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á-cólian

(v.)
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Ðú ðíne fét léte in deáðe ácólian, Angl. xii. 508, 15. Gif wund on men ácólod sý, Lch. i. 194, 23. Of ðám swíðe ácólodan magan, oððe of ðám tó swíðe áhátodan, ii. 60, 18. fig. Manegra lufu ácólað [ refrigescet ), Mt. 24, 12.

á-lǽtan

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. :-- Hé wolde hine tó lífe álǽtan (cf. deliver to death ), ii. 252, 8. of release Álǽten cempa emeritus, Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 15

wilnian

(v.)
Grammar
wilnian, p. ode.

of animate objectsto desire, ask forwith gen. or uncertainwith accusativewith infinitivewith geniudial infinitivewith genitive and gerundial infinitivewith a clauseabsolute or uncertainto desire to goto tend to an end

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Ðeáh hí wielnien (wilnien, Cott. MSS.) ðæt hié andrysne sién Past. 17; Swt. 109, 18. Tó Sancte Michaele ðæt hié wilnodan ðæt God gecýþde ðæt mannum bemiðen wæs, Blickl. Homl. 199, 32.

Linked entry: willnian

wærlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wærlíce, adv.

warily, cautiously, circumspectly,in a way that guards against surprisein a way that guards against an ill result, safelycarefully, heedfully, prudently

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Is suíðe micel ðearf ðæt hé suá micle wærlícor hine healde wið scylde necesse est, ut tanto se cautius a culpa custodiant, Past. 28; Swt. 191, 10. [Wearliche to biwiten us seoluen wið þe unwiht of helle, E. Homl. i. 245, 17.

FEOHTAN

(v.)
Grammar
FEOHTAN, part. feohtende; ic feohte, ðú feohtest, he feohteþ, fiht, pl. feohtaþ; p. ic, he feaht, ðú fuhte, pl. fuhton; pp. fohten

To FIGHTcontendmake warcombatstruggleprœliāripugnārebellārecontendĕredecertārecollīdĕre

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Ðeáh him feohtan on firas monige although many men fight against it, Runic pm. 26; Kmbl. 344. 27; Hick. Thes. i. 135, 52

Linked entries: a-feohtan ge-feohtan

hwanne

(adv.)
Grammar
hwanne, hwænne, hwonne; adv.

When

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Hwonne ǽr beó deád oððe hwænne his nama áspringe quando morietur, et peribit nomen ejus? Ps. Th. 40, 5. in dependent clauses Quando ero doctus hwænne beó ic gelǽred, is infinitivum, Som. 40, 65.

Linked entries: hwænne hwonne

hyld

(n.)
Grammar
hyld, held, es; m.

Favourprotectiongraceloyaltyallegiance

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Ðeáh ðe ic on mínes húses hyld gegange si introiero in tabernaculum domus meæ, 131, 3. Hyld hæfde his ferlorene he had lost the favour of his chief, Cd. 16; Th. 20, 1; Gen. 301.

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inca

(n.)
Grammar
inca, an; m.

Doubtquestionoffenceill-willfear

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Ðeáh ðe ic nó [MS. on] ingcan wiste hú ic míne heortan heólde mid sóðe though I did not know any cause of complaint, as to the manner in which I had kept my heart truly; ergo sine causa justificavi cor meum, 72, 11.

ge-crístnian

(v.)
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Fleáh hé tó Godes ciricean, and bæd ꝥ Ðeáh hé þá gyt nǽre fullíce gefulwad, ah hé wæs gecrístnod ... hweðre hé þæt gerýne þǽre fulwihte mid gódum dǽdum heóld, Bl. H. 213, 15.

Linked entry: crístnian

healf

(n.; num.)
Grammar
healf, e; f.

a halfside, part

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Fox 12, 18; Met. 12, 9. side, part Mid ðæm worde biþ gecýðed hwæþer healf hæfþ ðonne sige with that phrase [asking permission to bury the dead] is declared which side has the victory, Ors. 3, 1; Swt. 100, 9.

Linked entries: healfe half

ETAN

(v.)
Grammar
ETAN, to etanne; part. etende; ic ete, ðú etest, etst, itst, ytst, ætst, he, heó, hit, yt, ytt, et, ett, eteþ, ieteþ, iteþ, yteþ, pl. etaþ; p. ic, he æt, ðú ǽte, pl. ǽton; subj. indef. ic ete, æte, pl. eten; p. ǽte, pl. ǽten; pp. eten; v.a.

EAT, consume, devourĕdĕre, cŏmĕdĕre, mandūcāre, vescĕre

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Ðeáh ðe gé of ðam treówe eten [MS. eton] though ye should eat of the tree, Gen. 3, 4. Ðæt gé ne ǽton ut non cŏmĕdĕrētis, 3, 1. 3

FREÓGAN

(v.)
Grammar
FREÓGAN, freón; ic freó, he freóþ, pl. freógaþ, freóþ; p. freóde, pl. freódon; impert. freó; subj. pres. freóge; pp. freód [freó free] .

to freemake freemanumittĕrelībĕrāreto honourlikelovehonōrāredilĭgĕreămāre

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Hit gedéfe biþ ðæt mon his winedryhten freóge it is fitting that a man love his dear lord, Beo. Th. 6334; B. 3177

leán

(v.)
Grammar
leán, p. lóg [a weak form also occurs (cf. Icel.) Se ðe wolde leógan oftost on his wordon, ealle hine leádan, ða ðe God lufedan,
  • Wulfst. 168, 17
  • .]

To blamereproachdisapprovescorn

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Ða ðe ðæt unliéfde leáþ and swá ðeáh dóþ qui accusant prava, nec tamen devitant, Past. 55, 1; Swt, 427, 12.

un-willa

(n.)
Grammar
un-willa, an; m.

What displeasesdispleasurewhat is not desiredagainst one's willunwillinglynot voluntarilywithout one's consentin despite of one

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What displeases, displeasure, what is not desired Nafa ðú tó yfel ellen, ðeáh ðé sum unwilla on becume; oft brincð se woruld ðone willan ðe bið eft, Prov. Kmbl. 40.

el-þeódig

foreignstrangerforeign

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Voc. ii. 94, 29: 12, 13. of persons, expressing relation to one person of another, of another race, foreign, stranger Githro, ðeáh hé hǽðen and elðiódig (-ðeód, v. l.) wǽre, tǽlde Móyses Moyses Iethro alienigenae reprehensione judicatur, Past. 131, 13

for-seón

to despisehold in contemptto rejectto rejectto refuse

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S. 21, 161. with clause Ðeáh hé forsió ðæt hé him on lócige, Past. 111, 20. with dat. infin. Sume fæston swá ꝥ hí forsáwon tó etanne búton on ðone óðerne dæg, Hml. S. 13, 96

réðness

(n.)
Grammar
réðness, -e; f.

Fiercenessragecrueltyseverity.ferocitasausteritasferitas, i. crudelitas, inclementia, duritia furorferia, insaniasavagenessfiercenessferocityharshnessseverity

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Síe ðær eác réðnes næs ðeáh tó stíþ sit vigor, sed non exasperans, Swt. 127, 2. Ðonne sió lár wint on réðnesse suíður ðonne mon niéde scyle cum sese increpatio, plus quam necesse est in asperitatem pertrahit, 21, 7; Swt. 167, 8

ǽfre

eversemper,at all times, on every occasion ever, at any time, in any caseunquamwhatever, (as) ever, &c.

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Ǽfre ðeáh any how for his hálgena earnunge, hé him ðis geþanc on móde ásende, 313. Ǽfre ǽlc dǽl his cynnes, 348. Ǽfre ǽlcne Deniscne cyning útlagede hí gecwǽdon, Chr. 1014; P. 145, 11. Ymbe ǽfre ǽlce neóde, Wlfst. 20, 19: Ll. Th. i. 372, 30.

swá

(adv.)
Grammar
swá, swǽ, swé (swé is the form in Ps. Surt. ; see also Txts. 600, col. 1. The form also occurs in Blickl. Homl. 23, 7).
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Ðeáh hí his nǽfre ne geléfan, ðeáh it is swá, Bt. 36, 6; Fox 182, 17. Hé árás áblendum eágum, and his geféran hine swá ( in the manner mentioned ) blindne tó ðære byrig gelǽddon, Homl. Th. i. 386, 14 : 432, 11 : L. In. 21; Th. i. 116, 3.

Linked entries: se swǽ eall-swá

ge-medemian

(v.)
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We biddaþ þé ꝥ þú gemedemige þé, ꝥ þú cume, Nic. 10, 9. ꝥ ðú ú with tó Ðá dá se Hǽlend man beón wolde, ðá gemedemode hé hine sylfne tó deáðe ágenes willan. Hml.