spéd
Speed ⬩ success ⬩ means ⬩ speed ⬩ quickness ⬩ speedily ⬩ quickly ⬩ speed ⬩ success ⬩ prosperous issue ⬩ means ⬩ substance ⬩ abundance ⬩ wealth ⬩ power ⬩ faculty ⬩ opportunity ⬩ means of doing anything ⬩ progeny ⬩ celeritas, successus, provectus, prosperitas, substantia
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'Redemptio animae propriae divitiae' ... wé sceoldon mid úrum spédum úrum sáulum ða écan gesǽlinesse begitan, Chart. Th. 124, 27. Mé ðín sprǽc spédum (richly, abundantly) cwycade eloquium tuum vivificavit me, Ps. Th. 118, 50.
lǽtan
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Him þás woruld úttor lǽtan þonne þæt éce lif, Gú. 97. Gif þú ðé wilt dón manegra beteran, ðonne scealt þú ðé lǽtan ánes wyrsan, Bt. 32, 1 ; F. 114, 14. Tó hwǽm wé gelíc létan welle ríce Godes ? cui adsimilabimus regnum Dei ? Mk. R.
þurh
Through ⬩ through ⬩ for ⬩ during ⬩ through ⬩ by ⬩ through ⬩ by ⬩ by means of ⬩ by use of ⬩ through ⬩ in consequence of ⬩ as the result of ⬩ by reason of ⬩ on account of ⬩ through ⬩ from ⬩ through ⬩ in virtue of ⬩ by right of ⬩ in ⬩ by ⬩ in the character of ⬩ by way of ⬩ in ⬩ with ⬩ with a view to ⬩ through ⬩ by ⬩ in
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Wé witon unrím ðara monna ðe ða écan gesǽlða gesóhtan nallas ðurh ðæt án ðæt hí wilnodon ðæs líchomlícan deáðes ac eác manegra sárlícra wíta hié gewilnodon wið ðan écan lífe multos scimus beatitudinis fructum non morte solum, verum etiam doloribus suppliciisque
dǽl
- Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 79
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Se écea dǽl, Bl. H. 111, 32: Gú. 352. Se eorðan dǽl (the body). . se wuldres dǽl(the soul ), 1340-2. Hié micel þæs folces ofer sǽ ádrǽfdon, and þæs óþres þone mǽstan dǽl hié geridon, Chr. 878; P. 74, 27. Hé tóbærst on feówer dǽlas, Bl.
losian
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Ðá árleásan magon nǽfre ætwindan ðám écum wítum áhwǽr, 16, 89. of inanimate things, to decay, be destroyed, come to nothing Hér of heáfde iúero ne losað (non peribit), Lk. L. 21, 18. Mett sé ðe losað ( perit ), Jn. L. 6, 27. Ðá bytto losas, Mt.
LǼTAN
to LET ⬩ allow ⬩ permit ⬩ suffer ⬩ to let ⬩ let go ⬩ give up ⬩ dismiss ⬩ leave ⬩ forsake ⬩ let ⬩ to let ⬩ cause ⬩ make ⬩ get ⬩ have ⬩ cause to be ⬩ place ⬩ make as if ⬩ make out ⬩ profess ⬩ pretend ⬩ estimate ⬩ consider ⬩ suppose ⬩ think ⬩ to behave towards ⬩ treat ⬩ to let
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Se éca Drihten hine sylfne lét lǽdon on ða heán dúne the Lord eternal allowed himself to be led on to the high mountain, Blickl. Homl. 33, 10.
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secgan
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Th. 98, 4 ; Gen. 1625, Éce rǽdas Moyses sægde, 210, 17 ; Exod. 516. Sægde eorlum Abimeleh waldendes word, 161, 19 ; Gen. 2667. Wordum sægde Lameh unárlíc spel, 66, 27 ; Gen. 1090. Wé lofsonga word sǽdon, 274, 18 ; Sat. 156.
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þrymm
a host ⬩ great body of people ⬩ a force ⬩ multitude ⬩ a great body of water ⬩ force ⬩ power ⬩ might ⬩ glory ⬩ majesty ⬩ magnificence ⬩ greatness ⬩ grandeur
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Se mec mæg écan meahtum, geþeón þrymme, Exon. Th. 427, 14; Rä. 41, 91. Bewyl þrimme ( strongly, thoroughly ) ðæt ealo on ðære wyrte, Lchdm. ii. 276, 14. Hé þrymmum ( mightily, with power ) cwehte mægenwudu mundum, Beo. Th. 476; B. 235.
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god
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Þone écan mildan God, Cht. E. 231, 8. where the triune character of the Deity is marked. of the first person of the Trinity Drihten God, Fæder Crístes, Hml. Th. i. 426, 24. God . . . Fæder Ælmihtig, Cri. 319. Críst þæs lifgendan Godes Sunu, Bl.
wed
a pledge, what is given as security ⬩ a pledge, what is given as security ⬩ a pledge, solemn promise, engagement, covenant, compact
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Beó mí wedd (pactum)on eówrum flǽsce on écum wedde (in foedus aeternum). . . hé áídlode mín wedd (pactum), Gen. 17, 13, 14. Hí mid wedde and mid áþum fryþ gefæstnodon, Chr. 926; Erl. 111, 44: 1016; Erl. 159, 4.
tó-weard
future ⬩ that is to come ⬩ about to come ⬩ coming ⬩ at hand ⬩ approaching ⬩ toward ⬩ (that is) to happen or be some time or other, ⬩ (that is) to come ⬩ about to happen ⬩ (that is) to come soon ⬩ imminent ⬩ impending ⬩ to take place ⬩ come to pass ⬩ coming towards a place ⬩ approaching ⬩ about to come ⬩ with the face towards a person, ⬩ facing
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Hé forestihte ðagecorenan tó ðam écan lífe, for ðan ðe hé wiste hí swilce tówearde he knew they were to become such, Homl. Th. i. 112, 32, 34.
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ge-settan
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Hé wile eallum wísfæstum gesceaftum ecn[e] dóm gesetton. Bl. H. 121, 20. Of ðám ryne þe him geset is, Bt. 21; F. 74, 5 : 21 : Met. II, 56. Geseted, Sae. 678.
setl
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Ðú Scippend heofones ðú ðe on ðam écan setle rícsast, Bt. 4; Fox 6, 30. Setle solio , Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, 13. Ðonne sitt hé ofer his mægen þrymme setl (seðel, Lind. : on sedle, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. 25, 31.
LǼDAN
TO LEAD ⬩ conduct ⬩ take ⬩ carry ⬩ bring ⬩ bring forth ⬩ produce
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Tó ðam écan setle ðæs heofonlícan ríces lǽded wæs ad æternam regni cælestis sedem translatus est, Bd. 2, 1; S. 500, 11. Forðon of Breotone nædran on scipum lǽdde wǽron nam de Brittania adlati serpentes, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 34
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ge-gán
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Th. 57, 2. to contribute to a result Ic ágǽlde þæt tó mínre sáwle frætwum belumpe, and mé tó éces lífes earnunge gegán sceolde, Angl. xi. 98, 30. special uses with preps. or adverbs, út gegán to go to the closet, have an evacuation Gif mon ne mæge út
witan
to wit ⬩ know ⬩ have knowledge ⬩ be aware, ⬩ to know ⬩ have knowledge of, ⬩ be aware of ⬩ to be wise ⬩ be in one's senses ⬩ to be conscious of ⬩ to know ⬩ to feel ⬩ shew
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Wát ic ðæt nú ðá, ðæt hé bið alles leás écan dreámes, Cd. Th. 275, 34; Sat, 181: Andr. Kmbl. 866; An, 433. Ðú wást míne geheówunga, ðæt ic eom dust, Blickl. Homl. 89, 15. Ðæt ðú wást, ðæt ic wæs deád, 183, 13.
gíman
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Waa ieów welegum ðe iówer lufu is on eówrum wortildwelum, and ne giémað ðæs écan gefeán, 181, 24. Hí gúðe ne gýmdon they had no stomach for the fight By. 192. Þæt sélre geceós, oferhýda ne gým, B. 1760.
gód
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Ꝥ him ꝥ gód móte tó écum médum gegangan, ꝥ him his freónd æfter gedéþ, Bl. H. 101, 17. Ꝥ heofonlice ríce is geháten eallum þe nú syndan gódes wyrhtan, 111, 12. Þeáh hé gódes hwæt onginne gǽstlíce, Jul. 397: Met. 9, 62.
líf
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Hú monna gehwylc ǽr earnode éces lífes, Cri. 1052. Tó þám úplican lífe, An. Ox. 2214. Se rinc sóhte óðer líf, Gen. 1627. (2 a) with reference to states separated by conversion :-- þæs ealdan lífes yfelnesse ueteris uitae malitia, An.