be-rǽdan
to dispossess ⬩ betray
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(gen. or æt) of thing Þone gelpscaðan ríce berǽdan (cf. áfyrran, Bt. 16, 4 ; F. 58, 13), Met. 9, 50. to take by treachery : Se deófol á sǽtaþ hwǽr hé mæge unware men beswícan, and hé nǽfre tó þæs feala berǽdeð þæt hé ǽfre ful sié daemones insidiantur
wecgan
To wag (trans.), ⬩ move, shake
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Hwý gé ǽfre scylen unrihtfióungum eówer mód dréfan, swá swá mereflódes ýþa hréraþ íscalde sǽ, wecggaþ for winde (cf. swá swá ýþa for winde ða sǽ hréraþ, Bt. 39, 1; Fox 210, 25), Met. 27, 4. Hig wegdan, hrérdan heora heáfod moverunt capita sua, Ps.
inwid
Fraud ⬩ guile ⬩ deceit ⬩ evil ⬩ wickedness
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Ne wæs ǽfre fácen ne inwid on his heortan nor was ever deceit nor guile in his heart, 223, 31. Gramlíc inwit nequitia, Ps. Th. 54, 15. Mán and inwit, 9. Forðan mé inwit næs on tungan quia non est dolus in lingua mea, 138, 2.
láreów-dóm
mastership ⬩ governance ⬩ teaching
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The office of a teacher, mastership, governance, teaching Forðonðe nán cræft nis tó lǽranne ðæm ðe hine ǽr geornlíce ne leornode forhwon beóþ ǽfre suǽ þríste ða ungelǽredan ðæt hí underfón ða heorde ðæs láriówdómes ðonne se cræft ðæs láreówdómes biþ
carian
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Carian hí ǽfre hú hí swýðost magan Gode gecwéman, Ll. Th. ii. 322, 6. with ymbe: — Míne scép sint tóstencte ðurh eówre gýmeleáste . . . Gé cariað embe eówerne bigleofan, and ná embe þǽra sceápa, Hml. Th. i. 242, 2.
ge-cwéme
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Þurh yfelra manna rǽdas þe him ǽfre gecwéme wǽran. Chr. 1100; P. 235, 22. Ðá ðe gecuoemo (gicwoeme, R.) sint him quae placita sunt ei, Jn. L. 8, 29. Gif him ꝥ gecwémre byð, Ll. Th. i. 489, 14.
ríht
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John) sǽde on his gesihðe ꝥ þǽra feówer nýtena fét wǽron rihte, and hí eódon ǽfre æfter ðám gáste, Hml. S. 15, 204. Add Wærstánes fæder wæs riht ǽht tó Hǽðfelda, Cht. Th. 650, 11.
fylstan
to help ⬩ (tó) ⬩ to help
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Voc. ii. 9, 39. with dat. of person helped Drihten fylst him ǽfre, Hml. S. 11, 311. Se heáhengel him fylstende stód, Hml.
Lǽden
Latin ⬩ speech ⬩ language
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Ǽfre se ðe áwent of Lédene on Englisc, ǽfre hé sceal gefadian hit swá ðæt ðæt Englisc hæbbe his ágene wísan, elles hit biþ swíðe gedwolsum tó rǽdenne ðam ðe ðǽs Lédenes wísan ne can, Ælfc. Gen. Thw, 4, 5-11.
eom
I am, thou art, he is ⬩ sum, es, est
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: subj. sí, sý, [sig, sige, síe, sýe, seó, sió] if I, if thou, if he be; sim, sis, sit; pl. sín, sýn [síe, sien, seón] if we, if ye, if they be; sīmus, sītis, sint Ic eom, sum, is edwistlíc word and gebýraþ to Gode ánum synder-líce, forðanðe God is ǽfre
hergung
Harrying ⬩ harrowing ⬩ plundering ⬩ devastation ⬩ waging war ⬩ an irruption ⬩ incursion ⬩ invasion ⬩ a raid ⬩ plunder
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Ðæt mǽste yfel ðe ǽfre ǽnig here dón mihte on bærnette and hergunge and on manslihtum the greatest evil that any army could do in the way of burning and plundering and manslayings, 994; Erl. 133, 18.
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mæsse
a service of the church ⬩ mass ⬩ a festival day when a solemn mass was celebrated ⬩ -mas
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Se biscop and se mæssepreóst sceolan húru embe seofon niht mæssan gesingan for eal cristen folc ðe ǽfre ácenned wæs, Blickl. Homl. 45, 31.
ymbren
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. ¶ the form occurs also with riht prefixed :-- Áðas and wífunga ǽfre sindan tócwedene heáhfreólsdagum and rihtymbrenum, L. Eth. vi. 25; Th. i. 320, 25: Wulfst. 117, 15 note
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wundorlíce
Wonderfully
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Se fugel wrixleþ wóðcræfte wundorlícor ðonne ǽfre byre monnes hýrde, Exon. Th. 206, 16; Ph. 127
eáþ-mód
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Ne byð se eádmóda ( humilis ) ǽfre gecyrred, Ps. Th. 73, 20. Se eádmóda biscop wæs swíðe geðyldig wið þwyrum mannum, Hml. Th. ii. 514, 10. Hé hié tó eáþmódre (eádmódere, v. l. ) hérsumnesse gedyde, Chr. 828; P. 62, 3.
ende-dæg
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Æfre hé him gehende endedæges wéne let him ever think his last day at hand, Wlfst. 75, 9. Hit nú swíþe neálǽceþ úrum endedæge, Bl. H. 51, 35. Heó becóm tó hire ændedæge (ende-, v. l.) ad diem pervenit extremum, Gr. D. 286, 17.
hǽþen-scipe
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Ǽghwylcne hǽðenscype wordes and weorces forhogie man ǽfre, id est idolatria et ueneficia, . . .
lá
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Hit is lá ful góód þæt ǽfre úre eágan móston geseón þæt wé wilnodon, Ps. Th. 34, 21. to negation Uton ændian þás bóc nú hǽrrihte ... Næse, lá, næse; uton ne forlǽtan gyét ðás bóc concludamus hoc volumen ...
lífan
allow ⬩ permit
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Tó ðam dyrstig, ðæt hé ǽfre lífe ǽnigan men ðis fæsten tó ábrecenne, Wulfst. 174, 60. Gif prióst lǽfe unrihthǽmed, L. Wih. 6; Th. i. 38, 9. Gif eów Crist lýfan wylle, dæt ... Exon. 41 a; Th. 137, 27; Gú. 565