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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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Frýnd synd hie míne georne holde on hyra hygesceaftum ic mæg hyra hearra wesan, Cd. 15; Th. 19, 8; Gen. 288.

(adv.)
Grammar
HÚ, adv.

How

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Hú ne synt gé sélran ðonne hig nonne vos magis plures estis illis? 6, 26: 25. Hú sculon wit nú libban how are we to live? Cd. 38; Th. 50, 7; Gen. 805. in exclamations [see also I] Hú la! ne gewearþ unc tó ánum peninge how now!

Linked entries: hú-lic hú-meta hwu

ÍDEL

(adj.)
Grammar
ÍDEL, adj.

emptydestitutevoiddevoidvainuselessidleidleunemployed

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Guman geþancas ídle synt cogitationes hominum vanæ sunt, Ps. Th, 93, 11. Ðǽr ðæt heáfod biþ unhál eall ða limu bióþ ídelu languente capite membra incassum vigent, Past. 18, 2 ; Swt. 129, 8. Ýdele spellunga fabulæ, Ælfc. Gr. 50, 29; Som. 52, 2.

Linked entries: a-ýdlig ídel

lagu

(n.)
Grammar
lagu, e; f.

Lawstatutedecreeregulationrulefixed custom

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Ðis synd ða bebodu and dómas and laga ðe drihten gesette hæc sunt judicia atque præcepta et leges quas dedit dominus, Lev. 26, 46.

Linked entries: laga lah ge-lagu

wlite

(n.)
Grammar
wlite, es; m.: wlitu, e (and? an;
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v. wlita, II.
); f.

aspectcountenancelooksappearanceshapeformgood looksbeautiful appearancebeautygloryornament

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Hí ealle tó ðæs mannes wlite gesceapene synd they are all made in his likeness, Boutr. Scrd. 19, 22. Wlit ł onsión personam, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 22, 16. Wundriaþ weras wlite and wæstma, Exon. Th. 221, 9; Ph. 332.

Linked entries: wlita wlitu

dæg

(n.)
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Ys on bócum geteald tó ánumdæge fram þǽre sunnan úpgange oð ꝥ heó eft becume þǽr heó ǽr úp stáh on þám fæce synd getealde feówer and twénti tída, Lch. iii. 236, 3. On þám forman dæge dagena ealra, Hy. S. 4, 2. Dæge ǽr pridie, Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 50.

feoh

cattlepropertywealthmoneyrichestreasurebribegiftmetalcoin

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Ǽlcere synne ǽrre ys gýtsung and lufu feóna (pecuniarum) Scint. 112, 2. of valuable property, riches, treasure, an article or material of value: Wela, hord, feoh gazofilacium (cf. in Temples feh in corbanan, Mt. R. 27, 6), Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 24.

ge-ascian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ascian, l. ge-áscian,
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D. 182, 8. a non-material object Sume synna se man wandaþ ꝥ hé hí ásecgge, búton se mæssepreóst hié æt him geácsige, Bl.

ge-habban

(v.)
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Wiþ ðon þe man ne mæge his mete gehabban, and hé spíwe, Lch. i. 76, 20: ii. 190, 8. non-material Ðára synna gé gihabbað quorum peccata retinueritis, Jn. L. 20, 23.

ge-secgan

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Hwí wæs þǽra engla synne forsuwod on þǽre béc Genesis, and þæs mannes wæs gesǽd (patefactum) ?, Angl. vii. 4, 27. to give notice of, make known, announce Hé gesægeð (cýð, W. S.) alle adnuntiabit omnia, Jn. L. R. 4, 25 : Jn. L. 16, 14.

strang

(adj.)
Grammar
strang, adj.
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Ða leáf syndon stranges swæcces, Lchdm. i. 310, 7. Gif ðú ðás wyrte sylst þicgean on strangon wine, 172, 12. Strangre stemne, Cd. Th. 33, 24; Gen. 525. Ða recceras ætiéwaþ strangne andan fortem zelum rectores exhibent, Past. 21, 6; Swt. 164, 11.

þes

(pronoun.)
Grammar
þes, þæs; m.: þeós, þiós, þiús; f.: þis, þiss, þys; n. demons. pron. This
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Þis synd ða bebodu and dómas and laga haec sunt judicia atque praecepta et leges, Lev. 26, 46: Num. 3, 2. Þe þis sint hira naman quorum ista sunt nomina, 1, 5. Ne synt ná þis wódes mannes word haec uerba non sent daemonium habentis, Jn. Skt. 10, 21.

Linked entries: þás þis

þing

(n.)
Grammar
þing, es; n.
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Ðara þinga (ðingana, Lind., Rush.) race ðe on ús gefyllede synt, Lk. Skt. 1, 1. Æfter þeossum þingum, Blickl.

wann

(adj.)
Grammar
wann, adj.
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Gif ða ómihtan, wannan þing oþþe ða reádan sýn útan cumen, Lchdm. ii. 82, 21. of the colour of living creatures, swarthy, dusty, dark-hued Se wonna þegn, sweart and saloneb, Exon. Th. 433, 8; Rä. 50, 4.

Linked entries: wan wanniht

wráþ

(adj.)
Grammar
wráþ, adj.

wrothangryincensed

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Ða ðe wydewum sýn wráðe æt dóme, Ps. Th. 67, 5. Mé tó aldorbanan weorðeþ wráðra sum some fell one shall be my life-destroyer, Cd. Th. 63, 18; Gen. 1034: 109, 29; Gen. 1830. Wráðra gryre the horror of fierce foes, 178, 32;Exod. 20: Beo.

fæder

a parenta step-fatherforefatherfathersancestorsfathera god-fathera patron

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Add: of human beings. a parent Þonne hwylcum men gelimpeþ ꝥ his ful leóf fæder gefærþ, ne mæg ꝥ ná beón ꝥ þá bearn þe unblíþran ne sýn, Bl. H. 131, 24. Þæs fæder and þǽre módor mægen, 163, 25.

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

He, she, it

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Wé his syndon we are his, Ps. Th. 99, 2. Hyra ys heofonan ríce ipsorum est regnum cælorum, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 10. Hé biþ unscildig ðe hine slóh then shall he that smote him be quit, Ex. 21, 19.

Linked entries: heó hie hig hió

LANG

(adj.)
Grammar
LANG, adj.

LONGtall

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Ða ðe tó lang tó secgenne syndon which are too long to narrate, Bd. 3, 8; S. 532, 12. Wæs se líchoma sponne lengra ðære þrýh corpus mensura palmi longius erat sarcofago, 4, 11; S. 580, 5. sarcofago, 4, 11; S. 580, 5.

under-standan

(v.)
Grammar
under-standan, p. -stód, pl. -stódon; pp. -standen.

to understandhave insight intoto understandperceiveknow certainlyto understand in such and such a senseto conceive ofconsiderto accept as correctto observenoticeconsider

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Eal ðæt syndon micle and egeslíce dǽda, understande se ðe wille, Wulfst. 161, 9. Understande se ðe cunne, 162, 12. Snotornys, þurh ða seó sáwel sceal hyre Scippend understandan, Homl. Skt. i. 1, 557.

Linked entry: for-standan

deáþ

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Hwæt syndon þá woruldsǽlþa óþres búton deáþes tácnung, for þám se deáþ ne cymð tó nánum óþrum þingum bútan ꝥ hé ꝥ líf áfyrre, Bt. 8; F. 26, 3-7. Hwæt is ꝥ líf elles buton lytelu ylding þæs deáþes?, Bl. H. 59, 28.