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wiþer-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
wiþer-weard, (-word, -wurd), and -wierde; adj.

contraryadversehostileadversaryenemyopponentfiendhostile to rightful authorityrebelopposed to what is rightarrogantperversedepravedreprobatefalsehereticapocryphalopposed to the good or pleasure of anythingunfavourableadversehurtfulperniciousdisagreeablecontraryopposite

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Mid wiþerwordum (adversis) onbénum, Bd. 2, 2; S. 504, 3. ii land ðe wǽron bereáfodon þurh Densce men and wiðerwearde (hostile; or evil, v. IV.) déman út of ðam mynstre, Chart. Th. 446, 7.

ge-líc

(adj.)
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Funde hé óþerne þurh eall þing him þone gelícestan (swíþe gelícne, v. l. ), Bd. 4, 22; Sch. 457, 6.

geond

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Þurh dæg ł iand dæg per diem, Ps. L. 12, 2:21, 3. <b>B.</b> with dat. local, about in. of rest Hí geond missenlicra monna húsum wuniað they live about in different people's houses; per diversorum cellas hospitantur, R.

fylgean

to follow to pursueto followproceed alongto follow to followto followto followdevote one's self to, diligently attend to. to attend toto accommodate one's self to the will of another, yield to a thingobsequito try to gain to follow, do what has already been done by anotherto happen or come at a later time

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Th. ii. 322, 8. to attend to a person medically Drince þá hwíle þá hé þurfe; and þǽr sió ádl gesitte, fylge him simle mid tigehorne oþ ꝥ hál sié, Lch. ii. 120, 16: 118, 16. to accommodate one's self to the will of another, yield to a thing; obsequi

swá

(adv.)
Grammar
swá, swǽ, swé (swé is the form in Ps. Surt. ; see also Txts. 600, col. 1. The form also occurs in Blickl. Homl. 23, 7).
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Th. 35, 10; Gen. 552. marking the grounds of action, as, since Wé ðé lofiaþ, swá ðú hǽlend eart, Hy. 7, 116. (10) although, yet :-- Swá hé þurh feóndscipe tó cwale monige démde, swá þeáh him Dryhten eft miltse gefremede, Elen.

Linked entries: se swǽ eall-swá

weorþan

(v.)
Grammar
weorþan, (wurþan, wyrþan); p. wearþ, pl. wurdon; pp. worden.
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Eal cristen folc is þurh geleáfan geleáful worden, Wulfst. 279, 30. Ða dysegan sint wordene blinde, Met. 19, 29. with prepositional phrase Heó wearð mid cilde, Homl. Th. i. 24, 26.

nemnan

(v.)
Grammar
nemnan, nemnian; p. nemde.

to namegive a name to a person or thingto use such and such a name or title in speaking of a person or thingto call upon the name ofaddress by nameto invoketo mention by nameto mentionrelateto namenominate

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Pronomen spelaþ ðone naman ðæt ðú ne þurfe tuwa hine nemnan the pronoun represents the noun so that you need not mention it (the noun) twice, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 3, 30. Swá on ðære, ilcan láre nemned ( mentioned ) is, Blickl.

Linked entries: a-nemnan namnian

sacu

(n.)
Grammar
sacu, e; f.

strife, contention, dissension, sedition, disputedistress, trouble, affliction, persecutioncrime, guilta contention at law, a suit, cause, action

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Ðǽr hé hæfþ eal sár and sace, hungor and þurst, wóp and hreám, and weána má ðonne ǽniges mannes gemet sý ðæt hié áríman mǽge, Blickl. Homl. 61, 36. Seó sunsciéne siege þrowade, sace singrimme, Exon.

Linked entries: ge-sacu sac sæc

þe

(adv.; con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
þe, indecl.
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Swýðe manega synt þe þurh ðone weg faraþ,... Swýðe feáwa synt þe ðone weg findon, Mt. Kmbl. 7, 13, 14. Gé þe yfle synt cunnun góde sylena syllan, 7, 11.

Linked entry: þý

ge-lífan

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Nú is tó gelýfenne tó ðan leófan Gode, ꝥ hí blission mid Xp̃e, Chr. 1036; P. 158, 36. to trust to the doing or being of something, expect confidently Ic gelýfe tó lífe æfter deáðe, and ic gelýfe tó árísenne on dómes dæge, and eal þis ic gelýfe þurh Godes

ge-cirran

(v.)
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Ðǽr wearð se cyng of France þurh gesmeáh gecyrred, and seó fyrding tóhwearf, 1094; P. 229, 29. a thing Seó strǽl wearð eft gecyrred, and þone mon, þe heó ǽr from sended wæs, sceát. Bl.

Linked entries: ge-cerran ge-cyrran

tíd

(n.)
Grammar
tíd, e; f.
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Þurh ðæt gewrixle ðara feówer týda, ðæt ys lencten and sumer and herfest and winter, Shrn. 168, 12. Nihte and dæg ðú ðe gewissast and tídena ðú selst tída noctem diemque qui regis et temporum das tempora, Hymn. Surt. 6, 6.

Linked entry: týd

gód

(n.)
Grammar
gód, es; n.
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Eów ǽfre ne bið þurh gife míne gódes onsién, Cri. 480. Ic geþolade gódes ealles, wonn módearfoða má, Hy. 4, 85. Onfóh þú þínum esne fægere mid góde elige servum tuum in bonum, Ps. Th. 118, 122.

út

(adv.)
Grammar
út, adv.

outbeyond the bounds within which a thing is enclosedout on an expeditionoutoutoutoutforthto knock outpull outoutaway from homeabroadoutaway from landoutoutsidenot within doorsnot in the houseabroadoutexternally

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Cnut wende him út þurh Buccingahámscíre intó Beadafordscíre, Chr, 1016; Erl. 154, 6. with verbs that imply going Ic ne mæg út áredian, Bt. 35, 5; Fox 164, 14. Heó forlét hyre hæftlingas út, Homl. Th. i. 228, 17. Word ðe hé út forlét, Blickl.

hát

(adj.)
Grammar
hát, adj.
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Se grimma hungor ne se háta þurst, Rä. 44, 3. Sume hí cuwon heora gescý . . . for ðǽre micclan angsumnysse ðæs hátan hungres, Hml. Th. i. 404, 6. Hátum bryne torrido (coe*-*nobialis vitae) rigore, An. Ox. 2705.

riht

(adj.)
Grammar
riht, adj.

erect, directright, straight agreeable to the spirit of law, human or divine, just, equitable the requirements of a lawregulation, legitimate, lawful, regular satisfying the demands of conduct, right, proper, fitting satisfying the requirements of a standard, right, correct, true, orthodox

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Mé ðæt riht ne þinceþ, ðæt ic óleccan áwiht þurfe Gode, Cd. Th. 19, 11; Gen. 289. Reáfode, swá hit riht ne wæs, beám on bearwe, 55, 29; Gen. 901 Byrht. Th. 137, 23; By. 190.

se

(con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
se, sió, Lchdm. ii. 260, l; m.: seó, ðeó, Blickl. Homl. 65, 13; se, Lchdm. ii. 228, 8; f.: ðæt; n.
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Ðæt hé nánes þinges búton ðǽm þurfe, Bt. 24, 4; Fox 86, 6. Gesyllan .xv. leaxas and ða góde, Cod. Dip.

þrymm

(n.)
Grammar
þrymm, es; m.

a hostgreat body of peoplea forcemultitudea great body of waterforcepowermightglorymajestymagnificencegreatnessgrandeur

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þuruh flóda þrym faraþ transivimus per aquam, Ps. Th. 65, 11. Com æfter niht lagustreámas ( = es?) wreáh þrym mid þýstro night covered the great mass of water with darkness, Cd.

Linked entry: þrym

standan

(v.)
Grammar
standan, p. stód, pl. stódon; pp. standen
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Hé férde ðurh his menniscnysse, and hé stód þurh ða godcundnysse, 156, 34. Hwæt stondaþ gé hér? Blickl. Homl. 123, 21.

Linked entries: stondan for-stent

ge-hwilc

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God ǽnne gehwilcne þurh his Gást geneósað, ii. 316, II. with ánra Ánra gehwelc wénde, Ors. 3, 7; S. 114, 35. Þæt ánra gehwylc cræft his begange ut unusquisque artem suam exerceat Coll. M. 31, 31. Underféð ánra gehwilc be ðám ðe hé geearnode. Hml.