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-anne

(suffix)
Grammar
-anne, -enne, -ende the termination of the declinable infinitive in the dat. governed by to, as, = Ondréd to faranne timuit ire, Mt. Jun. and Th. 2, 22, but the B. MS. of A. D. 995 has farende, also Foxe, Bos. and the Rl. MS. about A. D. 1145. The Lind., about A. D. 957, has farenne [MS. færenne]. Alýfe me to farenne permitte me ire, Mt. Bos. 8, 21, and B. MS. about A. D. 995. Sometimes -ende is found, because -enne = ende, as in the preceding example farende about A. D. 995. Themost usual form is -anne, from the infin. -an; g. -annes; dat. -anne.

Linked entries: -an -ende -enne

ge-byrd

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Add: n. (see Bl. H. 167, 8: Hml. S. 4, 256 below). birth. bearing of a child by the mother Þú wuldorfæste hlǽfdige þe God æfter flǽsces gebyrde ácendest, Hml. S. 23 b, 433. Oft þæt gegongeð þætte wer and wíf in woruld cennað bearn mid gebyrdum, Vy. 3

tó-geagnes

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
tó-geagnes, -gegnes, -geánes, -génes.

towards, ⬩ so as to meet ⬩ against, ⬩ to meet ⬩ in the way of, ⬩ to meet the approach of ⬩ in readiness for, ⬩ against the coming of ⬩ against, ⬩ for the purpose of resisting ⬩ on the approach of, ⬩ towards ⬩ again, ⬩ in return

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prep. with dat. before or after it. where there is motion towards the object governed by the word; without idea of hostility, towards, so as to meet Sittas (the translater has read sed iec as sedite, and taten ii as sedete) cuoæðað ðegnum his ðætte tógeaegnes

Linked entries: geagnes tó-gægnes tó-geagn tó-gegnes tó-génes

self

(pronoun.)
Grammar
self, seolf, silf, sylf; pron.

self ⬩ very ⬩ own ⬩ (the) same

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self, very, own. with a noun which it immediately follows Ðam ðe se þeóden self sceóp nihte naman, Cd. Th. 9, 10; Gen. 139. Drihten sylf. Blickl. Homl. 41, 4: 51, 6. God selfa cuman wille, 1153, 31. Hé, Drihten selfa, cwæð, 165, 2. Drihten sylfa, 39,

Linked entries: sylf seolf silf siolf

þegnung

(n.)
Grammar
þegnung, e; f.

Service, ⬩ ministration ⬩ service, ⬩ good office done by one to another ⬩ use ⬩ use made of things ⬩ service to a lord or master ⬩ service, ⬩ obedience ⬩ suit and service ⬩ service of an official, ⬩ office, ⬩ official employment, ⬩ ministry ⬩ the act of serving in an official capacity ⬩ a service, ⬩ an official performance, ⬩ a service of religion, ⬩ an office of the church, ⬩ a ceremonial or ritual service ⬩ a service, ⬩ the formulas used in a service ⬩ service of food, ⬩ a meal, ⬩ food served ⬩ food ⬩ provision ⬩ a following, ⬩ retinue ⬩ train

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Service, ministration. service, good office done by one to another Englas beóð tó ðegnunge gǽstum fram Gode hider on world sended, Blickl. Homl. 209, 23. Ne mihte se mánfulla éhtere mid nánre ðénunge ðám lytlingum swá micclum fremian, Homl. Th. i. 84

Linked entries: ǽfen-þénung þegnian þéning þénung

CWIC

(adj.)
Grammar
CWIC, cwyc, cwuc, cuc; def. se cwica, seó, ðæt cwice; adj.

Alive, QUICK ⬩ vivus, vivax

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Alive, QUICK ; vivus, vivax Enoch cwic gewát mid cyning engla Enoch departed alive with the king of angels, Cd. 60; Th. 73, 25; Gen. 1210: Exon. 16b; Th. 37, 8; Cri. 590: Ps. Th. 118, 57. Cwyc alive, 104, 8. Ne biþ se cwuca nyttra ðe se deáda, gif him

Linked entries: cucon cucu cwicen cwicu cuic cweoc cwicu cwuc cwyc cuc

níwe

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Add: not existing before, now made, or brought into existence, for the first time Ealdere timbrunga bóte instructio, níwe timbrung constructio, Wrt. Voc. i. 39, 59. Sele níwe, Gú. 714. Þá( at the creation of Adam) wæs fruma níwe ælda túdres . . . : fæder

ge-mǽre

(n.; v.)
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Add: <b>ge-mǽru, ge-mǽro</b>, e (or indecl. ?); f. A border, margin, coast Tó ðǽm gemǽrum ad oras, Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 52. in the case of a country or district. frontier, border, (by the sea) coast -Þá brycge þe æt þǽm gemǽre wæs, Ors. 2,

IN

(prep.)
Grammar
IN, prep. cum dat. inst. acc.

In ⬩ on ⬩ into ⬩ in ⬩ to ⬩ In

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'In is not found in Alfred's Metres, in the Runic poem, or in Byrhtnoþ; it occurs twice in the metrical Psalms, three times in Cædmon's Genesis; elsewhere in the poetry in and on freely interchange; but in prevails in the North, on in the South. The distinctive

Linked entries: -standendlic gang-ern

scír

(n.)
Grammar
scír, e; f.

office ⬩ charge ⬩ business ⬩ administration ⬩ government ⬩ a district ⬩ province ⬩ diocese ⬩ parish ⬩ the people of a district ⬩ a tribe ⬩ a shire ⬩ The people of a shire ⬩ the community inhabiting a shire ⬩ the district in charge of an ecclesiastic ⬩ a diocese ⬩ parish

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office, charge, business, administration, government Scír procuratio. Wrt. Voc. i. 57, 36: 288, 58. Sciir, ii. 117, 71. Scír dispensatio, 106, 51: 25, 55: 140, 65: negotium, 59, 65. Ðonne se móna biþ .xx. niht, and .i. and .xx. niht, ðæt biþ scír oððe

Linked entries: scír-biscop scír-geréfa scír-mann scýr

ge-dǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dǽlan, . I.

to divide a whole into parts. ⬩ here the parts are no longer in contact ⬩ where the parts remain in contact, to mark the limits of the parts. ⬩ of a non-material whole, to distinguish the component parts of ⬩ to dissolve union, part company ⬩ to separate ⬩ to part man and wife ⬩ to part from one another ⬩ to separate oneself from ⬩ to cease to do ⬩ to form a dividing line between objects :-- ⬩ To separate, ⬩ to go away from one another, part ⬩ of a whole, to separate into parts, split up ⬩ to share. ⬩ to divide into parts and take them, divide an inheritance, spoil, c. ⬩ of the partition and occupation of land ⬩ to get advantage from, have a share in ⬩ to get, enjoy ⬩ To make a division of work ⬩ to distribute. ⬩ to scatter objects ⬩ to spend ⬩ of almsgiving ⬩ to give as a person's share, hand over, give ⬩ of the dispensations of Providence, to allot, assign, grant ⬩ to utter words. ⬩ to diffuse, spread :--

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to divide a whole into parts. of a material whole. here the parts are no longer in contact Stánas uneáþe tósomne cumaþ, gif hí gedǽlede (tódǽlde, v. l. ) weorþaþ, Bt. 34, 11; F. 150, 25. where the parts remain in contact, to mark the limits of the parts

CYRICE

(n.)
Grammar
CYRICE, cirice, cyrce, circe; gen. an, ean; f: cyric, ciric, in the compound cyric-ǽwe, etc. q. v. cyrc, e; f. circ,

in the compound ⬩ a church, the material structure ⬩ ecclesia ⬩ a heathen temple ⬩ templum paganum

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in the compound circ-líc, etc. q. v. the CHURCH as a temporal and spiritual body; ecclesia = ἐκκλησία Seó cyrice on Breotone hwæt hwugu fæc sibbe hæfde the church in Britain for some time had peace, Bd. 1, 8; S. 479, 17. Seó Godes circe, seó circe ǽfyllendra

Linked entries: cyrce circe cirice

ge-sécan

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Add: to seek, (i) to look for an object whose position is not known, try to find Ðene ðú gesóhtes rím illum quem quaerebas numerum, Mt. p. 4, 4. Fram ðreátum gesóht wæs a turbis quaesitus, Jn. p. 4, 17. to try to get Ðe wiðerworda gisóhte (gesóhta,

lǽdan

(v.)
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Add: to cause to move (líþan) with oneself, to bring or take a person to a place or person, with the person's consent Ezechias lǽdde ðá ællðeódgan ǽrenddracan on his máðmhús, Past. 39, 3. Orfeus lǽdde his wíf mid him oþ þe hé eóm on ꝥ gemǽreleóhtes and

sleán

(v.)
Grammar
sleán, p. slóh, slóg, slógh, pl. slógon; pp. slagen, slægen, slegen.

to strike an object ⬩ smite ⬩ to strike coin ⬩ to stamp money ⬩ to forge a weapon ⬩ to sting ⬩ to strike so as to kill ⬩ to slay ⬩ to make by striking ⬩ to strike fire ⬩ to make a mark, sound, signal by a stroke ⬩ to strike a bargain ⬩ to strike ⬩ drive so as to cause impact ⬩ to pitch a tent ⬩ drive a stake into the ground ⬩ to cast into chains ⬩ to move by a stroke ⬩ to strike off a limb ⬩ to strike with disease ⬩ punishment ⬩ to strike ⬩ make a stroke ⬩ to strike as a smith does ⬩ to kill ⬩ to move rapidly ⬩ rush ⬩ dash ⬩ break ⬩ take a certain direction

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trans. to strike an object, smite Gif ðú slehst si percusseris, Kent. Gl. 880. Gif man óðerne mid fyste in naso slæhþ, L. Ethb. 57; Th. i. 16, 17. Ðæt fell hlýt, ðonne hit mon sliehþ, Past. 46; Swt. 347, 5. Ðæt ár ðonne hit mon slihþ, 37; Swt. 267, 24

Linked entries: a-sleán feoh slege

sulung

(n.)
Grammar
sulung, e; f. A Kentish word for a certain quantity of land, derived, like carrucata, from a name of the plough; from its origin it might mean, so much land as could be cultivated by one plough. From the first two passages given below it would seem that the sulung was equivalent to two hides (manentes), and later a solanda, which is probably the same word, is said 'per se habere duas hidas.' v. Seebohm, Vill. Comm., p. 54. But perhaps it may be inferred that both hide and sulung were considered as on the same footing as regards the plough. Thus to the gebúr with his gyrd landes, i. e. one quarter of a hide, are to be given two oxen, L. R. S. 4; Th. i. 434, 23, while a gift of half a sulung is accompanied by the further gift of four oxen, Chart. Th. 470, 9-14. v. Seebohm, pp. 138-9, and generally. In the Domesday Survey of Kent the assessment was given by solins, and the word remained in use. v. Pegge's Kenticisms, s.v.
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sulling Aliquam terrae partiunculam, hoc est duarum manentium ... ritu Cantiae án sulung dictum, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 249, 19. Terrae particula duarum manentium, id est, án sulung, 250, 8. Yc gean intó Cristes cyrican on Cantwarabyrig ðæs landes æt Holungaburnan

Linked entry: swulung

on-fón

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Add: <b>A.</b> the subject a person. add: to take on one's own initiative. to take hold of an object Cornelius hine gebígde tó Petres fótum, ac his onféncg Petrus (Petrus elevavit eum, Acts 10, 26), Hml. S. 10, 129. Hyra Scyppend sceaðan

under

(prep.)
Grammar
under, prep. adv.

Under ⬩ under ⬩ at the foot of ⬩ under ⬩ within ⬩ among ⬩ below ⬩ beneath ⬩ down

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Under. Grammar under, with dat. local, without motion to bring one object under another, where one object has another vertically above it Ða wæteru ðe wǽron under ðære fæstnisse, Gen. 1, 7. Under heofenum, 6, 17. Heó áléde ðone sunu under sumum treówe

Linked entries: Middel-Seaxe þúsend

bútan

(prep.; adv.)
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Add: <b>A.</b> prep. with dat. outside of, local Þá men þe hié foran forrídan mehton bútan geweorce, Chr. 894; P. 88, 11. Bútan fæstenne gefeohtan, Ors. 4, 5; S. 168, 22, 2. Þætte nán búton þǽre gesomnunga ne sié, Bt. 24, 4; F. 86, 3. ꝥ

þearf

(n.)
Grammar
þearf, e; f.

need ⬩ needful things, ⬩ what is needful ⬩ what is required of a person, ⬩ duty ⬩ use, ⬩ service, ⬩ behoof, ⬩ good, ⬩ advantage, ⬩ profit ⬩ a useful thing, ⬩ profitable employment ⬩ need, ⬩ distress, ⬩ straits, ⬩ difficulty

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need Wé sceolan beón genyndige Godes beboda, and úre sáwleþearfe, Blickl. Homl. 25, 27. Gemyndige úre sáula þearfe, 101, 16. God, ðe ǽlces monnes ðearfe wát, Bt. 39, 10; Fox 226, 25. Hé ealle can úre þearfe, Ps. Th. 102, 13. Seleþegn ealle beweotede

Linked entries: þærf þarf þearf-líc þorf-fæst

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