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wís-dóm

Grammar
wís-dóm, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Gyf þu wylle witan mid wísdóme (cf. witan mid fullum geráde, 312, 13) þǽra rihtinga gesceád, Angl. viii. 305, 8. Add 'Hú magon wé swá dýgle áhicgan . . . hú þé swefhede, oððe wyrda gesceaft wísdóm bude'. . . 'Gé mǽtinge míne ne cunnon þá þe mé

un-wita

(n.)
Grammar
un-wita, an; m.

A foolish, stupid, witless person ⬩ a fool

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A foolish, stupid, witless person, a fool Se unwita insipiens, Ps. Lamb. 13, 1. Eorp unwita, Exon. Th. 433, 21; Rä. 50, 11. Gebíg fram unwitan (insensato) and ðú ná wiþerast on stuntnysse his, Scint. 188, 11. Wé lǽraþ ðæt preósta gehwilc tó sinoðe gefædne

singallíce

(adv.)
Grammar
singallíce, adv.

Perpetually ⬩ continually ⬩ constantly

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Perpetually, continually, constantly Hieremias wilnode singallíce (sedulo) hine geþiédan tó ðære lufan his Scippendes, Past. 7, 1; Swt. 49, 16: Blickl. Homl. 101, 27. Wé him gyldaþ singallíce, and hý ús hýnaþ dæghwamlíce, Wulfst. 163, 10. Swíðe singallíce

Linked entry: ge-singallícode

án-gild

(n.)
Grammar
án-gild, -geld, -gyld, es; n. [án one, gild a payment, compensation] .

a single payment or compensation ⬩ the single value of property claimed or in dispute ⬩ a rate fixed by law, at which certain injuries, either to person or property, were to be paid for ⬩ simplex compensatio ⬩ the fixed price or rate at which cattle and other goods were received as currency ⬩ æstimatio ⬩ pretium

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a single payment or compensation, the single value of property claimed or in dispute, — a rate fixed by law, at which certain injuries, either to person or property, were to be paid for; simplex compensatio Forgylde ðæt ángylde let him pay for it with

Linked entries: án-geld án-gyld

ge-laðian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-laðian, p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed

To invite ⬩ bid ⬩ call ⬩ summon ⬩ assemble ⬩ congregate ⬩ invītāre ⬩ vŏcāre ⬩ arcessĕre ⬩ ciere ⬩ congrĕgāre

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To invite, bid, call, summon, assemble, congregate; invītāre, vŏcāre, arcessĕre, ciere, congrĕgāre Mágon we Ioseph to us gelaðian can we invite Joseph [to come] to us, Nicod. 20; Thw. 10, 3 : Bd. 4, 1; S. 563, 34. Ic gelangige óððe gelaðige cieo, Ælfc

Linked entries: ge-hlaðen ge-leaðian

ge-þryccan

(v.)
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Substitute: p. ge-þrycte, ge-þryhte; pp. ge-þrycced, ge-þryced, ge-þryct. to press Ðá hand geðrycð ( premit ) sió incunde lufu, Past. 389, 13. to press down, oppress, depress Ðæt gesuinc hira ágenra welera hié geðrycð labor labiorum ipsorum operiet,

híw-cúþ

domestic ⬩ familiar

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Add: of a house or family, domestic. of persons Híwcúþum domesticis (sodalibus), An. Ox. 5132. Se cyngc betwux his híwcúðum mannum blissode, Ap. Th. 3, 4. figuratively: Hwæt is ꝥ þǽm men sý máre þearf tó þencenne þonne embe his sáuwle þearfe, ... and

dryhten

(n.)
Grammar
dryhten, drihten; gen. dryhtnes, dryhtenes; m.

a ruler, lord, prince ⬩ dŏmĭnus, princeps ⬩ the supreme ruler, the Lord; chiefly used for God and Christ ⬩ Dŏmĭnus

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a ruler, lord, prince; dŏmĭnus, princeps Geáta dryhten the Goths' lord, Beo. Th. 2973; B. 1484. Eorla dryhten lord of earls, Beo. Th. 4666; B. 2338. Dryhten Higelác lord Higelac, Beo. Th. 4005; B. 2000. In gemynd his dryhtnes naman brohte it brought

Linked entries: drihten Drihtnes

consul

(n.)
Grammar
consul, es; m.

A consul

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A consul; one of the two chief magistrates of the Romans chosen annually after the expulsion of their kings; geár-cyning, q. v; consul Him ða Rómáne æfter ðǽm [cyningum] látteówas gesetton, ðe hí consulas héton, ðæt hiora ríce heólde án geár an man after

Linked entry: geár-cyning

Cásere

(n.)
Grammar
Cásere, es; m.

Cæsar, an emperor ⬩ imperator

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[ = Lat. Cæsar; gen. Cæsiăris] Cæsar, an emperor; imperator Wearþ Gaius Gallica cásere Caius Caligula was emperor, Ors. 6, 3; Bos. 117, 18; Elen. Kmbl. 84; El. 42: 1995; El. 999. For þingum ðæs ǽrran cáseres for the deeds of the former emperor, Ors.

ge-wyrht

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wyrht, es; n.

Work ⬩ deed ⬩ merit ⬩ desert

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Work, deed, merit, desert Deág ðín gewyrhtu if thy deeds are good, Exon. 80 a; Th. 300, 11: Fä. 4. Ða heálícan gewyrhto Sancte Iohannes the exalted deeds of St. John, Blickl. Homl. 167, 5. Rǽctþ ǽghwilcum men ágen gewyrhta give to every man his deserts

Linked entries: ge-wriht ge-weorht

cweþan

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Add: to say. of a particular statement Ne cweðo ic nó ðæt ðæt ic ǽr cwæð bebeódende, ac lǽrende, Past. 397, 27. Salm ic cweoðu psalmum dicam, Ps. Srt. 17, 50. Se yfela þeów cuið on his móde, Past. 121, 11. Gé cweaðað dicitis, Ps. Srt. 138, 20. Cweoðað

eác

(con.)
Grammar
eác, conj. l. adv.
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and add: where there is addition of objects Þǽr wearð Síulf ealdorman ofslægen ... and Eádwold, and manige eác tó him, ... swíðe mænige eác mid him, Chr. 905; P. 95, 16, 20. Þá cinges þegnas ..., ge eác sum dǽl þæs Norð-Wealcynnes, 894; P. 87, 18. Hý

el-þeódig

foreign ⬩ stranger ⬩ foreign

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Add Ælþeódig peregrinus, Wrt. Voc. i. 74, 65. Ðá elðeódigan bargina (cf. bargine, peregrine; barrigenae, peregrinae, Angl. xiii. 332), Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 29: 12, 13. of persons, expressing relation to one person of another, of another race, foreign, stranger

FÆDER

(n.)
Grammar
FÆDER, feder; indecl. in sing. but gen. fæderes and dat. fædere are sometimes found; pl. nom. acc. fæderas; gen. a; dat. um; m.

FATHER ⬩ păter

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A FATHER; păter Fæder and módor a father and mother; hic et hæc parens, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 38; Som. 12, 48. On Fæder geardas in the dwellings of the Father, Salm. Kmbl. 832; Sal. 415, Mid fæder ðínne with thy father, Exon. 12 b; Th, 22, 9; Cri. 349, We bletsiaþ

HWÝ

(con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
HWÝ, hwí; inst.of hwæt.

WHY.

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WHY. in direct questions ― Interrogativa synd áxigendlíce cur hwí, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 58. Hwí didest ðú ðæt quare hoc fecisti? Gen. 3, 13: Mt. Kmbl. 9, 11. Hwý sceal ic æfter his hyldo þeówian? Cd. 15; Th. 18, 33; Gen. 282. in dependent clauses

Linked entries: hwí hwig

lof-sang

(n.)
Grammar
lof-sang, es; m.

hymn ⬩ psalm

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A song of praise, hymn, psalm, as an ecclesiastical term lauds Lofsang ymnus, Ælfc. Gl. 34; Som. 62, 45; Wrt. Voc. 28, 26. Fram ðære tíde ðæs úhtlícan lofsanges a tempore matutinæ laudes, Bd. 3, 12; S. 537, 23. Ðá se sealmsang gefylled wæs ðæs úhtlícan

melda

(n.)
Grammar
melda, an; m.

a narrator ⬩ an informer ⬩ announcer ⬩ a betrayer

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a narrator, an informer, announcer Ðæs ðe ic ǽfre on ealdre ǽngum ne wolde monna ofer moldan melda weorþan what I would never relate to any man upon earth, Exon. 50 b; Th. 176, 3; Gú. 1203: 73 b; Th. 275, 28; Jul. 557. Sió æsc biþ melda, nalles þeóf

neán

(adv.)
Grammar
neán, adv.

from near ⬩ near ⬩ close at hand ⬩ nearly ⬩ about

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from near Neán and feorran from near and far, Cd. Th. 14, 28; Gen. 225. Feorran oððe neán, 64, 8; Gen. 1047. Somnaþ súþan and norþan, eástan and westan, faraþ feorran and neán, Exon. Th. 220, 26; Ph. 326: Beo. Th. 1683; B. 839. Ic eów wísige ðæt gé genóge

Linked entry: neón

be-þencan

(v.)
Grammar
be-þencan, bi-þencan; p. -þohte, pl. -þohton; pp. -þoht

To consider, bear in mind, BETHINK, remember, trust, confide, entrust ⬩ considerare, recordari, in se reverti, meminisse, fidere, confidere

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To consider, bear in mind, BETHINK, remember, trust, confide, entrust; considerare, recordari, in se reverti, meminisse, fidere, confidere Scyle gumena gehwylc georne biþencan, ðæt us bicwom meahta Waldend each man should well consider, that the Lord