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ná-wiht

Grammar
ná-wiht, <b>. I a.</b>
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Him þá geþúhte swelc þæt mǽste wæl swelc hié oft ǽr for nóht hæfdon, Ors. 4, 7 ; S. 184, 15. <b>I b.

á-bǽdan

to force, wring ⬩ to compel ⬩ to demand, require

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Hí ðæt scyp gehlæsted hæfdon mid ðám ðingum ðe swá mycles síþfætes nýd ábǽdde quae tanti itineris necessitas poscebat, 5, 9; S. 623, 18. Hí wæron gefédde mid ðæs gecyndes neádþearfnysse ábǽde (?

MÆGEN

(n.)
Grammar
MÆGEN, es; n.

MAIN ⬩ might ⬩ strength ⬩ force ⬩ power ⬩ vigour ⬩ efficacy ⬩ virtue ⬩ faculty ⬩ ability ⬩ an exercise of power ⬩ effort ⬩ a mighty work ⬩ miracle ⬩ a force ⬩ military force

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Se wæs mid his dǽdum snelra ðonne hé mæ[ge]nes hæfde he was quicker in his actions than in proportion to the force he had; celeritate magis quam virtute fretus, Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 78, 27.

Linked entry: mægn

hyht

(n.)
Grammar
hyht, es; m. [f. Ps. Th. 77, 53.]

Hope ⬩ joyous expectation ⬩ joy

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Hæfdon hym tó hyhte helle flóras beornende bealo they had the bottom of hell and burning torments to look forward to, Cd. 214; Th. 269, 8; Sat. 70.

Linked entry: hiht

sweora

(n.)
Grammar
sweora, swira, swyra, swura, an; m.

a neck ⬩ of land, a hause ⬩ a col ⬩ the neck, the declination of a mountain near the summit; the most level spot between two hills, ⬩ the local name of a neck-shaped ridge in western Iceland. ⬩ of water, the part where the distance between opposite shores is least

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Hé wýscte ðæt ealle Rómáne hæfden ǽnne sweoran ( unam cervicem ), Ors. 6, 3; Swt. 256, 27: Judth. Thw. 23, 5; Jud. 106. Hié sendon ráp on his sweoran (swyran, 20), Blickl. Homl. 241, 24.

Linked entries: swira swyra

wýscan

(v.)
Grammar
wýscan, p. te

To wish ⬩ to wish for, desire ⬩ to wish something to or for a person

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Hé oft wýscte ðæt ealle Rómáne hæfden ǽnne sweoran exclamasse fertur: 'Utinam populus Romanus unam cervicem haberet,' Ors. 6, 3; Swt. 256, 26: Exon. Th. 378, 33; Deór. 25. Wíscte, Ps. Th. 14, arg. Hí wíscton ðæt hí móston swá wunian óð ende, Homl.

Linked entry: wíscan

níwe

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Ꝥ geár hæfð twelf níwe monan, 248, 25. other than the former or old, different from that previously existing, known, or used Bið ús geset níwe nama; swá swá se wítega cwæð, 'God gecígð his ðeówan óðrum naman.'

FǼMNE

(n.)
Grammar
FǼMNE, fémne, an; f. [fēmĭna a woman]

A virgin, damsel, maid, woman ⬩ virgo, puella, fēmĭna

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Hæfde Nérgend fægere fóstorleán fǽmnan forgolden, éce to ealdre the Saviour had repaid the fair reward of fostering to the virgin, in eternal life, Menol. Fox 302; Men. 152.

Linked entry: fémne

HRÓF

(n.)
Grammar
HRÓF, es; m.

A ROOF ⬩ the top ⬩ summit

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Se hróf hæfde mislíce heáhnysse the roof was not all of one height, Homl. Th. i. 508, 18. Ðæt héhste gód is hróf eallra óðra góda the chief good is the roof and crown of all other goods, Bt. 34, 7; Fox 142, 35.

wræc

(n.)
Grammar
wræc, es; n.

wrack ⬩ misery ⬩ suffering ⬩ suffering that comes as punishment, ⬩ retributive punishment ⬩ vengeance ⬩ where the punishment or misery is exile or banishment

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Hé wæs ðǽr iii. gear on wrece (wræce, wreccesíð, v. ll. ) ; hæfde hine Penda ádrifenne, Chr. 658; Erl. 34, 4. Hé (Abraham) on wræce lifde he lived a wanderer, Cd. Th. 202, 5; Exod. 383.

eard

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Clement ) gehwilce eardas namcúðlíce on gemynde hæfde, and þá wanspédigan crístenan ðǽra earda ne geðafode þæt hí openre wǽdlunge underðeódde wurdon, Hml.

ge-lǽran

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Ic wénde ꝥ ic þé gió gelǽred hæfde ꝥ þú hí oncnáwan cúþest, Bt. 7, 1; F. 16, 19. Wé sceolan beón gelǽrede mid þysse bysene, Bl. H. 19, 14. with acc. of person and acc. of thing Mé þínra stíga stapas gelǽr, Ps.

help

Grammar
help, hylp (an i-stem noun? Cf. u-grade forms, hulpa, hulfa in O. L. Ger. and O.H.Ger. But cf. also hylpan = helpan):

help ⬩ assistance ⬩ succour ⬩ an aid ⬩ a thing ⬩ a place ⬩ a refuge ⬩ a cure ⬩ remedy of disease

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Ic helpe æt þé hæfde symble factus es refugium meum, 58, 17. any thing or person that affords help, a means of assistance or support, an aid. a person Þú eart ealra cyninga help, hálig lǽce, Hy. 7, 62.

Linked entry: helpe

rúm

(adj.)
Grammar
rúm, adj.

roomy, spacious, ample, extensive ⬩ roomy, open, unencumbered. ⬩ long, extended ⬩ ample, great, liberal ⬩ unrestricted, clear, free from conditions ⬩ lax ⬩ ample, far-reaching ⬩ liberal. ⬩ great, noble, august

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Kmbl, 2480; El. 1241. unrestricted, clear, free from conditions Ðæt hé hit hæbbe swá rúm tó bóclonde swá hé ǽr hæfde tó lǽnlonde, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 258,29 .

ge-dál

division, separation. ⬩ dissolution, destruction. ⬩ parting, separation of two or more objects. ⬩ a dividing of property, sharing. ⬩ a distributing, spending, giving. ⬩ a share, portion, part ⬩ difference

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And ic gean mínum þrým bróðrum tó gedále þæs landes æt Trosting-túne, búton þám ðe ic gean Ælfwolde ðæs ðe Æðelríc hæfde, Cht. Th. 597, 14-598, 4: Gen. 1400.

inca

(n.)
Grammar
inca, an; m.

Doubt ⬩ question ⬩ offence ⬩ ill-will ⬩ fear

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Ðá frægn hé hwæðer hí ealle smylte mód and bútan eallum incan blíðe tó him hæfdon.

un-gelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gelíc, adj.

Unlike ⬩ different ⬩ dissimilar ⬩ diverse

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Wé syndon ungelíce ðonne ðe wé in heofonum hæfdon wlite we are different from what we were when we had beauty in heaven, Cd. Th. 274, 7; Sat. 150.

wana

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
wana, an; m.

want ⬩ lack ⬩ absence ⬩ want of necessaries ⬩ lack ⬩ want ⬩ defect

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Mé is wana æt ðam scýrgesceatte ðus micelys ðe míne foregengan hæfdon, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 327, 4. Swá ic feós bidde swá ic wanan hæbbe ðæs ðe mé N. behét ( I have not got what N. promised me), L. O. 10; Th. i. 182, 7.

Linked entries: wan wan ge-wana

þolian

(v.)
Grammar
þolian, p. ode

To thole ⬩ suffer ⬩ endure. ⬩ to suffer what is evil ⬩ punishment ⬩ reproach ⬩ illness ⬩ grief ⬩ to suffer ⬩ undergo ⬩ submit to discipline ⬩ treatment ⬩ to suffer a person ⬩ bear with ⬩ tolerate a condition of things ⬩ let come to pass ⬩ to suffer lack or loss of something (gen.), ⬩ to lose what one has ⬩ to fail to get what one desires; ⬩ to forfeit, ⬩ be (wrongfully) deprived of ⬩ To hold out ⬩ exercise endurance ⬩ endure ⬩ not to give in ⬩ to last ⬩ continue to be serviceable

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Hé (Job) hæfde his wíf, þeáh hé his bearna þolode, ii. 30, 204. Þolade caruerit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 83. Ne forgit ðú deáð, ðý læs ðú þolie ðæs écan lífes, Prov. Kmbl. 17.

ge-mynd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mynd, es; n: e; f.

Mind, memory, memorial, memento, remembrance, commemoration ⬩ remembrance

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Mind, memory, memorial, memento, remembrance, commemoration He fæste on gemynde hæfde he had fast in mind; memoriter retinuit, Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 26. Gecerre hine to his gemynde let him have recourse to his memory, Bt. 35, 1; Fox 156, 10.