þeána
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Yet Pápa on Róme swá þeána gesette papa Romanus tamen statuit, L. Ecg. C. 7; Th. ii. 138, 36. Lífe ne gielpeþ hláfordes gifum, hýreþ swá þeána þeódne sínum, Exon. Th. 440, 6; Rä. 59, 13: 108, 32; Gú. 81. Nó God wolde ðæt seó sáwl sár þrowade, lýfde se
on-birgan
To taste of, taste, take (food)
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To taste of, taste, take (food) Gif hé bitres onbyrgeþ, Met. 12, 11: 13, 23. Onbirigþ, Bt. 23; Fox 78, 26: 25; Fox 88, 11. Sume ðe deáþ ne onbyrigeaþ (-byrgeaþ, MS. A.: -byrigaþ, MS. B.) Mt. Kmbl. 16, 28. Onbyrigeaþ (-byrgaþ MS. A.), Mk. Skt. 9, 1. Nán
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ge-fyllan
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Th. 125, 2. to provide abundantly, cf. . the object a person, to fill with food (lit. or fig.) Þú gefyldest mé Godes líchoman, gástes drynces, Seel. 144. Þæt hé þæs earman líchoman gefylle, Bl. H. 37, 29.
be-twion
Double, folding, twofold ⬩ duplex
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Double, folding, twofold; duplex Mid betwion mentle with a folding mantle; diploide, Ps. Spl. T. 108, 28
murnan
To mourn ⬩ be sad ⬩ be anxious ⬩ To mourn ⬩ lament ⬩ to care about ⬩ regard
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Grammar murnan, with prepositions for, æfter Ne mæg ná for feore murnan se ðe wrecan þenceþ freán not for life must he care that his lord will avenge. Byrht.
ge-wis
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Ben. 56, 9. certainty. of knowledge, belief, trust Miccle gewisse very certainly, Men. 124. (1 a) mid gewisse with certainty, without doubt :-- Wé witan mid gewisse þæt hit neálǽcð, Wlfst. 90, 4: R. Ben. 128, 17.
wiltan
To roll (trans.)
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To roll (trans.) Se ðe welt qui volvit (lapidem), Kent. Gl. 1006. Hé wylte (tówælte, Lind.: áwælte, Rush.) ánne stán tó ðære byrgenne dura aduoluit lapidem ad ostium monumenti, Mk. Skt. 15, 46. Hé (a cup) in healle wæs wylted and wended wloncra folmum
neósan
to search out ⬩ find out by enquiry ⬩ to seek ⬩ visit ⬩ to seek with hostile intent
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Word áres oft neósendes (ðín), 175, 6; Gú. 1190. to seek with hostile intent (cf. sécan) Wyrm yrre cwom fiónda niósan, láðra manna, Beo. Th. 5336; B. 2671
neósian
to search out ⬩ find out by enquiry or inspection ⬩ to inspect ⬩ to seek ⬩ visit ⬩ to seek with hostile intent ⬩ to visit with calamity, disease
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Homl. 125, 13. to seek with hostile intent (cf. sécan), to visit with calamity, disease, etc. Leomu hefegedon, hé gecneów ðæt hine ælmihtig ufan neósade (cf. the phrase the visitation of God ), Exon. Th. 159, 24; Gú. 931.
under
Under ⬩ under ⬩ at the foot of ⬩ under ⬩ within ⬩ among ⬩ below ⬩ beneath ⬩ down
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Grammar under, with dat. local, without motion to bring one object under another, where one object has another vertically above it Ða wæteru ðe wǽron under ðære fæstnisse, Gen. 1, 7. Under heofenum, 6, 17.
Linked entries: Middel-Seaxe þúsend
neáh
nigh ⬩ near ⬩ near ⬩ nearly ⬩ about ⬩ of place
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Ne maeg hió ðeáh gescínan áhwǽrgen neáh ealla gesceafta the sun cannot reach with its rays anywhere near all creatures, Met. 30, 10.
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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.; with reflex. acc. To rest one's self; of cessation from toil Ðú rest ðé nú on eorþan, and ic mid sáre tó helle sceal beón lǽded, L. E. I. prm.; Th. ii. 398, 16. Ðǽr hí æðelingas inne restaþ, Runic pm. Kmbl. 340, 22; Rún. 6.
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nǽfre
Never
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Grammar nǽfre, with another negative Ne hit nǽfre ne gewurðe nec unquam fiat, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 14. Ðæt hí nǽfre ne gedóþ, Bt. 14, 2; Fox 44, 15. Nǽfre siðan Rómáne ne rícsodon on Bretone, Chr. 409; Erl. 10, 7.
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wípian
To wipe
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To wipe Ic wípige tergo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 3; Zup. 155, 11: 28, 4; Zup. 172, 8. Ic geseó Godes engel standende ætforan ðé mid handcláðe, and wípaþ ðíne swátigan limu, Homl. Th. i. 426, 30. Sum synful wíf his fét áþwóh and mid hyre fexe wípode, Homl. Ass.
witum-bora
A bridesman ⬩ paranymphus
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A bridesman; paranymphus, Hpt. Gl. 448, 25
á-wiltan
to roll ⬩ to harass ⬩ molest
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to roll (trans.) Huá eft ł áwæltes (á-wælte, -wælte,ús ðone stán quis reuoluit nobis lapidem?, Mk. L. 16, 3. Se engel áwylte þæt hlid of ðǽre þrýh, Hml. Th. i. 222, 8. Engel eft áwælte (revolvit) ðone stán, Mt. L. 28, 2. Hé áwælte (aduoluit) ðone stán
ag-lǽc-wíf
A wretch of a woman ⬩ vile crone ⬩ monstrum mu-lieris ⬩ mulier perniciosa
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A wretch of a woman, vile crone; monstrum mu-lieris, mulier perniciosa Grendles módor, ides, aglǽc-wíf Grendel's mother, the woman, vile crone. Beo. Th. 2522 ; B. 1259
wís-hycgende
thinking wisely ⬩ having wise thoughts
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thinking wisely, having wise thoughts Hé wís-hycgende gesæt on sesse, seah on enta geweorc, Beo. Th. 5426; B. 2716
wíg-þreát
A military troop
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A military troop Ðæs hiofenlícan werodes wíg-þreátas coelestis exercitus militiae Lchdm. i. lxviii, 8
Linked entry: þreát
wil-hrémig
Having one's desire, satisfied, exultant
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Having one's desire, satisfied, exultant Wil-hrémig (printed -hranig, but see Wülck. Gl. 376, 26) compos. Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 69