timbran
to build (lit. or fig.) ⬩ construct ⬩ to instruct, ⬩ edify ⬩ to cut timber
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Ne mæg fira nán wísdóm timbran (timbrian, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 11, 8, 10), áǽr ðǽr woruldgítsung beorg ofer-brǽdeþ, Met. 7, 12. Uton timbrian ús ceastre faciamus nobis civitatem, Gen. 11, 4: Ps. Th. 128, 2.
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sáwel
The soul ⬩ the soul, the animal life ⬩ the soul, ⬩ a soul, a human creature
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Ðæs mannes sáwl hæfþ on hire þreó þing, ðæt is, gemynd and andgit aad willa . . . Án sáwul is, and án líf and án edwist seó ðe hæfþ ðás þreó þing . . .
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for-beran
to bear ⬩ endure ⬩ sustain ⬩ to bear with ⬩ tolerate ⬩ to bear with ⬩ put up with ⬩ to do without ⬩ to abstain from ⬩ desist from ⬩ to abstain ⬩ to restrain
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Forbær perferebat, i. sustinebat (calamiiatum insectationes), Aa. Ox. 2979. Se Hǽlend micel forbær for ús, Hml. A. 72, 177. Hwaeðer ðú þone écan bryne forberan mage, 196, 47. Tó forberende laturus (caumala soils), An. Ox. 18 b, 53.
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ge-hwá
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(aa) with gen. of a noun of multitude :-- Gumcynnes gehwone, B. 2765. (ab) where emphasis is given by the use of eall qualifying the noun :-- Æt ealra manna gehwæs múðes reorde, Seel. 93. On ealra londa gehwám, Ru. 34, 13.
grétan
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Hí ne dorston grétan (hreppan, v. l. ) þá hálgan stówe, 43, 11. non-material Hé ðone aað gesæh and gesceáwade ... ond hé hine hweðre ne grétte he examined the sworn statement, but did not attempt to refute it, C.
ge-hwilc
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(aa) as antecedent Hé héht þæt segn wegan gehwilcne þe his hína wæs wǽpnedcynnes, Gen. 2371. in agreement with án Ánum gehwilcum is hǽl gehendre, Hml. Th. i. 602, 21.
ge-samnian
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(aa) to collect what is growing, gather fruit, corn, & c. :-- Gesomnas (gisoronigað, R. ) uæstem congregat fructum, jn. L. 4, 36: colligent, 15, 6. Ne of ðornum gesomnað (colligunt) fícbeám. Lk. L. 6, 44.
geond
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Swá wé on laguflóde ofer cald wæter ceólum líðan, geond sídne aǽ sundhengestum flódwudu fergen, Cri. 853: Gen. 1331. within an area, through, about a country (or people) Hí ealle heora lífláde geond missenlice þeóda ( per diversas prouincias ) farað,
riht
erect, direct ⬩ right, straight ⬩ agreeable to the spirit of law, human or divine, just, equitable ⬩ the requirements of a law ⬩ regulation, legitimate, lawful, regular ⬩ satisfying the demands of conduct, right, proper, fitting ⬩ satisfying the requirements of a standard, right, correct, true, orthodox
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Sáulscat is rihtast ðæt man gelǽste aa æt openum græfe, 311, 12. satisfying the requirements of a standard, right, correct, true, orthodox Riht gewrit orthography, Ælfc. Gr. 50, 16; Som. 51, 22.
mǽþ
- Prov. Kmbl. 27. )
measure ⬩ degree ⬩ proportion ⬩ the measure or extent of power, ability, capacity, efficacy ⬩ degree ⬩ rank ⬩ status ⬩ condition ⬩ due measure ⬩ right ⬩ due measure in regard to others ⬩ honour ⬩ respect
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Ger. 395, 58. due measure in regard to others, honour, respect (v. mǽþ-full) Hwílum wǽron heáfodstedas and heálíce hádas micelre mǽþe and munde wyrþe, and griþian mihton ða ðe ðæs beþorftan and ðǽrtó sóhtan aa be ðære mǽþe ðe ðǽrtó gebyrede formerly
riht
that which is straight or erect, a plumb line ⬩ that which is straight in a metaphorical sense, right, law, canon, rule ⬩ what is in accordance with law, human or divine, what is just or proper, right, justice, equity ⬩ what is just in the case of a criminal, just punishment, justice ⬩ what properly belongs to a person, what may justly be claimed, a right, due ⬩ what is due from a person, duty ⬩ what agrees with a proper standard, what is correct or exact, the rights of a case, the truth ⬩ an account, a reckoning; ⬩ ratio, mostly in such phrases as - riht ágildan - to render an account
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And Eþelwald cwæð ðæt hé ǽlcre circan aa his dǽla rihtes úðe, Chart. Th. 140, 7-16. Hí rihtes ne gýmdon, Andr. Kmbl. 278; An. 139. Gif mon ne mihte hí tó rihte gecyrron, ðæt hí heora wóhdǽda geswícan woldan, Blickl. Homl. 45, 27.
líf
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D. 205, 16, On ancersetle and life geseted in anchoreiica uita, Bd. 5, I ; Sch. 549, 3. (3 aa) the place in which such a life is passed :-- He árǽrde him munuclíf (cf. hé gestaðelode him mynster, Hml.
þearf
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His wylla is, ðæt wé aa æfter úre ágenre þearfe geornlíce winnan his will is that we ever strive diligently after our own profit, Wulfst. l09, 8. For eówre þearfe mé sende God pro salute vestra misit me Deus, Gen. 45, 5.
án
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(Cf. this passage in Bede: Þá þing áán (áne, v. l.) þá þe . . . ea tantum quae, 1, 26; Sch. 57, 4.) ¶ Ánum not agreeing with noun :-- Búton synne (-a) ánum, Hml.
word
a word ⬩ a single part of speech ⬩ words ⬩ a written word ⬩ a word ⬩ a group of words ⬩ a saying ⬩ sentence ⬩ words ⬩ a saying ⬩ maxim ⬩ a tale ⬩ story ⬩ a report ⬩ tidings ⬩ fame ⬩ name ⬩ (good) word, ⬩ (good) report ⬩ a command ⬩ an order ⬩ ordinance ⬩ a message ⬩ an announcement ⬩ word ⬩ solemn statement ⬩ promise ⬩ oath ⬩ an (expressed) intention ⬩ opinion ⬩ speech ⬩ language ⬩ words ⬩ language ⬩ style ⬩ word ⬩ word of God
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Hé ðæt word gecwæð, ðæt hit aa hæfde ofer Godes ést ðe hit hæfde bútan ðære cyrcan hláforde, Chart. Th. 141, 1. Hé ðæt word ácwæð, ðæt ðæt micle morð menn ne þorfton þolian, Cd. Th. 40, 14; Gen. 639. Hé ðæt word ácwæð: 'Ic ðé mæg secgan . . .' Exon.
tún
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Gif se gereáfa ðis oferheald, gebéte .xxx. sciłł. and sié áæt feoh gedǽled ðǽm þearfum ðe on ða[m] tún[e] synd, ðe ðis ungefremed wunie, L. Ath. i. prm. ; Th. i. 198, 12.
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ge-niman
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<b>VI aa.
ge-settan
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Gesettan on hyra sylfra dóm wuldres wynlond, Mod. 64. (2 aa) to occupy with people :-- Hé ealle þá londbígengan wolde út ámǽran, and his (mid his, v.l.) ágenra leóda mannum gesettan, Bd. 4, 16; Sch. 425, 5. (2 b) to garrison :-- Bútan þám castelan ðe
swá
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Gilde swá wer, swá wíte, swá lahslite, aa be ðam ðe seó dǽd sý, L. Eth. v. 31; Th. i. 312, 10. Ðonne mót hé swá rídan, swá rówan, swá swilce færelde faran swylce tó his wege gebyrige, L. E.
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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Th. i. 178, 1. marking the material or components of which a thing is made, of, consisting of or in Mycelne aad on beámum and on ræftrum and on wágum and on watelum and on þacum, Bd. 3, 16; S. 542, 22. Lác on mæssereáfum and on bócum, Homl.
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