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myntan

(v.)
Grammar
myntan, p. te.

to meanintendpurposedetermineto thinksuppose

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Mynte ic hié háton yflian I had a mind to order them to be punished, Nar. 25, 27. Heó mynte for tó abbudissan gesettan abbatissam eam pro se facere disposuerat, Bd. 5, 3; 616, 19. mynte hine sleán, Blickl. Homl. 223, 7, 9, 11, 16.

weorþan

Grammar
weorþan, <b>. II</b> 3.
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(b 2) Þá wurdon æt sprǽce, oþ ꝥ Dúnstán rehte be Sancte Eádmunde, Hml. S. 32, 4. (bl) :-- Eft gehwearf tó him selfum, and wearð on his ágenum gewitte, Past. 273, 15. Þ hús fǽrlíce eall on fýre wearð. Hml. S. 26, 230.

ge-bícnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bícnian, -býcnian; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [ge-, bícnian to beckon, nod] .

to beckonnodinnuĕreto point outshewindicatebetokenindĭcāresignĭfĭcāreportendĕre

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gebícniaþ sum þing niwes they betoken something new. Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 16, 23; Lchdm. iii. 272, 7. Pirrus gebícnede eft him se sige gelícode Pyrrhus afterwards shewed how the victory pleased him, Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 77, 35.

Linked entry: ge-býcnian

Sunnan-niht

(n.)
Grammar
Sunnan-niht, e; f.
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-Ǽlcum gesinhíwum gebyreþ ðæt hig hyra clǽnnysse healdon ǽfre Sunnannihte (nocte diei Dominici), L. Ecg. P. ii. 21; Th. ii. 190, 18. His líc læg on byrgene ða Sæterniht and Sunnanniht . . . and árás of deáðe on ðone Eásterlícan Sunnandæg, Homl.

Linked entry: Wódnes-niht

swician

(v.)
Grammar
swician, <b>.
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</b> add :-- Nú swicað se deófol dígollíce embe ús þurh leahtras forlǽre ðá crístenan, and tó mislicum synnun heora mód áwende, Hml. S. 16, 220. Hwí woldest ðú swician on ðínum ágenum?

wacol

(adj.)
Grammar
wacol, (-ul, -el); adj.

Watchfulvigilant

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Ðes and ðeós wacole (-ele) hic et haec vigil, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 8; Zup. 39, 3. Ða ðe cariaþ mid wacelum móde óðra manna sáwla Gode gestrýnan, Homl. Th. ii. 78, 2. Gewinn wið ðone wacolan feónd, 560, 28. Wacele (-ole) beón on gódum weorcum, Homl.

blíþe-mód

Grammar
blíþe-mód, blíþ-mód.
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Add:, of gladsome mind Þú blíðmód bidde, ꝥ (the saints) þé þingian tó þeódne, Dóm. L. 36, 23. of kindly mind, kindly disposed cwǽdon ꝥ ealle him swíðe blíðemóde wǽron . . .

rihtan

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add: to put right, put into a proper condition Á mæig findan hwæt mæig on byrig bétan . . . oððe hús gódian, rihtan and weoxian, Angl. ix. 262, 18. Add riht (reht, v. l. ) and rǽt callum gesceaftum, Bt. 35, 3; F. 158, 25.

tíþian

(v.)
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(d α ) with acc. of person :-- bæd him bisceop onsende ... hine lustlíce tíþedon, Bd. 3, 3; Sch. 199, 17

swá

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Homl. 247, 1. and add Sægde him mon ꝥ þǽr wǽre sum man earmlíce áswolten swá ꝥ hine sylfne áwyrde, Bl. H. 219, 12. Heora án his exe úp ábrǽd, wolde hine sleán ; ac him forwyrnde sum óþer swá ꝥ ꝥ hylfe gelæhte, Hml. S. 31, 154: 32, 207.

æt-gebicgan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-gebicgan, p. -bohte; pp. -boht [æt, gebycgan to buy]

To buy for himselfemere

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To buy for himself; emere He æft æt ðam ágende sínne willan æt-gebicge let him afterwards buy her at her owner's will, L. Ethb. 82; Th. i. 24, 4

ciric-mǽrsung

(n.)
Grammar
ciric-mǽrsung, e; f.
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Ic wylle eów cýðan ymbe cyricmǽrsunge, þæt gé understandan magan man cyrican weorþian scyle þe Gode tó wurðmynte gehálgod bið, Wlfst, 277, 10

egeslíce

(adv.)
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Add: horribly egeslíce hweós, Hml. Th. i. 86, 7. Þǽr manna líc lágon and egeslíce stuncon, Hml. S. 4, 211. Þá wyrhtan tótǽron sylfe and egeslíce grymetedon, 6, 197

réce-leás

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Bútan geþylde and þeáwfæstnysse wé yrsiað . . . and lythwón þencað wé sceolon æt Gode miltsunge begitan nú wé swá réceleáse syndon and swá réþe ús betwýnan, Hml. S. 28, 141. Add

heáge

(adv.)
Grammar
heáge, adv.

High

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Beheald ðás sunnan heáge heó ástíhþ behold this sun, how high it mounts, Homl. Th. i. 286, 31

Linked entry: heáh

tó-wiðere

(prep.)
Grammar
tó-wiðere, -wiðre; prep.

Againstin reply toin opposition to

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Against. with dat. in reply to mæg ic andsware findan wráþum tówiþere, Exon. Th. 12, 13; Cri. 185. with acc. in opposition to Wíg tówiþre, 341, 20; Gn. Ex. 129

Linked entry: wiþere

sorgian

(v.)
Grammar
sorgian, sorhgian (and sorgan, v. pres. part. sorgende); p. ode,

to carebe anxiousfeel anxiety or careabsoluteto sorrowgrievebe sorry for, on absoluteto be anxious; to sorrow

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lyt sorgodon hwylc him ðæt edleán æfter wurde, Andr.

be-sittan

(v.)
Grammar
be-sittan, to be-sittanne; p. -sæt, -sætt, pl. -sǽton; pp. -seten, [be by, near, sittan to sit].

to sit round, surround, beset, besiegecircumdare, cingere, obsidereto be in session, to hold sessionsto posessconsidere,possidere

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Gif he ðæs mægenes ne hæbbe ðæt he hine inne besitte if he have not sufficient power that he may besiege him within, L.

Linked entry: be-seten

ge-freoðian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-freoðian, p. ode; pp. od

To protectguardfreekeep

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Se ðe his ánum her feore gefreoðade he who here protected only his life, Exon. 39 a; Th. 128, 32; Gú. 413. Gefreoða hyre protect it [the soul], Exon. 118 b; Th. 456, 3; Hy. Grn. ii. 284, 61.

Linked entry: ge-friðian

æt-fleón

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Add: absolute, to escape, flee away Ðá óðre ætflugon, Hml. S. 25, 294: Chr. 1056; P. 186, 31. ofslóh þá þe ætfleón ne mihton, 1068 ; P. 203, 26. Fleón mæg, ac ætfleón ne mæg. Ap.