a-settan
to set ⬩ put ⬩ place ⬩ appoint ⬩ lay ⬩ set up ⬩ erect ⬩ build ⬩ to set or take ⬩ to plant ⬩ ponere ⬩ statuere ⬩ constituere ⬩ instituere ⬩ collocare ⬩ deponere ⬩ desumere ⬩ plantare ⬩ to make a journey ⬩ iter facere
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He hæfde Grendle togeánes seleweard aseted he had set a hall-ward against Grendel, Beo. Th. 1338; B. 667. Eallunga ys seó æx to ðære treówa wurtrumum asett jam enim securis ad radicem arborum posita est, Mt. Bos. 3, 10.
cyne-líc
Kingly, royal, regal, belonging to the state, public ⬩ regius, regalis, publicus
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Ðæt se cynelíca hád ðæs hálgan weres éce gemynd hæfde ut regia viri sancti persona memoriam haberet æternam, 3, 11, S. 535, 30. In ðæm cynelecan túne in the royal town, Bd. 3, 17; S. 543, 21, col. 2. Cynelícre publica, Glos. Prudent. Recd. 145, 30.
DEÓR
An animal, any sort of wild animal, a wild beast, DEER ⬩ fĕra, bestia
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Ohthere hæfde, ðá he ðone cyningc sóhte, tamra deóra unbebohtra syx hund. Ða deór hí hátaþ hránas Ohthere had, when he came to the king, six hundred of tame DEER unbought [non emptus untrafficked or traded in].
leánian
To reward ⬩ recompense ⬩ requite ⬩ pay
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Ðá cwæþ heó ðæt heó ne dorste him swá leánian swá hé hire tó geearnud hæfde then said she, that she dared not requite him as he had deserved of her, Chart. Th. 202, 21. Ǽghwylcum ánum men gyldan and leánigean æfter his sylfes weorcum, Blickl.
Linked entry: lǽnian
leornung
Learning ⬩ study ⬩ meditation ⬩ reading
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Hé micle gýminge hæfde háligra leorninga curam non modicam lectionibus sacris exhibebat, 3, 19; S. 547, 27. On hálgum leornungum, 4, 2; S. 565, 33
mótian
to address one's self ⬩ speak (to a person) ⬩ converse ⬩ to address an assembly ⬩ to discuss ⬩ dispute ⬩ moot a question
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Stille beo þu, ne schaltu motin wið me na mare, Marh. 17, 26.] to address an assembly (cf. mótere) Heródes hæfde gemót ... Mid ðam ðe hé swíðost mótode, on his dómsetle sittende (cf.
bletsung
benediction
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Ðá hyre módor hí mid þyssere bletsunge onfangen hæfde, Lch. iii. 428, 8. Bloedsungas tó rede benedixiones ad lectionem, Rtl. 126, 1. Similar entries v. bletsian, V Dryhtnes is hǽlu and ofer folc ðín bledsung ðín, Ps. Srt. 3, 9.
ge-hát
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Minutia hæfde geháten heora gydenne Dianan þæt heó wolde hiere líf on fǽmnháde álibban . . . Heó hiere gehát áleág, Ors. 3, 6; S. 108, 19. Þá geárlican gehát annua vota, Wrt. Voc. ii. 5, 55.
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ge-rec
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On his mynstre þe hé hæfde under gerece Cúðbaldes þæs abbudes, 5, 19 ; Sch. 672, 16. Þú nystest mid hwilcan (hwelcere, v. l.) gerece God wylt þisse worulde quibus gubernaculis mundus regatur oblitus es, Bt. 5, 3 ; F. 14, 3.
ge-singan
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Þá seó cyrice gehálgad wæs and se bisceop mæssan gesungene hæfde, Bd. 5, 4; Sch. 567, 21. to celebrate in words Sculan wé martira gemynd . . . wrecan wordum forð, wisse gesingan, Men, 70. (O.H.Ger. ge-singan canere, psallere.)
ge-tynge
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Seó tunge þe ǽr hæfde getinge sprǽce, Wlfst. 148, 1. in a technical sense, rhetorical; used substantively, a rhetorician Getincum (tingcum, Hpt. Gl. 460, 41) lárum rhetoricis disciplinis, An. Ox. 2304. Getincne rhetorice artis participem, 3357.
lencten
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The season according to the poetical calendar began on Feb. 7 and ended on May 8 Æfter seofentýnum þrowade nihtgerímes Mathias ( his day was Feb. 24) þæs þe lencten on tún geliden hæfde, Menol. 28.
sóna
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Se gegyrla þe ic hæfde, sóna swá ic Iordanen oferfór, mid ealdunge tótorene forwurdon, 570. Sóna swá ic anwóc, swá wilnode ic eft wínes, Past. 431, 17.
wíg-cræft
war-craft ⬩ military skill ⬩ a warlike art ⬩ a warlike engine ⬩ warlike force ⬩ military power
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Hé hæfde Higeláces hilde gefrunen, wlonces wígcræft (or?) Beo. Th. 5898; B. 2953. 1a. a warlike art, a warlike engine Hý wurdon geráde wígcræfta, Ors. 1. 2 ; Swt. 30, 6.
ge-þringan
To press ⬩ oppress ⬩ comprimere ⬩ contendere ⬩ opprimere
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Hæfde ðá se æþeling in geþrungen then had the noble one pressed in, Andr. Kmbl. 1980; An. 992. Wæs ðá ende-dógor neáh geþrungen the final day had come near, Exon. 46 b; Th. 158, 10; Gú. 906.
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steort
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Sume wyrmas wǽren and sume fiscas ðe hæfden án heáfod and monigne steort. Ða steortas, hé sǽde, ðæt hulpan ealle ðæs heáfdes, Shrn. 162, 14-16. a promontory, tongue of land (cf.
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ríce
power ⬩ authority ⬩ dominion ⬩ rule ⬩ empire ⬩ reign ⬩ bishops ⬩ consuls ⬩ a kingdom ⬩ realm ⬩ a diocese ⬩ a nation
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Hwi ðú (Boethius) swá manigfeald yfel hæfdest on ðam ríce ðe hwíle ðe ðú hit hæfdest, 27, 2; Fox 96, 13. Ne forsáwe hé (Catullus) nó ðone óðerne (Nonium in curuli sedentem) swá swíðe, gif hé nán ríce ne nǽnne anweald næfde, 27, 1; Fox 96, 7.
BEALO
BALE ⬩ woe ⬩ harm ⬩ evil ⬩ mischief ⬩ malum ⬩ calamitas ⬩ pernicies ⬩ damnum ⬩ noxa ⬩ tribulatio ⬩ wickedness ⬩ depravity ⬩ malities ⬩ nequitia
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BALE, woe, harm, evil, mischief; malum, calamitas, pernicies, damnum, noxa, tribulatio Hæfdon bealo they had woe, Cd. 214; Th. 269, 10; Sat. 71. Bealowes gást spirit of evil [diabolus], Cd. 228; Th. 307, 19; Sat. 682.
folgaþ
a train ⬩ retinue ⬩ id quod sĕquĭtur ⬩ cŏmĭtātus ⬩ service of a follower ⬩ cŏmĭtis servĭtus ⬩ ministĕrium
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Heó fægerne folgaþ hæfdon uppe mid englum they had a fair service above with angels, Cd. 220; Th. 284, 30; Sat. 329. Ic gewát folgaþ sécan I departed to seek my service, Exon. 115a; Th. 442, 8; Kl. 9.
murcnian
To murmur ⬩ complain ⬩ repine ⬩ grieve
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To murmur, complain, repine, grieve Hwæt murcnast ðú æfter ðæm ðe ðú forlure oððe tó hwon fagnast ðú ðæs ðe ðú ǽr hæfdest quid est, quod vel amissis doleas, vel laeteris retentis? Bt. 14, 2; Fox 42, 31: 7, 3; Fox 20, 3 (v. murcian).