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níþ

(n.)
Grammar
níþ, es; m.

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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On ðara ácorenra monna heortan sceal ðære nædran lytignes and hire níþ ðære culfran biliwitnesse gescirpan in electorum cordibus debet simplicitatem columbae astutia serpentis acuere, Past. 35, 1; Swt. 237, 22.

þeów

(n.)
Grammar
þeów, es; þeówa, an; m.
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Wéron ðǽr ðreó wíteþeówe men búrbærde and ðreó ðeówberde; ða mé salde bisceop tó ryhtre ǽhta, and hire teám, Chart. Th. 152, 22. Bought and sold like an animal, his treatment in other respects was that of an animal.

Linked entries: þeá þeáw þió wíte-þeów

ge-endian

(v.)
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Ðá ðe hira líf on firenluste geendigað (-endiað, v. l. ). Past. 251, 7. Hé fægere ende his líf betýnde and geendade pulchro uitam suam fine conclusit, Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 488, 8: Hml.

girnan

(v.)
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Ðá recceras ðe hira ágnes gilpes giernað rectores qui semetipsos diligunt, Past. 143, 22.

niman

(v.)
Grammar
niman, p. nam, pl. námon; pp. numen (kept in the slang word nim = steal. Cf. Shakspere's Corporal Nym).

to take ⬩ receive ⬩ get ⬩ sumere ⬩ accipere ⬩ to take ⬩ keep ⬩ hold ⬩ tenere ⬩ to take ⬩ catch ⬩ to contain ⬩ to take (with one) ⬩ carry ⬩ bring ⬩ to take (to one) ⬩ give ⬩ to take forcibly ⬩ seize ⬩ take away ⬩ carry off ⬩ tollere ⬩ capessere ⬩ auferre ⬩ rapere

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Ðá nam Petrus and ða óðre apostolas hié ( Mary ), and hié ásetton ofer hire bǽre, 149, 5. Hié náman blówende palmtwigu and bǽron him tógeánes, 69, 30. Nim and telle Israhéla folc, Num. 1, 2. Nim ǽnne oððe twegen tó ðé adhibe tecum unum vel duos, Mt.

Linked entry: bi-nom

þegnung

(n.)
Grammar
þegnung, e; f.
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Hé hét hire þénian of his ágenum þénungum and his éstmetum, ac heó nolde his sanda brúcan, Homl.

Linked entries: ǽfen-þénung þéning þénung

ge-limpan

(v.)
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Hire se willa gelamp, þæt heó on ǽnigne eorl gelýfde frófre, B. 626 : El. 963. Gif him þyslicu þearf gelumpe, B. 2637. Ðá ðingo him gelimpa scealde quae ei euenturä . Mk. L. 10, 32.

ge-logian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-logian, l. ge-lógian,
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Ne mæg nán wíf hire bóndan forbeódan ꝥ hé ne móte in tó his cotan gelógian ꝥ ꝥ hé wille, Ll. Th. i. 418, 24. Hí wendan on ánum scipe mid swá miclum gaersuman swá hí mihton þǽr on mǽst gelógian tó ǽlcum mannum, Chr. 1052 ; P. 176, 19.

hál

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Hálum monnum sanatis hominibus, Mt. p. 15, 19. (3 a) of a part of a living body :-- Þæt mǽden (a girl born dumb ) hæfde hire sprǽce mid hálre tungan, Hml. S. 31, 1118. Hálne incolumem (pupillam evulsam ), An.

bunda

(n.)
Grammar
bunda, bonda, an; m.

a wedded or married man, a husband ⬩ maritus, sponsus ⬩ the father or head of a family, a householder ⬩ paterfamilias, œconomus ⬩ wedlock, marriage, ⬩ lawfully born, born in wedlock ⬩ wedlock breaker, an adulterer ⬩ marriage-fast-man, a wedded man, a husband: ⬩ to wed, take a wife ⬩ a wedded man, husband, householder ⬩ one wedded or bound, a husband ⬩ to bind ⬩ person ⬩ agent ⬩ a hammer ⬩ a hammerer ⬩ rule, government, ⬩ a ruler, governor ⬩ bound ⬩ one bound, a husband

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a wedded or married man, a husband; maritus, sponsus Ne mæg nán wíf hire bondan [bundan MS.

Linked entry: bonda

gearo

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Him wǽre iéðre ðæt hé hira ǽr gearra wénde ðonne hé hira ungearra wénde, and hí gearuwe métte, Past. 433, 27-31. Ꝥ hé ús gearwe finde, Bl. H. 83, 1. Ꝥ ǽlc man hæbbe symle þá men gearowe þe lǽden þá men þe heora ágen sécan willen, Ll. Th. i. 162, 23.

habban

(v.)
Grammar
habban, tó habbanne, hæbbene; pres. part. hæbbende; pres. indic. ic hæbbe, hafa, ðú hæfst, hafast, he hæfþ, hafaþ, pl. habbaþ, hæbbaþ; p. hæfde; subj. hæbbe, pl. hæbben, habban; imper. hafa, pl. habbaþ; pp. hæfed.

To HAVE, possess, hold, keep

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Hér hæfde se cyng his híréd æt Gleáweceastre in this year the king held his court at Gloucester, 1094; Erl. 229, 27.

Linked entries: heofon-hæbbende hafa

swerian

(v.)
Grammar
swerian, p. swór (but a weak swerede occurs; cf.
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Ðæt land ðe ðú hira fæderum fore swóre, 11, 12. Hí wið mé sweórun adversum me jurabant, Ps. Surt. 101, 9. Ic secge eów, ðæt gé eallunga ne swerion, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 34. Hí mé hraþe æfter swerigean ongunnon, Ps. Th. 101, 6.

Linked entry: fore-swerian

wíc

(n.)
Grammar
wíc, The word is generally neuter, but as it is often used in the plural where a singular might express the meaning, the similarity of neuter plural and feminine singular accusatives seems to have caused the word to be taken sometimes as feminine, e. g. tó ánre wíc, Homl. Th. i. 402, 22. A weak form also seems to be used, Chart. Th. 446, 29.
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Heó hire dǽr wíc ásette ðæt heó Gode in lifede ibi sibi mansionem instituit, 4, 23; S. 593, 26. a place where a thing remains Heó ( Lot's wife )sceal on ðám wícum wyrde bídan, Cd.

ge-cweþan

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Hæfde se cyning gecweden gefeoht ongeán ðá Indiscan, Hml, Th. ii. 482, 5. a circumstance, time Hé hire hǽle gecwæþ and gehét salutem illius dixit, Gr. D. 29, 33.

Linked entry: ge-cwidrǽden

ge-mǽre

(n.; v.)
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On Bethleem and on eallum hire gemǽrum (-moerum. R., finibus), Mt. 2, 16: Hml. Th. i. 80, 16: Mt. L. R. 4, 13. Þ hé férde fram heora gemǽrum (-mérum, R.), Mt. 8, 34: Mk. 5, 17 ; 7, 31. Of þám Chanaéiscum gemǽrum, Mt. 15, 22: Hml. Th. ii. no, 8.

nama

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Damascus getimbrode áne burh, and hire naman gesceóp be him sylfum Damascum Damascus Damascum condidit et nomen civitati dedit, Angl. vii. 44, 429. the particular word used to denote any object of thought not considered in a purely individual character

wed

(n.)
Grammar
wed, wedd, es; n.

a pledge, what is given as security ⬩ a pledge, what is given as security ⬩ a pledge, solemn promise, engagement, covenant, compact

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Hæfdon Eoforwícyngas hyre geháten, and sume on wedde geseald, sume mid áþum gefæstnod, ðæt hí on hire rǽdinge beón woldon, Chr. 918; Erl. 105, 29: L. Edm. B. I; Th. i. 254, 5.

Linked entries: bád borg-wed borh-wed

þætte

(con.)
Grammar
þætte, ( = þæt þe; cf. eác wæs ðæt ðe beforan ðæm temple stód ceác, Past. 16; Swt. 105, 1, and : Ðá wæs ꝥte scyttelas wurdan tóbrocene, Blickl. Homl. 87, 5. Þætte is used in the same way as þæt, q. v.); conj.
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Th. 244, 21; Dan. 451. introducing clauses expressing end or purpose, that, in order that Beforan ðæm temple stód ǽren ceác, ðætte menn meahten hira hondaðweán, Past. 16; Past. 105, 1.

trymman

(v.)
Grammar
trymman, trymian; p. trymede. I. to make firm or
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Gé done weall ne trymedon ymbe hira hús non opposuistis murum pro domo Israel, Past. 15 ; Swt. 89, 19. (I a) of non-material objects :-- Se ðe him hálig gǽst wísaþ and his weorc trymaþ. Exon. Th. 124, 2 ; Gú. 333.

Linked entries: trumme trymian trymmian fore-trymman tremian

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