ge-scendan
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Sió tunge bið gescinded ( confunditur ) on ðám láriówdóme, ðonne hió óðer lærð, óðer hió liornode, 27, ll. to blame, rebuke Se earma úpáhafena sié mid his wordum geðreátod and gescended, ðonne hé ongiet ðæt hine ne magon his iermða geðreátigean and geeáðmédan
heán
low ⬩ poor ⬩ mean ⬩ ignoble ⬩ base ⬩ humbled ⬩ depressed ⬩ dejected ⬩ cast down ⬩ miserable ⬩ wretched ⬩ mean ⬩ base ⬩ low
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Gé magon geþencan hú heán hé wearþ his geblóta and his diófolgilda (how low he was brought through his sacrifices and idolatries ?), þá þá gé hiene gebundenne hæfdon and hiene átugon swá swá gé woldon, Ors. 6, 37; S. 296, 22.
bisceop
a BISHOP, prelate ⬩ episcopus ⬩ a chief priest of the Jews ⬩ pontifex ⬩ a heathen priest of the Romans and Egyptians
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Sculon bisceopas, mid woruld-déman, dómas dihtan ðæt hí ne geþafian, gyf his waldan magan, ðæt ǽnig unriht up-aspringe bishops, with temporal judges, should so direct judgments that they never permit, if it be in their power, that any injustice spring
Linked entries: ealdor-biscop biscep biscop
ge-tellan
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Swá man rihtost mage oþþe gemetan oþþe getellan oþþe áwegan, Ll. Th. i. 194, 8. Geteald dinumerari, An. Ox. 3228 : calculatur, i. numeratur, 3830. Getealde calculantur, numerantur, 1537. Geteledra týn þúsendo decem milia, Ps. Th. 90, 7.
LECGAN
to lay ⬩ place ⬩ put ⬩ lay ⬩ to slay
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Ða ungeþyldegan ne mágon áberan nánwuht ðæs láðes ðe him mon on legþ impatientes ab aliis illata non tolerant, Past. 40, 4; Swt. 293, 17. Wá ðǽm ðe willaþ under ǽlcne elnbogan lecggean pyle ...
ge-restan
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Th. i. 74, 25, Chr. 100; P. 9, 13. to refresh by resting Gán wé sécan úre gesthús ꝥ we magon ús gerestan. Ap.
ge-winnan
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To get by effort what is striven for. of peaceful effort Him bið leán gearo þæs wé magon fremena gewinnan reward shall await him from any good we may gain, Gen. 437. His hyldo is unc betere tó gewinnanne þonne his wiðermédo, 660.
hwanne
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Menn ne magon gebídon hwonne hé him tó cume, Bt. 39, 1; F. 212, 2: 8; F. 26, 12: Exod. 250. (3 a) where the verb in the main clause has an object to which the dependent clause is in apposition :-- Hine ðæs heardost langode hwanne hé of ðisse worlde móste
on-gitan
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Wé magon fullecor ongietan and tósceádan ðá sprǽce hanc discretionem plenius agnoscimus, 115, 6. <b>VII b.</b> Add Ðonne ðá láreówas ongitað ðæt ðá ðe him underðiédde beóð him tó hwón God andrǽdað quando ab subditis Deum timer!
witan
to wit ⬩ know ⬩ have knowledge ⬩ be aware, ⬩ to know ⬩ have knowledge of, ⬩ be aware of ⬩ to be wise ⬩ be in one's senses ⬩ to be conscious of ⬩ to know ⬩ to feel ⬩ shew
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Ne magon wé hit ná dyrnan, for ðam ðe hit Drihten wát, Hy, 7, 93: Exon. Th. 183, 11; Gú. 1325. Manna geþóhtas nǽnig mon ne wát, Blickl. Homl. 181, 11: Ps. Th, 73, 17: Hy. 3, 32.
wilnian
of animate objects ⬩ to desire, ask for ⬩ with gen. or uncertain ⬩ with accusative ⬩ with infinitive ⬩ with geniudial infinitive ⬩ with genitive and gerundial infinitive ⬩ with a clause ⬩ absolute or uncertain ⬩ to desire to go ⬩ to tend to an end
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Nis nán gesceaft ðara ðe ne wilnige ðæt hit þider cuman mage, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 30. Wilnie, Met. 13, 69. Ðeáh hí wielnien (wilnien, Cott. MSS.) ðæt hié andrysne sién Past. 17; Swt. 109, 18.
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ende-byrdnes
a row ⬩ series ⬩ a rank ⬩ grade ⬩ degree ⬩ rank ⬩ position ⬩ degree ⬩ an order ⬩ order ⬩ order ⬩ order ⬩ method ⬩ regulation ⬩ ordering ⬩ an injunction ⬩ ordinance
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Ben. 113, 21. rank, position, degree, of persons Menn magon on ǽlcere endebyrdnysse ðám Ælmihtigan gecwéman, Hml. Th. ii. 318, 31. Quotus and totus gebyriað swýðost tó endebyrdnysse. Quotus es in ordine monachorum ?
DREÁM
joy, pleasure, gladness, mirth, rejoicing, rapture, ecstasy, frenzy ⬩ jubĭlum, lætĭtia, gaudium, delīrium ⬩ An instrument of music, music, rapturous music, harmony, melody, ⬩ orgănum = όργανoν, musĭca, concentus, harmŏnia = άρμoνία, modulātio, modus, melōdia = μελωδία, cantus
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Th. i. 524, 34: 526. 1: ii. 50, 28: 110, 18, 31. what causes mirth,- An instrument of music, music, rapturous music, harmony, melody, song; orgănum = όργανoν, musĭca, concentus, harmŏnia = άρμoνία, modulātio, modus, melōdia = μελωδία, cantus Ne mágon
ge-weorþan
to be ⬩ be made ⬩ become ⬩ happen ⬩ fiĕri ⬩ To happen ⬩ come to pass ⬩ befall ⬩ come together ⬩ agree ⬩ be agreeable ⬩ contingĕre ⬩ evĕnīre ⬩ convĕnīre ⬩ plăcēre
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to be, be made, become, happen; fiĕri Hú mágon ðás þing ðus geweorþan quomŏdo possunt hæc fiĕri? Jn. Bos. 3, 9: Elen. Kmbl. 909; El. 456. Ne séc ðú þurh hlytas hú ðé geweorþan scyle seek not by lots how it is to happen to thee, rov. Kmbl. 32.
Linked entries: ge-wurþan ge-wyrþan tó-wesness
hraþe
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Ðæt wé magon ongitan hræðor bi úrum ágnum gewunan quod citius ex ipso usu colligimus, Past. 411, 15.
lange
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Swá leng swá má magis magisque An. Ox. 3594. Ióhannes leofode heora lengst, Ælfc. T. Grn. 15, 43. Þá hwíle þe hié þǽr lengest mete hæfdon. Chr. 894; P. 85, 23: 1036; P. 161, 1. Sigehere lengest Sǽdenum weóld, Vid. 28: B. 2008: Exod. 423: Gen. 1219.
ríce
power ⬩ authority ⬩ dominion ⬩ rule ⬩ empire ⬩ reign ⬩ bishops ⬩ consuls ⬩ a kingdom ⬩ realm ⬩ a diocese ⬩ a nation
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Quod si potestates a Deo sunt, quanto magis regna, a quibus reliquae potestates progrediuntur? Si autem regna diversa, quanto aequius regnum aliquod maximum, Ors. 2, 1; Swt. 58, 23-26. referring to others in authority (bishops, consuls, etc.)
treów
a tree ⬩ a material ⬩ wood ⬩ trees ⬩ a wood ⬩ roof-tree ⬩ saddle-tree ⬩ a piece of wood ⬩ a beam ⬩ log ⬩ stake ⬩ staff ⬩ cudgel ⬩ gallows-tree ⬩ tree used of the cross
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.: on tree miclum, Rush.) factum est in arborem magnam, Lk. Skt. 13, 19. Sunnan trió ágefeþ ondsware æt ðæm upgonge . . . and ðæt monan triów gerlice on niht dyde, Nar. 27, 16-19. Heó genam of ðæs treówes wæstme, Gen. 3, 6.
nú
Now ⬩ at this time ⬩ Now ⬩ since ⬩ when
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Wé mágon geþencean, nú ( since ) ða sint Godes bearn genemned ðe sibbe wyrcaþ, Past. 47; Swt. 359, 12. Hú mæg hé hira bión orsorg, nú ( when ) se hierde cwæþ, 54; Swt. 427, 5.
un-weorþ
of no value ⬩ of no dignity ⬩ little esteemed ⬩ unworthy ⬩ not of sufficient merit ⬩ worthless ⬩ bad ⬩ contemptible ⬩ despicable ⬩ ignoble ⬩ ignominious ⬩ dishonouring
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MS.) si eo abjectior est, quo magis a pluribus quisque contemnitur,... despectiores potius improbos dignitas facit, 27, 2; Fox 98, 8-14. Se eallra wyrresta and se eallra unweorþesta mon pessimus, 14, 3; Fox 46, 21.