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ende

  • verb
  • adjective
  • participle
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Wright's OE grammar
§5; §47; §60; §156; §274; §351; §354; §562;
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the extremity or outermost part, boundary of space
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  • Se móna went his hrigc tó þǽre sunnan, ꝥ is se sinewealta ende þe þǽr onlýht byð,

    • Lch. iii. 242, 14
    • .
  • Ic wæs áheáwen holtes on ende,

    • Kr. 29
    • .
  • Sǽfæsten landes act ende,

    • Exod. 128
    • .
  • Wǽges æt ende,

    • 466.
  • Æt meres ende,

    • An. 221
    • .
  • On Rómwara ríces ende ymb þæs wæteres stæð,

    • El. 59
    • .
  • Fram þysse eorðan ende

    ab extremo terrae,

    • Ps. Th. 134, 7
    • .
  • Seó sunne gǽð on æfnunge under þyssere eorðan . . . heó eft on óþerne ende úp ástíhð,

    • Lch. iii. 240, 17.
a limit of magnitude or multitude:
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  • Micelnise his nis ende

    magnitudinis ejus non est finis,

    • Ps. Srt. 144, 3.
the part of a surface near the boundary:
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  • Hæcgwerde gebyreð ꝥ man his geswinces leán gecnáwe on þám endum ðe tó etenlǽse licgan

    (in eam partem segetis que pascuis adjacet),

    • Ll. Th. i. 440, 13
    • .
a region, quarter, cf. side.
of the world
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  • On feówer endum þyses middangeardes

    (per quatuor mundi cardines)

    . . . on eáste*-*weardum . . .,

    • Ors. 2, 1
    • ;
    • S. 58, 31
    • :
    • Bl. H. 93, 5
    • :
    • 95, 13
    • .
a district of a country, especially an official division
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  • Hé hié on þone bismerlecestan eard gesette, þæt wæs on ðǽm ýtemestan ende his monna

    cum foedissima ignominia in exercitu Antigoni dispersi sunt,

    • Ors. 3, 11
    • ;
    • S. 146, 35
    • .
  • Bidde ic míne arceð and ealle míne leódð., Ꝥ hý ealle neódfulle beón ymbe Godes gerihta ǽlc on his ende þe heom betǽht is,

    • Cht. E. 230, 15
    • .
  • Hæsten hergode on his ríce þone ilcan ende þe his cumpæder healdan sceolde,

    • Chr. 894
    • ;
    • P. 87, 1
    • .
  • Hé cóm intó Afenan múðan and hergode ofer eall þone ende,

    • 1067
    • ;
    • P. 203, 12
    • .
a division of an army
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  • Hé fór on þone ende Hannibales folces þe hé self on wæs,

    • Ors. 4, 9
    • ;
    • S. 192, 12
    • .
  • Hé beseah tó þǽre swýðran healfe . . . and hí tódrifon þone ende, ac him æfter eóde ꝥ óðer gefylce,

    • Hml. S. 25, 669
    • .
quarters in a building
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  • Heó is genyrwed on þone ende þe þá gesceádwísan wuniað,

    • Hml. Th. i. 536, 19
    • .
in an indefinite sense,
side, quarter
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  • Beó man georne ymbe feós bóte ǽghwár on earde, and ymb burhbóte on ǽghwylcan ende,

    • Ll. Th. i. 310, 23
    • :
    • 322, 32
    • :
    • Wlfst. 268, 6
    • .
the extremity of a line or long object
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  • Ðá stánas licggeað æt ǽlcre strǽte ende,

    • Past. 133, 9
    • .
  • Hwílum ic on wicge ríde herges on ende,

    • Rä. 78, 8
    • .
  • Ende

    calcem,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 25, 34
    • .
  • Æfter strǽta endum,

    • Past. 135, 3.
part of the human body (?):
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  • Gif nýten sig mannes ende besmiten

    si bestia a viro sit polluta,

    • Ll. Th. ii. 144, 10
    • .
part, proportion (v. N. E. D. end, 5 c)
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  • Hé him ánum deádum lytle mildheortnesse gedyde . . . þe hé siþþan nánum ende

    (not at all, in no instance)

    his cynne gedón nolde,

    • Ors. 3, 9
    • ;
    • S. 128, 17
    • .
  • Hé ofslóh mycelne ende þes folces (mycel folc, má þonne .xxx. gódera þegena bútan óðrum folce, v. ll.),

    • Chr. 1052
    • ;
    • P. 178, 9
    • .
with reference to time or serial order.
close of a period, conclusion of an action or continuous state or course of events
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  • Aldres ende,

    • B. 822
    • .
  • Him weorðeð ende lífes,

    • Ph. 365
    • .
  • Ende cymeð dógorrímes,

    • 484.
  • Wuldres ende,

    • An. 1059.
  • Ende nǽfre þínes wræces weorðeð,

    • 1384.
  • Ꝥ wite þe nǽfre nǽnig ende ne becymeþ,

    • Bl. H. 51, 31
    • .
  • Gefeá bútan ende,

    • Hml. Th. i. 460, 19
    • .
  • Á bútan ǽnigum ende,

    • Nar. 49, 19
    • .
  • Þá wæs hyra tíres æt ende,

    • Jud. 272
    • :
    • Dóm. 2
    • :
    • Cri. 1030
    • .
  • Is nú ende feor þæt wé sceolun ætsomne súsel þrowian

    it is far from the end of the time during which we must suffer together, i. e. our sufferings will never end,

    • Sat. 40
    • .
  • Oð his lífes ende,

    • Chr. 709
    • ;
    • P. 41, 35.
  • Þes dæg hæfð ǽlcere wucan frymþe and ende,

    • Bl. H. 133, 6
    • .
  • Gewinnes ende gereccan,

    • Gú. 106
    • .
  • Ðisses eorðweges ende gescrífan,

    • Ps. Th. 118, 87
    • .
  • ende

    in finem,

    • 102, 9
    • :
    • 111, 8
    • .
  • Wiþ ende,

    • 67, 16
    • :
    • 73, 10.
the end of all things:
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  • Beóð fela frecednyssa on mancynne ǽr þan þe se ende becume,

    • Hml. Th. i. 2, 30
    • .
  • Hé eft æt þám ende eallum wealdeð monna cynne,

    • Gn. Ex. 137
    • .
the concluding part of a period, action, &c.
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  • On ðínum endum

    in novissimis tuis,

    • Kent. Gl. 707
    • .
  • Endas

    extrema,

    • 483.
the terminal point of a series, in phrases expressing completeness
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  • God is fruma and ende ǽlces gódes,

    • Bt. 80, 10
    • .
  • Cyninga wuldor, fruma and ende

    (cf. Ego sum α et α, principium et finis, dicit Dominus Deus,

    • Rev. 1, 8
    • ),
    • An. 556
    • .
  • Ic þé secgan wille ór and ende,

    • 649.
  • Ongeat cyning ord and ende þæs þe him ýwed wæs,

    • Dan. 162
    • .
  • From orde oþ ende forð,

    • El. 590
    • .
  • Ór gecýðan oð ende forð,

    • Jul. 353
    • .
termination of existence
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  • Ealle þá gewítaþ swá swá wolcn . . . þyllic bið se ende þæs líchoman fægernesse,

    • Bl. H. 59, 21
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  • Ǽlc fǽgernes tó ende efsteþ,

    • 57, 28
    • :
    • 59, 26
    • .
  • Bútan ǽr God ende worulde wyrcan wille,

    • Seel. 13.
of persons,
death:
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  • Þurh hwelces monnes hond mín ende wǽre getiód

    cujus mortem percussoris manu cauendam habeam,

    • Nar. 31, 18
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  • Oþ þæt ende becwóm, swylt æfter synnum,

    • B. 1254
    • .
  • Ǽr þám syxtan dæge his endes (ændes, v. l.) . . . hé his ende (ænde, v. l.) getrymede

    ante sextum exitus sui diem . . . exitum suum munivit,

    • Gr. D. 175, 14, 18
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  • Hé him æt his ende grim geweorþeþ,

    • Bl. H. 25, 13
    • .
  • Hé þǽr wunode tó his ende,

    • Chr. 633
    • ;
    • P. 26, 23
    • .
  • Ǽr his ende,

    • Shrn. 50, 13
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  • Mon heora líchoman ætsomne ne byrgde at heora ende,

    • 35, 21.
(latter, last) end:
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  • Þám ýtemestan ende

    suprema sorte,

    • An. Ox. 1990
    • .
  • Þæt him feóndes hond æt þám ýtmestan ende ne scóde,

    • Gú. 414
    • .
final state
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  • Ic (the soul) uncres gedáles onbád earfoþlíce; nis nú húru se ende tó gód,

    • Seel. 38
    • .
completion of action, æt ende finished
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  • Swefn wæs æt ende,

    • Dan. 524
    • :
    • Exod. 267.
  • Eall ꝥ mon untídlíce onginþ, næfþ hit nó æltǽwne ende,

    • Bt. 5, 2
    • ;
    • F. 10, 28
    • :
    • Hy. 2, 13
    • .
  • Þus þá æðelingas ende gesealdon

    thus those noble ones made end,

    • Ap. 85
    • .
issue, event
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  • Hé in eóde þæt hé gesáwe ðone ende,

    • Mt. 26, 58
    • .
  • Hú gelíce onginn þá twá byrg hæfdon . . . ac hiora anwalda endas wǽron swíþe ungelíce

    similis Babylonis ortus et Romae . . . tamen non similis exitus similisve defectus,

    • Ors. 2, 1
    • ;
    • S. 64, 5
    • .
end to be attained, goal
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  • Sege hwelces endes ǽlc angin wilnige . . . Hú mæg þæt beón, nú þú ꝥ angin wást, ꝥ þú eác þone ende nyte,

    • Bt. 5, 3
    • ;
    • F. 12, 18, 24, 35
    • .
  • Willniað ealle þurh mistlice paþas cuman tó ánum ende, ꝥ is ꝥ hí wilniaþ þurh ungelíce earnunga cuman tó ánre eádignesse

    omnis mortalium cura diverso quidem calle procedit, sed ad unum tamen beatitudinis finem nititur pervenire,

    • 24, 1
    • ;
    • F. 80, 8
    • .
in phrases.
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ende, æt (þám) ende
in the end, ultimately
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  • Æt þám ende ne beheóld hit nán þing seó scipfyrding búton folces geswinc,

    • Chr. 999
    • ;
    • P. 133, 9
    • .
  • Wearð hit fram dæge tó dæge lætre and wyrre swá hit æt þám ende eall geférde,

    • 1066
    • ;
    • P. 200, 6
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  • Ǽfre hí æt eude sige áhton,

    • 998
    • ;
    • P. 131, 16
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  • Húru æt þám ende ne tweóde þæs leánes þe heó lange gyrnde,

    • Jud. 346
    • .
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ende, in ende,
always, to the last
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  • Nales in ende

    (in finem)

    ofergeotulnis bið ðearfena,

    • Ps. Srt. 9, 19
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ende, on (þám) ende
in the end, ultimately
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  • Þéh þá hláfordas on þǽm ende hæfdon heánlíce sige,

    • Ors. 2, 6
    • ;
    • S. 88, 1
    • .
  • Ðæs ðý wyrse wíte hié sculon habban on ende

    gravius quippe extrema ultione feriendi sunt,

    • Past. 231, 14
    • :
    • Ps. Th. 58, 12
    • .
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ende, on ende
on end, continuously, consecutively, without omission or intermission
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  • Hit man ǽfre on ende for áne híde werian scolde,

    • C. D. iii. 112, 23
    • ;
    • Ps. Th. 78, 5
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  • Heó eorlum on ende

    (to all in succession)

    ealuwǽge bær,

    • B. 2021
    • .
kind, sort
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  • Hé sealde ꝥ betste hors and þæs fægerestan endes (heówes, híues, eondes, v. ll.) Aidane

    donauerat equum optimum Aidano,

    • Bd. 3, 14
    • ;
    • Sch. 257, 1
    • .
  • Ne hæfdon wit monig óþer uncýmran hors and óðres endes (eondes, híwes, v. ll.)

    numquid non habuimus equos uiliores uel alias species,

    • Sch. 258, 4.
Similar entries
v. norþeást-, norþwest-, rihtwest-, súþeást-, úp-, westsuþ-ende.
Linked entries
v.  ende-dæg.
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  • ende, v.; adj.; part.