a-lǽtan
To let go ⬩ lay down ⬩ leave ⬩ give up ⬩ lose ⬩ renounce ⬩ resign ⬩ remit ⬩ pardon ⬩ deliver ⬩ sinere ⬩ abjicere ⬩ deponere ⬩ relinquere ⬩ remittere ⬩ condonare ⬩ relaxare ⬩ liberare
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Ðæt ic mǽge mín líf alǽtan that I may resign my life, 5494; B. 2750: Exon, 72b; Th. 271, 16; Jul. 483. Úre leáhtras alǽt pardon our crimes, Hy. 6, 20; Hy. Grn. ii. 286, 20: Cd. 29; Th. 39, 9; Gen. 622.
dem
mischief, harm, injury, loss, misfortune ⬩ damnum, mălum, noxa, injūria, detrīmentum, calămĭtas
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Ne wéne ic ðæt ǽnig man atellan mǽge ealne ðone dem ðe Rómánum gedón wearþ I do not think that any man can tell all the harm which was done to the Romans, Ors. 2, 8; Bos. 51, 28.
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þanc-full
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Wé hálsiaþ, God, ðæt þeów ðín cync úre ... tó ðé ... þancfull mæge becuman quaesumus, Deus, ut famulus tuus rex nosier ... ad te ... gratiosus ualeat pervenire, Anglia xiii. 381, 228.
æt-feolan
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Wrít þám horse on þám heáfde foran Crístes mǽl and on leoþa gehwilcum þe þú ætfeólan mæge, Lch. ii. 290, 24. fig.
ge-gódian
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Ne eft nis ǽnig swá mǽre . . . þæt áðor ðǽra þénunga gegódian oððon gemycclian mæge, Wlfst. 34, 11
full-gán
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Hí secgaþ ꝥ hí mægen þý éþ hiora wísdóme fulgán and hine gehealdan sic enim clarius testatiusque sapientiae tractatur officium, Bt. 39, 2; F. 212, 19. Hió hyre firenluste fulgán ne móste bútan manna bysmrunge, Ors. 1, 2; S. 30, 33.
hǽtu
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M. 20, 13. of sexual passion Seó gecyndelice hǽtu þurh ꝥ mægen þæs Hálgan Gástes gestilleþ on þé ( the Virgin Mary ), Bl. H. 7, 27. great warmth of feeling, fervour Se rehtgeleáfa mid haetu (calore ) walle, Ps.
hreówsian
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Ðæt hí mægen be ðǽm ilcan gemete hreówsian ut mensura lamentationis erigantur, 417, 34. Hwílum him ðyncð ðæt hé hæbbe fierst genógne tó hreówsianne modo adhuc tempus subsequens ad poenitentiam pollicetur, 415, 35.
tó-gædere
Together ⬩ union, ⬩ association, ⬩ joining, ⬩ mingling,
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Fæste .ii. dagas tógaedere, gif him mægen gelǽste, Lchdm. ii. 218, 2: 232, 19
þrinness
Trinity
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Of ðæm mægene ðære hálgan þrynesse, Blickl. Homl. 29, 12. On ðære hálgan þrynnysse, 249, 23. Mid þrym fingrum man sceall sénian for ðære hálgan þrynnysse (ðrymnysse, MS. U.; v. Middle English quoted under Þrim-feald), Homl. Skt. ii. 27, 156.
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ge-metfæst
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Voc. ii. 151, 32. not yielding to anger or impatience, meek, gentle In geþylde mægene gemetfæst patientiae uirtute modestus, Bd. 4, 28 ; Sch. 525, 14.
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sweðrian
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Gif mægen swiðrade, Cd. Th. 193, 7; Exod. 242. Nó swiðrode ríce, 256, 12; Dan. 639. Him sweðraden synna lustas sinful joys subsided in him, Exon. Th. 109, 2; Gú. 84. Metod lét Babilone blǽd swiðrian, Cd.
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ofer-stígan
to mount, scale, surmount, rise above ⬩ to transcend, surpass, excel, overcome, exceed ⬩ transcendere, transire, exsuperare ⬩ overcome
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Hé ealra óðerra heáhfædera mægen oferstígeþ, Blickl. Homl. 167, 23. Yldo oferbídeþ stánas, heó oferstígeþ stýle, Salm. Kmbl. 600; Sal. 299. Oferstíhþ excedit, i. superat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 71. Ðæs gebodes micelnes his mihta oferstíhþ, R.
spéd
Speed ⬩ success ⬩ means ⬩ speed ⬩ quickness ⬩ speedily ⬩ quickly ⬩ speed ⬩ success ⬩ prosperous issue ⬩ means ⬩ substance ⬩ abundance ⬩ wealth ⬩ power ⬩ faculty ⬩ opportunity ⬩ means of doing anything ⬩ progeny ⬩ celeritas, successus, provectus, prosperitas, substantia
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Ðú on ðínes mægenes mihte spédum sǽ gesettest tu confirmasti in virtute tua mare, 73, 13. Óðre him of hyra spédum (de facultatibus suis) þénedon, Lk. Skt. 8, 3.
or-wíge
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Æfter ðære ilcan wísan mon mót feohtan mid his geborene mǽge, gif him mon on wóh on feohteþ.
æt-sacan
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Gif mon sié dumb geboren, ꝥ hé ne mæge his synna ætsacan, Ll. Th. i. 70, 15. to deny, refuse permission Nis ǽnig dǽl mínes líchaman ꝥ ic þé ætsacan wille ꝥ þú hine þweá, Hml. A. 157, 147. to deny a person, disown, with gen.
a-rǽfnan
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Swá þú hátost mæge áræfnan, Lch. ii. 124, 21: 130, 7, Áræfnian, Hml. Th. ii. 34, 3. Se cyng ne mihte áræfnian his dohtor teáras, Ap. Th. 22, 25. Strengra tó áræfnanne, Wlfst. 207, 24. Syle ús geðyld tó áræfnigenne, Hml. S. 30, 135.
á-reccan
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Hwá is þæt þe eall ðá yfel þe hí dónde wǽron ásecgean mæge oððe áreccean ?, Ors. 1, 8; S. 42, 7. tó áreccganne (-secganne?) expediari, Lk. p. 3, 7. to explain, expound Areccan explanare, Wrt. Voc. ii. 30, 46.
fleógan
to fly ⬩ to flee ⬩ to avoid
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Similar entries Cf. fleón, III: Se móna næfð nánre mihte wiht ꝥ hé þǽre nihte genipu mæge fleógan (flecgan, MS. ) pallida nocturnam nec praestat luna lucernam, Dom. L. 110
ge-metlic
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etiamsi Alexander ei nan successisset in regnum, Ofs- 3i 7 i S. 120, I< 5. keeping due measure, not excessive Ðurh ðá gemetgunge ðæs hwǽtes is getácnod gemetlico word (modus verbi) ðý lǽs hira mon má geóte on ðæt undiópe mód ðonne hit behabban mæge
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