ge-líca
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Add: the like of another (gen. or possessive pronoun), one that has the same characteristics as another. of persons Hwæt wǽron hí búton fearra gelícan, þá ðá hí heora fýnd mid horne líchamlícere mihte potedon?, Hml. Th. i. 522, 24.
hwý
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hwæt ! ondrǽde wé hwylc hláford mæg ús forbeóden firne willan ?, Ps. Th. ll, 4. in dependent clauses, after verbs of asking, telling, thinking, &c. cf. hwá, Wundrian hwí ꝥ is weorþe, Bt. 39, 3; F. 214; 35.
wild-deór
A wild animal ⬩ wild beast
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Swá hwæt swá wilddeór ábiton, Gen. 31, 39: 37, 20. Wildeór, Blickl. Homl. 95, 16 : Ex. 22, 13. Wildeór bestiae agri, 23, II. Ealra wuda wildeór omnes ferae sylvarum Ps. Th. 49, Ii : 103, 19. Wilddeóra ferarum Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, 32.
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wana
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Hwæt ys mé gyt wana (gwona, Lind. : woen, Rush.) ? quid mihi deest? Mt. Kmbl. 19, 20. Ðæt ic wite hwæt wana (wone, Ps. Surt.) sý mé, Ps. Spl. 38, 6 : Bt. 33, 3; Fox 126, 20. Ðam biþ anweald wana (anwaldes wana, Cott. MS. ), 36, 3; Fox 176, 13.
magan
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Hé wæs smeágende hwæt tó bóte mihte æt þǽm fǽrcwealme. Ll.
stæf
a staff ⬩ stick ⬩ a written character ⬩ a letter ⬩ the old letters having been carved on staves ⬩ a mark in writing ⬩ a letter as representing a minute detail ⬩ a collection of written symbols ⬩ a letter ⬩ writing ⬩ letters ⬩ book-learning ⬩ literature ⬩ an element, a rudiment ⬩ baculus, virga, regula ⬩ a staff, post; a letter ⬩ learning
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Oft gehwá gesihþ fægre stafas áwritene, ðonne heraþ hé ðone wrítere and ða stafas, and nát hwæt hí mǽnaþ, Homl. Th. i. 186, 1-3: Lchdm. iii. 290, 13. Ne cúðe hé bóclíce stafas ... hé nǽnne stæf ne cúðe, Homl.
Linked entries: stafa stæf-cræft
FEÓWER
FOUR ⬩ quătuor
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Hwæt beóþ ða feówere fǽges rápas what are the four ropes of the doomed man? Salm. Kmbl. 663; Sal. 331: 667; Sal. 333.
EALD
old, ancient ⬩ vĕtus, ætāte provectus, priscus, antīquus
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Hwæt niwes oððe ealdes what of new or old, Exon. 115a; Th. 441, 24; Kl. 4. Se ealda the old one [Satan ], Frag. Kmbl. 61; Leás. 32.
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irþling
a husbandman ⬩ farmer ⬩ ploughman ⬩ a cuckoo
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Hwæt sægest ðú Yrþlingc quid dicis tu, Arator? Coll. Monast. Th. 19, 11. Hwilce ðé geþuht betwux woroldcræftas heoldan ealdordóm? Eorþtilþ forðam se yrþling ús ealle fétt qualis tibi videtur inter seculares artes retinere primatum?
lange
Long ⬩ a long time ⬩ far
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Hwæt mæg ic leng dón ultra quid faciam? Gen. 27, 37. Hwider mæg ic nú leng fleón quo enim nunc fuciam? Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 27. Swaðer uncer leng wǽre [lifede, 38] which of us two lived the longer, Chart. Th. 485, 29.
ge-treówan
to trust ⬩ believe ⬩ have confidence ⬩ hope ⬩ confidere ⬩ credere ⬩ sperare ⬩ to make true or credible ⬩ to persuade ⬩ suggest ⬩ to make one's self out to be true ⬩ to clear one's self
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Ðe hálig gást gitrióweþ iówih alle ða ðe swá hwæt ic cweðo iów spiritus sanctus suggeret vobis omnia quæcumque dixero vobis, Jn. Skt.
Linked entries: ge-treówian ge-triéwan ge-trýwan
gifan
To give ⬩ dare ⬩ impertire
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Hwæt gifst ðú me quid dabis mihi, Gen. 15, 2. God gifeþ gleáw word godspellendum dominus dabit verbum evangelizantibus, Ps. Th. 67, 12: Hy. 7, 102; Hy. Grn. ii. 289, 102: Ælfc. Gr. 7; Som. 6, 22: Ps. Th. 68, 27.
ge-limpan
To happen ⬩ occur ⬩ befall ⬩ come to pass ⬩ take place ⬩ accĭdĕre ⬩ evĕnīre ⬩ contingĕre
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Geseón hwæt us gelumpe vĭdēre quid nōbis accĭdĕret, Bd. 5, 1; S. 614, 3 : Exon. 35 a; Th. 113, 32; Gú. 165.
þweál
washing ⬩ what is used in washing ⬩ ointment
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Hwæt forstent him ðæt ǽrre ðweál ( lavatio ), 21. Ðæt wæter his bána ðweáles aqua lavacri, Bd. 3, 11; S. 536, 6. Clǽnsunge ðweáles and bæþes lavacri purificationem, 1, 27; S. 495, 16. Be weres þweále de viri lotione, L.Ecg.
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æt-íwness
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I. what is seen, a vision, an apparition Hé wolde witan ymbe þá ætýw-nysse þe him æteáwde, and cwæð: Hwæt is þeós gesihð þe mé æteáwde ?, Hml. S. 30, 56. Ealle þá ætýwnysse þára áwerigdra gásta onweg gewiton, Guth. 48, 18. v. æt-ýwnys in Dict
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fremian
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Hwæt eów betst fremige, 11, 35. Him sylfum fremian sibi prodesse, R. Ben. I. 107, 17. Fremian (framian, v.l. ) his underþeóddan, R. Ben. 120, 9: Hml. Th. i. 62, 8.
ofer-hírness
Disobedience, disregard, neglect, contempt ⬩ disregard, disobedience
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Gé (geréfan) híraþ, cwæþ se cyngc, hwæt gé gelǽstan sculan be mínre oferhýrnysse, (on pain of incurring) L. Ath. i. prm.; Th. i. 196, 15.
be-cweþan
to say ⬩ to urge ⬩ press ⬩ to speak for ⬩ pray for ⬩ to bequeathe ⬩ grant by will
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Th. 105, 37. with the idea of remonstrance or reproach; Similar entries cf. be-sprecan:--- Gif hwelc iów bicweðes, 'Hwæt dóað gé?', cueoðas ðætte Drihtne nédþarf is, Mk. R. 11, 3.
myne
the mind ⬩ mind ⬩ purpose ⬩ desire ⬩ love
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Th. 341; B. 169. love Hwǽr ic feor oððe neáh findan meahte ðone ðe in meoduhealle mine wisse (would feel love, would love), oððe mec fréfran wolde, Exon. 76 b; Th. 288, 7; Wand. 27