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dón

(v.)
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Seó leáse wyrd ne mæg þám men dón fultum, Bt. 20; F. 70, 22. Doonde laturi (praesidium ), Wrt.

ge-witnes

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Th. i. 86, 3: 282, 18. cf. ge-wita; 3 Gif þeówmon wyrce on Sunnandæg be his hláfordes hǽse. . . . Gif se þeówa bútan his gewitnesse wyrce, Ll. Th. i. 104, 4.

lytel

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
lytel, adj., and neut. of adj. Add:: , lýtel (?). A. adj.
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, háre wyrt lytelu, Lch, ii. 132, 8. (1 b) with superlative force in little finger, toe :-- Gif se lytla bið of áslegen, Ll.

mǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
mǽre, adj.

Greatexcellentdistinguishedillustrioussublimesplendidcelebratedfamouswidely knownnotoriousdistinguished by evil deedsinsignis

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Ðæt is mǽro wyrd that is a tremendous event (the deluge), Cd. 69; Th. 84, 18; Gen. 1399. Ðín mægen is swá mǽre, swá ðæt ǽnig ne wát eorþbúende ða deópnesse Drihtnes mihta, Hy. 3, 31; Hy. Grn. ii. 282, 31.

þolian

(v.)
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þolian, p. ode
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biþ ðæt, ðonne mon him sylf ne mæg wyrd onwendan, ðæt hé ðonne wel þolige, 459, 16; Hy. 4, 117. Æt ðearfe þolian, unwáclíce wǽpna neótan, Byrht. Th. 140, 53; By. 307: 137, 45; By. 201

tíma

(n.)
Grammar
tíma, an; m.

Timehourtempus horatime when,time at which an event takes place a time when a thing can or ought to be done,a proper time,opportunity in time in good timebe-timesproper timean appointed timea period of time time during which certain events are happening, during which a particular person is living, etc. a season of the yearan age of the world time of pronouncing a syllable, quantity time, condition of things

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Hé ðencþ ðæs tíman hwonne hé hit wyrs geleánian mǽge deteriora rependere, si occasio praebeatur, quaerat, 33; Swt. 227, 23. time as in the phrases, in time, in good time, be-times; proper time because soon enough Ealle ðás ungesǽlða ús gelumpon þurh

Linked entries: týma tíme

ge-dón

(v.)
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Ic wille gedón þ ǽlc man sý folcrihtes wyrðe I will have it that every man be entitled to folkright, Ll. Th. i. 164, 20.

líc

(n.)
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líc, es; n.

A body

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Hé wearp hine ðá on wyrmes líc, Cd. 25; Th. 31, 26; Gen. 491. Eowre líc sceolon sweltan on ðisum wéstene vestra cadavera jacebunt in solitudine, Num. 14, 32.

medume

(adj.)
Grammar
medume, medeme, meodume; adj.

middlingmoderatecommonoccupying the middle or mean position as regardsobserving the just meanperfectmeetfitworthy

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wyrþ ǽlces cræftes medeme ( fit for, capable of ) ... ǽlces þinges swá medeme swá hé ǽfre medemast (medomist, MS. Cott.), Bt. 38, 5; Fox 206, 25-29.

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ge-weorc

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mid lacessenteis coelum gigantes benigna fortitudo deposuit, Bt. 35, 4; F. 162, 14. work, labour, any form of long-sustained or habitual activity Gýme gafolswán ꝥ hé æfter sticunge his slyhtswýn wel behweorfe, sæncge, ðonne bið hé ful wel gewyrces wyrðe

ESNE

(n.)
Grammar
ESNE, es; m.

A man of the servile class, a servant, retainer, man, youth mercēnārius, servus, vir, jŭvĕnis

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Gif esne ofet dryhtnes hǽse þeów-weorc wyrce an Sunnan ǽfen, efter hire setlgange, óþ Mónan ǽfenes setlgang, lxxx scillinga se dryhtne gebéte.

LIBBAN

(v.)
Grammar
LIBBAN, p. lifde

To LIVE

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Swínes scearn ðæs ðe on dúnlande and wyrtum libbe, L. M. 1, 20; Lchdm. ii. 62, 28. Ne hié selfe ðý beteran ne taligen ðe ða óðre ðeáh ða óðre be him libben ne se meliores æstiment, quia contineri per se ceteros vident, Past. 44, 1; Swt. 319, 19.

Linked entries: lifian be-libban

meaht

(n.)
Grammar
meaht, <b>, maht, meaht, meht, mieht, miht,</b> e; f. (but mihtes,
  • Ps, Th. 70, 18
).

Mightpowervirtueabilityan exercise of powermighty work

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Gif hǽto oððe meht ne wyrne lǽt him blód if heat, or his ability to bear it do not forbid, let him blood, L. M. 2, 42; Lchdm. ii. 254, 4. Miht is Drihtnes potestas Dei est, Ps. Th. 61, 12. Meahte opis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 26: potentatus, 77, 78.

Linked entries: mæht miht un-gemeaht

stician

(v.)
Grammar
stician, p. ode.
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Sting ðín seax on ða wyrte, lǽt stician ðǽron, Lchdm. ii. 346, 12, 20: Jud. 3, 22. fig. to be involved, be prevented from free action, lie encumbered On hú ðióstrum hora seáþe þara unþeáwa ða yfelwillendan sticiaþ quanto in coeno probra volvantur, 37

hróf

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Ne wyrðe am ꝥte under hróf mínum inngáe, Lk. L. 7, 6. Róf, Mt. L. 8, 8. <b>I c.</b> house-top as the most public place to proclaim anything :-- Ðætte in eárum gihérdest and sprecende gé wérun in cotum ábodad bið on hrófum, Lk. R.

þes

(pronoun.)
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þes, þæs; m.: þeós, þiós, þiús; f.: þis, þiss, þys; n. demons. pron. This
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Hwá ne wafaþ ðæs ðonne se fulla móna wyrþ ofertogen mid þióstrum? oððe eft ðæt ða steorran scínaþ beforan ðam mónan and ne scínaþ beforan ðære sunnan? Ðisses hí wundriaþ, Bt. 89, 3; Fox 214, 31. Þisses, Exon. Th. 15, 18; Cri. 238.

Linked entries: þás þis

be

restbyalong,by, not later thanbyduringbywithconveyance, by (in to send by) subject toin the case ofin the matter ofinwith(to do) byor abouttowith(to become)ofbybecause ofon account offor the sake ofbyby means ofby the use ofby way ofin the form ofafter according toafterby the commandat the request

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Gif þeów mon wyrce on Sunnandæg be his hláfordes hǽse, Ll. Th. i. 104, 2.

láð

(adj.)
Grammar
láð, adj.

hatefulhatedloathedlothdispleasinginjuriousgrievoushostilemaligninimical

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Gnornsorga mǽst wyrda láðost greatest of griefs, most grievous of fates, Elen. Kmbl. 1953; El. 978. Ðǽr ðé láðast biþ, Exon. 41 a; Th. 137, 17; Gú. 560.

níwe

(adj.)
Grammar
níwe, neówe; adj.

newnot yet usednewrecentnot of long standingnot long madenew (to anything)inexperiencednewnoveldifferent from what has gone before

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Him ne wæs nǽnig earfoþe ðæt líchomlíce gedál on ðære neówan wyrde ( in their new condition ), Blickl. Homl. 135, 31. Ic eów sylle níwe bebod, Jn. Skt. 13, 34. Singaþ Drihtne neówne sang, Ps. Th. 149, 1 : Ps. Surt. 32, 3.

Linked entry: níwung

scrífan

(v.; prep.)
Grammar
scrífan, p. scráf, pl. scrifon; pp. scrifen
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Ne scrífe hé ðæs hlísan búton hú hé ryhtosð wyrce opus rectitudinis appetitio ignoret favoris, Past. 44, 3; Swt. 313, 16. with dat.

Linked entry: be-scrifen