mótan
to be allowed ⬩ may ⬩ mote ⬩ to be inferred otherwise ⬩ to be obliged ⬩ must
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The infin. does not occur in any of the dialects, but in the forms which are found the conjugation is the same as that of the A.S. verb. Goth. ga-mót; p. -mósta: O. Sax. mót; p. mósta: O. Frs. mót; p. móste: O.H. Ger. muoz, móz; p. muosi, muoste.]
hrædlíce
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Cume ðonne án spearwa and hrædlíce ( citissime ) ꝥ hús þurhfleó, Bd. 2, 13; Sch. 165, 23. Mid hræs geeáde all sunes ðerh hrædlíce ł oefestlíce in sǽ impetu abiit totus grex per praeceps in mare, Mt. L. 8, 32.
hwíl
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Þaacute; hwíle donec, i. dum, Wülck. Gl. 251, 9: dum 21. Heora nǽnig þá bǽre þá hwíle ( the while, meanwhile ) áhóf, Bl. H. 153, 3. Ic nát hú nyt ic þá hwíle beó þe ic þás word sprece, Ors. 4, 13: S. 212, 26.
hyldu
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</b> good will towards a benefactor, gratitude :-- Ðonne hé his ælmessan dǽld. . . ne giéme hé hwelce hylde hé mid ðǽre ælmessan gewriexl ne impensae gratiae vicissi-tudinem reguirant, Past. 323, 18. of the relation between lord and man. the favour
wunian
To dwell ⬩ remain ⬩ to dwell ⬩ abide ⬩ stay ⬩ remain ⬩ live ⬩ to inhabit a place, live in or on ⬩ to live, be in certain conditions or circumstances, ⬩ to abide ⬩ be present with a person to comfort or help ⬩ to be ⬩ rest ⬩ reside ⬩ remain ⬩ occupy a position ⬩ to consist of or in, ⬩ subsist, exist ⬩ to remain ⬩ last ⬩ continue ⬩ endure ⬩ to be wont
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Lucia on ðære ylcan stówe wunode ðe heó ofslagen wæs Lucia remained lying in the same place that she was struck down, 9, 146. Se snáw leng ne wunede ðonne áne tíde, Nar. 23, 21. Hí wunedun (wéren wungiende mansissent, Lind.) óð ðysne dæg, Mt.
cýþþu
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Sum hæfð sume cýððe tó rícum men; ðonne sceal sé earmum ðingian tó ðám rícan men þe hé cýððe tó hæfð, 558, 1-3. Þá þe þurh geleáfan ús gelenge beóð, and þurh crístendóm ús cýððe tó habbað, 314, 14. Abraham . . . tó Gode cýððe hæfde (cf.
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ge-flít
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Ðonne betweoxn eów bið yfel anda and geflitu ( contentio ), Past. 345, 14. Hié styrigað geflitu (-flietu, v.l.) and geciid rixae occasionem commovent, 293, 20.
ord
a point, ⬩ of a weapon ⬩ a spear, pointed weapon ⬩ one who is at the topmost point, a head, chief, prince ⬩ head, front ⬩ line of battle, forefront ⬩ the beginning, origin, source (applied to persons and things)
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Ðæt is ðonne swelc mon mid forewearde orde stinge ... suá suá Assael wæs deád bútan orde non cum recta, sed aversa hasta transforavit ... quasi sine ferro moriuntur, Past. 40, 5; Swt. 297, 10-23. Mid gáres orde, Cd. Th. 92, 2; Gen. 1522.
tácn
A token, sign ⬩ a sign, significant form ⬩ an ensign ⬩ a token, a credential ⬩ a sign, monument ⬩ a sign of the Zodiac ⬩ a sign, distinguishing mark (lit. or fig.) ⬩ a sign to attract attention, a signal ⬩ a sign of anything future, a prognostic ⬩ a sign, an action that conveys a meaning ⬩ a sign, indication, mark which shews condition or state ⬩ </b> as a medical term, a symptom ⬩ a sign, symbol, emblem ⬩ a sign which shews the truth or reality of anything, proof, demonstration, evidence ⬩ a supernatural sign, miracle, prodigy ⬩ a signal event, remarkable circumstance
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God him sealde tácen ( posuit Dominus Cain signum ), ðæt nán ðæra ðe hine gemétte hine ne ofslóge, Gen. 4, 15. a sign to attract attention, a signal Ðonne ætýwþ mannes suna tácn on heofonan, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 30.
BEÓN
To BE ⬩ exist ⬩ become ⬩ esse ⬩ fieri
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Ðonne ic stille beóm when I am still Exon. 102 b; Th. 387, 5; Rä. 4, 74 : 72 a; Th. 268,,26; Jul. 438 : Mt. Lind. Rush. Stv. 9, 21. Ðú ána bist eallra déma thou alone art judge of all Hy. 8, 38; Hy. Grn. ii. 291, 38 : Bt. Met.
wlitig
Beautiful ⬩ comely ⬩ fair ⬩ beauteous ⬩ glorious
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Ðonne hé ús selð micle getyngnesse and wlitige sprǽce ymb sóðfæsðnesse tó cýðanne cum nobis lwce veritatis plena eloquia subministrat, Past. 48 ; Swt. 369, 14. Hine wlitegum wordum herigeaþ, Ps. Th. 146, 1. Wlitige and unclǽne, tile and yfle, Cd.
hwanan
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Ðonne Críst cymþ, þonne nát nán mann hwanon he biꝥ, Jn. 7, 27: 28: 8, 14: 9, 29, 30. Wæs Jóhannes fulluht of heofone, hwæðer þe of mannum? ... Ða andswaredon hig ꝥ hig nyston hwanun hé wæs, Lk. 20, 4-7.
welig
Wealthy ⬩ rich ⬩ opulent
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Babylonia ðe ðá welegre wæs ðonne ǽnigu óþeru burg Babyloniam, urbem tunc cunctis opulentiorem, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 72, 26.
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brýten-walda
A powerful ruler or king ⬩ præpotens rex ⬩ a ruler ⬩ the British aborigines ⬩ to bruise, break, to break into small portions, to disperse ⬩ a ruler, king, ⬩ an extensive or powerful king, a king whose power is widely extended. ⬩ a powerful king ⬩ the wide expanse of earth ⬩ a spacious realm ⬩ the spacious world ⬩ a spacious dwelling ⬩ a war-king
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Eng. ii. 8-21] opposes both Turner and Lappenberg, asserting that there was not any general ruler or superior war-king elected by the Anglo-Saxons, and that even Bret-walda [q. v.] does not refer to the Britons, that it is so written in only one MS. of
ge-métan
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. :-- Hé ðone fearr gehwǽr sóhte, and æt néxtan hine gemétte standan uppon ðám cnolle, Hml.
EÁC
EKE, also, likewise, moreover, and ⬩ etiam, quoque, et ⬩ Nevertheless, however ⬩ nihilōmĭnus ⬩ So also, also, moreover, very like, even so, as if ⬩ parimŏdo, tamquam ⬩ Quin et ⬩ So also, even so, likewise
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Ic eów secge, eác máran ðonne wítegan I say unto you, and more than a prophet. Mt. Bos. 11, 9. Adam hæfde nigen hund wintra and þrítig eác Adam had nine hundred winters, and thirty also, Cd. 55; Th. 68, 31; Gen. 1126: 58; Th. 71, 3; Gen. 1165.
ge-mána
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Sé ðonne unryht-líce talað, sé þe talað ðæt hé sié unscyldig, gif hé ðá gód, þe ús God tó gemánan sealde, him synderlíce ágnað cunctis hominibus terra communis est . . .
hwanne
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,' 39, 9; F. 224, 27. as co-ordinating relative Se forma dæge ðaere daerstana, ðonne ł huoenne eóstro ásægcas primo die azymorum, quando pascha immolant, Mk. L., R. 14, 12.
tó
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(h) add :-- Him is leófre ðæt hé leóge ðonne him mon ǽnigra ungerisna tó wéne, Past. 217, 16.
þeóstru
Darkness (lit. and metaph.); ⬩ dimness of sight (lit. or metaph.) ⬩ tenebrae
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Swá dóþ ða þeóstro ðíne gedréfednesse, Bt. 6; Fox 14, 30. Beóþ þeóstra gewordene, Blickl. Homl. 93, 18. Ðære nihte þióstro hí onlíhtaþ, Bt. 38, 5; Fox 206, 5. Ðióstro, Jn. Skt. Lind. Rush. 6, 17.