MACIAN
To MAKE ⬩ do ⬩ act
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Forðan hí macodon mǽst ðet unseht betweónan Godwine eorle and ðam cynge, Chr. 1052; Erl. 187, 27. Ðæt ic macige mete ðínum fæder ðǽr of, Gen. 27, 9. Ðæt ða cristenan hine tó martyre ne macion that the Christians may not make a martyr of him, Homl.
wéste
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Babylonia, seó ðe mǽst wæs and ǽrest ealra burga, seó is nú læst and wéstast, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 74, 23. waste, spoiled Ðonne ealle ðisse worulde wela wéste stondeþ, Exon. Th. 290, 33 ; Wand. 74. deprived, devoid (with gen.)
symbel
a feast, banquet, entertainment ⬩ a feast,
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Ðá wæs symbla mǽst geworden, 34, 31; Cri. 550: Beo. Th. 2469; B. 1232. Ðonne gecerres from symblum quando reuertatur a nuptis, Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 12, 36. a feast, religious festival Ðerh ðone dæg symbles (symbel, Lind.) per diem festum, Mk. Skt.
gafol
Tax ⬩ tribute ⬩ rent ⬩ interest ⬩ vectīgal ⬩ trĭbūtum ⬩ census ⬩ ūsūra
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Tax, tribute, rent, interest; vectīgal, trĭbūtum, census, ūsūra Hyra ár is mǽst on ðæm gafole, ðe ða Finnas him gyldaþ : ðæt gafol biþ on deóra fellum, and on fugela feðerum their revenue is chiefly in the tribute, which the Finns pay them : the tribute
Linked entries: gæfel gafel gaful gauel gauel-sester gæfel gafol-gilda gafol-rand
un-geþwǽrness
discord ⬩ dissension ⬩ disagreement ⬩ division ⬩ quarrel ⬩ trouble ⬩ disquiet
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Ðonne weaxaþ ða ofermétta and ungeþwǽrnes (cf. þonan mǽst cymeþ ... unnetta saca, Met. 25, 44), Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 19: Homl. Th. ii. 220, 32. Ungeðuǽrnis vecordia, Rtl. 163, 1. Ungehwǽrnys ( = -þwǽrnys) simultas, Hpt. Gl. 495, 59: 522, 16.
Linked entry: ge-þwǽrnes
first
time ⬩ respite ⬩ (additional) time ⬩ in time
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R. 6, 31. with idea of postponement, delay, respite, (additional) time, time granted for doing something Þú wilt siofian ꝥ hí swá langne fyrst habbaþ leáf yfel tó dónne, and ic þé sǽde ꝥ se fyrst biþ swíþe lytle hwíle, and . . . him wǽre ealra mǽst unsǽlþ
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meahtig
mighty ⬩ powerful ⬩ able ⬩ Possible
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On ðysum eahta dǽlum (parts of speech) synd ða mǽstan and ða mihtigostan nomen and verbum, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 4, 5. Possible Mæhtiga possibilia, Mk. Skt. Lind. 9, 23: Lk. Skt. Lind. 18, 27
ge-beórscipe
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Dydon hí þá mǽstan gebeórscype, Hml. S. 30, 387. Gibeársciopo continua (convivia ?) Rtl. 31, 1. In gebeársciopum in conuiuis, Lk. L. 20, 46. Ðerh gebeárscipo per conuiuia, 9, 14.
hræd-ness
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Wit geségon sittan twégen men on twám olfendum and þá efstan mid þǽre mǽstan hrædnesse, Hml. A. 206, 361. Þone ðóðor mid swiftre rædnesse geslegene, Ap. Th. 13, 4. Rædnisse concursionibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 105, 24.
ná-wiht
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Him þá geþúhte swelc þæt mǽste wæl swelc hié oft ǽr for nóht hæfdon, Ors. 4, 7 ; S. 184, 15. <b>I b.
hrægl
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Rægelum, 2, 229. v. bearm-hrægl, bearm-hrægel, deád-hrægl, deád-hrægel, hand-hrægl, hand-hrægel, heáfod-hrægl, heáfod-hrægel, líc-hrægl, líc-hrægel, mæsse-hrægl, mæsse-hrægel, més-hrægl, més-hrægel, on-hrægl, on-hrægel, sculdor-hrægl, sculdor-hrægel,
heorþ-pening
A tax of a penny to be paid by every house [e.g. Peter's pence]
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Sý ǽlc heorþpenig ágífen be Petres mæsse dæge: and seðe hine tó ðam ándagan gelǽst næbbe, lǽde hine tó Róme, and ðǽr tó eácan xxx pænega and bringe ðonne swutelunge ðæt hé ðǽr swá micel betǽht hæbbe.
ge-rídan
To ride, reach or obtain by riding, get into one's power, subject
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Se here geridon Wesseaxna lond and gesǽton micel ðæs folces ofer sǽ adrǽfdon and ðæs óðres ðone mǽstan dǽl hie geridon the [Danish] army rode to Wessex and occupied it; much of the folk they drove over sea and most part of the rest they got into their
here-hýþ
Spoil ⬩ booty ⬩ plunder
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Hiera heres ðone mǽstan dǽl hám sendon mid hiora herehýþe præcipuam exercitus sui partem onustam præda domum revocant, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 46, 21. Mid ðære herehýþe [herehúþe, MS. E.], Chr. 885; Erl. 82, 30.
þunor-rád
Thunder ⬩ a peal of thunder
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Ðá com þunerrád and légetsleht and ofslóh ðone mǽstan dǽl, Shrn. 57, 35. Ðá wæs geworden mycel þunorrád, Blickl. Hornl. 145, 29. Ðonne þunorrád biþ, ne sceþeð ðam men ðe ðone stán ( agate ) mid him hæfð, Lchdtn. ii. 296, 30: iii. 374, col. 2.
hete
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Þú mé forlǽred hæfst on mínes herran hete, Gen. 819. punishment that is due to God's anger: Þone mǽstan hete (magnas plagas) hé sent on eów. Deut. 28, 59
ge-helpan
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Hié ðára diégelnesse bet trúwigen ðonne ðǽre hú hié óðerra monna mǽst gehelpen.
ge-strínan
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Hé monncynnes mǽst gestriénde (-strýnde, v.l. ) rodra wearde, Past. 9, ii. Hé gestriónde (gestriónende wæs, L.) óþre féfe, Mt. R. 25, 16. Gestreónde, 17.
ícan
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Hé ús monna mǽst morðra gefremede and swýðor gýt ýcan wolde, Jud. 183. (2 a) to add after, to :-- Man íhte yfel æfter óðrum, Wlfst. 156, 12. Ícan áne elne tó his anlícnesse.
HEARM
HARM, hurt, injury, evil, grief, affliction, pain, injurious speech, calumny, insult ⬩ pain, grief ⬩ grief, sorrow, harm ⬩ calamitas, calumnia, contumelia, ærumna, iujuria ⬩ grief, sorrow
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Mé is ðæt hearma mǽst that is greatest of griefs to me, Byrht. Th. 138, 21; By. 233
Linked entry: hearm-heort