wyrd
What happens ⬩ fate ⬩ fortune ⬩ chance ⬩ fate ⬩ the otherwise than humanly appointed order of things ⬩ one of the Fates ⬩ fate ⬩ fortune ⬩ an event ⬩ an event ⬩ occurrence ⬩ circumstance ⬩ incident ⬩ fact ⬩ what happens to a person ⬩ fate ⬩ fortune ⬩ lot ⬩ condition ⬩ fate ⬩ death ⬩ chance ⬩ accident
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Kmbl. 1077 ; El. 541 : 1163; El. 583. Ymb ða mǽran wyrd, 2126; El. 1064. Geopenigean uncúðe wyrd, hwǽr hé ðara nægla wénan þorfte, 2202 ; El. 1102.
Linked entry: weord
nemnan
to name ⬩ give a name to a person or thing ⬩ to use such and such a name or title in speaking of a person or thing ⬩ to call upon the name of ⬩ address by name ⬩ to invoke ⬩ to mention by name ⬩ to mention ⬩ relate ⬩ to name ⬩ nominate
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Eác hí óðre worde beornas Baðan nemnaþ men also use the name Bath in speaking of it, Chr. 973; Erl. 124, 13: 975; Erl. 124, 32. David sylf nemde hine drihten ipse David dicit eum dominum, Mk. Skt. 12, 37. Heó sylf hié þeówen nemde, Blickl.
slæcness
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Wæs beboden ðæt hi sceoldon caflíce etan, forðan ðe God onscunaþ ða sleacnysse on his þegnum. Homl.
þracu
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Kmbl. 369; El. 185. Se cásere héht bannan tó beadwe, beran út þræce ... wǽron Rómware sóna gegearwod the emperor bade give the summons to war, bade put forth their power(?) ... At once were the Romans prepared, 90; El. 45.
ildu
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H. 117, 35. age, time of life Hát baðo ǽlcere yldo and háde gescrǽpe ( omni aetati et senui accommodos ), Bd. l, 1; Sch. 9, <b>II a.</b> of a thing :-- On n old age Hí ( Adam and Eve ) ne mihton forealdian, ne deáde beón . . .
fácen-ful
Deceitful, crafty ⬩ fraudŭlentus, dŏlōsus
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Weras [MS. weres] bloda and fácnfulle ne dǽlaþ [MS. dæla] on emtwá heora dagas vĭri sanguĭnum et dŏlōsi non dimĭdiābunt dies suos, Ps. Lamb. 54, 24
Linked entries: fácn-ful fácyn-full
FIRAS
Living beings ⬩ the chief of living beings ⬩ men ⬩ mankind ⬩ hŏmĭnes ⬩ vĭri ⬩ gĕnus hūmānum
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Kmbl. 2153; El. 1078: 2343; El. 1173. Biþ ánra gehwylc flǽsce bifongen fira cynnes every one of the race of men shall be invested with flesh, Exon. 63b; Th. 234, 5; Ph. 535: 73a; Th. 273, 1; Jul. 509: 92b; Th. 347, 18; Sch. 14.
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wynsumian
To rejoice ⬩ exult ⬩ be joyful
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To rejoice, exult, be joyful Ic fægnie and wynsumige and blissige exultabo et laetabor, Ps. Th. 30, 7. Wynsumaþ woesten exultet desertum, Rtl. 1, 17: Blickl. Homl. 7, 3: Wulfst. 254, 5.
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á-gifan
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Add: to give back what has been taken, to restore Gif þú wed nime æt bínum nǽhstan, ágif ( reddes ) him his reáf ǽr sunnan setlgange, Ex. 22, 26. Hé háteþ þá eorþan eft ágifan ꝥ heó ǽr onféng, Bl. H. 21, 30.
ge-healdsum
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parcum se videri in dispensationibus exultet Past. 149, 18. exercising restraint, modest, virtuous, sober: — Wíf hálig and gehealdsum mulier sancta et pudorata, S. int. 225, 16.]
fyll
fill, full supply ⬩ repletion, satiety
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Et dicunt quod vii minoribus saturantur maiores, ut vii fiscas sélaes fyllu, sifu sélas hronaes fyllu, sifu hronas hualaes fyllu, An. Ox. 54, 1.
DRÉFAN
To disturb, agitate, disquiet, vex, trouble ⬩ commovēre, turbāre, conturbāre, tribulāre, contristāre
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Ðú dréfst hí turbābis eos, Ps. Spl. 82, 14. For-hwý unrót eart sáwle mín, and for-hwon dréfst me quare tristis es anĭma mea, et quare conturbas me? Ps. Spl. 41, 6, 15: 42, 5. Dréfaþ conturbant, Mone B. 2613.
dýre
dear, beloved ⬩ cārus, dilectus ⬩ dear of price, precious, costly
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Eth. vii. 22; Th. i. 334, 12: Chr. 942; Erl. 116, 9; Edm. 3: Cd. 63; Th. 75, 28; Gen. 1247: Exon. 42 b; Th. 143, 22; Gú. 665: Runic pm. 26; Kmbl. 344, 24; Hick. Thes. i. 135, 51: Ps. Th. 87, 1: Exon. 32 a; Th. 100, 33; Cri. 1651: Ps.
Linked entry: DEÓRE
heonan
Hence ⬩ from here
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Heonon forþ and óþ on woruld ex hoc nunc et usque in sæculum, Blickl. Gloss: Gen. 8, 21. Gif hit sceal heonan forþ gódiende weorþan if things from this time forward are to be improving, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 105, 19.
ge-weorþian
to set a price on ⬩ value ⬩ to distinguish ⬩ honour ⬩ dignify ⬩ adorn ⬩ worship ⬩ adore ⬩ celebrate ⬩ praise ⬩ insignīre ⬩ hŏnōrāre ⬩ ornāre ⬩ instruĕre ⬩ mactāre ⬩ adōrāre ⬩ celebrāre
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Wæs éþfynde Afrisc meówle, golde geweorþod the African maid was easy to be found, adorned with gold, Cd. 171; Th. 215, 9; Exod. 580: 174; Th. 218, 18; Dan. 41: Elen. Kmbl. 2384; El. 1193.
Linked entries: ge-wurþian ge-wyrþian
ge-sceótan
to shoot forward, to rush or dart forward with a quick motion, send forth, expend, pay, to fall to any one's share, be allotted to ⬩ cum impetu movere vel ruere, expendere, cedere in partem alicujus ⬩ to bring before or refer to any one ⬩ referre ad aliquem
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Edg. C. 7; Th. ii. 246, 4
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þeówen
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A female servant or slave, a handmaid Ic eom Drihtnes þeówen ( ancilla, Lk. 1, 38), Blickl. Homl. 9, 20. Ðá com tó hym án þeówyn (-en, MS. A.) accessit ad eum una ancilla, Mt. Kmbl. 26, 69. Seó Godes ðeówen, Bd. 4, 9; S. 576, 14: Homl.
þrýþ
Force ⬩ power ⬩ strength ⬩ forces ⬩ troops ⬩ hosts ⬩ vehemently ⬩ mightily ⬩ fiercely ⬩ greatly
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Ecga þrýðum with hosts (or force?) of swords, 2298; An. 1150. vehemently, mightily, fiercely, greatly : -- Teónlég þrýþum bærneþ þreó eal on án, grimme tógædre, Exon. Th. 60, 15; Cri. 970.
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ge-lytlian
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Seó sunne wæs swelce heó wǽre eall gelytladu solis orbis minui visus est, Ors. 4, 8 ; S. 158, 22. Líg byð gelytlud, áteorigendum holte flamma minuitur, deficiente silva, Scint. 56, 19. in respect to quality, degree, & c.
ge-metlic
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21. meeting the requirements of a case, sufficient Philippuses yfel mehte þéh þá giet be sumum dǽle gemetlic þyncan, ǽr Alexander tó ríce féng sufficerent ista ad exemplum miseriarum insinuata memoriae nostrae gesta per Philippum, etiamsi Alexander ei
Linked entry: ge-métednes