stranglíce
Strongly ⬩ with power, with energy, strenuously, vigorously ⬩ with violence, fiercely, vehemently ⬩ boldly, bravely, hardily ⬩ firmly ⬩ severely, sternly
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Hwæt getácnaþ ða ban búton stronglíce geworht weorc quid per ossa nisi fortia acta signantur ? Past. 34, 6; Swt. 235, 16. with violence, fiercely, vehemently He byrnende from gebede swíceþ, stepeþ stronglíce. Exon. Th. 264, 34; Jul. 374.
witan
to wit ⬩ know ⬩ have knowledge ⬩ be aware, ⬩ to know ⬩ have knowledge of, ⬩ be aware of ⬩ to be wise ⬩ be in one's senses ⬩ to be conscious of ⬩ to know ⬩ to feel ⬩ shew
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Ðæt ðú wisse (wistest, v.l.) hwæs ðú wundredest, Bt, 41, 4; Fox 252, 14. Ne wiste hé hwonne him fǽmnan tó brýde wǽron, Cd. Th. 157, 5; Gen. 2600. Ðæt wé wissen (wiston, v.l.) hwæt hé wǽre, Bt. 42; Fox 256, 2.
hwanan
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Ongitan hwæt hié send, and hwonan hí send, Bt. 14, 3; F. 46, 5. ' Wást ðú hwonan ǽlc wuht cóme?' 'Ic wát ǽlc wuht fram Gode cóm, 5, 3; F. 12, 21. Þæt is cúð hwanon þám ordfruman æðelu onwócen, An. 683.
DEÓRE
DEAR, beloved ⬩ cārus, dilectus, familiāris ⬩ dear of price, precious, of great value, desirable, excellent, glorious, magnificent, noble, illustrious ⬩ pretiōsus, magni æstimandus, desiderabĭlis, exĭmius, gloriōsus, magnifĭcus, nobĭlis, illustris
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Hwæt ðé deórast [diórust MS. Cot.] þince: hwæðer ðe gold ðe hwæt? what seems to thee most precious: whether gold or what? Bt. 13; Fox 38, 10: Exon. 103 b; Th. 393, 13; Rä. 12, 9.
wela
wealth ⬩ riches ⬩ abundance ⬩ wealth ⬩ weal ⬩ prosperity ⬩ happy estate
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Geðenc nú hwæt ðínes ágnes seó ealra ðissa woruldǽhta and welena . . . hwæt hæfst ðú . . . æt ðám welum ?
tweógan
to inspire doubt into a person ⬩ to feel doubt ⬩ to doubt ⬩ hesitate
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Grammar tweógan, with preposition Ic nát ymbe hwæt ðú tweóst, Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 13. Gif gé tweógaþ be ðǽm ælmessum, Blickl. Homl. 41, 20. Ne tweóge ðis folc (or acc.?) be hire untrumnesse, 143, 12.
þearf
need ⬩ needful things, ⬩ what is needful ⬩ what is required of a person, ⬩ duty ⬩ use, ⬩ service, ⬩ behoof, ⬩ good, ⬩ advantage, ⬩ profit ⬩ a useful thing, ⬩ profitable employment ⬩ need, ⬩ distress, ⬩ straits, ⬩ difficulty
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Hwæt is ðæt ðæm men sý máre þearf tó þencenne? 97, 19. Nis mé wihtæ þearf hearran tó habbanne, Cd.
fóre-mǽre
Fore-great ⬩ very honourable ⬩ illustrious ⬩ eminent ⬩ famous ⬩ celebrated ⬩ præclārus ⬩ illustris ⬩ excellens ⬩ fāmōsus ⬩ celeberrĭmus
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Hwǽr is nú se fóremǽra and se arǽda Rómwára heretoga where is now the illustrious and the prudent consul of the Romans? Bt. 19; Fox 70, 6. Hæfde gefohten fóremǽrne blǽd Iudith Judith had gained illustrious honour, Judth. 11; Thw. 23, 15; Jud. 122.
inwid
Fraud ⬩ guile ⬩ deceit ⬩ evil ⬩ wickedness
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Hwǽr áhangen wæs waldend þurh inwit, Elen. Kmbl. 413; El. 207
FURÐOR
FURTHER ⬩ more ⬩ forwards ⬩ ultĕrius ⬩ ultra ⬩ amplius ⬩ porro
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Eóde se sæster hwǽtes to lv penega, and eác furðor the sester of wheat went to fifty-five pence, and even further, Chr. 1039; Erl. 167, 22. Ðæt he á furðor wǽre ðonne óðre bróðor that he was always more than the other brethren, Past. 17, 6; Hat.
fricgan
To ask ⬩ inquire ⬩ question ⬩ find out ⬩ seek after ⬩ learn ⬩ get information of ⬩ interrŏgāre ⬩ sciscĭtāri ⬩ pĕtĕre ⬩ fando accĭpĕre ⬩ compĕrīre
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Frige hwæt ic hátte find out what I am called. Exon. 1043; Th. 396, 6; Rä. 15, 19: 105 a; Th. 398, 20; Rä. 17, 10: 107 a; Th. 409, 9; Rä. 27, 26: 107 b; Th. 410, 13; Rä. 28, 15.
tíderness
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Swá hwæt swá ic for unwísnesse and for tyddernesse ( fragilitate ) ágylte, Bd. 4, 29; S. 607, 29: Boutr. Scrd. 21, 17. Ðú wást, Drihten, ða menniscan tyddernysse, Blickl.
wissian
to shew ⬩ to shew ⬩ guide ⬩ direct ⬩ rule ⬩ declare ⬩ make known
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Th. 30, 9. to declare, make known Se cræft sceolde wissian gewisslíce be steorrum hwæt gehwilcum menn gelumpe on his lífes endebyrdnysse, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 253
ge-tácnung
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Grn. 10, 42. of words, signification Significatio ys getácnung, hwæt þæt word getácnige, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 120, 1: 223, 1. 16.
self
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'Hwæt déstú gif ic tómergen middeges gebíde ?' Hé cwæð, 'Sylf ic swelte þonne' ' what will you do if I live to see midday tomorrow? He said, 'I will kill myself if you do,' Hml. S. 3, 591. Þá habbað him sylf cyning, Ors. 1, 1; S. 20, 1.
ælmesse
alms, what is given in charity ⬩ a charitable action ⬩ an offering
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Hwæt sceoldon ðé úre ælmessan? Wlfst. 240, 15. 'Forgyfað, and eów bið forgyfen. Syllað, and eów bið geseald.' Ðás twá ælmessena cynn ús sind tó begánne, Hml. Th. ii. 100, 31. Ðæt góde weorc ðára ælmæssena, Gr. D. 320, 25.
æppel
an apple (in a special and in a general sense as in oak-apple) ⬩ an apple-shaped object ⬩ an eye-ball
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Scoldon hangigan reáde apla mala punica Hwæt is getácnod ðurh ðá reádan apla (appla, l. 13)? Se æppel bið betogen mid rinde, Past. 95, 3-6. On ðæs æples pomi gewilnunge, 309, 17. Eaples, Sat. 411. Æppeles seáw, Lch. i. 350, 2. Æples, ii. 132, 11.
storm
a storm, tempest ⬩ a storm ⬩ storm, disturbance, disquiet ⬩ uproar, tumult ⬩ violent attack
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Th. 6225; B. 3118. storm, disturbance, disquiet Hwæt is ðonne ðæt ríce and se ealdordoom bútan ðæs módes storm, se biþ simle cnyssende ðæt scip ðære heortan, Past. 9; Swt. 59, 4.
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tawian
to taw, dress or prepare material ⬩ to intreat shamefully or evilly, treat badly, abuse, insult.
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to taw, dress or prepare material Ðá bæd se Godes man ðæt him man íserngelóman mid hwǽte ðyder brohte ðæt land mid tó tawienne.
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ceáp
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Th. i. 406, 15. ¶ tó ceápe on sale :-- Gehírde Iacób secgan, þæt man sealde hwǽte ... þá cwæð hé: 'Ic gehírde secgan, þæt hwǽte wǽre tó ceápe (venumdetur ),' Gen. 42, 2: Hml. S. 19, 235.