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lytel

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
lytel, adj., and neut. of adj. Add:: , lýtel (?). A. adj.
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. :-- Ic hys mæg swíðe litel ongytan oððe náwiht, Solil. H. 25, 15. Hyre þá gýt tó lytel þúhte þæs anwaldes ðe se cyningc ǽr gewunnen hæfde non contenta terminis mulier quos a viro suo acquisitos, Ors. l, 2 ; S. 30, 17.

geond

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Heofonfuglas lácende geond lyft farað, Az. 144: El. 734. where there is motion of a fluid, growth of a plant (lit. or fig.). through an area Lǽd ðíne willas gind ðín lond, Past. 373, 5.

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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Voc. ii. 136, 65. growth, produce, fruit of the earth or of a vegetable (lit. or fig.), plant, fruit Wæstm fructus, Wrt. Voc. i. 80, 1. Ofet, wæstm fruges, frumenta, ii. 151, 31. Rædrípe wæstm praecoquus fructus, i. 39, 22.

sócn

(n.)
Grammar
sócn, e; f.

a seeking, search, exploringa seeking, desiring, trying to geta seeking to obtain an enda seeking for information, question, inquirya seeking, visiting of a place, attendance at a place, resorta seeking for protection ora place so sought, refuge, sanctuary, asyluma seeking with hostile intent, an attack inquisitio the right of investigating, necessary to and a part of power of holding plea seekinglevying fines socasoca quaestio inquisitio an attack an action, prosecution an assemblage a parish

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from a Latin version of a charter it would seem that sócn was the power of seeking or levying fines; the English 'Ic an heom ðæt hý habben saca and sócna' is rendered by 'cedens ut habeant privilegium tenendi curiam ad causas cognoscendas et dirimendas lites

Linked entry: fird-sócn

tíma

(n.)
Grammar
tíma, an; m.

Timehourtempus horatime when,time at which an event takes place a time when a thing can or ought to be done,a proper time,opportunity in time in good timebe-timesproper timean appointed timea period of time time during which certain events are happening, during which a particular person is living, etc. a season of the yearan age of the world time of pronouncing a syllable, quantity time, condition of things

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Ðá gewearð hit on ðisum ilcan tíman oððe litle ǽr, ðæt . . ., Chr. 1009; Erl. 141, 28: 1015; Erl. 152, 9. Thomas tó ðam tíman ágeán férde búton bletsunga, 1070; Erl. 208, 9. Týman on ásettum týman, Homl. Th. i. 18, 26.

Linked entries: týma tíme

wíse

(n.)
Grammar
wíse, an: wís, e; f.

a wise waymannermodefashionstate conditionan arrangementinstructiona dispositiondirectionconditiona thingres negotiuma causereasonres

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Ne scyle nán wís monn gnornian tó hwæm his wíse weorþe, oððe hwæþer him cume þe réþu wyrd þe líþu vir sapiens moleste ferre non debet, quoties in fortunae certamen adducitur, Bt. 40, 3; Fox 238, 8.

Linked entry: wís-fæst

on-fón

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Hé gesǽde swefen cyninge, þæt hé onfón ne meahte on his breóstlocan he told the king the dream, that he could not remember (cf. hé ne wisse word swefnes sínes, 125), Dan. 166. add: to receive what is sent, &c. to take into the hand (lit. or fig

standan

(v.)
Grammar
standan, p. stód, pl. stódon; pp. standen
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Homl. 175, 15. of direction (lit. and fig.) Him stent ege of ðé timebunt te, Deut. 28, 10. Ðǽron stent ðam bisceope eahta marca goldes eight marks are due to the bishop, Chart. Th. 595, 2.

Linked entries: stondan for-stent

hefig

ponderousdenseweightyimportantgravesevereseriousdeepprofoundmistfogcloudslowdulltroublesomeoppressiveonerousburdensomeoppressivegrievousdifficultlaborioustoilsomeoverpoweringweariness

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Sace hefige litem gravem (Archiv cxxv. 49, 47), Lch. iii. 198, 24 (in Dict.). Sint folces firena hefige, Gen. 2410. Ðá ðe áfellað on hefegum scyldum (cf. on micla scylda, 7) qui gravibus noxis immerguntur, Past. 437, 3.

Linked entry: hefe-lic

byrgen

(n.)
Grammar
byrgen, byrgenn, birgen, byrigen, burgen, e; f. [beorg tumulus]
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fægnigan forþ-farenra manna, ne ðæt líc gesécan, búton eów mann laðige ðǽr-to: ðænne ge ðǽr-to gelaðode sýn, ðonne forbeóde ge ða hǽðenan sangas ðæra lǽwedra manna, and heora hlúdan cheahchetunga; ne ge sylfe ne eton, ne ne drincon ðǽr ðæt líc inne líþ

sweord

(n.)
Grammar
sweord, swurd, swyrd, es; n.
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Litel sweord sica, 13. Hiltleás sweord ensis, 33. Swurdes ord mucro, 15. Sweordes sceáð classendis, 34, 29. Swyrdes gyrdei baltheus, 40, 58. Ðæt ús cwealm on ne becume ne swurdes ecg ne occidat nos pestis aut gladius, Ex. 5, 4.

Linked entry: swyrd

weorod

(n.)
Grammar
weorod, (-ud, -ed, -ad), werod (-ud, -ed), worud (-ad), word, es; n.
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Litle weorode, 937; Erl. 112, 34. Mid ealle his weorude cum suo exercitu. Bd. 3, 1; S. 523, 27. Weorede, 1, 9; S. 479, 40. Werode, Chr. 1004; Erl. 139, 31. Hé ( king Alfred ) lytle werede uniéþelíce æfter wudum fór, 878; Erl. 78, 33.

micel

(adj.)
Grammar
micel, adj.

Micklegreatmagnusmuchmanymultusgreat

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Gé sáwaþ micel sǽd and rípaþ litel sementem multam jacies in terram et modicum congregabis, Deut. 28, 38. Him fyligdon mycele menigu ( turbæ multæ ), Mt. Kmbl. 4, 25. Eálá sáwel ðú hæfst mycele gód ( multa bona ), Lk. Skt. 12, 19.

Linked entries: mǽst mára micle mycel

winnan

(v.)
Grammar
winnan, p. wann , pl. wunnon; pp. wunnen.

intransto labourtoilworkto labour, endeavour, strive afterto labour, struggle, be troubledto labour under, suffer fromto strive, contend, fightof hostile action towards a personof competitionof opposition to things of the action of inanimate objectsto make warfightof the action of inanimate objectswith cognate accusativeto winmake one's waytransto labour atbestow labour uponto labour undersufferundergoto wingetattain

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Th. 398, 1; Rä. 17, 1. to make war(lit. or fig.), fight Mec gesette Crist tó compe ... Hwílum ic fréfre ða ic ǽr winne on, Exon. Th. 389, 14; Rä 7, 7. Ǽlc ðæra ðe on gecampe winð, Homl. Th. ii. 86, 22.

Linked entry: on-winnende

síþ

(n.)
Grammar
síþ, es ; m.
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Skt. 5, 23. coming, arrival Hió rícsode on ðæm íglonde ðe Aulixes com tó líþan ; cúð wæs sóna æðelinges síþ, Met. 26, 62 : Andr. Kmbl. 88 ; An. 44. Geseah Iohannes sigebearn cuman tó helle, ongeat Godes sylfes síþ, Exon.

Linked entries: síþemest síþmæst

ge-healdan

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Add: to hold, keep, take care or charge of a person Þeódnes bearn sceolde folc gehealdan, B. 911. a flock (lit. or fig.) Seó heord þe hé tó Godes handa gehealdan sceall, Ll.

gán

to gowalkto move along, proceedto take a specified course to be guideddeterminedto be habitually in a specified conditionto gobe pregnantto pass, elapseto happen, come to pass, take placeto pass, be currentto be accepted to have a specified issue turn out so and soto move away, depart to relinquishto take one's way, proceedgomove in a specified directiongoandto applybetake oneselfto turnbetake oneselfgoto be carried, moved, impelledto pass, be paid, be allottedto be appropriatedto be one of the constituent elements be amongst the conditions requisiteto amount, be equivalentto attain, reach, extendto come to take precedence of.to produce, came out withto accompany, be withto be uttered to begin, startto go to the closet, have an evacuationto leave a permanent habitationoccupation to proceed to the business of a court

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Th. 142, 2. of passive movement, change of state, &c. to be carried, moved, impelled to, towards a place, person, &c. into a place or condition, lit. and fig.

bútan

(prep.; adv.)
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Litel rihtwísnesse wæs mid ǽnige men, búton mid munecan áne, 1086; P. 218, 8. after a negative clause, (none, nothing) but (cf. nobbut in dialects); ne . . . bútan but, only, not more than : — Næfde ic nǽnne hiht on óðerne nǽfre búton on ðé spem in

ge-dón

(v.)
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Add: to put. lit. to place in or on a material object, give position or direction to Hé þone hláf tóbræc on twá, and hine gedyde on his twá sléfan, Bl. H. 181, 16. God feorh in gedyde, Gen. 184.

ge-niman

(v.)
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L. 11, 12. where movement (lit. or fig.) is induced, to take a person, get a person to move, bring Nǽnig mon ne mæg cuma tó mé, búta fæder ginioma (genimmǽ, L. traxerit) hine, Jn. R. 6, 44. <b>IX a.