ge-wis
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Gif wé hæfdon ǽnigne dǽl untweógendes andgites swá swá englas habbaþ, Bt. 41, 5; F. 254, 5. Wé hine wurðiaþ mid gewissum geleáfan, Wlfst. 105, 29. Englas habbaþ gewis andgit, Bt. 41, 5; F. 252, 30, 20.
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.
þegnung
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Nǽnigum heora álýfed sí ǽnige sacerdlíce ðénunge dón nulli eorum liceat ullum officium sacerdotale agere, Bd. 4, 5; S. 573, 4.
Linked entries: ǽfen-þénung þéning þénung
ge-métan
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Nis þǽr ǽnig sár geméted, ne ádl, ne ece, Bl. H. 25, 30. to discover on inspection or consideration Wé ne gemétað náne geswutelunge on bócum, hw! þes dæg tó geáres anginne geteald sý, Hml. Th. i. 98, 18.
LǼTAN
to LET ⬩ allow ⬩ permit ⬩ suffer ⬩ to let ⬩ let go ⬩ give up ⬩ dismiss ⬩ leave ⬩ forsake ⬩ let ⬩ to let ⬩ cause ⬩ make ⬩ get ⬩ have ⬩ cause to be ⬩ place ⬩ make as if ⬩ make out ⬩ profess ⬩ pretend ⬩ estimate ⬩ consider ⬩ suppose ⬩ think ⬩ to behave towards ⬩ treat ⬩ to let
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Ne leórt ǽnigne monno tó fylgenne hine non admisit quemquam sequi se, Mk. Skt. Lind. 5, 37. Ðá onlýsde hé hine and lét hine féran æfter ðam biscope absolvit eum, et post Theodorum ire permisit, Bd. 4, 1; S. 565, 3.
Linked entries: aweg-lǽtan leórt
lagu
Law ⬩ statute ⬩ decree ⬩ regulation ⬩ rule ⬩ fixed custom
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Ic wille ðæt hig beón swá gódera lagana wurðe swá hig betst wǽran on ǽniges cynges dæge I will that they be entitled to as good laws as there ever have been in any king's day, Chart. Th. 416, 24.
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.
weorþ-mynd
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Th. 16; B. 8. honour, dignity, honourable position or office Ne gedafenaþ ná munuce ðæt hé ǽniges worldlíces wyrðmyntes gyrne non convenit monacho mundanum quemquam honorem desiderare L. Ecg. P. iii. 10 ; Th. ii. 198, 30.
Linked entry: wirþu
sceatt
property, goods, wealth, treasure ⬩ price, gift, bribe, tax, tribute, money, goods ⬩ a coin
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Hé cwæð ðæt ðé ǽniges sceatesþearf ne wurde on worulde, Cd. Th. 32, 15; Gen. 503. Nys unc sceattes wiht tó mete gemearcod, 50, 24; Gen. 813. Nǽron hí bescyrede sceattes willan non sunt fraudati a desiderio suo, Ps. Th. 77, 29.
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ge-riht
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Ꝥ ge ne geearnian deáð . . . mid ǽnigum oftige Godes gerihta, ac ǽgðer ge earm ge eádig . . . gelǽste Gode his teódunga. Ll. Th. i. 270, 1.
ge-þeón
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Sé ðe eornost næfð, earfoðlíce hé sceal ǽfre geðeón tó ǽnigre geðingðe hardly shall he ever be advanced to any dignity, Hml.
þurfan
To need ⬩ to be in need ⬩ have need of something ⬩ to need to do something ⬩ to be bound to do something because it is right ⬩ to be obliged ⬩ be compelled by destiny ⬩ to have good cause or reason for doing something ⬩ to be use, to be good for a person to do something ⬩ to owe
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Næs him ǽnig þearf, ðæt hé sécean þurfe there was no need to force him to seek, Beo. Th. 4984; B. 2495. Feallaþ ofor ús, ðæt wé ne þurfon ðysne ege leng þrowian, Blickl. Homl. 93, 34.
heáh
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Be þám heán muntum and dúnum, þá þe heáh standað ofer ealne middangeard, Wlfst. 262, 13. of water. rising water, high Seó eorðe weóll ongeán þám heofonlican flóde oð ðæt þæt wæter wæs heáhre þonne ǽnig munt ǽfre wǽre, Wlfst. 206, 22.
Linked entry: dynt
A
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The long á is often changed into ǽ as Lár lore, lǽran to teach, án one, ǽnig any. The following is a precise summary from Grimm of the prefixed á-, long or accented.
ge-híran
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Ne ǽnig esne mæg tuǽm hláferdum gehéra ( seruire ), Lk. L. 16, 13. to learn by hearing, hear of, be informed of, be told, the object a noun Ic nǽfre ne geseah ne gehýrde nǽnne wísne mon þe má wolde bión earm ðonne welig, Bt. 39, 2 ; F. 212, 16.
níd
necessity ⬩ inevitableness ⬩ necessity ⬩ need ⬩ urgent requirement ⬩ a necessary business ⬩ duty ⬩ need ⬩ what one wants ⬩ necessity ⬩ need ⬩ difficulty ⬩ hardship ⬩ distress ⬩ force ⬩ compulsion
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Má hreósende for ealddóme ðonne of ǽniges cyninges niéde, Ors. 2, 4; Swt, 76, 3. Heofena ríce þolaþ neád ( vim ), Mt. Kmbl. 11, 12. Néd, Ps. Surt. 37, 13. Nýd, Ps.
swá
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Ðín mægen is swá mǽre, swá ðæt ǽnig ne wát ða deópnesse Drihtnes mihta, Hy. 3, 31 : Ors. 4, 10; Swt. 198, 15. Swá fullíce ðiónde . . . óþ ðe hé wyrþ ǽlces cræftes medeme, Bt. 38, 5; Fox 206, 22.
wyrcan
to work ⬩ labour ⬩ to make ⬩ to make ⬩ form ⬩ construct ⬩ to be the source ⬩ cause of, to produce ⬩ to make ⬩ constitute ⬩ to work ⬩ do ⬩ perform ⬩ to perform a rite ⬩ keep a season ⬩ to work ⬩ effect a purpose ⬩ attain an object,
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Hwý sceal ǽnig monn bión ídel, ðæt hé ne weorce (wyrce, v.l.)? Bt. 41, 3; Fox 248, 24. Sió hond sceal wyrcean for ða wambe, Past. 34; Swt. 233, 9. Hé ðǽr wircean sceolde, Gen. 2, 15. Niht cymþ ðonne nán man wyrcan (operari) ne mæg, Jn.
ge-sellan
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Ǽghwæt þæs þe him ǽnig mon for Godes noman geselle, Ll. Th. i. 92, ii. Ðiós eorðe eallum mannum is tó gemánan geseald, Past. 335, 10: 337, 3. (z) without dat. Eal hé ꝥ ær for Gode gesealde, Bl. H. 215, 5.
git
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Ne ǽnig nédþearf næs ǽfre giet, Met. 20, 20. <b>II a.</b> with the verb in the imperative (do not) yet :-- Gemiltsa ús swíðor, and swá gýt ne forlǽt, Hml.