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Cædmon

(n.)
Grammar
Cædmon, es; m. [Cædmon,
  • MS. C. C. C. Oxford
: Cædmon,
  • Bd. 4, 24
  • ;
  • S. 170, 50
; Cedmon,
  • S. 597, 12
: Ceadmon,
  • MS. B. S. 597, note 12
: Cadmon,
  • Runic Monmnts. by Prof. Stephens fol. Cheapinghaven, 1868, p. 419, 11
, :
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linter
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homo
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linter ⬩ homo

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Cwæþ he, hwæt sceal ic singan? Cwæþ he, sing me frumsceaft. Ðá he ðá ðás andsware onféng; ðá ongan he sóna singan, in hérenesse Godes scyppendes, ða fers and ða word ðe he nǽfre ne gehýrde . . .

be-cuman

to come ⬩ get, ⬩ to come to power ⬩ get into trouble ⬩ to come to ⬩ by ⬩ to cometo a person ⬩ to befall ⬩ to become ⬩ behove

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Ꝥ hié mósten tó þǽm sáwlum becuman, 3, 3; S. 102, 21. where something is received, to cometo a person :-- Swá hwæt swá gé biddað . . . hit eów becymð (-cymeð, L.

ge-lendan

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þú wéne þæt se wísdóm þonne gelænde, oððe seó clénnes, . . . ðonne se man gewíte, oððe hwanon heó ǽr cumen, oððe hwǽr hý síen, Solil. H. 51, 6

seldan

(adv.)
Grammar
seldan, (-on, -un, -um) ; cpve. seldnor; adv.

Seldom ⬩ rarely

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Icel. of- too, and v. of-) seldan hwǽr æfter leódhryre lytle hwíle bongár búgeþ too rare are the cases in which after the fall of men the deadly weapon retires, or often after slaughter the spear is seldom at rest, i. e. in most cases frequent strife

Linked entry: seldnor

CWEÐAN

(v.)
Grammar
CWEÐAN, to cweðanne; part. cweðende ; ic cweðe, ðú cweðest, cweðst, cwæðst, cwiðst, cwyðst, cwíst, cwýst, he cweðeþ; cweþ, cwiþ, cwyþ, pl. cweðaþ ; p. ic, he cwæþ, ðú cwǽde , pl. cwǽdon; impert. ¨ cweþ, cweðe , pl. cweðaþ, cweðe; subj. cweðe, pl. cweðen; p. cwǽde, pl. cwǽden ; pp. cweden

To say, speak, call, proclaim ⬩ dicere, loqui, vocare, indicere

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Hí geornlíce smeádon hwæt he cwǽde they earnestly considered what he said, Bd. 3, 5; S. 527, 37.

Linked entries: a-cweðan cwýst ðú

sorh

(n.)
Grammar
sorh, sorg, sorhg, e; f.

care ⬩ anxiety ⬩ sorrow ⬩ grief ⬩ affliction ⬩ trouble ⬩ sorrow, care ⬩ cura, solicitudo, angor, moeror, labor ⬩ care, sorrow

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Sorh is mé tó secganne, hwæt . . . it is a grief to me to tell, what . . . Beo. Th. 950; B. 473. Se Hǽlend wiste ðæt his gingran wolde unróte beón . . . Wǽron swá manigfealdlíce sorga Cristes þegnum . . .

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be-fón

to seize ⬩ catch ⬩ take, ⬩ to seize ⬩ take forcible possession of ⬩ to seize a criminal ⬩ lost property ⬩ to catch ⬩ get to see a person ⬩ to get ⬩ attain to ⬩ to surround ⬩ encompass ⬩ to enclose, ⬩ to serve as a covering for ⬩ contain ⬩ to put into a covering ⬩ to encircle, ⬩ to lie round ⬩ to place round ⬩ to include ⬩ contain ⬩ comprise ⬩ to surround with words ⬩ furnish with a commentary ⬩ to have to do with an object ⬩ to engage in an occupation ⬩ get involved in an action

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Gif hwǽm gebyrige ðæt hé on ðá tǽlinge his hláfordes befoo . . . on ðæs hwæt befoo ðe wið his willan sié, 199, 14, 23. ꝥte nǽnig mon ne geþristlǽece on þone hálgan dæg on nán weoruldweorc befón, Ll. Th. ii. 420, 22.

áscian

(v.)
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Hé ácsode hiom hwæs tácen ꝥ bión mihte, H. R. 5, 13. to ask, enquire about, with gen. Ic secge hwæs ic áscian wylle aperiam propositionem meam, Ps. Th. 48, 4. Gif þeós cwén þises áxian wylle, H. R. 9, 7. Ꝥ ic móte ánes þinges áxian, Hml.

Linked entry: áhsian

þyncan

(v.)
Grammar
þyncan, p. þúhte.

to seem ⬩ appear ⬩ to seem fit

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Hwæt þincþ ðé ðæt ðú sý?, Jn. Skt. 8, 53. Þyncþ him ðæt hé næbbe genóg, Bt. 33, 2; Fox 124, 4. Him selfum þincþ ðæt hé nǽnne næbbe, swá swá manegum men þincþ ðæt hé nǽnne næbbe, 29, 1; Fox 104, 8.

Linked entries: ge-þyncan þincan

wesan

(v.)
Grammar
wesan, p. wæs, pl. wǽron
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Hwæt wille gé nú hwæt ic hire doo? . . . Wese hit nú be eówrum dómum, Blickl. Homl. 157, 7. Ðý læs ðæt wǽre, ðæt hé ǽnig ðara góda forylde, 213, 23. Tó wosanne onginnaþ fieri incipient, Lk. Skt. Lind. 21, 7. to be, have result, turn out (v. wá, I.)

denu

(n.)
Grammar
denu, e; f : dene,an ; f : dene,es ; m.

A plain, vale, dale, valley ⬩ vallis, convallis

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Dena genihtsumiaþ of hwǽte volles abundābunt frumento, 64, 14 : Exon. 115 b; Th. 443,14; Kl. 30. Dene, nom pl. Exon. 56 a; Th. 199, 11; Ph. 24. Ðú ðe asendst wyllas on denum qui emittis fontes in convallĭbus, Ps.

Linked entries: dænu dene dene dene

mynetere

(n.)
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mynetere, es; m.

a moneyer ⬩ a money-changer ⬩ money-dealer ⬩ a minter ⬩ one who coins

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Ða myneteras ðe inne wuda wyrcaþ oððe elles hwǽr ; ðæt ða bión heora feores scyldige, iii. 16; Th. i. 298, 13. Godes feoh biþ befæst myneterum tó sleánne, Homl. Th. ii. 554, 14.

Linked entry: mynet-smiððe

æt-sacan

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Sege ús hwǽr se hord sý þe þú fundest and hine bedyrndest; þý lǽs þe þú his ætsace, hér is se man þe sum ꝥ feoh hæfð on handa, Hml. S. 23, 663. to deny a fact, not to admit that something has been done, with gen.

el-þeódignes

exile ⬩ banishment ⬩ pilgrimage

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Þrié Scottas cómon of Hibernia, þonon hí hí bestǽlon, for þon þe hí woldon for Godes lufan on elþiódignesse beón, hí ne róhton hwǽr, Chr. 891; P. 82, 21.

hors

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Hwæt sylþ hé ( the king) þé (the huntsman )? Hwílon hé sylþ mé hors, Coll. M. 22, 35. Horsa cornipedum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 21, 69. Horsa scip ypogavus, i. 56, 14.

ge-híran

(v.)
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Th. ii. 396, 21. the object a clause Geheór (-hér, v. l. ) geþyldelíce hwæt ic nú sprecan wille, Bt. 35, 5; F. 166, 21. Gehéraþ hwæt se láreów sægde, Bl. H. 39, 10.

þanne

(adv.)
Grammar
þanne, þænne, þonne; adv. conj.

Then, ⬩ when ⬩ then ⬩ then, ⬩ at that time ⬩ then, ⬩ after that ⬩ yet, ⬩ besides ⬩ then, ⬩ again ⬩ then, ⬩ yet, ⬩ but ⬩ then, ⬩ therefore, ⬩ consequently ⬩ then, in that case, ⬩ then, ⬩ in that case ⬩ when ⬩ when, at such times as ⬩ when, after ⬩ when, since, seeing that ⬩ although ⬩ denoting condition, case, when, the case in which Iactantia ⬩ then ... when, ⬩ when ... then ⬩ than

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Hwæt mǽnde hé elles, búton ðæt wé gefyllon ðæs þearfan wambe? Þonne (if we do fill, etc., then) ne hingreþ ús nǽfre, 39, 30. ; 'Hwæt déstú gif ic tó mergen middeges gebíde?' Hé cwæð: ''Sylf ic swelte þonne,' Homl. Skt. i. 3, 591.

Linked entries: þænne þonne

willa

(n.)
Grammar
willa, an; m.

will, the faculty of willing ⬩ will, purpose, design, command ⬩ will, determination, resolution ⬩ intention, purpose, desire to act ⬩ will, desire, wish ⬩ pleasure, delight ⬩ will, disposition ⬩ will, accord, consent, pleasure ⬩ Ger. meinetwillen ⬩ will, one's own way

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Hwæt is gód willa búton gódnys . . Hwæt is ǽnig lác wið ðisum willan ? Homl. Th. i. 582, 33-584, lo : Hy. 8, 6. Hé ( Titus ) wæs swá gódes willan ðæt hé sægde ðæt hé forlure ðone dæg ðe hé nóht on tó góde ne gedyde, Ors. 6, 8; Swt. 264, 2.

sculan

(v.)
Grammar
sculan, sceolan; ic, hé sceal, scal, ðú scealt, pl. wé sculon, sceolon; p. sceolde, scolde, scealde, scalde; subj. prs. scyle, scile, sciele, scule.

to owe ⬩ debere ⬩ shall ⬩ must ⬩ ought ⬩ have ⬩ am ⬩ am bound ⬩ shall ⬩ ought as being fit, right, proper ⬩ in accordance with reason ⬩ to do appointed work ⬩ to carry out the terms of an agreement ⬩ where the obligation results from a law, statute, regulation ⬩ shall ⬩ must as being decreed by fate or providence ⬩ to be forced ⬩ must because there is no possible alternative ⬩ because one cannot help one's self ⬩ to be obliged ⬩ must ⬩ shall because from the conditions or nature of a case no alternative is admissible ⬩ because a conclusion is inevitable ⬩ shall ⬩ must ⬩ where an end is to be attained or a task to be completed or a purpose to be served

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Hwæt sceoldon ðé úre ælmessan? Wulfst. 240, 15

Linked entries: ge-scola sceal

med-micel

(adj.)
Grammar
med-micel, adj.

not great ⬩ moderate ⬩ small ⬩ not great ⬩ trifling ⬩ venial ⬩ not important ⬩ not great ⬩ lowly ⬩ mean ⬩ poor

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Rush. 10, 30. not great, trifling, venial, not important Gif man medmycles ( exigui ) hwæthwega deóflum onsægþ, fæste i. geár; gif he mycles hwæt onsecge, fæste x winter, L. Ecg. C. 32; Th. ii. 156, 15. Medmycel ǽrende wé ðyder habbaþ, Blickl.