wrecan
To drive ⬩ press ⬩ to drive ⬩ force to move ⬩ to drive out ⬩ expel ⬩ to drive out ⬩ to express ⬩ utter ⬩ recite ⬩ to drive in ⬩ impress ⬩ inlay ⬩ to drive ⬩ practise ⬩ carry out ⬩ on ⬩ to drive ⬩ press on ⬩ to wreak ⬩ to punish ⬩ to punish ⬩ to punish ⬩ to punish ⬩ to avenge ⬩ to avenge ⬩ to avenge ⬩ to avenge ⬩ to avenge ⬩ to take vengeance (on)
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Wearð ecgum sweorda blondenfexa on bíd wrecen, Beo. Th. 5917; B. 2962. Mé þurh hrycg wrecen hongaþ under án orþoncpíl. Exon. Th. 403, 21; Rä. 22, 11. Sume wurdon wrecen of lande.
Linked entries: wracian a-wrecan wreogan ǽrend-wreca
ende
a region ⬩ quarter ⬩ side ⬩ quarter ⬩ part ⬩ proportion ⬩ death ⬩ end ⬩ finished ⬩ issue ⬩ event ⬩ goal ⬩ ultimately ⬩ always ⬩ ultimately ⬩ continuously ⬩ consecutively ⬩ kind ⬩ sort
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Wearð hit fram dæge tó dæge lætre and wyrre swá hit æt þám ende eall geférde, 1066; P. 200, 6. Ǽfre hí æt eude sige áhton, 998; P. 131, 16. Húru æt þám ende ne tweóde þæs leánes þe heó lange gyrnde, Jud. 346.
Linked entry: ende-dæg
ge-híran
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Þú miht gehýran hú ús wuldres weard dǽdum lufode, An. 595 : 812 : El. 511 : Kr. 78. On þæs engles wordum wæs gehýred ꝥ þurh hire beorþor sceolde beón gehǽled eall wífa cynn, Bl.
híran
to hear ⬩ to hear ⬩ to hear ⬩ to give ear ⬩ hearken ⬩ listen ⬩ To listen to ⬩ to obey ⬩ to obey ⬩ to obey ⬩ to be subject to ⬩ to serve ⬩ error ⬩ to belong to ⬩ authority ⬩ jurisdiction ⬩ of a due ⬩ privilege ⬩ occupation ⬩ office ⬩ hear of ⬩ be told
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Þá burh æt Ligraceastre, and se mǽsta dǽl þæs herges þe ðǽr tó hýrde wearð underþeóded, Chr. 918; P. 105, 23. Æt þám túne þe hé tó hýne, Ll.
hwilc
which ⬩ who ⬩ any one ⬩ any ⬩ some
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Ðæs cyninges þegnas ðider urnon swá hwelc swá ðonne gearo wearþ the king's thanes ran thither, whichever of them was ready, Chr. 755; Erl. 50, 3. Swá hwylc swá sylþ ánne drinc quicumque potum dederit, Mt. Kmbl. 10, 42.
þearf
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Hit wearð mancynne tó mycelre þearfe, 23, 5: 119, 16. Tó þearfe usefully, profitably, 49, 2: Byrht. Th. 138, 38; By. 232: Menol. Fox 426; Men. 214. Se ðe ðæt déþ, hé déþ him sylfum mycle ðearfe, Wulfst. 113, 13: 119, 11: 303, 7.
ge-cynd
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Þysum wífe wæs inne swýðe fýrenu and hát gecynde (gecynd, v.l.) þæs líchaman (valde ignea conspersio corporis ) ... ongunnon lǽcas secgan ꝥ hire wolden beardas weaxan for þǽre hǽte hyre gecyndes ... heó wearð for þǽre mycclan gecynde and hǽte þæs lustes
git
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Þá git him wǽges weard wið þingode, An. 632. Þá gyt, 1197: Gen. 1476: 1510. Him þá gyt gewát Abraham . . ., 1793. where an event is certain but the time not fixed, yet Giet cymð se micla Godes dæg, Past. 245, 4.
hé
He, she, it
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Hí námon hit ðá on twá healfe Temese tó scipan weard they took their way on both sides the Thames towards the ships, 1009; Erl. 143, 11. Hú mæg ic hit on ðrím dagum gefaran?
on-gitan
To perceive ⬩ to perceive, see ⬩ to perceive by hearing ⬩ to perceive, feel (pain, etc. ) ⬩ to feel, be of opinion, judge ⬩ to know, hear of, find out ⬩ to perceive, understand ⬩ to recognise, know, ⬩ to take a person or thing to be what it really is ⬩ to recognise a fact or circumstance, ⬩ to know (of sexual intercourse)
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Oferswíðan ða men ðe hié ongeáton ðæt wiðer-wearde wǽron, Blickl. Homl. 135, 12. Leóde ongéton, ðæt ðǽr Drihten cwom, Cd. Th. 183, 12; Exod. 90. Hé wolde ðæt hé on ðon ongeáte, ðæt ðæt mon ne wæs, se ðe him ætýwde, Bd. 2, 12; S. 514, 25.
ge-cýþan
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Þonne bið gecýðed hwá unclǽnnisse líf álifde, Dóm. 62. to make known, famous, to celebrate Heó meotod sceolde cennan . . . swá hit gecýðed wearð geond middangeard, Men. 52. Þ wæs foremǽre man for Gode, and his gód wæs swíðe gecýðed. Bl. H. 217, 3.
Linked entry: cýþan
gildan
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Þé wile gásta weard lissum gyldan, þæt þé wæs leófra his sibb . . . 2920. (1 b) of ungrateful return for a benefit Woldon hié þæt feorhleán fácne gyldan, Exod. 150. with idea of reprisal, to repay an injury, take vengeance for Hé nǽnigum yfel wiþ yfele
winnan
intrans ⬩ to labour ⬩ toil ⬩ work ⬩ to labour, endeavour, strive after ⬩ to labour, struggle, be troubled ⬩ to labour under, suffer from ⬩ to strive, contend, fight ⬩ of hostile action towards a person ⬩ of competition ⬩ of opposition to things ⬩ of the action of inanimate objects ⬩ to make war ⬩ fight ⬩ of the action of inanimate objects ⬩ with cognate accusative ⬩ to win ⬩ make one's way ⬩ trans ⬩ to labour at ⬩ bestow labour upon ⬩ to labour under ⬩ suffer ⬩ undergo ⬩ to win ⬩ get ⬩ attain
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Hé wearð áhangen on róde ..., and hé ongeán nán ðyngc ne wan (he made no resistance to being crucified ), L. Ælfc. P. 51; Th. ii. 386, 37. Wé wið ðam winde and wiþ ðam sǽ campodan and wunnan cum vento pelagoque certantes Bd. 5, 1; S. 613, 28.
Linked entry: on-winnende
teón
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Heó teáh hyne ( Holofernes ) folmum wiþ hyre weard, Judth. Thw. 23, 1; Jud. 99. Ðá geseah ic monige ðara wérigra gásta fíf monna sáwla teón ( trahere ) on midde ða ðýstro . . . Tugon hí ða werígan gástas, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 32-36.
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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Tó ðýssere dǽde wearð ðæs cynges heorte áblicged. Homl.
Linked entry: -anne
on
expressing local relations, rest upon and contact with an object, on ⬩ dependence upon an object ⬩ extension over a surface ⬩ nearness ⬩ in or at a place, or with a person ⬩ rest where one object is contained in another, or is surrounded by others, within, among; and metaphorically in ⬩ marking the seat of feeling, thought, etc., in, within, at ⬩ on, at, in ⬩ within, in the course of, in, during ⬩ on, a- ⬩ from ⬩ on, in, at ⬩ by, with ⬩ of, consisting of or in ⬩ in respect to, in the matter of, in ⬩ in, of ⬩ at (a distance), of (the weight of), ⬩ with, in ⬩ in accordance with ⬩ of ⬩ in ⬩ motion, actual or figurative, which is external to the object expressed by the word which on governs, upon, on, on to, to ⬩ marking motion from without to the inside, into, among ⬩ continuously, together, anon, at once ⬩ expressing temporal relations, ⬩ on, in, at ⬩ into (one's power, etc. ) ⬩ against ⬩ in accordance with ⬩ marking the object of thought, emotion, speech, trust, sight ⬩ marking price ⬩ in (the name of), by (in adjuration)
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Ðá wearþ hé on slǽpe, Glostr. Frag. 6, 26. Hí wǽron on ðan mǽstan hungre, Ors. 1, 5; Swt. 32, 26. Hé wénde ðæt hié wolden Hannibale on fultume beón, 4, 10; Swt. 196, 7.
Linked entries: an un-reordian
teám
A line; but the word which is used in the related dialects (v. infra) with a physical meaning is used in English figuratively. ⬩ a line of descendants, offspring, progeny, family, children ⬩ bringing forth children, child-bearing ⬩ a line of animals harnessed together, a team
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His wíf wearð mid Esau and Iacob, and heó geswác ðá teámes, 38, 339. [Weren boðe ( John's parents ) teames ateald, O. E.
Linked entries: teám-byrst tém wróht-getíme ge-teáma -tíme -tíme
þencan
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Hié wǽron wið ðæs fýres weard tó ðon ðæt hié hit ácwencean þóhton ad extinguendum ignem concurrerunt, Ors. 4, 10; Swt. 200, 17: 1, 10; Swt. 44, 32.
lǽtan
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H. 43, 16. with clause Lǽt þé on gemyndum (keep in mind) hú þæt manegum wearð gefrége, An. 962. (1 α) to loose one's hold of, let go :-- Hé hǽt fealdan ꝥ segl, and eác hwílum lecgan þone mæst and lǽtan þa bǽtinge, Bt. 41, 3; F. 250, 15. to leave undone
gearo
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</b> dressed, armed, v. gearwe clothing, arms :-- Onfundon þæs cyninges þegnas þá unstilnesse, and þá þider urnon swá hwelc swá þonne gearo wearþ, Chr. 755; P. 48, 7.