morgen-gifu
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Þá geúþe Ælféh hire hire morgengife (concessit Ælfegus illi viduæ donum dotis suæ tantum quad ei dederat Eadricus, quando eam primum accepit uxorem), Cht. E. 212, 19. (The Latin version is of much later date than the English.)
weorc
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Add Hé wæs út farende mid þám bróþrum tó þæs landes weorce, Gr. D. 165, ii. Þ hí férdan in þæt weorc Godes wordes, Bd. i. 23 ; Sch. 50, l. <b>IVa.
á-lífan
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Voc. ii. 136, 9. to permit a person (dat. ) to do something Þæt hié him ǽlce geáre gesealden swá fela talentena swá hié him þonne áliéfden that they should pay them each year as many talents as they might be pleased to fix for them to pay when the time
ge-wittig
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Th. i. 420, 2. in (one's) right mind. v. ge-wit; Þǽr beóð deófolseóce gewittige, Hml. Th. i. 564, 35. Þá wódan þǽr beóð ge*-*wittige, Hml. S. 29, 338
ge-rýnelic
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Th. ii. 168, 5. Ǽr þon þe hé þǽre gerýnelican gegaderunge menniscre gebyrde onfénge before he was formed in the secrecy of his mother's womb, Bl.
rǽdan
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Ox. 4785. ¶ where the statement is implied :-- Ðá fnædu þá untrumnyssa áflýgdon, swá swá wé rǽdað (we read the statement that the hems put sickness to flight) be sumum wífe ( in the case of a certain woman), Hml. Th. ii. 394, 1.
mid-weg
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Þá þá hé wæs on midwege cum in medium iter venisset. Gr. D. 314, 11. Ǽr þám þe hé tó midwege cóme before he had gone halfway, Hml. S.31, 946. Add
æt-standan
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Th. ii. 212, 22
and
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Him þá gyt sprecendum and þá beorht wolcn hig ofer*-*sceán, Mt. 17, 5. connecting coordinate clauses, in which the subject of the second is the object of the first, but is not expressed; and may be rendered by a relative Gemétte ic sumne man, and (
ge-samnian
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Gif hí hié gesamnian nellen, gielde sé þæs wǽpnes onláh þæs weres þriddan dǽl they may join together, if they like, to pay the 'wer'. If they do not like, let him who lent the weapon pay a third of the 'wer', Ll. Th. i. 74, 4-6
cáf-ness
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Alacrity, promptness, energy God onscunað þá sleacnysse on his ðegnum, and ðá hé lufað þe mid cáfnysse þæs écan lífes myrhðe sécað, Hml. Th. ii. 282, 4
gif
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The indicative after gif implies the certain occurrence of a circumstance, the reality of a state, &c., spoken of in the clause, admits the truth of the statement contained in the clause.
tweógan
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Add Ne scealt þú ná tweógian (tweógan, v.l.) ꝥ þes hafað þá ungeswenlican hýrsumnesse dubitare non debes hunc invisibilia obsequia habere, Gr. D. 268, 25.
á-meldian
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Scealt þú þínes unþances þone hord ámeldian, þe þú sylfwilles ǽr noldest cýðan, Hml. S. 23, 716
on-middan
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Add: ¶ where the governed noun comes between on and middan Þá wæs þǽr án mycel burh on heora wege middan, Hml. S. 25, 440. Hé wearð forbærned on þám bæþe middan, Hml. A. 60, 209
land-leód
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Þá landleóde hí hátað Parcoadras, Ors. I, i; S. 14, 9. Þá landleóde on þǽre stówe incolae Gr. D. 97, 31. Ealle þá landleóde (ealle þá þe þǽr on lande wǽron, v. l. ), 145, 7. Men þe þǽr landleóde wǽron ejusdem loci accolae 230, 8.
eáwan
To shew, manifest ⬩ ostendĕre, manifestāre
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To shew, manifest; ostendĕre, manifestāre Hi þenceaþ þreá þearle þeódum eáwan they intend to shew a severe chiding to the nations, Ps. Th. 149, 7. He eáweþ him egsan he shews them terror, Exon. 33 b; Th. 107, 11; Gú. 57: Beo. Th. 557; B. 276.
be-þencan
To consider, bear in mind, BETHINK, remember, trust, confide, entrust ⬩ considerare, recordari, in se reverti, meminisse, fidere, confidere
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Híg beþohton ðæt híg hym seofon weras gecuron they bethought that they would choose them seven men Nicod. 20; Thw. 10, 4. He beþohte swíðost to Arpelles he trusted most in Harpalus, Ors. 1, 12; Bos. 35, 34.
gild
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Ne forlǽte hé þá ǽscan . . . oþ þæt wé tó þám gilde cuman, 234, 27.
Englisc
(the) English ⬩ the English language
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Ǽfre sé þe áwent of Lédene on Englisc, ǽfre hé sceal gefadian hit swá ꝥ ꝥ Englisc hæbbe his ágene wísan, elles hit biþ swíþe gedwolsum tó rǽdenne þám þe þæs Lédenes ne can, Ælfc. Pref Thw. 4, 7—11.