GLEÁW
Clear-sighted ⬩ wise ⬩ skilful ⬩ sagacious ⬩ prudent ⬩ good ⬩ sagax ⬩ prudens ⬩ astutus ⬩ sapiens ⬩ gnarus
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Ic andette écne Drihten ðæne goodan God forðan ic hine gleáwne wát confitemini Domino quoniam bonus, Ps. Th. 106, 1: 117, 1.
hwilc-hwega
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Hé hí hwylcehwugu (-hugu ; feáwa, v. ll. ) dagas mid him gehæfde eos aliquot diebus secum retinuit Bd. 5, 10; Sch. 601, 8. with indefinite force, some, any Sum hálig man hwylchugu (-hwugu, v. l.) sanktus uir aliquis . Bd. 3, 10; Sch. 233, 6.
willan
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Hí fóron ꝥ hig woldon hí gebiddan ascenderant ut adorarent, Jn. 12, 20. Efne swá þá wínu woldon feallan on þone flór ita ut pavimentum vina invaderent, Gr. D. 59, 17
ge-byrd
birth ⬩ origin ⬩ beginning ⬩ parentage ⬩ family ⬩ lineage ⬩ nativitas ⬩ origo ⬩ stirps ⬩ genus ⬩ nature ⬩ quality ⬩ state ⬩ condition ⬩ lot ⬩ fate ⬩ natura ⬩ qualitas ⬩ conditio ⬩ sors ⬩ fatum
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Cennan bearn mid gebyrdum to bring forth children by birth, Exon. 89 a; Th. 334, 32; Gn. Ex. 25. Wæs he líchomlícre gebyrde æðeles cynnes erat carnis origine nobilis, Bd. 2, 7; S. 509, 15.
þæt
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Hit is for seofon and feówertigum wintrum, þæt ic of ðære hálgan byrig út fór, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 516. where it further explains a noun in the main clause Ðæs gástes wæstmas synd ða gódan ðeáwas, þæt se man lufige God ... and beó gesibsum, Homl.
CYRICE
in the compound ⬩ a church, the material structure ⬩ ecclesia ⬩ a heathen temple ⬩ templum paganum
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in the compound circ-líc, etc. q. v. the CHURCH as a temporal and spiritual body; ecclesia = ἐκκλησία Seó cyrice on Breotone hwæt hwugu fæc sibbe hæfde the church in Britain for some time had peace, Bd. 1, 8; S. 479, 17.
CWEÐAN
To say, speak, call, proclaim ⬩ dicere, loqui, vocare, indicere
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For ðam worde ðe se Wealdend cwyþ for the word which the Lord shall speak, Rood Kmbl. 220; Kr. 111 . Gehýraþ hwæt se unrihtwísa déma cwyþ audite quid judex iniquitatis dicit, Lk. Bos. 18, 6.
sib
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For ðære mǽglícan sibbe ( of Christ and John ), Homl. Th. i. 58, 6. Ðá com Swein eorl and bæd Beorn eorl, ðe wæs his eámes sunu, ðæt hé his geféra wǽre tó ðam cynge. Hé wende ðá for ðære sibbe mid him. Chr. 1050; Erl. 175, 18.
niman
to take ⬩ receive ⬩ get ⬩ sumere ⬩ accipere ⬩ to take ⬩ keep ⬩ hold ⬩ tenere ⬩ to take ⬩ catch ⬩ to contain ⬩ to take (with one) ⬩ carry ⬩ bring ⬩ to take (to one) ⬩ give ⬩ to take forcibly ⬩ seize ⬩ take away ⬩ carry off ⬩ tollere ⬩ capessere ⬩ auferre ⬩ rapere
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Lufe niman tó to take an affection for. Máran lufe nimþ se heretoga tó ðám cempan, ðe æfter fleáme his wiðerwinnan þegenlíce oferwinþ, Homl. Th. i. 342, 2. Mód niman to take courage, Bd. 1, 16; S. 484, 25.
Linked entry: bi-nom
wed
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. :-- Worda wed gesyllan (v. the same phrase in the passages from the laws), eallra unsnyttro ǽr gesprecenra to be responsible for all that has been said before, Elen.Kmbl. 2566; El. 1284.
dǽl
- Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 79
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Bið sé his dǽl synnig he for his part will be guilty, Ll. Th. i. 138, 17. in numeration, time Is ánra gehwylc synderlíce xxx-tigum ðúsendum dǽla lengra ðonne eal middangeard, Salm. K. 150, 13. v. eástsúþ-, middel-, neáh-, twi-dǽl
ELN
the Royal
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Voc. 64, 71. the Royal Persian ell, or cubit, is very nearly 20-1/2 inches; for Herodotus says that the πῆχυς βασίλειος, bk. i. § 178, is 3 δάκτυλοι longer than the common Grk. πῆχυς= cubit or ell: 24 δάκτυλοι, i. e. 24 + 3 = 27; 27δάκτυλοι × 3/4 of an
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strang
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Ðæt is for hwí se góda lǽce selle ðam hálum men séftne drenc and swétne, and óðrum hálum biterne and strangne, Bt. 39, 9; Fox 226, 12. Gelácnian mid ðæm drencum strangra wyrta gemanges, Past. 37; Swt. 269, 24.
lád-teów
A leader ⬩ guide ⬩ conductor ⬩ general
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Lind. 2, 6: Rtl. 38, 15: 193, 15, the form látwa with pl. látuas, Mt. 15, 14, occurs; also látwu, Rtl. 193, 17, 19; and in 2, 5 látuan glosses ducere
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déman
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Hié Dryhtnes ǽ déman sceoldon, reccan fore rincum, Ap. 10: An. 1196: 1405. Wé þæt hýrdon hæleð eahtian, déman dǽdhwate, þætte gelamp, Jul. 2. Déman, meldan, Rä. 29, 11
fundian
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Férde sum ridda . . . and hit lǽdde forð mid him þǽr hé fundode tó, Hml.
hring
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</b> fig. the limit of a jurisdiction :-- Þonne þæt gecnáweð feónd, þætte gehwylc hæleða cynnes on his hringe bið fæste geféged, Wal. 40. an object having a circular form.
ge-lǽdan
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H. 189, 36. the subject a thing Folc wæs on lande; hæfde wuldres beám werud gelǽded, Exod. 567. where the movement of the object is the act of the subject, to bring in the hands or in a receptacle, carry, bear Ic Dauides horn deórne bringe, forð gelǽde
Ælfríc
Ælfric ⬩ Ælfricus
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Ælfric left Winchester about 988 for Cerne in Dorsetshire, where an abbey was established by Æthelmær.
þeówan
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Sceal mon ðam men mid dríum handum ða handa and ða fét gnídan swíðe and þýn with dry hands must the hands and feet be rubbed hard and squeezed for the man. Lchdm. ii. 182, 9.