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wrecan

(v.)
Grammar
wrecan, p. wræc, pl.wrǽcon; pp.wrecen

To drivepressto driveforce to moveto drive outexpelto drive outto expressutterreciteto drive inimpressinlayto drivepractisecarry outonto drivepress onto wreakto punishto punishto punishto punishto avengeto avengeto avengeto avengeto avengeto 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.

ende

(v.; adj.; part.)

a regionquartersidequarterpartproportiondeathendfinishedissueeventgoalultimatelyalwaysultimatelycontinuouslyconsecutivelykindsort

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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

(v.)
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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

(v.)

to hearto hearto hearto give earhearkenlistenTo listen toto obeyto obeyto obeyto be subject toto serveerrorto belong toauthorityjurisdictionof a dueprivilegeoccupationofficehear ofbe 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

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hwilc, hwylc, hwelc; pron.

whichwhoany oneanysome

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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

(n.)
Grammar
þearf, e; f.
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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.

Linked entries: þærf þarf

ge-cynd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cynd, f. also has gen. ge-cynd (Bl. H. 31, 32); dat.
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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

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
git, yet. l. gít. [The word is often accented in the MSS., and only in such cases is the accent given in the following passages.]
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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.

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hé, m: heó; f: hit; n.

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?

Linked entries: heó hie hig hió

on-gitan

(v.)
Grammar
on-gitan, -gietan, -giotan, -geotan ; p. -geat, -get; pl. -geáton, -géton ; pp. -giten, -gieten

To perceiveto perceive, seeto perceive by hearingto perceive, feel (pain, etc. )to feel, be of opinion, judgeto know, hear of, find outto perceive, understandto recognise, know,to take a person or thing to be what it really isto 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

(v.)
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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

(v.)
Grammar
winnan, p. wann , pl. wunnon; pp. wunnen.

intransto labourtoilworkto labour, endeavour, strive afterto labour, struggle, be troubledto labour under, suffer fromto strive, contend, fightof hostile action towards a personof competitionof opposition to things of the action of inanimate objectsto make warfightof the action of inanimate objectswith cognate accusativeto winmake one's waytransto labour atbestow labour uponto labour undersufferundergoto wingetattain

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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

(v.)
Grammar
teón, (from teóhan); p. teáh, pl. tugon; pp. togen, tigen (v. of-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.

(prep.)
Grammar
tó, prep. adv.

to, atso as to producebecometo (the satisfaction, etc. )to some end,for some purposefornext to,at,by,alongsidein,onnext toaftertoasfortoasforat,inof,fromto (in to do something to anything)according to,at,aftercompared to,in comparison with,besidein addition to,besidesfor,atto be sufferedatin the course of,in,onfor,duringtoto,forin,atto the extent,to such a degreeto,up to,until,tillat,in,onin addition,besides,tootoo

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Tó ðýssere dǽde wearð ðæs cynges heorte áblicged. Homl.

Linked entry: -anne

on

(prep.)
Grammar
on, an ; prep. adv. A.

expressing local relations, rest upon and contact with an object, ondependence upon an objectextension over a surfacenearnessin or at a place, or with a personrest where one object is contained in another, or is surrounded by others, within, among; and metaphorically inmarking the seat of feeling, thought, etc., in, within, at on, at, in within, in the course of, in, during on, a-fromon, in, at by, with of, consisting of or inin respect to, in the matter of, inin, ofat (a distance), of (the weight of),with, inin accordance withofinmotion, actual or figurative, which is external to the object expressed by the word which on governs, upon, on, on to, tomarking motion from without to the inside, into, among continuously, together, anon, at once expressing temporal relations,on, in, atinto (one's power, etc. )against in accordance withmarking the object of thought, emotion, speech, trust, sightmarking pricein (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

(n.)
Grammar
teám, es; m.

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, childrenbringing forth children, child-bearinga 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.

þencan

(v.)
Grammar
þencan, p. þóhte (þohte?)
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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

(v.)
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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.