Basilius
Basil, bishop of Cæsarēa ⬩ Kαιδάρεια
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He wæs swýðe gelǽred and swýðe mihtig lareów, and he munuc regol gesette mid swýðlícre drohtnunge. He wæs ǽr Benedictus, ðe us bóc awrát on Lédenre spræce leóhtre be dǽle ðonne Basilius, ac he tymde swáðeáh to Basilies tǽcinge for his trumnysse.
þeáwfæstness
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Regoles gehýrsumnesse and þeáwfæstnesse regule oboedientiam et disciplinam, R. Ben. Interl. 103, 16. Ðú hatast ðeáwfæstnysse ( disciplinam, Ps. 50, 17), Homl. Th. ii. 532, 2
ge-wissian
To make or cause to know ⬩ to instruct ⬩ inform ⬩ direct ⬩ command ⬩ govern ⬩ docere ⬩ edocere ⬩ regere ⬩ præcipere ⬩ dirigere
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On ðam regole ðe us gewissaþ be ðære hálgan Eástertíde in the rule that directs us about the holy Eastertide. Lchdm. iii. 256, 10. Heó gewissaþ and gescylt and gelǽt it directs and protects and guides, Homl. Th. i. 52, 15.
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ge-rím
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Gyf þú nelt hine tellan tó þám mónan . . . þonne áwǽgst þú þone eásterlican regol and ǽlces níwes mónan gerím, Lch. iii. 264, 17. II a. a calendar, numeral :-- Mæssepreóst sceal habban . . sangbóc and handbóc, gerím (gerímbóc ?
á-cunnian
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Be his regolum ácunnod tried by its rules, Lch. iii. 250, 7. to experience, ascertain by trial Ǽlce dæge wé ácunniað, ðæt ðǽre sóþfæstnysse word beóþ gefyllede, Gr. D. 51, 24.
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ge-wiht
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Hé þóne regol þe hé mid his handum áwrát betǽhte Maure mid him tó hæbbenne, and heora hláfes gewiht and heora wínes gemett. Hml. S. 6, 68. Unrihte gemeta and woge gewihta áweorpe man georne.
bí-leofa
subsistence ⬩ maintenance ⬩ provision ⬩ victuals
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Ne sý regoles stræc gehealden on heora bíleofan (alimentis), 61, 15. Sýfre on bigleofan sobrii, Hml. A. 52, 52. Þá ðe hæfdon sum þing lytles tó bigleofan, ꝥ reáferas of þám múðe him ábrúdon, 68, 72.
wácmódness
weakness of character ⬩ moral weakness ⬩ faintheartedness ⬩ want of courage ⬩ pusillanimity ⬩ cowardice ⬩ weakness ⬩ feebleness
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Ongeán módstaðolnysse and módes strencðe se deófol sendeþ wácmódnesse and lyðerne earhscype, Wulfst. 53, 12. weakness, feebleness Sí foresceáwod wácmódnyss (inbecillitas), nateshwón heom (old men and children) stíðnis regoles ná sí gehealdan on fódum
munuc
A monk
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Muneca gehwylc ðe úte sý of mynstre and regoles ne gýme... gebúge georne intó mynstre, v. 5; Th. i. 306, l. Be munuca cynne. Feówer synt muneca cyn, R. Ben. 9, 2-3. Syx synt muneca cynerena, 134, 3.
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ge-tígan
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Getígede (-tiggede, v. l. ) assene, Mt. 21, 2. figurative Wite hé þæt hé mid þæs regoles bendum is getíged sciens se sub lege regale constitutum, R. Ben. 99, 12.
wissian
to shew ⬩ to shew ⬩ guide ⬩ direct ⬩ rule ⬩ declare ⬩ make known
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(or uncertain) Rego ic wissige, of ðam cymð rex cyning, ðe rihtlíce wissaþ his folce, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5; Zup. 173, 6. Ða ðe heora synna bétaþ swá swá hym man wissaþ, Wulfst. 104, 14. Hé ðé wissaþ, Gen. 24, 7.
rihtung
direction ⬩ guidance ⬩ correction ⬩ setting right ⬩ correction ⬩ reproof ⬩ a direction ⬩ rule ⬩ regularis
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Th. 588, 17. correction reproof For ðære geornfulnesse ðære ryhtinge ne síe hé tó stíð tó ðære wrace ne correptionis studia privatus dolor exasperet, Past. 13, 2; Swt. 79, 11. a direction rule Ne scylen hý beón bútan regole, ðæt is lífes rihtinge R.
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ge-healdsumnes
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Mid gehealdsumnesse þæs regoles, 16, 6. Þurh gehaltsumnysse Godes beboda, Hml. Th. ii. 280, 32. Se Sæseternes-dæg wæs gehálgod mid micelre gehealdsumnysse, 208, Læncten-fæstenes gehealdsumnesse quadragesime observationem R. Ben.
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ge-writ
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Hé áwrát þára muneca regol mid heálicum gewrite and mid torhtum wordum scripsit monachorum regulam, discretione praecipuum, sermone luculentam, Gr. D. 175, 3. Monige cúðon Englisc gewrit árǽdan, Past. 7, 17. On gewrit settan to put into writing, Ll.
tó-brecan
To break, ⬩ break in pieces ⬩ to break in two, ⬩ to break to pieces, ⬩ break up, ⬩ to separate into parts by striking or pulling ⬩ to overthrow, ⬩ break down, ⬩ ruin, ⬩ destroy, ⬩ put into confusion, ⬩ rout, ⬩ to destroy, ⬩ crush ⬩ to take by assault ⬩ to break a promise, pledge, etc., ⬩ to infringe, ⬩ violate ⬩ to break, ⬩ interrupt
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Man his riht tóbræc, 975; Erl. 126, 17, Twégen gebróðra tóbrǽcon ðone regol, Homl. Th. ii. 166, 34. Gif hé his bebod tóbrǽce, Homl. Ass. 60, 217.
tíman
to teem, ⬩ be productive. ⬩ to be with child, ⬩ bear, ⬩ bring forth young ⬩ to beget, ⬩ have intercourse with (wið) a woman ⬩ to have offspring, ⬩ bring forth ⬩ to vouch to warranty ⬩ to refer property (acc.) to (tó) the person from whom it was obtained in support of the right of possession ⬩ to refer an opinion to the source from which it is derived in its support ⬩ to betake one's self to a place, ⬩ go to ⬩ to resort to ⬩ appeal to in reverence or for help ⬩ to lead to
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Benedictus týmde tó ðam regole ðe Basilius gesette, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 152.
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strang
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Se gewuna is strengra on ǽlcum worde, ðonne his regol sý, Ælfc. Gr. 30; Zup. 193, 2. Ðæt hié hæfden ðý strengran scyte ne sagittarum jactus inpedirentur, Ors. 1. 10; Swt. 46, 13.
níd
necessity ⬩ inevitableness ⬩ necessity ⬩ need ⬩ urgent requirement ⬩ a necessary business ⬩ duty ⬩ need ⬩ what one wants ⬩ necessity ⬩ need ⬩ difficulty ⬩ hardship ⬩ distress ⬩ force ⬩ compulsion
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Ús is neód ( it is our bounden duty ) ðæt wé ða hálgan eástertíde be ðam sóðan regole healdon, Lchdm. iii. 256, 17. Ús is twýfeald neód on bóclícum gewritum.
tǽcan
To shew. ⬩ to offer to view, present ⬩ to shew an object to a person so that the object may be attained by the person, to shew a way, a place, etc. ⬩ without an object, to shew the way, direct ⬩ without an object, to direct ⬩ to shew a person (dat. or acc.) the direction that must be taken, to direct, to cause a certain direction to be taken, the direction being marked, by a preposition. ⬩ to shew the course that must be followed, what should be observed, to direct, appoint, prescribe, enjoin. ⬩ to shew, indicate, signify
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Ne sig nán ðing forlǽten ðæs ðe se regol tǽce on his fandunge, R. Ben. 104, 17. Béte hé swá micel swá déman tǽcan quantum arbitri judicaverint, Ex. 21, 22.
gíman
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Muneca gehwylc þe . . . regoles ne gýme, Ll. Th. i. 306, 2. Gýme hé his crístendomes georne, 310, 4. Godes laga gýman, 350, 10: 318, 20. with acc. Wé bebeódað ꝥte Godes þeówas hiora rihtregol gýman and on riht healdan, Ll.