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(prep.)
Grammar
tó, prep. adv.

to, atso as to producebecometo (the satisfaction, etc. )to some end,for some purposefornext to,at,by,alongsidein,onnext toaftertoasfortoasforat,inof,fromto (in to do something to anything)according to,at,aftercompared to,in comparison with,besidein addition to,besidesfor,atto be sufferedatin the course of,in,onfor,duringtoto,forin,atto the extent,to such a degreeto,up to,until,tillat,in,onin addition,besides,tootoo

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Ðý læs hí hí tó up áhæbben, Bt. 39, ll; Fox 228, 23: Past. 13; Swt. 79, 17: 65; Swt. 461, 28. Ða untruman mód mon ne scyle tó heálíce lǽran, 63; Swt. 459, 4. Ðú hæfst ðara wǽpna tó hraþe forgiten, Bt. 3, l; Fox 4, 21.

Linked entry: -anne

on

(prep.)
Grammar
on, an ; prep. adv. A.

expressing local relations, rest upon and contact with an object, ondependence upon an objectextension over a surfacenearnessin or at a place, or with a personrest where one object is contained in another, or is surrounded by others, within, among; and metaphorically inmarking the seat of feeling, thought, etc., in, within, at on, at, in within, in the course of, in, during on, a-fromon, in, at by, with of, consisting of or inin respect to, in the matter of, inin, ofat (a distance), of (the weight of),with, inin accordance withofinmotion, actual or figurative, which is external to the object expressed by the word which on governs, upon, on, on to, tomarking motion from without to the inside, into, among continuously, together, anon, at once expressing temporal relations,on, in, atinto (one's power, etc. )against in accordance withmarking the object of thought, emotion, speech, trust, sightmarking pricein (the name of), by (in adjuration)

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Hé nówiht elles dyde on eallum ðám dagum, Bd. 2, 14; S. 518, 8. On ðæs biscopes tíde, 4, 12; S. 580, 34. On ðissum geáre, Chr. 889; Erl. 86, 22. On ðý ylcan gére, 896; Erl. 93, 34. On geóguþe, Exon. Th. 288, 22; Wand. 35.

Linked entries: an un-reordian

sum

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
sum, indef. prn.
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Habbaþ wé micel ǽrende ne sceal ðǽr dyrne sum ( any of the errands) wesan, 548; B. 271. Sumne ( one of the creatures on the mere) Geáta leód feores getwǽfde, 2869; B. 1432.

Linked entry: ÁN

wíse

(n.)
Grammar
wíse, an: wís, e; f.

a wise waymannermodefashionstate conditionan arrangementinstructiona dispositiondirectionconditiona thingres negotiuma causereasonres

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Ne dyde hé ða wísan (so) beforan mé, 181, 4. On ǽlce wísan, 163, 2. On ǽnige wísan, Wulfst. 158, I: L. C. S. 5; Th. i. 378, 22. On ǽnige óðre wísan aliter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 2, 56. On náne wísan, Bt. 16, 2; Fox 54, 5.

Linked entry: wís-fæst

ge-settan

(v.)
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Þæt eorðe and úproder and síd wæter geseted wurde woruldgesceatte, 100. (2 a) to occupy a conquered land or place :-- Ðý ilcan geáre gesette Ælfréd cyning Lundenburg, Chr. 886 ; P. 80, 10.

ge-weorþan

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Ðý lǽs ungerecc geworðe, Mt. L. 26, 5. Undernam Godwine swýðe ꝥ on his eorldóme sceolde swilc geweorðan, Chr. 1052 ; P. 175, 8. Tó þám mǽsten swicdóme þe ǽfre mihte gewurðan, 1086 ; P. 221, 31.

git

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
git, yet. l. gít. [The word is often accented in the MSS., and only in such cases is the accent given in the following passages.]
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dyde git eallra wærst, Chr. 1087; P. 223, 22. with other words Þá giet leng winnan, Ors. 2, 5; S. 78, 18: 82, 32. Tó þon ꝥ hié þá git swíþor blóten þonne hié ǽr dyden, 4, 4; S. 162, 30. Þonne git lǽssan, Ll. Th. i. 342, 3. [Goth. ju hita.]

tún

(n.)
Grammar
tún, es; m.
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Hé gefór on ðæm ilcan túne ( in eadem villa ) ðe his fæder dyde, 6, 8; Swt. 264, 4: Blickl. Homl. 219, 8-9. On ðone tún ( villam; toun, Wick.) ðe is genemned Gezemani, Mt. Kmbl. 26, 36. Ic bohte ǽnne tún (villam; lond, Lind. Rush. : toun.

Linked entry: bold

ge-reccan

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Hé sceal beforan ðǽm ðearlwísan Déman mid gereclicre race gereccean ðæt hé ðæt ilce self dyde þe hé óðre men lǽrde apud districtum judicem cogitur tanta in opere exsolvere, quanta eum constat aliis voce praecepisse, Past. 192, 15.

gif

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Gif ic dyde ðis. . . gif ic ágald ðǽm geldendum . . . ic gefallu. Ps. Srt. 7, 4-5. the conditional clause in the subjunctive, and present tense, the principal clause imperative Gif þú sié Godes sunu, cweþ ꝥ þá stánas tó hláfum geweorþan, Bl.

hand

(n.)
Grammar
hand, hond, a; f.

HAND, side, power, control

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On hand syllan to give a pledge or promise Hé sealde him on hand mid Cristes béc ðæt hé wolde ðísne þeódscype swá wel haldan swá ǽnig kyngc ætforan him betst dyde he promised him on the Gospels that he would rule this people as well as the king who before

lǽtan

(v.)
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Hit is wóh ꝥ hí mon lǽte unwítnode . . . ðú ǽr cwǽde ꝥ hé unriht dyde, ꝥ hé léte unwítnod þá yfelan, Bt. 38, 3; F. 202, 6-13. Lǽtan wrǽce stille, Gú. 170. (2 a) intrans.

healdan

(v.)
Grammar
healdan, haldan; p. heóld; pp. healden.

to HOLD, keep, grasp, retain, restrain, confine, containto hold, have, possess, occupy, inhabitto rule, governto behave, conductto guard, defend, keep, preserve, protect, maintain, sustain, regard, observe, take heedto hold out, last, hold on, continue, hold withto hold, keep, keep sheepservare, custodire

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Gif hé hí rihtlícor healdan wolde ðonne hé ǽr dyde if he [Ethelred] would rule them more righteously than he had done before, Chr. 1014; Erl. 150, 7: 1083; Erl. 217, 5. Ðúeorþbúende ealle healdest gentes in terra dirigis, Ps. Th. 66, 4.

þanne

(adv.)
Grammar
þanne, þænne, þonne; adv. conj.
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Þonne ðý ylcan dæge ðe hí hine tó ðæm áde beran wyllaþ, þonne tódǽlaþ hí his feoh ... Ðonne sceolon beón gesamnode ... menn ... þonne ærnaþ hý ealle...; ðonne cymeþ ... se ðæt swiftoste hors hafaþ tó ðæm ǽrestan dǽle, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 20, 25-36.

Linked entries: þænne þonne

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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Ðú gesyhst þæt ic swá dyde, Ps. Th. 58, 4. Geréfa mín . . . geseóð þæt mé of brýde bearn ne wócon, Gen. 2184. Wé gesióð þætte heofonsteorran ealle efenbeorhte ne scínað, Met. 20, 231. Hé geseah ꝥ hié nǽnige bóte dón noldan, Bl. H. 79, 7.

þegen

(n.)
Grammar
þegen, þegn, þeng, þén, es; m.
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Gif mon cyninges þegn beteó, gif hé hine ládian dyrre, dó hé ðæt mid .xii. cininges þegnum. Gif man ðone man betýhþ ðe biþ læssa maga (mága?) ðonne se cyninges þegn, ládige hé hine mid .xi. his gelícena and mid ánum cyninges þægne, L. A.

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hé, [In p. 513, col. 1. l. 60 Enachis (Num. 13, 29) should be read for Enac his: cf. the accusative Enachim in Jos. 11. 21. For -is as gen. in foreign names cf. Num. 13, 11, 12.]
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Ðý lǽs ǽnig durre . . . forcweðan, swelce hé lícette eáðmétto . . . gif hine (hiene, v. l. ) gecíst sió úplice gifu, 51, 2-4. Ǽlc mon hæfþ ðone friódóm ꝥ hé wát hwæt hé wile, Bt. 40, 7; F. 242, 19. Mon mæg geþencean ꝥ hé on riht gedémeð, Ll.

willa

(n.)
Grammar
willa, an; m.

will, the faculty of willingwill, purpose, design, commandwill, determination, resolutionintention, purpose, desire to actwill, desire, wishpleasure, delightwill, dispositionwill, accord, consent, pleasureGer. meinetwillenwill, one's own way

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Ðæne þeów ðe his hláfordes willan ( voluntatem ) wiste, and ne dyde æfter his hláfordes willan, Lk. Skt. 12, 47. Hé Drihtnes willan sóhte, Blickl. Homl. 225, 30. Ic dó willan mínes Drihtnes, 243, 22 : Cd. Th. 9, 15 ; Gen. 142.

for

beforein front ofbeforesinceagoforfromthroughon account offorfromthroughinstead of in place ofin exchange forin return forin expiation ofin redemption foron behalf ofin support ofin respect toin relation toas regardsagainstfromin spite ofnotwithstandingin accordance withaccording toas representative offorto takein compensation foras punishment forfor the sake ofon behalf of for the benefit ofAs representative of

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. ¶ marking the agent: Oþsace . . . sé þe dyrre, ꝥ ꝥ angin nǽre gestilled for þæs crístendómes Gode, Ors. 6, 4; S. 260, 5. marking reason, ground, on account of. reason for being so and so Ǽgþer þára folca wæs þæs gefeohtes georn, Somnite for þǽm anwalde

(n.)
Grammar
DÁ, gen. dán; f. [that is dae = dá; gen. dat. acc. daan = dán; pl. nom. acc. daan = dán; gen. daena = dána; dat. daaum = dáum]

DOEdama

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A DOE;dama Dá damma vel dammula, Ælfc. Gl. 13; Wrt. Voc. 78, 28

Linked entry: BUC