hýnan
To abuse ⬩ humiliate ⬩ rebuke ⬩ correct ⬩ despise ⬩ oppress ⬩ afflict ⬩ ill-treat
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Hergian and hýnan to ravage and ill-use, Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 79, 1. Of ðæs handum ðe hine hýnan wolde from the hands of him that would have laid him low, Homl. Th. ii. 510, 23.
Linked entry: hénan
grið
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[The word comes into use during the struggles with the Danes. Icel. grið (v. Cl. and Vig.
LǼCE
A LEECH ⬩ doctor ⬩ physician ⬩ a leech
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A LEECH, [Shakspere uses the word once, and even now it has not quite died out, but perhaps, in prose at least, its meaning is usually that given by Bailey in his Dictionary 'a Farrier or Horse-Doctor,' a doctor rather for animals than men], doctor, physician
ge-wunian
to dwell ⬩ inhabit ⬩ to remain ⬩ stay ⬩ abide ⬩ continue ⬩ To stop, live, associate with ⬩ continue in or with ⬩ to be accustomed, wont
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Ðá sǽde Sompeius ðæt Joseph gewunode monige wundor to wyrcenne Sompeius said that Joseph used to work many miracles, Ors. 1, 5; Bos. 28, 12.
sceacan
to shake (intrans.), quiver ⬩ to flee, hurry off, go forth ⬩ to move quickly, to be flung, be displaced by shaking ⬩ to pass, proceed, depart ⬩ to shake (trans.) ⬩ to weave
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Lind. 11, 7. but generally used of rapid movement, of living creatures, to flee, hurry off, go forth (cf. (?)
sceamian
to feel shame, be ashamed ⬩ to cause shame
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Th. 5692; B. 2850. to cause shame (used impersonally with dat. or acc. of person, gen. of cause, or with for, or the cause given in a clause) Mé sceamaþ pudet, Ælfc. Gr. 33;Som. 37, 22.
on-ginnan
to begin, set about, set to work ⬩ to attempt, endeavour (with infin.) ⬩ to act strenuously ⬩ to make an attempt upon, to attack
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Ðæt fæsten ongunnen wæs instepes ðæs ðe hé of íæm fulwihte ástág, 35, 5. where the verb is used intransitively Ðá six onginnaþ of ðam stæfe e, and geendiaþ on him sylfum; x ána onginþ on ðam stæfe i, Ælfc.
hider
to this world ⬩ to this life ⬩ in this world ⬩ to this point ⬩ hither and thither ⬩ to and fro
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C. 64. motion implied: Hafað him geþinged hider þeóden úser on þám mǽstan dæge, Dóm. 5. in this world.
Linked entry: hider-cyme
síþ
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Nú ðú seolfa miht síþ úserne (our course of action, as described in the command of Christ given in the preceding lines, or our journey, cf. faraþ l. 663, fóre, 673) gehýran, Andr. Kmbl. 680 ; An. 340.
steáp
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In the note on this passage Cockayne gives other instances of this use, e.g. Schinende and schenre þen eni ȝimstanes, steapre þen is steorre. In Chaucer's line, Prol. 201, the meaning might be prominent.
á-mirran
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Mé hæfde þiós unrótnes ámerredne ꝥ ic hit hæfde mid ealle forgiten ob injuriae dolorem nuper oblita, Bt. 36, 1; F. 172, 3. to waste, use to no purpose Ic nát hú nyt ic þá hwíle beó þe ic þás word sprece, bútan ðæt ic mín geswinc ámirre, Ors. 4, 13;
ge-ban
a command ⬩ ordinance ⬩ decree ⬩ proclamation ⬩ mandātum ⬩ stătūtum ⬩ decrētum ⬩ the indiction ⬩ indictio ⬩ edictum
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It was used by the Roman emperors in the solemn Edictum or Indictio, relative to the taxes, and adopted by the Church to denote the cycle of 15 years.
Linked entries: ban ge-benn ge-bonn ge-bonn-gér
god-spell
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Th. ii. 594, 19. contained in books written by others Monige werun ðá ðe godspellas ( evangelia ) áwritton, Mt. p. 7, 1. the gospel, as used in the services of the church Wé gehýrdon þá þæt hálige godspel rǽdd wæs, Bl. H. 161, 9.
hám
Home, house, abode, dwelling, residence, habitation, house with land, estate, property ⬩ domus, domicilium, prædium, villa, mansio, possessio ⬩ a village ⬩ a dwelling-place ⬩ an abode, world, this world ⬩ home ⬩ domus, domicilium, patria
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Hám, acc. is used adverbially after verbs of motion Ðá hé hám com cum venisset domum, Mt. Kmbl. 9, 28. Hig cyrdon ealle hám reversi sunt unusquisque in domum suam, Jn. Skt. 7, 53.
sweord
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Th. 2981; B. 1488, and the same phrase is used of thesword wielded by one of his followers in the chief's defence, 1595; B. 795.
Linked entry: swyrd
ge-gán
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Th. 57, 2. to contribute to a result Ic ágǽlde þæt tó mínre sáwle frætwum belumpe, and mé tó éces lífes earnunge gegán sceolde, Angl. xi. 98, 30. special uses with preps. or adverbs, út gegán to go to the closet, have an evacuation Gif mon ne mæge út
sleán
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An slægenre in pacte, 48, 77. of special kinds of striking, to strike coin, to stamp money (cf. similar use in O.
túdor
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That which grows from another (used of animals or of plants), offspring, progeny, product, fruit Túdor oððe cyn propago, Wrt. Voc. ii. 67, 33. On ða tíd wæs ofor eorþan tuddres æþelnes, Blickl. Homl. 115, 10.
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wís-dóm
wisdom ⬩ discretion ⬩ knowledge ⬩ cognizance ⬩ wisdom ⬩ knowledge ⬩ learning ⬩ philosophy
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. ¶ throughout the Boethius, in which Philosophy personified is a speaker, the word used in the translation is wísdóm
ge-medemian
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I a. used reflexively, to condescend, deign. with clause Úre Drihten hine gemedemode, ꝥ hé ús sealde þá wæstmas, Bl. H. 39, 17. Drihten hine sylfne gemedemode, þæt hé tó woruldlicum giftum gelaðod cóm, Hml. Th. ii. 54, 7 : i. 56, 28.