findan
to come across ⬩ to obtain ⬩ find ⬩ to meet with ⬩ experience ⬩ be exposed to ⬩ find difficulty ⬩ procure ⬩ to visit ⬩ learn ⬩ arrange ⬩ settle ⬩ to determine ⬩ to supply ⬩ provide ⬩ furnish
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Eágan míne georne sceáwedun, hwǽr ic treówe funde, Ps. Th. 100, 6. Wígan ǽghwilcne þe hé on þám fyrste findan mihte, Exod. 189: Sal. 8. Hordweard sóhte æfter grunde, wolde guman findan, B. 2294.
þanne
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Hwæt mǽnde hé elles, búton ðæt wé gefyllon ðæs þearfan wambe? Þonne ( if we do fill, etc., then ) ne hingreþ ús nǽfre, 39, 30. ' Hwæt déstú gif ic tó mergen middeges gebíde?' Hé cwæð: 'Sylf ic swelte þonne,' Homl.
duguþ
multitude, troops, army, people, men, attendants, the nobles, nobility, the heavenly host ⬩ cōpiæ, exercĭtus, pŏpŭlus, hŏmĭnes, comĭtātus, prŏcĕres, mīlĭtia cœlestis ⬩ majesty, glory, magnificence, power, virtue, excellence, ornament ⬩ majestas, magnificentia, potentia, virtus, dĕcus ⬩ advantage, gain, good, happiness, prosperity, riches, blessings, salvation ⬩ commŏdum, lucrum, bŏnum, prospĕrĭtas, divĭtiæ, ŏpes, sălus ⬩ benefit, gift ⬩ benefĭcium, mūnus, dōnum ⬩ that which is seemly, suitable, seemliness ⬩ dĕcōrum
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Be ðám hringum mon mihte witan hwæt Romána duguþe gefeallen wæs by the rings one might know how many of the nobility of the Romans had fallen, Ors. 4, 9; Bos. 91, 11: 3, 11; Bos. 74, 30: 1, 12; Bos. 35, 43.
singan
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Cwæþ hé : 'Hwæt sceal ic singan ?' Cwæþ hé : 'Sing mé frumsceaft,' Bd. 4, 24 ; S. 597, 16
ge-openian
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Wé willað nú mid scortre trahtnunge þás rǽdinge oferyrnan and geopenian, gif heó hwæt dígles on hyre hæbbende sý, Hml. Th. i. 388, 30: Angl. viii. 335, 35.
ge-endian
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L. 5, 36. to accomplish, perform, effect a purpose Gemyne þú hwæt þú ámeldodest, hwæt ðú geændadest, Lch. iii. 34, 7. Hé geendode þæt hé gebeótod hæfde ... eall hé ꝥ gefylde, Bl. H. 83, 25. Derneleger geendade adulterium committit, Mk. L. 10, 11.
middan-geard
the middle dwelling ⬩ the earth ⬩ world ⬩ the world and they that dwell therein ⬩ mankind
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Swá hwǽr swá ðys godspel byþ gebodud on eallum myddangearde ( in toto mundo ), Mt. Kmbl. A. 26, 13. Geond ealne middangeard, Blickl. Homl. 69, 19. Ðá ic wíde gefrægn weorc gebannan manigre mǽgþe geond ðisne middangeard, Beo.
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ge-seón
To see ⬩ videre, conspicere
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Ic mæg geseón hwǽr he sylf siteþ I can see where he himself sits, Cd. 32; Th. 41, 34; Gen. 666
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ceaster
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Hwǽr cýpst þú fixas þíne? On ceastre ( civilate ), Coll. M. 23, 23. In Antiochia þǽre ceastre (Antiochia ceastre, v. l. ), Chr. 35; P. 6, 16. Of Caldéa ceastre, Gen. 2200. In þǽre ceastre Commedia, Jul. 21.
tácn
A token, sign ⬩ a sign, significant form ⬩ an ensign ⬩ a token, a credential ⬩ a sign, monument ⬩ a sign of the Zodiac ⬩ a sign, distinguishing mark (lit. or fig.) ⬩ a sign to attract attention, a signal ⬩ a sign of anything future, a prognostic ⬩ a sign, an action that conveys a meaning ⬩ a sign, indication, mark which shews condition or state ⬩ </b> as a medical term, a symptom ⬩ a sign, symbol, emblem ⬩ a sign which shews the truth or reality of anything, proof, demonstration, evidence ⬩ a supernatural sign, miracle, prodigy ⬩ a signal event, remarkable circumstance
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Gif sié ða ceácan áswollen and sió þrotu and ðú ða tácn geseó, 46, 22. a sign, symbol, emblem Hwæt wille wé cweþan be ðam andweardan welan, ðe oft cymþ tó ðǽm gódum, hwæt hé elles sié bútan tácn ðæs tóweardan welan, Bt. 39, 11; Fox 230, 12.
ge-weorþan
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H. 9, 20. with prep, to be done about (be) Hwæt gewyrð be ús? quid erit nobis?, Hml. A. 15, 41.
weorþ
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Ðæt wyrð ðe hé mid ðam hwǽte genam hé ágeaf ágeán tó ðare ceastre bóte. Th. Ap. 10, 1-9. Fæder gesealde bearn wið weorðe (wurðe, v. l. ), Wulfst. 161, 7.
ge-secgan
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Hwæðer ðé nú sí genóh sweotole geséd be þám wísdóme, Solil. H. 66, 2
DREÓGAN
to do, work, perform, to pass life, to fight ⬩ ăgĕre, făcĕre, perfĭcĕre, patrāre, vitam ăgĕre, militāre ⬩ DREE, endure ⬩ ferre, pati, sustinēre, tolerāre ⬩ to enjoy ⬩ frui ⬩ To be employed, be busy ⬩ ăgĕre, negōtiōsum esse
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Hwæt dreógest ðú what doest thou? Exon. 69 a; Th. 257, 14; Jul. 247. Þeódnes willan dreógeþ he does the will of the Lord, Exon. 38 a; Th. 125, 20; Gú. 357.
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hýnþ
Humiliation ⬩ abasement ⬩ disgrace ⬩ contempt ⬩ injury ⬩ harm ⬩ loss
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Sorh is mé tó secganne hwæt mé Grendel hafaþ hýnþo gefremed a grief it is to me to say what harm Grendel hath done me, Beo. Th. 954; B. 475: 1190; B. 593. Undóm déman earmum tó hýnþe to judge unjust judgment to the injury of the poor, L. I.
un-nyt
Useless ⬩ vain ⬩ idle ⬩ unprofitable
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Ðonne ðæt mód bið on monig tódǽled, hit bið on ánes hwæm ðý unnyttre ... Oft ðonne mon forlét ða fæstrǽdnesse ... hine spænð his mód tó swíðe monegum unnyttum weorce ... Hé swíður his mód gebint tó ðǽm unnyttan (-nyttran, Hatt.
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wanung
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Hwæt getácnaþ ðæs fyl*-*menes ofcyrf on ðam gesceape búton gálnysse wanunge ? Homl. Th. i. 94, 33. a weakening, an impairing, hurt, injury, v. wanian, I. Wonung detrimentum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 106, 29.
werian
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Hwæt sindon gé searohæbbendra byrnum werede, Beo. Th. 481; B. 238: 5052; B. 2529. Hí lifgaþ á leóhte werede, Exon. Th. 237, 26; Ph. 596. to wear a garment, wear or bear a weapon, etc.
weorold-mann
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Drihten ðá befrán : ' Hwæt secge gé ðæt ic sý ? swylce hé swá cwǽde : " Nú woruldmenn ðus dwollíce mé oncnáwaþ, gé ðe godas sind, hú oncnáwe gé mé, "' Homl. Th. i. 366, 5-14.