lystan
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Lch. ii. 160, 8. with clause Ǽlcne man lyst . . . þæt hé hine móte hwílum þáron gerestan, Solil. H. 2, 8. with infin. to make a person willing and ready to do something Þu meaht ongitan gif his þé géman lyst, Met. 31, 1.
tredan
to tread ⬩ tread down ⬩ trample upon ⬩ to tread upon ⬩ step upon ⬩ walk upon
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Hwílum mec (an animal's skin) brýd triedeþ fótum, Exon. Th. 393, 27; Ra. 13, 6. Mé man tredeþ conculcavit me homo, Ps. Th. 55, l: Cd. Th. 56, 15; Gen. 912. Mé tredaþ feóndas mine, Ps. Th. 55, 2: Exon. Th. 119, 23; Gú. 259.
ge-flít
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Hwí biþ elles ǽlce dæg swelc seófung and swelce geflitu and gemót and dómas unde forenses querimoniae ?, Bt. 26, 2 ; F. 92, 16. Geflitum negotiis, An. Ox. 539I.
sécan
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Kmbl. 1886; An. 945. (1 a) to seek a person for protection, to take refuge with a person. v. sócn, 2 Gif hwilc þeóf oððe reáfere gesóhte ðone cing . . . hé hæbbe nigon nihta fyrst.
nú
Now ⬩ at this time ⬩ Now ⬩ since ⬩ when
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Ðás tácno ðe ic nú hwíle big sægde the signs that I have just now spoken of, Blickl. Homl. l09, 6. Hé nú hwonne ( quandoque ) biþ on wuldre árísende, Bd. 2, 1; S. 500, 16. Swá swá wé nú rihte (straightway, directly) secgaþ, Ælfc.
brúcan
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Brúc ðínra ǽhta, ðá hwíle ðe ðú hál sý, Prov. K. 52. Swá hwæt swá ús God sylle máre þonne wé néde brúcan sceolan, Bl. H. 53, 15. Ne mihte nánwuht libbendes ðǽre eorþan brúcan, ne þæs wæteres, Bt. 33, 4; F. 130, 9.
folgian
to pursue ⬩ to accompany ⬩ be attendant upon ⬩ to follow ⬩ be guided by ⬩ follow ⬩ to follow ⬩ practise
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Gif him hwilc mon folligende biþ, þonne feorriaþ hí and fleóð, Nar. 35, 32. to journey with an object: Æteáwdan twégen weras . . . and cwǽdon ꝥ hié of Hierusalem cóman and for him folgedan (they had come to fetch him?), Bl.
ge-munan
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Mín mód gemanð hú (gemyneð hwilc, v. l. ) hit ǽr wæs, Gr. D. 4, 11 ; 6, 8. Swá mycel swá nán man ne gemunet ꝥ hit ǽfre ǽror dyde, Chr. 1099; P. 235, 7. Gemunde ic hú ic geseah . . . hú ðá ciricean stódon bóca gefyldæ, Past. 5, 8.
rǽdan
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Gif heora hwilc . . . þone rǽdels áriht rǽdde, þonne wearð sé tó beheáfdunge gelǽd, swá same swá sé ðe hine áriht ne rǽdde, Ap.
ealdor-dóm
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Hwilce þé geþúht betwux worold-cræftas healdan ealdordóm quales tibi videtur inter seculares artes retinere primatum?, Coll.
ge-þyncþ
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Hit waes hwílum ꝥ leód and lagu fór be geþincðum, Ll. Th. i. 190, 12. Swá man bið mihtigra for worulde, oþþon þurh geþingða heárra on háde, 328, 14.
wærlíce
warily, cautiously, circumspectly, ⬩ in a way that guards against surprise ⬩ in a way that guards against an ill result, safely ⬩ carefully, heedfully, prudently
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Wærlícor bið se man geherod æfter lífe ðonne on lífe there is less danger of mistake in praising a man after his death than while he is alive, ii. 560, 14. where there is danger of doing wrong, carefully, heedfully, prudently Hwílum bið gód wærlíce tó
wíf-mann
a woman ⬩ female
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a woman Wé lǽraþ ðæt ǽnig wífman neáh weófode ne cume ða hwíte ðe man mæssige, L. Edg. C. 45 ; Th. ii. 254, 3. Ðara manna sum wæs bescoren preóst, sum wæs lǽwede, sum wæs wífmon ( femina, ) Bd. 5, 12 ; S. 628, 35.
Linked entry: wím-man
of-teón
to withdraw ⬩ to take away what a person has, deprive a person of anything ⬩ to withhold, keep back, deny a person anything ⬩ abstrahere
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For synnum oftíhþ se Ælmihtiga Wealdend hwílon mannum bigleofan, ii. 462, 21. Gif wê Godes láre eów ofteóþ, 554, 18. Hond feorhsweng ne ofteáh the hand refused not to strike a fatal stroke, Beo. Th. 4972; B. 2489 : 3045; B. 1520.
swéte
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Ðæt is for hwí se góda lǽce selle ðam hálum men séftne drenc and swétne, and óðrum hálum biterne and strangne, Bt. 39, 9; Fox 226, 11, 13. Swéte ofer hunig dulcia super mel, Ps. Spl. 118, 103.
á-hebban
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Hwí sind gé áhafene ofer Drihtenes folc cur elevamini super populum Domini? , Num. 16, 3. to give higher worth or value to, to exalt Up áhef hig extolle eos , Ps. L. fol. 195 b, 23.
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ge-writ
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Hí þurh ǽrendrakan and þurh gewrite atíwdon hwí hí ðǽr beón ne mihton, Chr. 1074; P. 204, 6. Hé áwrát þára muneca regol mid heálicum gewrite and mid torhtum wordum scripsit monachorum regulam, discretione praecipuum, sermone luculentam, Gr.
unnan
to grant a person (dat.) something ⬩ to give ⬩ allow ⬩ to wish something (gen.) to a person (dat. ) ⬩ to wish something (gen.) for a person (dat.) ⬩ to like a person to have something ⬩ to like a condition of things ⬩ to be pleased
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Eal folc geceás Eádward tó cynge; healde ða hwíle ðe him God unne, Chr. 1041; Erl. 169, 5. On ða gerád ðe gé mé unnan mínes, L. Ath. i. prm.; Th. i. 198, 1 note. Gif hié him ðæs ríces úþon, Chr. 755; Erl. 50, 17. Ic feores ðé unnan wille, Exon.
ge-rád
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Ic wolde ꝥ mé wǽre gecýþed on hwilc gerád ( quo ordine) ꝥ mihte beón ꝥ ... 149, 25. Wé wyllað ámearkian þǽra twelf mónða naman, and gecýðan eall ꝥ gerád ꝥ heora gehwylcum folgað, Angl. viii. 305, 28.
hraþe
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Wæs him swíðe hraðe geandwyrd respondetur protinus, Past. 443, 23. within a short time, soon, without delay Beó þú onbúgende þínum wiþerwinnan hraðe ( cito ), þá hwíle þe þú eart on wege mid him, Mt. 5, 25. Hreðe, Ps. Srt. 36, 2.