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weorþung

(n.)
Grammar
weorþung, e ; f.
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Skt. ii. 23 b, 350. nobleness, glory, excellence Ðæt wuldres bearn on ðysne middangeard ástág, and seó heofencunde weorþung ðone fǽmnlícan bósm Sancta Marian gefylde, Blickl. Homl. 165, 27.

wirgan

(v.)
Grammar
wirgan, wirigan, wirian; p. de, ede.

to cursemaledicereto do evil

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Ongan hé his selfes bearn wordum wyrgean, Cd. Th. 96, 13; Gen. 1594. Bletsian and wyrian, Homl. Th. ii. 36, 7: 326, 10. Wergendi devotaturus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 105, 78. Wiergende, 89, 9. Wyrgende, 27, 4. He cóme má wítgiende ðonne wyrgende, Ps.

áscian

(v.)
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Add: absolute Mon sceal sprecan ásciende, Past. 185, 9. with acc. of person addressed, to question, interrogate His rihta dóm áhsað ( interrogat ) manna bearn. Se ylca Drihten áhsað rihtwíse and unrihtwíse, Ps. Th. 10, 5, 6.

Linked entry: áhsian

ge-leornian

(v.)
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Geleornigen ðá bearn ðæt hí hiéren hira ieldrum, 191, 1, 4. intrans. To acquire knowledge of a subject, receive instruction Éghuelc sé ðe gehérde from feder and geliornade, Jn. L. R. 6, 45. Huu ðes stafas wát, mid ðý ne geliornade, 7, 15.

hǽlend

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Bearn Hǽlendes, Sae. 153. Hélendes, 86. Þú (Satan) ús (the fallen angels) gelǽrdest þæt wé Hǽlende hýran ne sceoldan, 54. Herigean Hǽlynd Drihten Laudate Dominum, Ps.

híwian

(v.)

to formfabricateto feignto dissemble

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Anatolius hátte sum híwigende munuc, and hé behýdde his yfelnysse, 31, 792. to make as if: Ne híwa ðú, mín bearn, swilce ðú mid bilewitnysse mæge gán orsorh tó mǽdena húsum, Hex. 48, 9.

hlehhan

(v.)
Grammar
hlehhan, hlæhan, hlihhan, hlichan, hlihan. hlihgan; p. hlóh; pl. hlógan

To LAUGH [with gladness or contempt], to deride

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Eádgo ða ðe nú gie woepeþ forðon gie hlæheþ beati qui nunc fletis quia ridebitis, Lk. Skt. Lind. 6, 21. Wǽ iúh ða ðe hlǽhas forðon gie woepaþ væ vobis qui ridetis nunc quia lugebitis, 25. Hlihgaþ, Homl. Th. i. 180, 14. Hlihaþ, Blickl. Homl. 25, 23.

habban

(v.)
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habban, habbanne, hæbbene; pres. part. hæbbende; pres. indic. ic hæbbe, hafa, ðú hæfst, hafast, he hæfþ, hafaþ, pl. habbaþ, hæbbaþ; p. hæfde; subj. hæbbe, pl. hæbben, habban; imper. hafa, pl. habbaþ; pp. hæfed.

To HAVE, possess, hold, keep

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Ðæt ǽrest is ðæt man tó óðrum lǽððe hæbbe the first kind [of murder] is for a man to bear enmity to another, Blickl. Homl. 63, 36.

Linked entries: heofon-hæbbende hafa

ge-seón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-seón, [For first two lines substitute: <b>ge-seón,</b> ge-sión, ic-seó, -sió, -sié, þú-sihst, -siehst, -syhst, -syxt, hé-sihþ, -siehð, -seohþ, -syhþ, -seóþ, pl. -seóþ, -sióþ; p. ic, hé -seah, -seh, þú-sáwe, -sége, pl. -sáwon, -ségon, -seágon, -sǽgon ; imp. -seoh, -seah, pl. -seóþ; subj. prs. ic-seó, -sió, -sié ; p. -sáwe, -sége; pp. -sewen, -seowen, -segen, -seogen, -sawen (-sáw- ?). Northern and Mercian forms: ge-seá, -seán, -sión, ic -seóm, -sióm, -siúm, þú -siist, -síst, -seǽs, hé -siið, -siis, -síþ, -sís ; pl. -seáþ, -siáþ, -seás ; p. ic, hé -sæh, -sægh, -seh, þu -sége, pl. -ségon, -sǽgon ; imp. -sæh, -sægh, -seh, -sech, -sih, pl. -seaeþ, -siáþ; subj. prs. -sé, -see, -sié, -sii,pl. sén; p. -sége ; part. prs. -siónde, -siénde, -séende, -segende ; pp. -segen, -segn, -séen To see.]
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Ǽr hé geseó his wíf and his bearn sweltende, Bt. 10; F. 28, 39. Þ hí gesáwon mannes blód ágoten, Ors. l, 2 ; S. 30, 9. Hí gefégon þæs þe hí hyne gesundne geseón móston, B. 1628: 1998.

warenian

(v.)
Grammar
warenian, warnian, wearnian ; p. ode.
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Hé mé warnian hét, ðæt ic on ðone deáðes beám bedroren ne wurde, Cd. Th. 33, 29; Gen. 527.

ge-witnes

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Gif hwá stalie swá his wíf nyte and his bearn. . . . Gif hé stalie on gewitnesse ealles his hírédes, 106, 16. Scyld on gewyrhtum oððe on gewitnesse, Rtl. 114, 23. knowledge confined to oneself.

sendan

(v.)
Grammar
sendan, p. sende ; pp. sended, send
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Sende ðá his béne fore bearn Godes, Andr. Kmbl. 3224; An. 1615. Sendon hira béne fore bearn Godes, 2055; An. 1030. Þinga gehwylces ðara ðe ðú mé sendan wylle tó cunnunge, Exon. Th. 453, 32 ; Hy. 4, 23.

for-dón

(v.)
Grammar
for-dón, to for-dónne; he -déþ; p. ic, he -dyde, ðú -dydest, pl. -dydon; subj. pres. -dó, pl. -dón; p. -dyde, pl. -dyden; pp. -dón, -dén.

to do fordestroykillperdĕredestruĕredēlērecontĕrĕreinterfĭcĕreoccīdĕreto seducedefilecorruptsedūcĕrescĕlĕrāre

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Be ðam wífmen ðe hire bearn fordéþ de mŭliĕre quæ infantem suum occīdit, L. Ecg. P. cont. ii. 2; Th. ii. 180, 3.

Linked entry: for-gedón

máðum

(n.)
Grammar
máðum, máðm, mádm, máððum, es; m.

A precious or valuable thinga treasurejewelornament

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Hé ðone máððum byreþ ðone ðe ðú mid rihte rǽdan sceoldest he the jewel bears, that of right should be thine, 4117; B. 2055. Máðm, goldhilted sweord, Exon. 114 a; Th. 437, 26; Rä. 56, 13.

Linked entry: máðm

deáþ

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Ge*-*gang þá deáða bearn þe hí démað nú posside filios morte punitorum, Ps. Th. 78, 12. Þurh deáðes(-as?) wítgung nicromantia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 62, 30

etan

to devourconsumedestroy

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æt manna líchaman, and hit ácwealde heora bearn . . . Þæt wæter weóx, and swíþe hit æt hyra líchaman, Bl. H. 245, 24-33. Þá eotendan edaces (flammas), Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 11: 31, 53. of passion, &c. Þínes húses anda mé et (comedit), Jn. 2, 17.

feran

Grammar
feran, l. féran,

to go onproceedto farego onsucceedto comebe derived

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Gif ceorl and his wíf bearn hæbben gemǽne, and fére se ceorl forð, Ll. Th. i. 126, 4. of action, behaviour, to go on, proceed Heó férde fracodlíce on forlygre she shamefully practised adultery, Hml. S. 2, 217.

ǽr

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
ǽr, adv.

earlyexpressing readiness, quickness, soonearlier, beforepreviously, beforehandsooner beforesoonerfirst

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S. 15, 139. sooner Manegum men is leófre ðæt hé ǽr swelte, ǽr hé geseó his wíf and his bearn sweltende, Bt. 10; F. 28, 39.

ge-standan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-standan, -stondan; p. -stód, pl. -stódon; pp. -standen.

to standstand stillremainlastexistbestāremănēre. existĕreesseto stand against any oneopposeoppressattackurgeseizeinsurgĕreingruĕreurgĕrecorrĭpĕre

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Æðelinga bearn ymbe gestódon sons of nobles stood around, Beo. Th. 5188; B. 2597: Rood Kmbl. 126; Kr. 63. His fótas ǽr fæste gestódan stĕtērunt pĕdes ejus, Ps. Th. 131, 7: 93, 18.

Linked entry: ge-stondan

wlanc

(adj.)
Grammar
wlanc, adj.

proudhigh-spiritedboldproudboldarroganthaughtyinsolentproudelateexultantsplendidgreathighaugustmagnificentrich

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Of beád ðæs wlonces de mensa diuitis, 16, 21. Se Hǽlend cwæð tó ðam wlancan: 'For hwí wǽre ðú swá fæsthafol mínra góda, ðe ic ðé sealde?' Wulfst. 258, 12. Ðam wlancan to the great king (Nebuchadnezzar), Cd. Th. 221, 30; Dan. 96.

Linked entry: wlencu