hentan
to seize ⬩ take ⬩ to arrest ⬩ to capture ⬩ strike ⬩ to try to get
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And he fel dun in dedes bond, Gen. and Ex. 2715.] with prep, hentan æfter to try to get Nime hé leáfe ꝥ hé móte hentan æfter his ágenan (licentiam accipiat ut suum audeat perquirere, Lat. vers.), Ll. Th. i. 386, 17
stǽlan
To impute a crime to ⬩ a person ⬩ to charge ⬩ declare something against a person
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Wið mé árison leáse gewitan and stǽldon on mé ðæt ic náwþer ne nyste ne ne worhte exurgentes testes iniqui quae ignorabam interrogabant me, Ps. Th. 34, 12.
land
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Hé him brád syleð lond tó leáne, Vy. 76. (2 a) an estate in land :-- On Dyddanhamme synd .xxx. hída . . .
ÁR
honour ⬩ glory ⬩ rank ⬩ dignity ⬩ magnificence ⬩ respect ⬩ reverence ⬩ honor ⬩ dignitas ⬩ gloria ⬩ magnificentia ⬩ honestas ⬩ reverentia ⬩ kindness ⬩ favour ⬩ mercy ⬩ pity ⬩ benefit ⬩ use ⬩ help ⬩ gratia ⬩ favor ⬩ misericordia ⬩ beneficium ⬩ auxilium ⬩ property ⬩ possessions ⬩ an estate ⬩ land ⬩ ecclesiastical living ⬩ benefice ⬩ bona ⬩ possessiones ⬩ fundus ⬩ beneficium
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Leáf and gærs gróweþ eldum to áre leaves and grass grow for the benefit of men, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 199; Met. 20, 100. Ðǽr is ár gelang fira gehwylcum there is help ready to every man, Andr.
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swǽsende
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Hé þanc gesægde ðá hé gereordod wæs : 'Ðé ðissa swǽsenda Meotud leán forgilde,' Andr. Kmbl. 771; An. 386.
á-mirran
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Add:to á-myrran: to lead astray, misguide, in a physical sense Se yrðlincg ámyrð his furuh ( will not make a straight furrow ) gif hé lócað tó lange underbæc, Hml.
ge-cnáwan
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Gebyreð ꝥ man his geswinces leán gecnáwe on ðám endum ðe tó efenlǽse licgan, 440, 12. to know, be acquainted with Hié hæfdon míne ǽ, and hí mé ne gecniówon (-cnéwon, v.l.) tenentes legem nescierunt me, Past. 29, 1. to know, be conversant with a subject
hopian
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Gehiéren ðá unblíðan ðá leán ðæs gefeán ðe hié tó hopiað tristibus inferenda sunt laela, quae promittuniur Past. 187, 18. Hú sóðlic sió heánes is ðe hié tó hopiað and eác habbað quam sit vera excellentia, quam sperando tenent 299, 5.
leóht
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Hét ic .cc. mínra þegna leóhtum wǽpnum (levibus armis) hié gegyrwan, Nar. 10, 27. of a vessel or receptacle, adapted for light loads Leóht leáp imbilium, Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 27 : ii. 46, 40.
sellan
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S. 7; Th. i. 250, 14-17. to give leave, consent, forgiveness, etc. Ðyssum wordum óðer ealdormann geþafunge sealde ( tribuens assensum ), Bd. 2, 13; S. 516, 13. Hé him ne sealde leáfe. Homl. Th. ii. 380, 5.
til
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Him ðæs lean ágeaf Metend gumcystum til (liberally kind ), Cd. Th. 108, 23; Gen. 1810. good, excellent, of moral good Til biþ se ðe his treówe gehealdeþ, Exon. Th. 293, 6; Wand. 112.
þunor
thunder ⬩ tonitrus ⬩ fulmen ⬩ Jupiter ⬩ a thane of king Egbert of Kent
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Ðunres-leáh, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 342. [Þa Þunre heo ȝiuen þunres dæi (þoris dai, and MS.), Laym. 13929. ] a thane of king Egbert of Kent Ermenréd gestrýnde twégen sunu ða syððan wurðan gemartirode of Ðunore, Chr. 640; Erl. 26, 4.
fisc-noþ
fishing ⬩ a fishing-ground ⬩ a catch
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Wearp þá út his net, and þǽr wearð oninnan án ormǽte leax, Hml. S. 31, 1273. Ne bærst heora net on ðisum fixnoðe . . .; and þes fixnoð getácnað þá hálgan gelaðunge, ꝥ is eall crísten folc . . .
hangian
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Hangode, Met. 20, 266. to have the top bending beyond the lower part, to lean over: — Ofer þǽm mere hongiað bearwas, wudu wæter oferhelmað, B. 1363. to hang on, cling to, be unwilling to abandon Hangaþ úre mód ealne weg on þǽm þe wé æfter spyriaþ, Bt
grim
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Hé habbað in gástcofan grimme geþóhtas, Leás. 13. In þám grimmestan gǽstgewinne, Gú. 561. of pain, disease, painful or destructive conditions Þonne biþ grimm winter, Archiv cxx. 297, 61. Hell, grim græfhús, Sat. 708.
be-reáfian
alone
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pú þá treówa heora leáfa bereá-fast, Bt. 4 ; F. 8, 6. Se móna þá sunnan heore leóhtes bereáfaþ, F. 8, 1. Háma bereáfod, Chr. 975 ; P. 120, 24: 1065; P. 195, 6: Cri. 558 : El. 910. inst. (dat.) Scæb ꝥ heáfod feaxe bereáfað, Lch. i. 322, 18.
sparian
to spare ⬩ to show mercy to ⬩ to refrain from injuring or destroying ⬩ to spare ⬩ preserve ⬩ not to use ⬩ to leave alone ⬩ abstain from ⬩ parcere, fovere ⬩ to spare
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Spær esne ðínum parce servo tuo, Rtl. 168, 19: 39, 38. to spare, preserve, not to use, to leave alone, abstain from Hé sparode ðæt góde wín óð his ágenum tócyme, Homl. Th. ii. 70, 10. Féðe ne sparode eorl, Cd. Th. 153, 6; Gen. 2534.
dón
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Seó leáse wyrd ne mæg þám men dón fultum, Bt. 20; F. 70, 22. Doonde laturi (praesidium ), Wrt.
sprǽc
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Add Spǽce (printed swæce) heów leáse false fashions of speech; insanias falsas Ps. Rdr. 39, 5. Gemetigian ge his spréce ge his swígan, Prov. K. 2. Add Þá wæs seó tunge álýsed tó sprǽce, Gr. D. 184, 10.
ge-wita
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H. 177, 14. one that attests Ne beó gé nǽfre on nánre leásre gewitnysse, for þon se leása gewita ne bið hé nǽfre ungewítnod, Ll. Th. ii. 422, 38. Leáse gewitan stǽldon on mé, Ps. Th. 34, 12.