on-cnáwan
To know ⬩ noscere, cognoscere, agnoscere ⬩ to know, recognise, ⬩ to identify an object through being acquainted with its characteristics, to distinguish ⬩ to recognise a fact ⬩ to know, understand, attain to a knowledge of ⬩ to know, learn by observation, observe, perceive ⬩ to acknowledge ⬩ make acknowledgment of a fault ⬩ to acknowledge a greeting ⬩ to acknowledge the power of another
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Ðæt ðú oncnáwe cognoscas ðara worda sóðfæstnesse, Lk. Skt. 1, 4. Ðæt ðás nytenan menn ðíne mihta oncnáwon, Homl. Th. i. 62, 14. Hié ðæt ongeotan ne cúðan, ðæt hié gehýrdon, ne ðæt oncnáwan ne mihton ðæt hié gesáwon, Blickl. Homl. 105, 29 : 95, 10.
mægen-leást
Weakness ⬩ feebleness ⬩ impotence
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Weakness, feebleness, impotence Ðá ofhreów ðam munece ðæs hreóflian mægenleást ( inability to walk ), Homl. Th. i. 336, 11. Módes mægenleást weakness of mind, ii. 220, 5.
wudu-fæsten
a place rendered secure by woods ⬩ a wood as a place of security ⬩ a place of security built of wood
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He gewícode ðǽr ðǽr hé niéhst rýmet hæfde for wudufæstenne he pitched his camp in the nearest spot allowed by the woods, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 9. Ða flugon ða Bryt-Walas tó ðam wudufærstenum (cp. silvis sese obdidere, Bd.
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HELP
HELP ⬩ aid ⬩ succour
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HELP, aid, succour On ðǽm burgum wæs getácnad ðæt Crist is eáðmódegra help probans se esse conservatorem humilium, Ors. 3, 2; Swt. 100, 25.
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ælmes-riht
A right or obligation in reference to alms
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Riht is ðæt man betǽce . . . þriddan dǽl (folces ælmessan) ðám þearfum,) (Ll. Th. ii. 256, 30) Ǽghwilc ælmesriht ðe man on Godes ést scolde mid rihte georne gelǽstan, ǽlc man gelitlað oððe forhealdeð, Wlfst. 159, 21.
heolstor
Dark
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Dark Ðǽr wunian sceal in ðam heolstran hám hyhtwynna leás there shall dwell in that dark abode reft of the joys of hope, Judth. 10; Thw. 23, 14; Jud. 121
pæþ
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D. v. 220-221, where andlang rǽwe replaces andlang paþæ, and on ðan harpaðe replaces on ðǽr paþæ) Iuxta terminos, id est bereueg et méguuines paeð et strétlég, C. D. i. 54, 31. Of ðám hæcce tó paðe stocce, v. 401, 37.
open
Open ⬩ not shut, ⬩ allowing ingress or egress ⬩ of a door ⬩ of the eyes ⬩ not closed up ⬩ not covered, not protected ⬩ declared, public ⬩ not secret, not concealed, discovered, brought to light (in reference to things where concealment is desired) ⬩ without attempt at concealment ⬩ manifest, clear, plain, evident
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Ðá ágann Landfranc atýwian mid openum gesceáde ( with manifest reason), ðæt hé mid rihte crafede ðás ða hé crafede, Chr. 1070; Erl. 208, 17
weorold-gleng
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Ðá forlét hé ealle ðás woruldglenga. Guthl. 2; Gdwin. 16, 18
rípere
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A reaper Ða ríperas (hrípemenn, Lind.) messores, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 39. On ðam ríptíman ic secge ðám ríperum (hrippemornum, Lind.), 13, 30. Cf. riftere
un-eáðness
uneasiness of mind ⬩ anxiety ⬩ trouble ⬩ grief ⬩ difficulty ⬩ severity ⬩ harshness
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Ðú manigfeald yfel hæfdest and micle unéþnesse on ðam ríce, Bt. 27, 2; Fox 96, 13. Ealle angnysse and uneáðnysse, Lchdm. iii. 156, 13. Gif hit geberige ðæt hé ða unǽtnessa ábidan scel, Chart. Th. 509, 33.
óþ-swerian
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to abjure, deny on oath Ðá óþswóran hié mid ðam bismerlícestan áðe ðæt hié him nǽfre on fultume nǽre ðéh ðe ða áðas wǽren neár máne ðonne sóðe turpissimam rupti foederis labem adcumu-lavere perjurio, Ors. 4, 3; Swt. 162, 10.
ge-rídan
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, Dan. 3, 24) tó síðe, nales me sylfa gerád, Az. 175. Gif þonne nelle hwá ge[rí]dan (rídan, tó rídan, v. ll. ) mid his geférum, Ll. Lbmn. 160, 16. to traverse by riding, ride over, ride along the boundaries of land Ða ic sylf gerád, C.
earn
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Se earn on ðam ófre gesæt mid fisce geflogen, þone hé ðǽrrihte geféng, þá cwæð hé . . . 'Yrn tó ðám earne and him of ánim þæs fisces dǽl . . . Syle swáðeáh sumne dǽl ðám earne tó edleáne his geswinces, Hml. Th. ii. 138, 30-140, 8.
lencten-líc
Vernal ⬩ lenten
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Ða clǽnan tíd lenctenlíces fæstenes the pure time of the Lenten fast, Homl. Th. ii. 98, 24. Ðæs lænctenlíces emnihtes dæg the day of the vernal equinox, Lchdm. iii. 238, 17. Ebréi healdaþ heora geáres annginn on lenctenlícre emnihte, 246, 17.
apostolíc
Apostolic ⬩ apostolicus
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Se papa ðe on ðam tíman ðæt apostolíce setl gesæt the pope who at that time occupied the apostolic seat, Homl. Th. ii. 120, 10
flyþ
Flight ⬩ vŏlātus
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Flight; vŏlātus Forgeaf ðám fugelum flyþ geond ðas lyft he gave to the birds flight through this air, Hexam. 8; Norm. 14, 10
or-lege
war, strife, hostility ⬩ a place where hostility is shewn
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hé on ðam beorge byrnan sceolde . . . gif hé monna dreám of ðam orlege eft ne wolde sylfa gesécan, 114, 3; Gú. 167.
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mis-tyhtan
to incite or persuade to what is wrong ⬩ dissuade
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to incite or persuade to what is wrong, dissuade Hig ðæt folc mistihton murmurare fecerant multitudinem, Num. 14, 36. Hé cwæþ tó ðám mágum ðe ða martyras mistihton ( urged them to renounce Christianity ), Homl. Skt. 5, 69
land-begenga
husbandman ⬩ farmer ⬩ a native
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Lind. 12, 1. an inhabitant of a country, a native Ðá sægdon mé ða londbigengan mihi locorum incole affirmabant, Nar. 20, 16. Ðám sylfan landbigengum ipsis indigenis, Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 34.
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