fandian
to try ⬩ to tempt ⬩ to try ⬩ to try ⬩ taste ⬩ feel ⬩ to try ⬩ to visit ⬩ tempt ⬩ provoke ⬩ attempt
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Hé cwæð ꝥ þǽm weorce nánum men ǽr ne gerise bet tó fandianne þonne þǽm wyrhtan þe hit worhte he said that for no one was it more fitting that he should be the first to try the machine (the bull of Phalaris) than for the man who made it, Ors. 1, 12; S.
ge-wuna
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Man hine ðǽr gehádede efter þan ealdan gewunan, Chr. 1070; P. 204, 9. Æfter heora gewunon hié God gebǽdon, Bl.
GÝMAN
To care for ⬩ take care of ⬩ take heed to ⬩ heed ⬩ observe ⬩ regard ⬩ keep
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Ic geornor gýme ymb ðæs gǽstes forwyrd ðonne ðæs líchoman I care more earnestly about the spirit's destruction than the body's, Exon. 71 b; Th. 267, 12; Jul. 414.
ge-standan
to stand ⬩ stand still ⬩ remain ⬩ last ⬩ exist ⬩ be ⬩ stāre ⬩ mănēre. existĕre ⬩ esse ⬩ to stand against any one ⬩ oppose ⬩ oppress ⬩ attack ⬩ urge ⬩ seize ⬩ insurgĕre ⬩ ingruĕre ⬩ urgĕre ⬩ corrĭpĕre
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Ðæt gestód lytle leng ðonne vii hund wintra that lasted a little longer than seven hundred years, Ors. 6, 1; Bos. 115, 28, 20. Ðá gestód seó cweorn the mill stopped, Shrn. 145, 28. Hǽlend ðá gestód the Saviour then stood still, Blickl.
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á-bregdan
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Hí hine þanon ábrúdon, 23, 647. Ábregd cniht of áde, Gen. 2914. Ábréd of ðá fiðeru, Lev. 1, 17 : Lch. i. 362, 5. Gif man wǽpn ábrégde, L. Th. i. 32, 11. Búton hé ðá wyrte up ábréde, Lch. i. 246, 5.
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geornlíce
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Dón geornlíce þancas, Bl. H. 39, 13. Geornlíce earnian, þegnian, wyrcan, Wlfst. 180, 20: Gen. 585: Az. 109. Nis on ǽnigne tíman unriht álýfed, and þeáh man sceal freólstídan geornlícost beorgan, Ll. Th. i. 398, 18.
hǽðen
HEATHEN, pagan, gentile ⬩ a heathen ⬩ a heathen, gentile woman ⬩ ethnicus, gentilis, paganus, samaritanus ⬩ a heathen
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Hér sæt hǽðen here on Tenet in this year a heathen [Danish] army sat in Thanet, Chr. 865; Erl. 70, 31. Óð ðone hǽðenan byrgels up to the heathen tomb, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. ii. 250, 13.
ÁN
ONE ⬩ unus ⬩ una ⬩ unum ⬩ alone ⬩ only ⬩ sole ⬩ another ⬩ solus ⬩ alius ⬩ sole ⬩ alone of its kind ⬩ singular ⬩ unique ⬩ without an equal ⬩ unicus ⬩ eximius ⬩ a certain one ⬩ some one ⬩ quidam ⬩ a ⬩ an ⬩ a ⬩ an ⬩ each ⬩ every one ⬩ all ⬩ unus-quisque ⬩ una-quæque ⬩ unum-quodque ⬩ One ⬩ other
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Grammar ÁN, m. f. n. Grammar ÁN, gen. m. n. ánes; f. ánre of one; unius: dat. m. n. ánum; f. ánre to one; uni: acc. m. ánne, ǽnne; f. áne, n. án one; unum, unam, unum: instr. m. n. áne; f. ánre with one; uno, unó, uno: pl. nom. acc. m. f. n. áne each,
un-eáðe
difficult ⬩ hard ⬩ troublesome ⬩ unpleasant ⬩ grievous
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Hé Gode þancie ealles ðæs ðe hé him forgeaf, ǽgðer ge ýðran ge unýðran, L. E. I. 29; Th. ii. 426, 11.
á-feallan
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Þá englas þe þanon áfeóllon, Hml. A. 2, 34. Nán mon ne bitt óðerne ðæt hé hine rǽre, gif hé self nát ðæt hé áfeallen bið.
lád
excuse
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And gif seó lád forþcume beó hé ðæs weres wyrðe if the lord be accused ... let him take to himself five thanes, and be himself the sixth, and clear himself of the charge.
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ge-brengan
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</b> where the point reached is abstract, as in to bring to justice :-- Se man þane óðerne æt rihte gebrenge. Ll. Th. i. 34, 2. Hé wæs tó deáðe gebróht, Hml. S. 25, 725. <b>I b.
of-sleán
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Wutu ofslán þane. Mt. R. 21, 38. Walde ofslán (-slá, R.) hine, Mk. L. 6, 19. Ofsláe (-sleán, R.), Mt. L. 14, 5. Ofslǽ, 16, 21. Ofslagen beón occidi, Mt. R. 16, 21. Wæs ofslegen capite truncatur, An. Ox. 3022.
neáh-west
nearness ⬩ neighbourhood ⬩ the being with another ⬩ presence ⬩ society ⬩ fellowship
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neáwiste belimpeþ seó stów ad cujus vicina pertinet locus ille, Bd. 5, 12; S. 630, 22. the being with another, presence, society, fellowship Hwæt is betere ðonne ðæs cyninges folgaþ and his neáwest (cf. ðæs cyninges geférrǽden, l. 2) what is better than
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tán
a twig, sprout, shoot, branch ⬩ a stake ⬩ a twig used in casting lots ⬩ a lot; also a share that is determined by lot
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Nǽfre forlǽteþ Drihten firenfulra tán furðor gangan ðonne hé sóðfæstra settan wylle never will the Lord let the lot of sinners go further than he will appoint the lot of the just; non derelinquet Dominus virgam peccatorum super sortem justorum, 124, 3
wana
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Ne heora martyrháda wona wǽron heofonlícu wundru nec martyrio eorum coelestia defuere miracula, Bd. 5, 10; S. 625, 4. in connection with numerals, wanting for the completion of a number Ðæs hærfest cymþ ymb óðer swylc bútan ánre wanan after one less than
á-springan
to be emitted ⬩ to arise ⬩ to rush up ⬩ burst forth ⬩ to spring, ⬩ to spring up ⬩ come into existence ⬩ to spread (intrans. ) out ⬩ to run out ⬩ cease ⬩ fail
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Ox. 86. with idea of violence, to rush up, burst forth Ásprang up tó þan swíðe sǽflód swá nán man ne gemunet ꝥ hit ǽfre ǽror dyde, Chr. 1099;P. 235, 5. Éðna up of helle geate ásprong Aetna eruptionibus aestuabat, Ors. 2, 6;S. 88, 31.
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cyst
choice, election ⬩ optio, electio ⬩ æstimatio ⬩ excellence, virtue, munificence, goodness ⬩ præstantia, virtus, largitas, bonitas
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Ðæt ðú ðíne cysta cýðe that than mayest shew thy virtues, Prov. Kmbl. 46. Cystum gód good in virtues, Chr. 1065; Erl. 199, 6; Edw. 23: Beo. Th. 1738; B. 867: 1850; B. 923.
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LǼCE
A LEECH ⬩ doctor ⬩ physician ⬩ a leech
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A LEECH, [Shakspere uses the word once, and even now it has not quite died out, but perhaps, in prose at least, its meaning is usually that given by Bailey in his Dictionary 'a Farrier or Horse-Doctor,' a doctor rather for animals than men], doctor, physician
tungol
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Th. 132, 8; Gen. 2190. a heavenly body other than sun or moon, a star Seó sunne and se móna and ealle tunglan (tungla, MS. R.), Lchdm. iii. 246, 23. Gewíteþ sunne and móna and eal tungla leóht áspringeþ, Blickl. Homl. 91, 23.