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  • His mǽgas hine féden gif hé self mete næbbe. Gif hé mǽgas næbbe, oþþe þone mete næbbe,

      Ll. Th. i. 60, 11.
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  • Þú flíhst from mé on þí gemete swilc man nǽddran fleó,

      Hml. S. 23 b, 318.
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  • Se hýra . . . þonne hé þone wulf geyhþ, þonne flýhð hé . . . and se wulf nimð ðá sceáp,

      Jn. 10, 12.

  • Se góda lǽce,

      Bt. 39,9; F. 226, 10.

  • Byð se ealda man ceald and snoflig,

      Angl. viii. 299, 35.

  • Dysig bið se wegférenda man, sé ðe nimð þone sméðan weg þe hine mislǽt, and forlǽt þone sticolan þe hine gebrincð tó ðǽre byrig,

      Hml. Th. i. 164, 9.

  • Nim ꝥ seax þe þæt hæfte sié hrýþeres horn,

      Lch. ii. 290, 22.

  • Hrín him mid þý snidísene,

      208, 16.
7. one . . . one, one . . . other.
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  • Hió hiere folc on tú tódǽle . . . Hió mid þǽm healfan dǽle (one half) beforan þǽm cyninge farende wæs, , . . and se healfa dǽl (

    one half)

    wæs Ciruse æfterfylgende,
      Ors. 2, 4; S. 76, 25-30.

  • Ꝥ is for hwí se góda lǽce selle ðám hálum men séftne drenc and óþrum hálum biterne,

      Bt. 39, 9; F. 226, 10.

  • Hé forcearf his basing, and sealde healfne dǽl þám þearfan and þone healfan dǽl hé dyde on his hricg,

      Hml. S. 31, 71.
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  • Þéh þe hit gelumpe ꝥ him hwilc man ongén cóme, and sé þonne wǽre gegréted (and hé þone gegrétte,

    v. l.

    ),
      Gr. D. 34, 5.

  • Ꝥ nán man nán má wífa næbbe búton .i. , and seó beó mid rihte beweddod,

      Ll. Th. ii. 300, 13.

  • Þonne se geohsa of þǽre ídlan wambe cymð . . . ne bét þone se fnora,

      Lch. ii. 62, 1: Hml. S. 30, 421.
  • Geseah hé treów licgende and ꝥ lytel, 23 b, 767.
  • Heó of hyre manega bógas ásendeþ, and þá lange, i. 306, 6.

  • Hér ús ys geboden ꝥ wé etan lactucas, and þá sýn gréne (cf. eton hig þeorfne hláf mid grénum lactucum,

      322, 15), Angl. viii. 323, 41.
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  • Hé ábyrgde ðá forbodenan fíctreówes blǽda, and ðæt on Frigedæg, and ðurh ðæt hé wæs on helle,

      Sal. K. 182, 34: Chrd. 29, 21.
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  • Sc̃e Emelianan tíd ðǽre fǽmnan; ꝥ wæs sc̃e Gregorius faðe,

      Shrn. 48, 6.

  • Hwá is þæt þe eal ðá yfel ásecgean mæge?,

      Ors. 1, 8; S. 42, 6.
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  • Án cymð, óðer færð; sé bið ácenned, se óðer forðfærð,

      Hml. Th. i. 248, 16.

  • Ꝥ þú ús getǽhtest hwǽs wé ꝥ and ꝥ timbrian sceoldon

    ut nobis ostenderes ubi quid aedificare deberemus,

      Gr. D. 149, 2.
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  • Mið ðý gié geseás unfegernis slitnese, ðiú (

    quae

    ) gecueden wæs from ðǽm wítgo,
      Mt. L. 24, 15.

  • In cæstre ðió

    (quae)

    is gecuoeden
      Sichor, Jn. L. R. 4, 5.
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  • Þæs wíde,

      Pa. 4. ¶ :--
    Þæt hit wǽre geðúht þæs ðe máre gemynd þæs fæder, Hml. Th. i. 478, 10. 2 b
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  • Ne magon hí tó þæs hwón (nǽnigra þinga, v. l.) begitan þá þing þe him geteohhode nǽron

    obtineri nequaquam possunt quae praedestinata non fuerint,

      Gr. D. 54, 13.
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  • Þæs þe ic ongyte, þes wæs mycel wer

    ut agnosco, vir iste magnus fuit,

      Gr. D. 47, 14.
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  • Lyt manna weorð lange fægen ðæs ðe óðerne bewrencð,

      Prov. K. 34: Exod. 51.
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with prep. tó
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  • Hié tó don swíðe forslagene wurdon, ꝥ hiera feáwa tó láfe wurdon,

      Ors. 1. 13; S. 56, 9.
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  • Tó þon ꝥ hié his ǽnne ende onbærndon,

      Ors. 4, 10; S. 200, 15: 1, 4; S. 34, 19.

  • Tó ðon þaeti hí heó geeáðmédden, Cht. E. 42, 8. ¶ with verbs of intention or desire governing an infinitive or a clause, where the action of the verb in the infinitive or clause is intended, because :-- Héongan yrnan, tó þon ꝥ hé wolde findan þone árwyrðan fæder

    ad inveniendum venerabilem patrem sese in cursum dedit,

      Gr. D. 165, 17: Wlfst. 194, 1.

  • Hé hié begeat, tó ðon ꝥ hé wolde ꝥ þá folc him þý swíþor tó buge,

      Ors. 3, 11; S. 148, 31.

  • Þá geceás hé him áne burg wið ðone sǽ, tó ðon ꝥ him gelícade ꝥ hié þǽr mehten betst frið binnan habban,

      3, 7; S. 116, 5.

  • Hié wǽpna náman, tó þon ðæt hié heora weras wrecan þóhton,

      1, 10; S. 44, 32: 3, 9; S. 132, 11: 4, 10; S. 200, 16.
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  • God is úre Fæder, þí wé sceolon ealle beón gebróðru on Gode,

      Hml. Th. i. 260, 28.
  • Hí habbað swíðe langsume trahtnunge . . . ; ðí we hit lǽtað unsǽd, ii. 466, 24.
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  • For ðon wé ðiss feáwum wordum sǽdon, ðý wé woldon gecýðan hú . . . ,

      Past. 33, 6.

  • For þý hé wilnað ꝥ hé habbe ꝥ hé næfð, þý hé wolde genóg habban,

      Bt. 26, 1; F. 92, 4.
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  • Ne fleáh hé ðý ríce ðý his ǽnig mon bet wyrðe wǽre,

      Past. 33, 17.

  • Þý hí secað anweald . . . ðý hí wénaþ ꝥ hit sié ꝥ héhste gód,

      Bt. 34, 7; F. 142, 27-29.

  • Þý ánan . . . þý, 14, 3; F. 46, 3-4. ¶ where condition is marked: then . . . when :-- Ðý (tunc) mon sceal fæsðne weal wyrcean, ðý

    (cum)

    mon ǽr geháwige ðæt se grund fæsð sié . . . Ðý sceal eác bión ofersuíðed sió unfæsðrǽdnes ðára geðóhta, ðý mon hine bewarige wið ðá leóhtmódnesse,
      Past. 308, 2-6.
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tó, marking extent
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  • Hé wearð gehýrsum tó þí ꝥ hé willes deáð þrowade

    factus obediens usque ad mortem,

      R. Ben. 26, 15.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “se.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/57895.

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