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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Ne hiwa ðú swilce ðú mid bilewitnysse mǽge ðé gán orsorh tó mǽdena húsum and wið hí mótian ðæt ðín mód ne beó yfele besmiten þurh ða ýdelan spellunga do not pretend, as if in innocency you can go secure to maidens' houses and converse with them, and your
ge-munan
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Ðæs bismeres ðú ne gemansð, Past. 207, 12. Wíf. . . ne gemynes ðæs hefignise non meminit pressurae, Jn. L. 16, 21. Ne gé eft gemynas fíf hláfana, Mt. L. 16, 9.
ge-néþan
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Ꝥ sé ne durre (genéðe, v. l.) beón wísdomes láréow ut praeesse non audeat, Gr. D. 12, 26. with prep. Mé forgif ꝥ ic nǽfre unmedeme ne untrum tó þínum líchoman and tó þínum blóde ne genéþe ( presume to take the Sacrament ), Angl. xii. 507, 6
on-wendan
to turn, change ⬩ to change one thing for another, to exchange ⬩ to turn, change a direction, to avert, divert, turn aside ⬩ to change the position of a thing, to invert, turn upside down, ⬩ to subvert, disturb, upset ⬩ to cause to change for the worse, to give a wrong direction, pervert ⬩ To return
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Ðú ne meaht hiora sidu and heora gecynd onwendan, 7, 2; Fox 18, 31. Nis mé tíd mín líf tó onwendenne non est mihi tempus vitam mutandi, Bd. 5, 14, S. 634, 32. Onwended ne biþ ǽfre tó ealdre, Exon. Th. 203, 11; Ph. 82.
Linked entries: and-wendan aweg-onwendan on-wendness
for-þiófan
to thieve ⬩ steal ⬩ fūrāri
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to thieve, steal; fūrāri Ðæt ðú ne forstele oððe ne forþiófe ne fūrēris, Mk. Skt. Lind. 10, 19. v. þeófan, þiófan
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cearian
To take care, heed, to be anxious or sorry ⬩ curare, sollicitum esse
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He æt gúþe ná ymb his líf cearaþ he cares not about his life in battle, Beo. Th. 3077; B. 1536. Ne ceara ðú fleáme dǽlan somwist incre care not thou to part your fellowship by flight, Cd. 104; Th. 137, 25; Gen. 2279: 130; Th. 165, 16; Gen. 2732
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ge-nugan
To suffice, to be sufficient, not to be wanting ⬩ sufficere
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Nǽnig mennisc tunge ne geneah ðæs acendan engles godcund mægen to gesecgenne no human tongue is sufficient to tell the divine virtue of that begotten messenger, Blickl. Homl. 165, 5
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deág
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Ne cíden nó þá munecas ymb þá deáge (dége, v. l.) (de colore ) hyra reáfa, R. Ben. 89, 15. Deáhum sucis, An. Ox. 5218
geréf-scir
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Hé is nú geréfscíre healdende in Rómebyrig in Romana civitate locum praefectorum servans, Gr. D. 193, 9. stewardship, v. ge-refa; III Hó is tó ágeldenne gescád his geréfscíran (uillicationis), R. Ben. I. 107, 16. Groefscire, Lk. L. 16, a.
scort
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Add Hé wénde ꝥ swá scort (sceort, v. l. ) man (cf. lytelne, 10) ne mihte ná habban swá ormǽtne hlísan þurh hálinesse, Gr. D. 46, 18. 2 b. Add Ðá wolde se cniht his wíte geendian mid scortum deáðe, Hml. S. 12, 190. 2 c.
wiþ-habban
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Úðwitan sǽdan ꝥ heó feólle . . . gif þá dweligendan steorran hyre ryne ne wiðhæfdon (-hæfton, v.l.) rueret, ut sapientes dixerunt, si non planetarum occursu moderaretur, Angl. vii. 12, 112.
torne
In a way that causes grief or distress, ⬩ grievously, ⬩ distressingly
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Mé ys torne on móde (cf. ys mé nú hige geómor, 22, 31; Jud. 87) I am distressed in mind, Judth. Thw. 22, 36; Jud. 93. Him ðæs wópes hring torne gemonade, Exon. Th. 182, 22; Gú. 1314. Heó mec torne tǽle gerahte (-rǽhte?), 247, 3; Jul. 73
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scín-hiw
A form produced by magic ⬩ phantom ⬩ spectre
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Ne eom ic ná scinnhiw (phantasma) swá swá gé wénaþ, Homl. Th. ii. 388, 26. Scínhiowes faniasiae Ps. Surt. ii. p. 190, 11. Scínhiwe[s] phantasmate Wrt. Voc. ii. 67, 5. Scínhiwe, 34, 1. Wiccecræftas, scínhiw prestigias 66, 25
ymb-spenning
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Allurement, enticement Ne beón hí ýdelgeorne . . . ne eác ðíra leahtra ymbspznninga ne begán non otio uncent non ceteris uitiorum inlecebris incumbant, Chrd. 66, 33
sætilcas
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Ne ymbe sciphergas sætilcas ne hérdon ne furþum fira nán ymb gefeoht sprecan, Met. 8, 31.
in-fær
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Ne sig him ná eáðelíce þæs infæres getíðod ( non ei facilis tribuatur ingressus ) ... Gif hé bit þæt him mon infæres tíþige, 95, 4-8. Hí noldon geðafian þám bisceope ꝥ hé infær hæfde his ǽrende tó ábeódenne, Hml. S. 31, 655.
manigfealdlíce
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Ealle þá niht swíðe mænifealdlíce ( in very large numbers ) steorran of heofenan feóllan, náht be ánan oððe twám, ac swá þiclíce ꝥ hit nán man áteallan ne mihte, 1095; P. 230, 28.
lóc
look ⬩ see ⬩ however
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Efne oððe lóca nú hér hit is en, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 56 : Homl. Th. i. 358, 9. Hig cwǽdon Lóca nú hú hrædlíce þæt fictreów forscranc dicentes : quomodo continuo aruit ficulnea, Mt. Kmbl. 21, 20.
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fandian
to try ⬩ to tempt ⬩ to try ⬩ to try ⬩ taste ⬩ feel ⬩ to try ⬩ to visit ⬩ tempt ⬩ provoke ⬩ attempt
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Man ne sceal fandian Godes þá hwíle þe hé mæg mid ǽnigum gesceáde him sylfum gebeorgan.
grównes
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Ne com ðǽr nǽnig grównes up ne wæstmas ne furþan brordas nil omnino, non dico spicarum, sed ne herbæ quidem ex eo germinare contigit, 4, 28; S. 605, 34