ábécédé
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Wé willaþ ðá stafas onsundron gewriðan ðe ðá éstfullan preóstas on heora getæle habbaþ, and ðǽræfter Ebréiscra ábécédé wé willaþ geswutelian, and Gréciscra, and ðæt getæl ðǽra stafena wé þencaþ tó cýðanne, 335, 39
un-meaht
Weakness ⬩ lack of power
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Ðá ongan ic þencan ðæt mé ðæt gelumpe for ðære wíflícan unmihte, ii. 23 b, 411. Ðurh unmihte, Homl. Th. ii. 42, 27. Hié ongietaþ hiera unbældo and hiera unmiehte (-mihte, Cott. MSS.) infirmitatis suae sunt conscii, Past. 32; Swt. 209, 8.
biter
painful ⬩ acrimonious ⬩ ill-natured
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Voc. ii. 118, 62. bitter to the mind, painful Þá geogoðlustas him swíþe bitere þencaþ, Bl. H. 59, 11. Biterra dirior, Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 76. Hwæt is ðienga ðe bietere (biterre, v.l.) sié on ðæs láreówes móde?, Past. 165, 1.
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rǽswan
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Ðá ongan hé mid gleáwe móde þencan and rǽsian (résian, MS. C.) coepit sagaci animo conjicere, Bd. 3, 10; S. 534, 21 note. Résigan opinare, Wrt. Voc. ii. 115. 55. Rǽswian conici, conari, 131, 79. Résenðe ic eom suspicatus sum, Ps.
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niþer
Down ⬩ beneath ⬩ below
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Hé sceal má þencan up ðonne nyþer he must direct his thought upwards rather than downwards, Bt. 41, 6; Fox 254, 31
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smeálíce
searchingly, carefully, narrowly, closely ⬩ closely, deeply, acutely, with penetration ⬩ clearly, accurately, exactly ⬩ closely
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., closely, deeply, acutely, with penetration Hé ongann smeálíce þencan on his módes ingeþance velut in augustam suae mentis sedem recepta Bt. 24, 1; Fox 80, 5.
gebed-rǽden
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Ic bidde þé, mín Drihten, þæt ðú helpe . . . ealra þǽra þe tó mínre gebedrǽdene þencað and hyhtað lybbendra and forðgewitenra ( all those, living or departed, that look and hope for my prayers), Angl. xii. 500, 28.
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in-geþanc
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Hú mǽg ꝥ yfel beón ꝥte ǽlces monnes ingeþanc wénþ ꝥte gód sié, Bt. 24, 4; F. 86, 12, Hé ongann smeálíce þencan on his módes ingeþance velut in angustum suae mentis sedem recepta, 24, 1; F. 80, 6.
swǽslíce
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Tó fela manna is ðe þurh hiwunge eal óðer specaþ, óþer hý þencaþ . . . and swá geráde mánswican on ða wísan swǽslíce swiciaþ ( deceive under an appearance of friendliness . v. swǽslǽcan, swǽsness), Wulfst. 55, 6.
racu
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Þǽs þing wé cweðað ymbe þǽre eásterlican tíde þe wé þencað mid sóeth;re race geglengan, Angl. viii. 324, 12. Race ordinem, Germ. 395, 34. Þá wísan þe hé þǽr spræc þurh his race and sócne quot sententias quasi per inquisitionem movet, Gr. D. 265, 8.
eáþe
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Se deófol þe beswác ðone þeóf. . . nele náht eáðe on his ende geðafian ꝥ hé þonne gecyrre . . . tó þám Hǽlende, 190. of event, easily, possibly, perhaps Swíþe eáþe ꝥ mæg beón ꝥ sume men þencan . . . very possibly some men may think . . ., Bl.
leás
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Þá leásan men, þá þe mid tungan treówa gehátað, fácenlíce þencað þonne hié æt néhstan beswícað, Leás. 24. of conduct, loose, licentious, cf. leásung; Ualerianus wæs swíðe leás man and wrǽne aa Valerianus levis ac lubricus extitit Gr.
mótan
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Wé móton þencan (ús is tó geþencanne, v. l. ), 196, 23. Drihten, hǽle ús: wé móton forweorðan Domine, salva nos, perimus Mt. 8, 25. Móton þá hyrdas beón swíðe wacore, Ll. Th. i. 374, 27: 344, 27.
swá
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Þá hé árás, þá ongan hé þencan swá scyldig cum surrexisset, reus cogitare coepit, Gr. D. 308, 20. 1. add: with clause contracted Þa Walas flugon þá Englan swá fýr (swá man flúcð fýr, v. l. ). Chr. 473 ; P. 14, 5. 2.
stille
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Wit be ðisse strǽte stille þencaþ bídan, Cd. Th. 147, 9 ; Gen. 2436. Hí nýdde se tówarda winter ðæt hí stille wunodon swá hwǽr swá hí mihton coegerat eos imminens hiems ut ubicumque potuissent quieti manerent, Bd. 4, 1 ; S. 564, 39.
smeágan
to consider, meditate, inquire, deliberate ⬩ to consider, ponder, examine, inquire into, discuss, search ⬩ to seek an opportunity ⬩ to accept as the result of inquiry, to suppose
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Dauid ongan smeágan and þencan, hwilce ðæs gódan mannes dǽda wǽron Blickl. Homl. 55, 12. Ðonne mót man smeágan and geornlíce spyrian hwár ða mánfullan wununge habban L. Eth. ix. 40; Th. i. 348, 26.
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hyge
Mind ⬩ heart ⬩ soul
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Mid hyge þencan to think with the mind, Exon. 82 b; Th. 311, 23; Seef. 96. Wese heone mín on hige clǽne fiat cor meum immaculatum, Ps. Th. 118, 80. On mínum hyge hreóweþ I am grieved to think. Cd. 22; Th. 27, 31; Gen. 426.
sǽl
time, occasion ⬩ a fit time, season, opportunity, ⬩ circumstance, condition ⬩ happiness, good fortune, good time, prosperity
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Wit þencaþ sǽles bídan siððan sunne Metod up forlǽt we intend to wait till after sunrise, Cd. Th. 147, 10; Gen. 2437. Sǽles bídeþ hwonne heó cræft hyre cýþan móte, Exon. Th. 413, 28; Rä. 32, 12.
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up
Up. ⬩ up ⬩ on high ⬩ up ⬩ erectly ⬩ up ⬩ to a high point
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Se man áná gǽþ uprihte; ðæt tácnaþ ðæt hé sceal má þencan up ðonne nyþer, Bt. 41, 6; Fox 254, 30: Homl. Skt. i. 1, 58. Eahta sweras rihtlícne cynedóm up wegaþ, L. I. P. 3; Th. ii. 306, 20
treów
truth to a promise or engagement, ⬩ faith ⬩ good or bad faith ⬩ to keep faith with a person ⬩ troth ⬩ truth to a person, ⬩ fidelity ⬩ fealty ⬩ loyalty ⬩ the truth of the stronger to the weaker, ⬩ grace ⬩ favour ⬩ help ⬩ an assurance of faith or truth ⬩ word (in to give or pledge one's word) ⬩ a promise ⬩ an engagement ⬩ a covenant ⬩ league ⬩ faith in something ⬩ belief ⬩ trust ⬩ confidence
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Ða ðe mid tungan treówa gehátaþ, fácenlíce þencaþ, Fragm. Kmbl. 47; Leás. 25. Tír healdeþ trýwa wel wið æðelingas, Runic pm. Kmbl. 342, 22; Rún. 17. truth to a person, fidelity, fealty, loyalty.