self
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'Hwæt déstú gif ic tómergen middeges gebíde ?' Hé cwæð, 'Sylf ic swelte þonne' ' what will you do if I live to see midday tomorrow? He said, 'I will kill myself if you do,' Hml. S. 3, 591. Þá habbað him sylf cyning, Ors. 1, 1; S. 20, 1.
ælmesse
alms, what is given in charity ⬩ a charitable action ⬩ an offering
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Hwæt sceoldon ðé úre ælmessan? Wlfst. 240, 15. 'Forgyfað, and eów bið forgyfen. Syllað, and eów bið geseald.' Ðás twá ælmessena cynn ús sind tó begánne, Hml. Th. ii. 100, 31. Ðæt góde weorc ðára ælmæssena, Gr. D. 320, 25.
æppel
an apple (in a special and in a general sense as in oak-apple) ⬩ an apple-shaped object ⬩ an eye-ball
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Scoldon hangigan reáde apla mala punica Hwæt is getácnod ðurh ðá reádan apla (appla, l. 13)? Se æppel bið betogen mid rinde, Past. 95, 3-6. On ðæs æples pomi gewilnunge, 309, 17. Eaples, Sat. 411. Æppeles seáw, Lch. i. 350, 2. Æples, ii. 132, 11.
DÓN
To DO, make, cause ⬩ agĕre, facĕre
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Hwæt dó we ðæt we wyrceon Godes weorc quid faciēmus ut operēmur opĕra Dei? Jn. Bos. 6, 28: Exon. 99 b; Th. 372, 28; Seel. 99. Hwæt dó ge máre quid amplius facĭtis? Mt. Bos. 5, 47.
gód
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Gif ðú hwene gesihst geðeón on góde . . . gif him hwæt mistímað, Hex. 44, 29. Forlǽt ðæt ðú næbbe tó óðres mannes góde andan, Prov.
reccan
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Ne nán ne dyrstlǽce ðæt hé óðrum recce, oððe mid wordum gecýðe, hwæt hé bútan mynstre geseah, R. Ben. 128, 4. Reccan expedire, Wrt. Voc. ii. 31, 26. Ic ðé mæg reccan sum spell, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 1. Reccan race, 38, 6; Fox 208, 4.
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sél
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Is hit ealles sélest tó sécenne hwæt ðæs willa sié, Blickl. Homl. 205, 27. good, honourable, noble, proper Deáþ biþ sélla eorla gehwylcum ðonne edwítlíf, Beo. Th. 5773 ; B. 2890.
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lǽfan
to leave ⬩ to remain
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Med. ex Quad. 3, 11; Lchdm. i. 340, 26. to remain, be left remaining Gif hwæt lǽfde if anything remained, Homl. Th. ii. 40, 14. Hia lǽfdun superaverunt, Jn. Skt. Rush. 6, 12
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líc-hama
The body ⬩ the corporeal
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Ne beó gé brégyde fram ðám ðe ðone líchaman ofsleáþ and nabbaþ syððan hwæt hig má dón, Lk. Skt. 12, 4. In ðam ealra ærcebiscopa líchoman syndon bebyrged bútan twegra, heora líchaman sindon on ðære cyricean sylfre gesette, Bd. 2, 3; S. 504, 36.
rǽding
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Ben. 43, 2. what is read, reading, a passage in a book, a lesson Ðis Englise ǽtýwþ hwæt seó foresette rǽding ( passage ) mǽnþ, Anglia viii. 298, 9. Seó rǽding cwyþ ðæt ðǽr ys gyt on ǽlcum tácne healftíd, 298, 31 : 300, 32 : 309, 1.
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ge-býrian
To happen ⬩ to fall out ⬩ to pertain to ⬩ belong to ⬩ evenire ⬩ accidere ⬩ contingere ⬩ pertinere ad ⬩ It pertains to ⬩ it is fitting or suitable ⬩ it becomes ⬩ it behoves ⬩ pertinet ad ⬩ convenit ⬩ oportet ⬩ decet
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Men cwǽdon gió ðonne him hwæt unwénunga gebýrede, ðæt ðæt wære weás gebýred men said formerly, when anything happened to them unexpectedly, that it happened by chance, Bt. 40, 6; Fox 242, 4 : 16, 2; Fox 54, 3. Gebýrode, Ex. 14, 28.
ge-mǽne
Common, general, mutual, in common ⬩ communis ⬩ communis, generalis, solitus ⬩ communis
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Hwæt ys ðé and us gemǽne what is common to thee and us? Mt. Bos. 8, 29. Ne beó ðé nán þing gemǽne ongén ðisne rihtwísan ne quid tibi sit commune adversus hunc justum, 27, 19 : Nicod. 6; Thw. 3, 11.
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wrítere
a draughtsman ⬩ painter ⬩ a writer ⬩ scribe ⬩ copyist ⬩ a writer ⬩ author ⬩ a scribe
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Oft gehwá gesihð fægre stafas áwritene, þonne heraþ hé ðone writere and ða stafas, and nát hwæt hí mǽnaþ. Homl. Th. i. 156, 3. Wrítera strican notariorum characteres, Hpt. Gl. 473, 12. Wríterum antiquariis (antiquariis describentibus, Aid. 79), Wrt.
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be-lífan
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Swá hwæt swá tóforan þám neádbehéfum belifen byþ quidquid necessario victui superest, R. Ben. 138, 16. Þæt folc þæt on þǽre ceastre belyfen wæs, St. And. 34, 31. Beliuene superstites, Hpt. Gl. 484, 4. with predicate noun or adj.
ge-lang
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Bið æt Gode ánum gelang eal, hwæt wé gefaran scylon, Wlfst. 122, 8. Is seó bót gelong eal æt þé ánum, Cri. 152.
gleng
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Add: <b>gleng,</b> es; m. ornament, decoration, adornment, glory Saga mé hwæt ðæs lifigendan mannes gleng sý. Ic ðé secge, ðæs deádan swát, Sal. K. p. 200, 9. Glenge crustu, i. ornata (cf. crustu, i. ornatu frætwunge, Wrt.
hreám
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Add: cry, clamour Hwæt gemǽnð ꝥ word: 'Þára Sodomotiscra hreám ( clamor) ástáh úp tó heofenum.'
openlíce
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Magon wé ðis spel ðe openlícor gereccean quod melius ostendimus, Past. 197, 11. add: without restriction Hwæt þú woldest witan ic ne mæg mid fæáwum weordum gesecgan.
wénan
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H. 48, 5-10. add Hwæt wénst þú be Gode, Solil. H. 24, 18. (20) with complement :-- Hé wæs hæfd and wéned fram mannum mycelre árfæstnysse magnae aestimationis habebatur, Gr. D. 326, 24.
wafian
To look with wonder, be amazed, ⬩ to wonder at, be amazed at
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Hæfde hé mé gebunden mid ðære wynsumnesse his sanges, ðæt ic his wæs swíþe wafiende cum me stupentem carminis mulcedo defixerat Bt. 22, 1;Fox 76, 7. (2a) case uncertain :--Hwæt is ðeós wundrung ðe gé wafiaþ, Exon.