mæsse-preóst
A priest not of the Christian church ⬩ a priest of the Christian church, who had attained the last of the seven appointed orders, and might celebrate the mass
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Þreó hund biscopa and eahtatýne gesetton canon, ðæt nán mæssepreóst oððe diácon on his wununge wífhádes mann næbbe, búton hit sý his móder, oððe sweoster, oððe faðu, oððe módrie; and gif hé dearnunge oððe eáwunge wífes brúce, ðæt hé his hádes þolige,
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wilde
Wild ⬩ wild ⬩ not domestic ⬩ not tamed ⬩ not broken in ⬩ wild ⬩ not cultivated ⬩ wild ⬩ uncultivated ⬩ uninhabited ⬩ wild ⬩ turbulent ⬩ ungoverned
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Wilde gos cante, 14, 21. Wæs sum wilde hrem, Homl. Th. i. 162, 21. Se wilda fugel ( the Phenix ), Exon. Th. 211, 21; Ph. 201. Hafuc sceal on glofe wilde gewunian, wulf sceal on bearowe, Menol. Fox 495 ; Gn. C. 18. Sió wilde beó. Met. 18, 5.
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þanc
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Sche ... can hem therfore as moche thank as me, Chauc. Kn.
MÆGEN
MAIN ⬩ might ⬩ strength ⬩ force ⬩ power ⬩ vigour ⬩ efficacy ⬩ virtue ⬩ faculty ⬩ ability ⬩ an exercise of power ⬩ effort ⬩ a mighty work ⬩ miracle ⬩ a force ⬩ military force
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Ðú ne wénst ðæt heó mǽge swá mycel mægen habban you will not expect that the plant can have so great efficacy. Herb. 12, 4; Lchdm. i. 104, 12. Hé moncynnes mǽste hæfde mægen and strengo, Cd. 79; Th. 98, 19; Gen. 1632.
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ge-fyllan
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Bið gefyld sáwl mín, Cant. M. 9. a thing Þú gefyllest fægrum blǽdum treów satiabuntur omnia ligna silvarum, Ps. Th. 103, 26.
reccan
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[Ðe king him bad ben harde and bold, If he can rechen ðis dremes wold; He told him quat him drempte o niht, And Josep rechede his drem wel rigt, Gen. and Ex. 2121-4.] to unravel a difficult case, give a solution of a difficult question Wé sǽdan hú wé
Linked entries: and-reccan be-reccan ge-reccan
þeáh
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On hwan mæg se mann módigan, þeáh hé wille on what can man pride himself, even if he wishes? Hom. Skt. i. 16, 371. Hwæt hæfst ðú æt ðám gifum, ðeáh hí nú éce wǽron? Bt. 13; Fox 38, 5. Nát þeáh ðú mid ligenum fare, Cd. Th. 34, 2; Gen. 531.
CWEÐAN
To say, speak, call, proclaim ⬩ dicere, loqui, vocare, indicere
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On ðære stówe ðe is cweden Ægeles þrep at the place which is called Aylesthorpe, Chr. 455; Erl. 13, 23: Exon. 11a; Th. 13, 32; Cri. 211. v. intrans Hwæt mágon we cweðan ongén úrne hláford what can we say to our lord?
wyn
delight ⬩ pleasure ⬩ delightfully ⬩ pleasantly ⬩ a delight ⬩ that which causes pleasure ⬩ the best of a class, ⬩ the pride of its kind. ⬩ the name of the w-rune
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Wenne (Hickes prints ᚹ (wen) ᚹne) brúceþ ðe can weána lyt, and him sylfa hæfð blǽd and blisse, Runic pm. Kmbl. 340, 29; Rún. 8. On wuldres ᚹ (Kemble writes wealdend in place of the rune in the MS.; but cf. wuldres wynn, Andr.
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tún
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Rush. ) on Galilées mégð a Cana Galilaeae, Jn. Skt Lind. 21, 2. Of Abian túne (lond, Lind. Rush. ) de uice (vico has been read ?) Abia, Lk. Skt. 1, 5. Of ðæm túne ðe Scariot hátte, Blickl. Homl 69, 6 : 211, 17 : 221, 19: Homl. Th. ii. 54, 3.
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þurh-teón
to carry through ⬩ get a proposal accepted, a request granted ⬩ to carry out a plan, orders, etc. ⬩ give effect to an intention ⬩ to carry through ⬩ carry on to a (successful) end ⬩ to accomplish ⬩ perform ⬩ to perpetrate ⬩ to carry on ⬩ continue ⬩ to bring to a successful issue ⬩ to achieve ⬩ bring about ⬩ bring to pass ⬩ to afford ⬩ to go through ⬩ undergo ⬩ to draw ⬩ drag
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Áne feorme swá góde swá hí bezte þurhteón magon a refection as good as ever they can afford, Chart. Th. 531, 15.
dǽl
- Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 79
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Tó góde gedón þone dǽl þe wé dón magon (as much as we can), Wlfst. 188, 13. a great quantity, (cf. deal, lot in mod. E.), a (great) deal :-- Dryhtmáðma dǽl, B. 2843. Oferhygda dǽl much pride, 1740. Lífwynna dǽl, Cri. 807: Deór. 30.
hwǽr
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Swá wæs Biówulfe ... seolfa ne cúðe þurh hwæt his worulde gedál weorðan sceolde it comes as a surprise anywhere whenever a stout warrior may come to his end, when no longer can a man with his kindred inhabit the meadhall.
word
a word ⬩ a single part of speech ⬩ words ⬩ a written word ⬩ a word ⬩ a group of words ⬩ a saying ⬩ sentence ⬩ words ⬩ a saying ⬩ maxim ⬩ a tale ⬩ story ⬩ a report ⬩ tidings ⬩ fame ⬩ name ⬩ (good) word, ⬩ (good) report ⬩ a command ⬩ an order ⬩ ordinance ⬩ a message ⬩ an announcement ⬩ word ⬩ solemn statement ⬩ promise ⬩ oath ⬩ an (expressed) intention ⬩ opinion ⬩ speech ⬩ language ⬩ words ⬩ language ⬩ style ⬩ word ⬩ word of God
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Hé wrát ða týn word, ðe Drihten him bebeád, Ex. 34, 28 : Deut. 10, 4. a message, an announcement Hé word ábeád: 'Eów hét secgan sigedrihten mín, ðæt hé eówer æþelu can, Beo.
ge-riht
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Dol him ne ondráideð þá deáðsperu, swylteð hwæðre gif him Meotud on geryhtu lǽteð strséle fleógan, Ru. 4, 55. a rule, canon Gerihte canone i. regula, An. Ox. 3984.
werian
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Se ðe can mid leásungan wæwerdlíce werian, and mid unsóðe sóð oferswíðan, Wulfst. 169, 1. <b>III c.
nama
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Heó ongan swegles weard be naman nemnan, Jud. 81. with verb of knowing, individually Ic can þé be naman novi te ex nomine, Ex. 33, 12. on (in) naman in phrases expressing invocation of, reliance on, devotion to, the persons of the Godhead Ðǽr twégen
windan
of motion that results from a blow, swing, or other impetus, to fly, leap, start ⬩ to fly, wheel, spring ⬩ of the movement of living things ⬩ of inanimate things ⬩ of abstract subjects ⬩ of twisting ⬩ rolling movement ⬩ of living things ⬩ of inanimate things ⬩ to waver ⬩ to twist ⬩ roll ⬩ to brandish ⬩ wave ⬩ to twist, plait, weave ⬩ to twist, give a curved form to
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Canto xxv of the Inferno), Cd. Th. 273, 13; Sat. 136. Hé wearp hine ðá on wyrmes líc, and wand him ymbútan ðone deáðes beám he twined round the tree of death, Cd.
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weorþ
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Kmbl. vi. 131, 11-14. cases where a scale expressed in money can be fixed Pundes weorðne áð, L. C. S. 30 ; Th. i. 394, 2. Wurðne, L.
mód
the inner man ⬩ the spiritual as opposed to the bodily part of man ⬩ spirit ⬩ soul ⬩ mind ⬩ soul ⬩ heart ⬩ spirit ⬩ mind ⬩ disposition ⬩ mood ⬩ Courage ⬩ high spirit ⬩ Pride ⬩ arrogance ⬩ Greatness ⬩ magnificence ⬩ pride
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Like the English spirit, soul it can be used to denote a person, e.g. ðæt æðele mód (St. Andrew), Andr. Kmbl. 2486; An. 1244: (St. Juliana), Exon. 68 b; Th. 255, 4; Jul. 209. Ðæt milde mód (St.