gifu
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, Bt. 7, 3 ; F. 20, 12-15. a spiritual benefit Þes dæg is geweorþod mid manegum godcundum geofum, næs þǽra gifena lǽs þonne Drihtnes ǽrist, and eác þonne seó gifu þæs Hálgan Gástes, Bl. H. 133, 2-4. Þurh gife ðæs Hálgan Gástes.
sculan
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Næs fela manna, ðe hogade ymbe ða bóte swá georne, swá man scolde (sceolde, MS. B. ), Wulfst. 156, 12. Hé (the bishop) ne cúðe dón his gerihte swá wel swáhé sceolde. Chr. 1047; Erl. 177, 9.
líf
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Næs heora nánum álýfed on ðám lífe ǽnig cræft búton hálgum gebedum and heora gewritum, Hml. Th. ii. 506, 14-20 : C.
LÍF
LIFE
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Hé nǽre ná man geþuht, gif hé mannes lífe ne lyfode, Homl. Th. i. 150, 8: Blickl. 167, 33. Se hálga Augustinus be his hálan líue hine hádode tó biscope [while alive and in health], Chr. 616; Erl. 22, 27.
þegnian
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Gif hé nǽre sóþ God, ná him englas ne þegnodon. On ðisse bysene is gecýþed, ðæt eallum geleáffullum mannum englas þegniaþ, ðonne hí habbaþ deófol oferswíþed, Blickl. Homl. 35, 1-4. Ic geornlíce Gode þegnode þurh holdne hyge, Cd. Th. 37, 7; Gen. 585.
Linked entry: þénian
ge-þóht
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For hwý bið se ryhtwísa gecostod mid yfle geðóhte, and ne bið gewemmed, búton for ðý ðe ðǽm ryhtwísan ne deriað his yflan geðóhtas, for ðǽm ðe hé næfd gearone willan ðæt wóh tó fulfremmanne, 423, 23-28.
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hraþe
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Ꝥ hé sumne rǽd funde ꝥ þe hraðor nǽre heora gemynd ádýlegod, Hml. S. 29, 196
hwæt-hwega
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Hé wilnað hwæshweg (-hwugu, v. l. ) þæs þe hé þonne næft, Bt. 11, 1; F. 34, 1. Hwæshwugu (hwæthweg, v. l.) þisses woruldwelan wilnian aliquid pascere, 26, 2; F. 94, 3.
þing
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Homl. 91, 16: 131, 33. a thing that happens, an event, what takes place Nǽnges þinges máre þearf nǽre ðonne his unriht yppe wurde nothing better could happen than that his wickedness should become manifest, Blickl. Homl. 175, 9.
þurfan
To need ⬩ to be in need ⬩ have need of something ⬩ to need to do something ⬩ to be bound to do something because it is right ⬩ to be obliged ⬩ be compelled by destiny ⬩ to have good cause or reason for doing something ⬩ to be use, to be good for a person to do something ⬩ to owe
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Næs him ǽnig þearf, ðæt hé sécean þurfe there was no need to force him to seek, Beo. Th. 4984; B. 2495. Feallaþ ofor ús, ðæt wé ne þurfon ðysne ege leng þrowian, Blickl. Homl. 93, 34.
ge-hwá
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Þone mete þe gehwá brúcan wolde, gif him þæt fæsten swá geboden nǽre, Wlfst. 181, 12. Þonne hé sǽde gehwæt (mé hwæt rehte, v. l. ) be ealdra manna dǽdum, Gr. D. 86, 22.
under
Under ⬩ under ⬩ at the foot of ⬩ under ⬩ within ⬩ among ⬩ below ⬩ beneath ⬩ down
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Grammar under, ¶ Combined with on : --Lecgan uppan ðone stán and on under, Lchdm. iii. 38, 18. where one object comes to the lower part of another Weorod eodon unblíðe under Earna næs wundur sceáwian; fundon on sande sáwulleásne ðone ðe him hringas geaf
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ge-swícan
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Gif hé ðonne giét geswicen næfð his ágenra unðeáwa si ergo adhuc in ejus corpore passiones vivunt. Past. 59, 24.
girnan
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Gif hí on écnesse nǽren, ðonne nǽre hiora swá swíðe tó girnanne, Bt. 34, 9; F. 146, 25. <b>I a.
þes
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Homl. 239, 32. (2 a) where the pronoun refers to a statement immediately following :-- Þis næs gecweden be Criste, ðæt his fót æt stáne óþspurne, Blickl. Homl. 29, 30. Þis þinceþ riht, ðæt ðú ðé áferige of þisse folcsceare, Cd.
weorc
Work ⬩ opus. ⬩ work ⬩ operative action ⬩ operation ⬩ working ⬩ doing ⬩ performance ⬩ work ⬩ doings ⬩ actions ⬩ what a person does ⬩ what happens ⬩ work ⬩ labour ⬩ occupation ⬩ employment ⬩ any form of long-sustained or habitual activity ⬩ a particular act of labour ⬩ workmanship ⬩ a work ⬩ deed ⬩ any action ⬩ of action that gives affect to anything ⬩ a work, ⬩ what is wrought ⬩ a strong building, ⬩ fortress ⬩ work, ⬩ what is done, ⬩ effect produced ⬩ pain, ⬩ travail, ⬩ grief, ⬩ the instrumental or dative is used in the phrase weorce wesan with the dative of the person — to be painful to a person
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.): Mé næs se hrædlíca ende mínes lífes swá miclum weorce, swá mé wæs ðæt ic læs mǽrðo gefremed hæfde, ðonne mín willa wǽre Nar. 32, 27.
ymb-hwyrft
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Th. ii. 446, 17. attention, cultivation. v. ymb-hweorfan, Gif se wíngeard næfð ðone ymbhwyrft, and ne bið onriht gescreádod, ne bið hé wæstmbǽre, ac for hraðe áwildaþ, Homl. Th. ii. 74, 14
ge-þeón
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Sé ðe eornost næfð, earfoðlíce hé sceal ǽfre geðeón tó ǽnigre geðingðe hardly shall he ever be advanced to any dignity, Hml.
ge-byrd
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Ox. 3137. what is born, offspring, a child ꝥ nǽfre betuh wífa gebyrdum ( inter natos mulierim ) nǽnig mǽrra geboren nǽre. Bl. H. 161, 23: 167, 18. parentage, lineage Hé wæs of Dauides mǽgðe and wolde andettan mid Marian hire gebyrde, Hml.
sóþ
Sooth ⬩ truth in a general sense ⬩ conformity with an absolute standard ⬩ truth ⬩ that which conforms to an absolute standard ⬩ truth ⬩ what is true in general ⬩ truth in regard to a particular circumstance ⬩ exact conformity with the facts of a case ⬩ truth ⬩ fidelity to a promise ⬩ truth ⬩ reality ⬩ certainty ⬩ real condition of things ⬩ what really is ⬩ affirmation of truth ⬩ asseveration ⬩ truth ⬩ conformity with right ⬩ righteousness ⬩ equity ⬩ justice
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Nǽni eft cymeþ ðe dæt for sóð mannum secge, hwylc sý Meotodes gesceaft, Menol. Fox 590; Gn. C. 64. Ic eów fela wille sóða gesecgan, Exon.
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