módigian
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Hí áflígdon ðá hǽðenan þe módeg-odon ongeán God (cf. they pursued after the proud men, and the work prospered in their hand, Mace. 2, 47), 242. God gewræc his forsewennysse on ðám ænglum þe unrǽdlíce módegodon, 13, 183.
a-settan
to set ⬩ put ⬩ place ⬩ appoint ⬩ lay ⬩ set up ⬩ erect ⬩ build ⬩ to set or take ⬩ to plant ⬩ ponere ⬩ statuere ⬩ constituere ⬩ instituere ⬩ collocare ⬩ deponere ⬩ desumere ⬩ plantare ⬩ to make a journey ⬩ iter facere
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to set, put, place, appoint, lay, set up, erect, build, to set or take, to plant; ponere, statuere, constituere, instituere, collocare, deponere, desumere, plantare He asette his swíðran hand under Abrahames þeóh posuit manum sub femora Abraham, Gen.
un-meahtig
not mighty ⬩ weak ⬩ impotent ⬩ of little power or means ⬩ impossible
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Ys Drihtnes hand unmihtig ( invalida )? Num. 11, 23. Gif ic beó bescoren, ðonne beó ic unmihtig ( recedet a me fortitudo mea et deficiam ), Jud. 16, 17, 19. Mannes fultum is unmihtig and ídel vana salus hominis, Ælfc. T. Grn. 11, 41.
wyrcan
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L. 43, 2. to work, produce an effect, have influence Hond sceal heófod in wyrcan the head must work upon (or influence) the hand, Gn. Ex. 68. v. brycg-, samod-wyrcende
full-gearwian
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D. 126, 2. to equip fully Án scegð is eall gearo bútan þám hánon, hé hine wolde fulgearwian his hláforde tó gerisnum, Cht. Crw. 23, 9.
hebban
to lift ⬩ to lift ⬩ to raise ⬩ lift ⬩ make a sound ⬩ to exalt ⬩ elevate ⬩ to extol ⬩ exalt ⬩ to set up ⬩ institute ⬩ to raise ⬩ bring up ⬩ to direct ⬩ bear ⬩ To rise ⬩ mount
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Sceal gár wesan monig . . . hæfen on handa, B. 3023. Hafen, 1290.
be-fón
to seize ⬩ catch ⬩ take, ⬩ to seize ⬩ take forcible possession of ⬩ to seize a criminal ⬩ lost property ⬩ to catch ⬩ get to see a person ⬩ to get ⬩ attain to ⬩ to surround ⬩ encompass ⬩ to enclose, ⬩ to serve as a covering for ⬩ contain ⬩ to put into a covering ⬩ to encircle, ⬩ to lie round ⬩ to place round ⬩ to include ⬩ contain ⬩ comprise ⬩ to surround with words ⬩ furnish with a commentary ⬩ to have to do with an object ⬩ to engage in an occupation ⬩ get involved in an action
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Ǽr hé hæbbe godcunde bóte underfangen and wið ðá mǽgðe on bóte befangen (set his hand to the work of making bót to the kin). Ll. Th. i. 248, 25
on-fón
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Heó onféng þám hálgum gerýnum Crístes líchaman and blódes mid ábrǽdedum handum, Hml. S. 23 b, 700.
niman
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Gr. 152, 23. without the idea of force or art. with a material object, to take into one's hand or hold, with the instrumentality of the hand or hands explicitly or implicitly indicated Nédro hió niomas, Mk. L. R. 16, 18. In hondum niomað ðec, Lk.
HÚSEL
The HOUSEL ⬩ the Eucharist
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Understand that the Lord daily blesses, by the priest's hands, bread and wine so that they become his spiritual body and blood, L. Ælfc. C. 36; Th. ii. 360, 15-24. Ðæm folce húsl syllan Eucharistiam populo dare, Bd. 2, 5; S. 507,13.
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teóðung-land
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As may be seen from another charter, the land at Liddiard was in the hands of the bishop of Winchester, v. 144; and several names besides will be found common to the two charters.
beard
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Lǽdes mannes tácen is þæt þú þé mid ealre hande be þínum cynne nime, swilce þú þé be bearde niman wille, Tech. ii. 129, 17. Wé lǽrað ꝥ ǽnig gehádod man . . . his beard ǽnige hwíle ne hæbbe, Ll. Th. ii. 254, 13.
loppe
A flea ⬩ a spider ⬩ a silk-worm
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Icel. lyppa wool drawn into a long hank before being spun? In Ps. Lamb. 38, 12 sicut araneam is glossed 'swá swá ǽtterloppan'; if this is not a mistake for 'áttercoppan,' by which the word is rendered in Ps.
á-lǽtan
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Hé þá handa álýse oþþe hig álǽte, Ll. Th. i. 404, 10. of abandonment Wið ðan ðe se cing ðá on*-*spǽce áléte provided the ting would abandon the charge, Cht.
bísgu
occupation ⬩ trouble
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Hý swá hwilce bysiga, swá hý on handa hæfdan, unfulworhte lǽtað ex occtipatis manibus quod agebant relinquentes, 20, 2. trouble Eác ðǽm óþrum bisgum and geswencnissum cwom micel deór, Nar. 15, 10.
earming
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Ðá áwrát se earming mid his ágenra hande swá swá se deófol him gedihte þone pistol, Hml. S. 3, 382. with idea of contempt, a poor thing Gé sind earmingas gewordene, gé ðe wǽron mǽre and strange, Hml.
hnígan
To bend, ⬩ bow down, ⬩ incline, ⬩ descend, ⬩ decline, ⬩ sink
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Hnág ic ðám secgum tó handa I bowed down within the reach of the men, Rood Kmbl. 118; Kr. 59.
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holh
A hollow, ⬩ cavity, ⬩ hole
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ðæt sceolde beón on ðæm weobude uppan ... wel hit wæs gecueden ðæt ðæt holh sceolde beón on ðæm weobude ánre elne brád and ánre elne long quod est altaris fossa, nisi bonorum patientia quæ, dum mentem ad adversa toleranda humiliat, quasi more foveæ hanc
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FÁCEN
Deceit, fraud, guile, treachery, malice, wickedness, evil, crime ⬩ dŏlus, fraus, nēquĭtia, mălĭtia, inīquĭtas, prævārĭcātio
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He ládige ða hand mid ðe man týhþ ðæt he ðæt fácen mid worhte let him clear the hand therewith with which he is charged to have wrought the fraud, L. Ath. i. 14; Th. i. 206, 24. Fácen ne dó ðú ne fraudem fēcĕris, Mk. Bos. 10, 19.