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on-gitan

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

To perceive ⬩ to perceive, see ⬩ to perceive by hearing ⬩ to perceive, feel (pain, etc. ) ⬩ to feel, be of opinion, judge ⬩ to know, hear of, find out ⬩ to perceive, understand ⬩ to recognise, know, ⬩ to take a person or thing to be what it really is ⬩ to recognise a fact or circumstance, ⬩ to know (of sexual intercourse)

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Gif ðú sanges stæfne gehýrdest and ðú heofonlíc weorud ongeáte ofer us cuman, Bd. 4, 3 ; S. 568, 31. Hié horn galan ongeáton, Beo. Th. 5880; B. 2944. to perceive, feel (pain, etc. ) Ðonne ne ongitest ðú ǽnig sár, Lchdm. i. 368, 26.

Linked entries: andgitan an-gitan an-gytan

habban

Grammar
habban, A.
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Th. ii. 440, 20. to put, place Hé hefde his swíðran hand ofer Ephraimes heáfod extendens manum dexteram posuit super caput Ephraim, Gen. 48, 14.

of

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
of, prep. with dat., or adv.

Of ⬩ from ⬩ out of ⬩ off ⬩ as regards ⬩ about

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Wæs sió bysen of him ( the example that had its origin with them ) ofer ealle world, Ors. 1, 5; Swt. 34. 31. Hié woldon of ǽlcerre byrig him self anwald habban ( imperare singulae cupiunt ) ...

Linked entry: ob

settan

(v.)
Grammar
settan, p. sette; pp. seted, set[t] (
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Gif gé nú gesáwen hwelce mús, ðæt wǽre hláford ofer óðre mýs and sette him dómas, Bt. 16, 2 ; Fox 52. 2. to build, erect Hús settan and tún timbrian, Shrn. 163, 16. Ongunnon heora burh rǽran and sele settan . . . weras on wonge wíbed setton, Cd.

Linked entry: on-settan

wracu

(n.)
Grammar
wracu, e; f.

pain ⬩ suffering ⬩ misery ⬩ suffering ⬩ punishment ⬩ vengeance ⬩ retribution ⬩ persecution ⬩ hostility ⬩ active enmity ⬩ vengeance ⬩ revenge

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Áhebban hine ofer ða scyldgan mid andan and mid wræce se peccantibus zelo ultionis anteferre. Past. 17; Swt. 115, 5. Hé gecýðde his níð and his onwald mid ðære wræce zelus ultionis jus aperuit polestatis, 115, 22.

gód

(n.)
Grammar
gód, es; n.
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D. i. 293, 35. (1 a) (the highest) good; summum bonum :-- Swá hwæt swá ǽghwelc man ofer ealle óþre þing swíþost lufaþ, ꝥ biþ his héhste gód . . .

hǽþen

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Sé þe Godes bebod ofer*-*hogaþ, hé biþ on hǽþenra onlícnesse, 49, 13. Hé wæs crísten lǽce and hé eardode in hǽþenra midlene, Shrn. 125, 7.

here

(n.)

an army ⬩ an army ⬩ a host ⬩ a division of an army ⬩ army corps ⬩ legion ⬩ cohort ⬩ troop ⬩ infantry ⬩ cavalry ⬩ an army ⬩ an army ⬩ multitude ⬩ host ⬩ crowd ⬩ multitude ⬩ harrying ⬩ devastation ⬩ plundering ⬩ ravaging

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Willelm cyng lǽdde Engliscne here (fyrde, v. l.) and Frencisce ofer sǽ, 1073; P. 209, 6. used of a raiding force, one that ravages a country Leófgár fór tó fyrde ongeán Griffin þone Wyliscan cing . . .

sleán

(v.)
Grammar
sleán, p. slóh, slóg, slógh, pl. slógon; pp. slagen, slægen, slegen. <b>A.</b> trans. I.
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Sleáþ synnigne ofer seolfes múþ, Andr. Kmbl. 2601; An. 1302. Se ðe sleá ( percusserit ) his fæder oððe his móder swelte hé deáþe, Ex. 21, 15. Gehýrde ic ðæt Eádweard ánne slóge swíðe mid his swurde, Byrht. Th. 135, 13; By. 117.

Linked entries: a-sleán feoh slege

sum

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
sum, indef. prn.
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Sió ungelícnes hira gearnunga hié tiéhþ sume behindan sume, Past. 17; Swt. 107, 20. where a series of individuals or of groups or of parts is enumerated Sum feóll wið ðone weg ... sum feóll ofer stánscyligean ... sum feóll on þornas ... sum feóll on

Linked entry: ÁN

wíse

(n.)
Grammar
wíse, an: wís, e; f.

a wise way ⬩ manner ⬩ mode ⬩ fashion ⬩ state ⬩ condition ⬩ an arrangement ⬩ instruction ⬩ a disposition ⬩ direction ⬩ condition ⬩ a thing ⬩ res ⬩ negotium ⬩ a cause ⬩ reason ⬩ res

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Ðú hafast ofer witena dóm wísan gefongen thou hast taken a course opposed to the judgment of understanding men, 248, 20; Jul. 98. Biscopum gebiraþ ealdlíce wísan, L. I. P. 10; Th. ii. 318, 29.

Linked entry: wís-fæst

fram

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Hé ásceacen wæs fram Æðelréde cyncge ofer ealle ðá getrýwða ðe hé him gesealde hæfde, 1001; P. 132, 13. Þára ǽlces þe þæs wordes wǽre þæt from Rómebyrg þóhte, Ors. 4, 9; S. 190, 25. Þonne flýhþ ꝥ deófol fram ús, Bl. H. 47, 12: Hml. S. 25, 435.

hálig

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H. 17, 21. of divine operations (ordinary or extraordinary) in the physical world Wæs hálig leóht ofer wéstenne, swá se wyrhta bebeád, Gen. 124. Cóm morgen . . . hálig of heolstre, An. 243.

licgan

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Th. i. 434, 12. of material things, to be at rest on the ground or other surface On eorðlicere cyrcan líð stán ofer stáne, Hml. Th. ii. 582, 17. On meoxes gelícnysse þe líð under fótum, Hml. S. 8, 38. Licgað æfter lande loccas tódrifene, An. 1428.

dulmúnus

(n.)
Grammar
dulmúnus, gen. pl. dulmúna; m. The war-ship of the Greeks, which king Alfred assures us would hold a thousand men; longa nāvis. These ships were the μακρὰ πλοῖα or νῆες μακραί, generally called in Greek ὁ δρόμων, ωνος, m. the light war-vessel of the Greeks. They were the longæ nāves the long war-ships of the Romans, which had often more than fifty rowers. The Romans called their vessel drŏmo, ōnis, defining it as a fast rowing vessel, evidently deriving their word from the Greek δρόμων, Cod. Just. 1, 27, 1, § 8; Cassiod. Var. 5, 17, init. where it is described as 'trĭrēme vehĭcŭlum rēmōrum tantum nŭmĕrum prōdens, sed hŏmĭnum făcies dīlĭgenter abscondens.' Some suppose that Alfred derived his word dulmúnus from the Icel. drómundr, m. which Egilsson, in his Lexĭcon Poëtĭcum, Hafniæ, 8vo. 1860, explains 'nāves grandior, cūjus gĕnĕris tantum extra regiōnes septemtrionāles, ut in mări mediterrāneo, mentio fit,' S.E. i. 582, 3, Orkn. 82, 1, 3. Vigfusson, in his Icelandic-English Dictionary, 4to. Oxford, 1869-1874, in drómundr gives only the Latin and Greek, and O. H. Ger. drahemond as cognates. What Orosius, calls longas nāves, Alfred translates dulmúnus in Anglo-Saxon. As we read in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle of A.D. 897; Th. i. 174, 4, Hét Ælfréd cyng timþrian lang-scipu ongén ða æscas king Alfred commanded to build long-ships against-, those ships, v. ÆSC IV.-Alfred, in his translation of Orosius, says
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Ǽr he [Ercol] ongan mid Creáca scypum, ðe mon dulmúnus hǽt, ðe man segþ ðæt in scip mǽge in þúsend manna before he [Hercules] began with Grecian ships, which are called dulmunus, of which it is said that one ship can hold a thousand men, Ors. 1, 10; Bos

ende

(v.; adj.; part.)

a region ⬩ quarter ⬩ side ⬩ quarter ⬩ part ⬩ proportion ⬩ death ⬩ end ⬩ finished ⬩ issue ⬩ event ⬩ goal ⬩ ultimately ⬩ always ⬩ ultimately ⬩ continuously ⬩ consecutively ⬩ kind ⬩ sort

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Hé cóm intó Afenan múðan and hergode ofer eall þone ende, 1067; P. 203, 12. a division of an army Hé fór on þone ende Hannibales folces þe hé self on wæs, Ors. 4, 9; S. 192, 12.

Linked entry: ende-dæg

þearf

(n.)
Grammar
þearf, e; f.
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Th. 18, 25; Gen. 278. where that for which there is need is not expressed Gé ðone hlísan habban tiliaþ ofer þióda má, þonne eów þearf sié, Met. 10, 22.

Linked entries: þærf þarf

hé

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hé, m: heó; f: hit; n.

He, she, it

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Dóþ síðfæt ðæs séftne and rihtne ðe hé sylfa ástáh ofer sunnan up iter facite ei, qui ascendit super occasum, Ps. Th. 67, 4. Se wer ðe his tóhopa byþ tó swylcum Drihtne vir cujus nomen Domini spes ejus, 39, 4: Elen. Kmbl. 324; El. 162.

Linked entries: heó hie hig hý hió

sécan

(v.)
Grammar
sécan, sécean; p. sóhte; pp. sóht
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Gif hé ðone dóm ofer hine sóhte if the other tried to get judgment upon him, L. Alf. 49; Th. i. 56, 33. Ðá hálgan ðe on ðyssum lífe náht ne sóhton ne ne gyrndon tó hæbbene, Blickl. Homl. 53, 25.

Linked entries: seócan seðe for-sécan hám-sócn sócn

tún

(n.)
Grammar
tún, es; m.
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túnes tácen is ðæt ðú sette ðíne swýþran hand brádlinga ofer ðínne innoð, Techm. ii. 126, 15 (cf. gang-tún).

Linked entry: bold

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