un-maga
a person without means ⬩ a needy person ⬩ a person who cannot maintain himself ⬩ one who is dependent upon others
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Spl. 36, 15. a person who cannot maintain himself, one who is dependent upon others Mardocheus hæfde Hester for dohtor, for ðan hire deád wæs ge fæder ge módor, ðá ðá heó unmagu (-maga, v.l. ) wæs, Homl. Ass. 94, 86.
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a-scúnian
to avoid ⬩ shun ⬩ fly from ⬩ evitare ⬩ reprobare ⬩ to hate ⬩ detest ⬩ odisse ⬩ detestari ⬩ to accuse ⬩ reprove ⬩ convict ⬩ arguere
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to avoid, shun, fly from; evitare, reprobare He mót þyllíc ascúnian he must shun the like, L. C. S. 7; Th. i. 380, 9: L. Ed. 4; Th. i. 162, 6. to hate, detest; odisse, detestari Esau ascúnode Iacob oderat Esau Jacob, Gen. 27, 41.
be-sceáwian
To look round upon ⬩ look on ⬩ consider ⬩ regard ⬩ watch ⬩ circumspicere ⬩ intueri ⬩ considerare ⬩ respicere ⬩ perscrutari ⬩ providere
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Ðæt he Alexandres [wisan] besceáwode that he might watch Alexander's conduct, Ors. 4, 5; Bos. 82, 22 : R. Ben. 55
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éðian
to breathe, inspire ⬩ hālāre, spīrāre, inspīrāre ⬩ to smell ⬩ ŏdōrāre
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to breathe, inspire; hālāre, spīrāre, inspīrāre He leórt tácen forþ, þurh fýres bleó, up éðigean he let a token forth breathe up, through colour of fire, Elen. Kmbl. 2211; El. 1107. Se gást éðaþ the spirit breathes, Greg. Dial. 2, 21.
fóster-land
FOSTER-LAND ⬩ land assigned for the procuring of provisions ⬩ fundus cĭbāriis emendis assignātus
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FOSTER-LAND, land assigned for the procuring of provisions; fundus cĭbāriis emendis assignātus He gean [MS. geun] ðæs landes æt Wihtríces hamme ðám Godes þeówum, to fósterlande he gives the land at Wittersham to God's servants, as foster-land, Th.
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midde
The middle
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The middle (only in the phrase on middan) Se fugel hafaþ iiii heáfdu ... and hé is on middan hwælan hiwes the bird hath four heads ... and in the middle it is of a whale's shape, Salm. Kmbl. 526; Sal. 262. Forwrát hé wyrm on middan, Beo.
ge-cwylman
To afflict ⬩ torment ⬩ punish ⬩ destroy ⬩ kill ⬩ pūnīre ⬩ trucīdāre ⬩ mortĭfĭcāre
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Ðæt he byþ gecwylmed ut pūniētur, Ps. Lamb. 36, 13. Mid ormǽtre angsumnysse gecwylmed afflicted with excessive pain, Homl. Th. i. 88, 6
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ge-gódian
To bestow goods upon ⬩ enrich
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To bestow goods upon, enrich Ða mynstru he genihtsumlíce to dæghwomlícum bigleofan gegódode he abundantly enriched those minsters for daily subsistence, Homl. Th. ii. 118, 30 : H. R. 105, 6 : Chr. 1086; Erl. 220, 39.
gengan
To go, pass ⬩ ire, meare, currere, ferri, converti
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He feára sum beforan gengde wong sceáwian he with a few went before to view the plain, Beo. Th. 2829; B. 1412. Him oft betwuh gnornword gengdon words of sadness passed oft between them, Cd. 37; Th. 47, 27; Gen. 767.
sinc-fæt
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Forsóc hé ðám syncfatum, beága mænigo, Vald. 1, 28. a receptacle for treasure, a casket, cf. hord-fæt Hé ætwæg Brósinga mene, sigle and sincfæt. Beo. Th. 2404 ; B. 1200
un-sidu
A bad habit ⬩ vicious custom ⬩ mal-practice
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Áne misdǽda hé dyde þeáh tó swíðe, ðæt hé ælþeódige unsida lufode, Chr. 959; Erl. 121, 1
un-sprecende
Not speaking ⬩ unable to speak ⬩ without speech ⬩ speechless
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Hé ( Christ in Simeon's arms ) ðá gyt on ðære menniscnysse unsprecende wǽre, Homl. Th. i. 142, 26. Fǽringa sáh hé niðer sprǽce benumen, and þurhwunode swá unsprecende, Chr. 1053; Erl. 186, 23. Unsprecende forneán almost speechless, Homl.
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un-gemyndig
Unmindful ⬩ forgetful
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Ne byð ǽfre God ungemyndig ðæt hé miltsige manna cynne numquid obliviscetur misereri Deus? Ps. Th. 76, 8. Swá hwá swá ungemyndig ( immemor ) sié rihtwísnesse, Bt. 35, 1; Fox 156, 10: Met. 22, 55. Hé wæs ungemyndig ðæs hálgan gewrites, Homl.
siþþan
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Add Hé wolde ðá ealdan ǽ ǽr gefyllan, and siððan ðá níwan gecýðnysse onginnan, Hml. Th. ii. 244, 28: Chr. 690; P. 40, 11. Þæt sind ǽrest heofonas. . . and syððan þeós eorðe, Hml.
tó-cwísan
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Feól se stǽnene wáh uppan þæs stuntan rǽdboran ꝥ hé (hí) æll tócwýsde the stone wall fell upon the stupid fellow's counsellors, so that it crushed them all to bits, Hml S. 8, 173
wild-deór
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Þá wearð hé gefyrht mid ege þæs unmǽtan wildeóres . . . Hé tó þám león cwæð: 'Eálá þú mǽste wildeór, ' Hml. S. 23 b, 773-780.
hasu
Grey, ash-coloured, tawny ⬩ cinereus, fulvo-cinereus ⬩ grey
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Grey, ash-coloured, tawny; cinereus, fulvo-cinereus Hé of earce forlét haswe culufran he let out of the ark a grey dove, Cd. 72; Th. 87, 20; Gen. 1451.
ge-teágan
To make ⬩ prepare
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Ðone ilcan mete ðe he hí ǽror mid tame getéde the same food with which before he had made them tame [the prose has ða ilcan mettas ðe hí ǽr tame mid gewenedon, Fox 88, 18], Bt. Met. Fox 13, 87; Met. 13, 44
tó-lǽtan
To let go in different directions, ⬩ to cause to go different ways, ⬩ to disperse, ⬩ release, ⬩ relax
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Hé forgiet hine selfne ðonne hé tólǽtt and fægnaþ ongeagn ðara óðerra word oblitus sui in voces se spar git alienas, Past. 17; Swt. 111, 10. Tólǽtenum æddrum laxis fibris, Hymn. Surt. 102, 22