ge-dón
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Ic wille gedón þ ǽlc man sý folcrihtes wyrðe I will have it that every man be entitled to folkright, Ll. Th. i. 164, 20.
ge-bídan
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Feala ic ( the cross ) gebiden hæbbe wráðra wyrda, Kr. 50. to live through a period, live (many) years Mín fæder gebád wintra worn, B. 264. Gif on mihtigum mannum geweorðeð, þæt hí hundeahtatig ylda gebíden, Ps. Th. 89, 11.
gleáw
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Th. 142, 9. prudent of or in mind, in thought.Cf. (1 a), (1 b) Him mæg wís sefa wyrda gehwylce gemetigian, gif hé bið módes gleáw, Sal. 439. Gleáw on móde, Gen. 2373. Judith, gleáw on geþonce, Jud. 13: El. 807. good.
tíd
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Sió wyrd dǽlþ eallum gesceaftum stówa and tída, Bt. 39, 5; Fox 218, 33. (1 a) time, condition of things :-- On ðam endenýhstan dagum ðissere worulde beóþ frécenlíce tída, Wulfst. 81, 12. where the period is a definite one Ðá (after the first act of creation
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here
an army ⬩ an army ⬩ a host ⬩ a division of an army ⬩ army corps ⬩ legion ⬩ cohort ⬩ troop ⬩ infantry ⬩ cavalry ⬩ an army ⬩ an army ⬩ multitude ⬩ host ⬩ crowd ⬩ multitude ⬩ harrying ⬩ devastation ⬩ plundering ⬩ ravaging
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Ðá earman men beóð wyrs bereáfode from þám unrihtwísan déman þonne fram þám wælgrimmestan here: ne bið nán heretoga swá gífre on fræmdrea monna yrfe swá se unrihtwísa déma byþ on his hýremonna.
of
Of ⬩ from ⬩ out of ⬩ off ⬩ as regards ⬩ about
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Wring of ða wyrta, Lchdm, iii. 58, 30. denoting motion Man sceolde mid sáre on ðás world cuman, and mid sáre of gewítan, Blickl. Homl. 5, 29.
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þe
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Hwæðer wǽre twégra strengra, wyrd ðe warnung, Salm. Kmbl. 855; Sal. 427. þe ... þe whether ... or Hwyder hé gelǽded sý, þe tó wíte, þe tó wuldre, Blickl. Homl. 97, 22.
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gifu
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Hwæt hæfst ðú æt þám gifum þe ðú cwist ꝥ seó wyrd eów gife, Bt. 13; F. 38, 4. ¶ the giver a personification :-- Þú miht þæs habban þanc ꝥ þú mínra ( Wisdom's ) gifa wel brúce . . . Hæbbe ic þé benumen þínra gifena þára þe þé from mé cómon?
heorte
breast ⬩ bosom ⬩ will ⬩ intellect ⬩ mind ⬩ soul ⬩ intent ⬩ will ⬩ desire ⬩ inclination ⬩ disposition ⬩ temperament ⬩ character
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Hit wyrs ne mæg on þínum hyge hreówan þonne hit mé æt heortan déð, Gen. 826. Þæt wæs torn were hefig æt heortan, 980: Cri. 500: 1494. Is mín mód gehǽled, hyge ymb heortan gerúme, Gen. 759: 354. He hafað wérige heortan, se.
folc-land
the land of the folk or people
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Bocland Eác we cwǽdon hwæs se wyrðe wǽre ðe óðrum ryhtes wyrnde, áðor oððe on bóc-lande oððe on folc-lande, and ðæt he him geándagode of ðam folc-lande, hwonne he him riht worhte befóran ðam geréfan.
ge-weorþan
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(α α) with indefinite, hit :-- Man cýdde Harolde hú hit wæs þǽr gedón and geworden, Chr. 1066 ; P. 197, 14. with noun as subject and clause in apposition Seó wyrd geweorþan sceal, ꝥ se Scyppend gesittan wile on his dómsetle, Bl. H. 83, 10.
níd
necessity ⬩ inevitableness ⬩ necessity ⬩ need ⬩ urgent requirement ⬩ a necessary business ⬩ duty ⬩ need ⬩ what one wants ⬩ necessity ⬩ need ⬩ difficulty ⬩ hardship ⬩ distress ⬩ force ⬩ compulsion
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Nýd biþ wyrda heardost, Salm. Kmbl. 622; Sal. 310. Eádfriþ for neóde (neáde, MS. T.: nýde, MS. B.) tó Pendan gebeáh Eadfrid necessitate cogente ad Pendam transfugit, Bd. 2, 20; S. 521, 15 : Chr. 1016; Erl. 154, 11.
fæst
constant ⬩ firm ⬩ steadfast ⬩ fixed ⬩ unchangeable ⬩ firm ⬩ secure ⬩ stubborn ⬩ unyielding ⬩ firm ⬩ solid ⬩ compact ⬩ strong ⬩ firm ⬩ strong ⬩ fortified ⬩ unbroken ⬩ undisturbed ⬩ standard
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Wudu wyrtum fæst the wood firm fixed by its roots, B. 1364. Sió godcunde gesceádwísnes is fæst on þám heán Sceppende divina ratio in summo omnium principe constituta, Bt. 39, 5; F. 218, 27.
ge-mót
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Ic wille ꝥ ǽlc man sý griðes wyrðe to gemóte and fram gemóte, 422, 5. Ic wille ꝥ ǽlc geréfa hæbbe gemót á ymbe feówer wucan, 164, 20. Séce man hundredes gemót, 386, l. On þám meðelstede þá hé gemót hæfde By. 199.
libban
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H. 57, 9. ꝥ Sume hí leofodon be ofete and wyrtum, Hml. Th. i. 546, 4. to procure oneself the means of subsistence Hí be heora ágenum handgewinne lifigeað (lifiað, v. l.) proprio labore manuum vivunt, Bd. 4, 4; Sch. 371, 7.
sócn
a seeking, search, exploring ⬩ a seeking, desiring, trying to get ⬩ a seeking to obtain an end ⬩ a seeking for information, ⬩ question, inquiry ⬩ a seeking, visiting of a place, attendance at a place, resort ⬩ a seeking for protection ora place so sought, refuge, sanctuary, asylum ⬩ a seeking with hostile intent, an attack ⬩ inquisitio ⬩ the right of investigating, necessary to and a part of power of holding plea ⬩ seeking ⬩ levying fines ⬩ soca ⬩ soca ⬩ quaestio ⬩ inquisitio ⬩ an attack ⬩ an action, prosecution ⬩ an assemblage ⬩ a parish
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And séce hé swylce sócne swylce hé séce, ðæt hé ne sý his feores wyrðe bútan swá feola nihta swá wé hér cwǽdon L. Ath. iv. 4; Th. i. 224, 2. Be ciricena sócnum.
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hycgan
take thought ⬩ be mindful ⬩ think ⬩ consider ⬩ meditate ⬩ to intend ⬩ purpose ⬩ determine ⬩ endeavour ⬩ strive ⬩ to hope
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Hycge swá hé wille ne mæg wérigmód wyrde wiðstondan strive as he will the weary-hearted cannot withstand fate, Exon. 76 b; Th. 287, 15; Wand. 14. Ne hycge tó slǽpe se ðe heoldeþ ðé neque obdormiet qui custodit te, Ps. 120, 3.
eall
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Wurdon hig ealles tó oft on yfel áwende, Jud. pref. 8. dat. inst. entirely, altogether Ealle hé wæs swelce Rómáne þá wyrþe wǽron qui vere dignus Romanis punitor adhibitus videretur, Ors. 6, 3; S. 256, 23.
freónd
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Mid ðís andweardan welan mon wyrcþ oftor feónd ðonne freónd. Bt. 24, 3; F. 84, 4. Tócnáwan þíne frínd (frénd, v.l.) and þíne fýnd (fiénd, v.l. ), 20; F. 72, 20. Ne friénd ne fiénd, 37, 1; F. 186, 7