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be

restbyalong,by, not later thanbyduringbywithconveyance, by (in to send by) subject toin the case ofin the matter ofinwith(to do) byor abouttowith(to become)ofbybecause ofon account offor the sake ofbyby means ofby the use ofby way ofin the form ofafter according toafterby the commandat the request

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Búton hió hwǽr tó lǽne sié, oððe hwá óðre bí wríte, Past. 9, 7

þá

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
þá, adv. conj.
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Hwá mæg áuht óþres cweþan bútan ðú wǽre se gesǽligesta, ðá ðú mé wǽre ǽr leóf þonne cúþ, Bt. 8; Fox 24, 26. <b>III a.

weorþ-mynd

(n.)
Grammar
weorþ-mynd, (-mynt), es; m. : e; f. : -myndu (-o); indecl. f. Honour
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Ic wát hwá mé wyrðmyndum ( graciously ) on wudubáte ferede ofer flódas, Andr. Kmbl. 1809 ; An. 907. honour, decoration, ornament Uueorðmynd infula Wrt. Voc. ii. 110, 66. Weorþmynd infulas 43, 60.

Linked entry: wirþu

wlanc

(adj.)
Grammar
wlanc, adj.

proudhigh-spiritedboldproudboldarroganthaughtyinsolentproudelateexultantsplendidgreathighaugustmagnificentrich

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Se Hǽlend cwæð tó ðam wlancan: 'For hwí wǽre ðú swá fæsthafol mínra góda, ðe ic ðé sealde?' Wulfst. 258, 12. Ðam wlancan to the great king (Nebuchadnezzar), Cd. Th. 221, 30; Dan. 96.

Linked entry: wlencu

biddan

to askto askto pray to

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D. 2, 11. with construction of III a. 2 Hwí ne bidst þú þé beþunga and plaster æt freán, Dóm. L. 80. Hé bæd þám treówe fyrst æt ðám hláforde, Hml. Th. ii. 408, 17. Biddað eów þingunge æt þysum martyrum, i. 88, 33. with prep.

gleáw

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Voc. ii. 28, 54. of physical sight, of the eye, sharp, gleg Him ádimmiað þá eágan þe ǽr wǽron beorhte and gleáwe on gesihðe, Wlfst. 147, 31. of mental vision. quick to discern, of quick intelligence, clever Hwá is nú ðǽra ðe gesceádwís sié, and tó ðǽm

wíg

(n.)
Grammar
wíg, es; n. I.

fightbattlewarconflictvalourtroops

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Gif hwá mid wíge godcundra gerihta forwyrne. . . Gif hé man gewundige. . . Gif hé man áfylle . . . Gif hé gewyrce ðæt man hine áfylle, L. C. S. 49; Th. i. 404, 6 — 12. Hé gewann mid wíge ðone eard cepit omnem terrain Jos. 11, 23 : Homl.

ge-riht

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VII. right, lawful procedure :-- Gif hwá búton gerihtum hit ábrecan wille God hine tó rihtere bóte gecerre, C. D. iii. 5, 19

ge-weorþian

(v.)
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Gif hwá biþ mid hwelcum welum geweorþod . . . hú ne belimpþ se weorþscipe tó þám þe hine geweorðað, Bt. 14, 3. to make worthy of something, entitle a person to Biþ hé þæs ðegnes rihtes geweorþod (þegenrihtes wyrþe, v. l. ), Ll.

land

Grammar
land, <b>. I.</b>
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Swá hwá swá wille sáwan wæstmbǽre land, Bt. 23 ; F. 78, 21. Wé sceolon bletsian úre land, and Drihten biddan ꝥ þá wæstmas þe on eorðan syndon geþeón mótan, Verc. Först. 129, 26. Blósmige land florea rura Wülck. Gl. 256, 3.

BRECAN

(v.)
Grammar
BRECAN, ic brece, ðú bricest, bricst, he briceþ, bricþ, pl. brecaþ; p. ic, he bræc, ðú brǽce, pl. brǽcon; pp. brocen.

to BREAK, burst, violate break or burst through; frangere, confringere, rumpere, perfringere, perrurnpereto press, force, urge;urgereto rush intotakeby stormin locum irrumpere, expugnare, erumpere, prorumpere, crepare, fremere to breakburst forthmake a noisecrashto sail;navigareTo retch;screare

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Gif hwá his áþ brece, béte swá dómbóc tǽce if any one break his oath, let him make amends as the doom-book may teach, L. Ed. 8 ; Th. i. 164, 2. Ðæt ǽnig mon wǽre ne brǽce that any man should not break the compact, Beo. Th. 2205 ; B. 1100.

gán

to gowalkto move along, proceedto take a specified course to be guideddeterminedto be habitually in a specified conditionto gobe pregnantto pass, elapseto happen, come to pass, take placeto pass, be currentto be accepted to have a specified issue turn out so and soto move away, depart to relinquishto take one's way, proceedgomove in a specified directiongoandto applybetake oneselfto turnbetake oneselfgoto be carried, moved, impelledto pass, be paid, be allottedto be appropriatedto be one of the constituent elements be amongst the conditions requisiteto amount, be equivalentto attain, reach, extendto come to take precedence of.to produce, came out withto accompany, be withto be uttered to begin, startto go to the closet, have an evacuationto leave a permanent habitationoccupation to proceed to the business of a court

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Gif hwá swá dyrstig sý ꝥ ongeán Godes lage gá, Cht. E. 230, 20. Ðæt mon wite Godes beboda weg, and ðǽr nylle on gán, Past. 67, 10, to be guided or determined by Eall þæs cyninges rǽd eóde be his dihte, Hml.

healdan

(v.)

to keep watch overkeep in chargeto keepto watch overkeepgovernrulea king to keepguardto watchto defendpreserveto holdtakearrestto have hold ofto holdto holdto hold upto maintainsupportupholdmanageto holdbearconductto behaveto handletreatdeal withto holdto holdto have possessionto holdoccupyan officea positionto holdto remain into retaindetainto keepto detainto keepto keepto keep oneselfremainto holdkeep togethercontinueto maintainkeepto performkeep watchto keepto keep unbrokeninviolateto keepto constraincompelrestrainstopto restrain oneselfrefrainto entertainto keep in mindrememberregardto hold asto holdto proceedmove onto continuego on withto go on

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Nyste hé hwá hí (four sheep) heólde, Gr. D. 206, 11. Se hyrde . . . þe nele þá heorde þe hé healdan sceal bewerian, Ll.

CÉPAN

(v.)
Grammar
CÉPAN, to cépanne; cépte, cépton; céped, cépt; v. a. gen. acc.

To observe, keep, regard, await, desire, take, betake oneself to, meditate, bearobservare, tenere, manere, appetere, captare, se conferre, meditari, portare

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To observe, keep, regard, await, desire, take, betake oneself to, meditate, bear; observare, tenere, manere, appetere, captare, se conferre, meditari, portare Menn mágon cépan be his bleó hwylc weder toweard byþ men may observe by his hue what weather

Linked entry: ge-cépan

losian

(v.)
Grammar
losian, p. ode

To perishbe loststrayescape

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Gif hwylc mann hæfþ hund sceápa and him losaþ án of ðám ... ða nigon and hundnigontig ðe ná ne losedon si fuerint alicui centum oves et erraverit una ex eis ... nonaginta novem, quæ non erraverunt, Mt. Kmbl.18, 12, 13: Homl. Th. i. 338, 27.

Linked entry: lorian

þyrstan

(v.)
Grammar
þyrstan, p. te

To thirst

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Swá hwam swá ðyrste, cume tó mé, Homl. Th. ii. 274, 3. Grammar þyrstan, with nom. of person suffering thirst; see also extracts from Northern Gospels in I. Grammar þyrstan, absolute Mín sáwl on ðé þyrsteþ sitivit in te anima mea, Ps. Th. 62, 1.

á-bregdan

(v.)
Grammar
á-bregdan, -brédan.
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Ben. 22, 16. of rapine Swá hwylc swá hwælhugu of cirican þurh stale út ábrygdeð (-brédeþ, S. 490, 5) si quis aliquid de ecclesia furtu abstulerit, Bd. 1, 27; M. 66, 29. Stíþ[lice] ágeán ábrédeþ violenter auferunt, An.

Linked entry: á-brédan

beran

to carrybringto bearto sufferto carryfruit

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Hwylc handleán we him forþ tó berenne habban, 91, 14. used impersonally ; cf. similar use in Icelandic Swá hwæt swá þé on eáge byreð (cf. mart (acc.) berr fyrir augu mér) whatever (the dream) brings to your sight, Lch. iii. 154, 22. without sense of

ge-gaderung

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On reáde gegæderunge (hýpan) in rubicundas (gemmarum) congeries (i. congregationes), 1822. (2 a) in a medical sense, a collection of diseased matter :-- Gyf þǽr hwylc gegaderung biþ, heó þá áfeormaþ, Lch. i. 228, 22.

ge-feón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-feón, to rejoice.
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Ealle men on ꝥ gefégon, hwylc wundur geworden wæs, Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 366, 4. Þ þú gefeó in þæm fromscipe mínes lífes, Nar. 32, 30. Ne wæs hé forlǽten ꝥ hé ofer him deádum gefége, Bd. I. 7; Sch. 26, 3.