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ge-cweþan

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Heora nán nyste hwæt óðer gecwæð, 472, 28. Þá cwæþ hé: 'þanc ic dó ...'. Sóna swá hé þás word gecwæþ, Bl. H. 191, 23-29. Heó word gecweþan ne mihte, Guth. 88, 25. Ðá ðe in ðióstrum gié cuoedon in léht biðon gecoeden, Lk. L. 12, 3.

Linked entry: ge-cwidrǽden

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
má, indecl. cpve. used as subst. and adj.

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Nabbaþ syððan hwæt hig má dón non habent amplius quod faciant, Lk. Skt. 12, 4. Hwæt sceal ic ðonne má secgean fram Sancte Johanne, Blickl. Homl. 169, 24 : Bd. 3, 27; S. 559, 22 : Ps. Th. 125, 2. Gif hé má wille, drince hé hát wæter, L.

Linked entries: mǽst

tó-cnáwan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-cnáwan, p. -cneów; pp. -cnáwen

To discern,distinguish,know the difference between,understand

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Hú mihte Adam tócnáwan hwæt hé wǽre, 14, 4. Tócnáwan. ðæt ús is twyfeald neód, ii. 284, 23: Lchdm. iii. 236, 10: Homl. Ass. 107, 150. Ðus ðú miht tócnáwan, hwænne nama cymþ of worde, hwænne word of naman, Ælfc. Gr. 36; Zup. 216. 5

sculan

(v.)
Grammar
sculan,  sceolan; ic, hé sceal, scal, ðú scealt, pl. wé sculon, sceolon ; p. sceolde, scolde, scealde, scalde; subj.
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Gif hwá óðrum scyle (scule) borh oððon bóte, gelǽste hit georne, L. Eth. v. 20; Th. i. 308, 31. [Cf. Uoryef me þet ich þe ssel, Ayenb. 115, 29.

Linked entries: ge-scola sceal

leóht

Grammar
leóht, not heavy.
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Ðára byrðenna hefignesse, eall ðæt ic his geman, ic awríte, þý lǽs hí hwǽm leóhte (levia) ðyncen tó underfónne, 23, 13. Benedictus ús bóc áwrát leóhtre be dǽle ( the Benedictine rule was in some respects less severe than that of Basil. Cf.

hwæþer

(con.)
Grammar
hwæþer, conj.
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II. 1 b α :-- Hwæðer (quid, cf. hwæt, Mt. 9, 5) is éðre tó secgenne, 'þé synd ðíne synna forgyfene', hwæðer þe (an) cweþan, 'arís, nim ðín bed and gá'?. Mk. 2, 9: Lk. 5, 23. <b>I b.

god-cund

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Gif hwá forwyrne godcunde gerihta de ecclesiae debita vi detinente. Gif hwá mid wíge godcundra gerihta forwyrne, Ll. Th. i. 404, 4-6: 170, 7. Tó godcundre bóte gebúgan, 166, 15. Swá mid godcundre bóte swá mid woruldcundre steóre, 328, 3.

Linked entry: god-lic

gód

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Búton hé hwæt mid gódum willan for Gode gedyde, Bl. H. 97, 27. Gif hine hwá tó góddre drohtunge tihte, Hml. Th. i. 524, 4. God him geunne ꝥ his góde dǽda swýðran wearðan þonne misdǽda, Chr. 959; P. 115, 14. Mid bysene gódra weorca, Ll.

EARN

(n.)
Grammar
EARN, es; m.

An eagleaquĭla

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Swá hwǽr swá hold byþ, ðæder beóþ earnas gegaderode ubicumque fuĕrit corpus, illic congrĕgābuntur et aquĭlæ, Mt. Bos. 24, 28. Cómon earnas on flyhte eagles came in flight, Andr. Kmbl. 1725, An. 865.

Linked entries: ern here-fugol

leód-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
leód-scipe, es; m.

A peoplenation

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Hwæt tó bóte mihte æt ðæm fǽrcwealme ðe his leódscipe swýðe drehte, L. Edg. S. 1; Th. i. 270, 10: Chr. 1014; Erl. 150, 9: Beo. Th. 5495; B. 2751: Bt. Met. Fox 1, 135; Met. 1, 68. Ðrý leódscipas sind gehátene India, Homl.

myntan

(v.)
Grammar
myntan, p. te.

to meanintendpurposedetermineto thinksuppose

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Mynte se mǽra hwǽr hé meahte ðanon fleón the mighty one designed (to get) where he could flee thence, Beo. Th. 1528; B. 762. [Cf. Prompt.Parv. myntyn or amyn towarde attempto.]

swefen

(n.)
Grammar
swefen, swefn, es; n.
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Lamb. 131, 4. a dream Hé rehte him his swefen ( somnium ) and bæd, ðæt hig him sǽdon, hwæt ðæt swefen beheóld, Gen. 41, 8. Him wearð on slǽpe swefen ætýwed, Cd. Th. 247, 13 ; Dan. 496. Swefn, 257, 7; Dan. 654.

Linked entry: swefn

þrǽl

(n.)
Grammar
þrǽl, es; m.
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.), for ðon ðrǽl (ðrǽll, Lind.) nát hwæt wyrceð hláford his, 15, 15. Wé witan ðæt þurh Godes gyfe þrǽl wearð tó þegene, and ceorl tó eorle, L. Eth. vii. 21; Th. i. 334, 8.

under-niman

(v.)
Grammar
under-niman, p. -nam, pl. -námon; pp. -numen.

to take surreptitiouslyto stealto take into the mindreceive what is said, taughtto take upon one's selfto blameresent

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Hwase hit me underneomen, underneome, H. M. 19, 27) non omnes capiunt verbum istud ... Qui potest capere, capiat, Mt. Kmbl. 19, 11-12. Man mæg swíðe eáðe witan, se ðe hit underniman wile, ðæt hit riht nis..., Wulfst. 305, 1: Homl. Ass. 26, 53.

Linked entry: under-fón

fill

(n.)
Grammar
fill, fiell, es; m.

deathdestruction

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Se druncena . . . þurh fyllas bewylewud ebriosus . . . per precipitia deuolutus, Scint. 107, 14. figurative Hé gǽð on ðone weg, ac hé nát on hwæt hé gǽð, ac hé wirð suíðe raðe on fielle (citius corruit), Past. 287, 17. fall in battle, death, destruction

Linked entries: fiell fyll

fremming

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D. 117, 20. a doing, accomplishing, v. fremman; II. 2. the doing, operation of an agent Swá hwæt swá on ðám húsle is þe ús lífes edwist forgifð, þæt is of ðǽre gástlican mihte and ungeswenlicere fremminge, Hml. Th. ii. 270, 26.

ge-séðan

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Gif þú geséþan miht ꝥ ǽnig deáþlic man swelces hwæt ágnes áhte si cujusquam mortalium proprium quid horum esse monstraveris, Bt. 7, 3; F. 20, 7.

ge-fremian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fremian, ge-fremman.
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Hwæt sélest wǽre tó gefremmanne, B. 174. Gefremed commissum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 14, 52 : expedita, 145, 38. Ðá hwíle þe hit biþ on his módé, ǽr þám þe hit gefremed weorþe, Bt. 39, 5; F. 218, 23.

ge-witan

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Ꝥ hé ásende sumne mann and gewiste ( agnosceret ) and him eft gecýðde hwæt wǽre geworden be Germane, Gr. D. 172, 8.

sécan

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Add Þǽr bið sóht fram ánra gehwylcum hwæt hé yfeles gedyde oðþe gódes, Verc. Först. 148, 15. 1.