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IN

(prep.)
Grammar
IN, prep. cum dat. inst. acc.

InonintointoIn

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The distinctive on has a vertical element [up or down], which easily runs to against or near,' March, p. 163. with dat. inst.

Linked entries: -standendlic gang-ern

wer

(n.)
Grammar
wer, es; m.
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Iósep, Marian wer (wær, Rush., virum ), Mt. Kmbl. 1, 16. Hié noldan heora wera ræstgemánan sécean, Blickl. Homl. 173, 16. Heora wíf him sǽdon, ðæt hié him woldon óðerra wera ceósan ( sobolem se a finitimis quaesituras ), Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 44, 22.

Linked entry: wíf

sécan

(v.)
Grammar
sécan, sécean; p. sóhte; pp. sóht
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Ðá cwæð Maria tó ðæm engle: Hwæt is ðín nama? Ðá cwæð se engel tó hire: Hwæt sécestú mínne naman? Blickl. Homl. 137, 29. Hé ðá Drihtnes willan sóhte he tried to learn what was the will of the Lord, 225, 30.

wer

(n.)
Grammar
wer, and <b>were,</b> es; m. [The word seems to be interchangeable with wer-gild (q. v.), e. g.
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S. 61; Th. i. 408, 20. in case of certain crimes the wer of the criminal was exacted as a penalty; see also wer-gild, Æt nánum bótwyrðum gylte ne forwyrce man máre ðdonne his wer, L. Edg. ii. 2; Th. i. 266, 13.

ge-reccan

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Geselle him mon . c. sciłł. tó bóte, búton him witan máre gereccan, 100, 14. Is ciépemonnum gereht . . . 82, 10, Ðonne wille wé cweðan ðæt hé sié genóg ryhtlíce his bróðor deáðes scyldig . . .

ge-cýþan

(v.)
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Sé ðe bet cunne gecýðe his máre, Angl. ix. 265, 14. Nǽnig óðrum mæg wlite and wísan wordum gecýðan, Rä. 81, 7. Mid giddum gecýþan hú wundorlíce Drihten welt eallra gesceafta.

Linked entry: cýþan

lád

(n.)
Grammar
lád, e; f.

excuse

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Se ðe ofer ðæt láde geþafie oððe se ðe hý sylle gilde vi healfmarc he that admits, or he that offers, purgation after that, shall pay six half-marks, Th. i. 298, 7.

Linked entry: ládian

þes

(pronoun.)
Grammar
þes, þæs; m.: þeós, þiós, þiús; f.: þis, þiss, þys; n. demons. pron. This
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&para; Referring to a circumstance which serves to mark time :-- Æfter ðrím mónðum ðises ( the circumstance just mentioned ), Homl. Th. ii. 496, 29. Æfter þisson, Jn. Skt. 11, 7. Betwux ðisum, Homl. Th. i. 480, 27. Æfter þiossum, Blickl.

Linked entries: þás þis

wyrcan

(v.)
Grammar
wyrcan, weorcan ; p. worhte ; pp. worht.

to worklabourto maketo makeformconstructto be the sourcecause of, to produceto makeconstituteto workdoperformto perform a ritekeep a seasonto workeffect a purposeattain an object,

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., to make, form, construct, (a) where the agent is a person Ic tówurpe míne bernu and ic wyrce (faciam) máran, Lk. Skt. 12, 18. Wirc ðé ǽnne arc ... and ðú wircst wununge binnan ðam arce.... Ðú wircst hine ðus....

git

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
git, yet. l. gít. [The word is often accented in the MSS., and only in such cases is the accent given in the following passages.]
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Gýt máre, 101, 6. Gyt lator, Chr. 1089; P. 225, 14. Gyt gelícra, Ps. Th. 88, 5. Swíðor giet, Met. 28, 71. Get, 21, 25. Wyrse get, 25, 67. Giet sceal ic monigfealdlecor sprecan, Ors. 2, 1; S. 62, 9. Git, An. 1489.

Brunan burh

(n.)
Grammar
Brunan burh, gen. Brunan burge; dat. Brunan byrig; f.

Brunanburh, about five miles south-west of Durham, or on the plain between the river Tyne and the Browney,

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Ne wearþ wæl máre Was no greater carnage on ðísum [ðys] églande ever yet, ǽfre gyta, . . . within this island, . . . syððan eástan, hider since from the east, hither Engle and Sexan up came upp becóman. Angles and Saxons [Engle and Sexe]. Gst.

weorc

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
weorc, es; n.

Work opus.workoperative actionoperationworkingdoingperformanceworkdoingsactionswhat a person does what happens worklabouroccupationemploymentany form of long-sustained or habitual activitya particular act of labourworkmanshipa workdeedany actionof action that gives affect to anythinga work, what is wroughta strong building, fortresswork, what is done, effect producedpain, travail, grief,the instrumental or dative is used in the phrase weorce wesan with the dative of the person — to be painful to a person

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Gif hé ðonne git máre weorc geworht hæbbe if then he have committed a greater crime L. C. S. 30; Th. i. 394, 12. Hwylce ðæs gódan mannes weorc and his dǽda wǽron Blickl. Homl. 55, 13. Weorcu opera, Scint. 20, 19. Wæstm gódra weorca Blickl.

Linked entries: weorce weorc-sum werc

tó-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
tó-weard, adj.

futurethat is to comeabout to comecomingat handapproachingtoward(that is) to happen or be some time or other,(that is) to comeabout to happen(that is) to come soonimminentimpendingto take placecome to passcoming towards a placeapproachingabout to comewith the face towards a person,facing

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Th. i. 402, 12. marking motion Ða leóde flugon ðá hié ðone here tóweardne wiston on ða burh Gerusalem the people fled when they knew that the Roman army was on the march to Jerusalem, Blickl. Homl. 79, 13.

Linked entry: tó-ward

teón

(v.)
Grammar
teón, (from teóhan); p. teáh, pl. tugon; pp. togen, tigen (v. of-teón)
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Ne teó se hláford ná máre on his ǽhte bútan his rihtan heregeate, L. C. S. 71; Th. i. 412, 29.

dón

(v.)
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máre mæg doon ðonne óðre menn, Past. 111, 17. Hreówe dóan paenitentiam facere, Bd. 5, 13; Sch. 641, 2. Ꝥ ic wille dóan (dóa, L.) quod volo facere, Mt. R. 20, 15. Ðǽs is rehtlic tó dóanne haec oportuit facere, Mt. L. 23, 23.

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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Th. i. 342, 8. to be one of the constituent elements of something, be amongst the conditions requisite for something Ne gǽð ná máre tó métinge búton þæt þú hit geseó and herige, Hml. Th. i. 186, 6.

gif

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Perhaps the different renderings of the same Latin words are intended to mark a change in the speaker&#39;s mind, when in Mt. 4, 3 si filius Dei es is translated gyf þú Godes sunu sý, while in v. 6 the rendering is gyf þú Godes sunu eart.

habban

Grammar
habban, A.
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Gif Maria unbeweddod wǽre and cild hæfde. Hml. Th. i. 196, 11. (a γ) to have granted what has been forfeit Gif hwá sié deáðes scyldig, and hé cirican geierne, hæbbe his feorh, Ll. Th. i. 104, 14.

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hé, [In p. 513, col. 1. l. 60 Enachis (Num. 13, 29) should be read for Enac his: cf. the accusative Enachim in Jos. 11. 21. For -is as gen. in foreign names cf. Num. 13, 11, 12.]
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Ne gǽð ná máre tó métinge búton þæt þú hit geseó and herige, Hml. Th. i. 186, 7. Þá þe landáre hæfdon, hí hit beceápodon, 316, 10. ¶ possessive :-- Þonne seó leó bringð his hungregum hwelpum hwæt tó etaune, Ors. 3, 11; S. 142, 24 : Hml.

teám

(n.)
Grammar
teám, es; m.

A line; but the word which is used in the related dialects (v. infra) with a physical meaning is used in English figuratively.a line of descendants, offspring, progeny, family, childrenbringing forth children, child-bearinga line of animals harnessed together, a team

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Marh gefreóde Leðelt and ealle hire teám, Chart. Th. 626, 22-37. Ðæs teámes wæs tuddor gefylled unlytel dǽl eorðan gesceafta, Cd. Th. 97, 15; Gen. 1613. Berende in teáme fecunda in sobole, Rtl. 110, 7.