ge-wealdes
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Ná gelíc þám þe willes and gewealdes misdéð, 328, 22, Gif hwá hwæt t Gif hwá of giernesse and gewealdes ofsleá his þone néhstan þurh searwa si quis per industriam occiderit proximum suum et per insidias, 46, 26. where what happens is the result of one
gise
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Gyse hú mihte Adam tócnáwan hwæt hé wǽre, búton hé wǽre gehýrsum on sumum þince his Hláforde? why, would God refuse him so small a thing . . .? Yes; how could Adam know what he was, unless he were obedient in some thing to his Lord?, Hml.
nosu
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Hwæt is getácnod ðurh ðá nosu ( per nasum) . . . ?, Past. 433, 19-22. Is sió lytle nosu ðæt mon ne sié gescádwís; for ðǽm mid ðǽre nose wé tósceádað ðá stencas, 65, 19-21. Nosa habbað nares habent, Ps.
ge-wǽde
A garment ⬩ clothing ⬩ vestimentum
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A garment, clothing; vestimentum Saga hwæt ðis gewǽde [gewædu, MS.] sý say what this vestment is, Exon. 109 a; Th. 418, 5; Rä. 36, 14. He nywolnessa him to gewǽde woruhte abyssus amictus ejus, Ps. Th. 103, 7.
magu
A child, ⬩ son ⬩ a young person ⬩ a servant ⬩ a young ⬩ strong man ⬩ a man
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Th. 2361; B. 1178. a young person, a servant (cf. cniht, cnapa, geongra) Ongan hismagu frignan (cf. ombehtþegn, l, 9), Exon. 47 b; Th. 162, 30; Gú. 983. a young, strong man, a man (cf. cniht) Hwǽr cwom mearg hwǽr cwom mago where is the steed gone?
án-forlǽtan
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H. 189, 12. what one possesses, to lose Ic geþence hwæt ic ánforlét (amisi), and þonne ic geþence hwæt ic forleás (perdidi), Gr. D. 5, 9. Hié ne gémdon hwonne hié ꝥ gestreón eall ánforlǽtan sceoldon, Bl.
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ge-ceasterwaran
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Fellow-citizens Mín se leófesta freónd ... ic sille eówrum geceasterwarum hundteóntig þúsenda mitta hwǽtes, Ap. Th. 9, 14. Wé geácsodon his geceasterwaran beón Godes englas, Wlfst. 2, 2
spelt
spelt ⬩ corn ⬩ spelta, far
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Hwǽtes, speltes farris, 34, 37
hycgan
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Th. 120, 3. to call to mind, remember Uton wé hycgan hwǽr wé hám ágen, and þonne geþencan hú wé þider cumen Seef. 117
æcer-sǽd
Seed for an acre
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Seed for an acre Man sælde ðæt æcersǽd hwǽte, ðæt is twégen sédlǽpas, tó six scillingas, and ðæt bærlic, ðæt is þré sédlǽpas, tó six scillingas, and ðæt æcersǽd áten, ðæt is feówer sédlǽpas tó feówer scillingas, Chr. 1124; P. 254, 14-16. vi. æcersǽd
ge-prician
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unrótnysse gyltes, Scint. 79, 8. to mark with dots Seó forme ábécédé ys bútan pricon, and seó óðer ys gepricod on þá swýðran healfe, and seó þrydde on þá wynstran healfe, Angl. viii. 332, 43. to note Se lust ys tó witanne swá wé hér bufan gepricodon hwǽr
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for-standan
Take these together, and add ⬩ to stand in the way ⬩ lie in the line of advance ⬩ to come to a stand ⬩ stop ⬩ with the idea of hindrance, ⬩ to stop the advance of ⬩ hinder ⬩ resist ⬩ withstand ⬩ to stop passage through or along, ⬩ block a door, a way for a person ⬩ to stop a person (dat.) doing something ⬩ with idea of defence, to defend ⬩ protect ⬩ to protect from ⬩ to avail ⬩ profit ⬩ be good for ⬩ to avail a person ⬩ to stand for ⬩ be the equivalent of ⬩ be as good as ⬩ to understand
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Hwæt forstondes (fore-, L.) menn ðéh ... quid proderit homini si ..., Mk. R. 8, 36. Ne forstent hit him nóht, Past. 163, 19: 421, 21. Hwæt forstód seó mengu þára freónda þám deórlingum?, Bt. 29, 2; F. 106, 6.
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dihtan
to set in order, dispose, arrange, appoint, direct, compose ⬩ parāre, dispōnĕre, instruĕre, constituĕre, compōnĕre ⬩ to order, dictate, indite ⬩ dirĭgĕre, dictāre
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Drihten dihte him hwæt he dón sceolde Domĭnus omnia opĕra ejus dirĭgēbat, Gen. 39, 23
mǽtan
To dream
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To dream (with dat. or acc. of person; On ánre nihte ealdne mónan, swá hwæt swá ðé mǽteþ ðæt cymþ tó gefeán. Lchdm. iii. 154, 15. Gyf mon (acc. cf. l. 27) méteþ ðæt hé geseó . . . 168, 8. Gyf man mǽte ðæt hé hæbbe . . 176, 2.
mangere
A monger ⬩ merchant ⬩ trader ⬩ dealer
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Hwæt sægst ðu, mancgere (mercator) ? Coll. Monast. Th. 26, 23. Ne preóst ne beó mangere a priest shall not be a merchant (cf. Icel. prestar skulu eigi fara með mangi né okri), L. Ælfc.
nest
provisions ⬩ victuals ⬩ provisions served out at fixed times ⬩ rations
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Ða cempan cwǽdon: Hwæt dó wé? Ðá sǽde hé him : Beóþ éðhylde on eówrum andlyfenum (Lind. Rush. nestum = stipendiis ), Lk. Skt. 3, 14
big-leofa
Food, victuals, nourishment ⬩ cibus, victus, alimentum ⬩ Money, wages ⬩ stips, stipendium
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Hwæt begytst ðú of ðínum cræfte? Bigleofan, and scrúd, and feoh quid adquiris de tua arte? Victum, et vestitum, et pecuniam, Coll. Monast. Th. 23, 3-6. Bigleofa victus, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5; Som. 32, 6. Bíleofa alimentum, C. R.
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BOD
A command, commandment, precept, mandate, an edict, order, message ⬩ jussum, mandatum, edictum ⬩ a commandment
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A command, commandment, precept, mandate, an edict, order, message; jussum, mandatum, edictum Hwæt is ðæt bod micle [MS. micla] in ǽ quod est mandatum magnum to lege? Mt. Lind. Stv. 22, 36: Mk. Lind. Stv. 12, 28, 29, 30, 31: Lk. Lind. Stv. 2, 1.
wicce
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Nú secge wé . . . ðæt se deófol . . . geswutelaþ ðære wiccan hwæt heó secge mannum . . . Ne sceal se cristena befrínan ða fúlan wiccan be his gesundfulnysse, þeáh ðe heó secgan cunne sum ðincg þurh deófol, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 108-126.
biter
painful ⬩ acrimonious ⬩ ill-natured
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Hwæt is ðienga ðe bietere (biterre, v.l.) sié on ðæs láreówes móde?, Past. 165, 1. Þú mé ne syle on þone biterestan deáð, Bl. H. 229, 26. bitter (of feeling), acrimonious, ill-natured Onbærnde mid þǽre biteran æfeste, Bl. H. 25, 7
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