a-recan
to recount
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to recount Hit nis nánum men aléfed, ðæt he mǽge arecan ðæt ðæt God geworht hæfþ it is not permitted to any man, that he may recount that which God has wrought, Bt. 39, 12; Fox 232, 10
weorold-afol
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Worldly power Ǽnigne man ðe hé ( the priest ) tó bóte gebígan ne mæge oþþe ne durre for worldafole, L. Edg. C. 6; Th. ii. 246, 2. Entas and strece woruldmen ðe mihtige wurdan on woruldafelum, Wulfst. 106, 1
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ágen-lic
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Æfter ágenlic mægn secundum propriam virtutem , Mt: L. 25, 15. Ðá áganlico propria , p. 15, 5. owed, due; debitus. v. ágan, Ágenlic(e) hérnise debitam servitutem , Rtl. 106, 13
árlíce
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Heó wyllað geunnan healfes ꝥ þý árlícor on þǽre stówe beón mæge, Cht. Th. 137, 19. Ꝥ hé cume and sí micle árlícor þonne hé ǽr wæs, Shrn. 204, 9. Add
hors-wealh
A servant that attends to horses
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Cyninges horswealh se ðe him mǽge geǽrendian ðæs wergield biþ cc sciłł. L. In. 33; Th. i. 122, 12
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ge-frédan
To feel ⬩ perceive ⬩ know ⬩ be sensible of ⬩ sentīre
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To feel, perceive, know, be sensible of; sentīre Sió gefrédnes hine mæg gegrápian, and gefrédan ðæt hit líchoma biþ, ac hió ne mæg gefrédan hwæðer he biþ ðe blac ðe hwít the feeling may touch it, and feel that it is a body, but cannot feel whether it
regn
Rain
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Nǽnig dǽl regnes ne ungewidres in cuman ne mæg, Blickl. Homl. 125, 33. Hé áríman mæg rægnas scúran dropena gehwelcne, Cd. Th. 265, 22;Sat. 11. Þurh dropunge deáwes and rénes, Ps. Th. 64, 11. Líget hé tó regne wyrceþ fulgura in pluviam fecit, 134, 7.
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þencan
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Hwilc eówer mæg þencende ( cogitans ) ætéce tó his lengo áne elne?, Mt. R. 6, 27. 1. Add Ne mæg þín ríce leng stondan, búton þú heora forwyrde þe geornor þence. Bl. H. 175, 15. <b>V b.
un-weorþscipe
dishonour ⬩ disgrace ⬩ indignation
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dishonour, disgrace Hweþer ðú nú mæge ongitan hú micelne unweorþscipe se anwald brengþ ðam unmedeman? videsne quantum malis dedecus adjiciant dignitates?
ofer-hygdig
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Gif hé wel áginnan wile ne mæig hé sleac beón ne tó oferhýdig, Angl. ix. 259, 21. Hé hæfde ǽnne swíþe oferhigdigne cniht, þám hé sylf mihte uneáðe gewyldan superbum valde puerum habuit, cui vix poterat vel ipse dominari, Gr. D. 36, 5. Add
wundrian
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Sé þe ongyteð his drohtað, ne scyle hé wundrian his mægn qui conversational ejus agnoverit, virtutem non debeat mirari, 187, 9. Add
a-stælan
To charge ⬩ impute
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.: To charge,impute Ꝥ mé nǽfre deófol on ástǽlan ne mæge ꝥ ic buton andetnesse beó mínra synna that the devil may never be able to lay to my charge that I am without confession of my sins, Ll. Th. ii. 264, 15
nihtes
At night ⬩ night
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At night, night Ne mæg ic búton mynstre nihtes wunian I cannot stop out of the monastery at night, Homl. Th. ii. 182, 34. Ðá gestód hé æt ánum éhþyrle óþ forþ nihtes ( far on into the night ), 184, 27.
blæst
A burning, blaze, flame ⬩ ardor, flamma
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[blæse I. a blaze, flame] A burning, blaze, flame; ardor, flamma Ne mæg ðǽr, rén ne snáw, ne fýres blæst, wihte gewyrdan there rain nor snow, nor flame of fire can aught injure, Exon. 56 a; Th. 198, 25; Ph. 15: Andr. Kmbl. 1674; An. 839.
ge-fylgan
To follow ⬩ attend upon ⬩ reach by following
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To follow, attend upon, reach by following Ðæt him gefylgan ne mæg drýmendra gedryht so that the flock of rejoicing ones cannot follow him, Exon. 60 b; Th. 222, 12; Ph. 347. Gif gé ðisum leáse leng gefylgaþ if ye pursue this falsehood longer, Elen.
geornian
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to desire, ask for Gedó ꝥ gé georniað þára þinga þe gé mé rihtlic begytan mæg . . . Gif ic eów ealla eówra þinga geunne on þá geráde þe gé mé míne georniað ( exoptetis ), Ll. Th. i. 196, 29-32.
ge-twǽfan
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Add: to prevent a person (acc.) from action (gen) God eáðe mæg þone dolsceaðan dǽda getwǽfan, 8. 479. Nó þǽr wǽgflotan wind síðes getwǽfde, 1908. to deprive a person (acc.) of something (gen.)
hæfen
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Se bróðor þe mid swǽrra gylta hæfene bið gedered frater qui gravioris culpe noxa teneatur, 49, 13. concrete, what is possessed Sé ðe eallunge ðá eorðlican gestreón forlǽtan ne mæg . . . fremige hé hafenleásum mid his hæfene, Hml. Th. ii. 400, 2.
hláf-gang
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Ben. 59, 13-18. of the Eucharistic bread Hwilcan geþance mæg ǽnig man geþencan on his móde ꝥ hé tó sácerdan heáfod áhylde, and heora mæssan on circan gestande, and æt hláfgange (when he goes to receive the consecrated bread) heora hand cysse. Ll.
or-gete
To be perceived, manifest
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Ic eów secgan mæg sóþ orgete, 1702 ; An. 853. Ðú meaht geseón orgete on mínre sídan swátge wunde, Exon. Th. 89, 17 ; Cri. 1458