hogian
To employ the mind, ⬩ to think, ⬩ mind, ⬩ consider, ⬩ know, ⬩ understand, ⬩ care, ⬩ be solicitous or anxious, ⬩ to purpose, ⬩ strive, ⬩ intend, ⬩ be intent on, ⬩ resolve
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Hogodon georne hwá ðǽr mid orde ǽrost mihte on fǽgean men feorh gewinnan they eagerly strove who there first with the sword's point might of the fey man win the life, Byrht. Th. 135, 25; By. 123. Ne hoga ðú embe ðæt be not anxious about that, Homl.
on
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Nóht feor úrum mynstre, ꝥ is, húhugu on twégra mila fæce non longe a monasterio nostro, id est, duum ferme milium spatio separata, Bd. 5, 4; Sch. 567, 11.
ge-bycgan
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Cf. á-bycgan ꝥ hit manige yfele men mid heora feóre gebohtan, Bl. H. 45, 23. Ǽlc þǽra manna þe yt oððe drincð on untíman ... wite hé ꝥ his sáwl sceal sárlíce hit gebicgan (-bycgean, v.l. ), Hml. S. 12, 77.
þicgan
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Se æðeling gehwilcan feoh and feorh beád, and heó nǽnig þicgan noldan, Chr. 755; Erl. 51, 5. to take food, poison, medicine, etc., to eat or drink, consume Hú ðæt ne gemylt, ðæt se maga þigeþ, Lchdm. ii. 158, 16. Þigð, 186, 21.
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wuldor
Glory ⬩ vainglory
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Eodon of ðam fýre feorh unwemme, wuldre ge-wlitenad. Exon. Th. 197, 8; Az. 187. Hé (the Phenix) is wlitig and wynsum, wuldre gemearcad regali plena decore, 220, ii; Ph. 318. Ge-wíteþ mid ðý wuldre niǽre tungol (the sun), 350, 23; Sch. 68.
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swencan
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Ðý læs ðe mon unmihtigne man tó feor and tó lange for his ágenan swencte lest a man of small means should be made to toil too far and too long for his own, L. Eth. ii. 9; Th. i. 290, 4.
for-gifan
to give ⬩ bestow ⬩ grant ⬩ dispense ⬩ to give ⬩ to give ⬩ to give ⬩ to give up ⬩ hand over ⬩ deliver up ⬩ commit ⬩ practice ⬩ to give back ⬩ restore ⬩ to marry ⬩ to grant ⬩ permit ⬩ allow ⬩ to grant ⬩ to give ⬩ cause ⬩ to forgive
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Ꝥ hé wǽre his feores scyldig, buton se cyng him his feorh forgifan wolde, Ll. Th. i. 230, 7. to give a woman in marriage, to marry a woman to some one Æþelstán his sweostor him forgeaf, Chr. 925; P. 105, 20: B. 2997.
ELLEN
Strength, power, vigour, valour, courage, fortitude ⬩ vis, rōbur, vĭgor, virtus, fortĭtūdo
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Strength, power, vigour, valour, courage, fortitude; vis, rōbur, vĭgor, virtus, fortĭtūdo Wísdóm hæfþ on him feówer cræftas, ðara is án wærscipe, óðer metgung, þridde is ellen, feórþe rihtwísnes wisdom has in it four virtues, of which one is prudence
rím
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Hé æðelinga rím feorum geícte, Gen. 1161. Mǽgburge þínre rím miclian, 2221. a particular sum or aggregate of units, of a kind specified or implied in the context Hé hæfde eahta and hundeahtatig wintra.
fíftig
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Th. i. 426, 25. helping to form ordinals Sé wæs feórða eác fíftigum fram Agusto ab Augusto quinquagesimus quartus, Bd. 1, 23; Sch. 47, 31. uncertain constructions Wealh gafolgelda .cxx. sciłł . . . ðeówne .lx.; somhwelcne fíftegum; weales hýd twelfum
lufu
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Hí feorh ágéfan for Meotudes lufan, Men. 82. Ealle gesceafta habbaþ gemǽnelíce ðá áne lufe, ꝥ hí þeówian swilcum hláforde, Bt. 39, 13 ; F. 234, 28 : Solil. H. 28, 11. On breóstum wegan byrnende lufan Meotodes, Edg. 40. His lufan ádreógan, Gú. 63.
swincan
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Ðe læs ðe unmihtig man feorr for his ágenon swince, L. Ff. ; Th. i. 226, 1. Ic wundrige hwí swá manige wíse men swá swíþe swuncen mid ðære sprǽce, Bt. 41, 4; Fox 250, 20. Ðú swíþor swincst on ðam sporé, ðonne hí dón, 38, 5 ; Fox 206, 13.
sunne
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</b> forms used of the sun's course :-- Seó sunne gǽþ be Godes dihte betweox heofenan and eorðan, on dæg bufon eorðan and on niht under ðysse eorðan, eall swá feorr ádúne on nihtlícre tíde under ðære eorþan swá heó on dæg bufon up ástíhþ, Lchdm.
frófor
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His swǽsne sunu . . . feóres frófre, Exod. 404; Cri. 338. Hé frófre gecwæð . . . héht his líchoman háles brúcan, An. 1467. Hé ásende þisne frófer þus cwæðende: 'Eálá . . . þíne gebedu synd gefyllede . . . ꝥ gé ne beón gewemmede,' Hml. S. 4, 91.
lá
Lo ⬩ Oh ⬩ Ah
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Ac feor ðæt lá sí ðæt ... sed absit ut ... Bd. 1, 27; S. 490, 24. Ic ðæs lá wísce ðæt wegas míne on ðínum willan weorðan gereahte I do indeed wish that my ways may be directed according to thy will; utinam dirigantur viæ meæ, Ps. Th. 118, 5.
god-webb
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fonan, and seó fone is mid .xii. godwebbum útan ymbhangen, and ánra gehwylc godweb hangað on hundtwelftigum hringa gyldenra ... ðæt ðridde godweb wæs on ðæs godwebbes onlícnisse ðe geó ymb mínes fæder Dauides columban hangode on ðissum ilcan temple: ðæt feórðe
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scrífan
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Se hláford ne scrífþ, se ðam here waldeþ, freónde ne feónde, feore ne ǽhtum (cf. se ðe hiora welt ne murnþ náuðer ne friénd ne fiénd, Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 7), Met. 25, 15. with a clause Hí (the people of Sodom ) forléton eallinga ðone brídele ðæs eges
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sceaft
A smooth, round, straight stick or pole, a shaft ⬩ the shaft of a spear ⬩ a spear ⬩ the shaft of an arrow ⬩ a pole ⬩ a taper
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Similar entries cf. candelstæf The word occurs in the passage that defines the distance to which the king's 'grið' extended, but the origin of the phrase, of which it forms part, is not evident Ðus feor sceal beón ðæs cinges grið fram his burhgeate ðǽr
sunu
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Feórþa sunu abnepos, 4, 73: 8, 22. Fífta sunu adnepos, 8, 23. Suna sune vel bróðer sune nepos, feówerþe sune abnepos, fífte sune adnepos, sixte sune trinepos, i. 51, 71-77.
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swá
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Hé leofað sóna swá hé besihð on hig qui aspexerit eum vivet, Num. 21, 8. 11. add: — Eall þing þysses middangeardes swá swá fremde hí forhogedon, Bd. 1, 26; Sch. 57, 2. 1. add: — Þá wæs hé swá feor norþ swá þá hwælhuntan firrest faraþ, Ors. 1, 1 ; S.