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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

þrǽl-riht

(n.)
Grammar
þrǽl-riht, es; n.
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Frige men ne mótan wealdan heora sýlfra, ne faran ðár hí willaþ, ne áteón heora ágen, swá swá hí willaþ; ne þrǽlas ne móton habban ðæt hí ágon on ágenan hwílan mid earfeðan gewunnen, ne ðæt ðæt heom on Godes ést góde men geúðon and tó ælmesgife for Godes

brosnian

(v.)
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Nǽfre his líchama ne fúlode ne ne brosnode, Angl. xi. 1, 6. Add

on-mirran

(v.)

to hinder, obstruct, disturb

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to hinder, obstruct, disturb Ic bebeóde ðæt ðisne freódóm nǽnig mínra æfterfylgendra eft ne onwende, ne on nǽnigum dǽlum hyne ne onmyrdon, Chart. Th. 390, 31

Linked entry: mirran

mótian

(v.)
Grammar
mótian, p. ode.

to address one's selfspeak (to a person)converseto address an assemblyto discussdisputemoot 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

cearian

(v.)
Grammar
cearian, cearigan, carian; ic cearige, ðú cearast, he cearaþ, ceariaþ; ode; od [cearu = care]

To take care, heed, to be anxious or sorrycurare, sollicitum esse

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He æt gúþe 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

Linked entry: carian

ge-nugan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-nugan, pres. hit -neah [Goth. ganah]

To suffice, to be sufficient, not to be wantingsufficere

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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

Linked entry: ge-neah

deág

(n.)
Grammar
deág, deáh, e; f.
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Ne cíden þá munecas ymb þá deáge (dége, v. l.) (de colore ) hyra reáfa, R. Ben. 89, 15. Deáhum sucis, An. Ox. 5218

geréf-scir

(n.)
Grammar
geréf-scir, or geréfscire.
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Hé is 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 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

(adv.)
Grammar
torne, adv.

In a way that causes grief or distress,grievously,distressingly

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Mé ys torne on móde (cf. ys mé 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

Linked entry: torn

renc

(n.)
Grammar
renc, e; f.

Pride, pomp, vanity, bravery, display

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[We ne beoð iboren for to habbene nane prudu ne forðe nane oðre rencas, O. E. Homl. i. 7, 27.]

Linked entry: rænc

mán-deorf

(adj.)
Grammar
mán-deorf, adj.

Labouring to do evilwicked

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Labouring to do evil, wicked Ne mæg se yfela preóst mid his yfelnysse, ðeáh hé mándeorf sý and mánful on dǽdum, ne mæg hé nǽfre Godes þénunge gefílan, náðer ne ðæt fulluht, ne ða mæssan, L. Ælfc. P. 41; Th. ii. 382, 12

þyncan

(v.)
Grammar
þyncan, p. þúhte.

to seemappearto seem fit

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Ne þúhte hé him innon swá fæger swá hé útan þúhte. Þeáh ðú hwam fæger þince, ne biþ hit ðý raþor swá, Bt. 32, 2; Fox 116, 24. He ðúhte him selfum suíðe unlytel se parvulum non videbat, Past. 17; Swt. 113, 12.

Linked entries: þincan ge-þyncan

ge-þolian

(v.)
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Nis mé earfeðe tó geþolianne þeódnes willan, Gú. 1039. to tolerate what is not approved, bear what is not pleasing, endure a condition Hé earfoðlíce geþolode þæt hé dógora gehwám dreám gehýrde hlúdne in healle, B. 87.

LÓCIAN

(v.)
Grammar
LÓCIAN, p. ode

To LOOKseegazeobserveregardtake heedlook (to)belongpertain

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Forðam ðe lóciende hig ne geseóþ quia videntes non vident, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 13

Linked entries: lóc

ge-munan

(v.)
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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.

on-wendan

(v.)

to turn, changeto change one thing for another, to exchangeto turn, change a direction, to avert, divert, turn asideto change the position of a thing, to invert, turn upside down,to subvert, disturb, upsetto cause to change for the worse, to give a wrong direction, pervertTo 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.

ge-brytsnian

(v.)
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to distribute, spend Nǽfre welan ne beóð bútan synne begytene, ne nán þá eorðlican þing ne mæg bútan synne gebrytsnian, E.S. viii. 473, 33

Linked entry: brytsnian