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habban

Grammar
habban, A.
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Ðæt cild hæfde lǽsse þonne brý mónðas þæs þriddan geáres, Shrn. 104, 18. Júdas hæfde onlícnesse ( was a type ) þǽra manna be willaþ Godes cyricean yfelian. Bl. H. 75, 23.

cweðs ðú lá

(v.; int.; pronoun.)
Grammar
cweðs ðú lá, = cwýst ðú'lá

O! sayest thou? numquid?

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O! sayest thou? numquid? Ps. Lamb. 7, 12

cwýst ðú

(v.; pronoun.)
Grammar
cwýst ðú, cwýst ðú lá, cwýst tú lá sayest thou? used in questions, as interrog. adv. numquid? — Cwýst ðú eom ic hyt? Mt. Bos. 26, 22

whether it am I? ⬩ numquid ego sum?

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whether it am I? Wyc. note rr; numquid ego sum? Vulg: Ps. Spl. 29, 12: 7, 12

weg lá

(int.)
Grammar
weg lá, (wei, wí) ;

interjection

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interjection Weg lá, weg lá euge, euge. Ps. Th. 69, 4. Weg lá weg ł wá lá wá ł eálá, eálá euge, euge, Ps. Lamb. 39, 16. Wí lá wei (wei lá wei, Cote. MS.), Bt. 35, 6 ; Fox 170, 12

eá

(int.)
Grammar
eá, eáw oh! alas! commonly eá-lá;
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interjec. q. v

lá

(int.)

Lo ⬩ Oh ⬩ Ah

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Grammar lá, interj. Lo! Oh! Ah! Lá næddrena cyn Oh! generation of vipers, Mt. Kmbl. 3, 7: 12, 34. Lá ðú líccetere, 7, 5. Lá freónd amice, 22, 12. Lá Drihten Domine, Ps. Th. 21, 17: 118, 176. Lá hú oft hí gremedon hine quotiens exacerbaverunt eum! Ps.

lá

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Add Lá aue, An. Ox. 56, 133. Wá lá wá eheu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 44. Add: giving emphasis to interrogation or exclamation Lá whǽr nú þá ... lá whǽr sind ubi nunc ... ubi sunt, Wülck. Gl. 253, 34, 37. Lá hú, ne mót ic dón þæt ic wille?, aut non licet mihi

wei lá wei

Similar entry: weg

æppel

(n.)
Grammar
æppel, nom. ac. pl. æp(p)la, ap(p)la, æpplas (apples of eye); gen. pl. appla, æpplena; m.: appla (-u, v. finger-æppel), æppel (? æppel mala, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 40); n.

an apple (in a special and in a general sense as in oak-apple) ⬩ an apple-shaped object ⬩ an eye-ball

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Add: an apple (in a special and in a general sense as in oak-apple) Æppel pomum, Ælfc. Gr. 31, 4. Ęppel malum, Kent. Gl. 962. Scoldon hangigan reáde apla mala punica Hwæt is getácnod ðurh ðá reádan apla (appla, l. 13)? Se æppel bið betogen mid rinde,

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