nytt
Useful ⬩ profitable ⬩ advantageous ⬩ beneficial
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Nǽron Metode wíd lond ne wegas nytte, Cd. Th. 10, 13; Gen. 156 : Beo. Th. 1592; B. 794. Nis nǽnig mǽre mægen, ðisse menniscan tydernesse nyttre, Blickl. Homl. 31, 30. Hé cwæþ, ðæt nyttre wǽre ðæt hié man gesealde, 75, 22.
ge-hýdan
to hide ⬩ conceal ⬩ condĕre ⬩ abscondĕre ⬩ to watch ⬩ guard ⬩ heed ⬩ observāre ⬩ to bring into safety ⬩ make firm ⬩ fasten ⬩ allĭgāre
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Fint he ðǽr ða ryhtwísnesse gehýdde mid ðæs líchoman hæfignesse he will there find the wisdom concealed by the heaviness of the body, Bt. 35, 1; Fox 156, 11.
ge-niðerian
To put down, bring low, subdue, humiliate, condemn
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Simon ne aríseþ nǽfre forðon ðe he is sóðlíce deád and on écum wítum genyðerod Simon will never arise for he is really dead and sunk in eternal punishments, Blickl. Homl. 189, 20; Judth. l0; Thw. 23, 9; Jud. 113.
Linked entries: ge-neoðerian ge-nyðerian
scíma
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Ðá gesundrode Waldend sceade wið scíman, 8, 22; Gen. 128. Se móna gehrán mid his scíman (splendore) ðǽm treówum ufeweardum, Nar. 30, 7. God hira mód onliéht mid ðæm scíman (radio) his giefe, Past. 35, 4; Swt. 243, 21: 48; Swt. 369, 16.
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þeód-scipe
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Wið þeódscipe Assiriæ, 15, 11; Gen. 231. Hí nimaþ úre land and úrne þeódscipe ( gentem ), Jn. Skt. 11, 48: Guthl. 12; Gdwin. 58, 11. Hét se cyng ábannan út ealne þeódscipe, Chr. 1009; Erl. 142, 25.
Linked entry: leód-scipe
ge-edlǽcan
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</b> with dat. :-- Se man ðe wile his synna . . . gebétan, þonne mót hé geornlíce warnian ꝥ hé eft ðám yfelum dǽdum ne geedlǽce, Hml. Th. ii. 602, 24: Hml.
híw-rǽden
- Ps. L.
a family ⬩ a house ⬩ a house ⬩ family ⬩ tribe ⬩ nation
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Híwrǽdene, Hpt. 31, 18, 504. a house, body of people living together with common interests and occupations, a religious house Þæt heó sién þǽm biscope holde and þǽre heórǽdene æt Weogornaceastre, Cht. Th. 168, 24.
snell
Quick, active, strong ⬩ of rapid movement, quick, rapid, swift ⬩ active, prompt, ready, quick in action, bold ⬩ keen, severe; sharp ⬩ acute ⬩ firm, determined ⬩ bold, active ⬩ alacer, acer, agilis, strenuus, robustus, pernix ⬩ valiant, brave; ready of speech, eloquent
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Th. 426, 8; Rä. 41, 70. active, prompt, ready, quick in action, bold [Snell is given in Jamieson's Dictionary with the meanings, keen, severe; sharp (of the air); acute (of the mind); firm, determined.
on-geagn
opposite, over against, against ⬩ towards, in the direction of, to meet, in the way of ⬩ against ⬩ against, for the reception of, to receive ⬩ in reply to ⬩ in return for, as an equivalent for ⬩ opposite, over against ⬩ against, in a direction opposite to ⬩ against, with, contrary to, in opposition to ⬩ in reply to ⬩ as an equivalent for, in return for, in exchange for ⬩ against, ready for ⬩ towards ⬩ opposite ⬩ again, back ⬩ Lat re- ⬩ in reply ⬩ towards ⬩ on the other hand ⬩ again
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Nolde seó burhwaru ábúgan, ac heóldan mid fullan wíge ongeán, 1013; Erl. 148, 12.
lǽtan
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Þæt hé lǽte him tó bysne hú þá feónd forwurdon that he regard the fall of the angels as an example for himself Sat. 196. in phrases with adj., án lǽtan, to let alone, not to meddle with Gif hié þone wæstm án lǽtan wolden, Gen. 644. with verb in infin
án
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¶ Ánum not agreeing with noun :-- Búton synne (-a) ánum, Hml. Th. i. 24, 35: 588, 14. with a following noun Seó án sáwul is æðelboren þe þone lufað þe heó fram com only that soul is noble that loves him from whom she came, Hml. S. 1, 93.
ealdor-man
ALDERMAN, senator, chief, duke, a nobleman of the highest rank, and holding an office inferior only to that of the king ⬩ mājor nātu, sĕnātor, prŏcer, princeps, prīmas, dux, præfectus, trĭbūnus, quīcunque est aliis grădu aut nātu mājor. ⬩ eorl, Nrs. jarl, being placed over several shires. The Danish kings ruled by their eorlas or jarls, and the ealdormen disappeared from the shires. Gradually the title ceased altogether, except in the cities, where it denoted an inferior judicature, much as it now does among ourselves
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the counsel of my witan, will, that it be observed over all the land of the English, L.
Linked entries: aldor-mon ealdermen ealdor-mon ealdur-man eldor-man
a-metan
to mete ⬩ measure ⬩ measure out ⬩ metiri ⬩ emetiri ⬩ to measure out to any one ⬩ to allot ⬩ assign ⬩ bestow ⬩ aliquid alicui emetiri ⬩ ex mensura dare ⬩ largiri ⬩ to measure out ⬩ plan ⬩ form ⬩ make ⬩ emetiri ⬩ for-mare ⬩ confingere
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Mid hondum amet measure with [thy] hands, Cd. 228; Th. 308, 30; Sat. 700. Ðæt súsl amǽte that he should measure his torment, 229; Th. 310, 13; Sat. 725.
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án-gild
a single payment or compensation ⬩ the single value of property claimed or in dispute ⬩ a rate fixed by law, at which certain injuries, either to person or property, were to be paid for ⬩ simplex compensatio ⬩ the fixed price or rate at which cattle and other goods were received as currency ⬩ æstimatio ⬩ pretium
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a single payment or compensation, the single value of property claimed or in dispute, — a rate fixed by law, at which certain injuries, either to person or property, were to be paid for; simplex compensatio Forgylde ðæt ángylde let him pay for it with
bútan
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Bútan ǽr wyrce éce Dryhten ende worlde save ere the eternal Lord shall work an end of the world, Exon. 98a; Th. 367, 24; Seel. 12. with the ind.
D
to cut
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to cut. d and t are often interchanged, as métte met, for métde. nouns ending in d or t are generally feminine, as Gebyrd, e; f. birth: Miht, e; f. might, power. a word terminating with ed, d [Icel. at, t: Ger. et, t] indicates that a person or thing
íwan
To show ⬩ bring before the eyes ⬩ display ⬩ reveal
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Ðæt land ðe ic ðé ýwan wille the land that I will show thee, Cd. 83; Th. 105, 11 ; Gen. 1751. Ord and ende ðæs ðe him ýwed wæs the beginning and end of what was revealed to him, 180; Th. 225, 31; Dan. 162
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blǽd
A flower, blossom, fruit ⬩ flos, olus, fructus
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Wudu sceal blǽdum blówan a wood shall blow with flowers, Menol. Fox 527; Gn. C. 34. Geseh he geblówene bearwas standan, blǽdum gehrodene he saw blowing groves stand, adorned with blossoms, Andr. Kmbl. 2896; An. 1451. Bléda wyrta olera herbarum, Ps.
ge-neahhe
Enough, sufficiently, abundantly, frequently, very much, earnestly, instantly ⬩ satis, sufficienter, frequenter, valde, sedulo, instanter
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Enough, sufficiently, abundantly, frequently, very much, earnestly, instantly; satis, sufficienter, frequenter, valde, sedulo, instanter Ðara ðe geneahhe noman scyppendes hergan willaþ of those who sufficiently will praise the creator's name, Exon. 8
deád
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Wiþ deádum líce, 78, 3. Wiþ deádum swile, 74, 12. of blood, congealed Hú mon ꝥ deáde blód áweg wenian scyle, Lch. ii. 8, 14. blood away from the body, gore [cf. Icel. dauða-blóð gore] Deád blód cruor, Wrt.