wǽt
wet, moist, damp, consisting of moisture ⬩ wet, moist, having moisture ⬩ wet, rainy
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Eal ða wǽtan þing and ða smerewigan sint tó forbeódanne, 210, 27: 246, 3. referring to the humours or juices of bodies –Ðonne sió wamb swíðe wǽtre gecyndo biþ, ne þrowaþ seó þurst ne hefignesse metta, and gefihð wǽtum mettum Lchdm. ii. 220, 19-21.
hladan
to heap, ⬩ pile up, ⬩ build, ⬩ place, ⬩ lade, ⬩ load, ⬩ freight ⬩ to lade, ⬩ draw [water]; ⬩ haurire
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Hlade ðonne mid ðære ylcan hand ðæs wæteres múþ fulne let him then take up with the same hand a mouthful of the water, Lchdm. iii. 68, 15; 74, 16. Wæter tó hladanne ad hauriendam aquam, Ex. 2, 16.
sirwan
to plan ⬩ devise ⬩ use art in doing something ⬩ To plan ⬩ contrive ⬩ devise ⬩ plot ⬩ attempt with craft ⬩ to lie in wait ⬩ plot ⬩ to lie in wait for ⬩ plot against
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in a good sense, to plan, devise, use art in doing something Hé (the Creator) serede and sette eorþan dǽlas, Cd. Th. 265, 29; Sat. 15. in a bad sense, trans.
þeówet
Service ⬩ servitude ⬩ bondage ⬩ slavery
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Of þeówetes húse de domo servitutis, Deut. 6, 12. Þeówettes, 13, 10. Se synfulla ðeówaþ ðam wyrstan ðeówte the sinner is a slave to the worst slavery, Homl. Th. ii. 228, 10. Of þeówete út álǽdan de servitute eruere, Ex. 6, 6. Þeówette, Deut. 5, 6.
ge-cýþan
to make known by words, ⬩ to give information of, tell, give notice of, report ⬩ (1 a) of official notice, to report, ⬩ a matter ⬩ an object, to give notice of the place or condition of an object ⬩ to bear witness, testify, ⬩ of a formal statement, to declare ⬩ (3 a) of a statement by one in authority, to announce, proclaim, declare, ⬩ to make an object known, tell its character ⬩ to describe, relate, give an account of ⬩ to make known what is asked about, tell in answer to a question ⬩ to confess ⬩ to make known by action, shew kindness, c., display. ⬩ to perform an action ⬩ to shew kindness, favour, display power, c. ⬩ to make to know a feeling, cause a feeling ⬩ to shew, prove ⬩ to establish practically the truth of a. statement, ⬩ to prove a point by performing the prescribed formalities :-- ⬩ to prove the existence of something experimentally ⬩ to prove by argument, by speech ⬩ to make known the position of an object, enable to find, shew ⬩ to make known the character of something , enable to understand :-- ⬩ to reveal, disclose ⬩ to make known, famous, to celebrate
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Him (David) gecýðan Waldendes dóm, Ps. C. 18. 'Secgge ic (St. Michael) ...' Ðá ꝥ wæs þús gesprecen and gecýðed, Bl. H. 201, 10. Him Drihten ꝥ gecýþed hæfde, 225, 3: Dan. 113. to make an object known, tell its character Gecýþe ús þone weg. Bl.
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forþ
FORTH ⬩ thence ⬩ hence ⬩ forwards ⬩ onwards ⬩ henceforth ⬩ further ⬩ still ⬩ inde ⬩ hinc ⬩ prorsum ⬩ porro ⬩ dehinc ⬩ deinceps ⬩ tămen
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On cnihtháde and swá forþ eallne ðonne giógoþhád in childhood and then throughout youth. Bt. 38, 5; Fox 206, 24
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FYLLAN
To FILL ⬩ replenish ⬩ satisfy ⬩ cram ⬩ stuff ⬩ finish ⬩ complete ⬩ fulfil ⬩ implēre ⬩ replēre ⬩ sătŭrāre ⬩ farcīre ⬩ supplēre ⬩ complēre
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Ðonne heofon and hel hæleða bearnum fylde weorþeþ when heaven and hell shall be filled with the sons of men, Exon. 31 a; Th. 97, 20; Cri. 1593
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hrǽw
a corpse ⬩ carcase ⬩ trunk ⬩ carrion
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Ðonne flǽsc onginneþ hráw cólian when the flesh, the body begins to grow cold, Runic pm. 29; Kmbl. 345, 14. Wealdendes hrǽw the ruler's [Christ] body, Rood Kmbl. 106; Kr. 53: 144; Kr. 72.
tæfl
Properly a board for the playing of a game. But the word seems also used of a game played on such a board: cf. the use of the word tables at a later time ⬩ The word seems to denote also a die used in playing a game. What was the precise nature of the games, to which this word and related forms are applied, does not appear; some of the references below would imply that games of chance are meant, and this would be in keeping with the love of gaming which Tacitus, Germ. c. 24, noticed among the Germans. But games of skill like chess may sometimes be meant. In Icelandic tafl is used of chess or draughts, as well as of dicing, and the Danes in England seem to have played chess ⬩ Among the Welsh, too, was a game something like draughts, called tawlbwrdd
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What was the precise nature of the games, to which this word and related forms are applied, does not appear; some of the references below would imply that games of chance are meant, and this would be in keeping with the love of gaming which Tacitus, Germ
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þweán
to wash ⬩ to anoint.
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Ðæt wæter wæs gedréfed, ðonne ðǽr micel folc hiera fét and honda on ðwógon, Past. 16; Swt. 105, 22. Þwógan, Blickl. Homl. 149, 6. Þwógon, Gen. 43, 24. Þweah (ðuah, Lind.: þwah, Rush.) ðíne ansýne, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 17. Ne þweh ðú ná míne fét áne, Jn.
un-sib
unfriendliness ⬩ unkindliness ⬩ enmity ⬩ strife ⬩ hostilities ⬩ war ⬩ division ⬩ variance ⬩ disagreement ⬩ disunion
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Ðæt ðridde is unsibbe fýr, ðonne wé ne forhtigaþ ðæt wé ða mód ábylgean úra ðæra nýhstena tertium dissensionis, cum animos proximorum offendere non formidamus, 3, 19; S. 548, 17: Anglia xi. 101, 37. Unsibbe simultate, Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 11.
for-fleón
to avoid ⬩ to avoid ⬩ abstain from
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.: Forfleóh wesan ealdor fugeas fore corcula, Hpt. 31, 4, 6. to avoid action, abstain from doing Hí forflugon ꝥ deófolgild, Hml. S. 28, 31. Gif hé ꝥ ordál forfleó, Ll. Th. i. 296, 5. Þæt þá unstrangan heora þeówdóm ne forfleón (refugeant), R.
má
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., something in addition, an additional quantity or amount Ne wilnige ic heora nánes náwyt mycle má ðonne ic néde sceol habban tó mýnes líchaman héle. Solil. H. 37, 11. Ne wé wítegan habbað þæt ús andgytes má ǽfre secgan, Ps.
geá
etiam, jam
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Geá (etiam), swá hig dóþ, Coll. M. 26, 17. Mé þincð nú þæt þé þince þæt. . . Geá, swá mé þincð, Solil. H. 20, 9. ; 'Gif þú þone man tó mé gelǽdest . . . ic wille gelýfan.
rihtan
to right, to restore to a proper position that which is displaced, erect, direct ⬩ to right a person, ⬩ replace a person in the rights of which he is wrongfully deprived ⬩ to make right that which is faulty, set right, rectify, correct, amend ⬩ to keep right, direct, rule
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Sume déman myccle swíðor rihtaþ Godes folc ðonne hié reáfan earme. Ða déman beóþ ǽghwǽr ge ðæt hié him selfum heora synna bebeorgaþ ge eác óðre syngiende rihtaþ, Blickl. Homl. 63, 16-25. Wé boetas ł wé hrihð corrigimus, Mt. Kmbl. p. 2, 2.
hlǽfdige
A lady, ⬩ mistress of a house; ⬩ after Bertric's time it is the title given to the wife of the West-Saxon king,
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Swá eágan gáþ earmre þeówenan ðonne heó on hire hlǽfdigean handá lócaþ sicut oculi ancillæ, in manibus dominæ suæ, Ps. Th. 122, 3: Cd. 103; Th. 137, 13; Gen. 2273. Agar forseah hirp hlǽfdian Agar despexit dominam suam, Gen. 16, 4.
tíþian
To grant, ⬩ concede, ⬩ of that which is granted
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Lamb. 18, 8. with a clause Nolde se cyning him tíðian ðæt Israel férde forð ofer his gemǽru qui concedere noluit, ut transiret Israel per fines suos, Num. 21, 23. used absolutely Ðonne ðú him tíðast, Hy. 7, 56.
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tó-bregdan
to separate (trans.) by a quick movement, ⬩ to pull to pieces (lit. and fig. ) ⬩ to pull apart ⬩ to separate (intrans.) by a quick movement, ⬩ to break off, ⬩ start from sleep, ⬩ to awake ⬩ to separate by making a quick movement with something
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to separate (trans.) by a quick movement, to pull to pieces (lit. and fig. ) Hú ǽnig mæg gangan in húse stronges and fatu his tóbregdan (diripere), nymþe ǽr gebindaþ se stronge and ðonne hús his tóbrægdeþ (diripiat), Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 12, 29.
ge-dwild
wandering ⬩ error, a being astray ⬩ false opinion, heresy; superstition, false religion ⬩ deception, a leading astray,
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Ðonne tweónað fela manna . . . for ðám micclum and mænigfealdum gedwyldum þe hí geseóð and gehýrað, hwæðer hé sý se sóða Godes sunu oððe ná ne sý, 196, 13
á-teorian
to get exhausted ⬩ faint, ⬩ to lose heart or energy ⬩ get weary ⬩ faint ⬩ to get exhausted ⬩ come to an end ⬩ fail ⬩ be wanting ⬩ to be defective
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Ne ðú ne átiara ðonne ðú bist ðreád, (nec deficias) Kent. Gl. 38. Þæt hé æt ðǽre bodunge ne áteorige. Hml.