lóc
look ⬩ see ⬩ however
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look, see, look you; the word often occurs in connection with a pronominal form, and seems equivalent to a suffixed -ever, loca hú however,. Efne oððe lóca nú hér hit is en, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 56 : Homl. Th. i. 358, 9. Hig cwǽdon Lóca nú hú hrædlíce
Linked entry: LÓCIAN
bletsian
To BLESS, wish happiness, consecrate ⬩ benedicere, consecrare ⬩ merciful, kind ⬩ to have mercy
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To BLESS, wish happiness, consecrate; benedicere, consecrare Ic Ismael éstum wille bletsian I will bless Ishmael with favours, Cd. 107; Th. 142, 5; Gen. 2357: 191; Th. 238, 23; Dan. 359; Gen. 17, 16. He, bletsiende [bletsigende, Jun.], bræc ða hláfas
staþolian
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to establish, found, settle, fix Ic tó ánum ðé mód staðolige to thee alone do I keep my mind constant, Andr. Kmbl. 164; An. 82. Staþelige, Exon. Th. 255. 30; Jul. 222. Ðú in God getreówdes ic in mínne fæder hyht staþelie thou didst trust in God, I found
tihtle
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A charge, accusation Gif hit ánfeald tyh[t]le sý, dúfe seó hand æfter ðam stáne óð ða wriste, and gif hit þryfeald sý, óð ðæne elbogan, L. Ath. iv. 7; Th. i. 226, 16. Gif hit tihtle (tihtla, MS. B.) sí and lád forberste if a charge be brought, and the
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cunnan
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Add: to know. absolute Ge þá þe cunnon, ge þá þe ne cunnon, Bt. 21; F. 72, 31. with acc. Seó óþru leofað, þá ic cann on ansýne and ne can ná hire naman altera superest, quam facie scio, sed nomine nescio, Gr. D. 283, 12. Ðú cans eal ðis wésten, and
díc
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Add: an excavation, ditch, pit; fossa, fovea Díc fossa, pyt puteus, Wrt. Voc. i. 84, 57. Ðǽr fyxan díc tó bróce gǽð, C. D. ii. 29, 1. Of ðǽm pytte on ðone díc ... ondlong dices ðéh sió díc forscoten wǽre, iii. 168, 35. On ðá ealdan díc; andlang díce
éfestan
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and add: intrans. To hasten Efstan properare, Wrt. Voc. ii. 67, 17. of movement Hwider síðast ðú bútan ðínum bearne? hwider efst ðú bútan ðínum diácone?, Hml. Th. i. 418, 1. Swá efst fugel ut si avis festinet, Kent. Gl. 219. 'Oefesta (eofesta, R.) ádúne
ge-neát
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Add: one who enjoys (v. neótan) with another, one who belongs to the household or following (comitatus) of a superior Genaeot inquilinis (cf. inquilinus inbúend, 134, 24), Wrt. Voc. ii. in, 53. Geneát, 45, 57. I a. where the superior is a king, prince
ge-þungen
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Add: in respect to age, advanced, mature Geþungen yld and swýðe eald yld ... hærfest and geþungen yld geférlǽcað, and winter and yld áteoriað, Angl. viii. 299, 25-27. Swylce hit cild wǽre ... swylce hé medemre ylde man wǽre, and óðre hwíle swylce hé
gléd
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Add: a coal of fire Gloed carbo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 12. Gloede prunas, 118, 18. a live coal, coal of fire (lit. or fig.) Gléd carbo (torridus altaris ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 89, 14. Swá rícels byð þonne hit gífre gléda bærnað, Ps. Th. 140, 2. Hí feallað on
sceand
shame, disgrace, infamy, ignominy ⬩ a shameful, infamous, or abominable thing,
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shame, disgrace, infamy, ignominy Byþ ðám scand and sceamu operiantur confusione et pudore, Ps. Th. 70, 12. Ig*-*nominium sconde hléwung (cf. (?) ge-léwan) sive fraceþu, idem et infa*-*mium Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 30. Sume wurdon getawod tó scande some were
wǽr-loga
One who is false to his covenant, a faithless, perfidious person
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One who is false to his covenant, a faithless, perfidious person Ðonne mánsceaða fore Meotude on ðam dóme standeþ, bið se wǽrloga fýres áfylled, Exon. Th. 95, 25; Cri. 1562. Hám Eormanríces, wráþes wǽrlogan, 319, 8; Víd. 9. Ðone wǽrlogan, láðne leódhatan
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wéna
supposition ⬩ opinion ⬩ thought ⬩ idea ⬩ imagination ⬩ hope ⬩ expectation
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supposition, opinion, thought, idea, imagination Se leása wéna and sió rǽdelse ðara dysigena monna hominum fallax opinio Bt. 27, 3; Fox 98, 32. Swá sume wénaþ, ðæt sió sunne dó, ac se wéna nis wuhte ðe sóþra Met. 28, 35. Gewyrd nis nán ðing búton leás
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BREÓST
the breast of man or beast; ⬩ pectus ⬩ the breasts; ⬩ ubera ⬩ The heart, mind, thought ⬩ pectus, cor, mens
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the breast of man or beast; pectus Ðæt míne breóst wereþ that defends my breast, Beo. Th. 911; B. 453. On breóstum læg lay on my breast, 1109; B. 552. He beót his breóst percutiebat pectus suum, Lk. Bos. 18, 13. Blíð on breóstum mild in the breast [stomach
of-sittan
to sit upon, press down by sitting ⬩ to sit upon, oppress ⬩ to sit upon, occupy, take possession of (with idea of force or wrong) ⬩ to sit about, besiege ⬩ to repress, check, present motion
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to sit upon, press down by sitting Heó ofsæt ðone selegyst she (Grendel's mother) pressed down the hall-guest (Beowulf, who had fallen) Beo. Th. 3094; B. 1545. Nû sceal se ðe wile sittan æt Godes gereorde ðæt gærs ofsittan, ðæt is, ðæt hé sceal
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tó-drífan
To drive in different directions, ⬩ drive away ⬩ to drive asunder ⬩ separate ⬩ to scatter, ⬩ disperse ⬩ to scatter, ⬩ destroy ⬩ to drive away, ⬩ send elsewhere ⬩ to drive away, ⬩ dispel, ⬩ put an end to
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To drive in different directions, drive away. to drive asunder, separate Wit ætsomne on sǽ wǽron fíf nibta fyrst, óþþæt unc flód tódráf. Beo. Th. 1095; B. 545. to scatter, disperse Se wulf tódrífþ (tódrífeð, Lind. Rush.) ða sceáp lupus dispergit oves
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síðian
To journey ⬩ go ⬩ travel
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To journey, go, travel Hwider síðast ðú bútan ðínum bearne? Homl. Th. i. 416, 33. Ðǽr ic síðade juxta iter, Ps. Th. 139, 5. Hé ðider síðode. Homl. Th. ii. 516, 6. Sum undercyning hine bæd ðæt hé hám mid him síðode, i. 128, 6. Ðá ðá se Hǽlend síðode,
slæc
inactive ⬩ slothful ⬩ lazy ⬩ not willing to make an effort ⬩ careless ⬩ negligent ⬩ remiss ⬩ not strict in the performance of duty ⬩ languid ⬩ ill ⬩ slow ⬩ gentle ⬩ that makes inactive ⬩ sluggish ⬩ not attended with effort ⬩ lax of conduct
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Slack. of persons inactive, slothful, lazy, not willing to make an effort Slæc reses, Wrt. Voc. ii. 118, 77. Sleac piger, i. 74, 33: lentus vel piger, 49, 35. Sleac vel slaw pigras vel lentus, 16, 48. Ðú yfela þeówa and sleac thou wicked and slothful
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wudu
wood ⬩ the substance of growing trees ⬩ a tree ⬩ (hewh) wood ⬩ the material obtained from trees ⬩ wood which forms something ⬩ something made of wood ⬩ wood ⬩ wood ⬩ the wood ⬩ woods ⬩ a wood ⬩ wild
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wood, the substance of growing trees Hú ne mint ðú gesión ðæt ǽlc wyrt and ǽlc wudu (-a, v. l.) (cum herbas atque arbores intuearis), wile weaxan on ðærn lande sélost, ðe him betst geríst. . . . Sumra wyrta oððe sumes wuda eard biþ on dúnum. . . . Ním
ge-mǽre
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Add: <b>ge-mǽru, ge-mǽro</b>, e (or indecl. ?); f. A border, margin, coast Tó ðǽm gemǽrum ad oras, Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 52. in the case of a country or district. frontier, border, (by the sea) coast -Þá brycge þe æt þǽm gemǽre wæs, Ors. 2,