ge-met
a measure, space, distance ⬩ mensura, spatium, intervallum ⬩ that by which anything is measured, a measure ⬩ mensura, modius, satum ⬩ measure, capacity, ability, power, etc ⬩ mensura, facultas, potestas, vis ⬩ measure, proportion, moderation, bounds, limit, boundary, means, way, manner ⬩ mensura, modus, finis, terminus, limes, ratio ⬩ a rule, order, law ⬩ norma, regula, lex ⬩ a poetical measure, metre ⬩ metrum
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</b> a mood, the inflection of a verb expressing the mode or manner of action or being, abstracted from time-tense tíd q.v. and person hád IV. q.v: such as, indicative gebícnigendlíc, q.v: imperative bebeódendlíc, q.v. subjunctive under-þeódendlíc
folgian
to pursue ⬩ to accompany ⬩ be attendant upon ⬩ to follow ⬩ be guided by ⬩ follow ⬩ to follow ⬩ practise
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Hí móston þes cynges wille folgian, 1086; P. 221, 16. of things: Gif seó hringe him folgað æt þám forman tige, Hml. S. 21, 45. to follow an opinion, instruction, direction, act in accordance with a rule, be guided by, follow footsteps (fig.)
a-gangan
To go or pass by or over ⬩ to happen ⬩ befal ⬩ præterire ⬩ evenire
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Wæs ðæs mǽles mearc agongen the limit of the time was passed. Cd. 83; Th. 103, 17; Gen. 1719: Exon. 39b; Th. 130, 20; Gú. 441
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arc
A vessel to swim on water ⬩ the ARK ⬩ a coffer ⬩ small chest or box ⬩ arca ⬩ cista ⬩ cistella ⬩ cibotium ⬩ κιβώτιον
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Wire ðé nú ǽnne arc fac tibi arcam, 6, 14.
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in-líhtan
To illumine ⬩ enlighten
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To illumine, enlighten Ðú tída gehwane inlíhtes thou dost enlighten every season, Exon. 9 b; Th.7, 29; Cri. 108. Inléhteþ ðec inluminabit te, Lk. Skt. Rush. 11, 36. Inlíhteþ inluminat, Jn. Skt. Lind. 1, 9.
neáh-lǽcan
To draw nigh ⬩ approach
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On ðære tíde ðe neálǽhte niðða bearnum, Cd. Th. 77, 32; Gen. 1284 : Judth. Thw. 21, 25; Jud. 34. Hí neáhlǽhton tó ðære ceastre adpropinquantes civitati; Bd. 1, 25; S. 487; 21. Hí ðam mynstre neálǽctan, 4, 25; S. 600, 28.
be-tyrnan
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to turn round On ánre wendinge, ðá hwíle te he the firmament ǽne betyrnð, gǽð forð feówor and twéntig tída. Hex. 8, 13. Embhwerfte betyrndum orbis valutas, Hy.
segnian
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Hé cwæd, 'Ic wille mé segnian, ac ic ne mæg' ' Signum tibi sanctae crucis imprime'. Respondebat dicens, 'Volo me signare, sed non possum,' Gr. D. 325, 3-4. Add Æfter gereorde Críst bletsode húsel . . .
Beda
Venerable Bede
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. - Mid ðý ic wæs seofon wintre, ðá wæs ic mid gýmenne mínra maga seald to fédanne and to lǽranne ðam árwurþan Abbude Benedicte, and Ceolfriþe æfter ðon and syððan ealle tíd mínes lífes on ðæs ylcan Mynstres eardunge, ic wæs dónde, and ealle geornnesse
weorþung
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On ðæm dæge ðe seó tíd bið and his ( S. Michael ) weorðung, 209, 17. Be ðisse hálgan tíde weorþunga ðe wé tó dæg mǽrsian sceolan and weorþian, 161, 4. Be ðyses dæges ( Pentecost ) weorþunga, 133 12.
un-lust
absence of desire ⬩ disgust ⬩ disinclination ⬩ want of appetite ⬩ disinclination to action ⬩ listlessness ⬩ want of pleasure ⬩ joylessness ⬩ weariness ⬩ an evil pleasure ⬩ lust
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C. 5, tit.; Th. ii. 128, 15. Winnan wið leahtras and unlustas forseón, L. Ælfc. P. 12; Th. ii. 368, 19
á-gán
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Æfter langre tíde hit ágǽð, 156, 3. Þá sǽde hé hú hit gewurðan scolde, and hit sóna æfter þám ealswá áeóde, Wlfst. 17, 18: 44, 23 [ = K. de visione Isaiae in Dict. ). <b>IV a.
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heonan
afterwards ⬩ from now
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Sib sceal gemǽne englum and ældum á forð heonan wesan, Cri. 582. at some time from now, at some time in the future, afterwards Heona ł æfter ðisse (amodo) gié geseáð sunu monnes cymmende in wolcnum heofnes, Mt. L. 26, 64.
ah
But ⬩ but also ⬩ whether ⬩ sed ⬩ sed et ⬩ numquid
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Ah ætfileþ ðé seld unrihtwísnesse numquid adhæret tibi sedes inquitatus? Ps. Surt. 93, 20. Ah ne honne? Mk. Lind. Rush. War. 6, 3
bén-ríp
The reaping of corn by request ⬩ ad preces messio
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Originally the tenant came to reap corn etc. at his lord's request : in time, it grew into a custom or duty, but its old designation bén-ríp was still used Eác he sceal hwíltídum geára beón on manegum weorcum to hláfordes willan, to-eácan bényrþe and
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clipur
A CLAPPER of a bell ⬩ tintinnabuli vel campanæ malleus
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Sóþlíce mid ðæs rápes æt-hríne se bend styraþ ðone [MS. ðæne] clipur the band with which the clapper is tied, is as it were a method for moving the clapper of the tongue, and beating more or less the lips.
eft
Again, second time, then, afterwards ⬩ ĭtĕrum, dēnuo, rursus, re-, deinde, ĭtem
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Again, second time, then, afterwards; ĭtĕrum, dēnuo, rursus, re-, deinde, ĭtem Eft lufigende God ĭtĕrum ămans Deum, Ælfc. Gr. 43; Som. 44, 58. Asende Noe út eft culfran Noe rursus dīmīsit cŏlumbam, Gen. 8, 10: Mt. Bos. 4, 7, 8: Ælfc.
flýma
One who flees ⬩ a runaway ⬩ an exile ⬩ outlaw ⬩ a man who had fled for any offence, and whose flight was equivalent to a conviction ⬩ profŭgus ⬩ fŭgĭtīvus ⬩ exul
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He monigra geára tíde flýma wæs multo annōrum tempŏre profŭgus văgābātur, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 3: Ps. Th. 77, 37. Beó he sydðan flýma let him be henceforth a fugitive, L. Ath. i. 2; Th. i. 200, 10: i. 20; Th. i. 210, 13, 14
hreð-mónaþ
March
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Ðonne se hréðmónaþ biþ ágán ðonne biþ seó niht twelf tída lang and se dæg ðæt ilce when March is past then the night is twelve hours long and the day the same, 69, 7
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ge-nípan
to darken, become dark ⬩ cālīgāre, obnūbĭlāri ⬩ to rise as a cloud, to creep up or come suddenly upon one ⬩ obrēpĕre, sŭpervĕnīre alĭcui
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to darken, become dark; cālīgāre, obnūbĭlāri Hú seó þrag gewát, genáp under niht-heltn, swá heó nó wǽre how the time has passed, has darkened under the veil of night, as if it had not been, Exon. 77 b; Th. 292, 8; Wand. 96. to rise as a cloud, to creep
Linked entry: nípan