CÉPAN
To observe, keep, regard, await, desire, take, betake oneself to, meditate, bear ⬩ observare, tenere, manere, appetere, captare, se conferre, meditari, portare
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He nolde him nánes fleámes cépan he did not wish to betake himself to flight, Ælfc. T. 36, 18. Ðonne him cælþ, he cépþ him hlywþe when he is cold, he betakes himself to shelter, Hexam. 20; Norm. 28, 22.
Linked entry: ge-cépan
irre
Anger ⬩ wrath ⬩ ire ⬩ rage
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Hé gearwe wiste ðæt hie godes yrre habban sceoldon, Cd. 33; Th. 43, 24 ; Gen. 695: Exon. 61 b ; Th. 226, 20; Ph. 408. Godes yrre bær the wrath of God was upon him, Beo. Th. 1427; B. 711
un-rótness
Sadness ⬩ sorrow ⬩ trouble ⬩ gloominess
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Ic hit wiste be sumum dǽle, ac mé hæfde ðiós unrótnes ámerredne, ðæt ic hit hæfde mid ealle forgiten; and ðæt is eác mínre unrótnysse se mǽsta dǽl, ðæt ... eaque mihi etsi ob injuriae dolorem nuper oblita, non tamen ante hac prorsus ignorata dixisti;
Linked entry: rótness
for-cweþan
to reproach ⬩ upbraid ⬩ blame ⬩ reprove ⬩ rebuke ⬩ to reprove ⬩ to refuse ⬩ decline ⬩ to excuse ⬩ to refuse ⬩ to receive ⬩ to reject ⬩ disapprove of
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I a: Se wísa Catulus, swá ungefrǽglíce forcwæð Nomum Catullus Nonium strumam appellat, Bt. 27, 1; F. 94, 32. Þa wífmen cwǽdon ꝥ hié þá burg werian wolden, gif þá wǽpnedmen ne dorsten ...
gearwe
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Ne ful geare wiste, 860. Geara, Guth. 70, 4: Bt. 35, 6; F. 170, 8. Ne wéne ic his, ac wát geara (geare, v. l. ), 38, 6; F. 208, 14. Geare cunnan, Wand. 69: B. 2070; El. 167. Gearwe cunnan, Wand. 71. Gearor witan, Past. 429, 19: Bl. H. 13, 21.
hreówan
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Rdr. 105, 45. to affect with regret, to make a person wish that he had not done something, or that something had not happened. the subject a noun (pronoun) Ne doo ðú nánwuht búton geðeahte, ðonne ne hríwð hit ðé ðonne hit gedón bið sine consilio nihil
ó-leccan
to treat gently, to soothe, caress ⬩ to be obsequious, pay court to, fawn upon, flatter, to try to gain a person's good will by unworthy means ⬩ to gain good will by worthy means, to propitiate, be submissive ⬩ of things to gratify, charm, give pleasure
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Gif ðú wille ðæt ðé monige ólæcan ðonne ólæce ðú ánum swíðe georne if you wish many to pay court to you, do you sedułously pay court to one, Prov. Kmbl. 79 : 80. Mé riht ne þinceþ ðæt ic óleccan þurfe Gode æfter góde ǽnegum, Cd.
Linked entry: óliccan
clipung
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Mid ánre clypunge wearð þes synfulla geriht*-*wísod, ii. 428, 19-34. Hé clypode tó Gode: 'Þú ælmihtiga God . . .' Æfter ðisre clypunge, Hml. S. 18, 132.
Wéland
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Hwǽr sint nú ðæs foremǽran and ðæs wísan goldsmiðes bán Wélondes ubi nunc fidelis ossa Fabricii (cf. faber) jacent? Bt. 19; Fox 70, 1.
Linked entry: Weolud
wandrian
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Wandrigende pucan uagantes demonas, Germ. 388, 37. figurative, to leave one's proper work Ðonne gǽð Dine út sceáwian ða elðiódigan wíf, ðonne hwelces monnes mód forlǽt his ǽgne tilunga, and sorgaþ ymb óðerra monna wísan, ðe him náuht tó ne limpð, and
CEORL
CHURL, countryman, husbandman ⬩ homo liber, rusticus, colonus ⬩ a man, husband ⬩ vir, maritus ⬩ a free man
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Ealdan ceorlas wilniaþ old men wish, Bt. 36, 5; Fox 180, 7. Clypa ðínne ceorl voca virum [husband] tuum, Jn. Bos. 4, 16, 17.
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earm
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Ox. 3853. poor, destitute Swá earm ꝥ hé næfþ furþon þá neódþearfe áne, ꝥ is, wist and wǽda, Bt. 33, 2; F. 124, 16. Ꝥ hé blíþe þæs earman líchoman gefylle . . . God him worldspéda syleþ, ꝥ hí þæs earman helpan sceolan, Bl. H. 37, 29, 36.
ge-yppan
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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 (done to him by another), and afterwards wish
here
an army ⬩ an army ⬩ a host ⬩ a division of an army ⬩ army corps ⬩ legion ⬩ cohort ⬩ troop ⬩ infantry ⬩ cavalry ⬩ an army ⬩ an army ⬩ multitude ⬩ host ⬩ crowd ⬩ multitude ⬩ harrying ⬩ devastation ⬩ plundering ⬩ ravaging
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Heriges wísa, Dan. 203. Herges wísa, freom folctoga, Exod. 13. Herges rǽswan, 234. Mennen þe þú áhreddest herges cræftum, Gen. 2127. Títus cóm mid Rómána herige . . . þá leóde flugon þá hié þone here tóweardne wiston, Bl. H. 79, 11-13.
swincan
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Ic wundrige hwí swá manige wíse men swá swíþe swuncen mid ðære sprǽce, Bt. 41, 4; Fox 250, 20. Ðú swíþor swincst on ðam sporé, ðonne hí dón, 38, 5 ; Fox 206, 13. Suá hwá suá suinceþ (swinceþ, Cott.
ge-þanc
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Hí mid geþoncum (thoughtfully, wisely) þeóden heredon, Az. 68. God gesyhþ ǽlces monnes geþanc and his word, and his dǽda tóscǽt, Bt. 40, 7; F. 242, 32.
wær-scipe
Prudence, caution, circumspection, wisdom,in a bad sense, cunning, astuteness
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Th. ii. 432, 1. [ Belin wes swiðe wis, and warscipe him folweden, Laym. 5603. Dumbe bestes habbeð þeos warschipe, þet hwon heo beað asailed, heo þrungeð alle togederes, A. R. 252, 6. Warschipe aȝaines unþeawes, H. M. 41, 7.
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FEOR
FAR ⬩ at a distance ⬩ prŏcul ⬩ longe ⬩ beyond ⬩ moreover ⬩ ultra ⬩ porro
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Hit feor on óðre wísan wæs it was far otherwise; longe ălĭter ĕrat, Bd. 3, 14; S. 539, 44. beyond, moreover; ultra, porro Ge feor hafaþ fǽhþe gestǽled and moreover she hath set up a deadly feud, Beo. Th. 2684; B. 1340
HÚS
A HOUSE ⬩ a family
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Byþ gelíc ðam wísan were se hys hús ofer stán getimbrode assimilabitur viro sapienti qui ædificavit domum suam supra petram, Mt. Kmbl. 7, 24. Gewát neósian heán húses went and visited the lofty house, Beo. Th. 233; B. 116.
herian
To praise
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To praise Ðé ic hérige swá swá wisne man te laudo ut sapientem, Ælfc. Gr. 15; Som. 17, 64: Ps. Th. 55, 4, 9. Ic herge, Exon. 41b; Th. 138, 28; Gú. 583. Ðæt ðæt mon hereþ hoc ipsum quod laudatur, Past. 48, 5; Swt. 373, 2.
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