scyldig
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Sý hé scyldig his sylfes and ealles ðæs ðe hé áge, L. Ath. iv. prm.; Th. i. 220, 12. Beó hé. cxx. sciłł. scildig wið ðone cing, L. Ath. v. 1, 5; Th. i. 230, 11: L. In. 4; Th. i. 104, 10.
Linked entries: scildig deáþ-scyldig for-scyldigian sceldig
Gallias
The Gauls ⬩ the Franks ⬩ Galli ⬩ Galliæ
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Hú sceolan we dón mid Gallia and Brytta bisceopum quālĭter dēbēmus cum Galliārum Brittaniārumque episcŏpis ăgĕre? Bd. 1. 27; S. 492, 10. Biscop Gallia ríces bishop of the kingdom of the Gauls [Galliārum], Bd. 5, 8; S. 621, 39.
Linked entries: Galleas Gallia ríce Gallie Galwalas
leáf-ness
Leave ⬩ permission ⬩ licence
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Nymðe þurh leáfnysse his ágenes abbudes nisi per demissionem proprii abbatis, 4, 5; S. 572, 38. Hí máran léfnysse onféngon tó lǽranne majorern prædicandi licentiam acciperent, 1, 26; S. 488, 5. Lýfnesse, 5, 11; S. 625, 30.
un-forht
Not frightened ⬩ not afraid ⬩ fearless ⬩ intrepid
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Him seó unforhte ágeaf andsware, Exon. Th. 251, 18; Jul. 147. Unforhte móde hé geneálǽhte ðære stówe, Blickl. Homl. 67, 1. Se man hýwaþ hine sylfne mihtine and unforhtne, Wulfst. 53, 15. Wígend unforhte, Cd. Th. 189, 6; Exod. 180: Byrht.
eówer
your ⬩ your ⬩ yours
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Mid eówrum (eórum, v. l.) ágenum willan gé sculon ðencean for eówre heorde, Past. 137, 19. For eówerre fortrúwodnesse, 211, 12. For eówere mengu, Gú. 679. Gé onfóð eówerra synna forgifnessa, Bl. H. 49, 21. On eówerum heortum, Hml. Th. ii. 542, 4.
ge-þryccan
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Substitute: p. ge-þrycte, ge-þryhte; pp. ge-þrycced, ge-þryced, ge-þryct. to press Ðá hand geðrycð ( premit ) sió incunde lufu, Past. 389, 13. to press down, oppress, depress Ðæt gesuinc hira ágenra welera hié geðrycð labor labiorum ipsorum operiet,
sægen
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Hé mé cýþde mid his ágenre sægne (segene, v. l.) ꝥ . . . relatione sua me docent, quod . . . Gr. D. 220, 3. Hé him eall sǽde his síð be ændebyrdnysse, and ꝥ folc æfter his segene feóllon tó eorðan, Hml. A. 107, 160.
bærnett
burning ⬩ cauterizing ⬩ a burn ⬩ burning heat ⬩ consuming by fire
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Isaac bær ðone wuda tó his ágenum bærnete, Hml. Th. ii. 62, 22
for-faran
to go or pass away ⬩ perish ⬩ perīre ⬩ to cause to pass away ⬩ cause to perish ⬩ to destroy ⬩ perdĕre
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Ðæt man ða sáwla ne forfare ðe Grist mid his agenum lífe gebohte that a man cause not the souls to perish which Christ bought with his own life, L. C. S. 3; Th. i. 378, 2.
Linked entry: for-ferian
blódig
BLOODY ⬩ sanguineus, cruentus
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Geseoh nú swá ðín swát ageát, blódige stíge behold now where thy blood poured forth, a bloody path, Andr. Kmbl. 2883; An. 1444. He byreþ blódig wæl he will bear off my bloody corpse, Beo. Th. 900; B. 448.
segnian
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Hine sylfne séniende signando sese, Bd. 4, 24 ; S. 599, 13. without reference to the sign of the cross Segnade earce innan ágenum spédum Nergend, Cd. Th. 82, 21 ; Gen. 1365 : 83, 35 ; Gen. 1390. of speech (?) Ué sægnade bene dicimus, Jn. Skt.
un-þearf
Disadvantage ⬩ hurt ⬩ harm ⬩ detriment
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Deófol má and má manna forlǽrde and getihte tó heora ágenre unþearfe, 10, 4. Ðú lutodest on ðam láðum cristendóme ðám godum tó teónan and mé tó unþearfe, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 414.
wyrd
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Hé gefealh his gebede for þone seócan man, and þá sóna eft hine gelǽdde tó his ágenre ræste hálne . . . Of þǽre wyrde (ex quo ejus uno facto) þæs weres wé geleornodon ꝥ wé gelýfdon eallra óþra weorca, 248, 4.
spelian
To act as the representative of another ⬩ to represent ⬩ to take, or stand in, the place of another
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Se abbod, for ðig ðe hé Godes gespelia is (quia uices Christi in monasterio creditur agere), sig hláford geháten ... for ðæs lufe ðe hé spelaþ for the love of him whom he represents, R. Ben. 114, 24. Næs Isaac ofslegen ac se ramm hine spelode, Homl.
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Cynewulf
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ᚹ [wén] is geswíþrad, <b>W</b> [hope] is overpowered, gomen æfter gearum, my joy in my old age, geógoþ is gecyrred youth is turned back ald onmedla. my old pride.
eald
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Th. ii. 348, 21. of (a certain) age Ðæt cild ꝥ ne wæs ánre nihte eald, Shrn. 142, 33. Byð se móna feówertýne nihta eald, Angl. viii. 326, 8: Lch. iii. 182, 10 (and often).
for-gildan
to pay back ⬩ restore ⬩ pay damages ⬩ to pay for ⬩ buy off ⬩ to repay ⬩ pay out ⬩ requite ⬩ to pay ⬩ perform
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For ðon ic cweþe ꝥ hí hit gyldan, for þon hý fóð tó mínum þe ic syllan mót, 491, 23. where the rate or manner of payment is given: Bæd Ælfsige ǽgiftes his mannes (a woman who had been stolen), and Æðelstán hine ágef, and forgeald him mid twám pundum,
hycgan
take thought ⬩ be mindful ⬩ think ⬩ consider ⬩ meditate ⬩ to intend ⬩ purpose ⬩ determine ⬩ endeavour ⬩ strive ⬩ to hope
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Uton wé hycgan hwǽr wé hám ágen and ðonne geþencan hú wé ðider cumen let us consider where we may have a home, and then devise how we may come thither, 83 a; Th. 312, 30; Seef. 117.
swencan
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Ða láreówas sceolan heora ágenne líchoman swencean on forhæfdnesse, Blickl. Homl. 81, 6. [O. E. Homl. A. R. Laym. swenchen: Orm. swennkenn, swennchenn: O. H. Ger. swenchen verberare]
fandian
to try ⬩ to tempt ⬩ to try ⬩ to try ⬩ taste ⬩ feel ⬩ to try ⬩ to visit ⬩ tempt ⬩ provoke ⬩ attempt
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Sé fandað Godes, sé þe his ágen gesceád forlǽt þe him God forgeaf, and swá bútan gesceáde sécð Godes fultum, Scrd. 22, 2-4. to visit Ic wæs on cearcerne, and gé mín noldon fandian in carcere eram, et non visitastis me, Past. 329, 5.