hweorfan
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Se móna is ǽfre se ylca þeáh ðe his leóht gelómlíce hweorfe, Lch. iii. 242, 16. Hweorfende versicolor (versiculos, MS. but the passage is: Versicolor penna pavonis, Ald. 142, 22), Wrt.
ríce
powerful ⬩ mighty ⬩ great ⬩ possessed of power ⬩ rich ⬩ possessed of wealth ⬩ strong ⬩ powerful ⬩ mighty ⬩ potent
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Hé nǽnigum rícum men ǽfre ǽnig feoh syllan wolde nullam potentibus saeculi pecuniam umquam dare solebat, Bd. 3, 5; S. 527, 12. Drihten ne wandaþ for rícum ne for heánum Dominus personam non accipit, Deut. 10, 17.
óðer
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Máran wræce ðonne ǽfre ǽr ǽnigu óðru gelumpe, 79, 10. Wæs ðæt wæter biterre ðonne ic ǽfre ǽnig óðer bergde, Nar. 8, 30. Hé nǽigum óðrum ærne sceþþan ne mihte, Blickl. Homl. 221, 16. Ne bideþ hé æt ús n?-acute;nig óðor edleán búton . . . 103, 21.
ende
a region ⬩ quarter ⬩ side ⬩ quarter ⬩ part ⬩ proportion ⬩ death ⬩ end ⬩ finished ⬩ issue ⬩ event ⬩ goal ⬩ ultimately ⬩ always ⬩ ultimately ⬩ continuously ⬩ consecutively ⬩ kind ⬩ sort
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Grammar ende, on ende on end, continuously, consecutively, without omission or intermission Hit man ǽfre on ende for áne híde werian scolde, C. D. iii. 112, 23; Ps. Th. 78, 5.
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hwá
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, Cri. 694. strengthened by ǽfre Hwæt þis ǽfre beón scyle?, Hml. S. 23, 532 : 516. with partitive gen. Hwæt wæs seó Salamones ræste elles búton se hálga innoð?, Bl.
HÚ
How
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Ðá wearþ ðæt mǽden hohful hú heó ǽfre wæras wissian sceolde, Blickl. Swt. 2, 122. Gefada embe hú ðú wylle dispose of it how thou wilt, 3, 285.
under-þeódan
to subject ⬩ subjugate ⬩ render subject ⬩ to subject ⬩ cause to endure ⬩ render liable ⬩ to subjoin ⬩ add ⬩ to support
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Ne wæs ǽfre ǽnig cyning ðæt má heora landa him tó gewealde underþeódde, Bd. 1, 34; S. 499, 23. Underðeódende folc under mé subjiciens populos sub me, Ps.
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ge-secgan
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Þ mǽste wæl on hǽðene here þe wé ǽfre gesecgan hérdon, Chr. 851; P. 65, 16. Nǽnig mennisc tunge ne geneah þæs engles mægen tó gesecgenne, Bl. H. 165, 6. Tó gesecganne, Angl. ix. 265, 4. Bið gesægd ꝥti ðiós dyde, Mt. L. 26, 13.
wíse
a wise way ⬩ manner ⬩ mode ⬩ fashion ⬩ state ⬩ condition ⬩ an arrangement ⬩ instruction ⬩ a disposition ⬩ direction ⬩ condition ⬩ a thing ⬩ res ⬩ negotium ⬩ a cause ⬩ reason ⬩ res
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Ǽfre se ðe áwent of Lédene on Englisc, ǽfre hé sceal gefadian hit swá ðæt ðæt Englisc hæbbe his ágene wísan, elles hit biþ swíþe gedwolsum tó rǽdenne ðam ðe ðæs Lédenes wísan ne can, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 4, 7-11.
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licgan
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Ðætte hié ongieten under hú micelre frécenesse hié liecgað (licggeað, v. l. ), 233, 24. to remain in a state of inactivity or concealment Seldum ǽfre his leomu licgað his limbs are hardly ever still, Sal. 270.
ge-settan
To set, put, fix, confirm, restore, appoint, decree, settle, possess, occupy, place together, compose, make, compare, expose, allay
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Ðæt ðis ǽfre gesett sprǽc wǽre that this should be a suit finally settled, Th. Ch. 203, 4. Ðone storm he gesette and gestilde tempestatem sedaverit, Bd. 5, 1; S. 613, 8. Ðæt he ðæt yrre gesette to allay their anger, Ors. 4, 11; Bos. 98, 2: Beo.
wandian
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Ben. 92, 11(c) where that which is turned aside from is given, by a clause Sume synna beóþ swíþe unsýferlíce, ðæt se man wandaþ ðæt hé hí ǽfre ásecgge, Blickl. Homl. 43, 17.
wanian
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His wered wanode ǽfre ðe leng ðe swíðor, Chr. 1052 ; Erl. 181, 4. Ða wæteru wanedon aquae decrescebant, Gen. 8, 5. Ðeah us ure spéda wanodon, Shrn. 167, 13. Ðæt sweord ongan wanian . . . hit eal gemealt, Beo. Th. 3218; B. 1607.
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wítan
to see to ⬩ take heed to ⬩ guard ⬩ keep ⬩ to lay t ⬩ charge ⬩ lay the blame of ⬩ impute ⬩ to go ⬩ depart
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Goth. fra-, in-weitan.] to go, depart Nylle ic ǽfre hionan út wítan, ac ic symle hér sófte wille standan, Met. 24, 52
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ge-cýþan
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Þancas secggan ealra his geofena, and ealra his miltsa and fremsumnessa, þe hé wiþ ús ǽfre gecýþde, 61. H. 115, 24. to shew kindness, favour, display power, & c. Drihten nolde his þá myclan miht gecýþan, Bl.
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ge-þeón
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Sé ðe eornost næfð, earfoðlíce hé sceal ǽfre geðeón tó ǽnigre geðingðe hardly shall he ever be advanced to any dignity, Hml.
lust
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Ne lyse me nú þæs; ac gyf hyt mé ǽfre on lust becymi I do not desire it, but if ever it becomes a desire to me, Solil. H. 36, 16. ¶ in a bad sense, greed: — Ús þurh þíne lust and gítsunga onscunian sceal Scippend, Bt. 7, 5; F. 24, 5. <b>II a.
sculan
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Hwý gé ǽfre scylen unrihtfióungum eówer mód dréfan quid tantos juvat excitare motus?
sígan
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Godwine sáh him ǽfre tówerd Lundenes mid his liþe ðæt hé com tó Súþgeweorce Godwin kept moving towards London with his force until he came to Southwark, Chr. 1052 ; Erl. 184, 19.
ge-bídan
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Ic þæs lífes ne mæg ǽfre tó ealdre ende gebídan, Ph. 562: B. 1386: Gú, 807.