áscung
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Mé sprekendum is óðer áxung (quaestio ) on mód becumen, Gr. D. 137, 29. Áxsung (interrogatio ) múð þínne geopenige, Scint. 81, 8. Hit is þeáw þǽre sprǽce and þǽre áscunge talis est materia, Bt. 39, 4;F. 216, 18.
á-werian
to defend against attack ⬩ to protect from hurt ⬩ secure
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Th. ii. 402, 26. Wé willað áwerian ús, Ll. Th. ii. 364, 13. in the phrase land áwerian, v. werian, Hé mid his scette áwerede ðæt land, C. D. vi. 183, 10. á-werian, Similar entries v. á-wirgan. á-werian, v. next word
Linked entries: werian eald-a-wered
þancian
to thank, ⬩ give thanks, ⬩ express in words or have in mind feelings of gratitude, ⬩ to express thanks by action, ⬩ shew gratitude ⬩ to feel gratified, ⬩ to rejoice
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Þancedon, 460; B. 227. the cause of thanks given in a clause introduced by ðæt Ic ðancige ðé, ðæt ic ne eom ná swilce óðre magnum, Homl. Th. ii. 428, 19. Hí þanceden þeódne, ðæt hit þus gelomp, Cd. Th. 298, 16; Sat. 534.
strang
Strong ⬩ fortis, ⬩ acer, vehemens, ⬩ strenuus, ⬩ strong, powerful, mighty ⬩ strong, firm, resolute, hardy ⬩ hard, severe, fierce, stern ⬩ strong, able to resist force, firm ⬩ firm, valid, assured ⬩ strong in operation, effective, producing a great effect, potent ⬩ strong, earnest ⬩ hard, severe ⬩ fierce, violent
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Ic wende ðæt ic wǽre swíðe strong on manegum cræftum ac ic ongeat siððan ðú mé forléte hú untrum ic wæs fortem me inter virtutes credidi, sed, quantae infirmitatis sim, derelictus agnovi, Past. 65, 5; Swt. 465, 21.
rǽd
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Eth. i. 1; Th. i. 282, 5, 12. Gif þeów ete his sylfes rǽde if a slave eat flesh during a fast of his own accord (i. e. when his master does not give the meat. v. the paragraph which precedes), L. Wih. 15; Th. i. 40, 11. Ráde, 10; Th. i. 38, 21.
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wilisc
foreign, not English ⬩ servile
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In. 32.; Th. i. 122, 9. Englisc . . . Wilisc, 46; Th. i. 130, 16 : L. Wg. 7; Th. i. 186, 13. Náh náðer to farenne ne Wylisc man on Ænglisc land, ne Ænglisc on Wylisc ðe má, L. O. D. 6; Th. i. 354, 23.
Linked entries: Wælisc wealh-more Welisc
hergung
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Voc ii. 108, 8. Hergung, ferd expeditio, i. praeparatio, exercitus, 145, 41.
lóc
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Its force in the latter combination, ever, is seen in the following gloss Lóc hwæt tó láfe beó quodcumjue restat, Germ. 388, 78. with nú, bespeaking attention Lóce nú age, Germ. 393, 168. Lóca nú be þǽre sunnan . . . Bt. 6 ; F. 14, 21.
hand
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Th. i. 18, 1. and add: a hand: — Gif hé heáhre handa dyntes onféhð if he receives a blow from an uplifted hand, i. e. a violent blow. (For the force of heáh cf. (?)
á-bisgian
to busy, employ, engage, occupy, exercise ⬩ to occupy a person with something ⬩ to engage in something ⬩ to busy, concern about something ⬩ to employ against ⬩ to employ time in a pursuit ⬩ to engage in ⬩ to trouble, worry, embarrass, exercise, harass,
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P. iii. 8; Th. ii. 198, 22.
leód-biscop
a suffragan
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In Rtl. 194, 34-40 occurs the following 'Chore episcopi; Grece core, Latine vicari, episcopi: hii in vicis et villis constituti habentes licentiam constituere gradum minorem, non presbiterum neque diaconum, propter scientiam episcopi in cujus regione
stíg
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Kmbl. iii. 406, 29. Of ðam stáne tó ðære grénan stíge, 38, 23. Ðýlæs ða gongen on suá frécne stíge ða ðe ne mágon uncwaciende gestondan on emnum felda ne, qui in planis stantes titubant, in praecipiti pedem ponant, Past. 4, 2; Swt. 41, 7.
Linked entries: stíga gát-ánstíg
tácnung
Signification ⬩ an indication, sign, characteristic mark, symptom ⬩ an indication, evidence, proof ⬩ an indication of what is future, a presage, prognostic ⬩ figurative representation, an emblem ⬩ direction, ordering
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Ða hé mé in tácnunge his lufan bebeád quos mihi in indicium suae dilectionis commendaverat, 2, 6; S. 508, 18.
Linked entry: tǽcning
un-cyst
A vice ⬩ defect ⬩ fault ⬩ a disorder ⬩ a fault ⬩ solecism ⬩ a vice ⬩ fault ⬩ the vice of avarice ⬩ niggardliness ⬩ parsimony ⬩ want of liberality
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M. 82, 13) in ðam telgan portat in ramo humorem vitii, Bd. 1, 27; S. 495, 26. Ða uncyste ðære ánwielnesse vitio obstinationis, Past. 6; Swt. 47, 16.
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cunnan
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Th. i. 190, 31. cunnan on to be skilled in, have knowledge of Ic þǽr nán þing on ne cann, Hml. A. 182, 42. Gif þú canst on cræftum swá swá þú cwǽde, hwí wolde þín hláford þé álǽtan tó mé?, Hml. S. 36, 64.
ge-hreósan
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B. ii. 333. 7-12. to fall from a prosperous condition Feallan hí ł gehreósan hí (decidant), Ps. L. 5, II.
riht-líc
right, just ⬩ right, fitting, adapted to due requirements ⬩ adapted, fitted, entitled ⬩ right, in accordance with reason ⬩ right as regards conduct, ⬩ righteous
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I. P. 3; Th. ii. 306, 19
rihtlíce
rightly, justly, with justice or quity ⬩ rightly, in a manner which suits the circumstances of a case ⬩ rightly, in accordance with rules or regulations, regularly ⬩ rightly as regards conduct
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Th. i. 88, 30.
streám
A stream, current, flowing water
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A stream, current, flowing water; in the plural used of the sea in poetry Streám vel wǽto irriguum, Wrt. Voc. i. 28, 9. Streám fluens, ii. 149, 68: alveus, i. 54, 26. Streám, streúm rema, reuma, Txts. 92, 855.
be-fæstan
to fasten ⬩ make fast ⬩ fix ⬩ infigere ⬩ to establish ⬩ fundare ⬩ firmare ⬩ to commend ⬩ recommend ⬩ commit ⬩ deliver ⬩ put in trust ⬩ entrust ⬩ commendare ⬩ tradere ⬩ committere
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Ic him befæsted wæs I was entrusted to him, 5, 6; S. 618, 37 : Ps. Th. 30, 5. Hyt gebyrede ðæt ðú befæstest feoh myneterum oportuit te committere pecuniam numulariis, Mt. Bos. 25, 27 : L. C. S. 28; Th. i. 392, 10
Linked entries: be-feastnian bi-fæstan