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þing

(n.)
Grammar
þing, es; n.

a thing, ⬩ a single object, material or immaterial ⬩ a thing of value ⬩ property ⬩ a thing for sale ⬩ things, ⬩ goods ⬩ a thing to eat ⬩ a thing that is done ⬩ an action ⬩ a proceeding, way of conduct ⬩ a thing that happens ⬩ an event ⬩ what takes place ⬩ a thing ⬩ circumstance ⬩ state ⬩ condition ⬩ a thing ⬩ matter ⬩ subject of consideration or enquiry ⬩ concern ⬩ affair ⬩ a cause ⬩ sake ⬩ account ⬩ reason ⬩ an object ⬩ a purpose ⬩ a relation ⬩ respect ⬩ a condition ⬩ a way ⬩ means ⬩ wise ⬩ thing ⬩ something ⬩ anything ⬩ a meeting ⬩ court

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Hé on swilce weorc áspende his ðing, ii. 31, 68. Wilt ðú syllan þinge ðíne? Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 15. a thing to eat Eal ða wǽtan þing, and ða smerewigan, and eal swéte þing, Lchdm. ii. 210, 27.

HÚ

(adv.)
Grammar
HÚ, adv.

How

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On hú manegum wísum is Godes weorc? Boutr. Scrd. 18, 14. Hú fela se hǽlend him dyde quanta sibi fecisset ihesus, Mk. Skt. 5, 20. Hú fela sagena hig ongén ðé secgeaþ quanta adversum te dicant testimonia, Mt. Kmbl. 27, 13.

Linked entries: hú-lic hú-meta hwu

gód

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Mid bysene gódra weorca, Ll. Th. i. 272, 22. Góddra, R. Ben. 16, 14. (b β) brave (deed), cf. II. 1 ¶ α Weorða ðé selfne gódum dǽdum, Vald. 1, 23. as an epithet of the Deity God simle biþ full gód, Bt. 34, 7; F. 144, 20.

þearf

(n.)
Grammar
þearf, e; f.

need ⬩ needful things, ⬩ what is needful ⬩ what is required of a person, ⬩ duty ⬩ use, ⬩ service, ⬩ behoof, ⬩ good, ⬩ advantage, ⬩ profit ⬩ a useful thing, ⬩ profitable employment ⬩ need, ⬩ distress, ⬩ straits, ⬩ difficulty

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Is ðam weorce þearf, ðæt..., Exon. Th. 1, 21; Cri. 11. Ús is mycel ðearf, ðæt wé teolian, Blickl. Homl. 125, 11. Him wæs þearf micel, ðæt..., Cd. Th. 123, 32; Gen. 2054.

lǽran

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Þé nán neódðearf ne lǽrde tó wyrcanne quem non externae pepulerunt fingere caussae Bt. 33, 4; F. 128, 11. with clause Hwæt wile ðæt beón weorca ðæt ús on óðerre stówe forbiét ðæt wé hit beforan mannum dón, on óðerre lǽrð (cf. hét, l. 8) ðæt wé hit beforan

sum

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
sum, indef. prn.
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Weorð forhwerfed ǽlc tó sumum dióre, 38, 1; Fox 196, 3. Hé com tó sumre stówe, Gen. 28, 11. For sumere twýrǽdnesse on cwertern ásend, Lk.

Linked entry: ÁN

mynegian

(v.)
Grammar
mynegian, myngian; p. ode ( with acc. of person and gen. of thing, or with a clause).

to bring to one's own mind ⬩ recall ⬩ to bring to another's mind ⬩ to remind ⬩ to bring a duty to the mind ⬩ to admonish ⬩ exhort ⬩ to remind of a debt ⬩ to ask for payment ⬩ to have in the mind ⬩ to purpose ⬩ intend ⬩ determine

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Th. 43, arg. to bring to another's mind, to remind Drihten ús ðonne myngaþ ðæs Sunnandæges weorces the Lord . will remind us then of the work done on Sunday, Wulfst. 210, 9. Mec ðæra nægla fyrwet myngaþ. Elen. Kmbl. 2156; El. 1079.

nægel

(n.)
Grammar
nægel, nægl, es; m.

the nail of a finger or toe ⬩ a nail ⬩ peg ⬩ an instrument for striking the strings of a harp

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Gif nægl of honda weorðe if a nail come off a hand, Lchdm. iii. 58, 7 : ii. 80, 20. Gif þuman nægl of weorðeþ, .iii. scill. gebéte . . . Æt ðám neglum gehwylcum scilling if a thumb-nail come off (from a blow) the bót shall be iii shillings . . .

dreógan

(v.)
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God sceáwað hwæt þǽr man dreóge wordes oððe weorces, Wlfst. 278, 31. Hǽðenscipe dreóge, Ll. Th. ii. 296, 28. Wé lǽrað ꝥ preóstas on ciricþénungum ealle án dreógan ( there is to be uniformity of practice in the church services ), 254, 23.

ge-wemman

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Ðonne sió hálignes monnes lífes bið mid eorðlicum weorcum gewemmed ( polluitur ), 133, 22. to pollute, defile. the object personal Ðæt gecyndelice gewitt bið gewemmed mid ðǽm ðe hit cnyssað on unrihta wilnunga naturales sensus pulsantis concupiscentiae

ge-wyrht

(n.)
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Cwíðende cwicra gewyrhtu mourning the deeds done in the flesh Cri. 892. desert, merit Æghwæðer ánfealde gewyrht wigeð each gets just what he deserves, Cri. 1578. ꝥ be þǽra (þǽre, MS.) cennendra gewyrhtum (-fyrhtum, MS.) þæs bearnes weorbe ongyten wǽre

hǽlan

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Of weorum blóda hǽl mec, Ps. Srt. 58, 3. from destruction of the soul Hǽl ús on eorþan, wé þe synt on líchomum lifgende, and eac þá þe on helle synt biddaþ þínre onlésnesse and þínre hǽlo, Bl. H. 81, 21.

hel

(n.)
Grammar
hel, hell, helle, e; f.
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Helle, morðorhúsa mǽst, fýres fulle, Cri. 1624. used personally Hell ongeat ꝥ se Scyppend cwóm, þá heó ꝥ weorud ágeaf, Cri. 1160. Nales hel (infernus) ondetteð ðé, Ps. Srt. ii. p. 185, 23

lícettan

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Add: absolute. to dissemble, pretend, be hypocritical Swá bióð ðá ðe hira gód eówiað beforum monnum and hira yfel helað oninnan him selfum: hí lícettað, and woldon lícian for manna eágum útane búton gódum weorcum innane vitiorum mala inius contegunt,

hlóþ

(n.)
Grammar
hlóþ, e; f.

spoil, ⬩ booty ⬩ a band, ⬩ troop, ⬩ company, ⬩ gang, ⬩ crew, ⬩ body of robbers ⬩ the crime of taking part in the action of a hlóþ

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Heó ðæt weorud ágeaf hlóþe of ðam hátan hreþre she gave up that multitude, troops from her hot bosom, Exon. 24 b; Th. 71, 29; Cr. 1163: 75 b; Th. 283, 6; Jnl. 676.

scínan

(v.)
Grammar
scínan, p. scán, sceán

To shine

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Seó stów on ðære ðe ðu ðæt fægereste weorud on geóguþhádnesse gesáwe scínan and wynsumian locus iste in quo pulcherrimam hanc juventutem jocundari ac fulgere conspicis, 5, 12; S. 630, 15.

scippan

(v.)
Grammar
scippan, scieppan, sceppan; p. scóp, sceóp; pp. sceapen, scepen.

to shape ⬩ form ⬩ to create ⬩ to shape for one (dat.) as his fate (acc.) ⬩ to assign as a person's lot ⬩ to destine, adjudge a person (acc.) to anything ⬩ to give a name

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Hú him weorðe geond woruld wídsíþ sceapen, Salm. Kmbl. 744; Sal. 371. Ðǽr eów is hám sceapen, Exon. Th. 142, 25; Cri. 649. Wæs sió wróht scepen wið Hugas, Beo.

GLÆD

(adj.)
Grammar
GLÆD, adj.

shining ⬩ bright ⬩ glad ⬩ cheerful ⬩ joyous ⬩ bright ⬩ pleasant ⬩ kind ⬩ mild ⬩ courteous

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Glæd gumena weorud a joyous band of men, 32 a; Th. 101, 5; Cri. 1654. Nolde gladu ǽfre syððan ætýwan, she, joyous, would not ever afterwards appear, Cd. 72; Th. 89, 14; Gen. 1480. Iacob byþ on glædum sǽlum exultabit Jacob, Ps. Th. 52, 8.

læt

(adj.)
Grammar
læt, adj.

Late ⬩ slow ⬩ sluggish ⬩ tardy

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Ðæt hí ne beón ne wordes ne weorces, ne ealles tó hræde ne tó swíðe læte, L. I. P. 10; Th. ii. 318, 36. Nalæs late wǽron eorre æscberend tó ðam orlege, Andr. Kmbl. 92; An. 46.

ge-lýfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lýfan, -lífan, -léfan; to -lýfanne, -lýfenne ; part. -lýfende; ic -lýfe, ðú -lýfest, -lýfst, he -lýfeþ, -lýfþ, pl. -lýfaþ; p- ic, he -lýfde, ðú -lýfdest, pl. -lýfdon; impert. -lýf, pl. -lýfe, -lýfaþ; subj. pres. -lýfe, pl. -lýfon ; pp. -lýfed

To believe, confide, trust, hope ⬩ crēdĕre, confīdĕre, spērāre

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Gelýfaþ for ðám weorcum propter ŏpĕra ipso crēdĭte, Jn. Bos. 14, 11. Ne bepǽce nán man hine sylfne, swá ðæt he secge oððe gelýfe ðæt þrý Godas syndon let no man deceive himself, so as to say or believe that there are three Gods, Homl.