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hǽðen

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
hǽðen, adj.

HEATHEN, pagan, gentilea heathena heathen, gentile womanethnicus, gentilis, paganus, samaritanusa heathen

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Ða ealdan Rómání on hǽðenum dagum ongunnon ðæs geáres ymbryne on ðysum dæge the old Romans, in heathen days, began the circuit of the year on this day, Homl.Th. i. 98, 20.

elcor

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Næs náht elcor (nóht elles, nán þing elles) tó ealles geáres andlyfne búton ꝥ án ( nihil aliud . . . nisi . . . ), Gr. D. 57, 2: 290, 21. otherwise, in another way Gif nasu þyrel weorð . . . Gif nasu ælcor sceard weorð, Ll. Th. i. 14 13.

macian

(v.)
Grammar
macian, <b>. I.</b>
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S. 16, 278. said of constituent parts, to amount to Þǽrtóeácan syx tída ; þá máciað ǽfre ymbe ꝥ feórþe geár þone dæg and ðá niht þe wé hátað bissextum.

healdan

(v.)

to keep watch overkeep in chargeto keepto watch overkeepgovernrulea king to keepguardto watchto defendpreserveto holdtakearrestto have hold ofto holdto holdto hold upto maintainsupportupholdmanageto holdbearconductto behaveto handletreatdeal withto holdto holdto have possessionto holdoccupyan officea positionto holdto remain into retaindetainto keepto detainto keepto keepto keep oneselfremainto holdkeep togethercontinueto maintainkeepto performkeep watchto keepto keep unbrokeninviolateto keepto constraincompelrestrainstopto restrain oneselfrefrainto entertainto keep in mindrememberregardto hold asto holdto proceedmove onto continuego on withto go on

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Þæt hé þá weáláfe heólde þæt ǽnig mon wordum ne weorcum wǽre ne brǽce, B. 1099. the object a place or thing Míne þincg ic heóld nú nigon geár wið ealle hýnða, Hml. S. 9, 42.

libban

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Gif hé móste þá gýt twá geár libban if he could have lived two years more, Chr. 1086 ; P. 220, 27. VI a. said of Deity and spirits Ðǽr Drihten leofaþ á búton ende on écnesse, Bl. H. 83, 3.

wel

(adv.; int.)

Wellwellprosperouslywellmuchthoroughlyfreelywellproperlywellveryquitethoroughlyveryquitewellah

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Wyrta swíþe wel clǽne Lchdm. ii. 336, 5. with numerals Hé ðær þurhwunode wel twá geár he stopped there quite two years Homl. Skt. i. 15, 37. Ic gesett hæbbe wel feówertig lárspella Ælfc. T.

Linked entry: BET

BEGEN

(num.; adj.; pronoun.)

Bothambobothamboambæambobothambo et ambæ vel ambæ et amboof bothamborumambarumamborumto bothambobusambabusambobusbothambosambasambobothambos et ambas velambas et ambwithby bothambobusambabusambobus

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Grammar BEGEN, nom. m. only Both; ambo Grammar BEGEN, Adj. pron. pl Híg feallaþ begen on ǽnne pytt ambo in foveam cadunt Mt. Bos. 15, 14. Wit wǽron begen ðá git on geógoþfeore we [Beowulf and Breca] were both yet in youthful life Beo. Th. 1077; B. 536

-ing

(suffix)
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The second portion is a mere definition of the locality, as -geat, -hyrst, -hám, -wíc, -tún, -stede, and the like.

swingel

(n.)
Grammar
swingel, swingell, e; and swingel[l]e, an ; f.
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Ic eom nú tó swingellan gearu ego in flagella paratus sum, Ps. Th. 37, 17. Manifealde synt synfulra manna swingelan, 31, 12. Swingellan, 34, 15. Swyngla, Ps. Spl. 72, 5. Swinla flagra, Hpt. Gl. 527, 24. On swingelum in verberibus, Ps.

Linked entry: swincgel

hund

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See, too, Hunda-hám, Hunda-leáh, Hundes-geat, Hundes-hlǽw, vi. 304

wilde

(adj.)
Grammar
wilde, adj.

Wildwildnot domesticnot tamednot broken inwildnot cultivatedwilduncultivateduninhabitedwildturbulentungoverned

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On ðissum geáre atýwde ðæt wilde fýr, ðe nán mann ǽror nán swylc ne gemunde, and gehwǽr hit derode on manegum stówum, 1032 ; Erl. 164, Hér wæs swíðe mycel mancwealm and orfcwealm, and eác ðæt wilde fýr on Deórbýscíre micel yfel dyde, and gehwǽr elles,

Linked entries: ge-wilde wild-cyrfet

sum

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
sum, indef. prn.
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Ðá wǽron hí sume tén geár on ðam gewinne, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 7. Hý gán .xii. sume (twelfa sum, MS. B.), L.

Linked entry: ÁN

(adv.; con.; int.)

Nowat this timeNowsincewhen

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Understandaþ, ðæt deófol ðás þeóde nú fela geára dwelode, Wulfst. 156, 8. Babylonia, seó ðe mǽst wæs and ǽrest ealra burga, seó is nú læst and wéstast, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 74, 23. Nǽron náðer góde ne ðá, ne nú, 2, 5; Swt. 86, 12.

ge-hwá

(n.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
ge-hwá, <b>A.</b> as noun.
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geaf blisse gehwǽm égbúendra, Chr. 995; P. 122, I. Wiþ láþra gehwæne, 937; P. 106, 17. Wið gesibbra gehwone, Mód. 69 : Ph. 606. án Þá ánra gehwám (cf. ǽlcum men, Bt. 15 ; F. 48, 3) genóh þúhte, Met. 8, 6.

ge-féra

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Ic gean healfes þæs stódes mínum geféran þe mid me rídað, Cht. Th. 598, 14.

ród

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On þysum geáre wæs gefunden seó hálige ród, Chr. 200; P. 10, 34. Hé sende him þǽre róde dǽl þe Críst on þrowude, 885; P. 80, 7. the cross as a form of punishment, death on a cross Hé cóm tó róde gealgan ad crucis patibulum convenit, Past. 33, 20.

tó-brecan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-brecan, p. -bræc, pl. -brǽcon; pp. -brocen

To break,break in piecesto break in two,to break to pieces,break up,to separate into parts by striking or pullingto overthrow,break down,ruin,destroy,put into confusion,rout,to destroy,crushto take by assaultto break a promise, pledge, etc.,to infringe,violateto break,interrupt

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On ðissum geáre wæs Bæbbanburh tóbrocon, 993; Erl. 133, 1. to break a promise, pledge, etc., to infringe, violate Swá hwá swá halt ðis write . . . hwá swá hit tóbreceþ, Chr. 675; Erl. 38, 27.

trúwian

(v.; prep.)
Grammar
trúwian, ; p. ode
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Th. 4370; B. 2370. with gen. to trust in Geáta leód trúwode módgan mægnes. Beo. Th. 1343; B. 669. Hé his wísna trúwade, drohtes on ðære ádle, Exon. Th. 171, 30; Gú. 1134. Hwý hié ðara geearnunga hiora dígelnesse (and diégelnesse, Hatt.

Linked entry: trúgian

for-déman

to condemnto condemnsentence to punishmentto confiscatesequestratedecidedetermine

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Martin) nǽnigne man unrihtlíce fordémde, ne nǽnigum yfel wiþ yfele geald, Bl. H. 223, 32. in a civil case Þý lǽs ǽnig man cweðe þæt ic míne mǽgcild mid wó fordémde, Cht.

hel

(n.)
Grammar
hel, hell, helle, e; f.
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Geatt helles portae inferi, Mt. L. 16, 18. Tó botme helle þǽre hátan, Gen. 363. Þǽre stýlenan helle, Sal. 490. Tó þám (þǽre, v.l.) deópan helle, Hml. S. 27, 159. Þæs þú in helle scealt werhðo dreógan, B. 588. On þǽre fýrenan helle. Bl. H. 45, 5.