ge-gangan
to go ⬩ happen ⬩ take place ⬩ befal ⬩ to fall to one's share ⬩ to come in ⬩ ire ⬩ evenire ⬩ accidere ⬩ to exercise ⬩ effect ⬩ accomplish ⬩ exercere ⬩ perficere ⬩ efficere ⬩ to go against with hostile intention ⬩ to pass over ⬩ overcome ⬩ subdue ⬩ conquer ⬩ obtain ⬩ acquire ⬩ aggredi ⬩ transgredi ⬩ superare ⬩ subigere ⬩ oblinere ⬩ adipisci ⬩ possidere
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Ic mid elne sceal gold gegangan I shall with valour obtain the gold, Beo. Th. 5065; B. 2036 : 6162; B. 3085 : Ps. Th. 78, 12
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seám
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Nællaþ gié gebeara seám (seóm, Rush.) nolite portare sacculum, 10, 4. as a technical term, a service which consisted in supplying the lord with beasts of burden ; summagium, sagmegium Hé sceal beón gehorsad, ðæt hé mǽge tó hláfordes seáme ðæt ( the
scír-mann
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Swá sceal gód scýrman (a reeve or bailiff) his hláfordes healdan, dó ymbe his ágen swá swá hé wylle, Anglia ix. 260, 16. Ne ofermódgiaþ ða scírmenn ná for ðý nequaquam praepositi ex hoc superbiunt. Past. 17, 2; Swt. 109, 18.
studu
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Áhéng hé ðone sceát on áne studu ðæs wǽges ( in una posta parietis ). . . . Ðæt hús forbarn nemþe seó studu án (bútan ðære ánre stýðe, MS. B.), Bd. 3, 10; S. 534, 28-35. Se lég ðære studu (ða ilcan studu, col. 2) gehrínan ne mihte. . . .
Linked entries: stuðan-sceaft styðe
ende-dæg
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Ic gefremman sceal eorlic ellen oððe endedæg mínne gebídan I will do or die, B. 637. the last day, Similar entries cf. ende, II, 1 a Ne lǽt láðe cwellan and bærnan sáwla úre . . . ne lǽt swá heánlíce þín handgeweorc on endedæge forwurðan, Hy. 7, 112
herung
praise ⬩ approbation ⬩ praise ⬩ lauds
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Add: praise, approbation Mon sceal ðone ingong ðǽre tǽlinge wið heringe gemengan, ðætte hié for ðǽre lícunga ðǽre heringe . . . eác geðafigen ðá tǽlinge ipsa invectionis exordia permixta sunt laude temperanda, ut dum admittunt favores etiam correptiones
ǽg-hwilc
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Add: as substantive, absolute Egsan sceal ǽghwylc habban, Ps. Th. 75, 9. Ǽghwylc gecwæð, B. 987. His brúcan mót ǽghwylc on eorðan, Sch. 66. Hé tó ǽghwylcum sóð sprecende wæs, Bl. H. 223, 29.
óleccung
soothing, caressing, gentleness of treatment ⬩ flattery, fawning, adulation ⬩ charm, allurement
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Hú gesceádwís se reecere sceal bión on his þreaunga and on his óleccunga quae esse debet rectoris discretio correptionis et dissimulationis, Past. 21, tit.; Swt. 151, 6. Ðá áhsode heó hine georne mid hire ólæcunge, on hwam his miht wǽre, Jud. 16, 6.
sófte
Softly, gently ⬩ softly, quietly, without disturbance ⬩ calmly, at ease, without trouble ⬩ gently, not harshly ⬩ without discord ⬩ easily, without opposition ⬩ facile
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Ðú sófte gedést, ðæt hí ðé selfne gesión móten 20, 272. without discord Gebunden gesiblíce sófte tógædere Met. 20, 68. easily, without opposition Ne sceole gé swá sófte sinc gegangan, ús sceal ord and ecg ǽr geséman Byrht. Th. 133, 32; By. 59
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cyning-feorm
Royal purveyance, tribute for the royal household ⬩ regis firma
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household; regis firma Ic heó gefreóge écelíce ðæs gafoles, ðe hió nú get to cyninges handa ageofan sceolan of ðam dǽle ðe ðǽr ungefreód to láfe wæs ðære, cyningfeorme, ge on hlutrum alaþ, ge on beóre, ge on hunige, ge hryðrum, ge on swýnum, ge on sceápum
cyric-líc
Like a church, ecclesiastical ⬩ ecclesiasticus ⬩ wrote the ecclesiastical history of our island and nation in five books
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Hie heóldan ða cyriclícan sceare they observed the ecclesiastical tonsure, Chr. 716; Th. 70, 34, col. 2.
wíde-ferhþ
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Ðú scealt wídeferhð ðínum breóstum bern tredan eorðan ( super pectum tuum gradieris cunctis diebus vitae tuae, Gen. 3, 14), Cd. Th. 56, 2 ; Gen. 906. Ðæs ðe hié wídeferð wyrnan þóhton, 180, 26; Exod. 51. Ðú wunast wídeferð mid waldend Fæder, Exon.
án-daga
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Hé hæfð gecweden ándagan, ꝥ hé sceall ácwellan míne mǽgðe, 99, 262. Ꝥ mann sceolde settan swylcne ándagan Gode, ꝥ hé binnan líf dagum þám folce gehulpe, 108, 211.
tweógan
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Add Ne scealt þú ná tweógian (tweógan, v.l.) ꝥ þes hafað þá ungeswenlican hýrsumnesse dubitare non debes hunc invisibilia obsequia habere, Gr. D. 268, 25.
niþer
Down ⬩ beneath ⬩ below
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Hé sceal má þencan up ðonne nyþer he must direct his thought upwards rather than downwards, Bt. 41, 6; Fox 254, 31
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ge-wanian
to lessen ⬩ diminish ⬩ to be wanting
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to lessen, diminish Se láreow ne sceál ða inneran giémenne gewanian for ðære úterran abisgunge the teacher is not to diminish his care of inner things for outer occupations, Past. 18, 1; Swt. 127, 8; Hat. MS.
gódian
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Þurh ðæt hit sceal on earde gódian to áhte by that means matters must somewhat improve in the land, L. C.
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sealt
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Brim sceal sealt weallan, Menol. Fox 552; Gn. C. 45. On sealtum mersce in salsuginem, Ps. Spl. 106, 34. Óþ ðone sealtan mere usque ad lacum Salinarum, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 26, 8. Ofer sealtne (saltne, Cott. MSS.) sǽ, Past. pref.; Swt. 9, 8.
tilþ
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wǽre scaðiende weorðe se tiligende on rihtlícre tilðe he that has been accustomed to steal, let him support himself by an honest employment, Wulfst. 72, 13. with special reference to agriculture, tillage, cultivation, work on land Se scádwís geréfa sceal
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beód
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Man sceal habban beódas (dishes or tables ?), butas, bléda, mélas, cuppan, Angl. ix. 264, 16