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tó-flówan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-flówan, p. -fleów; pp. -flówen

To flow different ways,disperse in flowing,flow awayto flow in different directions, be dispersedto melt away,be destroyed to wander,be drawn hither and thither,be distractedto be separated,take different directionsto spreadto pass away,be dissipated,scattered,rendered useless,brought to nothingto separate in confusion,become disconnected

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Of ðære tíde ongan se hyht and mægen Angelcynnes ríces tóflówan and gewanod beón ex quo tempore spes coepit et virtus regni Anglorum fluere, ac retro sublapsa referri, 4, 26; S. 602, 28. to separate in confusion, become disconnected lc ongite ðæt ealle

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lád

(n.)
Grammar
lád, e; f.

excuse

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The term 'lád,' it will be seen from the following passages, does not, as Schmid observes, occur in the laws before Ethelred's time, canne and andsæc being used previously : -- Gyf mon ðone hláford teó ... nime him fíf þegnas tó and beó him sylf syxta

Linked entry: ládian

ge-limpan

(v.)
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Tíd gelimpð worde tempus accidit uerbo, 123, 12: 268, 10. Þreó ðing gelimpað þisum dǽle tria accidunt coniunctioni, 258, 14. Sume naman synd accidentia þe gelimpað ánum gehwylcum, 12, 13.

losian

(v.)
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Þæt him hálig gǽst losige þurh leahtras on þás lǽnan tíd, Cri. 1559. to be wasted, not to be used to advantage Somnigas ðá screádunga ðætte ne loesige (losia, L. ), Jn. R. 6, 12.

gód

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Titus wæs swá gódes willan þæt . . ., Ors. 6, 8; S. 264, 2. Búton hé hwæt mid gódum willan for Gode gedyde, Bl. H. 97, 27. Gif hine hwá tó góddre drohtunge tihte, Hml. Th. i. 524, 4.

sib

(n.)
Grammar
sib, sibb, e; f.
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On ða tíd ( in the golden age) wæs sibba genihtsumnes (an utter absence of wars ), Blickl. Homl. 115, 9. peace, concord, unity, absence of dissension or variance Suá ðætte án sibb (sib, Cott. MSS.)

þanan

(adv.)
Grammar
þanan, þonan (-on, -un, -en); adv.
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Not till after that were children born to his son (Enoch) in that town. The eldest was Irad (v. Gen. 4, 17, 18), Cd.

wer

(n.)
Grammar
wer, es; m.
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Ðæs weres tíd sc̃i Symforiani, Shrn. 119, 17. Gelíc ðam wísan were ( viro ), Mt. Kmbl. 7, 24. Ic nǽnigne wer ( uirum, Lk. 1, 34) ne ongeat, Blickl. Homl. 7, 21. Wundne wer (cf. gewundodne monn, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 16), Met. 8, 35.

Linked entry: wíf

wegan

(v.)
Grammar
wegan, p. , pl. ; pp.

to move, bear, carry, bring, transport to bring, cause to bear, support to bear, carry, to have bearwearto haveto be under the influence of havebear to bear, submit toto weigh,to put something in a balance to be equal to To move

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Tír unbrǽcne wǽgon on gewitte wuldres þegnas, Apstls. Kmbl. 173; Ap. 87. Ðú scealt swátig hleór, Cd.

Linked entry: æt-wegan

MAGAN

(v.)
Grammar
MAGAN, (the infin. does not occur in W. S. but mæge glosses posse,
  • Mk. Skt. p. 3, 1
  • ;
and <b>magende</b>
(cf. Icel. megandi) = quiens,
  • Ælfc. Gr. 41
  • ;
  • Som. 44, 21.

to be strongefficaciousto availprevailbe sufficientto be strongbe in good healthto be ablemaymay

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Wísdóm sǽde ðæt men mihton (could understand ) be Gode swelce hí mǽte, Bt. tit. 26; Fox xiv. 16.

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ge-mynd

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III a. the length of time over which the recollection of a number of persons extends, (within living) memory :-- Sume ǽr, sume síð, sume in úsra tída gemyndum, Gfl. 849.

ÁÞ

(n.)
Grammar
ÁÞ, es; m.

an OATHa swearingjuramentum

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Ðæs óðres áþ ðe he is unscyldig: - On ðone Driliten, ic eom unscyldig, ǽgþer ge dǽde ge dihtes æt ðære tíhtlan ðe N. me tíhþ' The other's oath that he is guiltless :-- By the Lord, I am guiltless, both in deed and purpose, of the accusation of which N

Linked entries: aaþ ánfeald áþ

ge-gangan

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Gegangende, 136, 42. of time, to come, arrive (cf. ge-gán; B. II. 3 a) His aldres wæs ende gegongen, B. 822. Wæs endedæg gódum gegongen, 3036. to act upon by going (cf. ge-gán; ) Swá hit seó sulh gegange, Ll. Th. i. 262, 9

ge-weaxan

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</b> to flourish for a person, be advantageous to :-- Suá huæt from mé ðé gewæxe (giwexe, R.) quodcumque ex me tibi profuerit, Mk. L. 7, 11

rest

(n.)
Grammar
rest, e; ;f.;

rest, quiet, freedom from toilrest, repose, sleepa place of rest, resting-placea bed, couch

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Ic sylle ðé reste ;requiem dabo tibi,; Ex. 33, 14 : Ps. Th. 114, 7. Hé gǽþ sécende reste, Mt. Kmbl. 12, 43. Wé ræste habbaþ, forðon ðe ðú sylest úrum leomum ræste, Blickl. Homl. 141, 10-11 : 41, 33.

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ge-wissian

(v.)
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Hí eóden tó scipe mid him and bǽdon God ꝥ hé his weg gewissode, 15, 19. to appoint a time Tó þám ylcan ándagan þe hé him gewissode, Hml. A. 97, 167. the subject a thing Hú man mæg þone weg gefaran þe gewissað tó Gode, Ælfc. T.

óleccan

Grammar
óleccan, ólæcan (l. ólǽcan).
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dele last passage, for which see ólehtan, and add Martianus cwæð ꝥ hé geare wiste his æðelborennysse, 'and ic þé for ðí tihte ꝥ ðú-þám godum geoffrige'. Iulianus him sǽde, 'Þu eart áblend for þínre yfelnysse, and for þí mé þus ólǽcst', Hml.

uppe

(adv.)
Grammar
uppe, adv.

upaboveon highup

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On winterlícre tíde hí (the Pleiades) beóð on niht uppe and on ðæg ádúne, Lchdm. iii. 272, 2. where there is motion from the sea up to the land. Similar entries v. up, I Gif hé his scip uppe getogen hæbbe, L. Eth. ii. 3; Th, i. 286, 8.

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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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Eádig byþ se wer, se ðe him ege Drihtnes, on ferhþcleofan, fæste gestandeþ beatus vir, qui tĭmet Dŏmĭnum, 111, 1: 113, 20. He fór eaxlum gestód Deniga freán he stood before the shoulders of the Danes' lord, Beo. Th. 722; B. 358: 813; B. 404: Andr.

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secgan

(v.)
Grammar
secgan, secgean, secggan, secggean, sæcgan ; p. sægde, sǽde; pp. sægd, sǽd. [Forms as from an infin. sagian—sagast, sagaþ ; p. sagode; imp. saga, are given here.]
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Hér sægþ be ðisse tíde árwyrþnesse, hú Drihten hine selfne geeaþmédde, 65, 29.