ge-wilnian
To wish ⬩ desire ⬩ expect ⬩ seek ⬩ strive for ⬩ cŭpĕre ⬩ concŭpiscĕre ⬩ desīdĕrāre ⬩ expĕtĕre ⬩ ambīre
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Ðæt sum sume swíðe ondryslícu, and eác to gewilnienne secgende wæs ut quīdam multa et trĕmenda, et desīdĕranda narrāvĕrit, Bd. 5, 12; S. 627, 3. Ic gewilnige [gewilnie, MS. D,] cŭpio, Ælfc. Gr. 35; Som. 38, 8: 28, 1; Som. 30, 39.
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ge-mót
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Wæs sionoðlic gemót on ðǽre mǽran stówe ðe mon háteð Clofeshoas, and ðǽr se cyning ond his biscopas ond his aldormenn ond alle ðá wioton ðisse ðióde ðǽr gesomnade wǽron, Cht. Th. 70, 10.
swá
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Hé læg fíf dagas beforan ðæs mynstres geate swá hé ne æt ne ne dranc, ac hé bæd ingonges, Shrn. 109, 5. 3. add: the clause contracted Hé læg þǽr swá dǽd lange on þǽre flóra, Hml.
ge-hátan
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For hwám wæs elles Canonea land Israhéla folce geháten, búton for ðǽm ðe ðæt folc nolde geliéfan ðeáh him mon feorrland on fierste gehéte, gif him sóna ne sealde sum on neáweste se him ðæt máre gehétt?, Past. 389, 31-35.
hálsung-tíma
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A time of supplication Swylce fram þæs dæges úpspringe tó hálsungtíman þreó tída sýn forð áðenede, Nap. 35
gyltlíce
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Faultily Gyltlíce (culfabiliter) handa tó Dryhtne upp árǽrð sé þe dǽda his gebiddende gylplíce geypð, Scint. 35, 3
lár-fæsten
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A fast imposed as discipline Ǽfæstenu . . . and mínra dǽda gewitena lárfæstenu ic oft ágǽlde, Angl. xi. 99, 63
ge-tricce
Faithful
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Gif he biþ eáþhylde and ðære stówe getricce si contentus fuerit consuetudine loci, R. Ben. 61, Lye
gifte
Dowry
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Dowry Gilde be ðære giftan mǽþe reddat pecuniam juxta modum dotis quam virgines accipere consueverunt, Ex. 22, 17
ǽrend-gewrit
A message or report in writing ⬩ a letter ⬩ an epistle ⬩ letters mandatory ⬩ a brief writing ⬩ short notes ⬩ a summary ⬩ epistola
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On. forþgeonge ðæs ǽrendgewrites in processu epistolæ, 1, 13; S. 481, 43: Bt. Met. Fox 1, 125; Met. 1, 63. Ǽrend-gewrit epistola vel pictacium. Wrt. Voc. 46, 64: 61, 21. Þurh his ǽrend-gewritu by his letters, Bd. pref; S. 472, 22
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a-hycgan
To devise ⬩ search ⬩ invent ⬩ excogitare ⬩ perscrutari ⬩ invenire
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Bæd him ðæs rǽd ahicgan besought them to devise counsel for this, Cd. 94; Th. 122, 24; Gen. 2031: 178; Th. 224, 3; Dan. 130. Hie ahogodan heoro they invented the sword, Exon. 92 a; Th. 346, 9; Gn. Ex. 202
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a-fǽran
To make greatly afraid ⬩ to affright ⬩ terrify ⬩ dismay ⬩ astound ⬩ exterrere ⬩ perterrere ⬩ consternare ⬩ stupefacere
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To make greatly afraid, to affright, terrify, dismay, astound; exterrere, perterrere, consternare, stupefacere Ðæt heó afǽre fleógan on nette that she may terrify flies into her net. Ps. Th. 89, 10.
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áne
Once ⬩ once for all ⬩ only ⬩ alone ⬩ semel ⬩ solum ⬩ tantum
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Ic bydde ðé, ðæt ðú lǽ te me sprecan áne feáwa worda I pray thee, that thou let me speak only [once for all] few words, Nicod. 11; Thw. 5, 40. Ic ðé ǽne abealh, éce Drihten I alone angered thee, eternal Lord, Cd. 222; Th. 290, 4; Sat. 410
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áwðer
Either ⬩ each ⬩ one or other ⬩ alter ⬩ alteruter
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Ða tungl áwðer [MS. auðer] óðres rene á ne gehríneþ, ǽr ðam ðæt óðer of gewíteþ the stars never touch each other's course, before the other goes away, Bt. Met. Fox 29, 19 : Met. 29, 10 : 20, 84; Met. 20, 42 : Bt. 6; Fox 16, 3
bén-tíðe
having obtained a prayer ⬩ benefitted ⬩ favoured ⬩ successful ⬩ precum vel supplications compos ⬩ fortunatus ⬩ accepting a prayer ⬩ exorable ⬩ gracious ⬩ deprecabilis
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having obtained a prayer, benefitted, favoured, successful; precum vel supplications compos fortunatus Hie ðǽr, Godes þances, swíðe béntíðe [béntiðige, col. 2; béntigðe, p. 153, 10, cols. 1, 2] wurdon æfter ðam geháte there, God be thanked, they were
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Dauid
David ⬩ Dāvid, īdis
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Crist onwráh, in Dauides dýrre mǽgan, ðæt is Euan scyld eal forpynded Christ revealed that, in David's dear kinswoman, the sin of Eve is all turned away, Exon. 9 a; Th. 7, 4; Cri. 96
fæderen-mǽg
A relation on the father's side, paternal relative ⬩ a patre cognātus, agnātus
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Fædrenmǽgum hiora dǽl mon agife let their share be given to the paternal kindred, 8 ; Th. i. 66, 22. Fædernmágas agnāti, Ælfc. Gl. 92; Som. 75. 37; Wrt. Voc. 51, 79
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fæsten-tíd
Fast-tide or time ⬩ jējūnii tempus
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Yfel biþ ðæt man riht fæstentíde ǽr mǽle ete it is bad that any one, at a lawful fast-time, eat before the time, 47; Th. i, 402, 23: L. Edg. C. 25; Th. ii. 250, 2
feohte
A fight ⬩ combat ⬩ pugna
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We ðǽt ellenweorc feohtan fremedon we have achieved that valourous deed by fighting, Beo. Th. 1922; B. 959
flet-sittend
A court-resident ⬩ in aula sĕdens
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Ðǽr wǽron boren æfter bencum orcas fulle fletsittendum there were full jugs carried along the benches to the court-residents, Judth. 10; Thw. 21, 15; Jud. 19: 21, 24; Jud. 33