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ge-nídan

(v.)
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Hé bið geniéd mid ðǽm folgoðe ðæt hé sceal heálíce sprecan loci sui necessitate exigitur summa dicere, Past. 81, 5. Hé wæs genýded ( coactus ) fram wérignysse his geféran ꝥ hé wunode þá niht on his mynstre, Gr. D. 38, 24.

gímen

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Ðonne hé gebint hine selfne tó óðrum menn mid his wordum ðæt hé sceal niéde ðá giémenne and ðá geornfulnesse ymb ðone habban ðe he ǽr ne ðorfte, Past. 193, 9. <b>I a.</b> of medical care.

hebban

(v.)
Grammar
hebban, occurs with dat.

to liftto liftto raiseliftmake a soundto exaltelevateto extolexaltto set upinstituteto raisebring upto directbearTo risemount

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Sceal gár wesan monig . . . hæfen on handa, B. 3023. Hafen, 1290.

lagu

(n.)
Grammar
lagu, <b>. I.</b>
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A. 15, 58. customary rule or usage Landlaga sýn mistlice . . . laga sceal on leóde luflíce leornian sé þe on lande sylf nele leósan leges et consuetudines terrarum sunt varie . . . leges debet in populis libenter addiscere, qui non vult in patria solus

ídel

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, 111, 35. idle, doing nothing Hwý sceal ǽnig monn bión ídel ꝥ hé ne weorce ?, Bt. 41, 3; F. 248, 24

ród

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Mín Drihten . . . wæs onrihte róde úp áhafen . . . sceal mín ród onwended beón, Bl. H. 191, 1-5. Hé þǽr þreó métte róda ætsomne, El. 834. (1 a) the cross on which Christ suffered :-- Seó Crístes ród on þá hé wæs áhongen, Shrn. 67, 25.

ge-þencan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þencan, -þencean, ic -þence, ðú -þencest, -þencst, he -þenceþ, -þencþ, pl. -þencaþ, -þenceaþ; p. ic, he -þohte, ðú -þohtest, pl. -þohton; pp. -þoht.

to thinkconceiveperceivereflect uponweighmeditariconsiderarepensareto think aboutrememberconsider maturelyto take to heartrecogitareiterum cogitarereminiscito think ofbear in mindrememberrecordaricogitarememor esseto excogitatedeviseinventconceiveexcogitarestruereinvenireto resolveintendwishintenderevelle

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Kmbl. 626; El. 313. to think about, remember, consider maturely, to take to heart; recogitare, iterum cogitare, reminisci He sceal geþencan gǽstes þearfe he shall think about the need of his soul, Exon. 23 b; Th. 65, 20; Cri. 1057.

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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Óðer biþ tó ungemetlíce átyht on ðæt ðe hió mid ryhte irsian sceal, óðer on ðæt ðe hió ne sceal biþ tó swíðe onbærned, Past. 40, 4; Swt. 293, 12-14.

Linked entries: an un-reordian

stíþ

(adj.)
Grammar
stíþ, adj.
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Cyning cunnode hwilc ðæes æðelinges ellen wǽre stíðum wordum : 'Ðú scealt mé onsecgan sunu ðínne,' Cd. Th. 172, 22 ; Gen. 2848. harsh to the taste Ðeós wyrt biþ ðam góman stíð and wiðerrǽde for mete geþiged, Lchdm. i. 300, 10.

Linked entries: stiép stíþe

wanian

(v.; adj.)
Grammar
wanian, p. ode. I. trans.
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Ðás wyrte ðú scealt niman on wanig*-*endum mónan, i. 320, 3. to wane, become inferior, decline, decay Des middangeard wanaþ and weaxeþ, Fragm. Kmbl. 60 ; Leás. 32.

Linked entry: a-wanian

hold

(adj.)
Grammar
hold, adj.

Kind, friendly, pleasant, favourable, gracious [of a prince to his subject], faithful, loyal, devoted, liege [of a subject to his prince]

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Ic eom ðín hold scealc tuus sum ego, Ps. Th. 118, 94. Fram sóðum martirdóme ðæs hálgan weres his holdan pápan from the true martyrdom of the holy man, his gracious pope, Homl. Th. ii. 310, 29.

ge-wríþan

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Man sceall þé fæste gewrídan ǽgder ge handa ge fét, 713. Ðes deófol is gebunden . . ., and ic dó þæt hé andet þæt hé is gewriðen, Hml. Th. i. 462, 1. the subject a bond Tóslít bendas þá gewríðaþ mé rumpe uincula quae stringunt me, Ps.

Linked entry: ge-wriþen

þing

(n.)
Grammar
þing, es; n.
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Þing sceal gehégan fród wiþ fródne, biþ hyra ferð gelíc, Exon. Th. 334, 19; Gn. Ex. 18. Ic wið Grendel sceal ána gehegan ðing, Beo. Th. 856; B. 426

sum

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
sum, indef. prn.
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Ic sceal swelgan of sumes bósme, Exon.

Linked entry: ÁN

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(a α) where the verb on which the clause depends is not expressed :-- Hú man sceal gyldan twelfhyndes man, Ll. Th. i. 174, 12: 178, 1 ( a form like Hér cýð might be supplied ).

licgan

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Sceal þeós menego licgan on leahtrum, Sat. 263. <b>III a.</b> to lie under, be subject to disadvantage or obligation :-- Ðonne hé suá suíðe óðre oferhlifað ðætte ealle licggeað under his willan, Past. 111, 2.

(adv.)
Grammar
ná, <b>, ;</b> adv.

Nonotnon

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Swá sceal man dón, ðonne hé gegán þenceþ longsumne lof, ná ymb his líf cearaþ, Beo. Th. 3077; B. 1536. Ealle hí scínaþ, ná hwæðre ðeáh ealle efenbeorhte, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 460; Met. 20, 230.

Linked entries: ne

singan

(v.)
Grammar
singan, p. sang, song, pl. sungon ; pp. sungen
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Cwæþ hé : 'Hwæt sceal ic singan ?' Cwæþ hé : 'Sing mé frumsceaft,' Bd. 4, 24 ; S. 597, 16

worþig

(n.)
Grammar
worþig, weorþig, wurþig, wyrþig [P s. Surt. has forms as from worðign; one such form is found in Ps. Spl. C. , and a dative worðine occurs in Bd. S. 539, 42], es; m.

enclosed homesteada place surrounded by buildingsplacestreetplatea

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Ceorles weorðig (weorði, wurðig, v. ll. ) sceal beón wintres and sumeres betýned. Gif hé bið untýned, and recð his neáhgebúres ceápe in on his ágen geat, náh hé æt ðam ceápe náuwuht, L. In. 40; Th. i. 126, 12-16.

Linked entries: weorþig worþ

be-lúcan

(v.)
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Hostiarius sceal þá cyrcan þám ungeleáffullun belúcan, Ll. Th. ii. 346, 30. Belocenum fenge sinu concluso, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 3. His múþ and his næsþyrla beóþ belocene. Bl.