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
áscian
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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.
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CWEÐAN
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.
sorh
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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.
wilnian
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Hwæt (hwæs, v. l. ) hé wilnian sceal, Bt. 40, 7; Fox 242, 18. with infinitive Ða ðe wilniaþ fretan mín folc, Ps. Th. 13, 9. Willniaþ raple þurh mistlíce paþas cuman tó ánum ende diverso calle, sed d unum finem nititur pervenire .
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þyncan
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.
denu
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.
mynetere
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
Wéland
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Hwǽr sint nú ðæs foremǽran and ðæs wísan goldsmiðes bán Wélondes ubi nunc fidelis ossa Fabricii (cf. faber) jacent? Bt. 19; Fox 70, 1.
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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.
wesan
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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.)
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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
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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.
willa
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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.
eáster-dæg
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Aprł lóca hwǽr þú finde .xiiii. nihta ealdne mónan, ofer ꝥ se niésta Sunnandæg bið Eástordæg, Lch. iii. 226, 20. Nǽfre ne sý se hálga Eásterdæg gemǽrsod ǽr þám þe seó lenctenlice emniht sý ágán, 256, 11: Angl. viii. 309, 37.
med-micel
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.
sægen
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Ðá cwæð se ealdorbiscop: 'Hwæt þincþ eów be ðissere segene, Homl. Th. ii. 248, 22: 320, 31: 484, 1. Gyf hé ðé segþ ðæt hé hwethwugu gesáwe . . . hweðer ðé áwuht æt his segene tweóge, Shrn. 196, 17.
seófian
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To lament, complain of (be, ymbe) Hwæt (why) seófast ðú wið mé quid igitur ingemiscis ? Bt. 7, 3; Fox 20, 14. Hí seófiaþ be heora feóndum, Ps. Th. 10, arg. Be Iudan Scarioth hé seófode tó Drihtne, 3, arg.