 : Ex. 3, 6. Spǽte ðæt wíf on his nebb ( faciem ), Deut. 25, 9: Num. 12, 14.
notian
to make use of ⬩ employ ⬩ enjoy ⬩ to discharge an office
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Gif hé þurh ða gebedu gehǽled ne biþ, notige ðonne se abbod cyrfes, R. Ben. 52, 19. Notian ðara ( the garments ), ðe for hwylcere neóde on ýtinge faraþ, 91, 12. Betǽce ðǽm ðe heora ( tools ) notian sceolan, 56, 6.
ge-féran
To go ⬩ travel ⬩ go on ⬩ behave ⬩ fare ⬩ get on ⬩ come ⬩ get to a place ⬩ To perform a journey ⬩ reach or get by going ⬩ obtain ⬩ attain ⬩ experience ⬩ suffer
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Hí ðǽr geférdon máran hearm ðonne hí ǽfre wéndon they there suffered greater hurt than they ever expected, Chr. 994; Erl. 131, 21 : Andr. Kmbl. 2801; An. 1403
stillness
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Ðonne ( in church ) lǽrþ ús Godes engel stilnesse and gemetlíce sprǽce . . . lǽrþ ús se deófol unstilnesse and ungemetlíce hleahtras and unnytte sprǽce, Wulfst. 233, 13-18. quiet, silence Stilnysse taciturnitatis, Hpt. Gl. 455, 54.
car-ful
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Se þén þe þám untrumum gebróðrum þénað sý careful (car-, v. l. ), 60, 21. careful, painstaking, applying care to what one does, heedful Carful gestaþeliend zelotypus plasmator, An. Ox. 364.
hycgan
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Ne hycge hé tó slǽpe let him not think of sleep (i. e. don't let him have any intention of going to sleep ), Ps. Th. 120, 3. to call to mind, remember Uton wé hycgan hwǽr wé hám ágen, and þonne geþencan hú wé þider cumen Seef. 117
ǽrende
a message ⬩ an errand, a mission
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.; S. 472, 8. an errand, a mission Gif hwelc ríce mon on his hláfordes ǽrende færþ, cymþ ðonne on ælþeódig folc si quis multiplici consulatu functus in barbaras nationes devenerit, Bt. 27, 3; F. 98, 21.
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ge-streón
Gain ⬩ product ⬩ emolument ⬩ wealth ⬩ riches ⬩ treasure ⬩ usury ⬩ business ⬩ merces ⬩ mercātus ⬩ quæstus ⬩ lucrum ⬩ ēmŏlŭmentum ⬩ ŏpes ⬩ thesaurus ⬩ ūsūra ⬩ nēgōtium
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Fram gestreóne gangendum a negotio perambulante, id. lc wylle heora cýpan hér luflícor ðonne ic gebicge ðǽr ðæt sum gestreón me ic begyte volo vendere hic carius quam emi illic ut aliquod lucrum mihi adquiram, Th. Anal. 27, 21
toft
a piece of ground, ⬩ messuage, ⬩ homestead ⬩ a place marked out for a house or building ⬩ a square piece of ground with walls but without roof ⬩ an enclosed home-field ⬩ campus ⬩ an elevated piece of ground ⬩ a field where a house or building once stood.
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It does not occur often in the earliest English, but it is found as the second part of many place-names in districts which were affected by the Danes, v. Taylor's Names and Places.In the Prompt.
sweotole
of a physical action, clearly, without obstruction ⬩ in a manner open to general observation, evidently, openly, plainly, publicly ⬩ openly, without reserve or concealment, plainly ⬩ of thinking, knowing, stating, explaining, etc., clearly
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Ðonne sió sunne sweotolost scíneþ, Met. 6, 3. in a manner open to general observation, evidently, openly, plainly, publicly Wǽron heardingas sweotole gesamnod, Elen. Kmbl. 51; El. 26.
for-weorþan
to become ill ⬩ to go bad ⬩ to come to a bad end ⬩ to perish
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Gl. 342. in a moral or spiritual sense Ðonne forwyrð ðín bróður for ðínum ðingum, Past. 451, 33. Hé eóde on wésten þǽr ǽr Adam forwearþ, Bl. H. 29, 18. Þý lǽs gé forwyrþen ( pereatis ) of wege ryhtum, Ps. Rdr. 2, 12.
sceran
to cut ⬩ shear ⬩ to shave hair ⬩ to cut the hair of the head ⬩ to shear sheep
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to cut, shear Ðonne sweord swín ofer helme scireþ, Beo. Th. 3579; B. 1287. Hæleþ higerófe linde heówon, scildburh scǽron, Judth. Thw. 26, 2; Jud. 305. Lǽtaþ íren ecgheard ealdorgeard sceoran, Andr. Kmbl. 2364; An. 1183.
forþ
forwards ⬩ from an upright position ⬩ from a point of rest ⬩ denoting continuity of movement or direction, on ⬩ along with ⬩ and so on ⬩ forth ⬩ hence forth ⬩ on ⬩ to go on doing ⬩ at an advanced point ⬩ at a later part of a book ⬩ forth ⬩ out ⬩ so as to be seen or known ⬩ forth ⬩ away from a place ⬩ out ⬩ to (such) a degree
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Similar entries v. heonan, þanan, I. 6. expressing continuity of action, on as in to go on doing Petrus cnucode forð oð þæt hí hine inn léton Peter went on knocking till they let him in, Hml. Th. ii. 382, 23.