mearcian
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'For hwí ne mearcodon gé ( signastis ) þysne hláf swá swá hit þeáw is ?,' Gr. D. 87, 1-13. <b>III a.</b> to mark with a symbol :-- Mid þám háligan ele gé scylan þá hǽþenan cild mearcian on þám breóste . . . mid róde tácne, Ll.
hearh
A temple, an idol ⬩ lucus, nemus, fanum, delubrum, ara
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Mid ðý hé sóhte hwá ða wigbed and ða heargas ðara deófolgylda mid heora hegum ðe hí ymbsette wǽron ǽrest áídlian and tóweorpan scolde cum quæreret quis aras et fana idolorum cum septis quibus erant circumdata primus profanare deberet, 2, 13; S. 516, 39
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wreón
To cover ⬩ to put a covering on ⬩ to cover with clothes ⬩ to clothe ⬩ to cover ⬩ to bind ⬩ to conceal ⬩ hide ⬩ to serve as a covering ⬩ be spread over
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Of hwon wé bidon wrigen (gewrigene. Rush.) quo operiemitr, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 6, 31. with the idea of concealment Ýþa mec (a storm) wrugon, Exon.
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ǽmettig
empty, void, vacant ⬩ devoid, void of, free from ⬩ unoccupied, at leisure, exempt from ⬩ free to do ⬩ unmarried
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MS.) tó gástlicum weorcum, 134, 26. unmarried Gif hwylc ǽmtig man vacuus homo gewemme óðres wíf . . . And gif hwylc man ðe on his rihtan gesynscipe libbe ǽmtigne man (vacuam) gewemme, Ll. Th. ii. 164, 32, 34.
wín-geard
a vineyard ⬩ a place where vines grow ⬩ the vines growing in such a place ⬩ vinea ⬩ a place where other plants than vines grow ⬩ a vine ⬩ vitis ⬩ vinea
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Hwít wilde wíngeard brionia vel ampelos leuce, wíngerd labrusca, blac wíngeard brabasca vel ampelos male, 30, 14-16. Hwít wíngeard brionia, 32, 17: aminea vitis 39, 1. Ic eom sóð wíneard (vitis), Jn. Skt. 15,1, 5.
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Sunnan-dæg
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More specifically there are prohibitions of Sunday trading Sunnandæges cýpinge gif hwá ágynne, þolie ðæs ceápes and twelf órena mid Denum and .xxx. sciłł. mid Englum, L. E. G. 7; Th. i. 170, 15: L. Ath. i. 24; Th. i. 212, 15: L.
ÍDEL
empty ⬩ destitute ⬩ void ⬩ devoid ⬩ vain ⬩ useless ⬩ idle ⬩ idle ⬩ unemployed
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Hwí stande gé hér eallne dæg ídele, 6 : Exon 92 a; Th. 345, 6; Gn. Ex. 184
ge-ascian
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Voc. ii. 73, 14. to get to know (the nature of) a thing Hwi gé nellon, siþþan gé hiora þeáwas geácsod habben, him onhyrian. Bt. 40, 4; F. 240, 3
smeágan
to consider, meditate, inquire, deliberate ⬩ to consider, ponder, examine, inquire into, discuss, search ⬩ to seek an opportunity ⬩ to accept as the result of inquiry, to suppose
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Hwí smeágaþ hí unnytt quare populi meditati sunt inania Ps. Th. 2, 1. Hwæt smeáde gé be wege quid in via tractabatis Mk. Skt. 9, 33. Drihten, smeá míne geþohtas Ps. Th. 25, 2. Smeágeaþ (smeás gié. Lind. : smeógas gé.
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þeów
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Gif hwylc wíf for hwylcum lyþrum andan hire wífman swingþ, and heó þurh ða swingle wyrð deád, and heó unscyldig biþ, L. Ecg. P. ii. 4; Th. ii. 182, 32: L. M. I. P. 12; Th. ii. 268, 11: L. Th. P. 21, 13; Th. ii. 24, 1.
wíte-þeów
In slavery as a consequence of crime
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Gif ðǽr hwylc wíteðeów man sý ðe hió geðeówede, hió gelýfð tó hyre bearnon ðæt hí hine willon lýhtan for hyre sáulle, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 132, 8. Wíteþeówne monnan Wyliscne mon sceal bedrífan be twelf hídum tó swingum, L. In. 54; Th. i. 138, 3.
ge-rǽsan
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Gif hwylc mǽdenman þurh deófles costnunga on hǽmedþing gerǽse ( se ad fornicationem convertat ), 188, II
mǽl
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Gif hwám geboden sý tó ðigene, and hé hit mid gebelge forsace, ne sý him tó gewilnedum mǽle ( hora qua desideraverit ) nánre óðere þigene getíðad, R. Ben. 69, 21. Hý on án mǽl tó nónes gereorden ad nonam semper reficiant, 66, 5.
witan
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Add Hwylc man is þe his gewit wát. . . quis si sanum sapiat, Gr. D. 321, 14. Wíf ic lǽrde ꝥ hié heora weras lufedan and him ege tó wíston, Bl. H. 185, 23.
horsc
Quick, ready, active, valiant, ⬩ wise, sagacious, sharp, quick-witted ⬩ wise ⬩ alacer, celer, præproperus, volucer, promtus, sagax,
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Hwylc is hæleþa ðæs horsc and ðæs hygecræftig ðæt ðæt mǽge ásecgan who amongst men is so quick and cunning of mind as to be able to declare that, Exon. l01 a; Th. 380, 36; Rä. 2, 1.
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tótian
To peep out ⬩ look
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Toten vt wiðuten vuel ne mei nouðer of ou, & nim ȝeme hwat vuel beo icumen of totinge, A. R. 52, 2-11. Euer se recluses toteó more utwardes, 92, 7. Ajein kunde hit is, ꝥ te deade totie, 50, 25. He bad me toten on þe tree. Piers P. 16, 22.
for-swerian
To FORSWEAR ⬩ to swear falsely ⬩ perjure ⬩ ejūrāre ⬩ pējĕrāre
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Gif hwylc lǽwede man hine forswerige, fæste iv geár if any layman perjure himself, let him fast four years, L. Erg. P. ii. 24; Th. ii. 192, 6, 14. Forsworen perjūrus, Wrt. Voc. 86, 69: Gen. 24, 8.
gé
ye ⬩ you ⬩ vos ⬩ ύμεîs; ⬩ your ⬩ of you ⬩ vestrum ⬩ vestri ⬩ ύμŵν ⬩ to you ⬩ vobis ⬩ ύμîν ⬩ you ⬩ vos ⬩ ύμâs ⬩ thou
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Hwylc eówer quis vestrum? Mt. Bos. 6, 27 Án eówer ūnus vestrum, 26, 21. Ic sylle eów dăbo vobis, Ex. 6, 8. Ic secge eów dīco vobis, Mt. Bos. 6, 16 : 7, 7. Gyf gé ða lufiaþ ðe eów lufiaþ si dīlĭgĭtis eos qui vos dīlĭgunt, Mt. Bos. 5, 46.
tiht-bisig
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Gif hwylc man sý swá tihtbysig and hine ðonne þreó men ætgædere teón, ðonne ne beo ðár nán óðer búton ðæt hé gange tó ðam þryfealdan ordále, L. C. S. 30; Th. i. 392, 22 ( and see the whole section for the penalties). Be tihtbysigum.
fæst-rǽd
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Add: of firm counsel. of persons or personifications Sió wiþerwearde wyrd is sió sóþe gesælþ, þeáh hwæ-acute;m swá ne þince, for þám heó is fæstrǽd and gehǽt simle ꝥte sóþ biþ adversa fortuna semper vera est, cum se instabilem mutatione demonstrat, Bt