freó
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Bydele gebyrað ꝥ hé for his wycan sý weorces frígra ðonne óðer man. Ll. Th. i. 440, 6. Swá swá ðú freóra byst þissa weorlde ðinga, swá ðú sweotolor ongytst be ðám wísdóme, Solil.
ge-sweotulian
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Add: to shew a material object to a person Ic ne mæg mé þé geswutelian . . . for þon ic eom wífhádes mann and wǽfelsum bereáfod, Hml.
hwæt
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., for hwon, L., R. quid, Mt. 27, 46: hwí, W. S., tó hwon, L., R. quid, Mk. 15, 34) forlǽtest þú mé?, An. 1415. Hwæt standaþ gé hér and úp on þysne heofon lóccaþ? quid statis aspicientes in coelum? (Acts 1, 11), Bl.
hogian
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Hwilce méde hæfde hé for þám ꝥ hé swá holdlíce hogode embe mé ? quid pro hac fide praemii consecutus est? Hml.
sittan
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</b> of an approaching time which hinders action :-- Þone ceorl hí ne mihton byrgan, for þon þe him se ǽfen on sæt ( superveniente vespere ), Gr. D. 215, 18.
healf
HALF
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Nán rén ne com ofer eorþan feórþan healfangeáre no rain came upon the earth for three years and a half, Lchdm. iii. 276, 19. Ðæt wæs ehtoþe healf híd that was seven hides and a half, Chart. Th. 550, 12.
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.
heáp
a band ⬩ company ⬩ the clergy ⬩ a choir ⬩ an army ⬩ a host ⬩ a troop ⬩ company ⬩ a crew ⬩ a collection ⬩ in company ⬩ together
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Hé (Peter) ána spræc for ealne ðone heáp, Hml. Th. i. 394, 1. His þone gecorenan heáp electos suos, Ps. Th. 104, 38. Hellwarena heáp, Cri. 731. Leófra heáp, El. 1206. Hálige heápas the multitudes of saints, Wlfst. 190, 3.
micel
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For hwan ne déþ hé ꝥ lǽsse nú hé ꝥ máre dyde?, 181, 7. where a quality is possessed in a high degree Þú stunta and se mǽsta dwǽs þe ǽfre on þissere byrig mǽst wæs, Hml. S. 23, 695. add Gif mon on mycelre ráde weorþe geteórad, Lch. i. 76, 4.
wá
Woe ⬩ ill ⬩ woe ⬩ alas ⬩ vae, ⬩ well-a-way ⬩ well-a-day ⬩ ah ⬩ vah
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Th. 119, 5. with preposition Wá mánfullan (ve impio) for his misdǽdan, Wulfst. 45, 15. Wá (wǽ, Lind.) ðysum middangearde þurh swicdómas vae mundo a scandalis, Mt. Kmbl. 18, 7. ¶ well-a-way, well-a-day (Laym. wa la wa: A. R.
á-wrítan
to write out or down ⬩ write words ⬩ to transcribe ⬩ copy in writing ⬩ to state in writing ⬩ to write a book, letter, ⬩ to write of or about something ⬩ to write to ⬩ to write an account of ⬩ describe ⬩ to inscribe the name of a person ⬩ to write on material ⬩ cover with writing ⬩ to make a symbol other than a letter
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(Subst. this for quotation in Dict. from Bos. 17, 42.) Áwriten wǽran pinguntur (in tomo castae praeconia vitae ), Wrt.
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lǽran
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Th. i. 56, 4. intransitive, to give instruction about something Se hálga heáp . . . hí ásendon tó lǽrenne eallnm leódscipum be Crístes tócyme for middangeardes álýsednysse, Hml. Th. i. 388, 16
wed
a pledge, what is given as security ⬩ a pledge, what is given as security ⬩ a pledge, solemn promise, engagement, covenant, compact
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Gif gé dóð min wedd for náht si ad irritum perducatis pactum meum, Lev. 26, 15: Deut. 31, 16. Ǽlc geréfa náme ðæt wedd on his ágenre scíre, L. Ath. v. 10; Th. i. 240, I : v. II; Th. i. 240, 15.
scír
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Ne gewanige se reccere ná ðone ymbhogan ðære inneran scíre for ðære ábisgunge ðære úterran sit rector internorum curam in exteriorum occupatione non minuens, Past. 18, l; Swt. 127, 13.
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hál
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For hwí se góda lǽce selle ðám hálum men séftne drenc and óþrum hálum strangne, 39, 9; F. 226, 11. Ne mæg se unhála þám hálan gelíce byrðene áhebban. Ll. Th. i. 412, 8. Hig gemétton hálne ( sanum ) þone þe ǽr untrum wæs, Lk. 7, 10.
FÍF
FIVE ⬩ quinque
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Him togeánes fífe fóron folc-cyningas five kings of nations marched against them, Cd. 93; Th. 119, 3; Gen. 1974. Beóþ fífe on ánum húse todǽlede érunt quinque in dŏmo ūna divīsi, Lk. Bos. 12, 52.
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án-feald
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Thw. 2, 32. simple, uniform, fixed, invariable ꝥ is openlíce cúþ ꝥ sió godcunde foreteohhung is ánfeald and unawendendlic illud certe manifestum est, immobilem simplicemque gerendarum formam rerum esse providentiam, Bt. 39, 6; F. 220, 16: 39, 4; F.
beran
to carry ⬩ bring ⬩ to bear ⬩ to suffer ⬩ to carry ⬩ fruit
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Hwylc handleán we him forþ tó berenne habban, 91, 14. used impersonally ; cf. similar use in Icelandic Swá hwæt swá þé on eáge byreð (cf. mart (acc.) berr fyrir augu mér) whatever (the dream) brings to your sight, Lch. iii. 154, 22. without sense of
BERAN
to BEAR ⬩ carry ⬩ bring ⬩ bear or carry a sacrifice ⬩ offer ⬩ bear off ⬩ carry out ⬩ extend ⬩ wear ⬩ support ⬩ endure ⬩ suffer ⬩ ferre ⬩ portare ⬩ afferre ⬩ offerre ⬩ deferre ⬩ proferre ⬩ extendere ⬩ gerere ⬩ tolerare ⬩ to BEAR ⬩ produce ⬩ bring forth ⬩ facere ⬩ ferre ⬩ edere ⬩ parere
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C. 1; Th. ii. 342, 10. to BEAR, produce, bring forth; facere, ferre, edere, parere Ǽlc gód treów byrþ góde wæstmas every good tree produces [facit] good fruits, Mt. Bos. 7, 17 : 7; 18.
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