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LǼTAN

(v.)
Grammar
LǼTAN, p. lét, leórt; pp. lǽten. The ellipsis of a verb in the infinitive, the meaning of which may be inferred from the context, not unfrequently takes place after lǽtan; and the connection of many of the meanings which follow with the simple one seems explainable in this way.

to LETallowpermitsufferto letlet gogive updismissleaveforsakeletto letcausemakegethavecause to beplace make as ifmake outprofesspretendestimateconsidersupposethinkto behave towardstreatto let

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Se déma lét ða módor tó ðam suna on synderlícre clýsingce the judge allowed the mother to come to the son in a chamber apart, Homl. Skt. 4, 342.

Linked entries: aweg-lǽtan leórt

hefig

ponderousdenseweightyimportantgravesevereseriousdeepprofoundmistfogcloudslowdulltroublesomeoppressiveonerousburdensomeoppressivegrievousdifficultlaborioustoilsomeoverpoweringweariness

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Bútan hefigum gefeohte and blódgyte sine ullo proelio ac sanguine, Bd. 1. 3; Sch. 15, 2. weighty, important Ðá ðe hefigo (hæfigra, R.) aron ðæs ǽs quae graviora sunt legis, Mt.

Linked entry: hefe-lic

ge-dón

(v.)
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Hé hæfð gedón út his twégen sunu he has redeemed his two sons from slavery, C.D. vi. 209, 23. ¶ tó deáþe gedón to put to death :-- His slagan þe hine tó deáðe gedydon. Hml. Th. i. 300, 14. Hú hí mihton hine tó deáðe gedón, 26, 22.

hwá

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quibus isti sunt similes ?, Past. 226, 23. Æt hwám (from hwǽm, R. a quibus) nimað cyningas gafol?, Mt. 17, 25 : Hml.

wann

(adj.)
Grammar
wann, adj.
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Færeþ sunne in ðæt wonne genip under wætra geþring, Exon. Th. 351, 12; Sch. 79. Wolcnu wann, Cd. Th. 14, 5 ; Gen. 214. Sceadu sweðerodon wonn under wolcnum, Andr. Kmbl. 1673 ; An. 839. Wan, Beo. Th. 1306; B. 651. Won, Exon. Th. 384, 33; Rä. 4, 37.

Linked entries: wan wanniht

eorþe

the groundsoillandearththe eartha landcountrysoilmoulddust

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Seó sunne gǽð . . . on dæg bufon eorðan and on niht under ðysse eorþan . . . Ǽfre heó byð yrnende ymbe ðás eorðan . . . Ǽfre byð on sumre sídan þǽre eorðan dæg, and ǽfre on sumre sídan niht, 234, 18-28. Eorðan ymbhwyrft, 236, 7.

Linked entry: eorþ-lic

geár

(n.)
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On ðám fyrste hé underyrnð ealle ðá twelf tácna þe seó sunne undergǽð twelf mónað . . . þis is þæs mónan geár, ac his mónað is máre, Lch. iii. 246, 24-248, 15. for the purposes of calculation in dealing with that which recurs regularly Æt gáres cépinge

ge-mǽre

(n.; v.)
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Cf. border the border between Northumbria and Mercia Súðmǽgde oð gemǽre Humbre streámes Myrcna cyninge on hýrnesse underðeódde wǽron prouinciae australes ad confinium usque Hymbrae fluminis Merciorum regi subiectae sunt, Bd. 5, 23; Sch. 691, 6.

ge-witnes

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Cf. ge-wita; 1 On þára manna gewitnesse þe him tó gewitnesse getealde syndon ( qui testes adnumerati sunt ei ), Ll. Th. i. 162, 13: 34, 4. Ðis syndon ðǽra manna naman ðe ðises tó gewitnesse wǽron, Cht. Th. 541, 1.

tó-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
tó-weard, adj.

futurethat is to comeabout to comecomingat handapproachingtoward(that is) to happen or be some time or other,(that is) to comeabout to happen(that is) to come soonimminentimpendingto take placecome to passcoming towards a placeapproachingabout to comewith the face towards a person,facing

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Ða þing ðe eów tówearde synd and hú eówer ǽlcon gebyreð ǽr his ende quae ventura sunt vobis in diebus novissimis. Gen. 49, Eallum mannum, ðám ðe nú sint and ðám ðe tówearde sint.

Linked entry: tó-ward

þǽr

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr, þár, þára; adv.
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Sín ðíne suna and ðíne dohtra geseald óðrum folce þǽr ðú on lócie ( videntibus oculis tuis ), Deut. 28, 32. Hí clumiaþ mid ceaflum þǽr hí sceoldan clypian, L. I.

Linked entry: þár

þingian

(v.)
Grammar
þingian, p. ode.
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Ða þingeras þingiaþ ðæm ðe læssan þearfe áhton; þingiaþ ðǽm ðe man yflaþ, and ne þingiaþ ðám ðe ðæt yfel dóþ oratores pro his, qui grave quid perpessi sunt, miserationem judicum excitare conantur, Bt. 38, 7; Fox 208, 26.

ge-weald

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Nóe and his suna landes geweald áhtan, Wlfst. 10, 16. power to determine what one does (of intentional or voluntary action, v. gewealdes; <b>I:</b> wealdan; ) ꝥ hit nǽfre næs náðer ne his gewile ne his geweald it was neither his desire nor

weg

(n.)
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weg, (wig,
  • Kent. Gl. 207
  • :
  • 475
  • :
  • 772
; pl. , weogas,
  • 21
), es; m.

a road (lit. or fig.) made for passengers, a path commonly usedspace to be traversed, a journeymanner, mode, method, plan way, way,

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Ic wát ðú wéne ðæt hí on heora ágenre cýþþe ealne weg mægen inter eos, apud quos ortae sunt, num perpetuo perdurant? 27, 4; Fox 100, 11 : 29, 1; Fox 102, 10. Ic simles wæs on wega gehwam willan ðínes georn on móde, Andr. Kmbl. 129; An. 65.

ge-settan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-settan, p. -sette; pp. -seted, -set, -sett

To set, put, fix, confirm, restore, appoint, decree, settle, possess, occupy, place together, compose, make, compare, expose, allay

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Hiora birhto ne biþ to gesettanne wiþ ðære sunnan leóht their brightness is not to be compared with the sun's light, Bt. Met. Fox 6, 13; Met. 6, 7. Ðæt ðis ǽfre gesett sprǽc wǽre that this should be a suit finally settled, Th. Ch. 203, 4.

wítan

(v.)
Grammar
wítan, p. wát, pl. witon; pp. witen.

to see totake heed toguardkeepto lay tchargelay the blame ofimputeto godepart

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Grammar wítan, with prep, governing person, and charge expressed in a clause Gif ðú mé on wíte, ðæt ic unrihtlíce ðone biscopdóm onfénge, Anglia x. 141, 22. [ Gif þu witest eni þing þine sunne bute þi suluen, A. R. 304, 10. Schal he hit wite me?

Linked entry: ge-wítan

be-lúcan

(v.)
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S. 23b, 235. to shut out, exclude Belúc alleluia do not sing Alleluia (after Septua-gesima Sunday), Lch. iii. 226, 15. Ðe lǽs ðe hire lufu ðé belúce fram Críste, Hex. 48, 7. Hét se árleása hine útan belúcan, Hml. S. 31, 656.

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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He alátan mag saka endi sundea he can forgive sins, Hel. 1009), 201, 10; Ph. 54. Ðá wæs synn and sacu Sweóna and Geáta, wróht gemǽne, Beo.

Linked entries: ge-sacu sac sæc

healf

(n.)
Grammar
healf, e; f.

Sidepartsidehandbesidedisputebehalfaccountsidequarterdirection

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For þǽm gewinnum þe hié þá hæfdon on feówer healfa, 4, 10; S. 196, 19. with force as in either 1 or 2 and gen. of object Hí (sun and moon) be healfe heofones þisses on áne ne lǽt God God does not let them be on the same side of heaven, Met. 29, 43.

Ælfréd

(n.)
Grammar
Ælfréd, es; m. [ælf an elf; réd = rǽd counsel, wise in counsel: v. Ælfred]

AlfredAlfrédusAlfred the Great

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A.D. 901, Hér gefór Ælfréd cyning vii Kł Nouembris... and ðá feng Eádweard, his sunu to ríce here died king Alfred, on the twenty-sixth of October... and then Edward [the Elder], his son, suc- ceeded to the kingdom, Chr. 901; Th. 179, 14-18, col. 2.