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ná-wiht

(n.)
Grammar
ná-wiht, nó-wiht, ná-uht, náwht, náht, nóht.

nothingnaughta thing of no valuean evil thingnot

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Hú ne wást ðú ðæt hit nis náuht gecynde ne náuht gewunelíc ðæt ǽnig wiðerweard þing bión gemenged wið óðrum wiðerweardum do you not know that it is not a natural or usual thing, for contraries to be mingled with other contraries, 16, 3; Fox 54, 11.

þan

(adv.)
Grammar
þan, þon; adv.
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Hé ne úþe ðæt ǽnig óþer man ǽfre mǽrða þon má gehédde, ðonne hé sylfa, Beo. Th. 1012; B. 504.

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ge-cígan

(v.)
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Ne ǽnig is sé ðe geceiged (gicéged. R.) ðisum noma, 61. Se sunu wæs gecíged þæs fæder naman. Hml. Th. i. 478, 11. Hé óðran naman wæs gecíged Godwine, Chr. 984; P. 124, 4. to call a name Hiá geceiges noma his ... vocabunt women ejus Emmanuhel, Mt.

ge-weorþian

(v.)
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Add: to make worthy, give worth to Gé beóþ on gedwolan þonne gé wénaþ ꝥ ǽnig mæg mid fræmdum welum beón geweorþod.

BRECAN

(v.)
Grammar
BRECAN, ic brece, ðú bricest, bricst, he briceþ, bricþ, pl. brecaþ; p. ic, he bræc, ðú brǽce, pl. brǽcon; pp. brocen.

to BREAK, burst, violate break or burst through; frangere, confringere, rumpere, perfringere, perrurnpereto press, force, urge;urgereto rush intotakeby stormin locum irrumpere, expugnare, erumpere, prorumpere, crepare, fremere to breakburst forthmake a noisecrashto sail;navigareTo retch;screare

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Ðæt ǽnig mon wǽre ne brǽce that any man should not break the compact, Beo. Th. 2205 ; B. 1100. Bióþ brocene áþsweord eorla the oaths of the warriors will be broken, 4132 ; B. 2063.

toll

(n.)
Grammar
toll, es; n. m. (?)

Toll,tax,custom,duty,duethat which is paid to the state. that which is paid to individualstaking toll

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Ðæs cáseres tolleras áxodon Petrus, ðá ðá hí geond ealne middangeard ðam cásere toll gegaderodon, 'Wyle eówer láreów ǽnig toll syllan?' Homl. Th. i. 510, 26-29. Se cyng ne róhte ná hú swiðe synlíce ða geréfan hit begeátan of earme mannon ...

wilnian

(v.)
Grammar
wilnian, p. ode.

of animate objectsto desire, ask forwith gen. or uncertainwith accusativewith infinitivewith geniudial infinitivewith genitive and gerundial infinitivewith a clauseabsolute or uncertainto desire to goto tend to an end

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Hwí wilnige wé ǽnigre óþre sage? quid adhuc egemus testibus? Mt. Kmbl. 26, 65. Ða nétenu, and eác ða óþre ge-sceafta, má wilniaþ ðæs ðe hí wilniaþ for gecynde ðonne for willan, Bt. 34, II; Fox 152, 6.

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for-wyrcan

(v.)
Grammar
for-wyrcan, -wyrcean; p. -worhte, -wyrhte; pp. -worht, -wyrht [for-, wyrcan to work, do] .

to misworkdo wrongsinmăle ăgĕredelinquĕrepeccāreto do fordestroyruinconvictcondemnperdĕredestruĕrelabefactārecondemnāreto forfeitamittĕre

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Ne dýde man ǽfre on Sunnan dæges freólse ǽnigne forwythtne [forworhtne MS. B.] man let not a man ever put any condemned man to death on the festival of Sunday, L. C. S. 45; Th. i. 402, 10: L. E.

ge-beorgan

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</b> to abstain from wrong-doing :-- Nis on ǽnigne tíman unriht álýfed, and þeáh man sceal freólstídon . . . georn*-*lícost gebyrgan, Ll. Th. i. 398, 19

þearf

(n.)
Grammar
þearf, e; f.
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Forþon nis mé ðæs þearf, cwæð Orosius, tó secgenne, Ors. 1, 11; Swt. 50, 15. by a clause Him næs nán þearf (ðarf, Lind, opus ), ðæt ǽnig man sǽde gewitnesse be men, Jn. Skt. 2, 25: 16, 30.

Linked entries: þærf þarf

læssa

Grammar
læssa, l. lǽssa,
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On ǽnigum þingum cræftig, on máran wísdóme oþþe on lǽssan, Bl. H. 49, 28. Ǽnigne creft geliorman, oððe leásan oððe máran, Solil. H. 30, 22. Lǽssan sige hæfð sé sé ðá burhware ofercymð, Past. 218, 18.

þeów

(n.)
Grammar
þeów, es; þeówa, an; m.
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The sale of slaves into heathen lands was denounced: Gif hwá cristene man on hǽðendóm sylle, se ne biþ wurðe ǽnigre reste mid cristenum folce, bútan he gebycge eft hám ongeán, ðæt hé út sealde, L. M. I. P. 43; Th. ii. 276, 20; see, too, L. Th.

macian

(v.)
Grammar
macian, <b>. I.</b>
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Ǽnig man ciricmangunge mid unriht ne macie, Ll. Th. i. 306, 28.

gang

going, walking, moving on foot, step.the sole of the foot (?)the being habitually in a specified conditionpower of walkingof moving aboutmode of walking, walk, gait a walk, journeygo, time, occasion of goinga way, road, path, passage a trackcourse a streama narrative space traversedexpanse coveredan ox-gang, a bovale, the eighth part of the carucate.legal processlegal procedure, processa company of people (?), a gang.a step, staira privy

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Ic ne mæg for sceame þá sceandlican dǽde, þæt ǽnig man sceole etan on gange, swá fúlíce secgan swá hit fúllic is, E. S. viii. 62, 18

récan

(v.)
Grammar
récan, réccan (reccan?); p. róhte
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Ðú ǽfre ne récst ǽniges þinges (cf. ðú ne wilnast nánes óðres þinges, Bt. 23; Fox 80, 2) ofer ða áne, Met. 12, 31. Biþ micel rǽd ðam ðe his sylfes récþ, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 122, 132. Se deáþ swelces ne récþ, Bt. 19; Fox 68, 32.

stille

(adj.)
Grammar
stille, adj.
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Ne ástyrige gé ðone stillan Drihten tó ǽnigre yrsunge, Homl. Th. i. 592, 3. Tó hwæm lócige ic búton tó ðǽm eáðmódum and tó ðǽm stillum ad quem respiciam, nisi ad humilem et quietum ?

weorþung

(n.)
Grammar
weorþung, e ; f.
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Næs riht on ðære stówe ǽnigne tó ácwellanne for ðære stówe weorþunge, Nar. 30, 3. Apostola ðínra worðunge folc ðín giwynsumia apostolorum tuorum Petri et Pauli honore plebs tua exultet Rtl. 59, 33.

ge-lǽran

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. ¶ rǽd gelǽran to give counsel :-- Ne meahton wé gelǽran leófne þeóden rǽd ǽnigne þæt hé ne grétte goldweard þone we could not give the dear prince any counsel that would prevent him attacking the dragon, B. 3079.

simble

(adv.)
Grammar
simble, symble, simle, siemle, semle, symle ; adv.
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Ðú simle mǽnst, gif ðé ǽnies willan wana biþ, Bt. 11, 1 ; Fox 30, 21. Ðæt mód siemle biþ gebunden ðǽr ðissa twega yfela áuðer rícsaþ whenever either of these two evils prevails, the mind is bound, 6 ; Fox 16, 2.

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an-gin

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</b> practice of a rite, study :-- Nǽfre nán man ne geþrístlǽce ǽnigne deófles bígencg tó dónne, ne on wiccedóme, ne on ǽnegum ídelum anginne, Hml. A. 143, 123. Forsægenum þám onginnum (studiis; v. l. bígengum) þára bðccræfta. Gr.