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ge-winnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-winnan, p. -wan, -won, -wann, pl. -wunnon; pp. -wunnen.

to make warfightcontendpugnarebellum gerereto obtain by fightingto conquergainwinpugna consequiobtineresubjugare

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Ðone cyning ðe hie ǽr mid unrihte gewunnen hæfde the king that had before unjustly conquered them, Bt. 16, 2; Fox 52, 22. On ágenum hwílum mid earfeþum gewunnen laboriously gained in their own time, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 106, 55.

án-rǽd

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Th. ii. 336, 11. of things ꝥ man menn blód ne lǽte ǽr þám þe se móna and seó sǽ beón ánrǽde, Lch. iii. 154, 2. of one (unvarying) counsel, steadfast, constant, resolute Gestæþþig, ánrǽde constans, stabilis, Wrt.

be-reáfian

(v.)

alone

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Aaron hæfde bereáfod (spoliaverat) ꝥ folc æt hira golde, Ex. 32, 25. with acc. of spoil and on with person ꝥ hé him ágeáfe þæt hé ǽr on him bereáfode (ge-, v. l. ), Ors. 3, 11; S. 146, 30

eardian

(v.)
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On þǽm landum eardodon Engle ǽr hí hider on land cóman, 19, 29. Ælle and Cissa ymbsǽton Andredes cester, and ofslógon ealle þá þe þǽr inne eardedon, Chr. 491; P. 14, 16.

ge-reordan

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Gífernys bið þæt se man ǽr tíman hine gereordige, Hml. Th. ii. 218, 29

ge-fremian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fremian, ge-fremman.
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Ðá hwíle þe hit biþ on his módé, ǽr þám þe hit gefremed weorþe, Bt. 39, 5; F. 218, 23. Wearð seó menniscnys þurh þone micclan willan gefremmed, Hml. Th. i. 196, 25. Of gefremedre genihtsumnysse de congesta (virtutum) copia. An. Ox. 3344.

ge-wanian

(v.)
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Se æht ðára gódra weorca, ðe hé ǽr beeóde, bið gewanod aestimatio anteacta minuitur, 133, 23; Bt. 13; F. 38, 28: 35, 4; F. 162, 29. Gewanedum effeta (voluntate ). An.

hlæder

(n.)
Grammar
hlæder, e; f.: hlæddre, an (?). l. hlǽder; e: hlǽdre, an; f.

a ladderflight of stepsstairs

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Þá wǽron þǽre hlǽdre stapas áléfede on ǽr and tóburston fǽringa, Hml. S. 31, 602. Sc̃s Petrus cyrice ... on þǽra hlǽddre twá and feówertig stæpena, Angl. xi. 4, 8: 5, 10.

herigend-lic

praiseworthyapprobationexcellent

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Swá swá sume men gewuniaþ ꝥ hí singað mid hergendlicum cræfte ǽr há etan (the translator has misunderstood the Latin, which is: Sicut quidam ludendi (laudandi seems to have been read) arte victum solent quaerere), Gr. D. 62, 13

HÉDAN

(v.)
Grammar
HÉDAN, p. de

To HEED, take care, observe, attend, guard, take charge, take possession, receiveto take care of, guardcustodire, observare

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To HEED, take care, observe, attend, guard, take charge, take possession, receive Lazarus ne móste ǽr on lífe hédan ðæra crumena his mýsan before when alive Lazarus might not take the crumbs of his table, Homl. Th. i. 330, 31.

Linked entries: be-hédan ge-hýdan

macian

(v.)
Grammar
macian, <b>. I.</b>
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Grn. 2, 43. causative uses. with dependent clause, to cause something to happen, bring it about that Hí macedon hit þá ꝥ ǽr wæs ful ríce, þa (ꝥ?)

freónd

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His mǽgum and his frióndum, 90, 9. (5 b) of things, anything helpful :-- Mé gelyste þǽre deóglan stówe þe ic ǽr on wæs in mynstre, seó is þǽre gnornunge freónd secretum locum petii amicum moeroris, Gr.

LIFIAN

(v.)
Grammar
LIFIAN, leofian; p. ode

To LIVE

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Sume forlǽtaþ ða hig ǽr hæfdon and be lifiendre cwenan eft óðre nimaþ some leave the wives they had before, and while the wife is still living, take another, Wulfst. 269, 23. Sum ðéh hé forlǽte ða hé ǽr hæfde, hé be lifiendre ðære eft óðere nimþ, L.

Linked entries: leofian LIBBAN

sunne

(n.)
Grammar
sunne, an (sunnu, Cd. Th. 286, 14; Sat. 352, and acc. sunne, 147, 11; Gen. 2437:
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Ǽr sunne tó setle code, Ex. 17, 12. Sunne setlgonges fús, Exon. Th. 174, 33; Gú. 1187. Sóna swá seó sunne sealte streámas heá oferhlifaþ, 206, 1; Ph. 120. Sunne gewát tó sete glídan, Andr. Kmbl. 2609; An. 1306.

Linked entries: sunna sunnu sól

be-wyrcan

surround

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Lǽmen fæt biwyrcan wudubeámum, Jul. 575. ꝥáfótlástas wǽron beworht mid ǽrne hweóle. Shrn. 81, 12. of fortification: Iericho wæs mid seofon weallum beworht, Hml. Th. ii. 212, 26.

fæst-rǽd

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fæst-rǽd, fæst-rǽde.
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S. 11, 21. of human attributes Ongon hé ǽresð herigean on him ðæt ðæt hé fæsðrǽdes wiste prius in eis, quae fortia prospicit, laudat, Past. 213, 8. Uton habban fulne hyht and fæstrǽdne geleáfan on úrne Drihten, Wlfst. 282, 5.

here-toga

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Þá onstealdon þá heretogan ǽrest þone fleám, Chr. 993; P. 127, 29. as an official term Eoldorman princeps, heore-toga oððe láteów dux ealdorman oððe geréfa comes, Wrt. Voc. i. 72, 60.

mónaþ

(n.)
Grammar
mónaþ, mónþ, es; pl. mónaþ, mónþas; m.

A monthlunarcalendar

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September, Winterfylliþ October, Blót-mónaþ November, se ǽrra Geóla December.

cwicu

(adj.)
Grammar
cwicu, cwico, cucu = cue; nom. acc. m. f. n; pl. nom. acc. m. f. n. cwicu, cwico, cucu; adj.

Alive, quick vivus

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Samson miccle má on his deáþe acwealde, ðonne he ǽr cucu dyde Samson multo plures interfecit moriens, quam ante vivus occiderat, Jud. 16, 30: Boutr. Scrd. 18, 11: Homl. Th. i. 52, 20: ii. 212, 33: Cod. Dipl. 897; Kmbl. iv. 233, 5, 13.

DIM

(adj.)
Grammar
DIM, def. se dimma, seó, ðæt dimme; adj.
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Nǽnegum þuhte dæg on þonce, gif sió dimme niht ǽr ofer eldum egesan ne brohte the day would seem delightful to none, if the dark night did not bring terror over men, Bt. Met. Fox 12, 32; Met. 12, 16.