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hungor

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Hié for þǽm hungre þá burh werian ne mihton, Bl. H. 79, 16. Biðon monncwalmo and hungro erunt pestilentiae et fames, Mt. L. 24, 7 : Lk. L. 21, 11. Wé geáxiað hungras wexende, Bl.

teón

Grammar
teón, [On p. 978, ll. 2, 3 for leáh, tongne l. teáh, longne.]
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</b> add Þá múlas þe ꝥ cræt tugon ... tómengdon þá getogu ꝥ hí teón ne mihton, Hml. S. 31, 972. <b>II a.</b> add :-- Ðá ridon his men tó and tugon út ðæt spic of Æðelsiges húse, C.D. iii. 291, 16. <b>III 2.

ofer-méttu (o)

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-méttu (o), indecl. in sing. ; but declined in pl. , where it is used with singular meaning, cf. ofer-hygd, -méde : perhaps all the instances which follow may belong to the plural, since eáþmétto takes a verb in the plural; f.

Pride, arrogance, haughtiness

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Heora eáþmétto ne mihton náuht forstandan, ne húru heora ofermétta, Bt. 29, 2; Fox 106, 1. Ðonne weaxaþ ða ofermétta (cf. ðonan mǽst cymeþ yfla oferméta,) (Met. 25, 44), 37, 1; Fox 186, 19.

ge-wunian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wunian, p. ode; pp. od.

to dwellinhabitto remainstayabidecontinueTo stop, live, associate withcontinue in or withto be accustomed, wont

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Th. 139, 3: Cd. 215; Th. 271, 9; Sat. 103. to remain, stay, abide, continue He leng on ðam lande gewunian ne mihte he could not stop any longer in the country, Blickl. Homl. 113, 11: Ap. Th. 7, 4.

á-biddan

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Ðeáh ðe ic georne bǽde, ne mihte ic lýfnesse ábiddan porro diligentius obsecrans, nequaquam impetrare potui .

on-findan

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Nán man ne mihte onfindan ꝥ heó wæs fǽmne, Shrn. 31, 11. to suffer, feel pain, discomfort, &amp;c. Hé onfindeþ swile and ꝥ þá óman beóð inne betýnde, Lch. ii. 174, 22.

willan

(v.)
Grammar
willan, prs. ic, hé wille, wile, ðú wilt, pl. wé willaþ ; p. wolde, walde ; part. prs. willende

To will, wishto will, exercise the faculty of willingto will, purpose, think, mean, intendto tendto will, ordain, order, commandto will, wish, want, desireto will, be willing to do somethingto allow, permit, grant, consent toto be disposed, to have such and such a willto will, profess, claimwill, shall, to be about to

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(a l) where an infinitive may be supplied from the context :-- His néxtan be his mihte gehelpan, and ofer his mihte wyllan to help his neighbour according to his power, and to wish to help him beyond his power Homl.

Linked entries: fǽcan walde

smeágan

(v.)
Grammar
smeágan, smeán; p. smeáde; ppr. smeágende, smeánde; pp. smeád

to consider, meditate, inquire, deliberateto consider, ponder, examine, inquire into, discuss, searchto seek an opportunityto accept as the result of inquiry, to suppose

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Ús is tó smeágenne, ðæt Drihten on ðære costunge nolde his ða myclan miht gecýþan Blickl. Homl. 33, 17. to seek an opportunity Ðá smeáde hé ðæt hé hine gesáwe querebat videre eum. Lk. Skt. 9, 9.

Linked entry: smeán

ge-líc

(adj.)
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Hú ne miht þú gesión ꝥ ǽlc wyrt and ǽlc wudu wile weaxan on þǽm lande sélost þe him betst geríst. . . .

ge-standan

(v.)
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Hé ne mihte his tídsangas gestandan mid his gebróðrum, Hml.

leger

(n.)
Grammar
leger, es; n.

a lyingdeadsicknessdeatha coucha laira grave

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Ðá cwæþ se cyng ðæt mihte beón geboden him wið clǽnum legere then the king said, the offer might have been made to him, if the death had been by fair means [it was by drowning], 31. a place to lie in, a couch, a lair, a place where the dead lie, a grave

Linked entries: clǽne ÁDL

stician

(v.)
Grammar
stician, p. ode.
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Hí ne mihte þorn stician, 66, 17. Stycigende stimulosa, Scint. 104, 6. <b>I a.</b> to kill (to stick iss ) Wé oþþe sticode beóþ oþþe on sǽ ádruncene aut jugulamur aut mergimur, Bd. 1, 13; S. 482, 1.

þys-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þys-líc, þyl-líc; pron.

Such

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Ðyslíc mé is gesewen ðis líf talis mihi videtur vita, 2, 13; S. 556, 13. Ðonne ðis tácen ðyllíc ðé tó cume, 2, 12; S. 514, 22. Sió onsýn biþ þyslícu, Lchdm. ii. 348, 21. Þyllíc bið se ende ðæs líchoman fægernesse, Blickl. Homl. 59, 21: Homl.

Linked entries: þislíc þyl-líc

ge-rǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rǽdan, to advise, ge-rǽdan to arrange. [These two verbs seem to have coalesced (v. rǽdan), and are taken together.]
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Hú ic mihte þearflícast mé sylfum gerǽdan for Gode and for worolde, Ll. Lbmn. 269, 17. to read Ðá gerédes legentes, Mt. p. 13, 8. Bið geréded legitur . Lk. p. II, 16, 17. See next two words

heáh

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Seó heá miht on þysne wang ástág, 105, 13. Þæs heán fæder swmmi Patris, Gr. D. 240, 25. Swá heágum Gode wiþcweþan, Bt. 35, 4; F. 160, 29. Þone heán cyning, gásta hyrde, Dan. 198. Þára heán handa Drihtnes, Ps. Th. 76, 9.

Linked entry: dynt

scildan

(v.)
Grammar
scildan, scyldan, sceldan, sceoldan; p. de.
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Wé ús wið him sceldan ðæs ðe wé mihton, Nar. 14, 29. Ða wið flódum foldan sceldun (scehdun, MS.), 61, 6; Cri. 980. Hú hí hí sylfe scyldan sceolan wið deóflu, Blickl. Homl. 47, 22. Utan scyldan ús wið ðone hátan bryne ðe wealleþ on helle, L. C.

Linked entries: scyldan scehdun

ge-bringan

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</b> where the point reached is given by an abstract noun :-- Hú hé ꝥ Hú hí mihton hine tó deáþe gebringan, Hml. Th. i. 214, 32. to bring to or from a state, condition, action, &amp;c., cause to be in such and such a state, &amp;c.

Linked entry: ge-brengan

friþ

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Hé mid friðe þurh Normandíg faran ne mihte he could not pass through Normandy unmolested. Chr. 1094; P. 229, 32 : By. 179. Þæt hié hine gebróhten of þǽre folcsceare, þæt hé on friðe wǽre, Gen. 1872.

hwilc

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Hwelc gesceádwís mon mihte cweþan þæt. . . ? quis putet . . . ?, Bt. 28 ; F. 100, 30. On hwylcre mihte wyrcsð þú þás þing? in qua potestate haec facts? Mt. 21, 23. Hwelce twá synd wiþerweardran betwuh him þonne gód and yfel ?, Bt. 16, 3; F. 56, 6.

niman

(v.)
Grammar
niman, p. nam, pl. námon; pp. numen (kept in the slang word nim = steal. Cf. Shakspere's Corporal Nym).

to takereceivegetsumereaccipereto takekeepholdtenereto takecatchto containto take (with one)carrybringto take (to one)giveto take forciblyseizetake awaycarry offtollerecapessereauferrerapere

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Hé lǽrde tó healdenne reogollíces lífes þeódscipe swá swíðe swá ða níwan Cristenan hit niman ( capere ) mihton, Bd. 3, 22; S. 553; 11. Héht his sweord niman, Beo.

Linked entry: bi-nom