búgan
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Nis ús betere þæt wé búgon ongeán tó Egipta lande ( reverti in Aegyptum )?, Num. 14, 3. Heó nǽfre ne wolde on hús búgan, Lch, iii. 34, 29, Wæs him in bogen báncoða, Gú. 997. <b>III a.
fætt
plump ⬩ corpulent ⬩ obese ⬩ fatted ⬩ plump ⬩ full-bodied ⬩ substantial ⬩ oleaginous ⬩ unctuous ⬩ rich ⬩ fertile ⬩ productive ⬩ rich
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Culfrena briddas, hænne flǽsc, and góse fiþru, swá betere swá fǽtran sién, 196, 23. in an overfed condition, corpulent, obese Bearg fǽt porcaster obesus, Wrt.
ge-swerian
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Hié him betweónum áþas geswóran ꝥ. . . 2, 4; S. 70, 15. to confirm by oath, swear to an agreement Ðáas forewarde geswóran .xii. þá betste of þes cynges healfe and .xii. of þes eorles, Chr. 1091; P. 226, 17. þǽ ǽr seó forewearde ǽr wæs gewroht and eác
ge-þafa
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Wé sceolon beón geþafan (geþafa, v. l.) ꝥ se God sié eallra ðinga betst hunc esse rerum omnium praecellentissimam confitemur, 34, 3; F. 136, 31. with dat.
gold
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material Nam hé þæt gold and gét án celf, Ex. 32, 4. gold used in payment Stent ðám bisceope eahta marca goldes; and gif hig hám cuman gylde ðám bisceope his gold, and gif heora náðer ne cymð, dó se bisceop for heora sáule swá mycel swá ðæt land is betere
racu
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Ðǽm lytegan is betere ðæt hié mid ryhtre race weorðen oferreahte and mid ðǽre race oferswíðde, sapientes plerumque ratiocinationis argumenta convertunt . . . Illis prodest, ut in suis allegationibus victim jaceant, Past. 205, 1-4.
wéna
supposition ⬩ opinion ⬩ thought ⬩ idea ⬩ imagination ⬩ hope ⬩ expectation
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Hit is betere, ðætte ǽlc mon ádrýge of óðerra monna móde ðone wénan be him ǽlces yfeles cum prava aestimatio ab intuentium mente non tergitur 59; Swt. 451, 23.
Linked entry: wén
rihtlíce
rightly, justly, with justice or quity ⬩ rightly, in a manner which suits the circumstances of a case ⬩ rightly, in accordance with rules or regulations, regularly ⬩ rightly as regards conduct
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Ða witan cwǽdon ðæt him nán leófre hláford nǽre ðonne heora gecynde hláford gif hé hí rihtlícor healdan wolde ðonne hé ǽr dyde, if he would rule with better observance of the laws 1014; Erl. 150, 7. rightly as regards conduct Wé sceolan gód weorc wyricean
hosp
Reproach, opprobrium, contempt, contumely, insult, blasphemy
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Unrihtwíse habbaþ on hospe ða ðe him sindon rihtes wísran the unrighteous hold in contempt those that are better skilled in right than themselves, Bt. Met. Fox 4, 87; Met. 4, 44.
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wítan
to see to ⬩ take heed to ⬩ guard ⬩ keep ⬩ to lay t ⬩ charge ⬩ lay the blame of ⬩ impute ⬩ to go ⬩ depart
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Wíte se óðer, ðæt hé hit béte, L. C. S. 76 ; Th. i. 418, 13. Wé willaþ áwerian ús; wíte gé hwæt gé dón siððan, L. Ælfc. P. l; Th. ii. 364, 13.
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sacu
strife, contention, dissension, sedition, dispute ⬩ distress, trouble, affliction, persecution ⬩ crime, guilt ⬩ a contention at law, a suit, cause, action
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Hit betere wǽre ðæt heora seht tógædere wurde ðonne hý ǽnigesace hym betweónan heóldan it would be better that they should come to an agreement than that they should carry on any suit between them, Chart. Th. 377, 3. jurisdiction in litigious suits.
ge-þeaht
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Béte hé be his scriftes geþeahte, i. 374, 8. Ænig man . . . ciricþén ne útige búton biscopes geþehte, 306, 29. Óswió Sigebyrhte mid freóndlicre geþeahte (consilio), oft tó spræc, Bd. 3, 22; Sch. 292, 8.
tǽcan
To shew. ⬩ to offer to view, present ⬩ to shew an object to a person so that the object may be attained by the person, to shew a way, a place, etc. ⬩ without an object, to shew the way, direct ⬩ without an object, to direct ⬩ to shew a person (dat. or acc.) the direction that must be taken, to direct, to cause a certain direction to be taken, the direction being marked, by a preposition. ⬩ to shew the course that must be followed, what should be observed, to direct, appoint, prescribe, enjoin. ⬩ to shew, indicate, signify
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Béte hé swá micel swá déman tǽcan quantum arbitri judicaverint, Ex. 21, 22. Ðæt hý bétan swá swá béc tǽcan, Wulfst. 165, 9. to shew to the mind by way of instruction or of proof, to teach. of persons Se Hálga Gást ðe tǽhþ rihtwísnysse, Homl.
wesan
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Se hálga gebæd for ðæt seóce cyld, and him wæs sóna bet ( it was better with him at once, i. e. he was better ), Homl. Skt. i. 3, 311.
Linked entries: cniht-wesende æt-eom a-weosung eom weosan fóre-wesan
CRÆFT
power ⬩ might ⬩ strength as of body or externals ⬩ vis ⬩ robur ⬩ potentia ⬩ an art ⬩ skill ⬩ CRAFT ⬩ trade ⬩ work ⬩ ars ⬩ peritia ⬩ artificium ⬩ occupatio ⬩ opus ⬩ craft of mind, cunning, knowledge, science, talent, ability, faculty, excellence, virtue ⬩ astutia, machinatio, scientia, facultas, præstantia, virtus ⬩ a CRAFT ⬩ any kind of ship ⬩ navis qualiscunque
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Cræft biþ betere ðonne ǽhta a craft [= trade] is better than wealth Prov. Kmbl. 20; Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 27: 28, 5, 7, 9: 30, 11. Ǽlces cræftes andweorc the materials of any trade Bt. 17; Fox 58, 30.
ge-líc
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Hú ne miht þú gesión ꝥ ǽlc wyrt and ǽlc wudu wile weaxan on þǽm lande sélost þe him betst geríst. . . .
wrégan
To bewray ⬩ accuse ⬩ denounce ⬩ to accuse ⬩ to accuse ⬩ to accuse ⬩ to denounce
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Hit is betre ðæt mon wrége ðone scyldigan, Bt. 38, 7; Fox 210, 5. Hí águnnon hyne wrégan (accusare), Lk. Skt. 23, 2. Heó begann hí tó wrǽgenne, Homl. Skt. i. 2, 184. Mid micelre wróhte hine wrégende bringing a heavy accusation against him, Homl.
þreátian
to urge ⬩ press ⬩ to oppress ⬩ afflict ⬩ vex ⬩ trouble ⬩ exercise ⬩ harass ⬩ to urge a person to something ⬩ press for something ⬩ force to do something ⬩ to reprove ⬩ rebuke ⬩ to threaten
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Wyrd ... for ðý cymþ tó ðæm gódan, ðæt hió óþer twéga dó, oððe hine þreátige tó ðon ðæt hé bet dó ðonne hé ǽr dyde, oððe him leánige ðæt hé ǽr tela dyde fortuna ... remunerandi exercendive bonos causa deferatur, Bt. 40, 1; Fox 236, 3.
fandian
to try ⬩ to tempt ⬩ to try ⬩ to try ⬩ taste ⬩ feel ⬩ to try ⬩ to visit ⬩ tempt ⬩ provoke ⬩ attempt
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Hé cwæð ꝥ þǽm weorce nánum men ǽr ne gerise bet tó fandianne þonne þǽm wyrhtan þe hit worhte he said that for no one was it more fitting that he should be the first to try the machine (the bull of Phalaris) than for the man who made it, Ors. 1, 12; S.
hǽl
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Ill a. a means to produce well-being :-- Þissere worulde hǽl is ꝥ heó witan hæbbe, and swá má witena beóð swá hit bet færð, Hml. S. 13, 128.