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swícan

(v.; prep.)
Grammar
swícan, p. swác, pl. swicon; pp. swicen.
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Ne nim ðú náne sibbe wið ðæs landes menn, ðe læs ðe hira ǽnig ðé swíce, Ex. 34, 15. to fail in one's duty to another, be a traitor to, desert Hwider hweorfaþ wé (St. Andrew's followers) hláfordleáse . . . gif wé swícaþ ðé if we desert thee, Andr.

Linked entry: be-swicenness

áscian

(v.)
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Hú hé ondwyrdan sceolde þæs hé hiene áscade quid sibi tamquam consulenti responderi velit, Ors. 3, 9; S. 126, 30. Hé sumra wyrta (worda, v. l.) ácsode þone wyrtweard hortulanum quaedam requireret, Gr. D. 180, 30. Ácsa hine his wísena, Ll.

Linked entry: áhsian

niman

(v.)
Grammar
niman, p. nam, pl. námon; pp. numen (kept in the slang word nim = steal. Cf. Shakspere's Corporal Nym).

to take ⬩ receive ⬩ get ⬩ sumere ⬩ accipere ⬩ to take ⬩ keep ⬩ hold ⬩ tenere ⬩ to take ⬩ catch ⬩ to contain ⬩ to take (with one) ⬩ carry ⬩ bring ⬩ to take (to one) ⬩ give ⬩ to take forcibly ⬩ seize ⬩ take away ⬩ carry off ⬩ tollere ⬩ capessere ⬩ auferre ⬩ rapere

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Sibbe niman wið to make terms with. Ne nim ðú náne sibbe wið ðæs landes menn ne ineas pactum cum hominibus illarum regionum, Ex. 34, 15. Sige niman to gain the victory, Chr. 871; Erl. 74, 8 (and often). Tó gemæccan niman to take to wife, Cd.

Linked entry: bi-nom

sorh

(n.)
Grammar
sorh, sorg, sorhg, e; f.

care ⬩ anxiety ⬩ sorrow ⬩ grief ⬩ affliction ⬩ trouble ⬩ sorrow, care ⬩ cura, solicitudo, angor, moeror, labor ⬩ care, sorrow

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Ús biþ sibb æfter sorge, Andr. Kmbl. 3134; An. 1570. Ne biþ him on ðám wícum wiht tó sorge there shall be nothing in heaven to came them anxiety, Exon. Th. 238, 29; Ph. 211. Gé mé lyt sorge sealdun ye caused me little care, 121, 13; Gú. 288.

Linked entry: sorg

feran

Grammar
feran, l. féran,

to go on ⬩ proceed ⬩ to fare ⬩ go on ⬩ succeed ⬩ to come ⬩ be derived

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S. 32, 206. impersonal Hú wel hit férde mid ús þá ðá þis ígland wæs wunigende on sibbe, Hml. S. 13, 147.

ge-líhtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-líhtan, to lighten, <b>ge-líhtan</b> to alight. Substitute: <b>ge-líhtan;</b> p. te.
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Voc. ii. 140, 20 (v. preceding passage). to make light of, undervalue Ðonne hié willað him sylfum ðæt yfel ðæt hié ðurhtugon tó suíðe gelíhtan cum sibi quis malum, quod perpetravit, laevigat, Past. 159, 20. to become light, be mitigated Wundorlíce hraðe

ǽr

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
ǽr, adv.

early ⬩ expressing readiness, quickness, soon ⬩ earlier, before ⬩ previously, beforehand ⬩ sooner ⬩ before ⬩ sooner ⬩ first

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., ðonne forlǽtaþ hí ðá sibbe, 21; F. 74, 31. cpve. earlier, before Dæge ǽr pridie, Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 50. Ǽr dudum, ante, An. Ox. 1920: jam, 5483. Ǽr ðonne hé, B. 1182. Gefyrn ǽr jam, An. Ox. 56, 93. Ǽr gefyrn, Cri. 63. Ǽr oððe æfter, 1692.

þingian

(v.)
Grammar
þingian, p. ode.
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For hine ðingian and for sibbe his ðeóde ad supplicandum pro pace gentis ejus, 3, 24; S. 556, 43.

ge-weald

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E. 236, 5. (4 a) a dominion :-- ꝥ eall crísten folc mínra gewealda sóðe sibbe healde, Ll.

rǽran

(v.)
Grammar
rǽran, p. de
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God sibbe rǽreþ éce tó ealdre engla and monna, Exon. Th. 43, 16; Cri. 689. Hé Cristes cyricean on his ríce geornlíce timbrede and rǽrde ecclesiam Christi in regno suo multum diligenter aedificare ac dilatare curavit, Bd. 3, 3; S. 525, 37.

Linked entry: hebban

talian

(v.)
Grammar
talian, p. ode.

to suppose a thing (to be) such and such, consider, reckon, account, ⬩ to impute, ascribe, lay to the account of ⬩ to reckon, enumerate

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. ¶ with swylce, tó, to consider as :-- Ða áteorigendlícan ðing ðe heó nú tó sibbe and blisse talaþ, Homl. Th. i. 408, 26. Wá eów ðe taliaþ eów sylfe tó ðeódwitan ve, qui sapientes estis coram oculis vestris, Wulfst. 46, 26.

fægere

(adv.)

beautifully ⬩ elegantly ⬩ gently ⬩ fair ⬩ plausibly ⬩ speciously ⬩ impurity ⬩ thoroughly ⬩ nobly ⬩ splendidly ⬩ justly

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Hé swǽslíce sibbe geháteð, fréfreð hí fægre (speaks words of kind comfort), Crl. 1341. Hé ðám folce fægere bodade with kindly words he warned the people, Hml, Th. ii. 140, 10. Hé hí gefréfrode, ðus fægre tihtende, 328, 3.

sittan

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Gemong him mid sibbe sittan to settle peaceably amongst them, 2, 8; S. 94, 10: 6, 34; P. 290, 23. Þæt folc sum hé þǽr sittan lét, sum þonan ádræfde some of the people he left where they were, some he expelled, 3, 9 ; S. 126, 15.

wíc

(n.)
Grammar
wíc, The word is generally neuter, but as it is often used in the plural where a singular might express the meaning, the similarity of neuter plural and feminine singular accusatives seems to have caused the word to be taken sometimes as feminine, e. g. tó ánre wíc, Homl. Th. i. 402, 22. A weak form also seems to be used, Chart. Th. 446, 29.
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Hé him synderlíce wíc getimbrede ipse sibi monasterium construxit, Bd. 3, 19; S. 547, 30.

tó-sceádan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sceádan, -scádan; p. -scéd, -sceád (in the Northern Gospels weak forms are found, and -sceádde occurs in Bede); pp. -sceáden.

to divide in two, ⬩ separate one thing from another ⬩ to divide into parties ⬩ cause division ⬩ dissension among ⬩ to separate contending parties or claims ⬩ judge, ⬩ decide between ⬩ to make a distinction between things ⬩ to distinguish ⬩ treat or regard differently ⬩ to separate one thing from another with the mind, ⬩ to discern, ⬩ distinguish, ⬩ discriminate ⬩ to separate things from one another, ⬩ to order, ⬩ dispose, ⬩ appoint ⬩ to separate the parts of a confused whole, ⬩ to expound, ⬩ interpret, ⬩ render intelligible ⬩ to discuss ⬩ to send in different directions, ⬩ to scatter ⬩ disperse ⬩ To be separated, ⬩ to differ

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Ðá ðá hé ðás eorðlícan sibbe tósceád (-scéd, Cott. MSS.) and ða hefonlícan cum terrenam pacem a superna distingueret, 46; Swt. 351, 10.

Linked entries: sceádan tó-gesceádan tó-scádan

heonan

afterwards ⬩ from now

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Sib sceal gemǽne englum and ældum á forð heonan wesan, Cri. 582. at some time from now, at some time in the future, afterwards Heona ł æfter ðisse (amodo) gié geseáð sunu monnes cymmende in wolcnum heofnes, Mt. L. 26, 64.

á-biddan

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R. 7. 22. where the person from whom is given Heó ábæd án hridder hire tó lǽne æt óðrum wífe praestari sibi capisterium petiit Gr. D. 96. 33. Hí ábǽdon (petierunt ) æt ðám Egiptiscon hira fatu, Ex. 12, 35.

betǽcan

(v.)

to entrust ⬩ guidance ⬩ to hand over ⬩ pay ⬩ give ⬩ to assign ⬩ destine ⬩ yield to ⬩ to direct

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Ben. 1. 57, 3) solus sit ad opus sibi injunctum persistens, R. Ben. 49, 18. a person (thing) to an office, &amp;c. Ǽnig þǽra þinga þe tó lácum betǽht bið, Wlfst. 157, 17. Bi-gencgum betǽhtne ceremoniis deputatum, An. Ox. 2225.

ge-wendan

(v.)
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Th. i. 54, 6. intrans. of motion, to come, go, the direction or destination being determined by adv. or prep. phrase, where the subject (material or non-material) acts Sibb iúer tó iúh eft gewoendas( reuertatur ), Mt. L. 10, 13.

eo

(n.)
Grammar
eo, I. unaccented, generally stands before two consonants lc, ld, lf, rc, rd, rf, rg, rh, rl, rm, rn, rp, rr, rt, rþ, x; as, Geolca a yolk, sceolde should, seolfor silver, deorc dark, sweord a sword, ceorfan to carve, beorgan to protect, beorht bright, eorl earl, beorma barm, eornost earnest, weorpan to throw, steorra a star, heorte the heart, eorþe the earth, meox dung. II. eó accented, the diphthong, generally stands before the consonants c, d, f, g, h, l, m, n, p, r, s, st, t, w; as, Seóc sick, beódan to bid, þeóf a thief, fleógan to fly, hreóh rough, hweól a wheel, leóma a ray of light, beón to be, deóp deep, beór beer, ceosan to choose, breóst the breast, fleótan to float, leóþ a song, ceówan to chew. 2. eó is also the termination of many words, and then the ó in eó is always accented; as, Beó a bee; ic beó

I shall be

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I shall be; freó free; gleó glee; seó the; seó sim, sis, sit; treó a tree; breó three, etc

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