hwǽr
Where ⬩ anywhere ⬩ somewhere ⬩ wheresoever ⬩ wherever
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Hwǽr cwom mearg hwǽr cwom mago hwǽr cwom máððumgyfa where is the steed gone, where the rider, where the giver of treasure?
ge-winnan
to make war ⬩ fight ⬩ contend ⬩ pugnare ⬩ bellum gerere ⬩ to obtain by fighting ⬩ to conquer ⬩ gain ⬩ win ⬩ pugna consequi ⬩ obtinere ⬩ subjugare
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Ne mágon we ðæt on aldre gewinnan we cannot ever obtain that, Cd. 421; Th. 26, 6; Gen. 402. Ǽnig ne mæg friþ gewinnan no one may gain peace, Exon. 22 b; Th. 62, 14; Cri. 1001.
ge-cnáwan
To know ⬩ perceive ⬩ understand ⬩ recognise ⬩ noscere ⬩ agnoscere ⬩ sentire ⬩ cognoscere
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Ge mágon sóþ gecnáwan ye may know the truth, Andr. Kmbl. 3115; An, 1560 : 3032; An. 1519 : Elen. Kmbl, 1413; El. 708. Ðæt geðeóde ðe we ealle gecnáwan mægen the language that we can all understand, Past. Swt. 6, 8.
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ge-lǽran
To teach ⬩ educate ⬩ instruct ⬩ advise ⬩ persuade ⬩ induce ⬩ dŏcēre ⬩ erŭdīre ⬩ persuādēre
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To teach, educate, instruct, advise, persuade, induce; dŏcēre, erŭdīre, persuādēre We ðé mágon eáðe sélre gelǽran we may easily teach thee better, Andr. Kmbl. 2706; An. 1355 : Beo. Th. 562; B. 278.
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un-lytel
not little ⬩ great ⬩ not little ⬩ not few in number ⬩ much ⬩ not little ⬩ great
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of size, extent, not little, great Wé magon tócnáwan be hyre leóman ðæt seó sunne unlytel is, Lchdm, iii. 236, 11. Wolcen unlytel, Ps. Th, 77, 16. Unlytel dǽl foldan, Cd. Th. 154, 4; Gen. 2550. Unlytel dǽl eorþan gesceafta, 97, 17; Gen. 1614.
un-strang
Not strong ⬩ weak ⬩ feeble
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Hwæt is se intinga ðæt in þúsend manna ðé ne magon ástyrian, swá unstrang swá ðú eart? Homl. Skt. i. 9, 110. Á sceal man ðam unstrangan men líðelícor déman ðonne ðam strangan, L. C. S. 69; Th. i. 412, 4.
eardian
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Wé witon óþer égland, þér gé magon eardian, pref.; P. 3, 12. to live, pass one's life Seó cyrice sceal fédan þá þe æt hire eardiaþ, Bl. H. 41, 28.
ge-sceádwísness
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Ðú ús sealdest gesceádwísnesse þæt wé magon tósceádan good and yfel, Solil.
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ge-séðan
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Wé magon ꝥ tó sóðe geséðan, ꝥ hyt swá wæs, for ðon wé habbað trume gewitnysse, Angl. viii. 307, 3. Ús gedafenað þæt wé hit wénon swíðor þonne wé unrǽdlíce hit geséðan, Hml. Th. i. 440, 31.
herigend-lic
praiseworthy ⬩ approbation ⬩ excellent
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Se man nǽre herigendlic, gif hé for þí ne syngode þe hé ne mihte; ac hé wǽre hérigendlic, gif hé ne syngode þá þá hé mihte . . . drecð deófol mancyn mid costnungum, ꝥ þá be-ón hergendlice and hálige þe him wiðstandað magnae laudi non esset, si ideo homo
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ge-fyllan
To fill ⬩ fulfil ⬩ make a total ⬩ complete ⬩ finish ⬩ accomplish ⬩ satisfy ⬩ implere ⬩ saturare
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Hí ne mágon ealle ðíne bletsunge gefyllan they do not complete the sum of all thy blessings, 157, 20. Ealle stówa he gefylleþ he fills all places, 23, 20. Míne geornnesse mid góde ðú gefyldest thou didst satisfy my longing with good, 89, 5.
rind
Rind. ⬩ of a tree ⬩ the bark ⬩ crust ⬩ rind
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Wé ne mágon geseón on ðam cyrnele náðor ne wyrtruman, ne rinde, ne leáf, Homl. Th. i. 236, 18. Rinda cortices (codices, MS.), Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 60. Rinda librorum, Hpt. Gl. 417, 46. Of corntreówes rindum de cortice corni, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 7.
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ge-þeódan
To join ⬩ connect ⬩ unite ⬩ associate ⬩ apply ⬩ adjust ⬩ translate ⬩ jungĕre ⬩ adjungĕre ⬩ conjungĕre ⬩ cōpŭlāre ⬩ sŏciāre ⬩ aptāre
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Of hwylce cneórysse sculon cristene men mid heora mágum him betwih on gesinscipe geþeódde beón usque ad quŏtam generātiōnem fīdēles dēbeant cum propinquis sibi conjŭgio cōpŭlāri? Bd. 1, 27; S. 490, 35: 2, 3; S. 504, 17.
þicgan
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., to eat or drink, consume Hú ðæt ne gemylt, ðæt se maga þigeþ, Lchdm. ii. 158, 16. Þigð, 186, 21. Fýr þigeþ lǽnne líchoman, Exon. Th. 213, 4; Ph. 219. Nó hé þigeþ mete, 215, 27; Ph. 259: 357, 28; Pa. 35.
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ge-rǽcan
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Gif hé bisceop gerǽcan ne mæge si ad episcopum fervenire nequeat, 176, 33. intrans. to stretch out, extend a certain distance Hyre leóman ne magon tó þám lande gerǽcan.
gang
going, walking, moving on foot, step. ⬩ the sole of the foot (?) ⬩ the being habitually in a specified condition ⬩ power of walking ⬩ of moving about ⬩ mode of walking, walk, gait ⬩ a walk, journey ⬩ go, time, occasion of going ⬩ a way, road, path, passage ⬩ a track ⬩ course ⬩ a stream ⬩ a narrative ⬩ space traversed ⬩ expanse covered ⬩ an ox-gang, a bovale, the eighth part of the carucate. ⬩ legal process ⬩ legal procedure, process ⬩ a company of people (?), a gang. ⬩ a step, stair ⬩ a privy
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Wé gedóð þæt hí gán ne magon . . . Wé forgifað him nú gang. Hml. Th. ii. 486, 15. mode of walking, walk, gait Eustachius hí behealdende be heora gewunelican gange hí gecneów, Hml. S. 30, 234.
a-rédian
To make ready ⬩ provide ⬩ furnish ⬩ execute ⬩ find ⬩ to find the way to any place ⬩ reach ⬩ parare ⬩ præparare ⬩ exsequi ⬩ invenire ⬩ pervenire aliquo
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Hí arédian ne mágon, ðæt hí aslépen they cannot find out that they may slip, Bt. Met. Fox 13, 16; Met. 13, 8. Arédad beón inveniri, R. Ben. 61. Ðæt ðú ne mǽge ðíne wegas arédian ut non dirigas vias tuas, Deut. 28, 29.
ná-hwæðer
Neither
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MS.) ne mágon, ne ðín helpan ne heora selfra, 14, 1; Fox 42, 9. Hié náðer næfdon siððan, ne heora namon ne heora anweald, Ors. 3, 1; Swt. 98, 7, Se ðe náðor nele, ne leornian ne tǽcan, Ælfc. Gr. pref.; Som. I, 34
síþ
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Th. 199, 10 ; Exod. 336. later, afterwards ; postmodum Ǽrest hí sculon ongietan ðæt hí fleón ðæt ðæt hí lufiaþ ðonne mágon hí síþ iéðelíce ongietan ðæt ðæt is tó lufianne ðæt hí ǽr flugon prius videant fugienda, quae amant, et sine difficultate postmodum
ge-tácnung
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Th. ii. 290, 11. þæt getel ðǽra fixa hæfð máran getácnunge ðonne gé understandan magon the number of the fishes represents figuratively more than you can understand, 292, 3. þú ú Getácnunge typum, i. figuram, An. Ox. 213: 5136.