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þrítig

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
þrítig, þrittig; num.

Thirtythirty (years old)

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Hwæt gif ðǽr beóð þrítig? God cwæð: Ne dó ic him ná láð, gif ðǽr beóþ þrítig rihtwísra, Gen. 18, 30. Þrittig fæðma biþ se arc on heáhnisse, 6, 15: Jn. Skt. 6, 19. Ymb þrittig wintra, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 25. Ymb þrítig wintergerímes, Met. 28, 25.

waru

(n.)
Grammar
waru, e (but acc. waru, Ps. Th. 118, 17) ; f.
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Antiochus giémde hwæt né hæfde monna gerímes, and ne nom náne ware húlíce hié wǽron, Ors. 5, 4; Swt. 224, 22. care for the safety of others Se hýra ne bið náðor ne mid ware ne mid lufe ástyred, Homl. Th. i. 240, 28.

Linked entry: wer-genga

be-witan

watch over

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Hé ungeorne bewiste hwæt he dyde he managed his business carelessly. Bl. H. 183, 23. Hí gesettan him x consulas, tó þon ꝥ hié hiera ǽ bewisten (constituendarum legum gratia), Ors. 2, 6; S. 88, 19.

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ge-lícnes

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L. 16, 12. the representation of an object, an image, a copy Hwæs gelícnis his þæt cujus est imago haec?, Mt. R. L. 22, 20: Mk. L. R. 12, 16. Gelícnes iconisma (regale compto stemmate depictum ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 45: 47, 14.

ge-cnáwan

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</b> with dependent question :--- to make known, declare Gyf ǽnig mann sý ꝥ ... secge ꝥ ic hig ǽr him geunnan sceolde, ic wylle ꝥ hé cume beforan mé mid his sweotelunge and dóme gecnáwe hwǽr ic hig him ǽr geúðe, C.D. iv. 222, 32

hopian

(v.)
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S. 14, to hope for Witodlíce þæt gesihð ǽghwylc hwæt hé hopige? Gif sóðlíce þæt wé ná geseóð wé hopiað, þurh geþyld wé geandbidigað, Scint. 130, 5. Forgyfenysse wé hopian ueniam speremus, 19. <b>IV a.

ge-scippan

(v.)
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Ðætte ðæt mód gemyne of ðǽm suingum ðe ðæt flǽsc ðolað tó hwǽm eal monncyn gesceapen is ut animus cui sit conditioni snbditus, ex percussa, quam sustinet, carne memoretur, Past. 255, 19. Þá sár and þá brocu þe se man tó gesceapen is, Bl. H. 59, 34.

lócian

(v.)
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Th. i. 46, 17. specialized uses with prepositions, lócian on to regard Ðeáh hé forsió ðæt hé him on lócige ex aequo respicere ceteras dedignatur, Past. 111, 20. lócian tó. to direct one&#39;s attention to, select for consideration Tó hwǽm lócige

ge-gaderian

(v.)
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. :-- Hé hordað, and nát hwám hé hit gegaderað (congregat ), Hml, Th. i. 66, 5. Eallne þone welan ðe hí gegaderigaþ, Bt. 11, 1; F. 32, 6. Ꝥ hé gegaderige ungerím þissa welena, 26, 3; F. 94, 13.

bísen

(n.)
Grammar
bísen, l. bisen, e; bisene, an; f. (also n. in North.),

an exemplar a modelpatternexampleprecedenta ruleprescriptpreceptparablesimilitudetype

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Gif hwá ðás bóc áwritan wylle, þæt hé hí gerihte be ðǽre bysne (the original), Hml. Th. ii. 2, 21: Ælfc. Gr. Z. 3, 21. Hé monig tácen unwitende dyde on Godes bisene, Ors. 5, 14; S. 248, 14.

ge-nídan

(v.)
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Gif hwá tó hwæðrum þissa (áð and wed) geniéd sié, 60, 4. Ne biþ hé tó nánum weorce genéded, Bt. 42; F. 258, 11. mental Hé geniét ðone déman tó irre, Past. 93, 10.

steóran

(v.; prep.)
Grammar
steóran, stióran, (and with umlaut) stiéran, stéran, stíran, stýran; p. de.
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Ðæm sacerde náht ne fremaþ ðæt hé rihtwís beó gif hé ðám unrihtwísan nele hyra unrihtes stýran (cf. preósta nán ne wandige, ðæt hig ne bodigan ǽlcum men, hwæt him sig tó dónne and hwæt tó forgánne, Th. ii. 202, 11-13) sacerdoti nihil prodest, quod ipse

ge-tellan

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Wé geségon eówic standan twelfe getealde [twelve in number), An. 885. (1 a) getellan wiþ to compare one amount with another :-- Gif þú getælest (-tel-, v. l.) ðá hwíle þisses andweardan lífes wið ðæs unge*-*endodan lífes hwíla, hwæt bið hit þonne ?

hors

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Hwæt sylþ hé ( the king) þé (the huntsman )? Hwílon hé sylþ mé hors, Coll. M. 22, 35. Horsa cornipedum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 21, 69. Horsa scip ypogavus, i. 56, 14.

mæsse-preóst

(n.)
Grammar
mæsse-preóst, es; m.

A priest not of the Christian churcha priest of the Christian church, who had attained the last of the seven appointed orders, and might celebrate the mass

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Gif hwá ðonne ða teóþunge gelǽstan nelle, fare ðæs cynges geréfa and ðæs bisceopes, and ðæs mynstres mæssepreóst, L. Edg. i. 3 Th. i. 262, 25. Mæssepreóstum and diáconum is eallunge forboden ǽlc hǽmed.

wiþ-cweþan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-cweþan, p. -cwæþ, pl. -cwǽdon; pp.-cweden.

to replyto gainsaycontradict maintain an opposite opinionto contradictopposeresistto refuserejectnot to allow

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Grammar wiþ-cweþan, with dat. of person and gen. of thing refused Gif inc hwá ðæs wiþcweþe, Blickl. Homl. 71, 1

heals-fang

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Gyf hwá on leásre gewitnesse openlíce stande . . . gylde hé þám cingce oððe landrícan be healsfange (persoluat regi aut domino terre x solidos, quod Dam uocant halsfang, Inst. Cnut.), 338, 24.

hund

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Gif hwá þás wyrte mid him hafað ne mæg hé fram hundum beón borcen (brocen, v. l.), Lch. i. 170, 16. <b>I a.</b> a dog used for hunting, a hound :-- 'Syle mé (the huntsman) ǽnne hafoc.'

treów

(n.)
Grammar
treów, es; n.

a treea materialwoodtreesa woodroof-treesaddle-treea piece of wooda beamlogstakestaffcudgelgallows-treetree used of the cross

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Swá hwá swá getimbraþ ofer ðisum grundwealle gold, oððe seolfor, oððe treówa, Homl. Th. ii. 588, 25. Treówu, 590, 13. Hié námon treówu and slógon on óþerne ende ísene neglas, Ors. 4, 1; Swt. 158, 4.

Linked entries: tréu trýw treó

LÓCIAN

(v.)
Grammar
LÓCIAN, p. ode

To LOOKseegazeobserveregardtake heedlook (to)belongpertain

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Hwæt stondap gé hér and up on ðysne heofon lóciaþ? Blickl. Homl. 123, 22. Ðá lócode Petrus tó Paule, 187, 34. Lócode ðá up wið Simones, 189, 6. Hé forþ lócade of his ðam heán hálgan setle prospexit de excelso sancto suo, Ps. Th. 101, 17.

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