ge-dál
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Ðý lǽs hié for ðǽm gedále ðæs feós wilnigen ðisses lǽnan lífes . . . Ðonne hé his ælmessan dǽlð, Past. 323, 12. Gif hé ǽr ðǽm gedále cann gemetgian hwæt hine anhagige tó sellanne, 341, 12. Hé ðá láre him forgeaf þæt hí hí dǽldon eallum ðeódum.
swícan
to move about, wander ⬩ to move away, depart, escape ⬩ from to turn from, to withdraw favour or allegiance from, to rebel ⬩ to desist from (dat. or prep.), cease from ⬩ to deceive ⬩ to fail in one's duty to another, be a traitor to, desert ⬩ cease ⬩ to deceive, leave in the lurch
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Ne nim ðú náne sibbe wið ðæs landes menn, ðe læs ðe hira ǽnig ðé swíce, Ex. 34, 15. to fail in one's duty to another, be a traitor to, desert Hwider hweorfaþ wé (St. Andrew's followers) hláfordleáse . . . gif wé swícaþ ðé if we desert thee, Andr.
Linked entry: be-swicenness
CWEÐAN
To say, speak, call, proclaim ⬩ dicere, loqui, vocare, indicere
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Ðý-læs cweðen [MS. cweðan] óðre þeóda lest other nations should say, Ps. Th. 78, 10. Gif ic cwǽde if I said, 72, 12. Hú wunda cwǽden to hæleðum how the wounds spake to men, Exon. 114b ; Th. 441, 13; Rä. 60, 17.
FEÁWA
FEW ⬩ pauci
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Drihten, gedó ðæt heora menigo sý læsse ðonne úre feáwena nú is, and tostencte hí geond eorþan libbende of ðis lande Dŏmĭne, a paucis de terra dīvĭde eos in vīta eōrum, Ps. Th. 16, 13.
Linked entry: feá
tó-weorpan
To throw in different directions ⬩ throw away ⬩ throw down ⬩ to scatter ⬩ disperse ⬩ destroy ⬩ overthrow ⬩ to scatter ⬩ disperse ⬩ to break in pieces ⬩ scatter the parts of a connected whole ⬩ to overthrow ⬩ to overturn ⬩ to throw down ⬩ destroy a building ⬩ demolish ⬩ to overthrow ⬩ to destroy the power of a person, ⬩ to destroy ⬩ to overthrow an institution, a practice, regulation, law, etc., ⬩ to put down ⬩ put an end to ⬩ destroy ⬩ make void ⬩ break ⬩ dissolve ⬩ to throw out
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Ðý læs tóworpen sién fyrngewritu, Elen. Kmbl. 860; El. 430. to throw out. v. tó-worpness, II. Ðonne hió hie selfe tóweorpeþ út of hiere selfre cum se extra semetipsam ejicit, Past. 38; Swt. 277, 24.
Linked entries: te-weorpan tó-torfian tó-wurpan tó-wyrpan
siððan
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Th. 3, 21 ; Cri. 39. conj. where the tense of the verb in the clause introduced by siððan is past, in the other clause present, since Ðé is ungelíc wlite, siððdan ðú lǽstes míne láre, Cd. Th. 38, 28 ; Gen. 613 : Exon. Th. 44, 13 ; Cri. 702.
hwón
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Gif huón sint ðá ðe gihǽled biðon si pauci sunt qui saluantur 13, 23. of quantity, little Gié huóno ł lytlo geleáfas (hwón ł lytle ł lǽssa gileófa, R.) uos pussilae fidei, Lk. L. 13, 28.
lof
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Ne biþ his lof ná ðý lǽsse, Bt. 40, 3 ; F. 238, 11. Þám wísan men eóm tó lofe and tó wyrðscipe ꝥ se cyning him teohhode tó wíte, Bt. 16, 2 ; F. 52, 26. Óþre cræftas næbbaþ nán lof ne nǽnne weorþscipe, 36, l; F. 172, 10 : 18, 2 ; F. 64, 25.
drífan
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Dríf þá sceáp in heora lǽse, Gr. D. 20, 12. Se æþeling bebeád þæt hié heora witan him beforan drifen swá swá niédlingas, Ors. 3, 8; S. 122, 7. to cause to flee before one's pursuit, to chase, hunt, pursue Hé nolde ðane sleán ðe hine dráf . . .
lár
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</b> in pl. doctrines, precepts, ordinances :-- Þý lǽs tóworpen sién fród fyrngewritu and þá fæderlican láre forlǽten, El. 432. Lára dogmatum An. Ox. 2088. On wordsnoterlicum lárum in philosophicis dogmatibus 2270: 2305.
on-findan
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Ǽghwelc monn bið onfunden suá micle lǽs gelǽred ðonne óðer suá hé bið ungeðyldegra tanto quisquis ostenditur doctus, quanto minus convincitur patiens, Past. 217, 2. to come to the knowledge of a fact or state of things by experience or trial. with noun
swigian
to be silent ⬩ of that which has voice ⬩ of that which has not voice, not to make a noise ⬩ to be silent from astonishment, be amazed ⬩ with an object (gen. or acc.) to be silent about something, to refrain from the mention of something
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Ðe læs ðú suwige ne taceas, 27, 1. Ic swigiende ealle ða niht áwunode, Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 29. Ðú byst suwiende (swygende, MS. A.: suwigende, MSS. B. C.), Lk. Skt. 1, 20. of that which has not voice, not to make a noise Hrægl mín swigaþ, Exon.
healf
HALF
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He heóld ðæt ríce óðrum healfum læs ðe xxx wintra he reigned twenty-eight years and a half, Chr. 901; Erl. 96, 24. Hit biþ óðres healfes fótes gemet bufan ðæm heáfde it is a foot and a half above the head, Shrn. 69, 2.
wana
wanting ⬩ lacking ⬩ absent ⬩ to be wanting ⬩ wanting for the completion of a number
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Ðæt ríce hé hæfde ánes wona .xx. wintra (án læs ðe twéntig, MS. B.), 4, 1; S. 563, 15. Hé Norþanhymbra ðeóde ánes wana .xx. wintra fore wæs genti Nordanhymbrorum decem et novem annis praefuit, 5, I; S. 614, 21
á-springan
to be emitted ⬩ to arise ⬩ to rush up ⬩ burst forth ⬩ to spring, ⬩ to spring up ⬩ come into existence ⬩ to spread (intrans. ) out ⬩ to run out ⬩ cease ⬩ fail
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Ðý lǽs wé áspringa ne deficiamus, Rtl. 18, 3. Áspringa deficere, 72, 20. Þá swétnesse þú him ne lǽtst nǽfre áspringan, Ps. Th. 30, 21. Mótan ealle weóda wyrtum áspringan may there be no weeds for the plants, Lch. iii. 36, 27.
Linked entry: á-sprungen
wǽr
A covenant ⬩ compact ⬩ agreement ⬩ pledge
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Hé ða wǽre and ða winetreówe lǽstan wolde, 475, 19; Bo. 50: 172, 17; Gú. 1145: Cd. Th. 93, 8; Gen. 1542: 139, 10; Gen. 2307: 142, 23; Gen. 2366. Ðæt ǽnig mon wordum ne worcum wǽre ne brǽce, Beo. Th. 2205; B. 1100.
inne
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(a γ) with hér :-- Hér syndon inne dohtor míne, Gen. 2464. indoors Witan ge lǽsse ge máre ðæs ðe tó túne belimpð, ge on túne ge on dúne ... ge inne ge úte, Angl. ix. 260, 1. where there is idea of confinement Gif hé hine (an ox) inne betýnan nolde (
leásung
fiction ⬩ falsehood ⬩ falseness ⬩ hypocrisy ⬩ deception ⬩ deceitfulness ⬩ artice
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Wrec ðé gemetlíce ðy læs ðe men [man?] leásunga teó ðæt ðú ðíne cysts cýðe revenge thyself in moderation, lest the charge be falsely made, that thou display thy virtues, Prov. Kmbl. 46. Leásunga frivola, Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 55.
Linked entry: bisleásung
ge-ceósan
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Th. i. 278, 2. to accept a condition Hé eall ꝥ lǽste ꝥ uncer formǽl wæs þá ic tó him gebeáh and his wilian geceás ( became his vassal ), Ll. Th. i. 178, 9. Wið þám þe heó his (the suitor's) willan geceóse if she accept him, 254, 12.
má
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Swá mid læs worda, swá mid má, Bt. 35. 5; Fox 166, 12. Hé ne úde ðæt ǽnig óðer man ǽfre mǽrða ðon má gehédde ðonne hé sylfa he would not allow that any other man should have any more distinctions than he himself had, Beo. Th. 1012; B. 504.