un-lǽd
poor ⬩ miserable ⬩ unhappy ⬩ unfortunate ⬩ poor ⬩ miserable ⬩ wretched
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Ða unlǽdan ( the chief priests who wished to kill Lazarus, Jn. 12, 10), 77, 9. Gesǽlige beóð ða ðe ðam fyliaþ, and unlǽde beóð ða ðe ðam wiðsacaþ, Wulfst. 264, 21. Gé sind unlǽde, earm[r]a geþóhta, Andr. Kmbl. 1487; An. 745.
fæstnian
to betroth
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Ic ðás word and ðás wísan fæstnie and wríte, 122, 2. Ic ðis wríte and ðeafie and mid Crístes ródetácne hit festniæ, i. 311, 24
ge-regnian
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Hús mið bésmum geclǽnsad and gehrínæd domum scopis mundatam ef ornatam, 12, 44. to prepare, dress material, v. ge-regnung Gecnúwa þá wyrta, gemeng wið buteran and on þá ilcan wísan geréna þe ic ǽr cwæþ, Lch. ii. 94, 27.
hlot
on allotted portion ⬩ a share ⬩ lot ⬩ lot ⬩ fate ⬩ fortune
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Hǽðenscipe bið ꝥ man morð-weorc gefremme on ænige wísan, oþþe on blóte (hlotæ, v. l., which the old Latin version renders in sorte; but the better reading seems to be blót.
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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A. 197, 77. to ask of a person what one wishes to be told Befrán hé æt þám mæssepreóstum ðæs martires naman, Hml. Th. ii. 506, 28
gearo
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Ic beó gearo sóna willan þínes I am ready to do what you wish, Jul. 49. <b>III a.
lǽran
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On óðre wísan sint tó lǽranne (cf. manianne, 19) ðá scamleásan, on óðre ðá scamfæstan.
clǽnsian
To CLEANSE, purify, chasten, clear oneself ⬩ mundare, purgare, castigare, se liberare
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To CLEANSE, purify, chasten, clear oneself; mundare, purgare, castigare, se liberare Gif man eard wille clǽnsian if a man wishes to cleanse the land, L. Eth. ix. 40; Th. i. 348, 25: L. C. S. 7; Th. i. 380, 7.
Linked entries: be-clǽnsian clǽnsnian clǽsnian clénsian
ge-mearcian
To mark, point out, describe, assign, appoint, determine ⬩ nŏtāre, signāre, designāre, assignāre, constĭtuĕre, decernĕre
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Ic wolde gesecgan hú Créca gewinn, ðe of Lacedemonia ðære byrig ǽrest onstæled wæs, and, mid spellcwydum gemearcian I wished to tell how the war of the Greeks was first raised from the city of the Lacedæmonians, and, in the language of history, to describe
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wer
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a weir, a dam Salomon sǽde ðætte suíðe deóp pól wǽre gewered on ðæs wísan monnes móde, and suíðe lytel unnyttes út fleówe.
ge-þwǽre
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Ðætte on óðre wísan sine tó manianne ðá geðwǽran ( pacati; cf. gesibsuman, 6), Past. 345, 4.
ge-weald
power ⬩ strength ⬩ might ⬩ efficacy ⬩ potestas ⬩ power over any thing ⬩ empire ⬩ rule ⬩ dominion ⬩ mastery ⬩ sway ⬩ jurisdiction ⬩ government ⬩ protection ⬩ keeping ⬩ a bridle-bit ⬩ potestas ⬩ facuitas ⬩ imperium ⬩ ditio ⬩ arbitrium ⬩ jus ⬩ camas
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Wiste his fingra geweald knew the power of his fingers, Beo. Th. 1533; B. 764. Gif hit geweald áhte if it possessed power, Bt. Met. Fox 22; 72; Met. 22, 36.
Linked entries: þeóh-geweald ge-wald ge-wild
óleccan
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dele last passage, for which see ólehtan, and add Martianus cwæð ꝥ hé geare wiste his æðelborennysse, 'and ic þé for ðí tihte ꝥ ðú-þám godum geoffrige'. Iulianus him sǽde, 'Þu eart áblend for þínre yfelnysse, and for þí mé þus ólǽcst', Hml.
ǽr
early ⬩ expressing readiness, quickness, soon ⬩ earlier, before ⬩ previously, beforehand ⬩ sooner ⬩ before ⬩ sooner ⬩ first
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Fela þing wiste se hálga wer on ǽr, lange ǽr hí gelumpon, Hml.
þúsend
a thousand
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Grammar þúsend, as a numeral noun, neuter and fem. (v. Ps. Th. 118, 72, and cf. cognates), Grammar þúsend, gen. þúsendes, pl. þúsendu (-o, -a,-e); also þúsend sometimes in the multiples, though, perhaps, in these cases the whole number is to be considered
hwilc
which ⬩ who ⬩ any one ⬩ any ⬩ some
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Dó mé wegas wíse ðæt ic wite on hwylcne ic gange notam mihi fac viam, in qua ambulem, Ps. Th. 142, 9. Geþence gé hwæt gé síen and hwelce gé síen pensa quod es, Past. 21, 4; Swt. 159, 14.
þing
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, every way, by nomeans, in any wise, etc. :-- Ðæt ðæt nǽnig ðing ne gedafenade quia nulla ratione conveniat, Bd. 2, 12; S. 514, 38.
stíg
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Strǽt wæs stánfáh, stíg wísode gumum ætgædere, Beo. Th. 646; B. 320: 4433; B. 2213: Andr. Kmbl. 1970; An. 987. Eástewearde andlang weges on hemléclége; eástewearde andlang stíge on Ulfan treów, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 437, 4.
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un-geweald
impotence ⬩ inability to control ⬩ unintentionally ⬩ not wilfully ⬩ involuntarily
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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 independently of our wishes
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cunnan
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Swylce hé andgytful sý þe lytel can tó geráde on ǽnige wísan, Wlfst. 53, 5. Hié woldon ðǽt hér ðý mára wísdóm on londe wǽre ðý wé má geðeóda cúðon, Past. 5, 25. Leófre ys ús beón beswungen for láre þænne hit ne cunnan ( nescire ), Coll. M. 18, 22.