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hand

(n.)
Grammar
hand, hond, a; f.

HAND, side, power, control

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Biþ mannes sunu geseald on synfulra hand the Son of man shall be given into the hands of sinful men, Blickl. Homl. 73, 1.

for-lǽtan

to letpermitallowsufferto sufferto letgrantto leaveto leaveto leaveconsumingto leave aloneleave undoneabstain fromneglectto leave outomitto spareleave toto leavequitto abandonforsakedesertabandonto leaveto leaveto leavedieto defendto abandonto leaveto abandonto leaveto leave ofgive upto abandonabandonto let goto restrainto releaserestoreto give uprelinquishto remitforgiveto loseto put awaydismisslay asideto send

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Gemong þǽm gewinnum hé forlét his xv suna amissis xv liberis. Ors. 3, 11; S. 152, 26. Hé forlét his eágena gesyhðe, Gr. D. 77, 20. Þá handa álýse oþþe forlǽte, Ll. Th. i. 404, 10.

sleán

(v.)
Grammar
sleán, p. slóh, slóg, slógh, pl. slógon; pp. slagen, slægen, slegen. <b>A.</b> trans. I.
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Hí mid ðý wíte ðæs foresprecenan wræces slægene wǽron praefatae ultionis sunt poena multati, Bd. 4, 25 ; S. 601, 31. <b>B.</b> intrans. to strike, make a stroke Hé yrringa slóh in anger he struck, Beo. Th. 3135; B. 1565: 5350; B. 2679.

Linked entries: a-sleán feoh slege

wíse

(n.)
Grammar
wíse, an: wís, e; f.

a wise waymannermodefashionstate conditionan arrangementinstructiona dispositiondirectionconditiona thingres negotiuma causereasonres

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Ne syndon tó lufianne ða wísan fore stówum, ac for gódum wísum stówe syndon tó lutianne non pro locis res, sed pro bonis rebus loca amanda sunt, Bd. l, 27; S. 489, 41. Wísena Sceppend alra rerum Creator omnium, Ps. Surt. ii. p. 202, 28.

Linked entry: wís-fæst

ge-hwilc

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. ¶ with verb in plural :-- Mín éhtan ongunnon ealdurmonna gehwylc principes persecuti sunt me Ps. Th. 118, 161. Swá hér manna gehwylc Metode gecwémað, Hy. 10, 58. (dd) every kind of :-- Open éce scræf yfela gehwylces, Exod. 537.

ge-mǽne

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Freá engla héht wesan wæter gemǽne, þá nú under roderum heora ryne healdað (dixit Deus : 'Congregentur aquae quae sub coelo sunt, ' Gen. l, 9), Gen. 158. denoting companionship, collaboration, &amp; c.

gearo

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Gerewe sint télerum ... parata sunt derisoribus judicia, Kent. Gl. 720. Habbað word gearu ... eall getrahtod, An. 1360. <b>VII a.

lǽtan

(v.)
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His sunu féng tó his eorldóme and lét of ðan þe hé ǽr hæfde, Chr. 1053 ; P. 182, 26. Lǽtan desistamus, An.

gíman

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</b> gímen ; Hé gesette hig (sun and moon) þæt hig gímdon þæs dæges and þǽre nihte posuit eas, ut praeessent diei ac nocti Gen. l, 18. the object a thing, to take charge or possession of Ðonne him forðsíð gebyrige, gýme his hláford ðæs hé lǽfe

þearf

(n.)
Grammar
þearf, e; f.
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Wé willaþ eów andlyfne syllan and eówre þearfe forgifan quae victui sunt vestro necessaria ministrare curamus, S. 487, 55. Ǽghwylc moil wile ðæt him Drihten selle ealle his þearfe, Blickl. Homl. 51, 15.

Linked entries: þærf þarf

secgan

(v.)
Grammar
secgan, secgean, secggan, secggean, sæcgan ; p. sægde, sǽde; pp. sægd, sǽd. [Forms as from an infin. sagian—sagast, sagaþ ; p. sagode; imp. saga, are given here.]
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Se wæs sǽd ðæt his bróðor wǽre Oswíes sunu qui frater ejus et filius Oswiu esse dicebatur, Bd. 4, 26 ; S. 603, 7. where the verb is used impersonally (cf. Icel. segir it is told) Hit segþ on bócum, ðæt . . . , Wulfst. 146, 16.

ge-dǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dǽlan, <b>. I.</b>
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Habbad emne gedǽled dæg and nihte sunne and móna, Met. 29, 35. (l a) of the partition and occupation of land :-- Þý geáre Healfdene Norþanhymbra lond gedǽlde, Chr. 876; P. 74, 12.

læssa

Grammar
læssa, l. lǽssa,
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Swá eác ðe móna hǽfð his ryne hraðor áurnen on þám lǽssan ymbhwyrfte þonne seó sunne hæbbe on þám máran, Lch. iii. 248, 10-15: Met. 28, 12. Lýssan minima, Kent. Gl. 1100. Hé þára lǽssena ríca reccend is, Ors. 2, 1; S. 58, 25.

wegan

(v.)
Grammar
wegan, p. , pl. ; pp.

to move, bear, carry, bring, transport to bring, cause to bear, support to bear, carry, to have bearwearto haveto be under the influence of havebear to bear, submit toto weigh,to put something in a balance to be equal to To move

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To weien swuðer his sunne þen he þurfte. Weien hit to lutel is ase vuel, A. R. 336, 22

Linked entry: æt-wegan

weorþian

(v.)
Grammar
weorþian, wurþian, wyrþian; p. ode.
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Homl. 209, 21. to honour, shew honour to, treat with reverence or respect Ðú weorðasð ðíne suna má ðonne mé honorasti filios tuos magis quam me, Past. 17; Swt. 123, 7.

Linked entries: a-wyrþian wyrþian

gildan

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up an additional manwyrþ had to be paid, making in the one case four, in the other two manwyrþ.] of religious practice v. gild ; with object, to pay a vow, pay homage to a divinity On mé synd, God, þæt ic þé mín gehát on herenesse, hyldo gilde in me sunt

ge-healdan

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.), refrain :-- Monige bióð ðára ðe hié gehealdað wið unryhthǽmed multi sunt qui scelera carnis deserunt, Past. 399, 7. Ðá ðe hí gehealdað wið ðá lytlan scylda qui minimas cavent noxas, 437, 2. Hé hine wið eallum þǽm heálicum synnum geheóld, Bl.

rǽdan

(v.)
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Icel. ráða á einn to attack one) to proceed against, take action against a person :-- Wæs ðam eorle Godwine and his sunan gecýdd, ðæt se cyng and ða menn ðe mid him wǽron woldon rǽdon on hí, Chr. 1048; Erl. 178, 30. to rule, govern, direct (with dat.

CRÆFT

(n.)
Grammar
CRÆFT, es; m.

powermightstrength as of body or externals visroburpotentiaan artskillCRAFTtradework arsperitiaartificiumoccupatioopuscraft of mind, cunning, knowledge, science, talent, ability, faculty, excellence, virtue astutia, machinatio, scientia, facultas, præstantia, virtusa CRAFTany kind of ship navis qualiscunque

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Omérus on his leóþum swíðe hérede ðære sunnan cræftas Homer in his poems greatly praised the sun's excellences 41, 1; Fox 244, 7. Sint ða cræftas betran ðonne ða unþeáwas the virtues are better than the vices 36. 5; Fox 180, 15.

faran

to traveljourneyto marchto goto godepartto gomoveto goflyto cometo pass awaydepartto go onpractisehappenturn out

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Ealle gesceafta, sunne and móna and ealle tunglan, land and sǽ, and nýtenu, ealle hí farað æfter Godes dihte, Hml. Th. i. 172, 17. to go well or ill, happen, turn out Hit fareð yfele ealles tó wíde, Ll. Th. ii. 322, 18.

Linked entry: farnian