higian
in strive after ⬩ to ⬩ towards ⬩ to strive to do
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Tó þám ꝥ þú hígie ꝥ þú mæge becuman tó þám gesǽlþum þe éce þurh-wuniaþ, Bt. 22, 2; F. 78, 18
or-þanc
Original, inborn thought ⬩ mind, genius, wit, understanding ⬩ ingenium ⬩ a skilful contrivance or work, artifice, device, design ⬩ skilfully, cunningly, ingeniously, with art
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Hwá is ðæt ðe cunne orþonc clǽne ( the creation ) nymðe éce God ? Cd. Th. 266, 6 ; Sat. 18. Orþancas argumenta, commenta, Hpt. Gl. 479, 68.
niman
to take ⬩ receive ⬩ get ⬩ sumere ⬩ accipere ⬩ to take ⬩ keep ⬩ hold ⬩ tenere ⬩ to take ⬩ catch ⬩ to contain ⬩ to take (with one) ⬩ carry ⬩ bring ⬩ to take (to one) ⬩ give ⬩ to take forcibly ⬩ seize ⬩ take away ⬩ carry off ⬩ tollere ⬩ capessere ⬩ auferre ⬩ rapere
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Ecg. P. addit. 35 note; Th. ii. 238, 11. Gif mec hild nime. Beo. Th. 909; B. 452. Mé sceal wǽpen niman, Byrht. Th. 139, 11; By. 252. Ne biþ álýfed æt ðam þeówan his feoh tó nimanne non licet pecuniam suam servo auferre, L.
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weorold
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Se éca deáþ æfter ðisse worulde, Met. 10, 70. Ðæt God ðé on worlde (in mundo) ðíne synna forgyfe, and æfter worlde ( post mundum) éce reste, L. Ecg. P. iv. 66 ; Th. ii. 226, 18.
á
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</b> always; semper. in reference to eternity, alone Ealle gesceafta woldon á bión; ǽlcere wuhte is gecynde ðæt hit wilnige ðæt hit á sié, Bt. 34, 12; F. 152, 18. defined by adverbs Á forþ éce, Az. 112.
riht-líc
right, just ⬩ right, fitting, adapted to due requirements ⬩ adapted, fitted, entitled ⬩ right, in accordance with reason ⬩ right as regards conduct, ⬩ righteous
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and rihtlícran tó herigenne ða ðe beóþ mid cræftum gewyrðode,Bt. 30, 1 ; Fox 108, 24. right, in accordance with reason Ðæt wǽre rihtlíc tó ongytenne ðæt ealle ða ðe Godes willan worhton, fram ðam ðe hí gesceapene wǽron, ðæt hí ðonne wǽron fram him éce
bæcestre
A woman who bakes ⬩ pistrix ⬩ a baker ⬩ pistor
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afýrde men performed that work which was originally done by females, this occupation is here denoted by a feminine termination; hence, a baker; pistor Ðá gelamp hit ðæt twegen afýryde men agylton wið heora hláford, Egypta cynges byrle and his bæcistre ecce
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metod-sceaft
Decree of fate ⬩ doom ⬩ fate after death
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Gást onsende Matheus his tó metodsceafte ( to the fate appointed to it ), in écne gefeán, Menol. Fox 342; Men. 172.
Greátan leag
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To-écan ðám dómum ðe æt Greátanleá and æt Exanceastre gesette wǽron, and æt Þunresfelda in addition to the dooms which were fixed at Greatley, and at Exeter, and at Thunresfeld, v. pref; Th. i. 228, 9
þole-mód
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On ðære écan worulde, ðe gewelgaþ ða þolmódan, Homl. Th. ii. 456, 2
ést-mete
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Éstmettas þæs écan gereordes, ii. 372, 17. of other things 'Geoffra ðíne lác úrum godum, oððe ðú bist mid eallum ðisum pínungtólum getintregod. ' Se diácon cwæð: ' Þás éstmettas ic symle gewilnode,' Hml. Th. i. 424, 23
ge-edcwician
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Add: to come to life again after death Hé ne geedcucað ǽr ðám gemǽnum ǽriste, ac hé is tó écum wítum genið-erod, Hml. Th. i. 382, 2. Hé clypode: 'Thabita, árís, ' and heó þǽrrihte geedcucode, Hml. S. 10, 71.
of-spring
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Eádríc hæfð geboht Sǽgyfu æt Ælfsige . . . tó écum freóte, and eall hire ofspring, C. D. vi. 209, 11. Tácnu wurðað on eów and on eówrum ofspringum (in semine tuo), Deut. 28, 46. Ofsprincgum (ofsprincge, Hpt.
hleóðor-cyme
A coming that is attended with sound [of trumpets; cf. hleóðor cwom býman stefne, v. hleóðor], ⬩ the coming of an army
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A coming that is attended with sound [of trumpets; cf. hleóðor cwom býman stefne, v. hleóðor], the coming of an army: Hie iudéa blǽd forbrǽcon billa ecgum and þurh hleóðorcyme herige genámon beorhte frætwe ðá hie tempel strudon they destroyed the glory
strand
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Ðæt strand getácnode ða écan staðolfæstnysse ðæs tówerdan lífes, Homl. Th. ii. 288, 30. Wudes ne feldes, sandes ne strandes, Lchdm. iii. 288, 1. Hí sǽton be ðam strande secus littus sedentes, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 48 : Jn. Skt. 21, 4.
swíðrian
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Skt. 23, 23. to avail Seó hálwende onsægedness[e] tó écre álýsnesse swíþrade and fromade sacrificium salutare ad redemptionem valeret, Bd. 4, 22; S. 592, 28. Swíþrian valere, swíþrigende valens, Hymn. Surt. 70, 3, 5
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freót
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Hér geswutelað on ðissere Crístes béc ðæt Eádríc hæfð geboht Sǽgyfu his dohtor æt Ælfsige abbod tó écum freóte and eall hire ofspring, C.D. vi. 209, 10, 14: 210, 32. a grant of freedom (in this sense the word occurs as feminine), manumission Æilsig þe
fyllan
to fill ⬩ to fill ⬩ to fulfil
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Wé þín hús écum gódum fyllað, Ps. Th. 64, 1. Fyllað eówre fromcynne foldan sceátas, Gen. 1533. with prep. mid Ꝥ leóhtfæt man mid ele fylleþ, Bl. H. 127, 30. Ðú fyldest þás eorþan mid mistlicum cynrenum nétena, Bt. 33, 4; F. 132, 25.
wil-fægen
Having ones desire ⬩ satisfied ⬩ glad
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Crist ús écum gefeánum dó beón wilfægene Christus nos sempiternis gaudiis faciat esse compotes 123, II
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wracu
pain ⬩ suffering ⬩ misery ⬩ suffering ⬩ punishment ⬩ vengeance ⬩ retribution ⬩ persecution ⬩ hostility ⬩ active enmity ⬩ vengeance ⬩ revenge
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Ðǽr sceal ǽghwylc man onfón ðam rihtan dóme his ágenra gewyrhta, . . . swá wrace, swá éce wíte, swá éce líf. Wulfst. 136, 8. Hé ðolaþ þeóstra ðurh wrace, Homl. Th. ii. 556, 21.; Wræce, Exon. Th. 37, 15 ; Cri. 593: 45j, 30; Hy. 4, 57. Wrace, Andr.