DREÁM
joy, pleasure, gladness, mirth, rejoicing, rapture, ecstasy, frenzy ⬩ jubĭlum, lætĭtia, gaudium, delīrium ⬩ An instrument of music, music, rapturous music, harmony, melody, ⬩ orgănum = όργανoν, musĭca, concentus, harmŏnia = άρμoνία, modulātio, modus, melōdia = μελωδία, cantus
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Ic dreáma wyn sceal ágan mid englum I shall possess joy of joys with angels, Exon. 42 b; Th. 142, 31; Gú. 652.
heals-fang
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Lbmn. 358, 14. to be paid as a penalty Gif for godbótan feohbót áríseð, swá swá wise woroldwitan tó steóre gesettan, ꝥ gebyreð . . . for woroldsteóran tó godcundan neódan, hwílum be wíte, hwílum be wergylde, hwílum be halsfange. Ll.
on
expressing local relations, rest upon and contact with an object, on ⬩ dependence upon an object ⬩ extension over a surface ⬩ nearness ⬩ in or at a place, or with a person ⬩ rest where one object is contained in another, or is surrounded by others, within, among; and metaphorically in ⬩ marking the seat of feeling, thought, etc., in, within, at ⬩ on, at, in ⬩ within, in the course of, in, during ⬩ on, a- ⬩ from ⬩ on, in, at ⬩ by, with ⬩ of, consisting of or in ⬩ in respect to, in the matter of, in ⬩ in, of ⬩ at (a distance), of (the weight of), ⬩ with, in ⬩ in accordance with ⬩ of ⬩ in ⬩ motion, actual or figurative, which is external to the object expressed by the word which on governs, upon, on, on to, to ⬩ marking motion from without to the inside, into, among ⬩ continuously, together, anon, at once ⬩ expressing temporal relations, ⬩ on, in, at ⬩ into (one's power, etc. ) ⬩ against ⬩ in accordance with ⬩ marking the object of thought, emotion, speech, trust, sight ⬩ marking price ⬩ in (the name of), by (in adjuration)
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with dat. or inst. expressing local relations, rest upon and contact with an object, on Hig stódon on nyðewerdum ðam munte. Ex. 19, 17. Hé on dómsetle sittende wæs, Bd. 5, 19; S. 639, 43. Him on bearme læg mádma mænigo, Beo. Th. So; B. 40.
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tǽcan
To shew. ⬩ to offer to view, present ⬩ to shew an object to a person so that the object may be attained by the person, to shew a way, a place, etc. ⬩ without an object, to shew the way, direct ⬩ without an object, to direct ⬩ to shew a person (dat. or acc.) the direction that must be taken, to direct, to cause a certain direction to be taken, the direction being marked, by a preposition. ⬩ to shew the course that must be followed, what should be observed, to direct, appoint, prescribe, enjoin. ⬩ to shew, indicate, signify
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Gif hwylc gódra wile his lytlingas hiom tó láre befæstan, hig sceolon him éstlíce tǽcan, L. E. I. 20; Th. ii. 414, 10. Hé wile módum tǽcan, Cd. Th. 211, 17; Exod. 527. Hé wæs tǽcende dæghwomlíce binnan ðam temple, Homl.
hreósan
To fall ⬩ fall down ⬩ ruere ⬩ corruere
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Ðæt se swá stronglíce hrure on ða circan that it [the wind] beat so strongly on the church, Shrn. 81, 22. Hreósan under heolstorhofu, Elen. Kmbl. 1525; El. 764: Exon. 28 b; Th. 86, 25; Cri. 1413.
lǽce-dóm
Medicine ⬩ a medicine ⬩ remedy ⬩ cure
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Wið untrumnysse lǽcedóm sǽcan medicamentum contra ægritudines explorare, Bd. 1, 27; S. 494. 18. Him lǽcedom bǽron illis solent adferre medelam, 4, 6; S. 574, 10.
Linked entry: lǽce-cræft
níd-þearf
necessity ⬩ inevitableness ⬩ necessity ⬩ constraint ⬩ need ⬩ a necessary thing ⬩ what a person needs ⬩ need ⬩ distress ⬩ trouble ⬩ a necessary business
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Hé wirþ swá earm ðæt hé næfþ furþum ða neódþearfe áne ( fit ut necessariis egeat ), ðæt is wist and wǽda; wilnaþ ðonne ðære neádþearfe, næs ðæs anwealdes, Bt. 33, 2; Fox 124, 15-18.
ge-sceaft
the creation, a created being or thing, creature, an element ⬩ creātio, creātūra, plasma, ĕlĕmentum ⬩ a decree, destiny, fate, condition ⬩ destĭnāta, sors, fātum, condĭtio ⬩ creation, creature ⬩ decree of fate ⬩ creatura, elementum, habitus, fatum
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Biþ ðæt gesceaft swíðe nearu geþuht the creation will appear very narrow, Homl. Th. ii. 186, 7. He awende ðæt gesceaft he changed the creature, ii. 72, 10: i. 276, 8, 10, 14, 15, 20.
tawian
to taw, dress or prepare material ⬩ to intreat shamefully or evilly, treat badly, abuse, insult.
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Ða ðe gefongne wǽron hié tawedan mid ðære mǽstan uniéðnesse; sume ofslógon, sume ofswungon, sume him wið feó gesealdon. Ðá Rómáne ðæt geácsedan, ðá sendan hié ǽrendracan tó him ...
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hryre
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Wín swýþe gedruncen graman and yrre and hryras fela hit déð uinum multum potatum inritationem et iram et ruinas multas facit, Scint. 106, 1. destruction. of persons. of natural death Þǽr ( in heaven ) sóðfæstra sáwla móton æfter líces hryre lífes brúcan
horn
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Past. 425, 21-24. a vessel formed from a horn, a drinking-horn, v. drync(e)-, wín-horn; andcf. Contulit magno regi duo cornua (or under IV.?)
leóht
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Wið innoþes ( l. (?) módes) hefighesse, syle etan rædic . . . sóna bið ꝥ mód leóhtre, iii. 50, 23
bútan
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Þǽm þe búton þeówdóme wǽron, Ors. 2, 4; S. 72, 7. without, free from, not provided with Bútan ǽnigre hǽse abs quolibet jussu, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 271, 14.
beó-ceorl
A BEE-CEORL ⬩ bee farmer or keeper ⬩ bocherus ⬩ apum custos
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With us it is agreed that he shall pay five sustras of honey for a tax 'bochero, id est, apum custodi, pertinet, si gavelheorde, id est, gregem ad censum teneat, ut inde reddat sicut ibi mos [MS. moris] erit.
BYCGAN
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Ðæt góde men mid feó bicgaþ which good men buy with money, 114a; Th. 436, 37; Rä. 55, 12. Ðæt bohte Abraham quam emit Abraham, Gen. 49, 30: Chr. 963; Erl. 123, 27. Menn heora land bohton [MS. bohtan] men bought their land, Chr. 1066; Erl. 203, 10.
DRAGAN
DRAG, draw ⬩ trahĕre ⬩ To draw oneself, to draw, go ⬩ se conferre, ire
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To draw oneself, to draw, go; se conferre, ire Drógon swá wíde swá wegas to lǽgon they went as far as the roads lay before them, Andr. Kmbl. 2465; An. 1234.
feá-sceaft
Having few things, poor, naked, destitute ⬩ mĭser, pauper, destĭtūtus
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Nó feásceafte findan meahton æt ðam æðelinge the poor could not prevail with the prince, Beo. Th. 4735; B. 2373: Exon. 13 a; Th. 23, 13; Cri. 368
Linked entry: -sceaft
for-súwian
To pass over in silence ⬩ keep silent ⬩ sĭlentio prætĕrīre ⬩ tăcēre ⬩ retĭcēre
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To pass over in silence, keep silent; sĭlentio prætĕrīre, tăcēre, retĭcēre We wyllaþ sume forsúwian we will pass some in silence, Homl. Th. ii. 138, 26.
for-tredan
To tread upon ⬩ tread under foot ⬩ conculcāre ⬩ calcāre
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Fortretst ðú ða woruldlícan styrunga thou wilt tread down worldly commotions, Homl. Th. ii. 392, 25. Ðú fortrydst leóna and dracena thou shalt be a treader down of lions and of dragons, Ps. Spl. 90, 13. Ðú fortrytst eorþan conculcābis terram, Cant.