nytt
Useful ⬩ profitable ⬩ advantageous ⬩ beneficial
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Ðysne nyttan cræft ðéh hé árlíc nǽre hanc utilem magis quam nobilem victoriam, Ors. 2, 8; Swt. 92, 2. Ne gehýrde nǽnig man on his múþe óht elles nefne nytte sprǽce, Blickl. Homl. 225, 1. Hé ðone gódan cræft dó nytne óðrum mannum, Ælfc.
geótan
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Hí gártorn geótað gífrum deófle, Sal. 145. to pour away, squander Þæt hé ne ágǽle gǽstes þearfe, ne on gylp geóte, Cri. 818. to found, cast, make with molten metal Wurdon tóbrocene þǽra hǽþenra goda anlícnyssa þurh þǽra manna handa þe hí macodon and
lufian
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Ic geteáh his mód tó þon ꝥ hé lufode mid his brádre hand þá nunnan and ofer þá sculdru geþaccode cujus meniem traxerit, ut in terga ejusdem sanctimonialis feminae blandiens alapam daret, Gr. D. 189, 22.
feówertig
alone
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Him eódon on hand feówertig burga, Ors. 4, 10; S. 198, 1. Wæs hé feówertiga (feówertigra, v. l.) sum viri, ut ferunt, ferme XL, Bd. 1, 25; Sch. 52, 10. Hé wæs wunigende betwux him þás feówertig daga, Hml.
gearwe
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Þeós eorðe sceal eall ábifigan, ... geara forhtigan ( be thoroughly terrified ), 113, 7. at hand, within reach, near. Cf. gearo; Bið ús Godes milts þe gearwur, Ll.
ymb
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Embe hand, hrædlíce iam iam, cito , Germ. 388, 73. cf. Dict. 3 b. Nú wylle ic bysne ætíwan ymbe þá þing þe wé nú handledon, Angl. viii. 304, 24. cf. Dict. 3 d. Nú wé sculon fón ymb þæt Punica gewin, Ors. 4, 4; S. 164, 8.
gást
breath ⬩ spirit, ghost, principle of life ⬩ spirit ⬩ the immaterial part of man ⬩ a person ⬩ soul ⬩ an incorporeal thing ⬩ an incorporeal being, a spirit, ⬩ divine spirit ⬩ the soul of a deceased person
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Andrew's hand ), An. 1002 : 1623. Gewít þú mid híwum on þæt hof (the ark) gangan, gásta werode, Gen. 1346.
sóþ
Sooth ⬩ very ⬩ true ⬩ the opposite of that which is false, or merely pretends, or has the appearance of, genuine, real ⬩ true ⬩ in conformity with the actual state of things ⬩ true ⬩ righteous ⬩ just
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Sí ðín seó swíðre hand ofer sóðne wer fiat manus tua super virum dexterae tuae, 79, 16. Ða ðe wyllaþ sóðe dómas efnan qui custodiunt judicium, 105, 3
wer
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Se forspeca sceal mágum on hand syllan, ðæt se slaga wille bétan wið mǽgðe, L. Edm. S. 7; Th. i. 250, 15. <b>I b.
oþ-hrínan
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Gif man mid unclǽnum handum hwylces metes onhríne, oððe him hund oððe catt oððe mús oðhríne se quis immundis manibus cibum aliquem tetigerit, vel canis, vel felis, vel mus tetigerit, Ll. Th. ii. 164, 9.
Linked entry: hrínan
blódig
bloodthirsty
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Blódigum (cruentis) handum, An. Ox. 11, 149. of colour, red as blood Ástígeþ blódig wolcen, Bl. H. 91, 32: Chr. 979; P. 122, 24. of battle, attended with much bloodshed Þá blódgan cruda (certamina belli, cf. 90, 1 = Ald. 143, 34), Wrt.
HELP
HELP ⬩ aid ⬩ succour
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Ðǽr is help gearu æt mǽrum manna gehwylcum there is help ready at the hand of the mighty one for every man, Andr. Kmbl. 1814; An. 909. Gionn helpe præsta subsidium, Rtl. 71, 37. Ða ðe hine helpe biddaþ who ask him for help, Ps. Th. 118, 2: Andr.
Linked entry: hylp
un-dón
To undo ⬩ to undo that which is closed ⬩ to open ⬩ to undo that which is bound ⬩ to release ⬩ to release ⬩ absolve ⬩ to undo that which closes ⬩ to open a door ⬩ to undo that which binds or fastens ⬩ to undo a bolt, a knot ⬩ to undo what has been done ⬩ to abrogate ⬩ destroy
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Ðæt hé undó his eágan, Anglia viii. 317, 5. to undo that which is bound, to release, literal Beón þreó niht ǽr man ða hand undó, L.
ge-yppan
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</b> of legal notice, to lay an information of a crime :-- Gif mon on, folces gemóte cyninges geréfan geyppe eofot and his eft geswícan wille, gestǽle on ryhtran hand, gif hé mæge if a man in the folkmoot give to the king's reeve notice of a crime
sóþfæstness
truth ⬩ faithfulness ⬩ good faith ⬩ sincerity ⬩ truth ⬩ righteousness ⬩ justice ⬩ truth of speech or thought
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Sete ðíne hand under mín þeóh and cýð mé ðíne sóðfæstnysse, and swera mé, ðæt ðú mé nǽfre ne bebirge on Egipta lande, Gen. 47, 29. truth, righteousness, justice Beseah sóðfæstnes (justitia) of heofonum, Ps. Th. 84, 10, 12: 71, 7.
hé
He, she, it
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Hæbbe ic his on handa I have some of it in my hand, Cd. 32; Th. 42, 23; Gen. 678.
riht
erect, direct ⬩ right, straight ⬩ agreeable to the spirit of law, human or divine, just, equitable ⬩ the requirements of a law ⬩ regulation, legitimate, lawful, regular ⬩ satisfying the demands of conduct, right, proper, fitting ⬩ satisfying the requirements of a standard, right, correct, true, orthodox
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I a. riht-hand right dexter v. riht-hand. agreeable to the spirit of law, human or divine, just, equitable Hwí ne déme gé ðæt riht is? justum Lk. Skt. 12, 57. Démað rihtne dóm justum judicium judicate, Jn. Skt. 7, 24.
heáfod
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Þú hand þíne mé ofer heáfod holde gesettest posuisti super me manum tuam, Ps. Th. 138, 3.
toll
Toll, ⬩ tax, ⬩ custom, ⬩ duty, ⬩ due ⬩ that which is paid to the state. ⬩ that which is paid to individuals ⬩ taking toll
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The following passages give instances of the payment of toll Hér kýd on ðissere béc ðæt Leówine and his wíf gebohton Ælfilde tó feówer and sixtuge penegon and Ælfríc Hals nam ðæt toll for ðæs kynges hand, Chart.
ge-bindan
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On ðǽm bearwum sáula hangodan be heora handum gebundne, Bl. H. 209, 36. to tether an animal Gyt gemétaþ eoselan gebundene, Bl.