-en
to know
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to know
ÁÞ
an OATH ⬩ a swearing ⬩ juramentum
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Ðæs áþ ðe his ǽhte bryideþ, ðæt he ne dǽþ ne for hete ne for hóle: - On ðone Drihten, ne teó ic N. ne for hete ne for hóle ne for unrihtre feohgynesse; ne ic nán sóþre nát; búte swá mín secga me sǽde, and ic sylf to sóþe talige, ðæt he mines orfes þeóf
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for-hergian
To lay waste ⬩ destroy ⬩ ravage ⬩ devastate ⬩ plunder ⬩ vastāre ⬩ devastāre ⬩ depŏpŭlāre
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Ecgfriþ Norþan-Hymbra cyning sende wered and fyrd on Hibernia Scotta eálonde, and hí ða unscæððendan þeóde, and symble Angelcynne ða holdestan earmlíce forhergodon Ecgfrid rex Nordanhymbrōrum misso Hĭberniam exercĭtu vastāvit mĭsĕre gentem innoxiam et
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grimetan
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Forhwon grymetedon þeóda quare fremuerunt gentes? Ps. Spl. C. T. 2, 1. Grymetigan to roar, Bt. Met. Fox 13, 58; Met. 13, 29. Fíf manna sáwla hreówlíce gnorniende and grimetende five men's souls miserably wailing and crying out, Homl.
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hyhtan
To hope ⬩ trust ⬩ rejoice
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Se þeóda láreów lǽrde ða rícan ðæt hí heora hiht ne besetton on ðám swicelum welum, ac hihton on God ðæra góda syllend the teacher of the gentiles taught the rich that they should not set their hope on deceitful riches, but should hope in God, the giver
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mengan
to mix ⬩ mingle ⬩ combine ⬩ to mingle together ⬩ stir up ⬩ disturb
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Hí hí wið mánfullum megndan þeóde commisti sunt inter gentes, Ps. Th. 105, 26. Hí mínne mete mengde wið geallan, 68, 22. Meng ða blisse wið ða unrótnesse, Prov. Kmbl. 71. Fífleáfon seáw mencg (mængc, MS. B) tó wíne, Herb. 3, 6; Lchdnl. i. 88, 112.
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un-æþele
not noble ⬩ ignoble ⬩ mean ⬩ infamous
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Frige and þeówe, æðele and unæðele, Ap. Th. 12, 20. Unaeðilra (-sa, MS., aedilra, Ep. Erf.) gregariorum, Txts. 67, 993. Unæþelra, Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 7.
wiþer-winna
An adversary ⬩ opponent ⬩ enemy
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Ða þeóda ða hiora wiðerwinnan wǽron, Ors. 6, 35; Swt. 292, 7. Wiðerwinnena aemulorum, contrariorum, inimicorum, Hpt. Gl. 424, 22: 471, 72: 475, 70.. Gescylde mé wiþ mínum wiberwinnum, gesewenlícum and ungesewenlícum, Bt. 42; Fox 260, 10.
búende
Inhabiting or dwelling ⬩ inhabitans ⬩ inhabitants, thus used as a noun,
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Inhabiting or dwelling; inhabitans Búendra leás void of those inhabiting, [Cd. 5; Th. 6, 16; Gen. 89] or inhabitants, thus used as a noun, Mid búendum cum habitantibus, Ps. Lamb. 82, 8
geond
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Th. i. 246, 23: 270, 10. among people Ic geond þeóde ( inter gentes ) sealmas singe, Ps. Th. 56, 11: Men. 127. Geond ealle þeóda, Hy. 9, 2. Geond hæleða bearn, Men. 121.
beran
to carry ⬩ bring ⬩ to bear ⬩ to suffer ⬩ to carry ⬩ fruit
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Berend(e) ferax, 35, 17.] þeós eorðe is berende missenlicra fugela auium ferax terra, Bd. 1. 1 ; Sch. 8, 11. Hit is berende on wecga órum uenis metallorum fecunda, Sch. 9, 3. Scép beorende oves fetosae, Ps. Srt. 143, 13. Stánas ne sint berende, Sal.
ge-þreátian
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Þeód wæs oflysted metes ... hungre wǽron þearle geþreátod, An. 1117. to press, urge, force to do something Sua chuá ðec genédes ł geðreátas ( angariaberit ) míle straedena. Mt. L. 5, 41. Geþreátod and geníded invitus, Wrt.
gearwe
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Þeós eorðe sceal eall ábifigan, ... geara forhtigan ( be thoroughly terrified ), 113, 7. at hand, within reach, near. Cf. gearo; Bið ús Godes milts þe gearwur, Ll.
lícian
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Hú eów lícaþ (placet) þeós spǽc ?, Coll. M. 32, 7. Þæt ic gearewe Gode lícode ut placeam coram Deo, Ps. Th. 55, 11. Hwí tie sceolde me lícian fæger land?, Bt. 14, l; F. 40, 17.
flíma
a run-away ⬩ deserter ⬩ an apostate ⬩ an outlaw ⬩ exile ⬩ an outcast ⬩ wretch
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Ox. 4494. in a legal sense, one who flees from justice, an outlaw, exile, a banished person Gif hí híne þonne begytan . . . ne mægen. . . þonne beó hé syþþan flýma (forisbannitus,Lat. version), and hine lecgefor þeóf sé þe him tó cume, LI.
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ge-líhtan
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D. light; 10 b) Sé þe þeóf wrecan wille and ǽhlíp gewyrce oþþe on strǽte tó gelíht, Ll. Th. i. 230, II.
sceaþa
a criminal, wretch, miscreant, an enemy ⬩ fiend, devil ⬩ a spoiler, robber ⬩ a warrior
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Hé is þeóf and sceaþa ille fur est et latro, Jn. Skt. 10, l: Exon. Th. 54, 20; Cri. 871 . Se sceaþa the thief (on the cross), Homl. Th. ii. 78, 18. 'Hwæt eart ðú ðe ðýn ansýn ys swylce ánes sceaþan.'
cyre-líf
A choice of life, where on decease of a lord, the cultivators choose a lord for themselves; optio vitæ, ubi, mortuo domino, villani sibi dominum eligunt
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mortuo domino, villani sibi dominum eligunt Ic bidde, on Codes naman, and on his háligra, ðæt mínra maga nán ne yrfewearda ne geswence nán nǽnig cyrelíf ðara ðe ic foregeald, and me West-Seaxena wítan to rihte gerehton, ðæt ic hí mót lǽtan swá freó swá þeówe
seonoþ
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Monega þeóda Cristes geleáfan onféngon; ðá wurdon monega seonoþas gegaderode, L. Alf. 49; Th. i. 58, 2.
staþol-fæst
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Faraþ hý geond missenlíce þeóda, néfre staþolfeste, nǽfre wuniende, náhwár sittende, R. Ben. 135, 23. firm in a moral sense, unwavering, unyielding, constant God is ána staþolfæst wealdend, Bt. 35, 3; Fox 158, 24: Andr. Kmbl. 241; An. 121.