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déman

(v.)
Grammar
déman, to démanne, démenne; part. démende; ic déme, ðú démest,démst, he démeþ, démþ, pl.démaþ ; p. démde, pl. démdon; impert. dém, déme, pl. démaþ, déme ge; pp. démed; v. trans. dat. acc. [dóm judgment, opinion]

DEEM, judge, think, consider, estimate, reckon, determine, examine, prove, doom, condemn judicāre, arbitrāri, æstimāre, censēre, recensēre, decernĕre, sancīre, examināre, condemnāre

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Lamb. 95, 13: Elen; Kmbl. 621; El. 311: Exon. 63 a; Th. 231, 25; Ph. 494. Nellen ge déman, ðæt ge ne sýn fordémede nolīte judicāre, ut non judicemĭni, Mt. Bos. 7, 1. Eorþan to démanne judicāre terram, Ps. Th. 97, 8: Bd. 4, 3; S. 569. 27.

Linked entries: a-déman doeman

fæsten

(n.)
Grammar
fæsten, es; n. [fæstan II. to fast] .

a fast, fasting jējūniuma fastness, fortress, bulwark, place of strength, a castle, wall mūnīmentum, arx, castelluman inclosed place, cloister claustrum

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Gif mon his heówum in fæsten flǽsc gefe if a man during a fast give flesh-meat to his family, L. Wih. 14; Th. i. 40, 9: L. E. G. 8; Th. i. 172, 6. Þurh gebéd and fæsten per orātiōnem et jējūnium, Mt. Bos. 17, 21: Ps. Th. 68, 10.

HELM

(n.)
Grammar
HELM, es; m.

HELMhelmeta crownthe topovershadowing foliage of treesa covering

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a HELM, helmet Leðer helm galea: íren helm cassis, Ælfc. Gl. 51; Som. 66, 13, 14; Wrt. Voc. 35, 3, 4. Helmes camb crista: helmes býge conus, 53; Som. 66, 76, 77; Wrt. Voc. 36, 2, 3. Se hwíta, hearda helm, Beo.

Linked entry: helmiht

HELP

(n.)
Grammar
HELP, e; f: also es; m.

HELPaidsuccour

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Þurh ða gebedu mágon on swíðe mycelan hylpe beón ge libbendum ge forþfarenum by prayers you may be of very great help both to the living and the departed, L. E, I. 3; Th. ii. 404, 18: 21; Th. ii. 414, 36.

Linked entry: hylp

HWÍT

(adj.)
Grammar
HWÍT, adj.

WHITEbrightclearfairsplendid

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Gl. 56; Som. 67, 40; Wrt. Voc. 37, 29. Se hwíta stán mæg wið stice the white stone is effective against stitch, L. M. 2, 64; Lchdm. ii. 290, 9. Se hwíta helm the shining helm, Beo. Th. 2900; B. 1448.

un-nyt

(adj.)
Grammar
un-nyt, un-nyt; adj.

Uselessvainidleunprofitable

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Th. 341, 2; Gn. Ex. 120. Ðæs hádes men ðe hwýlum wǽron nyttoste ... syndon unnyttaste, L. I. P. 14; Th. ii. 322, 21

Linked entry: un-net

fíftig

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S. 18, 250. uncertain Þæs ymbe fíftig daga (but cf. l. 22 v. supra), Hml. Th. i. 312, 10: Bl. H. 133, 14. Án sceolde fíf hund penega and óðer fíftig (fífteih, L.), Lk. 7, 41.

for-healdan

(v.)
Grammar
for-healdan, for-healden.

withholdkeep backdisregardneglect

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L. 15, 29. not to keep in good condition. not to keep in safety, not to preserve Eálá is forweorþfullic wela þe náuþer ne mæg ne hine selfne gehealdan ne his hláford, ðon ne þurfe máran fultumes, oððe beóþ bégen forhealden O praeclara

Linked entry: for-healden

ge-mittan

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Add: to meet, (i) to meet that which is corning in an opposite direction Hine gemitte án man, þá fór fram þǽre byrig, Ors. 6, 31; Bos. 128, 34. to meet, encounter an enemy Þá gemytlon [þá men] of Hereforda and of Gleáweceastre, and him wið gefuhton

wæcce

(n.)
Grammar
wæcce, an; f.

wakefulnesssleeplessnesswatchingwatchfulnessa watchvigila division of the nighta watch

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Ðæs módes wæcce is micele betere, ðæt se man hogie gehealden beó wið ðone deófol, Homl. Ass. 51, 35-49: R. Ben. 35, 2.

weald

(n.)
Grammar
weald, es; m.

High land covered with woodwoodforest.

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Kmbl. ii. 216, 4. In Limenwero wealdo and in burhwaro uualdo, Cod. Dip. B. i. 344, 10, 11. Wulf on wealde, 937; Erl. 115, 14. Wulf on walde, Elen. Kmbl. 55 ; El. 28 : Judth. Thw. 24, 25 ; Jud. 206.

timbran

(v.)
Grammar
timbran, timbrian; p. ede, ode.

to build (lit. or fig.)constructto instruct,edifyto cut timber

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to build (lit. or fig.), construct Ic timbrige struo, construo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5; Zup. 175, 11. Tóweorp hié, ne timbres (aedificabis) hié, Ps. Surt. 27, 5. Timbreþ Dryhten Sion, 101, 17: Ps. Th. 146, 2: Exon. Th. 450, 25; Dóm. 93.

færeld

(n.)
Grammar
færeld, fareld, færelt, es ; n. [fær a going, faran to go] .

a way, going, motion, journey, course, passage, progress, expedition, company, one who accompanies in the journey of life, a relationvia, ĭter, cursus, gressus, expĕdītio, cognăta The passover of the Jews transĭtus, phase, id est transĭtus

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Bt. Met. Fox 28, 4; Met. 28, 2. Wǽnes sió eax welt ealles ðæs færeldes the axle-tree of a waggon regulates all its going, Bt. 39, 7; Fox 220, 29. Á byþ on færylde it is ever in motion, Runic pm. 17; Kmbl. 342, 24; Hick. Thes. i. 135, 33.

FEORM

(n.)
Grammar
FEORM, fiorm, fyrm, e; f.

foodprovisiongoodssubstancevictussubstantiabŏnaan entertainingentertainmentfeasthospĭtālĭtasconvīviumcœnaa place where provisions are keptprovision-quarters of an armyvictus stătiousebenefitprofitenjoymentūsusfructus

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D. 950; 501, 23; 504, 14: Chr. 777; Erl. 55, 10.

for-seón

(v.)
Grammar
for-seón, -sión; ic -seó, ðú -sihst, -sixst, he -sihþ, -syhþ, pl. -seóþ; p. -ic, he -seah, ðú -sáwe, -seáge, pl. -sáwon, -ségon; impert. -seoh; subj. he -seó; pp. -sewen

To overlookdespisecontemnscornbe ashamed ofneglectrejectrenouncedespĭcĕretemnĕrecontemnĕrespernĕreerŭbescĕreneglĭgĕreposthăbērerejĭcĕre

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Ps. Th. 117, 7. Ic forseó posthăbeo, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 31. Ðú forsihst [-sixst. Lamb.] on gerecum on gedréfednysse despĭcis in opportunitātĭbus in tribulātiōne, Ps. Spl. second 9, 1.

Linked entry: for-sión

LYSTAN

(v.)
Grammar
LYSTAN, p. te

To LIST

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To LIST, cause pleasure or desire [with dat. or acc. of person in whom the feeling is caused, and gen. of the thing, or infin.] ne lyst piget, Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 37, 23. lyst rǽdan lecturio, 34; Som. 37, 56.

mǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
mǽnan, p. de

To meanto intend to convey a certain senseto intend to indicate a certain person or thing without direct statement to meanpurposehave as an object to which the mind is directedintendto signifyhave a certain signification or purpose

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To mean. of persons to intend to convey a certain sense Gif of wege ǽnigne gebrohte . . ðæt is ðæt ic mǽne gif ǽnigne man on synne bespeóne if he have brought any man out of the way . . . what I mean, is, if he have lured any man to sin, L.

Linked entries: ge-mǽnan ge-mǽnan

slǽd

(n.)
Grammar
slǽd, sléd, es; n.
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A slade in local names, e. g. Waterslade, v. W. Somerset Words, E. D. S.

wundor-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wundor-líc, adj.

Wonderfulexciting admirationsurprise

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Wonderful, exciting admiration or surprise Is wundorlíc (mirabilis) Drihten, Ps. Th. 92, 5: Met. 20, 3. Wunderlíc, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 4. Mín (an angel's) nama is mycel and wundorlíc, Blickl. Homl. 137, 29.

and

(con.)
Grammar
and, conj.
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Add: , end Aend suilcae, end suilce atqueve, Txts. 42, 98. introductory to a clause which is not preceded by one with which it can be connected Ðá cwæð Eustachius: 'And ne sǽde ic wilde deór gelǽhton?', Hml.