a-bídan
ABIDE ⬩ remain ⬩ wait ⬩ wait for ⬩ await ⬩ manere ⬩ sustinere ⬩ expectare
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Ðǽr abídan sceal maga miclan dómes there the being [Grendel] shall await the great doom, Beo. Th. 1959; B. 977: Exon. 115 b; Th. 444, 27 ; Kl. 53
æfter
After ⬩ then ⬩ afterwards ⬩ post ⬩ postea ⬩ exinde
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Ðǽr sceal ylda cwealm æfter wyrþan then must slaughter of men take place afterwards, 364; An. 182. Swá ðas foldan fæðme bewíndeþ ðes eástrodor and æfter west quantum ortus distat ab occasu. Ps. Th. 102, 12
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deal
Proud, exulting, eminent ⬩ superbus, clarus
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Sum sceal wildne fugel atemian, fiðrum dealne one shall tame the wild bird, exulting in his plumes, 88 b; Th. 332, 21; Vy. 88. Wíggendra þreát cómon, æscum dealle a troop of warriors came, proud with their spears, Andr.
HEORD
A HERD ⬩ flock
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Ic hæbbe óðre sceáp ða ne synt of ðisse heorde alias oves habeo quæ non ex hoc ovili, Jn. Skt. 10, 16. Hé dráf his heorde tó inneweardum ðam wéstene he led the flock to the backside of the desert, Ex, 3, 1: L. R. S. 4; Th. i. 434, 21.
leóht-líce
Lightly ⬩ slightly ⬩ gently ⬩ easily ⬩ quickly
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Ða weras mon sceal hefiglecor lǽran and ða wíf leóhtlecor illis [men] graviora, istis [women] injungenda sunt leviora, Past. 24; Swt. 179. 16. [Swá swá heó líhtlucost mihten as quickly as they could, Th. An. 143, 21.]
medumian
to fix the measure of anything ⬩ to deem worthy ⬩ respect ⬩ esteem
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Man sceal medmian and gescádlíce tóscádan ylde and geógoþe youth and age must have their proper place assigned them, and be discreetly distinguished, vii. 52; Th. i. 328, 18. Medmian (medemian), L. C.
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scot
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See also the cognate words.] a rapid movement (v. sceótan, <b>IV, III,</b> ge-sceót (read -sceot), ), a rush, dart Leax sceal on wǽle mid sceote scríðan, Menol. Fox 539 ; Gn.
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ge-brǽdan
To make broad ⬩ broaden ⬩ extend ⬩ spread ⬩ dilātāre ⬩ ampliāre ⬩ extendĕre ⬩ expandĕre ⬩ sternere
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To make broad, broaden, extend, spread; dilātāre, ampliāre, extendĕre, expandĕre, sternere Merestreám ne dear ofer eorþan sceát eard ge-brǽdan the sea-stream dares not extend its province over the region of the earth, Bt. Met.
Linked entry: ge-brádian
ufan
from above ⬩ down ⬩ from above ⬩ from heaven ⬩ above
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Steorran hreósaþ ufene of heofonum, 93, 8. where an action is directed from a higher to a lower point Ufone sceal ðæt heáfod gíman ðæt ða fét ne áslíden caput debet ex alto providere, ne pedes torpeant, Past. 18; Swt. 131, 25.
un-weorþian
to dishonour ⬩ disgrace ⬩ to become dishonoured
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Ða swelcan monn sceal unweorðian mid ǽlcre unweorðnesse sine dedignatione dedignandi sunt, Past. 37; Swt. 265, 18. Forsewen and geunwurþod, Homl. Th. i. 24, 4. to become dishonoured Unwurðiaþ vilescunt, Hpt. Gl. 462, 53. Unwurðie vilescat, 420, 13
fearr
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Et suovetaurili(a) oðða þá þe æt þǽm geldum þǽr wæs swín and sceáp and fear, 31, 35: Bl. H. 199, 7. Fearr, Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 59. Hwæþer gé sién strengran ðonne leó oððe fearr, Bt. 32, 1; F. 114, 26. Sum módig fearr wearð ángencga . . .
fore-weard
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Hú man mǽden weddian sceal and hwylce forewarde þǽr ághon tó beónne, Ll. Th. i. 254, 23. Ne mihte hé beón weorðe þǽra forewarde þe him ǽr behátene wǽron, Chr. 1093; P. 228, 2.
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ólehtung
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Þurh þá ólehtinga þára preósta, 40, 19. what pleases the senses, pleasing condition or process Sóna se líchoma sceal bión unfæger, þonne hé mid unrótnesse and mid sáre áseted bið, þá cumað of þǽre (þám, MS. ) líðan ólehtunge (from a life of sensual ease
wáwa
Woe ⬩ misery
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Ðonne sceal eów weaxan tó hearme wǽdl and wáwa, Wulfst. 133 3. Ceósan gódes and yfeles, welan and wáwan, Cd. Th. 30, 12 ; Gen. 466. On ǽlcum wáwan bí wǽron geþyldige, Homl. Skt. ii. 28, 130. Uae geíácnaþ wáwan, Ælfc. Gr. 48 ; Zup. 278, 17.
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on-wæcnan
to rise, spring, be derived
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Monig sceal siððan wyrt onwæcnan, 191, 4; Az. 83. Ðanon ǽtorcyn ǽrest gewurdon onwæcned, Salm. Kmbl. 439; Sal. 220
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ge-þyld
Patience ⬩ resignation ⬩ patientia
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Sum þafaþ in geþylde ðæt he sceal one allows what he must with patience, Exon. 79 a; Th. 297, 20; Crä. 71. On geþylde in patientia, Lk. Bos. 8, 15. Gehafa geþyld on me patientiam hăbe in me, Mt. Bos. 18, 26: Exon. 79 b: Th. 298, 3; Crä. 79: Beo.
incer
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Of or belonging to you two Ic nú ðis þing wríte tó ðé gemǽnelíce and tó mínre méder and mínum geswustrum forðon incer lufu sceal beón somod gemǽne nunc tibi et matri mee sororibusque meis de singulis regni mei commodis scribebam, que tibi et illis communia
íren
Iron ⬩ a sword ⬩ blade
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Mé sceal wǽpen niman, ord and íren, Byrht. Th. 139, 12. Áres and írenes æris et ferri, Bd. 1, I ; S. 473, 23, note. Heardes írenes grindlas gratings of hard iron, Cd. 19 ; Th. 24, 25; Gen. 383.
oxa
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. ¶ The value of an ox as given in the Laws was 30 pence :-- Oxan mon sceal gyldan mid .xxx. p., L. O. D. 7 ; Th. i. 356, 4. Oxan tó mancuse, L. Ath. v. 6, 2 ; Th. i. 234, 1. .xxx. pæñ scyldig oððe ánes oxan, v. 8, 5 ; Th. i. 236, 31
bold-wéla
a dwelling of wealth or happiness ⬩ prædium, opes domesticæ ⬩ paradise, heaven ⬩ paradisus ⬩ cœlum
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He [God] sceal rǽdan, se ðe ródor ahóf, wuldres fylde beorhtne boldwélan he [God] shall rule, who uplifted the firmament, with glory filled the bright dwelling of wealth, Andr. Kmbl. 1047; An. 524