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spanan

(v.)
Grammar
spanan, p. spón, speón; pp. spanen

To allureenticeluredecoyattracturgesuggerere, suadere, persuadereto allure

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Ðá ðá hé his apostolas spón of ðissum andweardan tó ðæm écan cum ad venturam discipulos ex praesenti provacaret, 46, 5; Swt. 351, 11. Speón (spón, Cott. MSS.), 17, 8; Swt. 121, 2. Speón, Andr. Kmbl. 1194; An. 597.

óðer

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
óðer, indef. prn.
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Ecg. P. addit. 29 ; Th. ii. 236, 31. marking difference from the subject, or from something already referred to, other, different, somebody else, something else Ðú nimst wíf and óðer man líþ mid hire. Deut. 28, 30.

under

(prep.)
Grammar
under, prep. adv.

Underunderat the foot ofunderwithinamongbelowbeneathdown

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Ecg. P. i. 13, tit.; Th. ii. 170, 25: interea, 13; Th. ii. 178, 15: Chr. 876; Erl. 78, 12: 1046; Erl. 173, 5.

Linked entries: Middel-Seaxe þúsend

se

(con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
se, sió, Lchdm. ii. 260, l; m.: seó, ðeó, Blickl. Homl. 65, 13; se, Lchdm. ii. 228, 8; f.: ðæt; n.
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Ecg. P. i. 15; Th. ii. 178, 29.

þolian

(v.)
Grammar
þolian, p. ode
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Ne forgit ðú deáð, ðý læs ðú þolie ðæs écan lífes, Prov. Kmbl. 17. Þeáh God wille hwam hys willan tó forlǽtan, and hé ðæs eft þolige, Ors. 1, 5; Swt. 34, 36. Þolige hé his wǽpna and his ierfes, L. Alf. pol. 1; Th. i. 60, 14: L.

þurfan

(v.)
Grammar
þurfan, prs. ic, he þearf, ðú þearft, pl. wé þurfon; p. þorfte; subj. prs. is þurfe, þyrfe, pl. þurfen, þyrfen; prs. ptcpl. þurfende, þyrfende

To needto be in needhave need of somethingto need to do somethingto be bound to do something because it is rightto be obligedbe compelled by destinyto have good cause or reason for doing somethingto be use, to be good for a person to do somethingto owe

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Ecg. P. i. 11; Th. ii. 176,30.

leás

(adj.)
Grammar
leás, adj.

loosedestitutevoid ofwithoutvainfalselyingdeceitfuldeceptivefaulty

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Alles leás écan dreámes void of all eternal joy, 217; Th. 276, 1; Sat. 182: Beo. Th. 1705; B. 850.

Linked entry: -leás

gód

(n.)
Grammar
gód, es; n.

Goodgood thinggood deedbenefitgoodnesswelfare

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Good, good thing, good deed, benefit, goodness, welfare Ǽghwylc man sceal on worlde geearnian ðæt him ðæt gód móte to écum médum gegangan, ðæt him his freónd æfter gedéþ.

scínan

(v.)
Grammar
scínan, p. scán, sceán
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Ðæt ðú móste hálig scínan, eádig on ðam écan lífe, Exon. Th. 87, 19 ; Cri. 1427. On wordum and on dǽdum beorht and scínende verbo et actibus clarus . Bd. 3, 19; S. 547, 4. On scínendre praepollenti . Hpt. Gl. 491, 1

cwide

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Se gecyrreda sceaða on his deáðes cwyde ( by his dying words ) þæs écan lífes méde geearnode, Hml. Th. ii. 124, 33. Ealdra manna cwidas and dǽda priorum gesta sive dicta, Bd. praef.; Sch. 1, 12. <b>I a.

ge-stígan

(v.)
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Hé bá écan gefeán and þá heofonlican eádignesse gestáhg (-stab, v.l.) and gesóhte aeterna gaudia petiuit, Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 359, 16. Dryhten wile up heonan eard gestígan, Cri. 514: 630.

hopian

(v.)
Grammar
hopian, p. ode, ede

To hope, have hope or confidence [in a person], expect, watch for [with gen.]

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Ðonne hé eall forsihþ eorþlícu gód and hopaþ tó ðám écum, Bt. Met. Fox 7, 87; Met. 7, 44. Se synfulla hopaþ symle ðæs rihtwísan considerat peccator justum, Ps. Th. 36, 32.

Linked entries: á-hopian tó-hopian

sculan

(v.)
Grammar
sculan, &nbsp;sceolan; ic, hé sceal, scal, ðú scealt, pl. wé sculon, sceolon ; p. sceolde, scolde, scealde, scalde; subj.
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Sceolde sweordes ecg feorh ácsigan, Andr. Kmbl. 2266; An. 1134. Se ðe scyle ( since the regulations of the Penitential require it ) áne wucan dǽdbóte dón, L. Ecg.

Linked entries: ge-scola sceal

wer-gild

(n.)
Grammar
wer-gild, were-gild, es; n. [The word seems interchangeable with wer (q. v.), which in the later laws is the more frequent form.]
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</b> the payment of the wergild is in some cases an alternative, v. wer, III b :-- Sí þreóra án for his feore . . . wergild, éce þeówet, hengenwítnung, L. Eth. vii. 16; Th. i. 332, 18. Þolige hé lífes oþþe wæregildes (were-, v. 1. ), L. C.

niht

(n.)
Grammar
niht, næht, næct, neaht, neht, nyht, e; f.: but also with gen. es.

nightnightdarknessnight

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Dagum and nihtum, Met. 20, 213. night, darkness (as opposed to light) Seó swearte niht ðære écan geniþerunge, Homl. Th. i. 530, 23. Dryhten ðe ús of duste geworhte, nergend of nihtes sunde, Salm.

þrowing

(n.)
Grammar
þrowing, þreowing, e; f.

suffering as opposed to doingsuffering which is painfula painful symptomsuffering that is undergone for the sake of religionsuffering of persecution, crosssuffering which ends in death, passion, martyrdomthe anniversary of a martyr's suffering

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Ða móddru on heora cildra martyrdóme þrowodon ... neód is ðæt hí beón efenhlyttan ðæs écan edleánes, ðonne hí wǽron geféran ðære ðrowunge, Homl. Th. i. 84, 20.

un-rǽd

(n.)
Grammar
un-rǽd, es; m.

evil counselill-advised coursebad planfollydisadvantageprejudicehurt

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Hí drugon heora sylfra écne unrǽd, Cd. Th. 116, 16; Gen. 1937

fisc-noþ

(n.)
Grammar
fisc-noþ, fiscnoþ (-naþ), fixnoþ, es; m.

fishinga fishing-grounda catch

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., and se æftra fixnoð getácnode þá tówerdan gelaðunge gecorenra manna tó ðám écan lífe. On ðám ǽrran fixnoðe wurdon swá fela gelæhte þæt þæt net tóbærst . . . On ðǽm æftran fixnoðe wurdon gelæhte manega fixas, and þæt net swá þeáh áðolode. Hml.

lǽfan

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Þonne þú heonan cyrre . . . lǽf ús écne gefeán, Cri. 159. Ic wilnode . . . æfter mínum lífe þám monnum tó lǽfanne þe æfter mé wǽren mín gemynd on gódum weorcum, Bt. 17; F. 60, 16. to allow to remain, not to take, consume, remove, &amp;c.

rícsian

(v.)
Grammar
rícsian, p. ode.

to exercise or have powerto rulegovernreignto domineerdominatetyrannizeexercise violenceto prevail

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ðú ðe on ðam écan setle rícsast! Bt. 4; Fox 6, 30. Hé rícsaþ (regnabit) on écnesse, and hys ríces ende ne byþ, Lk. Skt. 1, 33. Ríxaþ, Ps. Th. 9, 36. Ríhcsaþ, Ps. Spl. 95, 9. 'Hí rícsodon (-edon, Hatt. MS.) næs ðeáh mínes þonces' ...