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gán

to gowalkto move along, proceedto take a specified course to be guideddeterminedto be habitually in a specified conditionto gobe pregnantto pass, elapseto happen, come to pass, take placeto pass, be currentto be accepted to have a specified issue turn out so and soto move away, depart to relinquishto take one's way, proceedgomove in a specified directiongoandto applybetake oneselfto turnbetake oneselfgoto be carried, moved, impelledto pass, be paid, be allottedto be appropriatedto be one of the constituent elements be amongst the conditions requisiteto amount, be equivalentto attain, reach, extendto come to take precedence of.to produce, came out withto accompany, be withto be uttered to begin, startto go to the closet, have an evacuationto leave a permanent habitationoccupation to proceed to the business of a court

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Sceolde monig ides bifiende gán on fremdes fæðm, Gen. 1970. to pass, be paid, be allotted to a person or object Gǽð gelíce bót tó eallum. Ll. Th. i. 98, 16. Gá ǽlc cyric-sceatt intó þám ealdan mynstre, 262, 16.

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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Fæht hine on Penda, 3, 14; S. 539, 18. On ðæm dǽle ðe Decius on ofslagen wæs, Ors. 3, 10; Swt. 138, 15. Hé on ða sunnan mæg on lócian, Met. 22, 20. Ðá férde hé tó heofonum, him on lócigendum while they looked on, Homl. Th. i. 294, 1.

Linked entries: an un-reordian

þanc

(n.)
Grammar
þanc, es; m.
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Se anweald his ágenes ðonces gód næs, ðá se gód næs ðe hé tó com, 16, 4; Fox 58, 19. for (one's) sake Wé biddaþ ðé ðæt ðú hit ús ðínes fæder þances forgife we pray thee to forgive us it for thy father's sake, Gen. 50, 17.

Linked entries: þancung þonc

weorold

(n.)
Grammar
weorold, (-uld), weorld, worold (-uld, -eld), world, e; f. (but se woruld, Prov. Kmbl. 40: worldes, Lk. Skt. l, 70: ðissum worulde, Met. 10, 70)
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Th. 457, 5; Hy. 4, 79. the next world, the future state Fæder ðære tóweardan worulde, Homl. Th. ii. 16, 8. v. (Ib ¶). III. men, people :-- Woruld is onhréred, Exon. Th. 104, 16; Gú. 8.

wénan

(v.)
Grammar
wénan, p. de.

to weensupposethinkimagineopinebelieveto hopeexpectlook for

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Hié ðæt fǽge þégon, þeáh ðæs se ríca ne wénde Judth. Thw. 21, 16; Jud. 20. Onstyrede mid ðæm wénan ðæt hí ðæs endes suá neáh wéndon commotos vicini finis suspicione Past. 32; Swt. 213, 24.

Linked entries: for-wénan wǽnan

hláford

a rulersovereigngovernorcaptaina mastera major-domoan ownera proprietora husbandthe husbanda rulerlord

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Gif hwelc swíþe ríce mon on his hláfordes ǽrende færþ, Bt. 27, 2; F. 98, 21. Gyf þínes hláfordes ǽrendgewrit and hys insegel tó ðé cymð, Solil. H. 23, 14. Geðenc nú hweðer mani mann cynges hám séce ... hí cumað æalle tó ánum hláforde, 41, 1-10.

hand

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

HAND, side, power, control

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Ða witan gerehton ðæt heó sceolde hire fæder hand geclǽnsian be swá miclan feó the 'witan' decided that she should clear her father in respect to so much money; sapientes decreverunt quod ego patrem meum purgare deberem, videlicet sacramento xxx librarum

self

(pronoun.)
Grammar
self, seolf, silf, sylf; pron. <b>A.</b>
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</b> along with a pronoun in dative :-- Biþ him self sunu and fæder ipsa sibi proles, suus est pater, Exon. Th. 224, 12; Ph. 374. Ðæt ðú ús sunnan onsende, and ðé sylf cyme, 8, 8; Cri. 114. Nime fíf and beó him sylf sixta, L. C.

Linked entries: seolf silf siolf sylf

ge-dón

(v.)
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Þ þú sý gemyndig hwæt mín fæder þá gedyde, Bl. H. 151, 24. Ðá ilcan þe ðé gedydon þás guornunga, Bt. 7, 2 ; F. 18, 10. Máran hearm and yfel þonne hí ǽfre wéndon ꝥ heom ǽnig burhwaru gedón sceolde, Chr. 994; P. 129, 3. Mé láíes wiht gedón, Gú. 285.

wesan

(v.)
Grammar
wesan, p. wæs, pl. wǽron
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Wǽre ðú mid ðínum fæder? Blickl. Homl. 151, 26. Wóp wæs wíde, Cd. Th. 180, 8; Exod. 42. Ðæt hé léte hyne licgean, ðǽr hé longe wæs, Beo. Th. 6157; B. 3082. Ðæt word wæs mid Gode, Jn. Skt. 1, 1.

weorþ

(adj.)
Grammar
weorþ, worþ, wurþ, wirþ, wyrþ, wirþe, wierþe, wyrþe, weorþe; adj.
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Ða ðe ðæs wyrðe beóþ, ðæt hié heofoncining on heora heortum beran, 79, 32. (5 a) with impersonal construction :-- Wæs ðæt ðæs wyrðe, ðæt seó stów swá fæger wǽre it was fitting that the place should be so fair, Bd. 1, 7; S. 478, 23.

ge-settan

(v.)
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Hí ꝥ gyld gesettan wið þone here, Chr. 1016; P. 152, 27. to fix a time, fix the date of Þá tíde þá þe Fæder gesette, Bl. H. 117, 24. Gesetton hálige fæderas þá tíd þæs fæstenes foran tó Crístes þrowunga, 27, 24.

ofer

(prep.)
Grammar
ofer, ofor; prep. adv.

with dat. generally with the idea of rest;above, overdenoting contact with anything, upon, ondenoting extension over, throughout, in, ondenoting a higher degree, beyond, more thandenoting the cause of an emotion, overdenoting the object over which power is exercisedwith the idea of movement, where the accusative might be expectedmarking time, after, beyond denoting motion in a definite direction across, to the other side of an objectdenoting motion which is diffused over a surfacedenoting extension through a space, throughout, amongdenoting motion from below, over, abovedenoting motion from above, upon, on denoting the object upon which an action or feeling takes effectdenoting the object over which power is exercisedabove, more thansupra, superbeyond, besidesultradenoting the passing over moral bounds, in violation of, in opposition to, contrary to, againstwith words implying rest(cf. to talk over)denoting the cause of an emotion (cf. I. 5)withoutwith words expressing time,afterthrough, during

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Iudas up áhóf ðara róda twá ofer ðæt fǽge hús, Elen. Kmbl. 1759; El. 881. Se ðe ástáh ofer heofenas qui ascendit super caelos, ofer heálíce dúne ástíh ðú super montem excelsum ascende tu, Ælfc.

Linked entries: ofer-bord ofer-sceótan

se

(con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
se, sió, Lchdm. ii. 260, l; m.: seó, ðeó, Blickl. Homl. 65, 13; se, Lchdm. ii. 228, 8; f.: ðæt; n.
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Féng Carl tó ðam westríce . . . se Carl wæs Hlóþwíges sunu, se Hlóþwíg wæs Cailes bróður, se wæs luþyttan fæder, . . . and hié wǽron Hlóþwíges suna. Se Hlóþwíg wæs ðæs aldan Carles sunu; se Carl wæs Pippenes sunu, 885; Erl. 84, 10-17.

witan

(v.)
Grammar
witan, prs. ic, hé wát, ðú wást, wǽst, pl.witon; p. wiste; pp. witen.

to witknowhave knowledgebe aware,to knowhave knowledge of, be aware ofto be wisebe in one's sensesto be conscious ofto knowto feelshew

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Eówer Fæder wát hwæs eów þearf biþ, Blickl. Homl. 21, 1. Wé witon hwelce wælhriównessa Neron weorhte, Bt. 16, 4; Fox 56, 36. Ne wuti gé of hwelc tíd hláferd íwer tó cymmende sié, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 24, 42, Gif ic wiste hú ..., Beo. Th. 5032; B. 2519.

Linked entries: weotan wietan

niman

(v.)
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Þis bebod ic nam (accepi) æt mínum fæder, Jn. 10, 18. Nime se ágenfrígea his fel and flǽsc, and þolie þæs óðres, Ll. Th. i. 128, 14: 138, 19. (1 a) to receive a person delivered over to one's keeping :-- Ðone Hǽlend hé salde him. . . .

þanne

(adv.)
Grammar
þanne, þænne, þonne; adv. conj.
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Skt. ii. 24, 114. denoting condition, case, when, the case in which Iactantia, ðæt is ýdel gylp; ðæt is ðonne se man biþ lofgeorn and mid lícetunge fǽrþ, Homl. Skt. i. 16, 302.

Linked entries: þænne þonne

deáh

Grammar
deáh, is of use, is good or virtuous, avails, Herb. 2, 22; Lchdm. i. 86, 18. Bt. 27, 2; Fox 98, 15: Exon. 80 b; Th. 303, 5; Fä. 48: Beo. Th. 1151; B. 573; pres.
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of dugan

Linked entry: dég

-fá

(suffix)

Similar entry: ge-fá

(n.)

hostile hostiles

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hostile; hostiles Fá þrówiaþ bealu egeslíc the hostile shall suffer fearful evil, Exon. 31 b; Th. 98, 30; Cri. 1615; pl. nom. acc. of fáh