LEÓHT
LIGHT ⬩ a light
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Tweóne leóht crepusculum: tweónul leóht maligna lux vel dubia, Ælfc. Gl. 94; Som. 75, 122, 125; Wrt. Voc. 53, 3, 6. Ðæt leóht ðe wé dægréd hátaþ the light that we call dawn, Lchdm. iii. 234, 28.
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smeágan
to consider, meditate, inquire, deliberate ⬩ to consider, ponder, examine, inquire into, discuss, search ⬩ to seek an opportunity ⬩ to accept as the result of inquiry, to suppose
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.), wé habbaþ litellne gearowitan búton tweón Bt. 41, 5; Fox 254, 9. Ðæt ic smeáde (meditarer) sprǽce ðíne Ps. Spl. 118, 148. Ðú woldest míne láre smeágean 22, 1; Fox 76, 25.
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un-cúþ
Unknown ⬩ incognitus ⬩ unknown ⬩ strange ⬩ unknown ⬩ not understood ⬩ unknown ⬩ uncertain ⬩ ungentle ⬩ unkind ⬩ hostile ⬩ harsh ⬩ unfriendly
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Nis ðæs nán tweó. Ac ic wolde nú ðæt ðú mé sǽdest hwæthwegu uncúþes, Bt. 34, 6; Fox 142, 24: Beo. Th. 1757; B. 876. Ne fyligeaþ hig uncúþum ( alienum ), for ðam ðe hig ne gecneówun uncúðra (alienorum ) stefne, Jn. Skt. 10, 5.
Linked entry: un-cúþlíce
twi-feald
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doubtful, irresolute: v. twifealdness, Hé ða yfelan and ða twyfealdan geþóhtas forlét (cf. hé hine hider and þyder gelómlíce on his móde cyrde, 28, 8; hé ðám tweógendum geþóhtum wiðstód, 18), and hine S Bartholomeus fréfrode, and hine hét ðæt hé ne tweóde
ge-sceád
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Ealles þyses gesceád gé magon búton tweón gelýfan the account of all this you may believe withtout hesitation, Hml. S. 23, 734. Gesceád oracula (apostolorum), An.
ge-bétan
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Hú ne mæg se cyning þæne tweón eáðe gebétan cannot the king easily put an end to the doubt ?, Wlfst. 3, 12. Ná geþafian, gif hí hit gebétan magan, ꝥ ǽnig crísten man óðrum derige tó swýðe, Ll. Th. ii. 312, 39.
MÆGEN
MAIN ⬩ might ⬩ strength ⬩ force ⬩ power ⬩ vigour ⬩ efficacy ⬩ virtue ⬩ faculty ⬩ ability ⬩ an exercise of power ⬩ effort ⬩ a mighty work ⬩ miracle ⬩ a force ⬩ military force
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Nánne man ðæs ne tweóþ ðæt se seó strong on his mægene ðe mon gesihþ ðæt stronglíc weorc wyrcþ nemo dubitat esse fortem, cui fortitudinem inesse conspexerit, Bt. 16, 3; Fox 54, 28.
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of
Of ⬩ from ⬩ out of ⬩ off ⬩ as regards ⬩ about
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Ðonne án tweó of ádón biþ, Bt. 39, 4; Fox 216, 19. Gif man cealf of ádrífe, L. Alf. pol. 16; Th. i. 72, 1. Hé áslóh of ánys ðæra sacerda ealdres þeówan eáre, Mt. Kmbl. 26, 51. Átió of ða þornas, Bt. 23; Fox 78, 22.
Linked entry: ob
wíse
a wise way ⬩ manner ⬩ mode ⬩ fashion ⬩ state ⬩ condition ⬩ an arrangement ⬩ instruction ⬩ a disposition ⬩ direction ⬩ condition ⬩ a thing ⬩ res ⬩ negotium ⬩ a cause ⬩ reason ⬩ res
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Ðǽr seó wíse on tweón cyme ubi res perveniret in dubium, Bd. I. I ; S. 474, 21. Gelimp wísan eventum rei, Hpt. Gl. 457. 45. On ðysse wísan hac in re, Bd. l, 27 ; S. 490. 9. Be ðǽre wísan ðe mín mód gedréfed hæfþ, Bt. 39, 4 ; Fox 216, H.
Linked entry: wís-fæst
sprǽc
Speech. ⬩ speech, talking ⬩ speech, the faculty of speaking ⬩ skilful speech, speaking with art, eloquence ⬩ what is said, a speech, saying, collection of words ⬩ speech, language, talk, discourse, words ⬩ a speech, language ⬩ speech, e.g. to have speech of or with a person, conversation, consultation, conference, discussion ⬩ a question, case that requires explanation ⬩ a sentence, decision, agreement, terms ⬩ a case, cause, suit, claim ⬩ talk about a person or thing, report, fame ⬩ words denoting places where there is speaking ⬩ lingua, loquela ⬩ colloquium, eloquium, ratio, judicium, consilium, senatus
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Ðú spenst mé on ða mǽstan sprǽce and on ða earfoþestan tó gereccenne ... and uneáþe ǽnig com tó ende ðære sprǽce; forðam hit is þeáw ðære sprǽce and ðære áscunge, ðætte simle ðónne ðǽr án tweó of ádón biþ, ðonne biþ ðǽr unrím ástyred ...
ge-hátan
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Swá hwæs swá his irsung willaþ, ðonne gehét him þæs (cf. ꝥ eall gehǽt, Met. 25, 52) his réccelést, Bt. 37, 1; F. 186, 24. to undertake to do (or refrain from) an action. with simple object Micel is ꝥ þú gehǽtst, and ic ne tweóge ðæt ðú hit mæge gelǽstan
weorc
Work ⬩ opus. ⬩ work ⬩ operative action ⬩ operation ⬩ working ⬩ doing ⬩ performance ⬩ work ⬩ doings ⬩ actions ⬩ what a person does ⬩ what happens ⬩ work ⬩ labour ⬩ occupation ⬩ employment ⬩ any form of long-sustained or habitual activity ⬩ a particular act of labour ⬩ workmanship ⬩ a work ⬩ deed ⬩ any action ⬩ of action that gives affect to anything ⬩ a work, ⬩ what is wrought ⬩ a strong building, ⬩ fortress ⬩ work, ⬩ what is done, ⬩ effect produced ⬩ pain, ⬩ travail, ⬩ grief, ⬩ the instrumental or dative is used in the phrase weorce wesan with the dative of the person — to be painful to a person
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Him wæs on móde myccle weorce (cf. on weorce, 225, 28 supra) and mycel tweó, hwæt hié be ðære dorstan dón Blickl. Homl. 205, 9. Him wæs ðæt swíþe myccle weorce, ðæt hé swá ungefulwad forðféran sceolde. 217, 22.
lytel
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Wé habbaþ litellne gearowitan búton tweón, Bt. 41, 5 ; F. 254, 10.
sellan
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Nis nán tweó ðæt hé forgifnesse syllan nelle ðám ðe hié geearnian willaþ, Blickl. Homl. 65, 8. to give help, pain, peace, victory, etc. Ic ðé míne sylle sibbe, Andr. Kmbl. 194; An. 97. Ðú sylest úrum leomum ræste, Blickl. Homl. 141, 11.
ende
a region ⬩ quarter ⬩ side ⬩ quarter ⬩ part ⬩ proportion ⬩ death ⬩ end ⬩ finished ⬩ issue ⬩ event ⬩ goal ⬩ ultimately ⬩ always ⬩ ultimately ⬩ continuously ⬩ consecutively ⬩ kind ⬩ sort
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Húru æt þám ende ne tweóde þæs leánes þe heó lange gyrnde, Jud. 346. Grammar ende, in ende, always, to the last Nales in ende (in finem) ofergeotulnis bið ðearfena, Ps. Srt. 9, 19.
Linked entry: ende-dæg
þæt
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Nánne mon ðæs ne tweóþ, ðæt se seó strong, Bt. 16, 3; Fox 54, 28. Hié þæs ðone willan næfdon, þæt hié heora noman hié benǽmon, Ors. 2, 8; Swt. 94, 7. Gif þæs geweorðe gesíðcundne mannan, þæt hé unrihthǽmed genime, L. Wih. 5; Th. i. 38, 4 : Andr.
ymb
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Ic nát ymbe hwæt ðú tweóst, Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 12. marking the object with which an action is concerned Is máre nédþearf ðæt wé winnon ymbe úre sáule þearfe, Blickl. Homl. 99, 10. Ymb land sacan, Menol. Fox 568; Gn. C. 53: Beo.