be-gán
passage ⬩ to go round ⬩ to reach by going ⬩ come upon ⬩ get at ⬩ to go ⬩ pass by ⬩ to go ⬩ come ⬩ get ⬩ to pass by ⬩ To come by ⬩ get at ⬩ to come ⬩ fall to one's lot ⬩ to fall ⬩ get into debt ⬩ to surround ⬩ to confine ⬩ to occupy ⬩ to go about a business ⬩ to attend to ⬩ to cultivate ⬩ to worship ⬩ to honour ⬩ venerate a place ⬩ to exercise, practise an art, mode of life, &c. ⬩ to practise a religion ⬩ follow the dictates of ⬩ to practise ⬩ carry on ⬩ do (habitually) ⬩ to devote one's self to a practice ⬩ to exercise a person ⬩ to behave ⬩ to exercise in something ⬩ to exercise ⬩ use ⬩ employ ⬩ to profess ⬩ pretend
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Þá gódan weorc þe wé for úre sáule hǽle begán sceoldan, 109, 5. ꝥ weorc begán þe wé ongunnen habbað, Angl. viii. 303, 19. to devote one's self to a practice :-- He begǽð unǽtas and oferdrincas and gálscipe commessationibus vacat et luxuriae atque conviviis
dweorg
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Wið [d]weorh man sceal niman .VII. lytle oflǽtan ..., 42, 3. Add
ofer-hebban
to pass by, neglect, omit ⬩ praeterire, transire
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Hit þencþ fela gódra weorca tó wyrcanne, gif hé worldáre hæbbe, and wile hit oferhebban, siððan hé hié hæfþ, Past. 9; Swt. 55, 16
wifel
A weevil ⬩ a beetle
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Weorp ofer bæc ðone wifel (tordwifel, l. 15) on wege; beheald ðæt ðú ne lócige æfter, 318, 19. ¶ the word seems to occur in several local names, v. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 352
Linked entry: wibil
geond-scínan
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Ðone ðe ðone folgað ðurh ðá sunnan goodes weorces giendscínan (geond-, v. l. ) wille, Past. 337, 17. Add
tægl
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Wæs beboden ꝥ se tægel sceolde beón gehál ǽfre on þám nýtene æt þǽre offrunge for þǽre getácnunge ꝥ God wile ꝥ wé simle wel dón oþ ende úres lífes; þonne biþ se tægel geoffrod on úrum weorcum, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 3, 39-42. Add
hæfen
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Add: hafon. abstract, the having or possessing of something Mid gódra weorca biggenge and mid háligra mægena hæfene, K. Ben. 3, 7.
á-wyrtwalian
to pluck up or out by the root ⬩ to extirpate ⬩ eradicate ⬩ exterminate ⬩ to pluck ⬩ draw away
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Sió slǽwð ús áwyrtwalað from ǽlcre lustbǽrnesse gódra weorca, Past. 283, 4
ge-rǽf
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The Old Latin version renders geresp (v. l. gerǽf) weorðe by firmetur
nasu
The nose
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Gif nasu þyrel weorþ, L. Ethb. 45; Th. i. 14, 10 : 48; Th. i. 14, 13. Gif man óðerne mid fyste in naso slæhþ, 57; Th. i. 16, 17
Linked entry: nosu
fore-cuman
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Hiora forðfóre mid gódum weorcum forecuman (praeuenire), Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 357, 16. Take here fór-cuman (l. for-) in Dict., and add
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ander-gilde
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In repayment, in compensation Ne weorðe ðé nǽfre tó þæs wá, ðæt ðú ne wéne betran andergilde never let things come to so ill a pass for you, that you don't hope for better times to make amends, Prov. K. 41. (Cf. án- gilde, ¶.)
Linked entry: un-andergilde
þegen-riht
Thane-right, ⬩ the legal rights and privileges which attached to the rank of thane
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Gif massere geþeáh ðæt hé férde þrige ofer wídsǽ, se wæs þegenrihtes weorðe, 6; Th. i. 192, 10
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ge-fremman
To promote ⬩ perfect ⬩ perform ⬩ commit
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Ðæt weorc to gefremmenne to perform that work, Homl. Th. ii. 122, 10. Ic hǽla gefremme sanitates perficio, Lk. Bos. 13, 32. Ðás ongunnenan ðing ðurh Godes fultum gefremmaþ perform the things begun with God's help, Homl. Th. ii. 128, 4.
for-ildan
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Se sláwa ágǽlð and forielt (-ielð, v. l.) ðæt weorc ðe him niédðearf wǽre tó wyrcanne piger necessaria agere negligit, Past. 283, 25.
Linked entry: for-yldan
á-blinnan
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Hé nǽfre gódes weorces ne áblon, Bl. H. 227, 6. with an infin. Hé beheóld ðone heorot, and áblan his ǽhtan, Hml. S. 30, 39. with a clause Ne áblinnan wé ðæt wé Gode cwémon, Bl. H. 47, 10. with a prep.
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ofer-módig
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Betere ys on yfelum dǽdum clǽne andetnyss þænne on gódum weorcum ofermódig gylp (superba gloratio), Scint. 40, 20. Hé hæfde ánne ofermódine cniht, Gr. D. 36, 5.
ge-folgian
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To reach, attain Ðonne hé him ǽr tíde tó tióððæt hí ne magon ne ne cunnon, ðonne is him tó ondrædanne ðæt him weorðe tó lore ðæt hié tó ryhtre tíde gefolgian meahton ne cum arripiunt intempestive quod non valent, perdant quod implere quandoque tempestive
lác-fæsten
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fast considered as an offering Ne gelýfe þæs nǽnig mon ꝥ him ne genihtsumige ꝥ fasten tó écere hǽlo, búton hé mid óþrum gódum hit geéce, and sé þe wille Drihtne bringan gecwéme lácfæsten, þonne sceal hé ꝥ mid ælmessan and mid mildheortum weorcum fullian
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tǽling
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after 'calumny' add: detraction, derogation Ne wéne ic ná ꝥ þes wer wǽre gelustfullod on árfæstnysse weorke, ne on þæs bisceopes tǽlinge ( episcopi derogatione ), Gr. D. 76, 17. derision, mockery.