þafian
to consent to, ⬩ agree with, ⬩ approve of, ⬩ assent to, ⬩ allow, ⬩ permit ⬩ to submit to, ⬩ bear, ⬩ suffer, ⬩ endure ⬩ to bear with, ⬩ tolerate
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Ða eorlas þafigan ne woldon ðæt hié forléton leófne láreów Andr.
ge-férscipe
a collection of persons, ⬩ a company ⬩ a society of ecclesiastics ⬩ an association, a guild ⬩ a profession, order ⬩ a class, social order ⬩ a retinue, court; ⬩ comitatus :-- ⬩ a company of animals
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Add: abstract, of persons Ðæt hié ne sceolden forhyggean ðone geférscipe ðára synfulra, Past. 103, 15.
yfele
Evilly, badly, ill ⬩ badly, imperfectly, improperly ⬩ where there is hurt or suffering ⬩ of bodily suffering ⬩ marking ill-success ⬩ of injurious speaking
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Nis nán ðe on mínum naman mægen wyrce, and mæge raðe be mé yfele specan male loqui de me Mk. Skt. 9, 39. Oft mé feala cwǽdon feóndas yfele dixerunt inimici mei mala mihi, Ps. Th. 70, 9
hweorfan
To turn ⬩ change ⬩ go ⬩ return ⬩ depart ⬩ go about ⬩ wander ⬩ roam
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Hogedon georne ðæt ǽ godes ealle gelǽste and ne áwácodon wereda drihtne ne ðan má gen [(?)
Linked entries: hwerfan hworfan hwurfan ge-hweorfan
þolian
To thole ⬩ suffer ⬩ endure. ⬩ to suffer what is evil ⬩ punishment ⬩ reproach ⬩ illness ⬩ grief ⬩ to suffer ⬩ undergo ⬩ submit to discipline ⬩ treatment ⬩ to suffer a person ⬩ bear with ⬩ tolerate a condition of things ⬩ let come to pass ⬩ to suffer lack or loss of something (gen.), ⬩ to lose what one has ⬩ to fail to get what one desires; ⬩ to forfeit, ⬩ be (wrongfully) deprived of ⬩ To hold out ⬩ exercise endurance ⬩ endure ⬩ not to give in ⬩ to last ⬩ continue to be serviceable
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biþ ðæt, ðonne mon him sylf ne mæg wyrd onwendan, ðæt hé ðonne wel þolige, 459, 16; Hy. 4, 117. Æt ðearfe þolian, unwáclíce wǽpna neótan, Byrht. Th. 140, 53; By. 307: 137, 45; By. 201
in-tinga
A cause ⬩ sake ⬩ plea ⬩ case ⬩ occasion ⬩ matter ⬩ affair ⬩ business
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Ne finde ic nánne intingan on ðysum men nihil invenio causæ in hoc homine, Lk. Skt. 23, 4, 14.
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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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Nǽni eft cymeþ hider, ðe mannum secge hwylc sý Meotodes gesceaft no one returns hither who may reveal to men what is the condition of the Creator, Menol. Fox 592; Gn. C. 65. In gesceaft Godes by God's decree, Exon. 93 b; Th. 351, 3; Sch. 74.
feld
plain ⬩ field
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Ne gesáwon wé nóht elles búton þá wéstan feldas and wudu and dúna be þǽm gársecge nihil praeter desertos in oceano campos, siluasque ac montes, Nar. 20, 10. field as opposed to garden Mid þǽre lactucan þe on felda wixð cum lactucis agrestibus, Ex. 12
ge-hǽlan
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Add: to heal, cure. to heal a person who is sick in body or mind Antecríst geuntrumað þá ðe ǽr hále wǽron; and hé nǽnne gehǽlan ne mæg, búton hé hine ǽrest áwyrde.
hengen
a cross ⬩ a rack
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'Ne mæg mín sáwl beón gebróht tó heofonum bútan mín líchama beó on þínum bendum genyrwod and fram ðínum cwellerum on þínum copsum ágrápod.' Þá hét hé hí gewríðan on ðám breóste mid þǽre hencgene, Hml. S. 8, 112-122.
hínan
to humble ⬩ humiliate ⬩ degrade ⬩ insult ⬩ to conquer ⬩ subject ⬩ o oppress ⬩ afflict ⬩ to lay low ⬩ destroy ⬩ to lay waste ⬩ destroy ⬩ to accuse
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Hé ofslóg Amintas and his bróðor and Parmenion and Filiotes . . . and monege óþre . . . and Clitus nec minor ejus in suos crudelitas, quam in hostem rabies fuit.
gaderian
to join, unite ⬩ to bring together ⬩ to bring together ⬩ collect ⬩ accumulate, amass ⬩ to bring ⬩ garner ⬩ to gather ⬩ to gather ⬩ compile
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Se eorþlica anweald nǽfre ne sǽwþ þá cræftas, ac lisþ and gadraþ unþeáwas, Bt. 27, 1; F. 94, 25. Þonne gé þone coccel gadriað (geadrias, L.) colligentes zizania, Mt. 13, 29. Hí gadriað (geadriges, L.) of his ríce ealle gedréfednesse, 41.
ýtera
Outer: outmost, extreme ⬩ later, lower; last, lowest ⬩ external
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On ða ýtemesta[n] sǽ in extremis maris, Ps. Spl. 138, 8. Ða ýtemestan endas ðare seglgyrde cornua, Wrt. Voc. i. 63, 46. Ða ýtmestan eorðbúende, Met. 10, 25. From feówerum foldan sceátum ðám ýtemestum, Exon. Th. 55, 7; Cri. 880.
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þeów
A servant; ⬩ slave ⬩ servus ⬩ famulus ⬩ mancipium
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The slave could not be vouched to warranty, L. In. 47; Th. i. 132, 5; and he was not allowed the holidays given to freemen, L. Alf. pol. 43; Th. i. 92, 3.
reccan
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Ne nán ne dyrstlǽce ðæt hé óðrum recce, oððe mid wordum gecýðe, hwæt hé bútan mynstre geseah, R. Ben. 128, 4. Reccan expedire, Wrt. Voc. ii. 31, 26. Ic ðé mæg reccan sum spell, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 1. Reccan race, 38, 6; Fox 208, 4.
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hors
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Nán man ne sylle nán hors ofer sǽ, bútan hé hit gifan wille, Ll. Th. i. 208, 18. Geaf Óswine þæt betste hors Aidane . . . þæt hé mihte fordas oferrídan, þonne hé tó hwylcre eá come, Bd. 3, 14; Sch. 256, 24.
for-wyrcan
to miswork ⬩ do wrong ⬩ sin ⬩ măle ăgĕre ⬩ delinquĕre ⬩ peccāre ⬩ to do for ⬩ destroy ⬩ ruin ⬩ convict ⬩ condemn ⬩ perdĕre ⬩ destruĕre ⬩ labefactāre ⬩ condemnāre ⬩ to forfeit ⬩ amittĕre
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Ne dýde man ǽfre on Sunnan dæges freólse ǽnigne forwythtne [forworhtne MS. B.] man let not a man ever put any condemned man to death on the festival of Sunday, L. C. S. 45; Th. i. 402, 10: L. E.
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midd
Mid ⬩ middle
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Hé leng ne leofaþ ðonn on midre ilde he will not live beyond middle age, Lchdm. iii. 162, 21: Ps. Th. 54, 24. On midne dæg meridie, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 41, 47. Seó seofoþe tíd dæges, ðæt is án tíd ofer midne dæg, Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 27.
Linked entries: midmest midde-niht midne-sumor ford
blis
BLISS, joy, gladness, exultation, pleasure ⬩ lætitia, gaudium, exultatio, beatitas ⬩ friendship, kindness, benevolence, grace ⬩ comitas, benignitas, benevolentia, gratia
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BLISS, joy, gladness, exultation, pleasure; lætitia, gaudium, exultatio, beatitas Ne seó héhste blis nis on ðám flǽsclícum lustum the highest bliss is not in the fleshly lusts, Bt. 33, 1; Fox 120, 5: Ps. Spl. 29, 6.
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sulh
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Ðæt nán mon ne scyle dón his hond tó ðære sylg, Past. 51; Swt. 403, 2. Ǽlc man hæbbeæt ðære sylh (sylh, MS.) .ii. wel gehorsede men, L. Ath. i. 16; Th. i. 208, 12. Tó syl... mid ðære syl ad aratrum... aratro, Coll. Monast. Th. 19, 15, 21.