here
an army ⬩ an army ⬩ a host ⬩ a division of an army ⬩ army corps ⬩ legion ⬩ cohort ⬩ troop ⬩ infantry ⬩ cavalry ⬩ an army ⬩ an army ⬩ multitude ⬩ host ⬩ crowd ⬩ multitude ⬩ harrying ⬩ devastation ⬩ plundering ⬩ ravaging
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Ðá earman men beóð wyrs bereáfode from þám unrihtwísan déman þonne fram þám wælgrimmestan here: ne bið nán heretoga swá gífre on fræmdrea monna yrfe swá se unrihtwísa déma byþ on his hýremonna.
líf
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Eorþan lífes ende, Leás, 47, Hér on lífe ( in hac vita )húusies beón wyrðe, Ll. Th. i. 372. 35 : Seel. 150. Is seó bót æt þé gelong æfter [lí]fe, Hy. 4, 110. (See Mod. Lang. Rev. 12, 71. ) Þis deorce líf, Wand. 89.
hám
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Ne geséce nán man þone cyng for nánre sprǽce, búton hé æt hám rihtes wyrðe beón ne móte, Ll. Th. i. 266, 10. Hæfde se cyning his fierd on tú tónumen, swá ꝥ hié wǽron simle healfe æt hám, healfe úte, Chr. 894; P. 84, 32.
heorte
breast ⬩ bosom ⬩ will ⬩ intellect ⬩ mind ⬩ soul ⬩ intent ⬩ will ⬩ desire ⬩ inclination ⬩ disposition ⬩ temperament ⬩ character
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Hit wyrs ne mæg on þínum hyge hreówan þonne hit mé æt heortan déð, Gen. 826. Þæt wæs torn were hefig æt heortan, 980: Cri. 500: 1494. Is mín mód gehǽled, hyge ymb heortan gerúme, Gen. 759: 354. He hafað wérige heortan, se.
teóna
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Hit him wyrþ tó teónan it will turn to his hurt, 51, 9. Ne him wiht gescód ðæs ðe hý him tó teónan þurhtogen hæfdon, Exon. Th. 127, 36; Gú. 397: 269, 30; Jul. 458.
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sceáwian
to look ⬩ to look at ⬩ observe ⬩ behold ⬩ see ⬩ to look at, look on with favour, to regard, have respect to ⬩ to look at with care, consider, inspect, examine, scrutinize, reconnoitre ⬩ to look out, seek for, select, choose, provide ⬩ to shew (favour, respect, etc.) ⬩ to grant
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Ðá wyrnde him mann ðera gísla and sceáwede him maim .v. nihta grið út of lande tó farenne then the earl asked for safe-conduct and hostages. ...
tǽlan
to blame, rebuke, reprove, reproach, censure, accuse. ⬩ to blame a person for what is wrong ⬩ to blame what is wrong in a person ⬩ to speak evil of, blaspheme, revile, slander, calumniate, backbite ⬩ to treat with contempt, to scorn, despise, insult, mock, deride, jeer at
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Hé biþ tǽled fram swylcum mannum swylce ðære wyrte mihta cunuun he is laughed at by such men as know the virtues of the plant, Lchdm. i. 164, 6
Linked entries: télan be-tilldon
leóht
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Heó on wyrse leóht under eorðan neoðan God sette sigeleáse, on þá sweartan helle, 310.
þanc
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T. 768.] where there is uncontrolled or independent action, at (one's) pleasure or will Ðú wéndest ðæt seó wyrd ðás woruld wende heore ágenes þonces búton Godes geþeahte and his þafunge thou didst suppose that fate turned this world at her own pleasure
hláford
a ruler ⬩ sovereign ⬩ governor ⬩ captain ⬩ a master ⬩ a major-domo ⬩ an owner ⬩ a proprietor ⬩ a husband ⬩ the husband ⬩ a ruler ⬩ lord
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Gif se frígea þý dæge wyrce bútan his hláfordes hǽse, Ll. Th. i. 104, 2-6. Gif hláford his þeówan freólsdæge nýde tó weorce ... gylde lahslit se hláford, 402, 17-19.
under
Under ⬩ under ⬩ at the foot of ⬩ under ⬩ within ⬩ among ⬩ below ⬩ beneath ⬩ down
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., local, where motion is expressed or implied, where one object comes to have another vertically above it Ne eom ic wyrðe ðæt ðú gá under míne þecene, Lk. Skt. 7, 6. Sume steorran gewítaþ under ða sǽ, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 26.
Linked entries: Middel-Seaxe þúsend
ge-hwilc
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Þæt man lǽte manna gehwylcne, ge earmne ge eádigue, folcrihtes wyrðe, Ll. Th. i. 316, 27. Hé démeð leán þeóda gehwylcre, Cri. 848 : B. 805. Nihta gehwylce, Ps. Th. 104, 34. Daga gehwylce, Bl. H. 59, 26 : Kr. 136 : B. 2450: Sal. 551.
lang
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Gif hí hiora yfel earme gedéð, hú ne biþ ꝥ lange yfel wyrse ðonne ꝥ scorte, 38, 2; F. 198, 11. Se longa gefeá, Ph. 607. Næs ꝥ onbid long, Gú. 876. For longum gesǽlþum . . . on ðam langum geswince, Bt. 39, 11 ; F. 228, 23-26.
sél
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Nǽnig sélra nǽre rondhæbbendra ríces wyrðra no warrior was worthier, more deserving of rule, Beo. Th. 1725 ; B. 860. Næs mid Rómwarum sincgeofa sélla among the Romans was not a prince of nobler character, Met. 1, 50.
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under-fón
to receive ⬩ to have given ⬩ to get ⬩ to receive ⬩ submit to ⬩ a rite ⬩ to receive a person ⬩ to receive for the purpose of entertaining, sheltering, harbouring ⬩ to receive for safe conduct, custody ⬩ to receive as a servant or dependent ⬩ to receive, admit into a society ⬩ to receive as a master ⬩ to submit to ⬩ to receive ⬩ admit the claims of ⬩ to receive, admit the force of a person's words ⬩ accept testimony ⬩ to receive what is offered ⬩ to accept ⬩ to receive ⬩ serve as a receptacle for ⬩ to receive or accept an office, a duty, etc. ⬩ to take upon one's self ⬩ to undertake a labour, task, etc. ⬩ to receive what is burdensome ⬩ undergo ⬩ bear ⬩ to take surreptitiously ⬩ to steal
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Eálá ðæt hit is gód ðæt mon micelne welan áge, nú se nǽfre ne wyrþ orsorg ðe hine underféhþ O praeclara opum mortalium beatitudo, quam cum adeptus fueris, secures esse desisti, Bt. 14, 3: Fox 46, 34.
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self
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Ne wén ðú ðæt ic tó ánwillíce winne wið ða wyrd, forðam iç hit nó selfe ne ondrǽde, Bt. 20; Fox 70, 21. Ðá ðá wé hit nóhwæðer ne selfe ne lufodon, Past. pref. ; Swt. 5, 6. Sylfe, Blickl. Homl. 53, 1: 223, 20.
MAGAN
- Mk. Skt. p. 3, 1 ;
- Ælfc. Gr. 41 ;
- Som. 44, 21.
to be strong ⬩ efficacious ⬩ to avail ⬩ prevail ⬩ be sufficient ⬩ to be strong ⬩ be in good health ⬩ to be able ⬩ may ⬩ may
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Ðeós wyrt mæg wið manega untrumnyssa, Herb. 171, 1; Lchdm. i. 300, 24: L. Med. ex Quad. 5, 3; Lchdm. i. 348, 9: L. M. 2, 64; Lchdm. ii. 290, 10. Ðis mæg horse wið ðon ðe him biþ corn on ða fét, Lchdm. iii. 62, 24.
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sécan
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Hig ðæs wyrðe wǽron ðæt Godes englas hig sóhton, L. E. I. 25; Th. ii. 422, 15. Séc nú ðínne þeów, Blickl. Homl. 87, 31. Hider ic wille ðæt wé sécan Sc̃e Petre, Chr. 656; Erl. 31, 32. Satan ic sécan wille, Cd. Th. 47, 15; Gen. 761.
tún
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Harewyrt lytelu oftost weaxeþ on tune ( in a garden), Lchdm. ii. 132, 8. v. æppel-, apulder-, her-, cafer-, cyric-, deór-, gærs-, gang-, leah-, líc-, wyrt-tún. as a technical English term, (i) in its simplest form, the enclosed land surrounding a single
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ge-mynd
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VIII ' Gemunst þú ꝥ ic þé ǽr sǽde. ' ' ꝥ ic hæbbe genóg feste on gemynde, ' Bt. 36, 3 ; F. 176, 24. ꝥ hé é Æghwylc þára is wyrðe synderlíce in gemyndum tó habbanne sunt digna memorie singula, Angl. iv. 140, 22.