healf
a half
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Healfne leód, Ll. Th. i. 8, 7: 22, 4, 6. Twelf tída and lytle máre þonne áne healfe tide, Lch. iii. 258, 20: Angl. viii. 298, 17. Healfe híde landes, C. D. iv. 136, 32. Healf gear, Chr. 901; P. 93, 1. Healf pund. Ll. Th. i. 258, 18.
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FÆÐM
the embracing arms ⬩ brachia amplexa, circumdăta ⬩ A lap, bosom, breast ⬩ quicquid complectĭtur vel comprehendit alĭquid, sĭnus, grĕmium, interna, pectus ⬩ FATHOM = six feet ⬩ spătium utriusque brachii extensiōne contentum ⬩ An embrace, protection ⬩ amplexus, complexus, protectio ⬩ Grasp, power ⬩ pŏtestas, dĭtio ⬩ An expanse, abyss, deep ⬩ expansum, tractus, superfĭcies, abyssus, profundum
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Ðá hét lífes brytta englas síne fæðmum ferigean leófne then the giver of life commanded his angels to bear the dear one in their arms, Andr.
níd
necessity ⬩ inevitableness ⬩ necessity ⬩ need ⬩ urgent requirement ⬩ a necessary business ⬩ duty ⬩ need ⬩ what one wants ⬩ necessity ⬩ need ⬩ difficulty ⬩ hardship ⬩ distress ⬩ force ⬩ compulsion
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Ðá cwǽdon hié ðæt him leófre wǽre ðæt hié an swelcan niéde ðeáþ fornóme ðonne hié mid swelcan niéde friþ begeáte tutius rati sese armatos mori quam miseros vivere, Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 174, 25-27, Sume men ða wǽtan for ðæm nýde þigdon suam urinam vexatos ultimis
ge-wítan
to see ⬩ behold ⬩ videre ⬩ spectare ⬩ to turn one's eyes in any direction with the intention of taking that direction ⬩ to set out towards ⬩ start ⬩ pass over ⬩ to go ⬩ depart ⬩ withdraw ⬩ go away ⬩ retreat ⬩ retire ⬩ die ⬩ transire ⬩ discedere
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Ðæt leóht gewát the light vanished, Elen. Kmbl. 188; El. 94. Gif he gewíte ér ðonne hia if he depart before she does, Th. Chart. 465, 30.
Linked entries: aweg-gewítan aweg-gewitenes
mann
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Gif man óðrum steóp ásette þǽr mæn drincen, 32, 8, Leófan men, Wlfst. 6, 2, and often. Men ðá leófestan, 232, 12, and often. Ic cwæð þæt wǽron ealle menn ungemete leáse (omnis homo mendax), Ps.
wíde
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Hé hét tósomne sínra leóda ða wiccungdóm wídost bǽron, Cd. Th. 223, 18 ; Dan. 121. ¶ where the word occurs with words of similar meaning :-- Feor and wíde ( longe lateque ) gemǽrsode, Bd. 3, 10; S. 535, 2: 4, 27; S. 604, 2 : 5, 12; S. 628, 3.
freónd
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Ǽghwylcum men biþ leófre swá hé hæbbe holdra freónda má. Bl. H. 123, 1. Seó lícetung heora fieónda, 99, 33. Hé gegæderaþ frínd and geféran, Bt. 21; F. 74, 38.
HÁTAN
to bid, order, command ⬩ to promise, vow ⬩ to call, name, give a name to ⬩ to name, call, bid, command ⬩ to call, name, promise, vow ⬩ nominare, appellare, jubere, præcipere
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Hét tósomne síne leóde summoned his people together, Cd. 197; Th. 245, 26; Dan. 469. Maria héht hý óðre mid Mary bade another accompany her, Exon. 119 b; Th. 459, 35; Hö. 10.
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þanc
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Hé of stánclife burnan leódum lǽdde on leófne þanc, Ps. Th. 135, 17. on þance pleasing, agreeable, grateful, cf. thín thionost is im an thanke, Hél. 118 : O. H.
weorold
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Hí gesáwon ðæt beorhte leóht æfter ðære langan worolde ( the time between Adam's death and Christ's descent into hell ), Shrn. 68, 15. Fram worulde of old (?) ; a saeculo, Gen. 6, 4. Worulde secla . Wülck. Gl. 255, 21.
under
Under ⬩ under ⬩ at the foot of ⬩ under ⬩ within ⬩ among ⬩ below ⬩ beneath ⬩ down
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Wedera leód heard under helme, Beo. Th. 689; B. 342. Cwom Wealhþeów gán under gyldnum beáge, 2330; B. 1163. where one object is at the lower part of another, under, at the foot of Wæs bát under beorge, Beo. Th. 427; B. 211.
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ge-híran
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Hér is mín leófa Sunu . . . ; gehýrað (-hérað, R. -héras, L.) hyne, Mt. 17, 5. Gif þú wilt gehýran þone apostol, ne swyltst þú on écnesse, Hml.
mǽgþ
A collection of mǽgas ⬩ a family ⬩ stock ⬩ race ⬩ as a technical term in the laws, relatives, kindred, the mǽgas who were living at the same time, and to whom the mǽg-lagu applied ⬩ descendants of a common ancestor living at the same time ⬩ a generation ⬩ a tribe ⬩ subdivision of a people ⬩ a people ⬩ nation ⬩ province ⬩ country
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Leóda mǽgþe the tribes of men, Cd. 80; Th. 100, 16; Gen. 1665. Ðæra mǽgþa ealdras principes tribuum, Num. 1, 4. Of ðám twelf mǽgþum, 13, 3: Blickl.
níþ
envy ⬩ hatred ⬩ enmity ⬩ rancor ⬩ spite ⬩ ill-will ⬩ jealousy ⬩ action which arises from hatred ⬩ strife ⬩ war ⬩ hostility ⬩ the effect of hatred ⬩ persecution ⬩ trouble ⬩ vexation ⬩ annoyance ⬩ affliction ⬩ tribulation ⬩ grief ⬩ evil ⬩ wickedness ⬩ malice
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Him leófre wǽre ðæt hié an swelcan niéde (MS. C. néðe) deáþ fornóme ðonne hié mid swelcan niéde friþ begeáte cum intolerabiles conditiones pacis audissent, tutius rati sese armatos mori quam miseros vivere, Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 174, 26.
hér
here . . . there
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Hér syndon geferede Geáta leóde, 361: An. 1175. hér . . . þǽr here . . . there (with indefinite force) Gyf eów hwá segð, 'Nú Críst ys hér, oððe þǽr,' Mt. 24, 23. along with other adverbs, from which juxtaposition arise later compound forms. æfter, bæftan
níwe
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Wé cweðað níwne mónan æfter menniscum gewunan, ac hé is ǽfre se ylca þeáh ðe his leóht gelómlíce hwyrfe, 242, 15.
furþum
Take here ⬩ in Dict., and add: ⬩ even, ⬩ just
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Þá sunne úp furðum eóde, Gen. 2539. where actions are contemporaneous Ðá hé furþum on ꝥ leóht cóm, ðá beseah hé hine underbæc just as he reached the light he looked back, Bt. 35, 6; F. 170, 14.
HÁD
person ⬩ persona ⬩ sex ⬩ degree, rank, order, condition ⬩ state, condition, kind, nature, form ⬩ manner, way ⬩ honour ⬩ persona, sexus, ordo, gradus.
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Tó háde fón to take orders, 4, 8; Th. ii. 206, 7. state, condition, kind, nature, form [having the meaning which is preserved in the suffix -hood, -head] Leóht hafaþ hád háliges gástes light hath the nature of the holy spirit, Salm.
Linked entries: acolitus diácon dúru-weard hádelíce -hád
lǽran
To teach ⬩ instruct ⬩ educate ⬩ to preach ⬩ to exhort ⬩ admonish ⬩ advise ⬩ persuade ⬩ suggest
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Leóde lǽrde on lífes weg he brought people by his teaching into the way of life, 339; An. 170. Hé lǽrde men geornlíce tó Godes geleáfan he urged men in his teaching to a belief in God, Shrn. 125, 8.
grétan
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Hé him con leóða worn oððe mid hondum con hearpan grétan, Gn. Ex. 171.