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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Ceós ðé menn ðæt magon sceáwigean ðone eard mitte viros, qui considerent terram, Num. 13, 3.
wel
Well ⬩ well ⬩ prosperously ⬩ well ⬩ much ⬩ thoroughly ⬩ freely ⬩ well ⬩ properly ⬩ well ⬩ very ⬩ quite ⬩ thoroughly ⬩ very ⬩ quite ⬩ well ⬩ ah
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Gié magon him woel dóe (wel dóa, Rush.) potestis illis bene facere Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 7. Wese ðín mildheortnis well ofer ús Ps. Ben. 32, 18. marking degree well, much, thoroughly, freely: Gecnua wel Lchdm. ii. 322, 26.
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óðer
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His mágas hine wið óð?r swilc ( contra simile quid ) gescyldan, L. Ecg.
sél
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Wé ðé mágon sélre ge*-*lǽran, Andr. Kmbl. 2706 ; An. 1355. Ðá forléton wé ða frécnan wegas and ðǽm sélran wé férdon, Nar. 17, 13.
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þeáh
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Ne magon ðis þeáh ealle men dón all men, however, cannot do this, 37, 34: Cd. Th. 44, 12; Gen. 708. Hwæt is ðe deórast þince hwæþer þe gold, þe hwæt? Ic wát þeáh gold, Bt. 13; Fox 38, 11. Gif ðú þeáh mínum wilt wordum hýran, Cd.
hors
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Má þurh his fóta gang þonne on horsa ráde magis ambulando quam equitando, 4, 3; Sch. 349, 16. Hió becwið Cynelufe hyre dǽl þǽra wildera horsa, Cht. Th. 538, 33. Þá Deniscan hæfdon miclne dǽl þára horsa freten, Chr. 894; P. 87, 25.
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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Ðonne hé ys tóweard on micelre mǽgþe and ða strengstan mǽgþe nú ealra eorþan mǽgþ beóþ on him gebletsode cum futurus sit in gentem magnam ac robustissimam et benedicendæ sint in illo omnes nationes terræ, Gen. 18, 18. Fremde þeóde, óðre mǽgþe, Ps.
sceótan
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Tó ðam ðæt hí mágon sceótan ða unscyldigheortan ut sagittent rectos corde. Ps. Th. 10, 2. Ðǽr læg secg mænig ofer scild scoten, Chr. 937 ; Erl. 112, 19.
ge-met
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Hwæt magon wé dón, gyf þú nást þæt gemet? Þú sceoldest witan hwænne þé genóh þúhte, Solil. H. 15, 8. [Perhaps here might be taken the passages given at gemet; adj.]
se
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Th. i. 478, 10. 2 b Ne magon hí tó þæs hwón (nǽnigra þinga, v. l.) begitan þá þing þe him geteohhode nǽron obtineri nequaquam possunt quae praedestinata non fuerint, Gr.
lád
excuse
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Ða nǽnige láde gedón ne mágon on dómes dæge ah sceolon mid deóflum in éce wíte gefeallan those will not be able to make any defence at the day of judgment, but will have to fall with devils into everlasting punishment, Blickl.
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þegnung
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Gearwa úre þénunga ðæt hig magon etan mid mé instrue convivium, quoniam mecum sunt comesturi, Gen. 43, 16: Mt. Kmbl. 26, 17. Ic wolde ðíne ðénunge sylf nú gearcian, gif ic mé mid féðunge ferian mihte, Homl. Th. ii. 134, 31.
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dǽl
- Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 79
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Tó góde gedón þone dǽl þe wé dón magon (as much as we can), Wlfst. 188, 13. a great quantity, (cf. deal, lot in mod. E.), a (great) deal :-- Dryhtmáðma dǽl, B. 2843. Oferhygda dǽl much pride, 1740. Lífwynna dǽl, Cri. 807: Deór. 30.
ge-logian
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Th. i. 316, 14. the object non-material Drihtnes ðrowunge wé willað eów secgan . . . ná swá ðeáh tó langsumlíce, gif wé hit swá gelógian magon, Hml. Th. ii. 240, 31.
ge-faran
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Hé þæt færelt gefór and weorþlícne sige hæfde feliciter confecit bellum, Ors. 3, 10; S. 140, 3. to carry out, execute, manage to do Ꝥ gé nǽfre gedón ne magon ...; hit furðum cépemen ne gefarað you will never be able to do that ..., even merchants cannot
losian
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Ðá árleásan magon nǽfre ætwindan ðám écum wítum áhwǽr, 16, 89. of inanimate things, to decay, be destroyed, come to nothing Hér of heáfde iúero ne losað (non peribit), Lk. L. 21, 18. Mett sé ðe losað ( perit ), Jn. L. 6, 27. Ðá bytto losas, Mt.
CWEÐAN
To say, speak, call, proclaim ⬩ dicere, loqui, vocare, indicere
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On ðære stówe ðe is cweden Ægeles þrep at the place which is called Aylesthorpe, Chr. 455; Erl. 13, 23: Exon. 11a; Th. 13, 32; Cri. 211. v. intrans Hwæt mágon we cweðan ongén úrne hláford what can we say to our lord?
þanan
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Ðonon him gelamp ðæt sume men gewuniaþ cweþan magis in officina sua residere, quam ad psallendum in ecclesia concurrere consuerat.
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ge-dǽlan
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Hié þín feorh ne magon deáðe gedǽlan, An. 95 7: 1219. of the dispensations of Providence, to allot, assign, grant Hé gedǽleð, sé þe áh dómes geweald, missenlíce leóda leoðocræftas londbúendum, Crii. 27. Dreámas hé gedǽlde, Sae. 19.
þæt
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Ne magon wé þæs wrace gefremman, þæt hé ús hafaþ ðæs leóhtes bescyrede, Cd. Th. 25, 16; Gen. 394. where the clause explains the noun in the main clause Wolde ic ánes tó ðé cræftes neósan, þæt ðú mé getǽhte hú . . ., Andr. Kmbl. 969; An. 485.