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húru

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Þæt hí húru beón gecyrrede ut uel sero conuertantur, Scint. 63, 6. introducing a limiting or determining condition, at least, at any rate Ðá sint tó manienne ðe hiera líchoman synna onfunden habbað, ðæt hié húru æfter ðǽm scipgebroce him ðá sǽ ondrǽden

mann

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Uneáðelic ꝥ ys mid mannum ; ac ealle þing synt mid Gode eáðelice, Mt. 19, 26.

sceáwian

(v.)
Grammar
sceáwian, ode.

to lookto look atobservebeholdseeto look at, look on with favour, to regard, have respect toto look at with care, consider, inspect, examine, scrutinize, reconnoitreto look out, seek for, select, choose, provideto shew (favour, respect, etc.)to grant

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Hwylce ða nú synd tó sceáwigenne quales illi nunc appareant, L. Ecg. P. iv. 66 ; Th. ii. 226, 21. Tó sceáwianne, Exon. Th. 57, 7; Cri. 915. Sceáwiendum contemplantibus, intuentibus, Wrt.

sócn

(n.)
Grammar
sócn, e; f.

a seeking, search, exploringa seeking, desiring, trying to geta seeking to obtain an enda seeking for information, question, inquirya seeking, visiting of a place, attendance at a place, resorta seeking for protection ora place so sought, refuge, sanctuary, asyluma seeking with hostile intent, an attack inquisitio the right of investigating, necessary to and a part of power of holding plea seekinglevying fines socasoca quaestio inquisitio an attack an action, prosecution an assemblage a parish

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monigum sócnum and frignyssum ða ðe him nýdþearflíce gesewen wǽron de eis quae necessariae videbantur quaestionibus Bd. 1, 27; S. 488, 33. a seeking, visiting of a place, attendance at a place, resort Similar entries v. cyric-sócn, sécan, II. 2 Wé úre synna

Linked entry: fird-sócn

tíma

(n.)
Grammar
tíma, an; m.

Timehourtempus horatime when,time at which an event takes place a time when a thing can or ought to be done,a proper time,opportunity in time in good timebe-timesproper timean appointed timea period of time time during which certain events are happening, during which a particular person is living, etc. a season of the yearan age of the world time of pronouncing a syllable, quantity time, condition of things

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Ðrý tíman synd getealde on ðissere worulde. Án tíma wæs ǽr Godes ǽ . . . Óðer under Godes lage . . . Ðridde under Cristes ágenre gife, L. Ælfc.

Linked entries: týma tíme

líc

(n.)
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líc, es; n.

A body

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Ðǽr ðara arcebisceopa líc bebyrigde syndon ubi archiepiscopi Cantiæ sepeliri solent, Bd. 4, 1; S. 565, 5. Forleósan líca gehwilc ðara ðe lífes gást fæðmum þeahte, Cd. 64; Th. 77, 26; Gen. 1281. Lícu cadavera, Hymn. Surt. 52, 27

swincan

(v.)
Grammar
swincan, p. swanc, pl. swuncon; pp. swuncen.
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Hí swincaþ wið synnum. Exon. Th. 150, 21; Gú. 782. Ða ðe meahton Godes friénd beón bútan gesuince hié snuncon (swuncon, Cote. MSS. ) ymb ðæt hú hié meahton gesyngian qui amici veritatis sine labore poterant, ut peccent laborant.

ge-weorc

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Þá. micclan mǽrða, ꝥ syndan ðá geweorc þe Alexander hét gewyrcean magna insignia que Alexander operari jusserat, Nar. 33, 20. v. græft-, heáh-, ofer-geweorc. <b>VI a.

of-sleán

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Bið se deáðbǽra wǽta on ðǽm menn ofslægen mid ðǽm biteran drence humor mortiferus per amaritudinem vacuatur, 303, 16. to strike and injure, to produce an injury by striking, strike with blindness Tó þǽm þe þǽr ofslegene syndon mid blindnesse, Bl.

(int.)

LoOhAh

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Áfæst lá and hí lá hí and wel lá well and ðyllíce óðre syndon englisc interjectiones, Ælfc. Gr. 48; Som. 49, 28. Weg lá weg lá euge, euge, Ps. Th. 69, 4. Wá lá se tówyrpþ ðæt tempel ua qui destruit templum, Mk. Skt. 15, 29.

ge-nemnan

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Þá syndan huntigystran genemde, Nar. 38, 3. of a thing Ic forléto ðá boec ðá from Lucianus and Hesichio genemnedo praetermitto eos codices quos a Luciano et Hesychio nuncupatos, Mt. p. 2, 10. (2 a) of the title of a book :-- Ðá bóc ðe is genemned on

helm

a helmeta crowndiademthe topcrowncoverconcealmenta covering

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Th. ii. 502. 12: hwít, B. 1448: scír, Jud. 193. where the helm has a technical significance: Eorles heregeata syndon . . . feówer helmas and feówer byrnan . . . Cyninges þegenes . . . helm mid byrnan, Ll. Th. i. 414, 4-11.

ge-cynd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cynd, f. also has gen. ge-cynd (Bl. H. 31, 32); dat.
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Berað ðá gyrda tó wuda ... hí synd gecyrrede tó heora gecynde, Hml. Th. i. 68, 18-29. ꝥ wæter, gefylledre ðǽre ðénunge, hwearf eft to gecynde ( ad naturam ), Bd. 1, 7; Sch. 25, 17.

ge-cýþan

(v.)
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Ofost is sélest tó gecýðanne hwanan eówre cyme syndon, B. 257. Hwæt eów sélest ðynce tó gecýðanne, gif þeós cwén úsic frigneð, El. 533. to confess Ǽghwilc crísten man ... gewunige gelómlíce tó scrifte, and unforwandodlíce his synna gecýþe, Ll.

Linked entry: cýþan

þætte

(con.)
Grammar
þætte, ( = þæt þe; cf. eác wæs ðæt ðe beforan ðæm temple stód ceác, Past. 16; Swt. 105, 1, and : Ðá wæs ꝥte scyttelas wurdan tóbrocene, Blickl. Homl. 87, 5. Þætte is used in the same way as þæt, q. v.); conj.
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Sprec tó ðínum discipulum, ꝥte sý geblissad heora heorte, and hié sýn ofergytende ðisse sǽwe ege, Blickl.

ge-win

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Þá gewin wǽron grimlicran þonne hý nú sýn, 1, 2; S. 30, 23. Manega bismerlica gewin gefremede, 1, 8; S. 42, 9.

LEÓF

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
LEÓF, adj.

LIEFdesirablepleasantacceptablelovedbeloveddeara friendloved one

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Ða word ðe hé wénþ ðæt him leófoste sýn tó gehýrenne the words that he thinks will be most pleasant for him to hear, 55, 20

Linked entry: leóf

DÉMA

(n.)
Grammar
DÉMA, an; m. [déman to deem, judge, think] .

a deemer, thinker, judge, an umpire censor, consul, jūdex, arbĭter the judge, who gave a wrong judgment, was subject to a fine of one hundred and twenty shillings; and if a man could not obtain justice, the judge to whom he applied was fined thirty shillings. As the judge represented the king, he was at the king's disposal

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Besencte syndon wið stán déman heora absorpti sunt juxta petram judĭces eōrum, Ps. Lamb. 140, 6. Déman censōres, vel judĭces, vel arbitri, Ælfc. Gl. 8; Som. 56, 87; Wrt. Voc. 18, 39.

Linked entries: dǽma doema

manian

(v.)
Grammar
manian, <b>, manigean, monian;</b> p. ode.

to bring to mind what ought to be doneto urge upon one what ought to be doneto admonishexhortinstigateto bring to mind what, should not be forgottento admonishremindsuggestpromptto tell what ought to be doneto teachinstructadviseto claim of a person (acc.) what is duein jus vocaread malium mannire

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to bring to mind what ought to be done, to urge upon one what ought to be done, to admonish, exhort, instigate Ðonne manige ic ðæt gé eów álésan of eówrum synnum. Blickl. Homl. 51, 32.

be-healdan

(v.)
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Cweþað þá ðe syndan stunte þæt mycel forhæfednes lytel behealde that there is very little in great abstinence, Wlfst. 55, 24. to have meaning, signify Wit gesáwon swefen, ac wyt nyton hwá hyt unc átelle, hwæt hit behealde what its meaning is.