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wæstm

(n.)
Grammar
wæstm, (-em, -im, -um), es; m. n.:e; f.

Growth, increasegrowth, produceplant, fruitoffspring, progenyresultfruit, that which may be enjoyedproduce of money, usury.growth, growing,increasegrowth, thrivinggrowth, condition reached by growing, stature, form;

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Spl. 71, 14. growth, growing, of the growth of plants Seó sunne tempraþ ða eorðlícan wæstmas ge on wæstme ge on rípunge, Lchdm. iii. 250, 18. growing as opposed to diminishing, increase Seó sǽ and se móna beóð geféran on wæstme and on wanunge, Homl.

wénan

(v.)
Grammar
wénan, p. de.

to weensupposethinkimagineopinebelieveto hopeexpectlook for

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Hí wéndon, ðæt hig sceoldon máre onfón arbitrati sunt quod plus essent accepturi Mt. Kmbl. 20, 10. Wéndon (woendon Lind.: woendun, Rush.) putaverunt Mk. Skt. 6, 49: Jn. Skt. 11, 13: Lk. Skt. 3, 23.

Linked entries: for-wénan wǽnan

líf

(adv.)
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Sundur gedǽlan líf wið líce to separate body and soul, B. 2423. Of þæs weres handa ic ofgange þæs mannes líf de manu viri requiram animam hominis, Gen. 9, 5. Líf spiraculum i. animam (exhalavit), An. Ox. 2822. a living person (?)

tilian

(v.)
Grammar
tilian, tiligan, tilgan, teolian, tiolian, tielian; p. ode
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MSS. ) ðæt hié ne sculen leásunga secgan laudandi sunt simplices, quod studeant numquam falsa dicere, Past. 35; Swt. 237, 8. Ðín esne teolode ðæt hé ðíne sóðe word beeode servus tuus exercebatur in tuis justificationibus, Ps. Th. 118, 23.

Linked entries: teolian tylian telge

ge-wyrcan

(v.)
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Th. 128, 1. the object a clause ꝥ hiá sé gewyrces suno Goddes esse facit filios Dei Jn. p. 3, 3. Gif hé gewyrce ꝥ hine man áfylle, Ll.

ge-niman

(v.)
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Þíne ǽhta þe on ðé genumene wǽron ( ablatae sunt), Bd. 5, 19; Sch. 671, 6. <b>V cc.</b> of the action of things :-- Ald cláð genimes (tollit ) fyllnisse his from wéde, Mt. L. 9, 16.

ge-weorþan

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Þis wæs geworden (-wurden, v. l. ) on Ciruses dæge haec temporibus Cyri gesta sunt, Ors. 4, 4; S. 166, 3. Fela þinga þe on ðám geáre gewordene wǽron, P. 221, 27: Bd. pref. ; Sch. 4, 15.

ofer

(prep.)
Grammar
ofer, ofor; prep. adv.

with dat. generally with the idea of rest;above, overdenoting contact with anything, upon, ondenoting extension over, throughout, in, ondenoting a higher degree, beyond, more thandenoting the cause of an emotion, overdenoting the object over which power is exercisedwith the idea of movement, where the accusative might be expectedmarking time, after, beyond denoting motion in a definite direction across, to the other side of an objectdenoting motion which is diffused over a surfacedenoting extension through a space, throughout, amongdenoting motion from below, over, abovedenoting motion from above, upon, on denoting the object upon which an action or feeling takes effectdenoting the object over which power is exercisedabove, more thansupra, superbeyond, besidesultradenoting the passing over moral bounds, in violation of, in opposition to, contrary to, againstwith words implying rest(cf. to talk over)denoting the cause of an emotion (cf. I. 5)withoutwith words expressing time,afterthrough, during

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Hé lufode Iosep ofer his suna he loved Joseph more than all his children, Gen. 37, 3 : 44, 20. Ne lufige ic nánwiht ðisses andweardan lýfes ofer ðæt (éce líf), ne furðum ðam gelíce, Shrn. 177, 14. Ða stówe ofer ealle óðre is geceás, Blickl.

Linked entries: ofer-bord ofer-sceótan

þanne

(adv.)
Grammar
þanne, þænne, þonne; adv. conj.
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Ðænne mannes sunu cymþ, gemét hé geleáfan? Lk. Skt. 18, 8: 13, 28. Ðonne ic cume tó ðé tǽc mé quando veniam ad te, doce me, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Zup. 224, 7. Ðonne se hírédes ealdor ingǽð, gé standaþ þǽr úte, Lk. Skt. 13, 25.

Linked entries: þænne þonne

MID

(prep.)
Grammar
MID, (in Gloss. Ep. and Lindisfarne Gospels) mið; prep. with dat. acc. inst.

Within conjunction within company with, along withamongapudpenesbythroughwithatwhensinceseeing thatcum

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Ðú scealt friþ habban mid sunum ðínum thou and thy sons shall be protected, 65; Th. 78, 28; Gen. 1300. Æðelinga bearn, weras mid wífum, 83; Th. 104, 20; Gen. 1738. Grammar MID, with acc. Wes ðú hál mid ðás willgedryht, Andr.

Linked entry: mið

þegen

(n.)
Grammar
þegen, þegn, þeng, þén, es; m.
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Suns geong ðæs cyninges ðegin de militia ejus juvenis, 4, 22; S. 590, 33.

án

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)
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Drihten, þú þe wunast on Suna, and Fæder on þé, and þú eart ána mid Hálige Gáste, Bl. H. 141, 15. marking continuity, uninterruptedness Hé nǽfre ne stent stille on ánum it moves continually without interruption, Hex. 10, 30.

habban

Grammar
habban, A.
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Ǽghwylc þára is wyrlte in gemyndum tó habbanne sunt digna memorie singula, Angl. iv. 140, 22 : 142, 75. to keep a person in some particular place or condition, as guest, prisoner, &amp;c. Þá þe þú ǽr on hæftnéde hæfdest, Bl. H. 85, 23.

on

(prep.)
Grammar
on, an ; prep. adv. A.

expressing local relations, rest upon and contact with an object, ondependence upon an objectextension over a surfacenearnessin or at a place, or with a personrest where one object is contained in another, or is surrounded by others, within, among; and metaphorically inmarking the seat of feeling, thought, etc., in, within, at on, at, in within, in the course of, in, during on, a-fromon, in, at by, with of, consisting of or inin respect to, in the matter of, inin, ofat (a distance), of (the weight of),with, inin accordance withofinmotion, actual or figurative, which is external to the object expressed by the word which on governs, upon, on, on to, tomarking motion from without to the inside, into, among continuously, together, anon, at once expressing temporal relations,on, in, atinto (one's power, etc. )against in accordance withmarking the object of thought, emotion, speech, trust, sightmarking pricein (the name of), by (in adjuration)

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On sumera sunne scíneþ, Cd. Th. 233, 15; Dan. 276. On geárdagum, 287, 16; Sat. 368. On fyrndagum, Exon. Th. 313, 17; Mód. 1. Ðæt feoh ðe mon ðám ferdmonnum on geáre sellan sceolde, Bt. 27, 4; Fox 100, 14.

Linked entries: an un-reordian

Similar entry: sugu

su-

(prefix)
Grammar
su-, For words beginning with su- followed by a vowel see
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sw-