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stów

(n.)
Grammar
stów, e ; f.
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hæfde mihte óþerne biscop his stówe tó hálgianne ðér se óðer forþférde is qui superest consors ejusdem gradus, habeat potestatem alterum ordinandi, in loco ejus qui transierat, sacerdotem, 2, 18 ; S. 520, 35. a place, passage in a book Ic ðé sende ðæt spell

tweógan

(v.)
Grammar
tweógan, tweón; p. tweóde.
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And ðæt ðý læs tweóge, hwæðer ðis sóþ sý, ic cýþe hwanan mé ðás spell cóman ut occcaionem dubitandi subtraham, quibus auctoribus didicerim intimare curabo, Bd. pref.; S. 471, 20. Hine wile tweógan, hwæðer heó him sóð secge, Wulfst. 3, 7.

Linked entries: tuáes tweón twiógan

DǼD

(n.)
Grammar
DǼD, gen. dat.dǽde ; acc. dǽde, dǽd; pl. nom. acc. dǽda, dǽde; f. A

DEED, action actio, actus, factum

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Hió speón hine on ða dimman dǽd she urged him to that dark deed, 32; Th. 43, 3; Gen. 685. Sceolde he dǽd ongyldan he must expiate the deed, 15; Th. 19, 23; Gen. 295: 17; Th. 20, 15; Gen. 309: 25; Th. 32, 23; Gen. 507: Beo. Th. 5772; B. 2890: Elen.

Linked entry: dyd

leásung

(n.)
Grammar
leásung, e; f.

fictionfalsehoodfalsenesshypocrisydeceptiondeceitfulnessartice

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Ðú fordést ða ðe symle leásinga specaþ thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing [A.V.], Ps. Th. 5, 5. Onscúna ðú á leásunga, L. Ælf. 44; Th. i. 54, 14: Homl. Th. ii. 482, 25.

Linked entry: bisleásung

drífan

(v.)
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</b> to speak often of a matter, bring up, agitate; cf. colloquial to trot out a subject :-- Eówer brocu þe gé ealneg drífað your troubles that you are always bringing up, Ors. 3, 7; S. 120, 14. to go through what is painful, suffer, undergo Fefer

ELN

(n.)
Grammar
ELN, e; f.

the Royal

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[Early English, Wrt. spec. 35, án elne long: R. Glouc. 429, 3, elnen, pl: Plat. eel, f: Frs. jelne; O. Frs. ielne, elne, f: Dut. el, elle, f: Ger. elle, f: M. H. Ger. elne, eln, elline, ellen, f: O. H.

Linked entry: eln-gemet

sél

(adj.)
Grammar
sél, (the positive form does not occur, but is found in Layamon) ; cpve. sélra, sélla ; spve. sélest, sélost; adj.
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Ðæt him soelest wǽre ðæt hié friþes wilnaden nullam esse residuam spem, nisi in petenda pace, Ors. 4, 10 ; Swt. 202, 18. Hé brytniæ swǽ hígum maest réd sié and ðaem sáwlum soelest, Chart. Th. 461, 2 : 465, 33. Ófest is sélost, Cd.

Linked entry: sélost

láð

(adj.)
Grammar
láð, adj.

hatefulhatedloathedlothdispleasinginjuriousgrievoushostilemaligninimical

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Sege ðínum leódum miccle láðre spell tell to thy people a tale that will please much less, Byrht. Th. 133, 15; By. 50. Gnornsorga mǽst wyrda láðost greatest of griefs, most grievous of fates, Elen. Kmbl. 1953; El. 978.

eald

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Ealdra cwéna spell anilis fabula, Wrt. Voc. i. 55, 24. Ic lǽre ge geonge ge ealde, Bl. H. 107, 11. (1 a) used substantively :-- Ongan seó leó fægnian wið þæs ealdan weard, Hml.

níwe

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Þás níwan spel ic þé ealle in cartan áwríte, Nar. 3, 17. of feelings, experiences, events, &amp;c. Wæs him níwe gefeá befolen in fyrhðe, El. 195.

sendan

(v.)
Grammar
sendan, p. sende ; pp. sended, send
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Meotud monnum dǽleþ, syleþ sundorgiefe, sendeþ wíde ágne spéde, 293 23; Crá. 5. Sende ic Wylfingum ealde mádmas, Beo. Th. 946 ; B. 471. Ðé sende God ðás helpe. Cd. Th. 33, 15 ; Gen. 520. Sende ðá his béne fore bearn Godes, Andr.

þurh-teón

(v.)

to carry throughget a proposal accepted, a request grantedto carry out a plan, orders, etc.give effect to an intentionto carry throughcarry on to a (successful) endto accomplishperformto perpetrateto carry oncontinueto bring to a successful issueto achievebring aboutbring to passto affordto go throughundergoto drawdrag

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Gif hwá ne mage ðurhteón ða spéda ðæt hé gesewenlíc lác Gode offrige if any man cannot afford such means, that he may offer a visible gift to God, Homl. Th. i. 584, 2. Sý him gefultumad and frófor þurhtogen solacia accomodentur eis, R.

ge-dǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dǽlan, <b>. I.</b>
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Ox. 1686. to spend Ne þurfon wé ná tó úrum mǽgum . . . ðencean tó ðám swýþe, þæt him man æfter his forðsýþe tó ðám micel fore gedǽle, þæt hí hine fram wítan álýsan, Wlfst. 306, 5.

ge-trymman

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. ¶ used figuratively :-- Hé hine getrymige and gefylle mid ðǽm úplican tóhopan supernae spei refectione convalescat, Past. 395, 6. of non-material objects, to establish, make effective, make valid, confirm Hié hira ágen unryht willað getrymman student

ród

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Sé forlét his crisman and his róde and his gǽstlican wǽpnu, and féng tó his spere and tó his swurde, Chr. 1056; P. 187, 24. (not ) a crucifix.Add: in a church Hit líhte under þǽre róde swýðran earme þe stód ofer ꝥ weófed, Vis. Lfc. 53.

ge-openian

(v.)
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L. 144, 16. to make an opening in, cut or break into Hé mid spere his sídan geopenode, Hml. Th. ii. 260, 11. Geopnadon patefacientes, Mk. L. 2, 4. to open a way, make clear a passage Hé him duru ontýneð, ingong geopenað, Gú. 966.

ge-wis

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Nis nánwuht wynsumre ne gewisre ðonne ꝥ þing ꝥ þis spell ymbe is, Bt. 34, 5; F. 140, 12. sure, unfailing Gewiss rata (recompensatio ), An. Ox. 4, 93. On wege þǽr is gewis mægen in via virtutis suae, Ps. Th. 101, 21.

tellan

(v.; prep.)
Grammar
tellan, p. tealde; pp. teald: also forms as from telian occur: ic telge, hí teliaþ; p. telede; p. teled.
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Hé ne telþ hú miccle spéda wé áspendon, Homl. Th. i. 580, 17. Se láreów Béda telþ mid micclum gesceáde ðæt se dæg is xii. KL. Aprilis, 100, 13. 'Telle (numera) ǽlcne wépnedman' ... Moises tealde (numeravit), Num. 3, 15, 16.

wǽpen

(n.)
Grammar
wǽpen, wǽpn, es; n.

a weaponmembrum virile

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Ðeáh hwá his ágen spere sette tó óðres mannes húses dura ... oþþon gif man óðer wǽpn lecge ... and hwilc man ðæt wǽpn gelæcce, L.C.S. 76; Th. i. 418, 6. Hé wǽpen hafenade be hiltum, Beo. Th. 3151; B. 1573.

smeágan

(v.)
Grammar
smeágan, smeán; p. smeáde; ppr. smeágende, smeánde; pp. smeád

to consider, meditate, inquire, deliberateto consider, ponder, examine, inquire into, discuss, searchto seek an opportunityto accept as the result of inquiry, to suppose

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Ic dé sende ðæt spell tó rǽdanne and tó smeágeanne (ad legendum ac probandum) Bd. pref.; S. 471, 10.

Linked entry: smeán