hwilc
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Add: in direct questions as adjective qualifying a noun, what Hwylc man is ꝥ mæge áríman ealle þá sár?, Bl. H. 59, 33. Hwelc gesceádwís mon mihte cweþan þæt. . . ? quis putet . . . ?, Bt. 28 ; F. 100, 30. On hwylcre mihte wyrcsð þú þás þing? in qua potestate
gangan
to go ⬩ walk ⬩ to go ⬩ pedestrian ⬩ foot ⬩ mounted ⬩ to move along, proceed ⬩ animate ⬩ live ⬩ to take a specified course ⬩ to be habitually in a specified condition ⬩ to pass, be current ⬩ to take place ⬩ to have a specified issue ⬩ to depart ⬩ to take one's way, proceed ⬩ go ⬩ move in a specified direction ⬩ go ⬩ and ⬩ to be carried, moved, impelled ⬩ to reach, extend ⬩ to pass ⬩ become ⬩ to come ⬩ to go to the closet, have an evacuation ⬩ to leave a permanent habitation ⬩ occupation
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Take here geongan, and add : of movement irrespective of point of departure or destination. to go on foot, walk Halto geongeð claudi ambulant Lk. L. 7, 22. Mid fótum gangan, Met. 31, 8. Cóm se Hǽlend ofer þá sǽ gangende (geongende, L.) venie ambitions
CEÓSAN
to CHOOSE, select, elect ⬩ legere, seligere, eligere ⬩ to accept ⬩ oblatum accipere, accipere
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to CHOOSE, select, elect; legere, seligere, eligere Ðæt hí woldon óðerra wera ceósan that they would make a choice of other husbands, Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 32, 32. He héht him wine ceósan he commanded him to choose friends, Cd. 90; Th. 112, 8; Gen. 1867:
FEORM
food ⬩ provision ⬩ goods ⬩ substance ⬩ victus ⬩ substantia ⬩ bŏna ⬩ an entertaining ⬩ entertainment ⬩ feast ⬩ hospĭtālĭtas ⬩ convīvium ⬩ cœna ⬩ a place where provisions are kept ⬩ provision-quarters of an army ⬩ victus stătio ⬩ use ⬩ benefit ⬩ profit ⬩ enjoyment ⬩ ūsus ⬩ fructus
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food, provision, goods, substance; victus, substantia, bŏna Nó ðú ymb mínes ne þearft líces feorme leng sorgian thou needest not longer care about my body's food, Beo. Th. 906; B. 451. Hí bærndon and awéston ðæs cynges feorme hámas [MS. hames] they burnt
notu
use ⬩ profit ⬩ advantage ⬩ an office ⬩ employment ⬩ the discharge of an office ⬩ conduct of business
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use, profit, advantage Nittung vel notu usus, Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 39. Hæbbe se abbod á mid him gewrit ealra ðæra ǽhta; ðonne seó notu ( the use of tools, etc. ) on gebróðra gewrixle biþ, sý ðæt gewis á mid ðam abbode, ðæt hé wite, hwæt betǽht sý and hwæt
and
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Add: , end Aend suilcae, end suilce atqueve, Txts. 42, 98. introductory to a clause which is not preceded by one with which it can be connected Ðá cwæð Eustachius: 'And ne sǽde ic ꝥ wilde deór hí gelǽhton?', Hml. S. 30, 371. connecting a subordinate
breóst
the chest ⬩ thorax ⬩ the stomach ⬩ womb ⬩ a breast ⬩ mamma ⬩ mamilla
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Add: the front of the chest Mid gildenum girdle his breóst wæs befangen . . . hé silf wæs begird æt his hálgum breóste (praecinctus ad mamillas zona aurea, Rev. l, 13), Ll. Th. ii. 370, 4-7. Oþ mannes breóst (cf. swyran, Shrn. 81, 13) heah, Bl. H. 127
feówertig
alone
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Add: substantival. alone. as a neuter sing. with adj. inflections(?) Þǽr wearð Somnita and Gallia feówertig M (=þúsenda? but cf. Past. 409, 9 below for a number taken as singular ), Ors. 3, 10; S. 138, 14. Bið feórtiges cæmpena ðrowung, Shrn. 61, 27.
ge-lettan
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Add: to hinder a person from going where he intends, to stop Hé wolde tó his méder . . . ac Godwine hine gelette, Chr. 1036; P. 158, 22. Flódwylm ne mæg manna ǽnigne ofer Meotudes ést gelettan, An. 518. Hé wearð þurh weder gelet, Chr. 1097; P. 233, 17
ge-wil
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Add Hí fyligeað heora luste and ídelum gewille, Wlfst. 52, 15. Hí ongunnon godspel tó wrítenne bútan þæs Hǽlendes wissunge, and be heora gewille ( according to their own will ) sǽdon swá swá him geþúhte, Hml. S. 15, 114. Wé becumað genýdde tó ðǽre sprǽce
hleóþor
a sound ⬩ noise ⬩ voice
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In bracket at end read O. H. Ger. hliodar, and add: a sound, noise Ongan þǽr beón gehýred swýþe mycel swég and hleóðor swylce þǽr wǽre sum mycel mænigo in gangende coepit quasi cujusdam magnae multitudinis ingredientis sonitus audiri Gr. D. 284, 24.
ríceter
power ⬩ dominion ⬩ rule ⬩ greatness ⬩ glory ⬩ violence ⬩ force
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power, dominion, rule, greatness, glory Rícceter gloria, Germ. 389, 41. Wé ne sceolon ða rícan for heora ríccetere wurðian we are not to honour the great ones for their greatness, Homl. Th. i. 128, 22. Ðam láreówe gedafenaþ ðæt hé hogie hú manegra manna
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Wætlinga-strǽt
Watling Street, the Roman road running from Dover, through Canterbury, Rochester, London, St. Alban's,Dunstable, Fenny Stratford, Towcester, Weedon, Wroxeter to Chester.
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Watling Street, the Roman road running from Dover, through Canterbury, Rochester, London, St. Alban's,Dunstable, Fenny Stratford, Towcester, Weedon, Wroxeter to Chester. From Douere in to Chestre tilleþ Watlingestrete, R. Glouc. 8, 1. According to Trevisa
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á-drífan
to drive, cause to move (with violence) ⬩ to drive off, drive away ⬩ expellere, repudiare
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Add: to drive, cause to move (with violence) Heó geseh niman hyre cild, and ádrífan ísene næglas þurh ðá handa, Hml. Th. i. 146, 11. to drive off, drive away Ic ádrífe depellar, Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 68. Hé ðá hereláfe tó his lande ádráf, Ælfc. T. 9, 38
hǽðen
HEATHEN, pagan, gentile ⬩ a heathen ⬩ a heathen, gentile woman ⬩ ethnicus, gentilis, paganus, samaritanus ⬩ a heathen
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HEATHEN, pagan, gentile; and subst. a heathen Twá folc ðæt is Iudéisc and hǽðen two peoples, that is Jew and gentile, Homl. Th. i. 206, 32. Ðes wæs hǽðen hic erat samaritanus, Lk. Skt. Rush. 17, 16. Gif ungefullod cild fǽrlíce biþ gebroht tó ðam mæssepreóste
sóþ
Sooth ⬩ very ⬩ true ⬩ the opposite of that which is false, or merely pretends, or has the appearance of, genuine, real ⬩ true ⬩ in conformity with the actual state of things ⬩ true ⬩ righteous ⬩ just
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Sooth, very, true. the opposite of that which is false, or merely pretends, or has the appearance of, genuine, real Ðæt hí oncnáwon ðæt ðú eart án sóþ God ut cognoscant te solum Deum verum, Jn. Skt. 17, 3. Hé wæs sóþ man, ðý hine dorste deófol costian
tredan
to tread ⬩ tread down ⬩ trample upon ⬩ to tread upon ⬩ step upon ⬩ walk upon
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to tread, tread down, trample upon (lit. and fig.) Ðú trides (canculcabis) lean and dracan, Ps. Surt. 90, 13. Hé trit mid ðæm fét terit pede, Past. 47; Swt. 357, 20. Hwílum mec (an animal's skin) brýd triedeþ fótum, Exon. Th. 393, 27; Ra. 13, 6. Mé man
BERAN
to BEAR ⬩ carry ⬩ bring ⬩ bear or carry a sacrifice ⬩ offer ⬩ bear off ⬩ carry out ⬩ extend ⬩ wear ⬩ support ⬩ endure ⬩ suffer ⬩ ferre ⬩ portare ⬩ afferre ⬩ offerre ⬩ deferre ⬩ proferre ⬩ extendere ⬩ gerere ⬩ tolerare ⬩ to BEAR ⬩ produce ⬩ bring forth ⬩ facere ⬩ ferre ⬩ edere ⬩ parere
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to BEAR, carry, bring, bear or carry a sacrifice, offer, bear off, carry out, extend, wear, support, endure, suffer; ferre, portare, afferre, offerre, deferre, proferre, extendere, gerere, tolerare Ðú eall þing birest thou bearest all things Bt. Met.
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FEÁWA
FEW ⬩ pauci
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FEW; pauci Feáwa ðata manna mihte beón eardfæste few of the men could abide in their dwellings [lit, could be earth-fast or settled ], Ors. 5, 4; Bos. 105, 10: Deut. 4, 27: Mt. Bos. 9, 37: Lk. Bos. 10, 2. Hit þúhte him feáwa daga it seemed to him a few
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Eádmund
Edmund Ironside, son of Æthelred Atheling. Edmund began to reign in A. D. 1016, and died the same year
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Edmund the Martyr, king of East Anglia, was of the Old-Saxon race. He began to reign in A. D. 855. 'Anno Domĭnĭcæ incarnatiōnis DCCCLV, —Eadmundus Orientālium Anglōrum gloriosĭssimus cœpit regnāre VIII. Kalend. Januārii, id est die natālis Dŏmĭni, anno