faru
going ⬩ passing ⬩ sailing ⬩ a journey ⬩ voyage ⬩ an expedition ⬩ proceedings ⬩ course ⬩ path ⬩ procedure ⬩ the train ⬩ the troops ⬩ the followers ⬩ the attendants ⬩ carriage
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S. 13, 321. procedure in a single instance:-- Hí gameniíce rǽddon and mid geáplicre fare férdon callide cogitantes perrexerunt, Jos. 9, 6. of things Þá concurrentes þe þý geáre yrnað, þǽra fare wé hér bufon ætýwdon, Angl. viii. 304, 9.
gang
going, walking, moving on foot, step. ⬩ the sole of the foot (?) ⬩ the being habitually in a specified condition ⬩ power of walking ⬩ of moving about ⬩ mode of walking, walk, gait ⬩ a walk, journey ⬩ go, time, occasion of going ⬩ a way, road, path, passage ⬩ a track ⬩ course ⬩ a stream ⬩ a narrative ⬩ space traversed ⬩ expanse covered ⬩ an ox-gang, a bovale, the eighth part of the carucate. ⬩ legal process ⬩ legal procedure, process ⬩ a company of people (?), a gang. ⬩ a step, stair ⬩ a privy
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Uton féran Grendles mágan gang sceáwigan, 1391. course of time or events Eall þæs þe hé in fyrndagum gódes oððe gáles on his gǽste gehlód geára gongum, Cri. 1036 : Jul. 693. Hú mæg ic þæt findan, þæt swá fyrn gewearð wintra gangum?, El. 633.
ge-mót
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On þissum geáre wæs ꝥ mycele gemót ( a grand council of Danes and English, William of Malmesbury) on Oxonaforda, 1015 ; P. 145, 20. Þ gemót æt Brómdúne, Ll. Th. i. 280, n.
wǽta
wet, moisture ⬩ a liquid ⬩ a liquid that may be drunkor used in cookery, medicine,etc., liquor, drink ⬩ moisture in an animal body, humour ⬩ water, urine ⬩ moisture of plants, juice, sap
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Wǽtum hé ( snow ) oferhrægeþ, gebryceþ burga geatu, Salm. Kmbl. 612; Sal. 305. a liquid Wynsum wǽta ( water ) út flówende, Blickl. Homl. 209, 2.B Æfter sóðum gecynde ðæt wæter is brosniendlíc wǽta, Homl. Th. ii. 270, 5.
BRÁD
BROAD open, large, spacious, copious ⬩ latus, expansus, amplus, spatiosus, copiosus
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Ðeáh hit ǽlce geáre sý brádre and brádre though it is broader and broader every year, 2, 6;Bos. 50, 22. Ic eom brǽdre ðonne ðes wong gréna I am broader than this green plain, Exon. 111 a;Th. 425, 3;Rä. 41, 50: 111 b;Th, 426, 32;Rä. 41, 82.
under
Under ⬩ under ⬩ at the foot of ⬩ under ⬩ within ⬩ among ⬩ below ⬩ beneath ⬩ down
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Grammar under, ¶ Combined with on : --Lecgan uppan ðone stán and on under, Lchdm. iii. 38, 18. where one object comes to the lower part of another Weorod eodon unblíðe under Earna næs wundur sceáwian; fundon on sande sáwulleásne ðone ðe him hringas geaf
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bisceop
a BISHOP, prelate ⬩ episcopus ⬩ a chief priest of the Jews ⬩ pontifex ⬩ a heathen priest of the Romans and Egyptians
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And séce man hundred-gemót swá hit ǽr geset wæs; and hæbbe man þríwa on geáre burh-gemót; and túwa scír-gemót; and ðǽr beó on ðære scíre bisceop and se ealdorman, and ðǽr ǽgðer tǽcan ge Godes riht ge woruld-riht and let the hundred-moot be attended as
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tó-geagnes
towards, ⬩ so as to meet ⬩ against, ⬩ to meet ⬩ in the way of, ⬩ to meet the approach of ⬩ in readiness for, ⬩ against the coming of ⬩ against, ⬩ for the purpose of resisting ⬩ on the approach of, ⬩ towards ⬩ again, ⬩ in return
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Gewít ðú áwyrgda in ðæt wítescræf, ðé is susl weotod gearo tógegnes, 308, 15; Sat. 693. Gearwian ús tógénes gréne strǽte, 282, 15; Sat. 287. Tógeánes, Exon. Th. 450, 21; Dóm. 91.
þeáw
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Siþþan wæs hiera ( the Amazons ) þeáw, ðæt hié ǽlce geáre tósomne férdon, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 46, 8: Beo. Th. 2497; B. 1246: Andr. Kmbl. 50; An. 25. Wæs in ða tíd ðeáu Ongelcynnes folcum, ðæt..., Bd. 4, 27; S. 604, 15. Gyf hit on lande ðeáw sý, L. R.
hér
here . . . there
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Hér syndon geferede Geáta leóde, 361: An. 1175. hér . . . þǽr here . . . there (with indefinite force) Gyf eów hwá segð, 'Nú Críst ys hér, oððe þǽr,' Mt. 24, 23. along with other adverbs, from which juxtaposition arise later compound forms. æfter, bæftan
þegnung
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</b> service, obedience, suit and service :-- Ðæt selfe wæter þegnunge gearwode beforan his fótum the very water showed itself to be at his command by retreating before his feet (cf. him gearu sóna þurh streámræce strǽt wæs gerýmed, symble wæs drýge
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ge-limpan
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Him on fyrste gelomp . . . þæt hit wearð gearo, B. 76. of things, to be made, be produced Mænifealde leán gelumpon copiosa emolumenta prouenerunt, An. Ox. 2636 : Wrt.
ge-logian
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His líf wæs þus gelðgod; ðá þá hé twelf wintra wæs hé wæs betǽht Benedicte, and hé wunode mid him twéntig wintra, and on his ágenum mynstre em feówertig geára, Hml.
ge-sellan
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Hé his geár geseleð wælhreówum annis suos crudeli tradit, Past. 249, 24. Ðe doema gesellæs ðeh ðǽm ðegne, Mt. L. 5, 25. God wylme gesealde Sodoman, Gen. 1925. Ðá aldormenn gesaldon ðec mé. Jn. L. 18, 35. Nalde ué gesealla hine ðé, 30.
ge-dón
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Gedóþ ꝥ eów sý mete gearo, Bl. H. 39, 28. Gedón ðætte hiera Drihten lícige ðǽm folce to bring it about that their Lord may be pleasing to the people, Past. 147, 7.
sib
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Ús biþ gearu sóna sibb æfter sorge, Andr. Kmbl. 3134; An. 1570. Léton ðone hálgan swefan on sibbe, blíðne bídan, 1663; An. 834. Wé mótan his ða wuldorfæstan onsýne mid sibbe sceáwian, Blickl.
ge-dǽlan
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(l a) of the partition and occupation of land :-- Þý geáre Healfdene Norþanhymbra lond gedǽlde, Chr. 876; P. 74, 12.
wíf
a woman ⬩ a female person ⬩ a being in the form of a woman ⬩ a married woman ⬩ a wife
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Wæs sóna gearu wíf, swá hire weoruda helm beboden hæfde, Elen. Kmbl. 445 ; El. 223. Sǽde ðæt wíf hire wordum selfa, Cd. Th. 160, 10; Gen. 2648. Wífes sceós baxeae, Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 20. Ðæt hi nágan mid rihte þurh hǽmedþing wífes gemánan, L.
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cyning
a king, ruler, emperor ⬩ rex, imperator ⬩ a spiritual King, God, Christ ⬩ Deus, Christus ⬩ the devil ⬩ diabŏlus, satănas ⬩ Anglo-Saxon kings were at first elected from a family or class, by Witena gemót the assembly of the wise. ⬩ fidelity was sworn to them by the people, in the following words ⬩ the king took a corresponding oath to his people ⬩ the Anglo-Saxon king had royal power to pardon transgressors ⬩ of all forfeits the king had one half ⬩ all hoards above the earth, and within the earth. As we learn from Beowulf, in early and heathen times, much treasure was buried in the mound raised over the ashes of the dead, besides what was burned with the body ⬩ Pastus or Convivium ⬩ The king visited different districts personally or by deputy to see that justice was done to all his subjects. In these periodical journeys the king received support and entertainment wherever he went. Hence perhaps the privileges of our judges ⬩ Vigilia ⬩ head ward, or a proper watch set over the king, which he claimed when he came into any district ⬩ the mint or coinage of money. The king exercised a superintendence over the circulating medium
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D. 978, as is stated in the Chronicle, - On ðys geáre wæs Æðelréd to cininge gehálgod æt Cinges túne in this year Æthelred was consecrated king at Kingston, Chr. 978. [MS. 979]; Th. 234, 9, col. 1. the king took a corresponding oath to his people.
wesan
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On ðæm geáre ðe ðiss wæs, 2, 1; Swt. 60, 17: Chr. 1048; Erl. 180, 19. Git ðæt wæs, ðæt hé tó cyninges simbla gelaþod wǽre, Bd. 3, 5; S. 527, 2: Blickl. Homl. 11, 23: Wulfst. 9, 11: 12, 14. Hwæt wille gé nú hwæt ic hire doo? . . .
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