meaht
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</b> as an attribute of impersonal agents :-- Genim þás wyrte, heó of sumre wundurlicre mihte helpeð, Lch. i. 126, 16. <b>I b.
sceamu
modesty, bashfulness ⬩ shame, confusion ⬩ what causes a feeling of shame, disgrace, shame ⬩ the private part
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Ðonne biþ hé self geládod wið hine selfne mid his ágenre scame and mid his geþylde, Past. 21, I; Swt. 151, 18. Ðonne árás hé for sceome he got up because he was ashamed of his inability to play the harp Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 7.
Linked entries: a-swǽrnung sceam-lim
wyrcan
to work ⬩ labour ⬩ to make ⬩ to make ⬩ form ⬩ construct ⬩ to be the source ⬩ cause of, to produce ⬩ to make ⬩ constitute ⬩ to work ⬩ do ⬩ perform ⬩ to perform a rite ⬩ keep a season ⬩ to work ⬩ effect a purpose ⬩ attain an object,
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., to make, form, construct, (a) where the agent is a person Ic tówurpe míne bernu and ic wyrce (faciam) máran, Lk. Skt. 12, 18. Wirc ðé ǽnne arc ... and ðú wircst wununge binnan ðam arce.... Ðú wircst hine ðus....
Þú
Thou
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Grammar Þú, strengthened with self or ána Þú sylf ne gesyhst þæne beám on þínum ágenum eágan, Lk. Skt. 6, 42. Þú ( Juliana ) sylfa meaht gecnáwan, Exon. Th. 262, 32; Jul. 341: Cd. Th. 36, 12; Gen. 570. Ðú eart seolfa geong, Andr.
þweorh
crooked ⬩ cross ⬩ adverse ⬩ opposed ⬩ cross ⬩ angry ⬩ bitter ⬩ perverse ⬩ wrong ⬩ evil ⬩ depraved ⬩ froward ⬩ wrongly ⬩ evilly
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Hé eall ðurh his unrihtdǽde mid ðweorum lífe áþýstrade universa prave agenda obnubilavit, Bd. 5, 13; S. 633, 33. On þwerre sprǽce in locutione perversa, Confess. Peccat. Ðweran perverso, Kent. Gl. 242.
etan
to devour ⬩ consume ⬩ destroy
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Voc. ii. 32, 36. of things, of the action of physical agents, where it is gradual Hine æt se cancor, Hml. S. 6, 284.
ge-swinc
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'Ðæt gesuinc (labor) hira ágenra welena hié geðrycð', Past. 239, 4-15. Ys ꝥ fordyslic geswinc ꝥ gé winnaþ tó ðon ꝥ gé wilniaþ eówerne hlísan tó gebrǽdanne, Bt. 18, 1; F. 62, 17.
mearc
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Hé Pætres mearce onféng accepta tonsura, Bd. 3, 18; Sch. 274, 4. a character made with a pen by an illiterate person in place of a signature Ꝥ gewrit mid his ágenre hand hé áuríte, oððe gif hé ná can stafas óðer fram him gebeden wríte ; and se nícumena
ge-dihtan
to direct, order, give direction to a person ⬩ with acc. of direction, to give a direction :-- ⬩ to direct what is to be written or spoken, dictate a letter, speech, c. ⬩ to appoint, ordain ⬩ to order, manage, rule ⬩ of the divine ordering :-- ⬩ to compose a letter, verse, c. ⬩ o draw up regulations, laws, c. :-- ⬩ to construct, mate ⬩ to perform, do ⬩ to arrange ⬩ to deck, adorn
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Ðá áwrát se earming mid his ágenre handa, swá swá se deófol him gedihte þone pistol, Hml. S. 3, 383. to appoint, ordain Ymbreufæstena healde man rihte, swá swá Scs Gregorius Angelcynne hit gedihte, Wlfst. 272, 18 : Ll. Th. i. 320, 21.
werian
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Ic wylle ðæt ǽlc man hæbbe symle ða men gearowe on his lande, ðe lǽden ða men ðe heora ágen sécan willen, and hý for nánum médsceattum ne werian, L. Ed. 7; Th. i. 162, 25. <b>I a.
wed
a pledge, what is given as security ⬩ a pledge, what is given as security ⬩ a pledge, solemn promise, engagement, covenant, compact
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Hé mé ða bóc ágeaf swá hé mé on ðon wedde ǽr geseald hæfde then I said that I would help him on condition that he would make a grant of the land to me, awd he engaged to do that . .
warenian
To take heed ⬩ beware ⬩ be on guard ⬩ to take heed of ⬩ guard against ⬩ abstain from ⬩ to take heed that something is not done, does not happen ⬩ to take heed that something does happen ⬩ To put on guard ⬩ to warn ⬩ to be on one's guard ⬩ to look to one's self ⬩ take heed to one's self ⬩ take warning ⬩ to keep something from a person ⬩ to ward off
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Gif ðú ðín ágen myrre, ne wít ðú hit ná Gode, ac warna ðé silfne, Prov. Kmbl. 51. Warniaþ eów sylfe uidete uosmetipsos, Mk. Skt. 13, 9, 23. Ðé is micel þearf ðæt ðú ðé warnige, for ðam ðé ðú eart fordémed, Ap. Th. 8, 1. Utan warnian úsgeorne.
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wlanc
proud ⬩ high-spirited ⬩ bold ⬩ proud ⬩ bold ⬩ arrogant ⬩ haughty ⬩ insolent ⬩ proud ⬩ elate ⬩ exultant ⬩ splendid ⬩ great ⬩ high ⬩ august ⬩ magnificent ⬩ rich
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Monnes wloncas (wlonches, Rush.) lond hominis diuitis ager, Lk. Skt. Lind. 12, 16. Of beád ðæs wlonces de mensa diuitis, 16, 21. Se Hǽlend cwæð tó ðam wlancan: 'For hwí wǽre ðú swá fæsthafol mínra góda, ðe ic ðé sealde?' Wulfst. 258, 12.
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georne
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Ꝥ hé his ágene dǽda georne smeáge, 109, 12: Ll. Th. i. 380, 13: 382, 5. Hé sceal snotorlíce smeágean and georne ðurhsmúgan ealle ðá ðíng, Angl. ix. 259, 21. Geþence hé swíðe georne, Ll. Th. i. 376, 18.
land
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Add: ground, cultivated land, soil, field Brocen land vel geworht land novalis ager Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 53. Hé hám cyrde fram pám weorce þæs landes, Gr. D. 165, 19. Hé mót neótan londes frætwa, Ph. 150. Londes ceorl the husbandman Met. 12, 27.
gif
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Gif se weorþscipe þám welan gecynde wǽre . . . oþþe eft se wela þæs welegan ágen wǽre, þonne ne mihte hé hine forlǽtan, Bt. 27, 3 ; F. 98, 24. Eálá ꝥte ðis moncyn wǽre gesǽlig, gif heora mód wǽre riht, 21: F. 74, 40.
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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off a fruit-bearing tree, and cut into small pieces; these are distinguished by certain marks, and thrown carelessly and at random over a white garment,' Tacitus' Germania, c. 10], a lot; also a share that is determined by lot Ða Eald-Seaxan næfdon ágenne
ge-bycgan
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Th. i. 380, 18. spiritual Þá sáwla þe Críst mid his ágenum lífe gebohte, Ll. Th. i. 304, 17, 22. to pay the penalty for. Cf. á-bycgan ꝥ hit manige yfele men mid heora feóre gebohtan, Bl. H. 45, 23.
mótan
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</b> add: the subject a person Eálá hú yfele mé dóþ manege woruldmenn mid ðám ꝥ ic ne mót wealdan mínra ágenra þeówa an ego sola meum jus exercere prohibebor ? Bt. 7, 3; F. 20, 20.
wana
wanting ⬩ lacking ⬩ absent ⬩ to be wanting ⬩ wanting for the completion of a number
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II. wanting, destitute of, without something :-- Se ne ongyteþ ða þeóstra his ágenra synna, wite hé ðæt hé bið wana ðæs écan leóhtes, Blickl. Homl. 17, 36.