mæssian
To say mass
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To say mass Be ðam sacerde ðonne hé mæssaþ hwæt hé on him hæbbe de iis quibus indutus esse debet sacerdos, cum missarn celebrat, L. Edg. C. tit. ix.; Th. ii. 128, 19. Mæssode se apostol ðam folce. Homl. Th. ii. 478, 14.
giddian
To sing ⬩ recite ⬩ speak
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Gyddedon hæleþ in healle hwæt seó hand write heroes in hall discussed what did the hand write, Cd. 210; Th. 261, 18; Dan. 728
Linked entries: geddian ge-gyddian gyddian
ge-wrítan
To write ⬩ to give or bestow by writing ⬩ to write along with others ⬩ conscribere
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Hwæt is gewriten quid scribtum est, Lk. Bos. 10, 26: Ps. Spl. 39, 11. Gewriten yrfe legatum, Ælfc. Gl. 13; 57, 96; Wrt. Voc. 20, 37. Gewriten yrfeweard legatarius, Lye
ge-hæftan
To take ⬩ take captive ⬩ cast into prison ⬩ detain ⬩ bind ⬩ captare ⬩ captivare ⬩ vincire
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To take, take captive, cast into prison, detain, bind; captare, captivare, vincire Swá hwæt swá híg gehæftaþ quicquid ceperint, Th. An. 23, 11. Hí gehæftaþ on sáwle rihtwíses captabunt in animam justi, Ps. 93, 21.
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wundrung
wondering ⬩ wonder ⬩ admiration ⬩ astonishment ⬩ a wonderful sight ⬩ a spectacle
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wondering, wonder, admiration, astonishment Hwæt is ðeós wundrung ðe gé wafiaþ? Exon. Th. 6, 24; Cri. 89. Eall hé wæs ful wundrunge and wafunge; and eác ða byrig hé geseah eall on óþre wísan gewend, on óþre heó ǽr wæs, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 509.
ge-mǽnan
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to tell, say, mention a matter Þéh eów lytles hwæt swelcra gebroca on becume, þonne gemǽnað gé hit tó (v. tó; I. 5 f I þǽm wyrrestan tídum, and magon hié hreówlíce wépan if some little of such troubles come on you, then you talk of it as the worst times
ge-sceádwíslíce
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Past. 69, 23. reasonably, in accordance with reason Gif hwylc bróðor unsceádelíce hwæs bidde, hé gesceádwíslíce (rationabiliter) his yfelan béne forwyrne, R. Ben. 54, 15: R. Ben. I. 61, 12: 102, i: Bt. 13; F. 38, 3. <b>III a.
á-drincan
to drink up, quench thirst ⬩ to be drowned ⬩ to be sunk ⬩ to be drowned ⬩ crapulatus (a vino)
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Hwǽr hié wæteres hæfden þæt hié mehten him þurst of ádrincan, Ors. 2, 5; S. 80, 10. to be drowned; of ships, to be sunk Manega menn ádrincað on ánum dæge tógædere, ðe on mislicum tídum tó middanearde cómon, Hml. S. 5, 275.
ge-anbídian
to wait ⬩ to wait for. ⬩ to wait for the coming ⬩ return ⬩ to wait for the coming to pass ⬩ to wait
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and add: absolute, to wait Ic geanbidode oþ ic wiste hwæt þú woldest, Bt. 22, I; F. 7625. ꝥ folc stód geanbidiende, Lk. 23, 35. to wait for. to wait for the coming or return of a person (gen. ) Ðá bed heó þá cwelleras ðæt hí hire geanbidedan medmicle
ou-cnáwenness
recognition, knowledge (that an object is what it really is) ⬩ acknowledgment, recognition of a claim
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Hé nolde him æteówian his oncnáwennysse he would not let them recognise him (cf. l. 16, hé him ne geswutelode hwæt hé wæs), 284, 12. Ða deóflu æteówiaþ ðære synfullan sáwle hyre mánfullan dǽda ...
on-styrian
to move, stir (of physical motion) ⬩ to move, stir up, excite ⬩ to move, disturb, agitate (a person)
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Hwæt arun gé onstyred quid turbamini, Mk. Skt. Rush. 5, 39. Onstyred and onǽled mid andan, Past. 21; Swt. 159, 7: Blickl. Homl. 199, 16. Onstyred mid heora wordum, 225, 23. Eal seó burh wæs onstyred, 71, 13.
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tó-hopa
Hope, ⬩ expectation
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Hwæt is mín tóhopa quae est expectatio mea? 38, 9. On ðé ys eall úre níél and úre tóhopa Domini est salus, 3, 7. Wâ eów welegum ðe eówer lufu eall and eówer tóhopa is on eówrum worldwelum, Past. 26; Swt. 180, 24.
mitta
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Hig worhton him áne anlícnesse þe . . . mid ðáre swíðran hand þone hwǽte hlód and mid þám winstran fét þá mittan træd, Ap. Th. 10, 1-13. Add
willan
To will, wish ⬩ to will, exercise the faculty of willing ⬩ to will, purpose, think, mean, intend ⬩ to tend ⬩ to will, ordain, order, command ⬩ to will, wish, want, desire ⬩ to will, be willing to do something ⬩ to allow, permit, grant, consent to ⬩ to be disposed, to have such and such a will ⬩ to will, profess, claim ⬩ will, shall, to be about to
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Hwæt wille gé? Coll. Monast. Th. 32, 23 : Blickl. Homl. 155, 35. For ealle ðe willaþ ðæt hé wile, L. Ath. iv. 3; Th. i. 222, 20. Hé cwæþ: ' Hwæt wilt ðú ðæt ic ðé do?' Næs ðæt ná ðæt hé nyste hwæt se blinda wolde. Blickl. Homl. 19, 33.
fær
going ⬩ passing ⬩ a going away ⬩ a journey ⬩ course ⬩ a voyage ⬩ a march ⬩ an expedition ⬩ enterprise ⬩ a passage ⬩ thoroughfare ⬩ road ⬩ entrance ⬩ carriage ⬩ vessel ⬩ a troop ⬩ a crew ⬩ fare ⬩ proceedings
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Hwæt is þæs Hǽlendes stede, oððe hwæt is his fær?, 156, 33.
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grǽg
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Grǽg hwǽte far, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 17; Som. 9, 52. Se grǽfa mǽw the grey mew, Andr. Kmbl. 742; An. 371. Wulf se grǽga the grey wolf, Exon. 91 b; Th. 343, 3; Gn. Ex. 151: Chr. 937; Erl. 115, 13; Ædelst. 64.
sum-dǽl
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Tó þon ꝥ heó mihte sumdǽl (sumne dǽl, v. l. ) hwǽtes (hwylcnehugu hwǽte, v. l.) geclǽnsian ad purgandum triticum, 97, 3. [v. N. E. D. some-deal.]
sǽd-leáp
a seed-leap(Essex), seed-lip (Oxford) ⬩ seed-lop ⬩ a seed lepe ⬩ satorium, saticulum ⬩ sedlepe ⬩ saticulum
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Gl. 609, 28: semilio, 611, 11 Sǽdleáp, Anglia ix. 264, 13. [ Ðæt acersǽd hwǽte, ðæt is twegen sédlǽpes, and ðæt bærlíc, ðæt is þré sédlǽpas, and ðæt acersǽd áten, ðæt is feówer sédlǽpas,s. Chr. 1124; Erl. 252, 34-36. ]
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á-windan
To twist ⬩ plait ⬩ weave ⬩ to slip away ⬩ to become weak (?)
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v. á-swindan), þá þe ǽr hæfdon ful hwæte fingras, Wlfst. 148, 3
mǽrlíce
Magnificently ⬩ excellently ⬩ nobly ⬩ splendidly ⬩ with distinction
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Hwæt is ðes mihtiga ðe ðus mǽrlíce féreþ (Christ entering Jerusalem), Blickl. Homl. 71, 14. Mǽrlíce ðæt líc behwurfon mid miclum wópe celebrantes exequias planctu magno, Gen. 50, 10.