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mǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
mǽnan, p. de

To meanto intend to convey a certain senseto intend to indicate a certain person or thing without direct statement to meanpurposehave as an object to which the mind is directedintendto signifyhave a certain signification or purpose

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Ne mǽnde úre Drihten mid ðisum wordum ða treówa ðe on appeltúne wexaþ, 406, 9. to mean, purpose, have as an object to which the mind is directed, intend Gif hé ðara nán ne déþ ðonne nát hé hwæt hé ménþ (Cott.

Linked entries: ge-mǽnan ge-mǽnan

ge-hlyste

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For Nap. 30 l. Chrd. 22, 36

ge-hýd

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hýd, part. p.

Provided with a skin

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Provided with a skin, Nar. 50, 5

morgen-dæg

Grammar
morgen-dæg, I. add: — Ða hit þá on morgendæg wæs
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primo deinde aurore diluculo, Nar. 22, 1

unlyb-wyrhta

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Nap. 65, 37. Add

Breoten-ríce

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Breotanríces fægran íglandes cyncg, Nap. 11. Add

dengan

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For Nap. 17 l. Chrd. 60, 30

on-fangend

(n.)
Grammar
on-fangend, es; m.
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One who receives; acceptor, Nap. 94

Linked entry: fangend

hordian

(v.)
Grammar
hordian, p.ode

To HOARD, lay up [treasure], store

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To HOARD, lay up [treasure], store Ðæt hé for gýtsunge uncyste nánum óðrum syllan ne mæg ðæt hé hordaþ and nát hwam swá swá se wítega cwæþ 'on ídel biþ ǽlc man gedréfed se ðe hordaþ nát hwam hé hit gegaderaþ' what he from the vice of avarice can give

durran

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Ic nát hwá hit dyrre (durre, v. l. ) secgan, Bt. 40, 2; F. 238, 5. Ꝥ hé þé leógan ne durre, Bl. H. 179, 29: Ll. Th. i. 418, 11. Ðætte unlǽrde ne dyrren ( audeant ) underfón láreówdóm, Past. 25, 14: 427, 18: 467, 16

hǽte

(n.)
Grammar
hǽte, an; f.

Heatbrewing

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Eówre gléda náne hǽtan mínum líchaman ne gedóþ your embers cause no heat to my body, Homl. Th. i. 430, 12. Ðæt hellíce fýr hæfþ unásecgendlíce hǽtan and nán leóht the fire of hell has heat unspeakable, but no light, 532, 2.

Linked entry: hǽtu

hát-heort

(adj.)
Grammar
hát-heort, adj.

Furious, angry, irascible, passionate, ardentfuriosus, iracundus, fervens

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Ðes geréfa is swíðe hátheort and hé ðé wile forleósan this consul is very furious and will destroy thee, Nar. 42, 4: Exon. 77 b; Th. 290, 16; Wand. 66.

mǽrsian

(v.)
Grammar
mǽrsian, <b>. A.</b> trans.
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Add Eástrun wé ne mǽrsiaþ pascha nan celebramus, An. Ox. 40, 30. Hé mérsode micele symbelnesse for þám sige, Hml. S. 30, 396. Dreám mǽrsodan concentum celebrabant (praefatae virgines), An. Ox 4661.

gebed-hús

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Cyrice . . . is ús gesceapen tó gebedhúse, uá tó nánum gemóthúse, Wlfst. 232, 24. In þám gebedhúse( oratorio ) þæs eádigan Laurentius, Gr. D. 40, 30. Gebædhúse, Hml. S. 6, 206.

ídisc

(n.)
Grammar
ídisc, ýddisc, es; pl. e; m. n [?].

Propertyhouseholdstuff

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Ne forlǽte gé nán þing of eówrum ýddisce nec dimittatis quidquam de supellectili vestra, Gen. 45, 20. Ágif ðises ceorles ýddysce [cf. ǽhta l. 18, þing, l. 23] give up this fellow's property, Homl. Th. ii. 180, 27

Lǽden-bóc

(n.)
Grammar
Lǽden-bóc, f.
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A Latin book Nán man næfþ lédenbóca angit be fullon búton hé ðone cræft cunne no man perfectly understands Latin books, unless he know that art [grammar], Ælfc. Gr. 50; Som. 50, 65. Áwriten on lédenbócum written down in Latin books, Homl.

ge-dwelian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dwelian, -dweligan.

to deceivelead astrayto err

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to deceive, lead astray Ðæt his me nán man gedweligan mæg that no man can seduce me from it, Bt. 23, 3; Fox 126, 18. Ne weorðe ic ðínra dóma gedweled ǽfre judicia tua non sum oblitus, Ps.

strícan

(v.)
Grammar
strícan, p. strác, pl. stricon; pp. stricen.
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to stroke, smooth, rub, wipe Ne delfe hý nán man mid ísene and mid wætere ne þweá, ac stríce hý mid cláðe clǽne, Lchdm. iii. 30, 24. v. ymb-strícan. to make a stroke, v. be-strícan; strica. to go, move, run Búlon ðæm rodere ðe ðás rúman gesceaft ǽghwylce

Linked entries: a-strícan strece

ge-hala

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hala, an; m.
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Sege ús nú ꝥ sóðe búton ǽlcon leáse, and wé beóð þíne gehalan and þíne midspecan, ne wé nellað þé ámeldian, ac hit eall stille lǽtan, ꝥ hit nán man ne þearf geáxian búton ús sylfum, Hml. S. 23, 590

Linked entry: -hala

namnian

(v.)
Grammar
namnian, p. ode

To namecall by name

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To name, call by name Se namnode ðone Hǽlend be his naman, Ælfc. T. Grn. 10, 16