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(n.; adj.)
Grammar
má, indecl. cpve. used as subst. and adj.

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Hé ne úde ðæt ǽnig óðer man ǽfre mǽrða ðon má gehédde ðonne hé sylfa he would not allow that any other man should have any more distinctions than he himself had, Beo. Th. 1012; B. 504. Wát ic sorga ðý má, Cd. 42; Th. 54, 33; Gen. 886.

Linked entries: mǽst

twi-feald

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
twi-feald, adj.
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</b> that belongs to one or other of two kinds :-- Ege is twyfeald, and ðeówdóm is twyfeald. Án ege is bútan lufe, óðer is mid lufe. . . Swá is eác óðer ðeówt neádunge búton lufe, óðer is sylfwilles mid lufe, Homl. Th. ii. 524, 3-6.

á-bisgian

(v.)
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Heora mód wæs ábisgod on ðisse worulde willnunga, Bt. 41, 3; F. 246, 30. v. other instances under á-bysgian in Dict

Linked entry: a-bysgian

ge-sǽlig

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Ox. 4185. happy, favoured by lot, position, or other external circumstance, fortunate Tó hwon sceoldan míne friend seggan þæt ic gesǽlig mon wǽre ? Hú mæg sé beón gesǽlig se þe on ðám gesǽlþum ðurhwunian ne mót ?

hirde

a keeperguardianprotectordirectorguidepastor the keepera keepera guardwatchman

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Under háligra hyrda gewealdum, 386. used of a person in authority, one who bears rule Is óþer (St. Peter) cyricean hyrde tó Crístes handa, Bl. H. 171, 7.

hwíl

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. ¶ in oblique cases, alcne or with other words, with adverbial force. acc. alone Ne racantégum hwíle ( jam ) ǽnig mon hine mæhte gibinda, Mk. R. L. 5, 3.

of-gán

(v.)

to demand what is due, seek satisfaction for, require, exactto require what is not due, to exact with violence, extortto require what is not one's due but is granted as a favour or for a fair equivalent, to obtain, hold by allowance of anotherto start of, make a beginning of anything.

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rýmette fénge ofeode ðǽs óðres mynstres áre mid swilcum þingum swylce ðam híréde ðæ ða áre áhte gecwéme wǽre if one monastery&#39;s property lay in the space allotted to another, that the chief of the monastery that accepted the space should hold the other

Linked entry: of-eode

tó-cnáwan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-cnáwan, p. -cneów; pp. -cnáwen

To discern,distinguish,know the difference between,understand

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. 392, 18. with acc. and appositive adjective Wé tócnáwaþ his ríce and úre ríce ðǽr áwritene, ðǽr wé ǽr swilce be óðrum mannum gereccednesse rǽddon we discern his kingdom and our kingdom there described, where before we read the account as if about other

un-weorþ

(adj.)
Grammar
un-weorþ, -wurþ, -wyrþ, -wierþe, -wyrþe; adj.

of no valueof no dignitylittle esteemedunworthynot of sufficient meritworthlessbadcontemptibledespicableignobleignominiousdishonouring

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Gif munuc hine sylfne ýttran and unweorðran talaþ ðonne ǽnigne óþerne si omnibus se inferiorem et viliorem credat, 29, 11.

Linked entries: un-wurþ un-wyrþ

irmþ

(n.)
Grammar
irmþ, e; irmþu, irmþo; indecl. f.

Povertypenurymiserywretchednesscalamitydistressdisorder

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Ne biþ him hyra yrmþu án tó wíte ac ðara óðerra eád tó sorgum nor alone shall their own misery be torment, but the bliss of the others shall be a grief, 26 b ; Th. 79, 19; Cri. 1293. For yrmþe unspédig[ra] propter miseriam inopum, Ps. Spl. 11, 5.

Linked entry: earmþu

dígle

(adj.)
Grammar
dígle, dégle, diégle, deigle, deágol, dǽg-, dég-, deóg-, dióg-, díg- dýg-ol (-el), deáhle, díhle; adj.
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Seó sunne teígþ on þá dǽglan wegas (secreto tramite), Bt. 25; F. 88, 26. of thought, action, concealed from the knowledge or notice of others Weorc, swá open swá dégle, Past. 451, 14. Dígle (dégle, L. R.) occultum, Mk. 4, 22.

ge-hýdan

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L. 12, 36. to keep a matter from the knowledge of others Ðú gehýddest ( abscondisti ) ðás from snottrum and ædeánades ðá ðám lytlum, Lk. L. 10, 21. Ne is gehýded ꝥne oncnáuen bið, 8, 17: 12, 2: 19, 42.

LIFIAN

(v.)
Grammar
LIFIAN, leofian; p. ode

To LIVE

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Se æþeling lyfode [other MS. leofode] ðá gyt, Chr. 1036; Erl. 165, 21. Hé ðǽr sum fæc on forhæbbendum lífe lifede aliquandiu continentissimam gestit vitam, Bd. 5, 11; S. 626, 16.

Linked entries: leofian LIBBAN

medume

(adj.)
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medume, medeme, meodume; adj.

middlingmoderatecommonoccupying the middle or mean position as regardsobserving the just meanperfectmeetfitworthy

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Medume leódgeld a half fine (cf. medietas leudis, and other examples, Grmm. R. A. 653), L. Ethb. 7; Th. i. 4, 9: 21; Th. i. 8, 3. Hé hæfþ medemne wæstm he is of middle height, Homl. Th. i. 456, 18.

Linked entry: medeme

ge-brengan

(adj.)
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Ne gebróhte ðé nán óþer man on þám gedwolan bútan þé sylfum, Bt. 5, 1; F. 8, 36 : Hml. Th. ii. 476, 11. Hí hine on yrre gebróhtan in iram concitaverunt Deum, Ps. Th. 77, 19. Hí þet wærod on fleáme gebróhtan, Chr. 1006; P. 137, 9.

ord

(n.)
Grammar
ord, es; m.

a point,of a weapona spear, pointed weaponone who is at the topmost point, a head, chief, princehead, frontline of battle, forefrontthe beginning, origin, source (applied to persons and things)

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Kmbl. 469; El. 235. of other point-shaped, conical things Ord apicem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 73, 64. Ða hwíle ðe se móna ðære sceade ord ( the shadow of the earth ) ofer yrnþ, Lchdm. iii. 240, 26.

Linked entries: ór ord-wíga

hwilc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hwilc, hwylc, hwelc; pron.

whichwhoany oneanysome

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Gyf hwylce ðǽr beóþ ðara ðe hwæt ǽbylhþa wið óðre habbaþ if there are any there who have any grudges against others, L. E. I. 36; Th. ii. 434, 7.

waru

(n.)
Grammar
waru, e (but acc. waru, Ps. Th. 118, 17) ; f.
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Antiochus giémde hwæt né hæfde monna gerímes, and ne nom náne ware húlíce hié wǽron, Ors. 5, 4; Swt. 224, 22. care for the safety of others Se hýra ne bið náðor ne mid ware ne mid lufe ástyred, Homl. Th. i. 240, 28.

Linked entry: wer-genga

wǽdl

(n.)
Grammar
wǽdl, (v.
  • P. B. viii. 535
), e: wǽdle, an; f.

Povertywantpovertyindigencewantpenuryunproductivenessbarrenness

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Hé ðæs landes wæstmbǽrnesse ðara syfan geára sǽde, and ðara óþera syfan geára wǽdle (agrorum sterilitatem), Ors. 1, 5; Swt. 34, 10

Linked entry: wéðel

be

restbyalong,by, not later thanbyduringbywithconveyance, by (in to send by) subject toin the case ofin the matter ofinwith(to do) byor abouttowith(to become)ofbybecause ofon account offor the sake ofbyby means ofby the use ofby way ofin the form ofafter according toafterby the commandat the request

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Hú seó burh burne and hú lange be þǽre óþerre, Bt. 16, 4; F. 58, 5.