a-biddan
To ask ⬩ pray ⬩ pray to ⬩ pray for ⬩ obtain by asking or praying ⬩ petere ⬩ precari ⬩ postulare ⬩ exorare ⬩ impetrare
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He abiddan mæg ðæt ic ðé lǽte duguða brúcan he may obtain by prayer that I will let thee enjoy prosperity, Cd. 126; Th. 164, 5; Gen. 2660
unriht-gítsung
Greed ⬩ covetousness
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Hé woruldsǽlþa ðé onlǽnde æfter his bebodum tó brúcanne, nallas ðínre unrihtgítsunga gewill tó fulfremmanne, Bt. 7, 5; Fox 24, 10. Ðæt wé gescildan ús wiþ ða eahta heáhsynna ... ðæt is morþor and stala, máne áþas and unrihtgítsunge..., Engl.
wrǽn-ness
Wantonness ⬩ licentiousness ⬩ lasciviousness ⬩ lust
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Ðú woldest brúcan ungemetlícre wrǽnnesse voluptariam vitam degas, 32, l; Fox 114, 21. Sió wóde þrág ðære wrǽnnesse libido, 37, i; Fox 186, 18: Met. 25, 41. Werlícere wrǽnnysse maritatis lasciviae (luxuriae ł petulantiaé), Hpt. Gl. 434, 61.
ge-dryht
A host ⬩ company ⬩ band of retainers
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Ðǽr cyninges giefe brúcaþ eádigra gedryht there the band of the blessed enjoy the king's grace, Exon. 32 a; Th. 101, 26; Cri. 1664. Ðínra secga gedryht the band of thy men, Beo. Th. 3349; B. 1672
wǽt
wet, moisture ⬩ liquor, drink
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Hé ne mæg ǽtes oððe wǽtes brúcan, Homl. Th. i. 66, 9. Hé fæste, swá ðæt hé ne onbyrigde ǽtes ne wǽtes on eallum ðam fyrste, 166, 11: ii. 490, 11: Wulfst. 103, 1. Nán ðing tó ðigenne ne on ǽte ne on wǽte nec quicquam cibi aut potus presumere, R.
wudu-rǽden
Woodcutting ⬩ right of cutting timber in a wood
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Heó hæbbe ða wudurǽddenne in ðæm wuda ðe ða ceorlas brúcaþ, and éc ic hire léte tó ðæt ceorla gráf, ii. 100, 14
neótan
To enjoy ⬩ have the benefit of
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Ðæt hé ðær brúcan mót wonges mid willurn, and welan neótan lífes and lissa, 208, 2 ; Ph. 149. Sécan swegles dreámas and (ðara dreáma) willum neótan, Andr. Kmbl. 1620; An. 811. Wǽpna neótan to make good use of his weapons, Byrht.
un-nytlíce
uselessly ⬩ vainly ⬩ to no purpose ⬩ to ill purpose
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Unnytlíce wé swincaþ, gif wé his nabbaþ ðý máran ðanc, Bt. 41, 2; Fox 246, 21. to ill purpose Suá hié egeleáslícor and unnytlícor brúcaþ Godes giefe quo bonis Dei male uti non metuunt, Past. 36; Swt. 247, 10
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BOLD
a building, dwelling, house ⬩ ædificium, domicilium, domus ⬩ a superior house, hall, castle, palace, temple ⬩ aula, palatium, ædes ⬩ a builder
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Ne mót ic brúcan burga ne bolda I may not enjoy towns nor palaces, Cd. 216; Th. 273, 19; Sat. 139.
þeáh-hwæðere
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And hwæðre him mæg wíssefa wyrda gehwylce gemetigian,... ðeáhhwædre godcundes gástes brúcan and yet can the wise-minded man moderate every fate for himself,... yet can he enjoy the divine spirit, Salm. Kmbl. 883; Sal. 441.
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bryttian
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Hí léton him behindan hrá bryttian þone hrefn and þone earn ǽses brúcan, Æðelst. 60
lustfullian
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Ic lusfulliende wæs (lustfullode, v. l. ) þára gemánan brúcan þe ic on þǽre stówe sceáwade delectatus consortio eorum, quos in illo loco uidebam, Bd. 5, 12 ; Sch. 629, 10. to give delight Ðeáh ðæt ðǽm móde lícige and lustfullige (delectat), Past. 71,
un-gemetlíc
immoderate ⬩ inordinate ⬩ excessive ⬩ too great ⬩ immense ⬩ very great ⬩ not of the same measure ⬩ diverse
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Ðú woldest brúcan ungemetlícre wrǽnnesse voluptariam vitam degas, 32, 1; Fox 114, 20. For ungemetlícum cyle, 33, 4; Fox 130, 34. Mið ungemetlícre gítsunge intemperans cupido, Txts. 180, 1: Ors. 1, 2; Swt. 30, 28.
ge-beorglic
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M. 24, 21 under ge-beorhlic] God forgifð ús menigfealde wæstmas, þǽra wé sculon brúcan swá ús gebeorhlic sý (in such a way as not to harm ourselves), Hml. S. 11. 357.
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on-lǽnan
of the loan ⬩ to lend, grant ⬩ to lease, let
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Hé úre ðé onlǽnde æfter his bebodum tó brúcanne, Bt. 7, 5; Fox 24, 9. Gif hwá his wǽpnes óðrum onlǽne, L. Alf. pol. 19; Th. i. 74, 3: L. In. 29; Th. i. 120, 10, 12, 14.
lífan
allow ⬩ permit
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God lýfde Adame, ðæt hé móste brúcan ealra wæstma, Wulfst. 9, 6: Blickl. Homl. 189, 22. Ðá bǽdon hý ðæt hé lýfde him on ða gán. Þá lýfde hé him, Lk. Skt. 8, 32.
brýce
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Sé ðe wíf hæfð for lícumlícre frófre, and ðeáh for ðǽm bryce (v. brúcan,(I c)) and for ðǽre lufe hine ne áwent from bettrum weorcum qui sic per uxorem carnali consolatione utitur, ut tamen numquam a melioris intentionis rectitudine ejus amore flectatur
hǽþen-scipe
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A. 70, 131. the condition of being heathen Heó nolde his sanda brúcan for his hǽðenscipe ( on account of his being a heathen ), Hml. A. 110, 271.
ǽg-hwilc
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His brúcan mót ǽghwylc on eorðan, Sch. 66. Hé tó ǽghwylcum sóð sprecende wæs, Bl. H. 223, 29. Fýr biþ ymbútan on ǽghwylcum, þeáh hé uppe seó, Sat. 265: An. 350. with a genitive Ǽghwylc ðára manna, Bl. H. 37, 3. Hæleða ǽghwylc, Sat. 194.
hwílwend-lic
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For þissum hwí-wendlicum yflum brúcað ðǽra écera góda on worulda woruld, 30, 449. temporal, not spiritual Ðám rícan wæs forgolden mid ðám hwílwendlicum spédum, Hml. Th. i. 332, 5. Hú hé geheólde þá hwílwendlican geþincþu. Hml. S. 26, 113.