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Þú

(pronoun.)
Grammar
Þú, pers. pron.

Thou

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Se hálga gást on þé (ðeh, Lind.: ðec, Rush.) becymþ, Lk. Skt. 1, 35. Þec Sarre áh, Cd. Th. 137, 8; Gen. 2270. Ne forlǽte ic þé, 136, 10; Gen. 2256. Grammar Þú, used reflexively : -- Ne ondrǽd þú þé, Gen. 15, 1: Lk. Skt. 1, 30.

Linked entries: þec þeh þistel

burg

(n.)
Grammar
burg, burh, burhg, buruh (-ug, -ig), byrg, byrig; gen. byrig, burge, burhge, burcge; dat. byrg, byrig, byrh, burh; n. acc. pl. byrg, byrig, burh, burga, burha; gen. pl. burga, burha; dat. pl. burgum, burhum, byrgum.
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Hié þone æþeling on þǽre byrig métton þǽr se cyning læg ofslægen, and þá gatu him tó belocen hæfdon, Chr. 755; P. 46, 28-48, 16. Á hé mæig tindan hwæt hé mæig on byrig bétan, Angl. ix. 262, 16. Burh hegegian, Ll.

deáþ

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Ge*-*gang þá deáða bearn þe hí démað nú posside filios morte punitorum, Ps. Th. 78, 12. Þurh deáðes(-as?) wítgung nicromantia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 62, 30

ge-neahhe

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Is mín feorh tó helldore hylded geneahhe my life is quite turned down to the gate of hell; vita mea in infernum appropinquavit, Ps. Th. 87, 3. Hí ús wiðerwearde wǽron geneahhe they were adverse enough to us, 123, 3: El. 1065.

ge-freógan

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Mið ðý ðú gást mid wiðerworde ðínum, sel geornlíce ꝥte ðú sé gefreód from him. Lk. L. 12, 58. to love, embrace Gefrígode hiá complexans eos, Mk. L. 10, 16

hlutor

Grammar
hlutor, l. hlútor,

clearbrightshiningsplendidbrightuntroubledpeaceclearsplendidgloriousillustriousbrilliantguiltdeceitpuresincere

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Ne him hlúttur gást on hracan eardað neque est spiritus in ore ipsorum, Ps. Th 113, 16. Is mínre heortan hige hlúttor and clǽne, 72, 17. Hé hæfde hlúttre lufan, An. 1065. Hé þæt hlúttre mód in þæs gǽstes gód trymede, Gú. 77.

Linked entry: hlútor-líce

tó-slúpan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-slúpan, p. -sleáp, pl. -slupon; pp. -slopen

To slip apart or awaybe relaxeddissolvedto have the connection between several objectsthat between the parts of the same object relaxedto be dissipated,destroyedto be loosedundoneto get relaxed,to be relaxed,get remissto get paralysed,get powerless,

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Skt. i. 6, 255. in reference to the mind Ðá wearð heora heorte tóslopen and heora gást ne beláf on him dissolutum est cor eorum et non remansit in eis spiritus, Jos. 5, 1

Linked entry: tó-swífan

hús

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III. a building for the keeping of animals :-- Sceápa hús ovile, gáta hús caprile, Wrt. Voc. i. 58, 26, 27. Gáta hús caprile, hunda hús canile, ii. 23, 12, 13. Hunda hús canile, domus canis, 128, 20.

þá

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
þá, adv. conj.
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Th. ii. 356, 24. marking sequence, then, after that, thereupon Ðá cwæð hé : ' gé on mínne wíngeard.' And hig þá férdon, Mt. Kmbl. 20, 4. Sum iungling com mid gyrde tó mé, and wearp hí ðá tó mé, Homl. Th. ii. 312, 17.

hát

(adj.)
Grammar
hát, adj.
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hé tó þám hátum írene, Ll. Th. i. 206, 22: 226, 7. Wið þone hátan bryne þe wealleð on helle, 424, 16. Stæppe on hát col . . . stæppe on swá hát swá hé hátost mæge, Lch. ii. 124, 6.

ge-weald

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Add: The plural is sometimes used with force of singular. power. control over that which is moved, v. wealdan; Hé nætþ his fóta geweald ꝥ hé mæge gán, Bt. 36, 4; F. 178, 13. control in respect to movement, action, &c., over that which moves itself

FǼGE

(adj.)
Grammar
FǼGE, def. se fǽga, seó, ðæt fǽge; comp. -ra; sup. -est; adj.

fated, doomed, destined prŏpĕræ morti dēvōtus, cui mors immĭnetdead, killed, slainmortuus, occīsusaccursed, condemned execrātus, damnātus

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Lǽtaþ gáres ord ingedúfan in fǽges ferþ let the javelin-point pierce the life of the doomed one, Andr. Kmbl. 2665; An. 1334 : Salm. Kmbl. 318; Sal. 158.

swegel

(n.)
Grammar
swegel, swegl, es; n.
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Under swegles gang. Andr. Kmbl. 415; An. 208: 910; An. 455. Swefan under swegles hleó, 1664; An. 834: Elen. Kmbl. 1011 ; El. 507: Exon. Th. 38, 13; Cri. 606: 224, 11; Ph. 374.

fægere

(adv.)

beautifullyelegantlygentlyfairplausiblyspeciouslyimpuritythoroughlynoblysplendidlyjustly

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Git mid þý fullwihte fægre onbryrdon ealne þisne middangeard gave splendid incitement to all this earth, Hö. 136. Hé him fægre leán geaf he rewarded them splendidly, Cri. 472: 1361.

flítan

to striveto striveto strivequarrelsomecontentiousto disputearguelay blame on

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D. 18, 6. to strive as a competitor Ðá hálsade ic ꝥ mé wǽre lýfnes seald tó ærnenne and tó flítanne mid him obsecrans ut mihi certandi cum illis copia daretur, Bd. 5, 6; S. 575, 19, to strive after, strive to gain Ðá ðe hira gód sellað . . . ðá ðe flietað

ge-bindan

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Wanhále, witum gebundene, An. 580. (3 a) hindrance from a physical cause :-- His wíf mid bearne swǽrlíce gebunden gǽð, Hml.

hǽte

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Him cóm on swá micel hǽte and swá micel þurst ꝥ hié him heora feores ne wéndun they got into such a state of heat and thirst that they gave up hope of life, 6, 13; S. 268, 12. <b>IV a.

healf

(num.; adj.; adv.)
Grammar
healf, adj.

HALF

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Healfne sealde ðæm þearfan and mid healfum hine sylfne besweóp he gave half [his cloak] to the poor man and wrapped himself up with half of it, Blickl. Homl. 215, 7. Ðeáh ðú wylle healf míne ríce licet demedium regni mei, Mk. Skt. 6, 23: Lk.

ge-þafian

(v.)
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Náðer ne hié selfe on ryhtne weg gán noldon, ne óðrum geðafigean, Past. 59, 21. with acc. of pronoun representing clause or phrase Ðǽm hié geðafigað ðyllic, Past. 143, 22. Gif hit tó bóte gegá, and se cyng ꝥ geþafige, þonne béte man, Ll.

ge-bétan

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Gán þá . . . and gebéte þám óðrum þone ǽwyrdlan, Ll. Th. i. 128, 8. ꝥ hí mihtan hiora scylda þurh wíte gebétan, Bt. 38, 7 ; F. 210, 10. (2 a) in a legal l where the penalty is not defined Gif hwá folces fyrdscip áwyrde, gebéte ꝥ georne, Ll.