smæl
Small ⬩ small, little, not great ⬩ narrow, not broad ⬩ slender, thin, not thick ⬩ fine ⬩ not coarse ⬩ not loud ⬩ gracilis, exilis, subtilis, minutus, strictus ⬩ a sheep, small cattle
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B.) leaf and gehwǽde...seó óðer hafaþ máran leáf and fǽtte Lchdm. i. 264, 18. narrow, not broad Hé sǽde ðæt Norðmanna land wǽre swýðe lang and swýðe smæl. . . ðæt býne land is eásteweard brádost, and symle swá norðor swá smælre . . . and norðeweard,
hláford
A LORD; ⬩ dominus. ⬩ herus
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Óhthere sǽde his hláforde Ælfréde cyninge Ohthere said to his lord, king Alfred, 1, 1; Bos. 19, 25. Ic geann mínum hláforde syxti mancusa goldes I give to my lord sixty mancuses of gold, Chart. Th. 516, 32. Úrum hláforde holde loyal to our lord, L.
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hleóðrian
To sound, ⬩ make a sound [with the voice], ⬩ to speak, ⬩ sing, ⬩ cry, ⬩ exclaim, ⬩ resound
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Hé sæde ðæt hé openlíce hí gehýrde betwyh óðer leóþ monig hleóðrian and singan referre erat solitus, quod aperte eos inter alia resonare audiret, Bd. 3, 19; S. 547. 37.
þearfan
To need, ⬩ suffer need ⬩ indigent, ⬩ needy, ⬩ poor ⬩ a poor person; ⬩ the poor ⬩ a miserable person
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The present participle, as adjective or as substantive, often occurs, as adjective, indigent, needy, poor Hé sǽde ðæt hé folclíc man wǽre and ðearfende rusticum se et pauperem fuisse respondit, Bd. 4, 22; S. 591, 6.
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ÁÞ
an OATH ⬩ a swearing ⬩ juramentum
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accused and his witness then replied also upon oath; thus, Ðæs áþ ðe his ǽhte bryideþ, ðæt he ne dǽþ ne for hete ne for hóle: - On ðone Drihten, ne teó ic N. ne for hete ne for hóle ne for unrihtre feohgynesse; ne ic nán sóþre nát; búte swá mín secga me sǽde
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hǽlend
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Th. 112, 1: 98, 10. applied to the second person Frumbearn Godes sǽde: ' Ic eów geworhte . . . Ic on neorxna wonge ǽsette treów . . git oferhýrdon Hǽlendes word . . .
þanne
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</b> add :-- Hwæt wille wé lencg wrítan be Martines wundrum, þonne Sulpicius sǽde ꝥ hí synd ungeríme, Hml. S. 31, 1301, <b>C.</b> add :-- Ðónne drincð se láreów ðæt wæter of his ágnum mere, ðonne hé gehwirfð ...
hlehhan
To LAUGH [with gladness or contempt], ⬩ to deride
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Hé sǽde ðæt hé gesáwe crist selfne and ðæt hé him hlóge tó he said that he saw Christ himself, and that he smiled upon him, Shrn. 70, 9. Hlehhan ne þorftun they had no need to laugh, Chr. 937; Erl. 114, 13; Æðelst. 47.
þǽr
There ⬩ where ⬩ local ⬩ there ⬩ in that place ⬩ thither ⬩ to that place ⬩ where ⬩ in which place ⬩ whither ⬩ to which place ⬩ there (where, thither, whither) ... where (there, thither, whither) ⬩ where ⬩ where ⬩ whither ⬩ there ⬩ in that case ⬩ then ⬩ then when, when, ⬩ when ⬩ in case that ⬩ if ⬩ there
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Ðár ðú nú gemyndest ða word ðe ic ðé sǽde on ðære forman béc, ðonne miht ðú be ðám wordum genóg sweotole ongitan ðæt ðæt ðú ǽr sǽdest ðæt ðú nystest si superiora concessa respicias, ne illud quidem longius aberit, quin recorderis, quod te dudum nescire
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ge-rýne
A mystery, a sacrament ⬩ mysterium ⬩ counsel ⬩ mystery ⬩ mysterium, sacramentum
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Hit forhæfed gewearþ ðætte hie sǽdon swefn cyninge, wyrda gerýnu it was denied that they should tell the dream to the king, the mysteries of the fates, Cd. 179; Th. 225, 4; Dan. 149.
ge-sciftan
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Stów gecwéme gebróþrum sí ámearcud (designetur) . . . þæt hús ealswá wé sǽdan gescifte (designatam), Angl. xiii. 397, 464. Syndon eahta heálice mægnu þurh Godes mihte mannum gescyfte, Wlfst. 68, 19. <b>II a.
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feran
To go ⬩ make a journey ⬩ set out ⬩ travel ⬩ march ⬩ sail ⬩ īre ⬩ ĭter făcĕre ⬩ proficisci ⬩ transīre ⬩ migrāre ⬩ nāvĭgāre
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Sum sǽdere ferde to sáwenne his sǽd a sower went to sow his seed, ii. 88, 13: 90, 10. He ferde fram him and wæs fered on heofen recessit ab eis et ferēbātur in cælum, Lk. Bos. 24, 51.
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ge-openian
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Drihten sylf geopenað ús þæt þæt sǽd is Godes word . . . þone sǽdere hé belǽfde ús tó sécenne, Hml. Th. ii. 90, 6.
LANG
LONG ⬩ tall
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LONG, tall Hé sǽde ðæt ðæt land síe swíðe lang norþ ðonan he said that the land stretches thence far to the north, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 4.
hǽl
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Th. 3, Þíne hǽle ic sǽde salutare tuum dixi, 39, 10. Þá wæs geworden werude Iúdea þæt heó hǽl gehlutan háliges facto est ludaea sanctificatio ejus, 113, 2. v. múp hǽl
óleccan
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Iulianus him sǽde, 'Þu eart áblend for þínre yfelnysse, and for þí mé þus ólǽcst', Hml. S. 4, 133.
god-spell
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Lucas sǽde ... wé nú gehýrdon þis hálige godspel beforan ús rǽdan, 15, 3-30. Gregorius trahtnode þis godspel ( the parable of the talents ), Hml. Th. ii. 550, 1
magan
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Hé sǽde náne gyltas magan beón álýsede. . . dixit nulla scelera posse redemi. . 159, 6. expressing the admissibility or certainty of a supposition For ðám hé mæig wénan, gyf hé ꝥ ǽr forgýmð, ꝥ . . . qua scire debel, si minus hoc servabit. . . Ll.
swefen
sleep ⬩ a dream ⬩ a dream ⬩ sleep: a dream ⬩ sleep ⬩ sleep
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Lamb. 131, 4. a dream Hé rehte him his swefen ( somnium ) and bæd, ðæt hig him sǽdon, hwæt ðæt swefen beheóld, Gen. 41, 8. Him wearð on slǽpe swefen ætýwed, Cd. Th. 247, 13 ; Dan. 496. Swefn, 257, 7; Dan. 654.
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wéste
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Is sǽd ðæt ðæt land wéste ( desertus ) wunige, Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 27. Ball ( all of the earth ) ðæt on eallum ðeódum wéstes ligeþ, Bt. 18, 1; Fox 62, 15. On wéstere (wéstre, v. l. ) stówe, Lk. Skt. 9, 12.