tweó
uncertainty ⬩ hesitation ⬩ delay ⬩ a doubtful state of things ⬩ state of indecision
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his willan fulleodon ðá becom him Antigonus mid firde on in this state of indecision, in which they carried out his will so reluctantly, Antigonus fell upon them with an army; qui fastidiose ducem in disponendo bello audientes ab Antigono victi sunt, Ors
ge-glengan
To adorn ⬩ embellish ⬩ set in order ⬩ compose ⬩ ornāre ⬩ cōmĕre ⬩ compōnĕre
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Ic smicere geglengce orno, Ælfc. Gl. 99; Som. 76, 116; Wrt. Voc. 54, 58. Nerón hine mid ǽlces cynnes gimmum geglengde Nero adorned himself with gems of every kind, Bt. 28; Fox 100, 27 : Bt. Met. Fox 15, 7; Met. 15, 4.
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ge-fæstnian
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Th. 57, 7. to fasten on or to something (lit. or fig.) Fram eallum þám wítum þe ðú on mínum líce gefæstnodest ( hast inflicted ), Hml. S. 8, 160. Hé gefæstnode heora fét tó eorðan, Hml. Th. ii. 508, 17.
wel
Well ⬩ well ⬩ prosperously ⬩ well ⬩ much ⬩ thoroughly ⬩ freely ⬩ well ⬩ properly ⬩ well ⬩ very ⬩ quite ⬩ thoroughly ⬩ very ⬩ quite ⬩ well ⬩ ah
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Well with verbs marking the success or excellence of the action of the verb Ðæt hié heora fulwihthádas wel gehealdan Blickl. Homl. 109, 26. Wel hearpan stirgan Exon. Th. 42, 6; Cri. 668.
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heorte
breast ⬩ bosom ⬩ will ⬩ intellect ⬩ mind ⬩ soul ⬩ intent ⬩ will ⬩ desire ⬩ inclination ⬩ disposition ⬩ temperament ⬩ character
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Th. 9, l. mid . . . heortan with (all) one's heart, with great sincerity or devotion Þæt wé mid heortan hǽlo sécen, Cri. 752. Fæder and móder freó þú mid heortan, Fä. 9.
FUGEL
A bird ⬩ FOWL ⬩ ăvis ⬩ āles
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Ne wirce gé náne andlícnissa ne nánes nýtenes ne fugeles make no images of any beast or bird, Deut. 4, 17.
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HERE
An army ⬩ a host ⬩ multitude ⬩ a large predatory band
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Danish force in England, while the English troops are always the fyrd], hence the word is used for devastation and robbery Ne dohte hit nú lange inne né úte ac wæs here and hunger bryne and blódgyte it is now long since matters were thriving at home or
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LUST
LUST ⬩ desire ⬩ pleasure ⬩ voluptuousness
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Wedres on luste glad on account of fair weather or[?] desirous of fair weather, Exon. 97 a; Th. 361, 28; Wal. 26. Of luste flǽsces ex voluntate carnis, Jn. Skt. Rush. 1, 13. In lust in luxum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 3: Hpt. Gl. 514, 5.
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míðan
to conceal ⬩ dissemble ⬩ To be concealed ⬩ lie hid ⬩ to avoid ⬩ refrain from ⬩ forbear
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or intrans. ) Ic þurh múþ sprece, hleoðre ne míðe I speak with my mouth ... refrain not from sound, Exon. 103 a; Th. 390, 20; Rä. 9, 4. Wulf on walde wǽlrúne ne máð, Elen. Kmbl. 56; El. 28.
rand
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Icel. rönd a stripe : Ger. rand border, edge, margin.] the word however is used generally of a shield, denoting the whole or part of it. Denoting a part, the boss of a round shield, cf. rand-beáh and O. H. Ger. rant umbo.
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ge-sceaft
the creation, a created being or thing, creature, an element ⬩ creātio, creātūra, plasma, ĕlĕmentum ⬩ a decree, destiny, fate, condition ⬩ destĭnāta, sors, fātum, condĭtio ⬩ creation, creature ⬩ decree of fate ⬩ creatura, elementum, habitus, fatum
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the creation, a created being or thing, creature, an element; creātio, creātūra, plasma, ĕlĕmentum Eall ðeós mǽre gesceaft all this great creation, Rood Kmbl. 24; Kr. 12: 162; Kr. 82: Salm. Kmbl. 60; Sal. 30. Gesceaft plasma, Ælfc.
scippan
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</b> in the phrases naman or tó naman scippan to give a name :-- Him se pápa Petrus tó noman scóp cui papa Petri nomen imposuerat, Bd. 5, 7; S. 620, 43. Scóp him Heort naman, Beo. Th. 157; B. 78.
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þider
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Thither, whither, where motion is expressed or implied. as absolute demonstrative, thither, to that place Ne færst ðú þider ( illuc ), Deut. 1, 37. Ða ðe hine þider lǽddon, Gen. 39, 1. Þyder (ðider, Lind.) faran illuc ire, Mt. Kmbl. 2, 22.
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ge-lícnes
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Add: the quality of being like or equal Swá micel gelícnys is on ðyssere Hálgan Ðrynnysse, þæt se Fæder nis ná máre þonne se Sunu on ðǽre godcundnysse, ne se Sunu nis ná máre þonne se Hálga Gást; ne nán heora án nis ná lǽsse þonne eall seó Ðrynnys, Hml
hengen
a cross ⬩ a rack
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Under II. substitute: an apparatus for punishment or torture to which the sufferer is attached. a cross Críst hí mid hospe on hengene fæstnodon. Hml. Th. ii. 256, 22.
hopian
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</b> to trust that (with clause or (?) acc. and infin.) :-- Hopiað confidimus (laetabundos fore fiducialiter confidimus ), An. Ox. 3034. Hopiað confidunt (caeterorum praeconia se transcendere con-fidunt ), 940. <b>III b.
spyrian
to track ⬩ go in a track ⬩ follow ⬩ make a journey in search of something ⬩ to make a track ⬩ go ⬩ to enquire ⬩ investigate ⬩ examine ⬩ to enquire after or into ⬩ seek to know about ⬩ to search after ⬩ seek to attain ⬩ to ask ⬩ investigare, indagare, sciscitari ⬩ to track; to investigate; to ask
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Spiriende indagando, inquirendo, 410, 52: scrutando, investigando, meditando, 479, 20. with æfter, to enquire after or into, seek to know about Ðære sprǽce ðe wit æfter spyriaþ the subject into which we are enquiring, Bt. 38, 2; Fox 198, 26.
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setl
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As. 59, 201. a sitting, the being in, or assuming, a sitting position; sessio Hé frægn for hwon hé ána swá unrót on stáne wæccende sǽte . . .
willan
To will, wish ⬩ to will, exercise the faculty of willing ⬩ to will, purpose, think, mean, intend ⬩ to tend ⬩ to will, ordain, order, command ⬩ to will, wish, want, desire ⬩ to will, be willing to do something ⬩ to allow, permit, grant, consent to ⬩ to be disposed, to have such and such a will ⬩ to will, profess, claim ⬩ will, shall, to be about to
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Mið ðæm ðe hí hié getrymed hæfdon, and tógædere woldon, Ors. 4, 2 ; Swt. 160, 28. of purpose to do Hé cýdde his syrewunge, hú hé ymbe wolde ( how he had intended to act ), Homl.
ge-witan
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Hió wolde gewitan ( dignoscere ) mid hire eárum æt his nosþyrlum hweþer ǽnig líflic oroð him inne wǽre, 276, 16