lǽran
To teach ⬩ instruct ⬩ educate ⬩ to preach ⬩ to exhort ⬩ admonish ⬩ advise ⬩ persuade ⬩ suggest
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Heora scriftbéc tǽcan and lǽran, 43, 8. Se mæg hine sylfne be ðare bysene lǽran he may teach himself by this example, 101, 6. Hé ongan lǽran tó healdenne ða þing, Bd. 4, 5; S. 571, 41.
hopian
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Ðý lǽs hé eallunga áfealle ðonon ðe hé fæsðlícost tó hopian scolde ne ab eo, quad robuste sperare debuit, funditus cadat Past. 395, II. to be hopeful about (with gen.)
lǽfan
to leave ⬩ to remain
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Ða men ðe hé beæftan him lǽfde ǽr those men that before he had left behind him, Chr. 755; Erl. 50, 13. Hié hegeáton welan and ús lǽfdon they got wealth and left it us, Past. pref; Swt. 5, 15.
Linked entry: be-lǽfan
swán-geréfa
An officer whose duties were connected with the management of forests in respect to the pasturing of swine in them and to the use of wood. He seems to have been under the direct control of the alderman
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In ða tiid wæs hama suángeréfa tó súðtúne and hé rád ðæt hé wæs et ceastre and ðone aað gesceáwade suá hine his aldormon héht Eádwulf there was then a very great case about pasture in the wood at Sutton (in Worcestershire).
a-sterian
To agitate ⬩ stir ⬩ move ⬩ commovere ⬩ movere
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To agitate, stir, move; commovere, movere He astereþ ðone ródor and ða tungla it moves the sky and the stars, Bt. 39, 8; Fox 224, 6, note
Linked entry: astered
cwidian
o speak, say ⬩ dicere
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o speak, sayT; dicere Ongan hine hyspan and hearm cwiddigan [cwidian, Cot.] he began to revile and speak ill of him, Bt. 18, 4; Fox 66, 33
fífel
A sea-monster ⬩ monster ⬩ giant ⬩ monstrum mărīnum ⬩ gĭgas
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A sea-monster, monster, giant; monstrum mărīnum, gĭgas Þurh fífela gefeald forþ onette through the field of the monsters he hastened forth, Wald. 76; Vald. 2, 10
forþ-lútan
To fall forwards ⬩ fall down ⬩ procĭdĕre
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To fall forwards, fall down; procĭdĕre He forþleat on his andwlitan procĭdĕret in făciem, Bd. 4, 3; S. 569, 11. Forþloten prōnus, proclīvis, Scint. 6: Prov. 29
hwistlere
A piper
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Ðá hé geseah hwistleras cum vidisset tibicines, Mt. Kmbl. 9, 23
in-swógenness
violent entrance
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A rushing in with a loud sound, violent entrance Hé mid ðæs unclǽnan gástes inswógennisse þrycced wæs spiritus inmundi invasione premebatur, Bd. 2, 5 ; S.507, 4
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meld-feoh
Fee paid for giving information
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Fee paid for giving information Se ðe hit (forstolen flǽsc) ofspyraþ, hé áh ðæt meldfeoh, L. In. 17; Th. i. 114, 4. v. Grmm. R. A. 656
ge-witfæst
Of sound mind
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Of sound mind Nǽnig deófolseóc ðæt he eft wel gewitfæst nǽre no possessed person that was not in his right mind again, Guthl. 15; Gdwin. 66, 17
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ge-fremednes
An accomplishment ⬩ fulfilment ⬩ effect ⬩ perfectio ⬩ effectus
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An accomplishment, fulfilment, effect; perfectio, effectus He hraðe ða gefremednesse ðære árfestan béne wæs fylgende mox effectum piæ postulātiōnis consĕcūtus est, Bd. 1, 4; S. 475, 31
ge-nédedlíc
Compulsory, forced ⬩ coactus
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Compulsory, forced; coactus He geleornade ðæt Cristes þeówdóm sceolde beón wilsumlíc, nalæs genédedlíc didĭcĕrat servĭtium Christi voluntārium, non coactitium esse debēre, Bd. 1, 26; S. 488, 18
þanc-metung
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Deliberation, consideration Gif hé mid ðancmetuncge (-metegunge, MS. B.: þoncmeotunge, Bd. M. 88, 4) and ðreodunge geþafaþ si ex deliberatione consentit, Bd. 1, 27; S, 497, 23
Linked entry: ge-þancmetian
un-gereccan
to repel a charge from ⬩ to clear
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to repel a charge from, to clear Gif hit man him on gerecce, and hé hine ungereccan ne mæge, L. Ath. iv. 1; Th. i, 222, 4
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weoroldcundlíce
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In a worldly manner Hé brýcððære god*-*cundan áre worldcundlíce ( seculariter ), Past. 9; Swt. 57, 7. Ðeáh hié woroldcundlíce drohtigen cum terrena agunt, 18 ; Swt. 135, 17
cáf-ness
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Alacrity, promptness, energy God onscunað þá sleacnysse on his ðegnum, and ðá hé lufað þe mid cáfnysse þæs écan lífes myrhðe sécað, Hml. Th. ii. 282, 4
cniht-leás
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H. 113 b' substitute Hé for ðǽre sárignysse wæs him ána cnihtleás on his inran búre, and hine sylfne ðǽrinne beclýsde, Hml. S. 23, 395
crismal
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A chrisum-cloth Mid þám crismale þe man him on utan þæt heáfod déð, man tácnað þæne cristenan cynehelm þe hé on heofenum áh, Wlfst. 36, 17