ge-wyrcan
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Þú hæfst þé wið Drihten dýrne geworhtne, Gen. 507. to get by working, deserve Se gást nimeð æt Gode swá wíte swá wuldor swá him on worulde þæt eorðfæt ǽr geworhte the Spirit receives from God fain or paradise according to what the body has earned for
LǼTAN
to LET ⬩ allow ⬩ permit ⬩ suffer ⬩ to let ⬩ let go ⬩ give up ⬩ dismiss ⬩ leave ⬩ forsake ⬩ let ⬩ to let ⬩ cause ⬩ make ⬩ get ⬩ have ⬩ cause to be ⬩ place ⬩ make as if ⬩ make out ⬩ profess ⬩ pretend ⬩ estimate ⬩ consider ⬩ suppose ⬩ think ⬩ to behave towards ⬩ treat ⬩ to let
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Hine eft ðǽm mannum hálne and gesundne ágeaf ðám ðe hine ǽr deádne léton gave him back safe and sound to the men who before had left him dead, Blickl. Homl. 219, 22. Lǽt ðíne lác beforan ðam altare relinque munus tuum ad altare, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 24.
Linked entries: aweg-lǽtan leórt
word
a word ⬩ a single part of speech ⬩ words ⬩ a written word ⬩ a word ⬩ a group of words ⬩ a saying ⬩ sentence ⬩ words ⬩ a saying ⬩ maxim ⬩ a tale ⬩ story ⬩ a report ⬩ tidings ⬩ fame ⬩ name ⬩ (good) word, ⬩ (good) report ⬩ a command ⬩ an order ⬩ ordinance ⬩ a message ⬩ an announcement ⬩ word ⬩ solemn statement ⬩ promise ⬩ oath ⬩ an (expressed) intention ⬩ opinion ⬩ speech ⬩ language ⬩ words ⬩ language ⬩ style ⬩ word ⬩ word of God
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Of eallum ðæm worde ðe gáþ of Godes múþe, Blickl. Homl. 27, 9. Mid ðon worde ðæs godcundan gewrites hé hine oferswíþde, 33, 20. On worde mid nǽnigre mihte gewelgode, Blickl. Homl. 179, 15. Wís on ðínum gewitte and on ðínum worde snottor, Exon.
byrgen
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The clergy gave little attention to these injunctions, for they are warned against being 'hunters of funerals,' and Ælfric tells us how some priests 'Fægniaþ ðonne men forþfaraþ, and unbedene gaderiaþ hí to ðam líce, swá swá grǽdige ræmmas, ðár ðár hí
se
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Hé him ðæs leán forgeald tó ðæs ðe hé in ræste geseah Grendel lícgan he gave him reward for that so, or to such a degree, that he saw Grendel lie dead, Beo.
ofer
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Ofer ealne sumor hí gáþ on nihtlícre tíde under ðissere eorþan, Lchdm. iii. 270, 24-26. Hí wunodon mid ðæm biscope ofer geár, and siðan gewendon tó Antiochia, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 81. Ða sylfan sealmas sýn dæghwamlíce geedlǽhte ofer ealle wucan, R.
Linked entries: ofer-bord ofer-sceótan
ymb
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Hié ymb ða gatu feohtende wǽron, Chr. 755; Erl. 50, 26. Hý fuhton stíðlíce ymbe ða hálgan sáwle, Wulfst. 236, 23. ¶ in combination with útan :-- Fuglas þringaþ útan ymbe æþelne, Exon. Th. 209, 1; Ph. 164: Andr. Kmbl. 1741; An. 873.
ge-weorþan
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(l a α) above Se hálega gást hí tódǽlþ be þám þe him gewyrð ( as it ples hym ), Angl. xi. 108, 13 : Hml. Th. i. 322, 30 : 418, 15. with clause, cf. (l a β) above Nú gewearð ús ꝥ wé þás bóc gedihton, Hml. S. p. 4, 43 : Ll.
swá
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V. 6), so, therefore, on that account Hé him ðet land forbeád .. and hé hit swá álét he forbade him the land . . . and so he gave it up, Chart.
willa
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Se Hálga Gást is willa and sóð lufu ðæs Fæder and ðæs Suna; sóðlíce willa and lufu getácniaþ án ðing, Homl. Th. i. 282, 2-4: 228, 24. In árfæst-nesse willan in devotione pietatis Bd. 4, 22 ; S. 592, 25. Gé earme men willum onféngun, on mildum sefan.
tó
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Þeáh ðe se Hálga Gást ne beó swutollíce genemned tó ðam Fæder and tó ðam Suna along with the Father and the Son, ii. 56, 29. marking the place where an object is, in, on Ic cýðe ðám geréfan tó gehwylcere byrig (þurh ealle míne ríce, other MS. ), L.
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gi-
ge
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Add: connecting two words or clauses, and alone Mannes heáfod ge þá sculdro magan in, Bl. H. 127, 9. Þæfian mid lufe ge mid láþe, 45, 8. Þæs bysceopes líf on bysceopháde ge ǽr bysceopháde cujus uiri et in episcopatu et ante episcopatum uita Bd. 4, 6;
G
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WHEN g is the last radical letter of an Anglo-Saxon word, and follows a long vowel or an r, it is often changed into h, but then the g is resumed when followed by a vowel; as, - Beáh a ring; gen. es; m. beáges of a ring; pl. beágas rings; burh a town;
ge
And ⬩ also ⬩ et
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And, also; et Ánra gehwylc, sóþfæst ge synnig, séceþ Meotudes dóm every one, just and sinful, shall seek the Creator's doom, Exon. 63 b; Th. 233, 11; Ph. 523 : Bt. Met. Fox 26, 171; Met. 26, 86 : Ps. Th. 66, 6. Ge ... ge both ... and; et ... et. He bebýt
Linked entries: ge-stirian irfeweardian
ge-
Linked entries: sægen sǽlan sǽlþ scǽnan sceád sceádlíce sciftan scrence scrýdan sibbian -siht síman sinscipe slǽpan ár-weorþian camp capitulod cígung cípe weorþ slit snytro sóðian spannan spówan -sprǽce sprǽdan -sprec -stál staþolfæstness staþolian -steald -stealla steóran stincan stípan swǽs tæl tawa tídan tígan timberness tímian treówlíce trúwa trymming trymness tucian twǽman þæs-líc þeahtere þeahtian þegnian þeódness mǽlan mǽrsian mǽte mearcian mengan met neádian neáh-lǽcan hál or-cnáwe -rád rǽswa ríp openung rǽding réþra rihtness rúmlíce -sǽte sár scipe scógan fremming frettan frófor -deáw dihtnian dropa ealdian efen-lic ǽmetgian sele selen smeágung stæþþigness tæl -þylman bén wemming wemness -wesness wícan wícian widere wíglung wilnian wilnung wil-sum winn winna wæd wær wealdan weder -wef lísness -mǽl medumlíce mód holian -lǽred leór-ness lícettan -limp þryscan þwǽrian þyldig þyncan unnan wissian wísung wítnung witod wlitigian birhtan fæstlíce fæstnung féging férlǽcan -fildan flǽsc-ness
ge-
with
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a preposition, originally meaning with, but found only as a prefix. v. Schleicher, Die Deutsche Sprache, p. 224. In accordance with this meaning it often gives a collective sense to nouns to which it is prefixed, as, Ge- sometimes gives to a neuter verb
gé
ye ⬩ you ⬩ vos ⬩ ύμεîs; ⬩ your ⬩ of you ⬩ vestrum ⬩ vestri ⬩ ύμŵν ⬩ to you ⬩ vobis ⬩ ύμîν ⬩ you ⬩ vos ⬩ ύμâs ⬩ thou
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ye, you; vos, ύμεîs; your, of you; vestrum vel vestri, ύμŵν;to you; vobis, ύμîν; you; vos, ύμâs; thou Ne ondrǽde gé fear ye not, Mt. Bos. 10, 28. Gé ðe on húse standaþ you who stand in the house; tu qui stătis in dŏmo, Ps. Th. 133, 2. Gebíde gé on beorge
ge hyþnes
Opportunity
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Opportunity