spell
a story ⬩ narrative ⬩ account ⬩ relation ⬩ a historical narrative ⬩ history ⬩ a false or foolish story ⬩ a fable ⬩ an instructive talk ⬩ discourse ⬩ a philosophical argument ⬩ a sermon ⬩ homily ⬩ a saying ⬩ remark ⬩ sentence ⬩ statement of a single point ⬩ dictum ⬩ a saying that is to be repeated to another ⬩ a message ⬩ an announcement ⬩ speech ⬩ language of prose ⬩ a fable, tale ⬩ fabulatio, parabola ⬩ sermo, narratio, parabola, fabula, mythus ⬩ a saying
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Ongan Waldend wið Abraham sprecan sægde him unlytel spell held with him long discourse, Cd. Th. 145, 14; Gen. 2405. Spella and lára rǽd-hycgende, Exon. Th. 301, 27; Fä. 25. Ða twá béc on hundeahtatigum spellum (homilies), Ælfc.
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ende
a region ⬩ quarter ⬩ side ⬩ quarter ⬩ part ⬩ proportion ⬩ death ⬩ end ⬩ finished ⬩ issue ⬩ event ⬩ goal ⬩ ultimately ⬩ always ⬩ ultimately ⬩ continuously ⬩ consecutively ⬩ kind ⬩ sort
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Ðæs ðý wyrse wíte hié sculon habban on ende gravius quippe extrema ultione feriendi sunt, Past. 231, 14: Ps. Th. 58, 12.
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lá
Lo ⬩ Oh ⬩ Ah
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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. Bidde ic ðé lá gif ... precorque si ...
CUNNAN
to be or become acquainted with, to know ⬩ noscĕre, scire ⬩ CAN ⬩ scire, posse
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Heó weán cúðon they became acquainted with woe, Cd. 4; Th. 5, 20; Gen. 74. Men ne cunnon men know not, Beo. Th. 327; B. 162.
cuman
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Th. i. 86, 27. with dat. of object, to put, bring (cf. Icel. koma with dat.)
ge-ícan
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Genim þás wyrte wel gepunude . . . geýc þonne þǽrtó sumne dǽl huniges, Lch. i. 312, 11. to associate one person with another Fylstende and geécende adstipulans, Wrt.
LECGAN
to lay ⬩ place ⬩ put ⬩ lay ⬩ to slay
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Gé on his wergengan wíte legdon ye imposed pain upon his pilgrim, 43 a; Th. 144, 29; Gú. 685. Ðæt folc geald heom swá mycel swá hí heom on legden the people paid as much as they imposed, Chr, 1052; Erl.183, 15.
heord
keeping ⬩ custody ⬩ care ⬩ guard
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Freán and mínes fæder are in apposition, and the insertion of hæfde after fæder completes the else loo short half verse mínes fæder, and at the same time fits in with álǽded, so making the alteration to álǽdde unnecessary.
hring
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Cf. hring-mere, -pytt, stede, -will Hri[ng] circulus (teres lunaris globi ), An. Ox. 8, 47. Se hring ( a chalice or paten), Rä. 49, 8: 60, 1. <b>V a.</b> a circular fold, coil.
irre
Anger ⬩ wrath ⬩ ire ⬩ rage
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Ic bidde ðé, hláford, ðæt ic móte bútan yrre wið ðe sprecan oro, domine mi, loquatur servus tuus verbum in auribus tuis et ne irascaris, Gen. 44, 18. Wurdon mé on yrre yfele and hefige in ira molesti erant mihi, Ps. Th. 54, 3.
tídre
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</b> weak, having bad health, infirm :-- Gif wíf on ðon tédre sié if a woman have that infirmity, Lchdm. ii. 8, 25.
wræc-síþ
travel in a foreign land ⬩ peregrination ⬩ pilgrimage ⬩ exile ⬩ banishment ⬩ misery ⬩ wretchedness
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'Ic nú þrý dagas þolian sceolde wælgrim wítu. . . .' ' Ne wép ðone wræcsíð, ' 2861 ; An. 1433. Mæg unfǽge eáðe gedígan weán and wræcslít, Beo. Th. 4573; B. 2292
borh
payment ⬩ suretyship ⬩ security ⬩ loan ⬩ debt
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Se godfæder wæs þæs cildes forspreca and borh wið God, Hml. Th. ii. 50, 17
hleóþor
a sound ⬩ noise ⬩ voice
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Ðonne wit song áhófan. . hlúde bi hearpan hleóðor swinsade, Víd. 105. Engla hleóðres (cf. Engla þreátas sigeleóð sungon, 1289), Gú. 1293. voice, note of a bird Ic þurh múð sprece . . . hleóðres ne míðe, Rá. 9, 4.
gást
breath ⬩ spirit, ghost, principle of life ⬩ spirit ⬩ the immaterial part of man ⬩ a person ⬩ soul ⬩ an incorporeal thing ⬩ an incorporeal being, a spirit, ⬩ divine spirit ⬩ the soul of a deceased person
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Heó ágeaf hire gást, Shrn. 72, 13. spirit in contrast with body, the immaterial part of man Seoþþan se líchoma and se gást gedǽlde beóþ, Bl. 111, 30. Úre gást biþ swíþe wíde farende úrum unwillum, Bt. 34, II; F. 152, 3.
sóþ
Sooth ⬩ very ⬩ true ⬩ the opposite of that which is false, or merely pretends, or has the appearance of, genuine, real ⬩ true ⬩ in conformity with the actual state of things ⬩ true ⬩ righteous ⬩ just
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Se ðe his godcundnesse mid sóþum wísum gerýmeþ, 179, 24. true, in conformity with the actual state of things Mín gewitnes is sóþ, Jn. Skt. 8, 14: 19, 35. Ic eom geþafa ðæt ðæt is sóþ ðæt ðú ǽr sǽdest, Bt. 38, 2; Fox 196, 16.
byrgea
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Mid lx scillinga gebéte ðam byrgean let amends be made to the surely with sixty shillings, L. Alf. pol. 18; Th. i. 72, 12, 15, 16: L. In. 31; Th. i. 122, 6. Se man ðam óðrum byrigean geselle let the man give surety to the other, L. H.
clifian
To cleave, adhere ⬩ adhærere
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To cleave, adhere; adhærere Hí willaþ clifian on ðǽm monnum they will cleave to the men, Bt. 16, 3; Fox 54, 19. Woldon hí on ðam clifian they would cleave to him, 16, 3; Fox 56, 10: L. M. 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 38, 20.
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daroþ
DART, spear, javelin, weapon ⬩ telum, jaculum, hasta
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Ða ne dorston dareþum lácan who durst not play with javelins, Beo. Th. 5689; B. 2848
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éce
Ever, evermore, eternally, perpetually ⬩ in æternum, semper, contĭnuo, perpĕtuo
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Ever, evermore, eternally, perpetually; in æternum, semper, contĭnuo, perpĕtuo Hie on friþe lifdon éce mid heora aldor they lived ever in peace with their chief, Cd. 1; Th. 2, 16; Gen. 20.