be-frinan
to ask a person a question, ⬩ to ask ⬩ question, ⬩ to ask about something ⬩ to ask a person about something ⬩ to ask for some-thing ⬩ to ask of a person what one wishes to be told
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Hé hí befrán on hwilcne tíman hí þone steorran gesáwon, i. 82, 8. Heó befrinen þone cásere hwæt heó scolden, Hml. A. 194, 37. Ðone pápan ꝥ hié befrinon hwæt him tó rǽde þúhte, Bl.
ge-metgian
To measure, moderate, temper, regulate, order, govern, restrain ⬩ mensurare, temperare, moderare, regere ⬩ to measure in the mind, to deliberate, meditate on ⬩ deliberare, meditari ⬩ To become moderate, to moderate one's self ⬩ moderari, temperari
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Beorhte steorran móna gemetgaþ the moon tempers the bright stars, Bt. Met. Fox 4, 17; Met. 4, 9. Se gemetgaþ ðne bridel he regulates the bridle, Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174, 18.
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sweotole
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of a physical action, clearly, without obstruction Steorran geseón swá sutole swá on niht, Blickl. Homl. 93, 20. Gé sweotule geseóþ Dryhten faran, Exon. Th. 32, 13; Cri. 512. Sweotole on ðæs hǽþenes heáfod starian, Judth. Thw. 24, 8; Jud. 177.
scínan
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Scinon ðá bán swá beorhte swá steorran . . . and ꝥ leóht geswutelode swá hwǽr swá hí lágon, Hml. S. 11, 269. Giwédo his giwordne wérun scínende (-o, L.) uestimenta eius facta sunt splendentia, Mk. R. 9, 3.
stregdan
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To scatter, disperse Steorran strédaþ of heofone, stormum ábeátne, Exon. Th. 58, 24; Cri. 940, Stregdaþ tóðas, Salm. Kmbl. 230; Sal. 114. Hí tó scipon stréddon they dispersed to their ships, Chr. 1010; Erl. 144, 3. to lay in order (?)
sóþlíce
Truly, really ⬩ certainly ⬩ verily ⬩ Now ⬩ then ⬩ for ⬩ autem ⬩ ecce ⬩ enim ⬩ ergo ⬩ nam ⬩ vero
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Sóðlíce wé gesáwon hys steorran, vidimus enim stellam ejus, 2, 2: 3, 1: 4, 18 (and often). Gehýre gé sóðlíce ðæs sáwendan bigspell vos ergo audite parabolam seminantis, 13, 18.
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tácnian
to make a mark upon something, to mark ⬩ to be a token or mark of something, to indicate, mark ⬩ to indicate, point out ⬩ to signify ⬩ to be the figurative expression of, be a figure of something, to symbolize ⬩ to indicate what is future, to portend
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Kmbl. p. 148, 4. to be a token or mark of something, to indicate, mark Se steorra ðe wé hátaþ ǽfensteorra, ðonne hé biþ west gesewen, ðonne tácnaþ hé ǽfen, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 232, 34.
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wafian
To look with wonder, be amazed, ⬩ to wonder at, be amazed at
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Hwá ne mæge wafian ǽlces steorran? Met. 28, 44.
heofon
firmament ⬩ happiness ⬩ a ceiling
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Þá steorran synd fæste on þǽre heofene; þæt (what) menn geseóð feallan of þǽre heofone, swylce hyt sýn steorran, hyt beóð spearcan, Angl. viii. 320, 31: Cri. 940.
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scín-lác
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Ðeós wyrt (ἀστήριον) scíneþ on nihte swilce steorra on heofone, and se ðe hý nytende gesihþ, hé sægþ ðæt hé scínlác geseó, Lchdm. i. 164, 6. Scínlác monstra, Wrt. Voc. ii. 56, 15: nebulones , Hpt. Gl. 501, 73.
ge-stígan
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II. to descend to, reach by descending :-- Ne se steorra (Ursa) gestígan wile westdǽl wolcna; ealle stiorran segað æfter sunnan under eorþan grund, he ana stent Ursa nunquam occiduo lata profundo, cetera cernens sidera mergi, cupit oceano tingere jlammas
CÍGAN
To call, name, call upon, invoke, call together, summon ⬩ vocare, nominare, invocare, convocare ⬩ To cry, call ⬩ clamare, vocare
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To call, name, call upon, invoke, call together, summon; vocare, nominare, invocare, convocare Drihten mæg steorran be naman cígean ealle the Lord can call all the stars by name, Ps. Th. 146, 4.
ge-staðelian
To found ⬩ establish ⬩ build ⬩ erect ⬩ place ⬩ settle ⬩ strengthen ⬩ confirm ⬩ fortify ⬩ repair ⬩ restore ⬩ fundāre ⬩ stăbĭlīre ⬩ ædĭfĭcāre ⬩ collŏcāre ⬩ lŏcare ⬩ confortāre ⬩ confirmāre ⬩ restaurāre
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Ic geseó mónan and steorran, ða ðú gestaðelodest vĭdēbo lunam et stellas, quæ tu fundasti, Ps. Spl. 8, 4: Ps. Th. 89, 8. Se þe middangeard gestaðelode he who established the earth, Andr.
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cræft
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Se cræft sceolde wissian be steorrum hwæt gehwilcum menn gelumpe, . . . on þám cræfte áspende mín fæder má þonne twá hund punda . . . Gif þú þisne cræft healst . . .
ge-hál
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Ðǽra steorrena nán ne fylð of ðám rodere ðá hwíle ðe ðeós woruld wunað swá gehál, Hex. 14, 3. Scearp sweord ðá wunde tósceát, and gǽð gehálre ecgge forð, Past. 453, 17. <b>II a.
wissian
to shew ⬩ to shew ⬩ guide ⬩ direct ⬩ rule ⬩ declare ⬩ make known
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Th. 30, 9. to declare, make known Se cræft sceolde wissian gewisslíce be steorrum hwæt gehwilcum menn gelumpe on his lífes endebyrdnysse, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 253
topp
a top, ⬩ summit ⬩ a lock of hair, tuft ⬩ a collection of rays of light ⬩ a top to play with ⬩ the hair at the top of the head ⬩ that which has a similarity with it
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Cometa ... men cweþaþ on Englisc, ðæt hit sié feaxede steorra, for ðæm ðǽr stent lang leóma of, Chr. 891; Erl. 88, 19.
uppe
up ⬩ above ⬩ on high ⬩ up
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Wearð ætýwed uppe on roderum steorra on staðole, Chr. 978; Erl. 126, 23. Hé geseah áne hlǽdre standan æt him on eorðan. Óðer ende wæs uppe on hefenum, Past. 16; Swt. 101, 19. Saul hine wolde sécean uppe on ðæm munte, 28; Swt. 197, 13.
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ǽr
early ⬩ expressing readiness, quickness, soon ⬩ earlier, before ⬩ previously, beforehand ⬩ sooner ⬩ before ⬩ sooner ⬩ first
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Tó hwilces tíman se steorra him ǽrst æteówode, Hml. Th. i. 78, 18. Ǽst of ánre byrig, ðonne of óðerre, Ors. 3, 7; S. 112, 22. Hé angan tó smeágenne ǽrest þinga hú hé his líf gerihtlǽcan meahte, Lch. iii. 438, 29: Ll. Th. ii. 316, 11.
FEALLAN
FALL, fall down, fail ⬩ defĭcĕre
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Heofones steorran beóþ feallende stellæ cæli ĕrunt decĭdentes, Mk. Bos. 13, 25. Ðis líf is lǽnlíc and feallende this life is transitory and failing, L. E. I. prm; Th. ii. 400, 16. Ic fealle cădo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 7; Som. 32, 54.
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