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ÉCE

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ÉCE, ǽce; gen. m. n. éces; gen. f. écre, écere; dat. m. n. écum; f. écre, écere; def. se écá, écea; seó, ðæt éce; gen. écan, écean; adj.

Eternal, perpetual, everlasting ⬩ sempĭternus, æternus

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Se mec ána mæg écan meahtum geþeón þrymme who alone by his eternal powers can tame me with power, Exon. 111 b; Th. 427, 12; Rä. 41, 90

Linked entry: ǽce

wéste

(adj.)
Grammar
wéste, adj.
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Bið on eorðan wéste (wésðe, v. l. ) wísdómes, se þurh ðone cantic ne can Crist geherian, Salm. Kmbl. 43; Sal. 22

CÍGAN

(v.)
Grammar
CÍGAN, cígean, cýgan, cýgean, ciégan, cégan, cégean; cígende; de; ed.

To call, name, call upon, invoke, call together, summon ⬩ vocare, nominare, invocare, convocare ⬩ To cry, call ⬩ clamare, vocare

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To call, name, call upon, invoke, call together, summon; vocare, nominare, invocare, convocare Drihten mæg steorran be naman cígean ealle the Lord can call all the stars by name, Ps. Th. 146, 4.

Linked entries: cýgan cégan ciégan

ge-ortríwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ortríwan, ge-ortreówan; p. de.
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þú nǽfre swá synful þæt þú ǽfre geortrýwe on Godes mildheortnysse, Angl. xii. 517, 26. not to trust to a person (dat.) for doing something (clause) Ne geortriéwe (-trúwige, Bos. 48, 45) ic ná Gode þæt hé ús ne mæge gescildan I trust to God that he can

ge-wendan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wendan, p. -wende; pp. -wended, -wend.

To turn ⬩ change ⬩ translate ⬩ incline ⬩ bring about ⬩ To turn [one's self] ⬩ change ⬩ go ⬩ return

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To turn, change, translate, incline, bring about Gif hit eówer ǽnig mǽge gewendan ðæt ... if any of you can bring it about that..., Cd. 22; Th. 27, 35; Gen. 428.

ferhþ

(n.)
Grammar
ferhþ, fyrhþ, ferþ, ferht, es; m. n.

the soul ⬩ spirit ⬩ mind ⬩ anĭmus ⬩ mens ⬩ life ⬩ vīta

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Ðæt he andsware ǽnige ne cunne findan on ferhþe that he cannot find any answer in his mind, Bt. Met. Fox 22, 103; Met. 22, 52: Beo. Th. 2337; B. 1166: Cd. 161; Th. 200, 11; Exod. 355: Elen. Kmbl. 2325; El. 1164.

geómor

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
geómor, geómur, giómor; adj.

Sad, sorrowful, mournful, murmuring, miserable, wretched ⬩ tristis, mæstus, quĕrŭlus, mĭser ⬩ doleful, miserable ⬩ depressed, sad, sorrowful ⬩ misery ⬩ misery ⬩ pity ⬩ mĭsĕria

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Dust ne mæg andsware ǽnige gehátan geómrum gáste the dust cannot give any answer to the sad spirit, Soul Kmbl. 211; Seel. 108: Apstls. Kmbl. 178; Ap. 89.

fulluht

(n.)
Grammar
fulluht, fulwiht, fullwiht, fulwuht, es; n. [v. Grimm And. u. El. pp. 136-7]

Baptism ⬩ baptismus

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Se yfela preóst ne mæg nǽfre Godes þénunge gefílan, náðer ne ðæt fulluht, ne ða mæssan the evil priest cannot ever defile God's ministry, nor baptism, nor the mass, L. Ælf. P. 41; Th. ii. 382, 14: L. Alf. 49; Th. i. 58, 25: Homl.

ge-cennan

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gecende be ðám ðe ic cúðe; sé ðe bet cunne gecýðe his máre I have set forth the state of things as I knew it; let him that knows it better give it more fully, Angl. ix. 265, 13. with object In regula suindrig án éghwelc ðá ne habbas in óðrum gecendon in canone

in-segel

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., so that an opening cannot be effected without breaking it Hé beleác þæt wínern and ásette his ágen insegl on ꝥ loc and forlét hit swá belocen apothecam clausit, atque impresso sigillo proprio munitam reliquit, Gr. D. 59, 5.

swégan

(v.)
Grammar
swégan, p. de

To sound. ⬩ to make a noise ⬩ with the idea of movement, to move violently with noise, to roar, rush, crash ⬩ without the idea of movement ⬩ of regulated, modulated sound, of speech, tone, music ⬩ to signify

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Surt. 9, 12. with a personal subjec Drihten swégþ Dominus tonabit, Cant. An. 10. God swégde Deus intonuit, Ps. Spl. 28, 3: Ps. Lamb. 17, 14. of regulated, modulated sound, of speech, tone, music Swégþ eádmódnys on his stemne, Homl.

ládian

(v.)
Grammar
ládian, p. ode.

to excuse ⬩ clear ⬩ exculpate ⬩ defend

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Hú mæg ic ládigan láðan sprǽce oððe andsware ǽnige findan wráðum tówiðere how can I clear myself of the hateful charge, or find any answer in reply to my foes?

Linked entries: lǽdend be-ládian

Cynewulf

(n.)
Grammar
Cynewulf, es; m.
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I cannot here bestow space upon a long argument to shew who this Cynewulf was.

DÆG

(n.)
Grammar
DÆG, gen. dæges; pl. nom. acc. dagas; m: daga, an; m.

DAY ⬩ dies ⬩ the time of a man's life ⬩ tempus vitæ humanæ ⬩ the Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE = the letter d, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is dæg a day; hence this Rune not only stands for the letter d, but for dæg a day, as,- RUNE byþ Drihtnes sond, deóre mannum day is the Lord's messenger, dear to men

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at even, at 6 o'clock, the 12th or an even or equal part of the 24 hours from 6 a.m. to 12 pm; — and 6ly at the fore night [at 9 o'clock]; — and 7ly at midnight, that is from 12 o'clock at night, to 3 or later in the morning ǽr dægréde before dawn, Canon

ge-dǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dǽlan, p. de; pp. ed

To divide ⬩ part ⬩ impart ⬩ separate ⬩ distribute ⬩ share ⬩ partake

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Ne mæg mín líchoma wiþ ðeáþ ge-dǽlan my body cannot separate [itself] from [i. e. avoid] death, Exon. Th. 124, 25; Gú. 343; 146, 19; Gú. 712. Gedaelde woeron ł todǽldon woedo míno partiti sunt vestimenta mea, Jn. Skt. Lind. 19, 24.

ge-hygd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hygd, -higd, -hýd, e; f : es; n.

Thought ⬩ cogitation ⬩ meditation ⬩ deliberation ⬩ consultation ⬩ cōgĭtātio ⬩ mĕdĭtātio ⬩ consĭlium

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Ðú ána canst ealra gehygdo thou alone knowest the thoughts of all men, Andr. Kmbl. 136; An. 68 : 399; An. 2oo.

Linked entries: -hygd ge-higd ge-hýd

ge-wealdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wealdan, p. -weóld; pp. -wealden

To wield ⬩ rule ⬩ have power over ⬩ command ⬩ control ⬩ cause

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. - Nú leng ne miht gewealdan ðý weorce now canst thou no longer control the work, Andr. Kmbl. 2729; An. 1367: Exon. 50 b; Th. 175, 24; Gú. 1199. Cyning geweóld his gewitte the king got command of his senses, Beo. Th. 5399; B. 2703

Linked entry: ge-waldan

ÍDEL

(adj.)
Grammar
ÍDEL, adj.

empty ⬩ destitute ⬩ void ⬩ devoid ⬩ vain ⬩ useless ⬩ idle ⬩ idle ⬩ unemployed

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Hit ne biþ ná hús búton hit beó mid híréde áfylled what purpose can this earthly house serve, if it stand empty? It is not a house unless it be filled with a household, Homl. Th. ii. 502, 12.

Linked entries: a-ýdlig ídel

FREMEDE

(adj.)
Grammar
FREMEDE, fremde, fremþe, fræmde; adj.

Strange ⬩ foreign ⬩ estranged from ⬩ devoid of ⬩ aliēnus ⬩ peregrīnus ⬩ aliēnātus ⬩ aversus ⬩ remōtus ⬩ expers

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Ðæt ða þing ðíne ágene síen, ða ðe heora ágene gecynd ðe gedydon fremde that those things can be thine own, which their own natures have made foreign to thee, Bt. 14, 1; Fox 40, 32.

un-wær

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wær, adj.

not on one's guard ⬩ unaware ⬩ unprepared ⬩ unwary ⬩ heedless ⬩ incautious ⬩ inconsiderate

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Hí cweþaþ ðæt tó worde, ðæt se biþ on geþance wærast and wísast, se ðe óðerne can raðost ásmeágan and oftost of unwæran sum ðing gerǽcan, Wulfst. 55, 22. Perpena on ðone cyning ungearone (unwærne, MS.

Linked entries: un-gewær un-wæres