wenian
To accustom ⬩ to accustom ⬩ train ⬩ prepare ⬩ fit ⬩ to draw ⬩ attract ⬩ to draw to ⬩ to draw ⬩ to wean ⬩ ablactare
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Th. 300, 17; Fä. 7. to draw, attract, to draw to Ðæt æt feohgyftum Folc-waldan sunu dógra gehwylce Dene weorþode, Hengestes heáp hringum wenede (he should attach them to himself by presents), efne swá swíðe swá hé Fresena cyn byldan wolde Beo.
wiþer-rǽde
Adverse ⬩ contrary ⬩ at variance ⬩ hostile ⬩ rebellious ⬩ contumacious ⬩ out of harmony ⬩ repugnant ⬩ offensive ⬩ disagreeable ⬩ adverse ⬩ not fitted to further the good of anything ⬩ unfavourable ⬩ disadvantageous ⬩ contrary ⬩ of an opposite nature
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Ongeán ðam wíslícan rǽde, ðe of Godes ágenre gyfe cymð, se wiðerrǽda deófol (the devilish adversary ) sǽwð réceleásnesse, Wulfst. 53, 7. Wurdon wiðerrǽde se cyng and se eorl, Chr. 1104; Erl. 239, 24.
Linked entries: wiþer-rǽdness wiþ-rǽde
ed-niwan
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Ðæs landes bóc ðe Eádréd cyngc ednýwon gebócade, C. D. iii. 428, 2. v. edníwe; adv
ofer-eáca
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Hé forðteáh þá fíftig mancsas, and þám abbode sealde and cwæð, 'Nim þis feoh, and gif ic hér þurhwunige se ofereáca hider cymð,' Hml. S. 33, 145-155. Syllað ðone ofereácan eów ( the rich ) tó ælmesdǽdum, Hml. Th. ii. 328, 3
hǽtu
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Hý hit ne magon eall gebúgian, sum for hǽto, sum for cyle, Bt. 18, 1; F. 62, 10. Ǽlc wiht mæg bet wyð cyle þonne wið hǽte ( omnia animantia patientius ad summum frigoris quam ad summum caloris accedant ), Ors. 1,1; S. 24, 30.
wil
will, pleasure ⬩ a pleasant or desirable thing
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will, pleasure Se cyng geseah ðæt hé nán þincg his willes ðǽr geforðian ne mihte the king saw that he could carry out nothing of his purpose Chr. 1097; Erl. 234, 6. Hé nolde his willes ( of his own accord ) heora geférrǽdene forlǽtan, Homl.
hundredes ealdor
a centurion
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Cýðan hit ðæs túnes men ðam hundredes ealdre, 8; Th. i. 274, 28
ge-gearcian
To prepare
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To prepare Ðá hét se cyngc scipa gegearcian and him æfter faran, ac hit wæs lang ǽr ðam þe ða scipa gegearcode wǽron then the king bade prepare ships and go after him, but it was long before the ships were ready, Th. Ap. 7, 16-7 : Homl.
þý-dǽges
On that day ⬩ then
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On that day, then Gif ðǽr byð án ofer ða seofon, ðonne tácnaþ ðæt ðæt se mónð gǽð on Sunnandæg on túne; gif ðǽr beóð ofer ða seofon twá oððe þreó, feówer oððe fífe oððe syxe, wite ðú tó sóðe ðæt ðýdæges cymð sé mónð tó manuum, Anglia viii. 304, 13: 310
calend
a month ⬩ mensis ⬩ the appointed time or day of life ⬩ dies, terminus vitæe
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Fox 62; Men. 31. the appointed time or day of life; dies, terminus vitæe Ǽr se dæg cyme, ðæt sý his calend arunnen ere the day come, when his appointed time be run out, Salm. Kmbl. 959; Sal. 479
ge-bæc
Anything baked ⬩ quod est tostum
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Anything baked; quod est tostum Ic geseah swefen, ðæt ic hæfde þrí windlas mid meluwe ofer mín heáfod, and on ðam ufemystan windle wǽre manegra cynna gebæc ego vīdi somnium, quod trio canistra fārīnæ habērem sŭper căput meum, et in ŭno canistro, quod
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tó-syndrian
To separate ⬩ to distinguish
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Ðú settest on foldan swíðe feala cynna and tósyndrodest hig siððan. Hy. 9, 21; Btwk. 198, 6: Hy. 7, 65; Dom. L. 44, 65. Gescádene ł tósendrede discretas, segregatasHpt. Gl. 411, 21
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riht-lic
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Þonne cymð óðer ðing þe mé þincð rih[t]licre and rǽdlicre, Solil. H. 33, 3
regol
a rule ⬩ a rule, pattern, standard, norm ⬩ prescript, a canon ⬩ rule
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Ðæt forme muneca cyn is mynster-monna, ðæt is ðara ðe under regule and abbodes tǽcinge wuniaþ, R. Ben. 9, 4. On ǽlcum þingum hié sceolon habban ðone regol tó láreówe, 15, 20. Benedictus nam ðone hálgan regol ðe hé mid his handum áwrát, Homl.
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Eást-Engle
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Sende Ælfréd cyng sciphere of Cænt on Eást-Engle, 885; P. 79, 18. Eást-Englan, 1017; P. 154, 4
ge-manigfildan
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Þú woldest his cynn gemenigfealdan swá steorran beóð on heofenum multiplicabo semen tuum sicut stellas coeli, Ex. 32, 13.
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heá-líce
on high ⬩ greatly ⬩ extremely ⬩ nobly ⬩ elaborately
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Hit nis gít se tíma ꝥ ic þé heálícor mæge onbryrdan firmioribus remediis nondum tempus est, Bt. 5, 3; F. 14, 14. with elevated voice: Seraphines cynn unáþreótendum þrymmum singað ful heálíce (or under IV.
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þanc-full
thoughtful ⬩ spirited ⬩ animosus ⬩ pleasing, ⬩ agreeable ⬩ thankful, ⬩ grateful ⬩ content, ⬩ satisfied
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Wé hálsiaþ, God, ðæt þeów ðín cync úre ... tó ðé ... þancfull mæge becuman quaesumus, Deus, ut famulus tuus rex nosier ... ad te ... gratiosus ualeat pervenire, Anglia xiii. 381, 228.
tellan
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Nis hit nán cyn, ðæt mon ðæt for náuht telle, Bt. 24, 4; Fox 86, 14-19.
hǽte
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Cýtan árǽran ꝥ hí wið cyle and wið hǽton hí sylfe geburgon, Hml. S. 23, 419. For þæs sumores hǽtan, Bl. H. 59, 4. Se hara þonne hé on sumura for swíðlicre hǽtan geteórud byþ, Lch. i. 226, 23. <b>III a.