wer-gild
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Theodore brought about peace between them 'ðæt nǽniges mannes feorh tó lore wearþ, ne máre blódgyte wæs for ðam ofslægenan cyninges bréðer, ac hé mid feó wiþ hine geþingode, ðæt heora sib wæs,' Bd. 4, 21; S. 590, 24.
ge-cýþan
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Þonne bið gecýðed hwá unclǽnnisse líf álifde, Dóm. 62. to make known, famous, to celebrate Heó meotod sceolde cennan . . . swá hit gecýðed wearð geond middangeard, Men. 52. Þ wæs foremǽre man for Gode, and his gód wæs swíðe gecýðed. Bl. H. 217, 3.
Linked entry: cýþan
gildan
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Þé wile gásta weard lissum gyldan, þæt þé wæs leófra his sibb . . . 2920. (1 b) of ungrateful return for a benefit Woldon hié þæt feorhleán fácne gyldan, Exod. 150. with idea of reprisal, to repay an injury, take vengeance for Hé nǽnigum yfel wiþ yfele
FEORH
life ⬩ soul ⬩ spirit ⬩ vīta ⬩ ănĭma ⬩ a living being ⬩ person ⬩ hŏmo ⬩ persōna
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life, soul, spirit; vīta, ănĭma Nǽniges mannes feorh to lore wearþ no man's life was lost, Bd. 4, 21; S. 590, 23: Beo. Th. 2425; B. 1210: Ps. Th. 106, 4.
HÁD
person ⬩ persona ⬩ sex ⬩ degree, rank, order, condition ⬩ state, condition, kind, nature, form ⬩ manner, way ⬩ honour ⬩ persona, sexus, ordo, gradus.
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Þurh cnihtes hád onsýne wearþ he became visible in the form of a youth, Andr. Kmbl. 1824; An. 914. Hæleþa leófost on gesíþes hád dearest of men as a comrade, Beo. Th. 2598; B. 1297.
Linked entries: acolitus diácon dúru-weard hádelíce -hád
tó-dǽlan
To divide, ⬩ separate, ⬩ distribute ⬩ to divide a whole into parts, ⬩ to destroy unity, ⬩ make dissension in ⬩ to divide a whole by assigning the limits of the different parts ⬩ to divide one number by another ⬩ to divide one thing from another, ⬩ part, ⬩ separate ⬩ to scatter, ⬩ disperse ⬩ to destroy ⬩ to distribute, ⬩ give away parts of a whole, ⬩ to divide into shares ⬩ to share ⬩ to divide, ⬩ distinguish, ⬩ separate, ⬩ make a difference between ⬩ to be different, ⬩ be distinguished from. ⬩ to separate with the mind ⬩ discern, ⬩ discriminate, ⬩ distinguish, ⬩ to give forth, ⬩ utter
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Ðá wearþ ðæt ríce tódǽled on .v., 887; Erl. 86, 1: 709; Erl. 42, 29. to divide one number by another Tódǽl ða twelf þurh fíf, Anglia viii. 328, 21: 304, 40. to divide one thing from another, part, separate, trans.
winnan
intrans ⬩ to labour ⬩ toil ⬩ work ⬩ to labour, endeavour, strive after ⬩ to labour, struggle, be troubled ⬩ to labour under, suffer from ⬩ to strive, contend, fight ⬩ of hostile action towards a person ⬩ of competition ⬩ of opposition to things ⬩ of the action of inanimate objects ⬩ to make war ⬩ fight ⬩ of the action of inanimate objects ⬩ with cognate accusative ⬩ to win ⬩ make one's way ⬩ trans ⬩ to labour at ⬩ bestow labour upon ⬩ to labour under ⬩ suffer ⬩ undergo ⬩ to win ⬩ get ⬩ attain
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Hé wearð áhangen on róde ..., and hé ongeán nán ðyngc ne wan (he made no resistance to being crucified ), L. Ælfc. P. 51; Th. ii. 386, 37. Wé wið ðam winde and wiþ ðam sǽ campodan and wunnan cum vento pelagoque certantes Bd. 5, 1; S. 613, 28.
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hál
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Hál uére (wearþ gehǽled, W. S.) from ádle sanus fiebat a languore, Jn. L. R. 5, 4. Hé wæs hál geworden of ðám eórede sanus factus est a legione, Lk. 8, 36. of mental health, sane, sound (mind) Wód rabidus vel insanus, hál sanus, Wrt.
teón
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Heó teáh hyne ( Holofernes ) folmum wiþ hyre weard, Judth. Thw. 23, 1; Jud. 99. Ðá geseah ic monige ðara wérigra gásta fíf monna sáwla teón ( trahere ) on midde ða ðýstro . . . Tugon hí ða werígan gástas, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 32-36.
tó
to, ⬩ at ⬩ so as to produce ⬩ become ⬩ to (the satisfaction, etc. ) ⬩ to some end, ⬩ for some purpose ⬩ for ⬩ next to, ⬩ at, ⬩ by, ⬩ alongside ⬩ in, ⬩ on ⬩ next to ⬩ after ⬩ to ⬩ as ⬩ for ⬩ to ⬩ as ⬩ for ⬩ at, ⬩ in ⬩ of, ⬩ from ⬩ to (in to do something to anything) ⬩ according to, ⬩ at, ⬩ after ⬩ compared to, ⬩ in comparison with, ⬩ beside ⬩ in addition to, ⬩ besides ⬩ for, ⬩ at ⬩ to be suffered ⬩ at ⬩ in the course of, ⬩ in, ⬩ on ⬩ for, ⬩ during ⬩ to ⬩ to, ⬩ for ⬩ in, ⬩ at ⬩ to the extent, ⬩ to such a degree ⬩ to, ⬩ up to, ⬩ until, ⬩ till ⬩ at, ⬩ in, ⬩ on ⬩ in addition, ⬩ besides, ⬩ too ⬩ too
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Tó ðýssere dǽde wearð ðæs cynges heorte áblicged. Homl.
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teám
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, children ⬩ bringing forth children, child-bearing ⬩ a line of animals harnessed together, a team
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His wíf wearð mid Esau and Iacob, and heó geswác ðá teámes, 38, 339. [Weren boðe ( John's parents ) teames ateald, O. E.
Linked entries: teám-byrst tém wróht-getíme ge-teáma -tíme -tíme
þencan
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Hié wǽron wið ðæs fýres weard tó ðon ðæt hié hit ácwencean þóhton ad extinguendum ignem concurrerunt, Ors. 4, 10; Swt. 200, 17: 1, 10; Swt. 44, 32.
hwilc
which ⬩ who ⬩ any one ⬩ any ⬩ some
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Ðæs cyninges þegnas ðider urnon swá hwelc swá ðonne gearo wearþ the king's thanes ran thither, whichever of them was ready, Chr. 755; Erl. 50, 3. Swá hwylc swá sylþ ánne drinc quicumque potum dederit, Mt. Kmbl. 10, 42.
lǽtan
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H. 43, 16. with clause Lǽt þé on gemyndum (keep in mind) hú þæt manegum wearð gefrége, An. 962. (1 α) to loose one's hold of, let go :-- Hé hǽt fealdan ꝥ segl, and eác hwílum lecgan þone mæst and lǽtan þa bǽtinge, Bt. 41, 3; F. 250, 15. to leave undone
ge-dón
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Hé gedyde þæt Antonius his freónd wearð, Ors. 5, 13 ; S. 244, 28 : 6, 18; S. 272, I. with noun (pronoun), and complementary adjective Ðá tunglu þú gedést þé gehýrsume, Bt. 4; F. 6, 32. Hé hine fracodne gedéð, Hml. Th. ii. 320, 22: Hml.
þing
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Hé wearð man geboren tó ðám þingum, ðæt hé mid his ágenum feore mancynn álýsde of deófles gewealde and of helle wíte, 16, 11. Þingum purposely, Exon.
wesan
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Hí wǽron heom tó Lundene weard, Chr. 1052; Erl. 185, 4. denoting condition, nature of persons, to be, live Ne wosas gé swǽ légeras, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 6, 5. Him betere wǽre ðæt hé nǽfre nǽre, ðonne hé yfele wǽre, Homl. Th. ii. 244, 21.
Linked entries: cniht-wesende æt-eom a-weosung eom weosan fóre-wesan
ge-niman
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Þé rodera weard genóm him tó freóbearne, Cri. 223. Hió þone ǽnne genam tó gísle, El. 599. to receive, get, obtain what is handed over or paid Ic wæs syfanwintre þá mec sinca baldor æt mínum fæder genam, B. 2429. Hé gesalde him hine . . .
gearo
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</b> dressed, armed, v. gearwe clothing, arms :-- Onfundon þæs cyninges þegnas þá unstilnesse, and þá þider urnon swá hwelc swá þonne gearo wearþ, Chr. 755; P. 48, 7.
gód
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God him geunne ꝥ his góde dǽda swýðran wearðan þonne misdǽda, Chr. 959; P. 115, 14. Mid bysene gódra weorca, Ll. Th. i. 272, 22. Góddra, R. Ben. 16, 14. (b β) brave (deed), cf.