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be-þearfaþ

he needs, wantsopus habet

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he needs, wants; opus habet Hwæt helpeþ vel beþearfeþ [MS. beþearfaþ] menn what does it help to a man or what needs a man [of what use is it to a man]? quid prodest homini? Mt. Rush. Stv. 16, 26

Linked entry: þearfian

tæl-met

(n.)
Grammar
tæl-met, es; n.

A measure expressed by number

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A measure expressed by number Is tó ðære tíde tælmet hwíle seofon and twentig nihtgerímes there is to that season a space of time expressed by the number twenty-seven if the reckoning be by days, Andr. Kmbl. 226; An. 113

beorhtlíce

(adv.)

splendidlyclearly

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Add: splendidly Heálíce, beorhtlíce conspicue, i. preclare. Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 15. of sight, clearly Mihton men beorhtlíce sceáwian Drihtnes fóta swaðe, Shrn. 81, 14. Ic wæs blind bám eágum, nú ic beorhtlíce leóhtes brúce, Hml. Th. i. 422, 7

clǽnsian

(v.)
Grammar
clǽnsian, clénsian, to clǽnsianne; clǽnsiende; ode, ade; od, ad [clǽne clean, pure]

To CLEANSE, purify, chasten, clear oneselfmundare, purgare, castigare, se liberare

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Wih. 18; Th. i. 40, 14, 16: 19; Th. i. 40, 17: 20; Th. i. 40, 19: L. Eth. ii. 8; Th. i. 288, 19: ii. 9; Th. i. 290, 10. Hine geréfa clénsie let the reeve clear him, L. Wih. 22; Th. i. 42, 4

scild

(n.)
Grammar
scild, sceld, scyld, es; m.
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Ath. i. 15 ; Th. i. 208, ii. Ðǽr læg secg mænig ofer scild scoten, Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 19. Dynedan scildas, Judth. Thw. 24, 24; Jud. 204. Scylda parmarum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 30. Eorles heregeata . . . ehta spera and eall swá feala scylda, L. C.

Linked entries: scyld hrung sceld

ǽfre

eversemper,at all times, on every occasion ever, at any time, in any caseunquamwhatever, (as) ever, &c.

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Th. ii. 308, 9. Búton heó hit ǽfre gebéte, Hml. S. 17, 156: An. 1014. giving emphasis as in whatever, (as) ever, &c. Swá rihtlíce geséman swá him ǽfre rihtlícost þúhte, C. D. iii. 292, 32. Eall ðæt ǽfre betst wæs, Chr. 1048; P. 174, 23.

telga

(n.)
Grammar
telga, an; m.
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Genim ðysse wyrte (yarrow) telgan, Lchdm. i. 198, 12 note. ¶ In the following passage Kemble and Leo take the word as meaning a strip of land (fallow), but as such a strip of land if fallow one year would not be so the next, its designation as the fallow

heorcnung

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Th. ii. 564, 4, the faculty of heartening, power of hearing: Stemn is geslagen lyft gefrédendlic on hlyste, swá micel swá on ðǽre heorcnunge is voice is stricken air perceptible by the sense of hearing so much as is within the capacity of a person to

girwan

Grammar
girwan, <b>gierwan, gerwan, gyrwan, gierian, gerian, gyrian</b>
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Take here in Dict., and add: to prepare, make ready for some action, set in order for a purpose Fela þǽra wæs wera and wífa þe þæt wínreced geredon, B. 994.

steóran

(v.; prep.)
Grammar
steóran, stióran, (and with umlaut) stiéran, stéran, stíran, stýran; p. de.
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Th. i. 360, 15. <b>II a.</b> to keep back from what is good :-- Ic dysge dwelle and óðrum stýre nyttre fóre I (night) lead the foolish astray and keep back others from a useful course, Exon.

freoðian

(v.)
Grammar
freoðian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To care formaintaincherishprotectkeepobserveconsŭlĕresustentārefŏvēretuēriobservāre

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Grn. ii. 291, 27

móna

(n.)
Grammar
móna, an; m.: but also móne, an; f.

the moonmoon as in new, full moon

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Ðæs mónan trendel the moon's disc, Lchdm. ii. 242, 4. moon as in new, full moon, the reference being to the stage reached in a lunar month Níwe móna neomenia, Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 51. Se níwa móna, Lchdm. iii. 264, 26.

nídling

(n.)
Grammar
nídling, es; m.

one who serves of necessitya slavebondmanone who has to serve on board shipa sailor

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Alf. 35; Th. i. 52, 22. Hié on cnihtháde wǽron óðerra manna niédlingas in youth they had been the bondmen of others, Ors. 2, 2; Swt. 66, 17.

ge-wríðan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wríðan, part. -wríðende; p. -wráð, pl. -wriðon; pp. -wriðen

To bindrestraintietie togethercoartarealligare

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Ðonne gewríð ðú hý then bind it, Th. An. 116, 13. Ánra gehwilc manna is gewriðen mid rápum his synna every man is bound with the ropes of his sins, Homl. Th. i. 208, 3: 456, 9: 462, 1

súþ

(adv.)
Grammar
súþ, adv.
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In a southerly direction or position Twelf míla brád súð and norð ab austro in boream duodecim milia passuum, Bd. 1, 3; S. 475, 19. Him is ðæt heáfod súð gewend and ða fét norð, Shrn. 66, 23. Syndon óðere eálond súð fram Brixonte, Nar. 36, 7.

West-Seaxe

(n.)
Grammar
West-Seaxe, -Seaxan (Wes-); pl. m.
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Alf. 49; Th. i. 58, 28. Wes-Seaxna, Chr. Erl. 2, 18, 23: 4, 20. Wes-Seaxena kyning, L. In. proem. ; Th. i. 102, 2. Wæst-Sæxna, Chr. 836; Erl. 65, 23. West-Sexena landes is hund þúsend hída, Cod. Dip. B. i. 415, 1.

eáþ-médu

(n.)
Grammar
eáþ-médu, f.: -méde, es; n. (Cf. ofer-méde.)
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<b>I a.

ge-heald

(n.)
Grammar
ge-heald, ge-hæld.
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Þar in ich habbe god ihold, O. and N. 621.] Cf. ge-hild

ge-wenian

(v.)
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Cf. þone ilcan mete þe se láreów hí ǽror mid tame getéde, Met. 13, 44), Bt. 25 ; F. 88, 18. to draw, attract to or from. v. ge-wenian; in Dict. and wenian ; II

hú-lic

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Add: in direct questions. qualifying a noun, what sort of Húlic heáfod hæfð se Pater Noster?, Sal. K. 148, 14. predicative, of what sort Húlig is ðes? qualis est hic?, Mt.