ládian
to excuse ⬩ clear ⬩ exculpate ⬩ defend
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Bútan hé hine ládian mǽge ðæt hé him nán fácn on nyste unless he can clear himself from the charge of having known of any fraud in the man, L. Ath. iv. 4; Th. i. 224, 6.
nemnan
to name ⬩ give a name to a person or thing ⬩ to use such and such a name or title in speaking of a person or thing ⬩ to call upon the name of ⬩ address by name ⬩ to invoke ⬩ to mention by name ⬩ to mention ⬩ relate ⬩ to name ⬩ nominate
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Sege hwæt ic þence, nemn gif ðú hit gereccean mǽge, Blickl. Honal. 181, 14. Mágun wé nemnan we can tell, Exon. Th. 107, 25; Gú. 64. Ðeáh ðe ic hý níhst nemnan sceolde though I should mention their names last, 326, 10; Víd. 126.
ge-samnian
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R. 13, 14. non-material, to accumulate crimes, heap up damnation Hæfdon hié wróhtgetéme wið God gesomnod, Gen. 46. β to concentrate thought :-- Gesamnige hé, swá hé swíðost mæge, ealle tó þám ánum his ingeþonc.
ge-swícan
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(b) to withdraw from a course of action :-- Gif mon on folces gemóte cyninges geréfan geyppe eofot, and his eft geswícan wille, geátǽle on ryhtran hand gif hé mæge, Ll.
sacu
strife, contention, dissension, sedition, dispute ⬩ distress, trouble, affliction, persecution ⬩ crime, guilt ⬩ a contention at law, a suit, cause, action
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Ðǽr hé hæfþ eal sár and sace, hungor and þurst, wóp and hreám, and weána má ðonne ǽniges mannes gemet sý ðæt hié áríman mǽge, Blickl. Homl. 61, 36. Seó sunsciéne siege þrowade, sace singrimme, Exon.
weorþan
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Wénst ðú ðæt ðú ðæt hwerfende hweól, ðonne hit on ryne wyrþ (when it gets a-running), mæge oncyrran tu volventis rotae impetum retinere conaris? Bt. 7, 2; Fox 18, 36. Hé on fylle wearð, Beo. Th. 3093; B. 1544. Hé wearð on fleáme, Andr.
steór
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Th. 101, 17; Gen. 1683. punishment, penalty Ic habbe gecoren hwæt seó steór beón mǽge gif ǽnig man andbyrdnysse beginþ, L. Edg. S. 14; Th. i. 276, 31. Oft gé in gestalum stondaþ, ðæs cymeþ steór of heofonum, Exon. Th. 132, 32; Gú. 481.
teohhian
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MS.) ðæt him sié betst ... ðonne hé ðæt begiten hæfþ ðonne tihhaþ hé ðæt hé mǽge beón swíðe gesǽlig quod quisque prae ceteris petit, id summum esse judicat bonum ... beatum esse judicat statum, quem prae ceteris quisque desiderat, Bt. 24, 3; Fox 84, 11
Linked entries: tihian tyhhian fore-geteohhian
feoh
cattle ⬩ property ⬩ wealth ⬩ money ⬩ riches ⬩ treasure ⬩ bribe ⬩ gift ⬩ metal ⬩ coin
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Hweþer micel feoh oððe weorþscipe oððe eall þes andwearda wela mæge ǽnigne mon dón swá gesǽline, 26, 1; F. 90, 12: Wand. 108. Ne sceal hé beón tó georn deádra manna feós, Bl. H. 43, 13: Ors. 1, 1; S. 20, 27-21, 4. For feós lufon, Bl. H. 63, 7, 8.
for-standan
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Hé þæt folc forstód feónda mægene, Ps. Th. 105, 19. Heaðolíðendum hord forstandan, bearn and brýde, B. 2955: Met. 1, 22. Hé sceal þý wonge wealdan: ne magon gé him þá wíc forstondan, Gú. 674.
Linked entry: for-licgan
ge-weorþian
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Monige siendum mid miclum giefum monegra cræfta and mægene geweorðode sunt nonnulli, qui eximia virtulum dona percipiunt, Past. 41, 12.
ge-win
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Hafa þú æt þínum gewinne þæt þú mæge get what you can from your labour, Wlfst. 259, 24. Gé geseóþ nú mínra gewinna wæstm gefullian, Bl. H. 191, 23.
wén
supposition ⬩ opinion ⬩ thought ⬩ idea ⬩ hope ⬩ expectation ⬩ likelihood ⬩ probability ⬩ chance ⬩ perhaps ⬩ perchance ⬩ may be ⬩ probably
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Him bið forboden ðæt hé offrige, forðæm hit is wén ðæt se ne mæge óðerra monna scylda of áðueán Past. 11; Swt. 73, 17. Hit is þéh wén ðæt feala manna þence hwylcum edleáne hé onfó æt Drihtne Blickl. Homl. 41, 14.
Linked entry: wéna
sib
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Forðæm gif ða unryhtwísan hiera yfel mid sibbe gefæstnigaþ and tósomne gemengaþ ðonne biþ geíced hiera mægen at contra admonendi sunt pacifici, ne tantae actionis pondus levigent, si, inter quos fundare pacem debeant, ignorent.
wer
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Ic mægen wera ( virorum ) eom, and litlincgas nellaþ forbígean mé, Coll. Monast. Th. 29, 1. Weras and wífmen and ða wépendan cild, Jos. 6, 21. a being in the form of a man Grendel, wonsǽlig wer (cf. 2708; B. 1352 supra ), Beo. Th. 210; B. 105.
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læssa
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Ánra gehwylc þe hafað lǽsse mægen, Sal. 356. <b>B.</b> as substantive, the less For hwan ne déþ hé ꝥ lǽsse nú hé þæt máre dyde?, Bl.
wíf
a woman ⬩ a female person ⬩ a being in the form of a woman ⬩ a married woman ⬩ a wife
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Ðǽr ða mihtigan wíf hyra mægen berǽddon, and hý gyllende gáras sǽndan. Lchdm. iii. 52, 21. a married woman, a wife His wíf sua uxor Ælfc. Gr. 15; Zup. 104, 2. Cáseres wíf imperatrix vel Augusta 42, 10.
Linked entry: BRÝD
æfter
among, through, along ⬩ (pursuit, search, inquiry, &c.)
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Him eákiað æfter ðǽm mægenum ðá costunga, Past. 163, 8: Hml. S. 13, 130. Æfter ðínum willan, Bt. 26, 1; F. 90, 23. Lufian wé úrne Sceppend æfter úrum gemete, Bl. H. 5, 35. Forgolden æfter his gewyrhtum, 45, 2.
ealdor-man
ALDERMAN, senator, chief, duke, a nobleman of the highest rank, and holding an office inferior only to that of the king ⬩ mājor nātu, sĕnātor, prŏcer, princeps, prīmas, dux, præfectus, trĭbūnus, quīcunque est aliis grădu aut nātu mājor. ⬩ eorl, Nrs. jarl, being placed over several shires. The Danish kings ruled by their eorlas or jarls, and the ealdormen disappeared from the shires. Gradually the title ceased altogether, except in the cities, where it denoted an inferior judicature, much as it now does among ourselves
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Ðæt is ðonne ǽrest ðæt ic wylle; ðæt man rihte laga upp-arǽre, and ǽghwilce unlaga georne afylle, and ðæt man aweódige and awyrtwalige, ǽghwylc unriht, swá man geornost mǽge, of ðissum earde this is then the first that I will; that right laws be established
Linked entries: aldor-mon ealdermen ealdor-mon ealdur-man eldor-man
wís
wise ⬩ discreet ⬩ judicious ⬩ cunning ⬩ wise ⬩ learned ⬩ skilled ⬩ expert ⬩ known
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Swelc eówer swelce him selfum ðynce ðætte wísasð sié on ðǽm lotwrencum, weorðe ðæs ǽresð dysig, ðæt hé mæge ðonan weorðan wís, 30; Swt. 203, 20.