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dóm

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Þú lǽtst eal eówer færeld tó þæs windes dóme quo flatus impellerent, promovereris, Bt. 7, 2; F. 18, 33. Gebeád hé him hiera ágenne dóm feós and londes, Chr. 755; P. 48, 17: By. 38. Þá teóþan sceattas wǽron on úrum ágnum dómum, Bl. H. 51, 7.

ge-mengan

(v.)
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To mix, be mixed, unite to :-- Ðætte sió mennisce ólicung for nánum freóndscipe ðǽrtó ne gemenge (-mencge, v. l.) ut nihil se ei humanitatis admisceat in hoc, Past. 78, 9. ꝥ gecynd nyle nǽfre nán-wuht wiþerweardes lǽtan gemengan, for þám heora ǽgþer onscunað

húsel

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Th. ii. 140, 13. ꝥ þú ná geþríst-lǽce ꝥ þú þises húsles onbyrige utnon audeas hanc eucharistiam percipere, Ll. Lbm. 413, 31: Hml. Th. ii. 278, 4. ꝥ gé ne e

æfter

(prep.; adv.)

among, through, along (pursuit, search, inquiry, &c.)

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Faran gind lond swá swá lǽce æfter untrumra monna húsum, Past. 59, 23. Hé æfter wudum fór and on mórfæstenum, Chr. 878; P. 74, 29. Fóron hié æfter ðǽm wealda, 894; P. 84, 27.

gafol

(adj.)
Grammar
gafol, Add:

tribute.payment exacted by a stronger from a weaker people, by the conqueror from the conqueredpayment exacted by the state, a taxpayment exacted by the churchpayment exacted by a lord, e.g. rent by a landlord a contribution exacted in aida rateinterest a debt due, obligation

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Ꝥ hé his feoh ne his ǽhta tó nánum unrihtum gafole (ullo injusto foenore)ne lǽne; ꝥ is, ꝥ hé hine máran ne bidde tó ágyfanne þonne hé him ǽr lǽnde, Ll.

A

(prefix)
Grammar
A, A. It is not necessary to speak of the form of what are often called Anglo-Saxon letters, as all Teutonic, Celtic, and Latin manuscripts of the same age are written in letters of the same form. There is one exception: the Anglo-Saxons had, with great propriety, two different letters for the two distinct sounds of our th: the hard þ in thin and sooth, and the soft ð in thine and soo
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Smales, smale, smalost, smalu, from smæl small; Lates, latu, latost, from læt late: Stapan, faran, starian, wafian. Grimm's Deut. Gram. vol. i. p. 223, 2nd edit. 1822. In other cases, the short or unaccented æ is used instead of a.

ge-híran

(v.)
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Lǽt of þínum staðole streámas weallan, An. 1500. <b>VIII a.</b> to serve, minister to :-- Gif huá mé gehéres si quis mihi ministrat Jn. L. 12, 26. Hiá gehérde him ministrabat eis Mt. L. 8, 15. Wífo monigo gehérdon him, 27, 55.

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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Him on bearme læg mádma mænigo, Beo. Th. So; B. 40. On him byrne scan, 815; B. 405. Se on foldan læg, Byrht. Th. 138, 29; By. 227. Hé on meare rád, 138, 53; By. 239. And metaphorically :-- On eów scyld siteþ, Exon.

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Hú ( quo modo ) miht þú secgan þínum bréþer, 'Læt . . . ?,' Lk. 6, 42. Hú (húmeta, W. S.) cweþestú . . .?, Mt. R. L. 7, 4. Hú þearf mannes sunu máran treówe?, Exod. 425. with what meaning?, to what effect? Hwæt is gewriten on þǽre ǽ? hú rǽtst þú?

wiþ

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
wiþ, prep. (adv. conj. ).

towardstoin the direction oftowardstoatwithtowardstoatagainstover againstopposite toagainstfrombynearagainstbesideuntoatagainstwithagainst onover againstoppositeagainstin the way ofwith.withpart withfromforin return foras payment forforin consideration offorin exchange forforfor in reward ofin return forin answer toforas compensation forin consideration ofin return foron condition ofagainstagainstas a set-offby the side ofcompared within contrast withwithtowithwithagainstto.withforagainstfromforagainstcontrary toin opposition to.withatagainstbeside by,atbyagainstatuntowithfromforwithagainstto weigh one thing with or against anotherin comparison withwithtowith a personwithtowardswith in respect towithwith againsttowithto.againstfromforagainst contrary toagainstbythrough,to rest on the armtill.till tountil

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III. 4 ylle líf wið (pro) lífe, tóð wið téð, hand wið handa, fót wið fét . . . lǽl wið lǽle, Ex. 21, 23-25. Gif hwá forstele óðres sceáp . . . selle feówer sceáp wið ánum. Gif hé næbbe hwæt hé selle, sié hé self beboht wið ðam fió, L.

ge-dón

(v.)
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Þe lǽs man eft twǽme ꝥ man ǽr tósomne gedydon (joined in matrimony), Ll. Th. i. 256, 11.

hláford

a rulersovereigngovernorcaptaina mastera major-domoan ownera proprietora husbandthe husbanda rulerlord

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Hyra hláford (Caldéa cyning, 668) læg, Dan. 675. Þæt hé Heardréde hláford wǽre oððe þone cynedóm ciósan wolde, B. 2375. Gif hwelc swíþe ríce mon on his hláfordes ǽrende færþ, Bt. 27, 2; F. 98, 21.

forþ

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Þý lǽs wé sylfe losigon forð mid eów, Ll. Th. ii. 356, 23. Gif seó heord forwurð and hé sylf forð mid, 326, 23: Hml.

ge-býrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-býrian, l. -byrian, take here ge-berian
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Ðá cwǽð hé: 'Ic lǽte ꝥ mé tó nánre byrig swá rihte ne gebyrige swá tó þissere byrig' ' tell me in which town you were born, or to which town you belong.' He said: 'I suppose that to no town do I belong with so much right as to this town,' Hml.

ge-niman

(v.)
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Þý lǽs hí ús eft genimon and on tintregu ús on gebringan, 239, 10. Hié sóhton hine þæt hié hine genámon, 241, 12. Ꝥte hine genómo (ginóme, R.) ut raperent eum, Jn. L. 6, 15. Ꝥ hiá ðone Hǽlend mið inwite genóme (tenerent), Mt.

teohhian

(v.)
Grammar
teohhian, teohchian, teohgian, tihhian, teohian, teochian, tihian; p. ode.
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MS.) ðæt ic ðé lǽde, Bt. 22, 2; Fox 78, 7. Swá swá hé tiohhaþ, ðæt hit sié, 39, 6; Fox 220, 7. Nis nán gesceaft ðe hé tiohhige (tiohhie, Cott. MS.) ðæt hió scyle winnan wiþ hire Scippendes willan ...

setl

(n.)
Grammar
setl, sedl, seðl, seotl, sotl, seatl, sitl (-el, -ol, -ul), es; pl. setl, setlu, sotelas, setlas (
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</b> metaph. seat of a disorder, etc, , dwelling-place of non-material things :-- Ðý læs ingǽ se fiónd in sávelo hiora &amp; seðel habba ne mǽgi, Rtl. 117, 31. the part of the body on which one sits, the seat Wið gicþan ðæs setles, Lchdm.

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.

up

(adv.)
Grammar
up, (úp?), upp; adv.

Up.upon high uperectlyupto a high point

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Ðe læs ðé God up bréde ðone godspellícan cwide lest God bring up the words of the Gospel against thee, Wulfst. 248, 9: 249, 3. Ðǽr bær Godwine eorl up his mál Earl Godwine brought his case up or forward, Chr. 1052; Erl. 187, 19.

on-gitan

(v.)
Grammar
on-gitan, -gietan, -giotan, -geotan ; p. -geat, -get; pl. -geáton, -géton ; pp. -giten, -gieten

To perceiveto perceive, seeto perceive by hearingto perceive, feel (pain, etc. )to feel, be of opinion, judgeto know, hear of, find outto perceive, understandto recognise, know,to take a person or thing to be what it really isto recognise a fact or circumstance,to know (of sexual intercourse)

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Ðý læs hig mid heortan ongyton (ongeton, Rush. ) ne corde intelligant, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 15. Hié hiora (books) nánwuht ongiotan (ongietan, Cott. MSS. ) ne meahton, Past. pref. ; Swt. 5, 12.