míðan
to conceal ⬩ dissemble ⬩ To be concealed ⬩ lie hid ⬩ to avoid ⬩ refrain from ⬩ forbear
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Ðá hié ús gesáwon hié selfe sóna in heora húsum deágollíce hié miðan visis nobis continuo inter tectorum suorum culmina delituerunt, Nar. 10, 18. Ne sceal ic míne onsýn for eówere mengu míðan, Exon. 43 a; Th. 144, 18; Gú. 680.
níd-þearf
necessity ⬩ inevitableness ⬩ necessity ⬩ constraint ⬩ need ⬩ a necessary thing ⬩ what a person needs ⬩ need ⬩ distress ⬩ trouble ⬩ a necessary business
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Seldon bútan máran nýdþearfe ( praeter arctiorem necessitatem ) má ðonne ǽne síþe on dæge ðæt heó wolde mete þicgan, Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 11. a necessary business Ðá cwǽdon hí ðæt hí wǽron on heora nýdþearfum swýðe geswencte, Guthl. 14; Gdwin. 64. 3
ge-cnáwan
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Gif þú nú sweotole gecnáwan miht ðá anlícnessa þǽre gesǽlþe, ðonne is þearf ꝥ ic þé hí selfe getǽce, Bt. 33, 1; F. 118, 35. Hí hí gecnáwan móston, ꝥ hiacute; gebróðra synd, Hml.
leóht
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Hwílum him deáh ꝥ him mon selle leóhte wyrtdrencas, swilce swá bið wel geteád alwe, Lch. ii. 226, 13. Leóhte mettas þicge hé, 264, 4. of little moment, trivial; of sin, venial For lǽhton suman gylte pro leni qualibet culpa, Angl. xiii. 434, 984.
ládian
to excuse ⬩ clear ⬩ exculpate ⬩ defend
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to excuse, clear [one's self of a charge], exculpate, defend Ðe hit symle lytiglíce ládaþ sese callide defendentis, Past. 35, 3; Swt. 244, 9.
leód
A man ⬩ poet ⬩ a prince ⬩ men ⬩ people ⬩ country
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H. leóð] bebycgge if any one sell his own countryman, L. In. 11; Th. i. 110, 3. Ðá hatedon hine his leóde cives autem ejus oderant eum, Lk. Skt. 19, 14.
ge-swícan
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Voc. ii. 60, 1. to cease from proceeding, to retire, retreat Gecier lá and gesuíc, ne folga mé recede, noli me persequi, Past. 295, 15. to cease from action, (ill-) doing, desist Búton hé eft self gesuíce, Past. 191, 9.
sacu
strife, contention, dissension, sedition, dispute ⬩ distress, trouble, affliction, persecution ⬩ crime, guilt ⬩ a contention at law, a suit, cause, action
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Hé ( Caligula ) mǽnde ðæt ðǽr ðá næs swelc sacu swelc ðǽr oft ǽr wæs, and hé self fór oft on óðra lond, and wolde gewin findan, ac hé ne mehte búton sibbe, Ors. 6, 3; Swt. 256, 28. Sceal Geáta leódum and Gár-Denum sib gemǽnum, and sacu restan, Beo.
tíman
to teem, ⬩ be productive. ⬩ to be with child, ⬩ bear, ⬩ bring forth young ⬩ to beget, ⬩ have intercourse with (wið) a woman ⬩ to have offspring, ⬩ bring forth ⬩ to vouch to warranty ⬩ to refer property (acc.) to (tó) the person from whom it was obtained in support of the right of possession ⬩ to refer an opinion to the source from which it is derived in its support ⬩ to betake one's self to a place, ⬩ go to ⬩ to resort to ⬩ appeal to in reverence or for help ⬩ to lead to
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In later English temen to = 1. to betake one's self to a place, go to To Albion þu scalt teman (wende, 2nd MS.), Laym. 1245: 7174. 2. to resort to, appeal to in reverence or for help To hire he wolde teman (hire wolde he louie, 2nd MS.), Laym. 1265.
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þe
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Hwæþer ðincþ ðé ðonne, ðæt ða ðing sién, þe ðara sóþena gesǽlþa limu, ðe sió gesǽlþ self? Bt. 34, 6; Fox 142, 10. Hwæðer is ðé leófre, þe ðú nú onfó ða costnunga, þe neár ðínum ende? Homl.
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strang
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Ðæt is for hwí se góda lǽce selle ðam hálum men séftne drenc and swétne, and óðrum hálum biterne and strangne, Bt. 39, 9; Fox 226, 12. Gelácnian mid ðæm drencum strangra wyrta gemanges, Past. 37; Swt. 269, 24.
BÝSEN
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Hwylce ðú selfa hæfst bísne on breóstum what precepts thou thyself hast in thy breast, 27; Th. 36, 13; Gen. 571. Ic ðínra býsna ne mæg wuht oncnáwan I cannot understand aught of thy commands, 26; Th. 34, 6; Gen. 533
til
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good at anything, apt, capable, competent Hé wæs selfa til, heóld á ríce éðeldreámas, Cd. Th. 97, 2 ; Gen. 1606 : Beo. Th. 122; B. 61. Til sceal on éðle dómes wyrcean, Menol. Fox 500; Gn. C. 20.
freó-dóm
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Friódóm gifylga, Rtl. 31, 9. freedom from obligation, release from restraint, v. freó, Selle hir bóc freódómes det illi libellum repudii. Mt. L. 5, 31: 19, 7.
óþer
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For hwí se góda lǽce selle ðám hálum men séftne drenc, and óþrum hálum biterne, Bt. 39, 9; F. 226, 11. Hé wénde ðæt hé wǽre ofer ealle óðere menn, Past. 41, 1. Betweoh hire óðer twá sweostor inter duas alias sorores suas, Gr.
sorgian
to care ⬩ be anxious ⬩ feel anxiety or care ⬩ absolute ⬩ to sorrow ⬩ grieve ⬩ be sorry ⬩ for, on ⬩ absolute ⬩ to be anxious; to sorrow
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Ne sorga, snotor guma, sélre biþ æghwæm ðæt hé his freónd wrece, ðonne hé fela murne, Beo. Th. 2772; B. 1384. Ða woruldáre ðe ðú nú sorgiende ánforléte, Bt. 7, 3; Fox 20, 12: Cd. Th. 22, 28; Gen. 347.
wlite
aspect ⬩ countenance ⬩ looks ⬩ appearance ⬩ shape ⬩ form ⬩ good looks ⬩ beautiful appearance ⬩ beauty ⬩ glory ⬩ ornament
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Sió micle Babilon ðe ic self átimbrede mé selfum tó wlite and wuldre (in gloria decoris mei), Past. 4; Swt. 39, 18: Exon. Th. 70, 18; Cri. 1140. Wlitan decore ( Similar entries see wlita), Hpt. Gl. 520, 22.
hwæþere
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., Gen. 952. by gif Gif ( etsi ne selles for ðon friónd his bið, fore giornise huoeðre (tamen ) his seleð him, Lk. L. 11, 8. Gif se hund losige, gá þeós bót hwæðere forð, Ll.
lange
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Leng swá sél (wel, MS. ), B. 1854. Hé lufade hine lenge (lengc ?) hú geornor, Gú. 109. Lenge swiðor áwa usquequaque Wrt. Voc. ii. 79, 18. Á hú lenge swíður, Ps. Srt. 118, 8, 43, 51, 10. Swá leng swá má magis magisque An. Ox. 3594.
hwá
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what ) . . . his háde tó belumpe folgade, sé þe wolde, Chr. 1086 ; P. 219, 31. as an indefinite pronoun, hwá alone, with much the same sense as man, any one Ne selle mon tó fela ðǽm de lytles ðyrfe, ðý lǽs hwá him self weorðe tó wǽdlan, and him ðonne