hand
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Eorðe wældreóre swealh of handum þínum, Gen. 1017. in expressions arising from considering actions as performed by the hand. where the hand is spoken of as the agent : — Sum mæg wrǽtlice weorc áhycgan . . . hond bið gelǽred, wís and gewealden, Crä. 45
weorþ
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Ic nǽfre ne geseah nánne wísne mon ðe má wolde bión wrecca and earm and ælþiódig and forsewen, ðonne welig and weorþ and ríce and foremǽre on his ágenum earde. Bt. 39, 2; Fox 212, 17: Lchdm. iii. 156, 24. Ðín word wunaþ weorþ on heofenum, Ps.
þes
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Ðeosse wísan geweotan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 121, 36. Weorulde þisse, Met. 29, 82. Þissum hysse, Andr. Kmbl. 1099; An. 550: Blickl. Homl. 11, 28. Þyssum, 7, 13. Ðyssum, 209, 4. Þisum, Mt. Kmbl. 21, 21. Þysum, Blickl. Homl. 151, 35.
ge-cynd
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Þú ... ealle gesceafta tósyndrodest on manega, sealdest ǽlce gecynd ágene wísan, Hy. 7, 66. Ne forseoh þú nǽfre þíne gecynd carnem tuam ne despexeris (Is. 58, 7), Bl. H. 37, 22.
habban
To HAVE, possess, hold, keep
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To HAVE, possess, hold, keep Swylce getrýwþa swá se cyng æt him habban wolde such pledges as the king wished to have from him, Chr. 1093; Erl. 229, 19; Hél. 15, 5; Hö. 3; Pref. Ælfc. Thw. 2; Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 15.
Linked entries: heofon-hæbbende hafa
healdan
to keep watch over ⬩ keep in charge ⬩ to keep ⬩ to watch over ⬩ keep ⬩ govern ⬩ rule ⬩ a king ⬩ to keep ⬩ guard ⬩ to watch ⬩ to defend ⬩ preserve ⬩ to hold ⬩ take ⬩ arrest ⬩ to have hold of ⬩ to hold ⬩ to hold ⬩ to hold up ⬩ to maintain ⬩ support ⬩ uphold ⬩ manage ⬩ to hold ⬩ bear ⬩ conduct ⬩ to behave ⬩ to handle ⬩ treat ⬩ deal with ⬩ to hold ⬩ to hold ⬩ to have possession ⬩ to hold ⬩ occupy ⬩ an office ⬩ a position ⬩ to hold ⬩ to remain in ⬩ to retain ⬩ detain ⬩ to keep ⬩ to detain ⬩ to keep ⬩ to keep ⬩ to keep oneself ⬩ remain ⬩ to hold ⬩ keep together ⬩ continue ⬩ to maintain ⬩ keep ⬩ to perform ⬩ keep watch ⬩ to keep ⬩ to keep unbroken ⬩ inviolate ⬩ to keep ⬩ to constrain ⬩ compel ⬩ restrain ⬩ stop ⬩ to restrain oneself ⬩ refrain ⬩ to entertain ⬩ to keep in mind ⬩ remember ⬩ regard ⬩ to hold as ⬩ to hold ⬩ to proceed ⬩ move on ⬩ to continue ⬩ go on with ⬩ to go on
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Ic healde míne wísan, Rä. 9, 4. Sió gesomnung ðǽre hálgan ciricean ðurh ondetnesse hielt (hilt, v. l.) ðá gewitnesse ðǽre sóðfæsðnesse, Past. 367, 6. Æt þám unþeáwe þe dysige men on ungewunan healdað, Wlfst. 305, 9.
sellan
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Ðú sealdest ǽlcre gecynde ágene wísan, 7, 66. Sealde hé dumbum gesprec, Andr. Kmbl. 1153; An. 577. Syle mé heortan clǽne, Ps. Grn. 50, 11. Æghwylc ðe him eágna gesihþ cyning syllan wolde, Exon. 350, 22 ; Sch. 67. Ðé biþ éce líf seald, Elen.
hé
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Mæg þone wísan . . . scamian, þonne hine . . . lysteð, Met. 10, 14. Ðeáh hé (hí, v. l. ) fela wundra wyrcen, eft þonne hí tó him cumað, Past. 26, 22. Eówre wítgan . . ., ðæt hé (hié, v. l. ) eów gebróhton on hreówsunge, 90, 3. Heó, 87, 4.
hláford
a ruler ⬩ sovereign ⬩ governor ⬩ captain ⬩ a master ⬩ a major-domo ⬩ an owner ⬩ a proprietor ⬩ a husband ⬩ the husband ⬩ a ruler ⬩ lord
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Æfter þǽre ilcan wísan mon mót feohtan mid his mǽge ... búton wið his hláforde; ꝥ wé ne liéfað, Ll. Th. i. 90, 19-25: 120, 3: 220, 22: 228, 27. Ne teó se hláford ná máre on his ǽhte bútan his rihtan heregeate, 412, 29.
self
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On selfe wísan in the same fashion, Lchdm. ii. 72, 17
þeów
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Gif óðer wyle Godes þeówa beón if one wishes to enter a monastery, L. Ecg. C. 25; Th. ii. 150, 28. Biþ hé deófles ðeówa, Homl. Th. i. 172, 20. Hé biþ ðæra ǽhta ðeówa, 66, 7. Fram Gode hé is send, and hé is Godes þeówa, Blickl. Homl. 247, 19.
lǽtan
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Ic hine gelícne lǽte wísum were similabo eum uiro sapienti R. Ben. 4, 12. Hé bið tó eáðmód ðám yflan mannan, and lǽt hine him tó gelícne ( regards him too much as an equal ), Past. 121, 21.
hwá
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Mé lysteþ ꝥ ic wite hwæt sóþes sý be þǽre wísan quid hoc de re veritas habeat, ignore, Gr. D. 303, 6. Be þǽm hringum mon mehte witan hwæt Rómána duguðe gefeallen wæs, Ors. 4, 9 ; S. 190, 13. Áríman hwæt þǽr mancynnes forwearð, 1, 11 ; S. 50, 13.
ymb
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Hú ða wísan sind wundorlíce ymb ðæs fugles gebyrd, 223, 16; Ph. 360. Ðæt wundor ymb ðone beorhtan beám, Elen. Kmbl. 2507; El. 1255: 1324; El. 664. with dative, local Ða weorod ðe him ymb férdon and stódon, Blickl. Homl. 99, 25: Beo.
án
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Ne gedafenað hit nó ðæt wé ealle men on áne wísan lǽren, forðám hié ne sint ealle ánes módes and ánra ðeáwa, Past. 173, 17-18. Críst ðe simle ánes willan wæs and God Fæder filius hominis cui una semper cum Patre voluntas est, 307, 8.
tó
to, ⬩ at ⬩ so as to produce ⬩ become ⬩ to (the satisfaction, etc. ) ⬩ to some end, ⬩ for some purpose ⬩ for ⬩ next to, ⬩ at, ⬩ by, ⬩ alongside ⬩ in, ⬩ on ⬩ next to ⬩ after ⬩ to ⬩ as ⬩ for ⬩ to ⬩ as ⬩ for ⬩ at, ⬩ in ⬩ of, ⬩ from ⬩ to (in to do something to anything) ⬩ according to, ⬩ at, ⬩ after ⬩ compared to, ⬩ in comparison with, ⬩ beside ⬩ in addition to, ⬩ besides ⬩ for, ⬩ at ⬩ to be suffered ⬩ at ⬩ in the course of, ⬩ in, ⬩ on ⬩ for, ⬩ during ⬩ to ⬩ to, ⬩ for ⬩ in, ⬩ at ⬩ to the extent, ⬩ to such a degree ⬩ to, ⬩ up to, ⬩ until, ⬩ till ⬩ at, ⬩ in, ⬩ on ⬩ in addition, ⬩ besides, ⬩ too ⬩ too
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Wód hé tó ðæs ðe hé wínreced wisse thither he made his way, where he knew the hall was, Beo. Th. 1433; B. 714: 3939; B. 1967: 4811; B. 2410.
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niman
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Fuglas heora feorhnere on þæs beámes blédum náme, Dan. 508. to infer, deduce Þǽs cýþnesse Drihten nam of þisse wísan, Bl. H. 31, 16. to get information, evidence, &c. by inquiry, questioning, &c.
weg lá
interjection
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interjection Weg lá, weg lá euge, euge. Ps. Th. 69, 4. Weg lá weg ł wá lá wá ł eálá, eálá euge, euge, Ps. Lamb. 39, 16. Wí lá wei (wei lá wei, Cote. MS.), Bt. 35, 6 ; Fox 170, 12
wíglere
A diviner ⬩ soothsayer ⬩ augur ⬩ sorcerer
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A diviner, soothsayer, augur, sorcerer Wíglere augur Wrt. Voc. i. 74, 37. Ðes and ðeós wiglere hic et haec augur Ælfc. Gr. 9, 22 ; Zup. 49, 2. Nú cwyð sum wíglere, ðæt wiccan oft secgaþ swá swá hit ágǽð mid ððum ðincge, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 108. On gellcnysse
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