on-cunnan
To accuse a person (acc.) of something (gen., clause beginning with ðæt or with prep, be, for), to blame, charge, lay to a person's charge
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Th. 301, 13; Fä. 18. Ðæt ús God ne þurfa oncunnan for ðæræ waniungæ nec nobis Deus debeat imputare hanc imminutionem, Chart. Th. 163, 25. Oncunnen notatus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 114, 81.
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spédig
having good speed ⬩ prosperous ⬩ having means ⬩ wealthy ⬩ opulent ⬩ rich in material wealth ⬩ rich in ⬩ abounding in ⬩ abundant ⬩ copious ⬩ powerful ⬩ uber, efficax, brevis
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Th. 143, 27; Gú. 667: 198, 14; Ph. 10: 305, 2; Fä. 82. Wæstmum spédig, Cd. Th. 169, 19; Gen. 2802. Mihtum spédge, 101, 25; Gen. 1687. Spédige, Ps. Th. 59, 5. powerful (cf. ríce) Spédig potens, Ps. Lamb. 77, 65.
ge-feormian
to entertain ⬩ harbour ⬩ receive as a guest ⬩ feed ⬩ cherish ⬩ support ⬩ suscipere ⬩ hospitio suscipere ⬩ epulare ⬩ fovere ⬩ curare ⬩ to feed on ⬩ devour ⬩ vesci ⬩ comedere ⬩ to cleanse ⬩ farm ⬩ cleanse out ⬩ mundare
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Th. 1493; B. 744. to cleanse, farm or cleanse out, Provncl; mundare Ðæt hí ða bán woldon upádón, and onþweán and gefeormian that they would take up the bones to wash and cleanse, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 11.
ge-sceap
a creation, created being or thing, creature ⬩ creātio, creātūra ⬩ a decree, fate, destiny, condition, nature, form, shape ⬩ fātum, destĭnāta, condĭtio, nātūra, indŏles, forma, spĕcies ⬩ the privy members ⬩ vĕrenda, pŭdenda ⬩ creature ⬩ decrees of fate
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Ðissesgisceppes hujus creationis, Rtl. 21, 10. a decree, fate, destiny, condition, nature, form, shape; fātum, destĭnāta, condĭtio, nātūra, indŏles, forma, spĕcies Ðæt ic sceolde wið gesceape mínum on bonan willan búgan that I must submit to a murderer's
sinc
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Sadol searwum fáh, since gewurþad, Beo. Th. 2081 ; B. 1038 : 3234 ; B. 1615. Se wyrm ligeþ since ( the hoard which it guarded ) bereáfod, 5486 ; B. 2746. Cyning mec gyrweþ since and seolfre, Exon. Th. 401, 11 ; Rä. 21, 10.
un-geweald
impotence ⬩ inability to control ⬩ unintentionally ⬩ not wilfully ⬩ involuntarily
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geworhton gewealdes oþþe ungewealdes, Wulfst. 135, 30. where something happens that is not controlled or brought about by a person Úre gást biþ swíþe wíde farende úrum unwillum and úres ungewealdes ... ðæt biþ ðone þonne wé slápaþ our spirit wanders far
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riht-líc
right, just ⬩ right, fitting, adapted to due requirements ⬩ adapted, fitted, entitled ⬩ right, in accordance with reason ⬩ right as regards conduct, ⬩ righteous
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right, just Rihtlíc fas, justum, Hpt. Gl. 460, 16. Ic tócwýse eówer deófolgyld, and biþ ðonne rihtlíc geþúht ðæt gé geswýcon eówres gedwyldes, Homl. Th. i. 70, 33.
eád
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Eádes hleótan, Fä. 89. Þǽr ( in Paradise ) him nǽnges wæs eádes onsýn ... him bitter wearð yrmðu æfter ǽte, Ph. 398. Næs his frymð ǽfre, eádes ongyn, 638. Wæs hyra tíres æt ende, eádes and ellendǽda, Jud. 273.
ge-wealdan
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</b> where the subject is a passion :-- Gif hé yrre ne lǽteð ǽfre gewealdan if he never lets anger have the mastery, Fä. 83. of official authority Ðás gewældes ðǽm hi dominantur eis, Mk. L. R. 10, 42. Hé ríces geweóld, Hml. S. 26, 46
be-felgan
To stick or cling to ⬩ betake oneself ⬩ inhærere ⬩ insistere ⬩ To deliver ⬩ transmit ⬩ consign ⬩ tradere ⬩ committere
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Æfter ðon ðe he ðǽr sum fæc hálgum leornungum befealh after he had there for a while betaken himself to holy learning, Bd. 4, 23; S. 594, 19. Ðæt he ðám hálwendan ongynnessum georne gefeole [befulge MS.
dæg-steorra
The day star ⬩ lucifer, aurora
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The day star; lucifer, aurora Seó sunne and se móna, and ǽfensteorra and dægsteorra, and óðre þrý steorran, ne synd ná fæste on ðam firmamentum the sun and the moon, and the evening star and the day star, and three other stars, are not fast in the firmament
méce
A sword ⬩ falchion ⬩ blade
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Slóh fágum méce, Judth. 10; Thw. 23, 4; Jud. 204. Scírne méce a bright blade, Exon. 79 a; Th. 297, 8; Crä. 65. Heardne méce, Byrht. Th. 136, 47; By. 167. Mécea gemánan, Chr. 937; Erl. 114, 6; Æðelst. 40. Mécum mylenscearpan, Erl. 112, 24; Æðelst. 24
ést-mete
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Lazarus geseah ðone rícan brúcan his éstmettas (fare sumptuously), Hml. Th. i. 330, 15.
for-sittan
to stop up
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Add: trans. to stop up Gif eágan forsetene beóþ ... drýp on ꝥ eáge, Lch. iii. 2, 20. to lose by sitting, to fail to go and do something, neglect or defer a duty Gif preóst fulwihðe untrumes forsitte, Ll. Th. i. 38, 10.
tóh
Tough, ⬩ tenacious, ⬩ holding fast together ⬩ lentus ⬩ tough, ⬩ pliant ⬩ tough, ⬩ sticky, ⬩ glutinous, ⬩ clammy
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Tough, tenacious, holding fast together; lentus Tóh, tóch, thóch lenta, Txts. 73, 1198. Tóh, Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 64. Ðæm tón lento, 62. Ðǽm tón ab lentis, 3, 48. tough, pliant Tóh (tóch, thóh) gerd lentum vimen, Txts. 75, 1207: Wrt.
á-springan
to be emitted ⬩ to arise ⬩ to rush up ⬩ burst forth ⬩ to spring, ⬩ to spring up ⬩ come into existence ⬩ to spread (intrans. ) out ⬩ to run out ⬩ cease ⬩ fail
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Ox. 3804. to spread (intrans. ) out (of fame, report, etc.) þá ásprang his word wíde geond land, Hml. S. 7, 388: 10, 75: 26, 239. Iudan ege ásprang wíde geond land, 25, 322. Of ðám deáðe ásprang his nama geond ealne middangeard, Hml.
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cearig
Careful, sorrowful, pensive, wary, CHARY, anxious, grieving, dire ⬩ sollicitus, cautus, querens, mente turbatus, dirus
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Wæs Meotud on beám bunden fæste cearian clomme the Creator was bound fast on the tree with dire bond, Exon. 116b; Th. 449, 6; Dóm. 67.
for-lǽran
To misteach ⬩ deceive ⬩ seduce ⬩ corrupt ⬩ pervert ⬩ decĭpĕre ⬩ sedūcĕre ⬩ corrumpĕre
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Hie seó wyrd forlǽrde fate mistaught them, 1227; An. 614: Elen. Kmbl. 415; El. 208. Ðe hig forlǽrdon who deceived them, Num. 31, 16. Ðú me forlǽred hæfst thou hast seduced me, Cd. 38; Th. 50, 34; Gen. 818: Ex. 14, 11
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in-dryhten
Noble ⬩ courtly
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Icel. inn-drótt a king's body-guard] Ðæt bþ in eorle indryhten þeáw ðæt hé his ferþlocan fæste binde it is a noble habit in a man, to bind fast his mind's casket, Exon. 76 b; Th. 287, 11; Wand. 12.
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nyt
use ⬩ advantage ⬩ profit ⬩ office ⬩ duty
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Nebb biþ hyre æt nytte it has a face for use, 416, 23; Rä. 35, 3. Tó nyttum ad pensas, Wrt. ii. 4, 40 : ad expensas, 7, 30 : ad penses, 99, 23. office, duty Ðegn nytte beheóld, se ðe on handa bær hroden ealowǽge, Beo. Th. 993; B.494 : 6228; B. 3118