ge-metgian
To measure, moderate, temper, regulate, order, govern, restrain ⬩ mensurare, temperare, moderare, regere ⬩ to measure in the mind, to deliberate, meditate on ⬩ deliberare, meditari ⬩ To become moderate, to moderate one's self ⬩ moderari, temperari
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To become moderate, to moderate one's self; moderari, temperari Him gemetgaþ eall éðles leóma to them shall all the bright fire of their home moderate itself, Elen. Kmbl. 2584; El. 1293
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un-willa
What displeases ⬩ displeasure ⬩ what is not desired ⬩ against one's will ⬩ unwillingly ⬩ not voluntarily ⬩ without one's consent ⬩ in despite of one
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What displeases, displeasure, what is not desired Nafa ðú tó yfel ellen, ðeáh ðé sum unwilla on becume; oft brincð se woruld ðone willan ðe bið eft, Prov. Kmbl. 40.
eáre
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Eóro, Lk. p. 8, 15. as channel of information, as in to come to the ears of a person Þá becóm ꝥ tó eáran þæs ealdormannes peruenit ad aures principis, Bd. 1, 7; Sch. 20, 16. Þá cóm him tó eáran be Agathes drohtnunge, Hml. S. 8, 7.
folgoþ
service ⬩ office ⬩ authority
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Hú hé on ðone folgoð becume ad culmen regiminis qualiter venial, Past. 23, 20. Ðá ðe . . . him mon swelcne folgað beódeð and hié him wiðsacað qui culmen regiminum si vocati suscipere renuunt, 41, 20.
for-weorþan
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Add: to become ill Philippus forwearð on móde, Hml. S. 2, 104. (1 a) of food, to go bad :-- Gif salt forworðes si sal evanuerit, Mt. L. 5, 13. (1 b) to come to a bad end :-- His geféran ealle forwurdon tó deáðe, Ap.
gódian
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To be or to become good, be prosperous. Cf. gód; <b>III. 1.</b> with a noun as subject Eówer kynedóm gódað þurh heora gódan geearnunga. Hml. S. 5, 444.
tó-cyme
A coming to a place, ⬩ coming, ⬩ approach, ⬩ arrival, ⬩ advent ⬩ the coming of Christ to the world, ⬩ the first or second Advent ⬩ the anniversary of Christ's coming, ⬩ Advent
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Hú hwósta missenlíce on mon becume . . . Se hwósta hæfþ manigfealdne tócyme, Lchdm. ii. 56, 15. the coming of Christ to the world, the first or second Advent Drihtnes tócyme is his menniscnys.
gaderian
to join, unite ⬩ to bring together ⬩ to bring together ⬩ collect ⬩ accumulate, amass ⬩ to bring ⬩ garner ⬩ to gather ⬩ to gather ⬩ compile
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., congreganti), Mt. 13, 47. to gather literary material, compile Of ðǽre béc þe Béda gesette and gaderode of manegra wísra láreówa bócum, Lch. iii. 232, 4
EORL
an earl ⬩ cŏmes, sătelles princĭpis
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Its more general use among us dates from the later Scandinavian invasions, and though originally only a title of honour, it became in later times one of office, nearly supplanting the older and more Saxon one of 'ealdorman:' — Swá we eác settaþ be eallum
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EORÞE
EARTH in opposition to the sea, the ground, soil ⬩ terra, hŭmus, sŏlum
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Ic ðec ofer eorþan geworhte, on ðære ðú scealt yrmþum lifgan and to ðære ilcan scealt eft geweorþan I made thee on earth, on which thou shalt live in misery and shalt become the same again, Exon. 16 b; Th. 39, 12-19; Cri. 621-624: 38 a; Th. 125, 10; Gú
líc-hama
The body ⬩ the corporeal
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Hé wearþ ðá mann gesceapen on sáwle and on líchaman he became then man formed of soul and body, Homl. Th. i. 12, 30.
scip-here
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On ðæs sǽs waroþe tó súþdǽle ðanon ðe hí sciphere on becom in litore oceani ad meridiem quo naves eorum habebantur, Bd. 1, 12; S. 481, 11. Ðý ilcan geáre gegadrode micel sciphere on Ald-Seaxum, and ðǽr wearð micel gefeoht, Chr. 885; Erl. 84, 6.
ge-býrian
To happen ⬩ to fall out ⬩ to pertain to ⬩ belong to ⬩ evenire ⬩ accidere ⬩ contingere ⬩ pertinere ad ⬩ It pertains to ⬩ it is fitting or suitable ⬩ it becomes ⬩ it behoves ⬩ pertinet ad ⬩ convenit ⬩ oportet ⬩ decet
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Hine man byrigde swá him wel gebýrede they buried him as well became him, Chr. 1036; Th. 294, 22, On ealle þeóda gebýraþ beón ðæt gódspel gebodod in omnes gentes oportet prædicari evangelium, Mk. Bos. 13, 10
wól
Pest ⬩ pestilence ⬩ plague ⬩ murrain
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For ðæm wóle (pestis) ðe on ðæt lond becom, Ors. 1, 5; Swt. 34, 15. Grammar wól, figurative Hwelc is wyrsa wól oððe ǽngum men máre daru ðonne hé hæbbe on his geférrǽdenne feónd on freóndes anlícnesse?
reord
Speech, tongue, language, voice;
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Stefn in becom under hárne stán . . . hordweard oncneów mannes reorde, Beo. Th. 5103; B. 2555. Hí gehýrdon hlúde reorde, ðínes múþes ða mǽran word, Ps. Th. 137, 5. Hé reorde gesette eorþbúendum ungelíce, Cd. Th. 101, 19; Gen. 1684.
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snytro
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Hwǽr com heora snyttro what has become of their wisdom? Blickl. Homl. 99, 31. Wera snytero Cd. Th. 295, 25; Sat. 492. Se þurh snytro spéd smiðcræftega wæs 66, 14; Gen. 1084. Ic eom gewis ðínra mægena and snytro Lchdm. i. 326, 4. Snyttro Elen.
hlísa
Sound, ⬩ rumour, ⬩ report, ⬩ reputation, ⬩ renown, ⬩ fame, ⬩ glory
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Ðes hlísa wearþ cúþ ðæra leóda cynegum ðe begeondan Iordane eardiende wǽron this report became known to the kings of the nations that were dwelling beyond Jordan, Jos. 9, 1.
ǽstel
A tablet ⬩ a table for notes ⬩ a waxed tablet ⬩ indicatorium ⬩ astula ⬩ pugillaris
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Ond ic bebióde, on Godes naman, ðæt nán mon ðone Ǽstel from ðære béc ne dó, ne ða bóc from ðæm Mynstre then I [Alfred king] began to translate into English the book, which is called in Latin Pastoralis, and in English Herdsman's book, sometimes word by
BÝSEN
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Ealle béc sint fulle-ðara bísna ðara monna, ðe ǽr us wǽron [MS. wæran] all books are full of examples of the men, who were before us, Bt. 29, 1; Fox 102, 12. Onlícnesse oððe bísene a parable; similitudinem, Lk. Rush.
ge-rihtan
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Ðas béc hé sceal néde habban, gif hé wyle þám folce æfter rihte wísigan, . . . and beó hé æt þám wær ꝥ hí beón wel gerihte, Ll. Th. ii. 350, 18. to order to be given, assign Wíse worldwitan Críste and cyninge gerihtan þá bóte, Ll.