be-cuman
to come ⬩ get, ⬩ to come to power ⬩ get into trouble ⬩ to come to ⬩ by ⬩ to cometo a person ⬩ to befall ⬩ to become ⬩ behove
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Gif him ǽnig hearm of þám drence becymð, Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 32, 38. Se grama þe ofer mannum becymð, Hml. Th. ii. 538, 28: Wlfst. 201, 6. Him siþþan becom on micel hungor . . . him becom on þæt Deniscæ gewin, Ors. 6, 13; S. 268, 8-10.
Beó-wulf
BEOWULF
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Brægd ðá beadwe heard, Then the fierce warrior dragged feorhgeníðlan, the mortal foe, ðæt heó on flet gebeáh : so that she bowed on the place : Beo. Th. 3078-3085; B. 1537-1540.
Linked entry: Beado-wulf
FÁCEN
Deceit, fraud, guile, treachery, malice, wickedness, evil, crime ⬩ dŏlus, fraus, nēquĭtia, mălĭtia, inīquĭtas, prævārĭcātio
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Eorl óðerne spreceþ fægere befóran, and ðæt fácen swá ðeáh hafaþ in his heortan one man speaks another fair before his face, and nevertheless hath evil in his heart, Frag. Kmbl. 9; Leás. 5: Menol. Fox 574; Gn. C. 56.
DUGAN
To avail, to be of use, able, fit, strong, vigorous, good, virtuous, honest, bountiful, kind, liberal ⬩ valēre, prōdesse, frūgi ease, bŏnum esse, munĭfĭcum, vel libĕrālem se præbēre
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Se ðe his heorte deah he whose heart is good, Cd. 219; Th, 282, 8; Sat. 283. Húru se aldor deah [Th. þeáh, Beo. 744], se ðǽm heaðorincum hider wísade the chief is able indeed, who has led the warriors hither, B. 369.
Linked entry: dugunde
wirnan
to refuse ⬩ refrain from granting ⬩ to prevent ⬩ prohibit ⬩ keep from
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Ne beó ðú swá heard*-*heort, ðæt ðú him ðínes gódes wyrne non obdurabis cor tuum, nec contrahes manum, Deut. 15, 7. Sele him scearpne wyrtdrenc, wyrne him metes, Lchdm. ii. 46, 25. For hwan ðú woldest ðínre gesihðe mé wyrnan? Ps.
on-findan
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Hé onfunde Godes ierre on ðám hearme ðe his bearne becóm, Past. 39, 4. to detect a person in wrongdoing Anfunden deprehensus (of a thief), Kent.
tilung
striving, ⬩ endeavour, ⬩ effort, ⬩ labour ⬩ a pursuit ⬩ occupation ⬩ employment ⬩ business ⬩ care ⬩ attention ⬩ treatment ⬩ cure ⬩ gain that comes from labour ⬩ acquisition ⬩ fruit got by tilling the earth
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Æfter níðum teolunge heara secundum nequitias studiorum ipsorum, Ps. Surt. 27, 4. a pursuit, occupation, employment, business Gestreón of ðære teolunge ðe hé him befæste gain from the occupation he committed to them, Homl. Th. ii. 552, 1.
hleóþor
a sound ⬩ noise ⬩ voice
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Ðeáh ðe . . . ánra gehwylc . . . hæbbe gyldene býman on múðe, and ealra býmena gehwylc hæbbe .xii. hleóðor, and hleóðra gehwylc sý heofone heárre and helle deópre, ðonne géna ðæs hálgan cantices se gyldena organ hé hý ealle ofer-hleóðeð, Sal.
tredan
to tread ⬩ tread down ⬩ trample upon ⬩ to tread upon ⬩ step upon ⬩ walk upon
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Gewát him se hearda sǽwong tredan, Beo. Th. 3933; B. 1964. Tredan elþeódigra foldan, Exon. Th. 329, 4; Vy. 29. Ic seah turf tredan .vi. gebróðor, 394, 10; Ra. 14, 1.
HRING
A RING ⬩ circle ⬩ circuit ⬩ cycle ⬩ orb ⬩ globe ⬩ festoon
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Heortan unhneáweste hringa gedáles the heart least niggardly in the giving of rings, Exon. 85 b; Th. 323, 4; Víd. 73. Hæft mid hringa gesponne bound with the linked chain, Cd. 35; Th. 47, 17; Gen. 762: 19; Th. 24, 14; Gen. 377.
þearle
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convey such an idea, it becomes equivalent to very, very much, exceedingly, and the like. where there is the idea of pain, trouble, etc. where the idea of manner is more prominent Þearle ys mé nú ðá, heorte ys onhǽted matters go hardly with me now, my heart
hwíl
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His ríce hé heard-líce werode þá hwíle (hwíla, v. l. ) þe his tíma wæs, Chr. 1016 ; P. 149, 2. Sume hwíle paulisper An. Ox. 4740. Næs ic nǽefre gít náne hwíle swá emnes módes, Bt. 26, I; F. go, 25. Monige hwíle bið þám men full wá, Gen. 634.
ge-hínan
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Gehéned exac-toratus 70, 9. to oppress, afflict, reduce to misery Þæt gehýreð God, and hí gehýneð eác God shall hear, and afflict them (A. V. ), Ps. Th. 54, 19. Ne gehéne (gehýn, v. l.) þú hine mid þý eácan non eum usuris opprimes Ll.
herian
To praise
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Mín hearpe herige Drihten let my harp praise the Lord, 56, 10. Herge, Beo. Th. 6333; B. 3177. Ðeáh hira hiéremenn hie mid ryhte heregen though their subjects with justice praise them, Past. 19; Swt. 145, 22. Herian, Ps. Th. 65, 1.
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nægel
the nail of a finger or toe ⬩ a nail ⬩ peg ⬩ an instrument for striking the strings of a harp
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Nægelas geseón anxsumnysse getácnaþ, Lchdm. iii. 212, 24. an instrument for striking the strings of a harp, Similar entries v. hearpe-nægel, Exon. Th. 332, 12; Vy. 84
ge-teón
to draw ⬩ lead ⬩ incite ⬩ excite ⬩ constrain ⬩ restrain ⬩ bring up ⬩ instruct ⬩ bring to an end ⬩ complete ⬩ draw or bind together ⬩ string a musical instrument ⬩ trahere ⬩ ducere ⬩ perducere ⬩ stringere ⬩ evaginare ⬩ excitare ⬩ constringere ⬩ educare ⬩ instituere ⬩ ad finem perducere ⬩ complere ⬩ nervis aptare vel instruere ⬩ to bring as an offering or gift ⬩ contribute ⬩ bestow ⬩ give ⬩ conferre
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Mid tyn strengum getogen hearpe a harp strung with ten strings, Ps. Th. 143, 10. Ða organa wǽron getogene the organs were played, Th.
scrift
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</b> as an ecclesiastical term, one who hears confession ond imposes penance, a confessor :-- Ða bóte áberan ðe his scrift (confessarius ) him tǽcþ, L. Ecg. P. i. 4; Th. ii. 174, 24.
weall
a wall that is made, ⬩ wall of a building, of a town, ⬩ side of a cave ⬩ a natural wall ⬩ a steep hill ⬩ a cliff.
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Norð-Denum stód egesa, ánra gehwylcum ðara ðe of wealle wóp gehýrdon ( to each that heard the cry coming from the hill on which the hall stood(?)) 1574; B. 785.
Linked entries: æt-foran-weall wala weal weall-clif weall-steáp
ge-þyncþ
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Swá man bið mihtigra for worulde, oþþon þurh geþingða heárra on háde, 328, 14.
EÁC
EKE, also, likewise, moreover, and ⬩ etiam, quoque, et ⬩ Nevertheless, however ⬩ nihilōmĭnus ⬩ So also, also, moreover, very like, even so, as if ⬩ parimŏdo, tamquam ⬩ Quin et ⬩ So also, even so, likewise
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Eác we ðæt gefrugnon we also have heard that, Exon. 12 a; Th. 19, 15; Cri. 301: Cd. 174; Th. 220, 8; Dan. 68: Beo. Th. 195; B. 97.